T.S.Johnson

So there has to be some sort of time jump right? After Mudan gets away from Liu Change the remaining episodes would have to take place over weeks or months and not days would be my guess.

While he may be unhinged he's intelligent, resourceful, and patient. All the markings of a good villain.

Patiently waiting for that Liu Chang stabby stab.

That wasn't Mudan's cousin was it?

Well he does survive the stab wound, and - obviously we don't know how yet - goes on to survive and comeback to help put the Emperor back on the throne.

One thing In the Name of Blossom gets right is making Liu Chang a worthy adversary for JCY. One of my critiques of POB was the poor writing of the villains. It didn't make them a good match for the leads. But not here. Liu Chang is just as intelligent, cunning and ruthless as the lead - he just lacks a moral compass and is obsessed with MLs woman which makes him so, so dangerous. On this, ITNOB got it right.

Someone didn't watch the trailer. lol. Seriously tho, the synopsis of the show let's you know he comes back after some time. I'm assuming there is gonna be some sort of time jump.

"For the disloyal part some were bribed some threatened with the lives of their family." - It was that damn Liu Chang wasn't it (lol) - do they show this or just explain this part in the show.

The subs are horrible. I'm waiting to really watch the last half once all episodes are on YouTube b/c you get MUCH better subs. That's how I discovered Flourished Peony. After it aired and all the episodes were on YouTube.

Thank you! So my thoughts that he (ML) had disloyal people around him were accurate. Also this was General Xiao's people? Not the Hedong army they were talking about previously? Did they say?

Alright I've just skimmed the last several episodes b/c the subs are so bad and didn't watch 18-19 at all - BUT I did watch the end of 19 and is it fair to say they were betrayed by those who were supposed to be on their side? Looks like Master Xue was killed by one of theirs but it also looks like Chu got away. Is that fair? Like I said subs are bad, so it's hard to say what is happening outside of visuals.

lol. Thanks. Like I said above, I guess I should have said detailed summary 'cause I still don't know what happened after reading your response.

Thanks. However I guess I should have said detailed summary 'cause I still don't know what happened after reading this. lol

Anyone who watched want to offer a detailed summary of episode 19? Please and Thank you.

Someone summarize episode 18 and 19 for me. Please. And Thank you.

It would have been 10x better had the spread their relationship out over the season instead of for 2 episodes before they are separated again.

No one is trying to do that. These shows are heavily censored. There is nothing that has happened in this show that can't be viewed with a family and not all shoes (Asian or otherwise) are meant for family viewing.

The miscomm was terrible and poor writing and justifies the lower score. Most of what happened with the relationship through the first 14 episodes of the season was completely unnecessary.

Episode 19 Preview Thoughts:

- A Master Xue sighting!
- That laugh by Prince Ning was hilarious. Took me back to the poorly dubbed King Fu movies I watched as a kid.
- So are we assuming XueXi's dad was the one who tipped them off??
- How does Mudan get away from Liu Chnag? We see the stabby stab in the trailer so that likely would have to happen no later than episode 20 to give her time to do her espionage stuff..
- Better question: How does JCY get away. We know he gets caught and then stabbed. But he has to get away too for the whole mask/dance sequence to happen.
- You don't think they are gonna kill Chu do you??? (NOOOOOO!!!!!!)
- How does the emperor get away and where does he go???
- You gotta think they moved County Princess out the city if her dad and husband were gonna play coup.

Why do people keep saying this lol??? There were 32 EPISODES of them being together with no physical contact. There are only 56 episodes. Just say you're weird about physical intimacy.