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Its not, it is the battle of Rundu, where she pretends to be General Feihong to frighten the Wutuo there, since they are not expecting him (her) to show up.

I think they were severely hampered by budget here. Showing a full on naval battle requires resources..which they likely didnt have. No excuses for the prod team, it would have been better with the original ideas the novel had, but given the time, resources and number of episodes they had, its what we get!

I think it is her growth story in many ways. She never got to be a "woman", so she is growing and experiencing being one. She never got be a general in the true form, because as soon as she became one, the title was taken away and given to her brother. So she wants to get that back. She knows she cannot achieve this on her own..you need to grow in the ranks of someone who can mentor you like XJs dad before XJ and she knows XJ is capable from her school days. The 2 times she gets saved by XJ, she has already won the battles - once in the camp when she kills Rida Muzi and once now when she this Jiyang battle won. Folks complaining that there was no PTSD shown, the fact that she chokes in the water is that and she is saved by XJ. ML and FL handle the Rufei situation together, because he has more resources at his disposal. At least that is how I choose to view it, but to each his own!

It is written like this in the novel too; XJ was always stronger than her in his abilities..however that does not make her any less than him. She just had to work 100 times harder to get there. Also when he does save her, if you notice, she has done 95% of the work to defeat the enemy..XJ even says, she would have chopped 10 more heads before I got there.

I'm actually looking forward to this cold war coming up...distance makes the heart grow fonder...imagine the scenes once they do get back together!

I agree, gimme more of HY and XJ!!!

Yes I wonder how this will play out, it was one of the most satisfying moments in the book. Here is my take - XZ says that it is the Qinglang style of fighting or swordplay. I think she will still challenge HR and prove that he cannot display that style because only the real Feihong knows it. So it's less about the weapon and more about the fighting style.

Ok - they have characters from the Rundu arc listed in the cast, so I am still hopeful, fingers crossed!

Ok one more question: Wasnt the Wutuo commander in Jiyang Maka and the Rundu commander Huyate? Like many of you were asking..did they cut out Rundu or what ? Or Maybe Huyate escapes and attacks Rundu? No wonder I am confused :)

I wish that for all ZY CPs; she looks great with everyone! I dont think there was a single pairing I didnt enjoy with her :)

Yeah, agreed pretty impressive given that ZY and CL dont have massive fanbases built up yet. Moonlight has XuKai and his fanbase alone will probably hit 30K index..

Yeah, I am with you. I am hoping they just swapped it..cause the scene where she hugs XZ on the battlefield seems like Rundu maybe? Also where else would they bring YanHe? Like you said, lets hope for the best!

Im all caught up through Episode 18 - didnt care much for the Princess-Master story (while tragic and all, I did not enjoy it in the book either). I wanted to see that 10 vs HY fight, I think that was edited :( I really wanted the Jiyang battle to be water based on ships etc like how it is in the book, but I think budget and the difficulty shooting it might have made it that way..however I will reserve judgement until after the next episodes air!

I need to rewatch this to catch the nuance better, but ZY/HY had some great microexpressions when she wanted that dough figurine and had to kill that in an instant, because she never really got what she wanted. She was always living someone else's life so she almost feels like she does not deserve an love, any attention or anything valuable at all. Yet when XZ gives her the figurine, she is surprised, grateful and happy all at the same time. Well done actors!

In the novel, his mom was sold to brothel after his father never returned to get her back after ruining her. He was born there and had to see her go through hell; he then vows to get to such a position that nobody can call him tainted anymore. Not sure if they will play all this in the show, but this is his backstory.

XZ misunderstands that she likes CZ which is why she goes to Rundu and he does not find out that she is Feihong until much later. The way I see it play out here is that he finds out first, she runs off to Rundu and then he follows and forgives her..at least that is the hope :)

I dont think they will; I think they will use the misunderstanding to make her go to Rundu and XZ will follow her. Yan He cannot enter if they skip Rundu and they have to give the boy band some footage :)

I do too and it also makes sense why she probably goes to Rundu without him and he joins her possibly and forgives her and they both figure out what happened in Mingshui. I like the change from the novel!

I actually like it this way better; the novel had it because of jealousy with CZ, I'm interested now to see how he helps her deal with Rufei after its cleared!

Yes I think so!