Synopsis: During the Warring States Period, Li Haolan is forced out of her own home and sold as a slave despite being the daughter of the Public Censor of Zhao. Purchased by Lu Buwei, she is gifted to Ying Yiren a Qin Royal who is serving as a hostage to guarantee the armistice between the Qin and Zhao states. A dangerous battle begins as a result of their arrival and they must rely on their wits to survive. Will Haolan be able to rise to her own success to overcome the adversities in her life?
✨Had a lot of promise but didn't really deliver on a lot of the whump... Not really worth watching after the midpoint. Goes downhill a lot and most of the whump is in the beginning too. Took me 2 years to finish this list 'cause I kept procrastinating rewatching like 10 eps, lmao✨
⚠️Trigger Content: Usual historical cdrama CWs.
⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️
Whumpee: Ying Yiren / Zichu portrayed by Mao Zi Jun
A/N: He has a yandere admirer and is a hostage prince so there's a lot of subtle whumpy moments with just context that aren't really worthy of/would be difficult to mention in the list (i.e. him living imprisoned, constantly being followed by what's essentially a jailer, soft threatened and pushed by the yandere, etc).
Ep 1 | None.
Ep 2 | Publicly humiliated and mocked | Sword held to his neck.
Ep 3 | Arrested (off screen) | In a cell.
Ep 4 | Still locked up, coughing, weak | Sentenced to death (off-screen), chained walking to his execution | Waiting to be executed, saved at the last minute | Pricked in the neck with a needle, threatened.
Ep 5 | Weak, gradually getting sick | Something dear to him taken and sold, distressed, upset, sudden headache, stumbles back, faints, concern for him | Asleep in bed, taken care of, coughing, still weak.
Ep 6 | Threatened | Upset | Concerned for ally | Knocked back slightly by explosion.
Ep 7 | None.
Ep 8 | Threated.
Ep 9 | Arrested.
Ep 10 | Imprisoned (off-screen), released | Weak | Concerned for loved one.
Ep 11 | Emotional, teary eyed.
Ep 12 | None.
Ep 13 | Concerned for loved one, distressed, caught in his escape. Bound by the wrists and made to walk back, saved, released | Apprehended again, locked in a room | Escorted into court, made to kneel.
Ep 14 | None.
Ep 15 | Caught escaping, threatened.
Ep 16-21 | None.
Ep 22 | Steps in-between loved one to protect her from a sword, grabs sword blade, bleeding, concern for him. Hand bandaged.
Ep 23 | Concerned for loved one, caught in the rain | Locked in his bedroom, harassed.
Ep 24 | Pushed off running carriage, uses himself as a shield to protect loved one, arrow shot to his chest, falls onto ground, clutching wound, collapses into loved one's arms, concern for him, taken away | Unconscious in bed, wound treated, blood staining white bandage.
Sick on and off after this point due to the injury. Lots of coughing.
Ep 25 | Clutching chest, coughing, weak.
Ep 26 | Emotional, weak, concerned for him | Coughing.
Ep 27 | None.
Ep 28 | Threatened | Coughing a lot, clutching chest, concern for him, given medicine.
Ep 29 | Threatened with a sword. Coughing, emotional, concern for him, faints.
Ep 30 | Locked in a cell and put in a carriage, paraded through the streets while people chant to kill him, wrists chained | Kneeling in public awaiting execution, protected, concerned for loved one, forcefully pulled away from loved one, forced to his knees, saved,
Ep 31 | Forced to meet whumper, caught in a trap, suspended in a rope cage with thorns all over it, threatened, grabs onto net and cuts his hand on one of the thorns, bleeding.
Ep 32 | None.
Ep 33 | Hand bandaged.
Ep 34 | Arrested and taken away | Arms bound together over his head with rope, hung from gate and used as a shield against his own soldiers.
Ep 35 | Hung for days, pale, weak | Released, protected | Concerned for loved one, distressed, crying.
Ep 36 | None.
Ep 37 | Tearing up, forced to part with loved one.
Ep 38 | Detained, distressed, sentenced to death by brother, saved, teary eyed.
Ep 39 | Forced to drink more alcohol than he can, spites blood (poisoned), concern for him, blood on his mouth, faints | Unconscious in bed, being treated, stirs awake, coughing, vomits blood, weak | Punched and knocked to the floor, forced to his feet.
Ep 40 | Clutching chest, coughs | Jolts awake from a nightmare, comforted.
Ep 41 | None.
Ep 42 | Teary eyed, concerned for loved one.
Ep 43-47 | None.
Ep 48 | Gasps, sudden chest pains, helped to stand | Told he's sick, distressed.
Ep 49-50 | None.
Ep 51 | Upset, coughing | Coughing again, hand on his chest.
Ep 52 | Sudden chest pain, clutches chest, quickly takes medicine so that loved one doesn't notice, coughing blood | (time skip) | Helped to walk, coughing | Coughing again.
Ep 53 | Upset | Angry, clutching chest, stepping back seemingly in pain, teary eyed, hurries after loved one only to be stopped by a sudden chest pain, spits blood, falls to his knees, faints | Lying in bed, concern for him.
Ep 54 | Angry | Upset, clutching chest, teary eyed, weak, spits blood, concern for him | Unconscious in bed.
