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One of the highlights for me is the sixth Uncle and sixth Miss's storyline. They bring a bit of lightness to the drama and I am all for their quirky interactions. And honestly, I don't think that really have that much screen time. There is always secondary stories and characters (sometimes even thirds) in these dramas, some of the stories are good and some not so good. I try to go with the flow unless the secondary stories/characters become overwhelming then I just fast forward their parts.

I was expecting more of LYN getting the evidence of her mom being poisoned by the first madam. I mean we got a little bit, but I was expecting the whole thing to be wrapped up with Ms Yang's appearance.

Yeah that scene seemed a little uncharacteristic for how smart she supposedly is. I mean really? She had no one to go with her. I think that is probably my first WTF moment in this whole drama.

The previews for the next 2 episodes looks like they are really amping up the drama. I think we won't get a resolution about her finding out who her real father is til after this whole mess with LSY's master is over. At least that is what it looks like. Also, that maidservant next to the first madam truly just wants to kill (get rid of, whatever) everyone that cause her madam problems. I think right now I want those two to be dealt with first. They are getting more annoying than Concubine Qiao ever was.

I am so ready for LYN to meet her real father. After the introduction of Duke Ying, I really think he will be happy for her and treat her like a real daughter unlike her current so called father.

Looks like we have another reason for the first madam to have poisoned Madam Gu. I don't think it can be any more obvious now who killed LYN's mother.

Also, I think the First Madam is even more heinous than that Concubine woman of the 2nd master.

I love your review. It is so well written and has a lot of the same thoughts I have been thinking.

Good point, I didn't think about it that way.

The Rise of Ning is really well written and the acting is exceptional. I am quite pleased with it, myself. I personally would wait and finish "Are you the one?" ( I haven't watched it myself). But for me anyway, I find it distracting to watch a drama with the same actor I am currently watching in another drama. I am just weird that way. I can barely watch more than one currently airing drama at a time. I am barely keeping up with Kill Me, Love Me while watching this, but I am trying because they are both really good.

I think so, but it is just crazy, cause there are usually some bada** military people and even in the royal family, in some of these dramas anyway, you see royal members be part of the military. I think military should be above scholar, only cause most military members are great strategists and you need to be really smart, imo, to do that.

Ok I understand now, what you are talking about. Yeah, I get it, they are suppose to be quite intelligent, and it really didn't seem so in this interaction.

Also, I agree with you about this particular side story. The drama would still be just as good without this particular added unnecessary side. I guess they needed something to create the illusion of a "love triangle", so they took a certain aspect of the novel and recreated it into what we got here, it might be why it seems so inconsistent, cause they seem to have changed this particular storyline (I haven't read the novel, it is just what I have gathered from others that have)

that is just silly, lol, but I get it.

Can anyone tell me why they won't let the brother that loves martial arts and is always reading military tactics join the army? I mean it would make sense. He doesn't like studying, he didn't pass the exam. I understand they are from a scholar family, but he could make great achievements in the military, just as he could as a scholar if not better.

I think LJX still under the assumption it got burned in the fire. Right now, LJX is focused on finding the remnants of LSY's master.

I think his main wife, is going to try and poison Ms. Yang.

Let me see if I can explain it.

From LYN's flashbacks: LYN met LJX in the country while she was staying in her villa. She didn't give him her real name, because my guess she wasn't sure about him and she didn't want him to know she was from the Luo family (this is my guess) She developed feelings for him, so much so, she was in love. Then a long comes his supposed fiancé or whatever she was to him and the fiancé causes LYN (posing as Mei Mei) to fall off the cliff, LYN overheard LJX say he doesn't care about some woman who died, etc.

Currently in the present: LJX truly believes LYN is his Mei Mei (although she really is). LYN told LJX the story of her flashbacks basically, but saying it was Mei Mei her maid that was actually the one that died and that loved him (she really had a maid named Mei Mei who died), but was killed from the cliff fall. LYN feels that LJX didn't really care about her and wanted her dead, did not want to tell him the truth, cause she was extremely traumatized by the event. So that is why she continues to tell him that it was her maid and not her. He says "impossible" because he doesn't believe her, because of the fact she likes paper cutting, playing that one song on the pipa, and her voice.

LJX's flashback from the cliff: He never saw who fell (because he technically never has seen LYN "mei mei" face, he just confronted the girl who drove LYN to fall from the cliff and the girl "fiance", whatever she was told him who went off the cliff. You see also see in his flashbacks him searching for "mei mei" in the water, etc.

I don't think he wanted to believe it, cause he never found a body while he was searching. So when LYN told him it was her maid and since her real maid named Mei Mei had really died, I think he still kind of doesn't believe it.

I hope this helps a little.

I just looked at it. Now, I really hope they reveal her true parentage soon. I am interested to know how her real family is going to take it, especially the adopted daughter.

How is Family by Choice? I heard the first few episodes are almost exactly like Go Ahead. I am looking forward to watching it after it finishes.

I have to say, that the story/plot and the acting have been so exceptional in this drama, that I am not even missing the romance. I mean I can't wait til they get there, but I am in no rush. I like romantic dramas, but at the same time when a drama can do a story so well and the acting is so well done, that you don't miss the romance, than for me the drama is definitely a must watch.

I have always liked watching Jeremy Tsui, and he played creepy and obsessive so good.