Although it didn't attract much brainless abuse, many viewers and fans flooded the comment section to criticize her.
"Didn't they promise a happy ending? How did both the male and female leads die."
"Before the broadcast, I thought the female lead of this drama would have a good outcome, but I was stabbed again. It's so heartbreaking!"
"I don't believe you, you old scoundrel, you're rotten to the core!"
"A woman's mouth is a deceptive ghost; the prettier the woman, the more deceitful she is!"
"No, Jiang Ling'er never said the ending of this drama was a happy ending. She only said the male and female leads would be together in the end. Dying together is also being together. What's wrong?"
"So the so-called being together meant dying together in the finale. The city is full of schemes, I want to go back to the countryside!"
"The longest road I've walked in this life is Jiang Ling'er's schemes. I've been tricked again, sob..."
Viewers and fans continuously complained that Jiang Ling'er was too deceitful. If she hadn't previously said that the male and female leads would be together in the end, leading them to believe the drama would have a happy ending and making various assumptions, they wouldn't have been so brutally hurt by the finale.
This kind of scheme was truly hard to guard against.
The male and female leads being together in the end could also mean dying together.
Even so, the audience and fans were still very grateful to Jiang Ling'er for tricking them into watching the drama.
If it weren't for her playing with words, they wouldn't have been able to see such a unique and groundbreaking wuxia drama.
Due to the shocking and unprecedented ending where the female lead wiped out the male lead's entire family, "Tian Jian Qun Xia" became another phenomenal hit drama, following in the footsteps of "Chun Yuan She Xiang Zhuan."
People could be heard discussing the plot of this drama everywhere, on the streets and in alleyways.
The focus of the heated discussion was on the male and female leads.
After so many years and broadcasts of Chinese wuxia dramas, all sorts of male lead settings have been explored.
However, having the male lead be the main villain from the start and killing the female lead's entire family was unprecedented.
One could only say that the director was too daring to film and the screenwriter was too daring to write.
Even though many viewers knew Xiao Ting was very bad, had done many evil deeds, and harmed many people, they still couldn't help but like him.
It was because he was so charmingly wicked, possessed immense martial power, had perfect flirting skills, was gentle and devoted yet fierce, bloodthirsty and cruel yet not without tenderness.
This kind of handsome and flirtatious man was irresistible, let alone to women, but even to cute gay men.
Jiang Yu Lei perfectly embodied this character through his actions. His looks, acting skills, physique, voice, eyes, and demeanor were all captivating.
It's not the villain's wickedness that's fearsome, but the villain's handsomeness.
This saying was perfectly exemplified by the character of Xiao Ting.
Xiao Ting's special villainous character setting also made Tang Ruo Xuan, the female lead, unique.
In countless wuxia dramas of the past, regardless of whether the female lead came from a prestigious righteous sect or the demonic path, as soon as they met the male lead, they would all be overcome by love, devoted to the male lead, and unwilling to harm him in the slightest.
Even masters of wuxia novels like Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Wen Rui'an could not escape this cliché.
"Tian Jian Qun Xia" broke tradition by not only making the hatred between the male and female leads irreconcilable, leading to them killing each other with love, but also by having the female lead wipe out the male lead's entire family.
Dare to ask, before this, which female lead in a Chinese drama dared to annihilate the male lead's entire family?
Therefore, Tang Ruo Xuan was not only the female lead with the most upright values but also the most ruthless female lead.
As the old saying goes, every pot has its lid.