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Same. It was so unbelievable to think he was in his 50s. It was distracting. I just chalked it up to a hard life.

Just finished ep8. This show went from sad to oblivion levels of sad. Really enjoying it though.

Fangirls will give it a 10 because of the romance and ML’s abs. Haters will give it a two after watching one episode. Best to watch a few episodes for yourself to see if it clicks.

Agreed. Two episodes at the beginning to get more into her family and rise as a general. Didn’t feel anything when her mother died because they failed to establish the connection. I would do another two episodes towards the end that would set up Chu’s fall alot better. So 40 episodes might have been the sweet spot.

Ying Xiang’s death made no sense. We have seen through the entire series that Ying Xiang was a skilled fighter. Are you telling me the only way she could stop Ping Ting was to take a knife in the back. Just silly writing like that was exhausting.

Last two episodes felt like filler. I never felt that Mr Chu was so in love or even that obsessed with He Yan to go off the deep end like that. It felt half baked. Emperor’s behavior and decisions undermined his dialogue just an episode ago. They needed more story development to make it work. They really could have just defeated He Rufei and the chancellor and then skipped to the wedding. Either way, a solid series. Loved the chemistry of the leads. Editing was bad. Fight choreography was great. Loved the OSTs. Overall I’d give it an 8.7.

If you watch enough Cdramas you t feels like they are working off of a template. Most of these Cdramas are completely unoriginal. Fortunately they tend to be entertaining.

I have been watching Cdramas for less than six months. I have watched enough to realize that most of these stories are geared towards an audience who wants romance above everything else. Logic be damned as long as the romantic plot is moved along. As long as the romantic meat is served to the audience most will ignore the things you mentioned.

What a waste of Naksu. TBH I only kept watching S2 because of how amazing S1 was. Definitely missing the actress from S1.

I always find the 2ML/2FL’s obsession with the leads unconvincing in Cdramas. This drama included. I’m never convinced with the reason why they fell in love with the lead in the first place. Chu has two beautiful women pining after him but is solely focused on He Yan. I can see why he wouldn’t want that wicked daughter but it’s obvious that his maid loves him. He Yan has shown no romantic interest in him but he is completely whipped.

Her very existence is the proof. He Rufei even said the both of us cannot exist.

The writing in episode 29 was a bit of a mess for me. And it felt sped up and rushed. The editing has always been atrocious for a show of this quality but I can understand with limitations placed on productions. A couple of things bothered me in this episode. For one, the flashbacks showing Xiao Jue being responsible for improving He Yan’s swordsmanship and bow skills was silly. I’m not some feminist sword carrier but making him in anyway responsible for development hurts her back story. They did this simply to further the romance plot. It’s a tired trope in these dramas to connect the lovers as early as possible to make them destined lovers. I didn’t think it was needed. Xiao Jue and He Yan have amazing chemistry and the progression of their relationship was coming along just fine. My other issue was how the emperor found out He Yan was a woman. The whole exchange was just word salad nonsense to get us from point A to B. And if you are going to tell the emperor He Yan’s a woman you might as well tell the rest about He Rufei. And why was He Yan shocked in court? Did Xiao Jue not bother to tell her he told the emperor? I still love this show but I hope we don’t make a bunch of illogical leaps because of the need to wrap the story up. This feels like a series that needed to use the full 40 episodes.

Looking forward to the Wang Xingxue/Bai Lu reunion. Hopefully he gets the girl this time. I don’t expect this to come out this year but definitely keeping it on my radar.

Getting only one episode will be hard. And some people are on ep. 26. Going to stay away from here until series is over so I don’t get spoiled.

He doesn’t do many. Hope he has lots when he and Bai Lu’s series comes out. I also want him to star with Meng Ziyi in a series. And team up with Zhou Ye again. Scent of Time pissed me off.

So glad to see people are starting to watch this underrated show. Such a fun ride.

Glad they paid off the poison storyline in the end. Also loved that Beiming put Xueman first and let everyone else go after Yesha than leave her and go after him. Now that’s romance and love.

I love the fact that even though this isn’t a romance, Beiming decided to stay with Xueman instead of running off to fight Yesha in the end. I liked that touch because normally the hero would have one last show down fight with the Big Bad. Instead his love for Xueman made him stay behind. Turns out that following his heart saved the day. He discovered that he always carried the cure because of the poison in him. Nice way to circle back to the poison storyline btw. That whole sequence with Wang Xinyue and Julia was really good.

Wang Xingxue definitely lives up to the hype. The guy can act. He’s definitely on his way to being a top leading male. I was impressed with the entire cast honestly. They did such a great job. The way it ended with our main cast walking out together felt like the beginning of a crime fighting team. Looking forward to them tackling new cases.

P.S., it has been four years and two weddings. They could have at least let Beiming and Xueman have one hour to do the deed before springing an emergency case on them. 😆