Legacy

Kudos again to the actor playing son. He did an excellent job being grown child. Jiang Xiang decided her best course of action was to poison everybody. I guess her thinking was it was ok to tear down her own house if ZhiXing fell with her. She was more thorough than Cao in destruction and that’s saying something. ZhiXing did not drink the poison so that part of her plan failed. The Marquis gets a letter out to Cao. The original letter calls for a meeting because Zang Hai is astronomer’s son and had fooled both of them. This letter is intercepted by his friends and exchanged for another. Cao reads that Marquis has been framed and he wants his title restored. Cao gets an underling to send another asking for jailbreak and sends to Marquis’ loyal troops. When soldiers arrive at his cell the Marquis knows he’s been set up again and heads for Emperor’s palace to explain things. Zang Hai runs into ZhiXing and gives him money to leave the city so that Cao can’t have him killed too. The battle rages and the exit the Marquis makes from prison walking through fallen soldiers is eerily awesome. As reprehensible as he is he commands respect. He is a war machine of top order and that is shown in this episode. Zang Hai is hindering advance with his mini crossbow. He and Marquis are getting ready to start battle when ZhiXing shows up. He has the head of someone and tosses it down telling his dad to surrender. The Marquis tells him to help or get out of his way. His son tells him to stop the rebellion and to give up. It’s obvious that’s not going to happen but ZhiXing tells his father that his actions are dishonorable and that he would personally stop him from entering. Zang Hai is watching….if he wants to handle the murders he better get some target training. He is barely adequate at causing injury.😝 The eunuch is making up his own opera drumming the soldiers on. He wants the emperor awake and aware. What is the emperor carving do intently? It almost looks like a memorial statue. Zang Hai took some time prior to just sit by AnTu and reflect. He tells her the biggest first grudge of his family will be killed tonight. She is being rather calm considering everything. I think Zang Hai was trying to keep ZhiXing safe. He was not going to force the son’s hand as they had agreed. Cao on the other hand wanted to finish the job Jiang Xiang started with the emperor cheering him on. We know the emperor is aware, but he is not letting a possible insurrection destroy his carving time. I do wonder what he is thinking to so calmly let these tumultuous rivalries in his court swirl around him.

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