#li leyan

[melodious-tear]

Hao Du, can't you see it with your eyes?

长歌行 The Long Ballad ep. 17 + 32

[ladynamie]

Hao Du and Li Leyan The Long Ballad 长歌行 (2021) | Episode 29

[electricsoul-rpg]

ZHAO LUSI (赵露思) as Li Leyan, Princess Yongan

in The Long Ballad (长歌行), 2021

[marlo-noni]

The Long Ballad: Hao Du & Leyan Love Story

Not mine. Just compiling so that I can view them whenever I want 😆

Massive props to @krispyllamasweets for sharing the YouTube playlist of the Hao Du/Leyan cut of The Long Ballad with me! This is what I really wanted all along, and I'm clearly not the only one!

I've pretty much watched the entire drama now, although I got really impatient after episode 40 or so and skipped most of the non-Hao Du/Leyan scenes.

Even though I'd seen some clips of their story on YouTube before, I still legit teared up in episode 42 when he fights for her and they finally get together. Those scenes were totally earned - they went through so much, changed, and grew. Honestly, they're the only interesting thing about this drama. I totally get why Liu Yuning became more popular because of this role, and why people are so stoked to see him and Zhao Lusi film another drama. She's not my favourite actress out there, but their chemistry is undeniably off the charts. I hope they can pull it off again in their new project.

[palehorsemen]

[lyselkatz]

🐺🐇

LèYan and Hào Du, I miss them!

...☕?/commission

[trisshawkeye]

GUH, rewatching The Long Ballad and having lots of thoughts about the Khatun and her loyal bodyguard, and how they're such interesting dark parallels to Li Leyan and Hao Du.

What if Leyan did end up getting married off to the Ashile tribe, with only some maidservants and a bodyguard from home, and an uncaring uncle as emperor? What kind of a person would she have matured into, abandoned by her people - would she have been able to gain her confidence like in the show, or become embittered and manipulative instead? What kind of a husband would She'er have been to her, with his inferiority complex, at the whims of other people's power plays - or would he have been inspired to be better? What kind of place in the Ashile would Hao Du have taken, ever his princess's loyal servant, with vicious impulses a little less checked? Would the Khatun see this little princess as a mirror of her former self and feel compelled to protect her, or as a pawn to bend to her will in service of restoring the Sui?

I'm super interested in this AU but I have no idea where it would go. If anyone has written or ends up writing it, I'd really love to read it!

[linglynz]

From now on, wherever you want to go, I'll be with you.