In the end of One and Only, Zhou Shengchen suffered from the scheme of Jin Rong, Liu Zi Xing, and others, using the lives of the young emperor and the ministers as a threat to make him surrender. Zhou Shengchen was forced to put down his weapon because of his love and righteousness and was eventually killed by the punishment of boning.
When Cui Shiyi learned the truth, she was heartbroken and finally chose to commit suicide. She jumped from the gate tower, died for love.
What was originally thought to be a sweet love costume drama turned into a tragedy of the death of both protagonists.
However, at least no one was left to live alone, and no one was left alone with memories and suffering for life.
Zhou Shengchen Ending
In the Chinese drama One and Only, Zhou Sheng Chen is a young Nanchen king with both civil and military skills. With him, his family and country are stable, the people of Xizhou live and work in peace and contentment.
Zhou Shengchen does not seek power or fame and fortune, but only wants to be a good general who can serve the country in his life, but such a prince always suffers from all kinds of tricks and frame-ups.
In the ending, Zhou Shengchen was lured to the palace by Jin Rong and Liu Zixing who sent heavy troops to surround him. They want to kill him directly on the pretext of "rebellion".
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shengchen and his subordinates were all top fighters, and at the critical moment, the military advisor Xiao Yan came to save the siege in time, so Jin Rong's plan to kill Zhou Shengchen by force failed.
Then, the treacherous Jin Rong forced Zhou Shengchen to surrender by threatening the lives of all the officials in the palace, the royal family, and the young emperor.
Zhou Shengchen, who had always believed in "love and righteousness", fell into Jin Rong's trap and chose to be captured.
He was eventually sentenced to death for "treason" by cutting his bones alive.
Although he had a high reputation in the court, some ministers were willing to intercede for him. However, for Prince Liu Zi Xing, who had lost his mind, Zhou Shengchen was a thorn in his heart, and he had to get rid of it. In order to get Cui Shiyi, Liu Zi Xing will not hesitate to use any means.
The audience never expected that the main character Zhou Shengchen would end up like this.
Seeing Zhou Shengchen's tragic offline, many viewers probably couldn't help but want to send blades to the screenwriter. After all, it doesn't matter if the male protagonist is written to death, but, in order to attract tears and attention, such a death method is really too intolerable!
In the ending plot, there is political power but also love with Cui Shiyi. Zhou Shengchen never lost the trust of the royal family and his people in life. When he was dying, his heart was only for Shiyi.
The most regrettable thing in his life is that he failed to protect her from the tiresome power struggle.
Cui Shiyi Ending
Cui Shiyi and Zhou Shengchen were both master and apprentice, as well as a pair of lovers with deep feelings. However, in order to fulfill his original promise, Zhou Shengchen would never marry, and Liu Zi Xing was infatuated with Cui Shiyi, which eventually led to the tragedy.
Cui Shiyi was forced to marry Liu Zixing. After suffering the pain of being separated from Zhou Shengchen, she suffered the pain of his death again.
She loved him to the bone. If there wasn't the Prince's coercion with the Cui clan, she would never obey and married into the palace. But in the end, Zhou Shengchen was imprisoned for the crime of "treason" and her third brother, Cui Feng, rebelled.
Cui Shiyi had not expected such an ending. She thought that her obedience would at least bring peace to the Cui clan, at least it can make the Prince stop targeting Zhou Shengchen. But everything didn't go as she wanted!
All this made Cui Shiyi lose the idea of living, and the only way to relieve the pain was to die.
In order not to implicate those good people (Zhou Shengchen's friends, subordinates, and relatives) who wanted to save her, Cui Shiyi finally chose to jump off the city gate tower to die for love.
So, Zhou Shengchen and Cui Shiyi, the pair of male and female protagonists, were both tragically offline in the finale.
The audience's expectation for the two to finally "get married" was disappointed and they were speechless.
At last
Zhou Shengchen and Cui Shiyi did make a rebellion against the royal family and the world in their own way. They just don't want to involve more people in this unnecessary fight, but they still have their own attitude.
Zhou Shengchen: Not yielding, not bowing down, not admitting the guilt. In his heart, this ending is just a victim of conspiracy. He still has his own belief in the truth! There is also the only woman he loves!
Cui Shiyi: Everyone wants to gain the power of the Cui clan behind her, and the Cui clan also hopes to continue the family's fame. However, after everything is lost, she only wants to be his Shiyi, she is just his only wife! To the death!
Losing it after having it is the most unspeakable pain in the world.
While feeling distressed for the male and female protagonists, it is more of a blessing for them to be freed from helplessness.
In the next life, look forward to "Forever and Ever"!
