I watched this drama twice and I agree with you that Qianlong is not deeply in love with her and the whole scenarios told me, this emperor is playing political game. Even though it is not detail about what is going on politically, but looking at the side life of Ruyi in a palace made me sad. I followed this drama and notice Ruyi was a lonely lady and she was actually being ignored by Qianlong emotionally and I could feel that in my heart. So I checked and confirmed the real history where and how Ruyi was burried and saw the photo of her tomb. It is true enough that she was not loved by Qianlong. Felt sorry for her.
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I disagree. I think he truly loved her at the beginning, but was corrupted by too much power and too many willing members of the harem with diabolical plans to discredit her. He had a weak will when it came to women and power. It is true that you always hurt the one you love. If he was not the emperor they could have had a beautiful life without all the distractions
I think qianlong was really love her, but he was an emperor. As a man, he chose power over love, we can see it. But the prove he loved Ruyi, after her death, 45 years passed until qianlong dead, he had never taken any empress to replace Ruyi. As far as I know, politically he was in obligation to have empress
Please have a better English translation. The current one is awful. Also I think the emperor did not really love the first empress. He wrote poems about his longing for her after her death but in truth it's to dispel any questions from her family. I mean he had the royal doctors at his disposal And the empress' condition worsen. As a relative, won't you wonder?