Ep 55 | Recuperating in bed, helped to sit up, angry, clutching chest, helped to lie back down | In bed, coughing, weak, struggles to get up in search of water, head hurts, stumbles and falls onto the floor, helped up, weak, suddenly cannot see, panicked, sudden head pain again, falls back onto the floor, groaning (apparently some of this was pretend but I'm unsure of what) | Treated, distressed, upset, teary eyed.
Ep 56 | Chest pain during court, coughing, given medicine. Spits blood, faints, concern for him, unconscious | Lying in bed.
Ep 57 | Still in bed, wakes up coughing, concern for him | Coughing.
Whumpee: Lu Buwei portrayed by Nie Yuan
Ep 1-2 | None.
Ep 3 | Accused of being a traitor, arrested | In chains, locked in a cell.
Ep 4 | Still locked up | Sentenced to death (off-screen), chained, walking to his execution | Waiting to be executed, saved at the last minute.
Ep 5 | Slapped, kicked in the leg.
Ep 6 | Knocked back slightly by explosion.
Ep 7 | Pushed onto the floor.
Ep 8-12 | None.
Ep 13 | Caught in his escape. Bound by the wrists and made to walk back, saved, released | Kicked repeatedly, scolded (semi comedic) | Apprehended again, sword held to his neck, locked in a room, kicked | Escorted into court, made to kneel.
Ep 14 | None.
Ep 15 | Stabbed in the abdomen, falls onto the floor, clutching wound, swords pointed at him.
Ep 16 | Locked in a cell, clutching wound, in pain, concern for him, defiant and unwilling to have wound treated, scolded | Made to kneel, still in pain | Publicly humiliated x2, flogged a couple of times, saved, lying on the floor, in pain | Spanked (comedic), in pain.
Ep 17 | Scolded, pushed, yelled at | Threatened with having all allies killed if he leaves, threatened by his father that he will kill himself if he leaves
Ep 18 | None
Ep 19 | Concerned for loved one, kneeling for very long, in pain when getting up | Yelled at, scolded, concerned for loved one, holding loved one in his arms as they die, crying | Death of loved one mocked, angry, restrained, provoked more, shoved onto the ground | Grieving, crying.
Ep 20 | Crying | Insulted, grabs broken piece of jade and squeezes until his hand bleeds | Hand bandaged | Sudden stomach pain.
Ep 21 | Held at knife point.
Ep 22-23 | None.
Ep 24 | Stabbed in the shoulder, hiding wound | Wound being treated, wound bandaged, pale.
Ep 25 | Punched a few times and pushed against door, hit on his wound, clutching wound, blood staining clothes | Wound bandaged | Ambushed in his sleep, fought, stabbed in the back, wincing, stabbed in the stomach, grabs blade, pushed off cliff.
Ep 26-28 | None.
Ep 29 | Falls off horse.
Ep 30-31 | None.
Ep 32 | Sword held to his neck | Fought, concerned for loved one | Fought, saved | Multiple swords held to his neck.
Ep 33 | None.
Ep 34 | Hands scratched and bloody | Arrested and taken away.
Ep 35 | Imprisoned.
Ep 36-45 | None.
Ep 48 | Falsely accused.
Ep 49 | Arrested | Falsely accused.
Ep 50-53 | None.
Ep 54 | Coughing, upset, about to get up but cannot due to sudden head pain, faints | Coughing, weak, hunched over, coughing a lot | Left behind and locked away with the rest of the sick (off screen) | Sick in bed, coughing, weak | Unconscious. Coughing, struggling to sit up | Somewhat recovered, helped to walk, coughing still.
Ep 55 | No appearance.
Ep 56 | Ambushed, saved | Falsely accused, sword held to his neck, saved, fought, saved.
Ep 57-62 | Wrongfully accused a couple of times but nothing noteworthy.
Whumpee: Prince Yi portrayed by Zhao Yi Qin
Ep 1-20 | No appearance.
Ep 21 | Briefly fought, pushed through a window and lands on the floor, groaning, hit in the side of the neck, kicked to the ground.
Ep 22 | Unconscious against the table, covered with a blanket, having a nightmare, calling out for his mother, wakes up startled and distressed, panting. Emotional, crying.
Ep 23-31 | None.
Ep 32 | Fought x3.
Ep 33 | Blood staining white clothes, concern for him.
Ep 34 | None.
Ep 35 | Protecting loved one from being stoned.
Ep 36 | Attacked, protected, chased, fell off carriage, concerned for loved one, barely saved, in shock, concerned for loved one, holds his brother as the latter dies, calling out for his brother, crying | Upset, told disturbing news, crying, screaming, falls to his knees, hitting the ground sobbing, collapses onto the ground.
Ep 37 | Weak from being poisoned, concerned for loved one, tries getting up only to fall to the ground, distressed, in pain. Concern for him, labored breathing, weak, helped to stand | Upset | Concerned for loved one, labored breathing, suddenly freezes upon seeing loved one dead, calling out for loved one, in denial, grieving, restrained by either arm and manhandled away, struggling, screaming, tearing up, frees himself, angry, restrained again, hit in the back of the neck, faints, carried away.
Ep 38 | Upset.
Ep 39-50 | No appearance.
Ep 51 | Ambushed, fought, shot in the back with an arrow, suddenly freezes, falls to the ground, in pain, apologizing, bleeding from the mouth, repeatedly stabbed, spitting blood.
