The Story of Ming Lan Episode 28

Why Qi Heng mother looks older that the uhh...…

Why Qi Heng mother looks older that the uhh... royal mother that she met?? Someone needs to annihilate the Prince Yong royal family. What GTY said was right, glad he cared enough about Qi Heng to visit him, I mean, they were classmates together. Wait... Dammn I didn't expect GTY wld go through that extend and try to kidnap that princess himself. He really thought highly of himself, idk... The security at that house must be strong. I thought he wld advise about getting rid of Prince Yong. I mean sure that was hard to do but that better than him being the Emperor. I hope somehow ming lan gets to know that Qi Heng was in dangerous situation and he was forced to be married. I like that both of them, Ting Ye and Ming Lan gave advice, motivation to each other and like gave it when the other person really need it. I think he kind of promise that he will marry her like... umm.. talking in circles. She just didn't realise it yet. She thought she had no marital prospect.

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Break-Up

This is a powerful episode because it really defines the difference between Yuan Ruo (future Duke of Qi) and Gu Ting Ye (Future Marquis of Gu). Yuan Ruo is pressured into accepting a marriage with Prince Yan's favorite daughter. The Yan family is able to achieve this by kidnapping his father, and even after the Princess (Ruo's mother) goes to the Empress to plead her case, she is not helped. Hence Yuan takes drastic steps and holds a dagger to his throat and threatens to kill himself but is persuaded by Prince Yan's wife to stop because his actions will only cause his entire family to be wiped out. When Gu Ting Ye hears that Yuan Ruo is marrying someone other than Ming Lan he returns, because he does not believe it. His goal is to persuade Yuan Ruo to marry her because he can't stand to see her suffer the humiliation of the young Duke's rejection, and is convinced it will doom her marriage prospects because she is now to be labeled a laughing stock. Gu offers to do anything, down to kidnapping his bride to be, to help make Qi's wishes come true but he explains that he cannot because this is also about his family and Gu is lucky that he does not have to worry about family.Ultimately he chooses to use Gu to carry his apology to Ming Lan. She has long known they are not getting married since the marriage anouncement, but she returns the clay doll he gave her. Gu makes it clear that when he gets back he will help her out with silencing anyone who gossips about her, and he thanks her for her advice.--------I said this highlights the difference between Yuan Ruo and Gu Ting Ye. Yuan Ruo is a good person. He obeys the rules and does not fight against fight because he is worried about how it will effect others. His family will be fine. But Ming Lan will be devastated. It is easy to vindicate him given the threats against his family, but I think he minimizes the harm he has done to Ming Lan. It should be noted that Yuan Ruo has never really fought for anything. In contrast, all Gu Ting Ye has he has fought for, hence he would do anything to get what he wants. It is riskier, but he is willing to throw everything away if he really wants something--which is why he is the one who will get the girl.

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