Hello guys!

I was talking to a friend of mine, and the topic of the characters' ages dropped along with the realization that much time has already passed omg, so I thought it might interest some of you now as well how old the characters were at the beginning and how old they are now. I will update this regularly!

I also take requests for characters that you are curious about as I've only listed the most important characters in my opinion as of now.

Beware, there are SPOILERS, so you might wanna click back to avoid some major revelations!

Start of the fic: Winter, beginning of the year 680

Current year as of chapter 50: Late spring, year 688

Lu Han

Before, when he meets Zheng Er for the first time: 21

Start of the fic when he meets Yi Fei: 23

By the time of his imprisonment: 27

When he gets send to the borders and becomes an expecting father: 28

By the time he is assumed dead: 28

Now: 31

Yi Fei

Before, by the time of her parents's death: 18

Start, when she meets Lu Han: 20

When she enters the palace: 21

By the time of her marriage to the emperor: 23

When she expects her first child: 25

Now: 28

Ming

Start: 25

When he gets married to Zheng Er: 26

By the day he ascends the throne: 27

When he becomes an expecting father: 30

Now: 33

Long Ye

Before, by the time of his marriage: 19

When he got his child: 20

Start of the fic: 22

When he becomes the commander-in-chief: 27

Now: 30

Zheng Er

Before, when she met Lu Han for the first time: 20

Start of the fic: 22

By the loss of her first child: 23

When she becomes empress: 24

Now: 30

Li Hua

Before, when she got married to Ming: 18

Start of the fic as one of the Crown Prince's concubines: 21

When she became the emperor's consort: 23

Now: 29

Cui Fen

Start of the fic: 21

By the time of her escape: 24

When she bore her child: 25

When Sehun confirms her survival: 26 

Now: 29

Se Hun

[no picture because this guys hasn't been casted for a historical drama yet smh]

Start of the fic: 19

Age by the time of his death: 24