Yes, I admit that I have been absolutely enamored by the Shao Nian Yang Jia Jiang (少年杨家将) series from 2006. I never cried in any of the 50 episodes in Legend of Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传) from 2008, but sobbed my eyes out at least six times in this 43-episode series. Okay, I admit that it’s the first time I’ve seen EIGHT hot guys in one drama. Unbelievable. They are, of course, the seven Yang sons (although I hate Wu Lang) and the handsome Liao general Yelü Xie. I don’t want to spoil anything, but for emotional bookkeeping purposes, I cried twice for Si Lang, once for Qi Lang, once for Yelü Xie, and twice for the family at the end.
And let’s not forget that I’ve harbored very, very murderous thoughts for the entire Pan family (devil incarnates, all of them), the moronic emperor, and the Liao worm Tian Ling. I wished for them to quickly rot on many an occasion, and I’d bet anything you’d seethe too if you watch this series. In fact, the undeserved fates of the protagonists and the long-term triumphs of the villains was what turned me away from the series for 9 months. I had watched ten episodes last August, was so saddened by the injustices to the Yangs that I stopped, and then finally continued the series again after APs and watched the remaining 33 episodes in 20 days.
Based on true history, the story is about the heroic Yang family in the early Song dynasty. Of course, the director and scriptwriters have taken many liberties with plot details (which unfortunately released all my tear ducts). I was bored to death during the long speeches made by that hateful Pan Ren Mei, and was sometimes bored in the scenes with Yang Ye (the courageous head of the Yang clan, but whose punishment of his sons and trust in the enemies I adamantly disapprove of).
However, let me tell you right off that Yelü Xie does not die in this series. So rest your fears, dear ladies. 
And surprise surprise, he’s featured in my upcoming novella that follows the lives of Yelü Xie and my characters after he abdicates his position as Liao general. The first chapter is available to the public two blog entries before this one. The second chapter is also completed, but password-protected. I may eventually publish my story on FictionPress, but if you’d like to read it before then, just shoot me a line. 
An image gallery of what the primary protagonists (or the earliest introduced characters) can be viewed here: https://afanatic.org/story
I’m not telling who the mystery man is yet.
The others are:
Yelü Xié 耶律斜 “slanting” (♥)
Xià Róu 夏柔 Róu’er “summer gentleness” (my character)
Xuě Dié 雪蝶 Dié’er “snow butterfly” (my twin’s character)
Zhào Yù 赵玉 “jade” (the high-and-mighty lady my character works for)
But…my greatest love in the wuxia/ancient universe is still Yang Guo. ♥ ♥ ♥ I just don’t deserve to write about him.