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It's a long story but essentially she was trying to get the emperor to lie down on the "dragon bed" or whatever to finish him off/get his blessing/protection right before he died so that the empress dowager and 6th prince would not be able to do anything to her. But HZ was able to stall just enough so that she could not do that and instead servants came to present evidence against her which caused the empress dowager to bring everyone to another area where she was doing all her evil deeds. When they got there, HZ was able to get one of the hostage kids comfortable enough to tell them everything that was going on. They went back to the other room when the emperor came to (because prior to this he fell from sickness/exhaustion after whipping HZ, he's wicked) and presented this evidence as well as evidence that HY cheated on him with his son. Then she sort of miscarried her "face less" baby and the emperor and empress dowager had her imprisoned.

During the first couple episodes did you guys also get the impression that the prince new that GYX was head of the security bureau or did I just imagine that? Because the way he acted seemed like he knew...what is going on lmao.

I need someone to answer this question for me because it's driving me nuts.

The 6th prince saw something he shouldn't have seen relating to the other prince trying to kill their father. The male lead runs a department that could bring him to justice/get him in major trouble before his plan works. So, he wants both of them dead so that their no obstacles to his dad dying and his taking over the throne.

Same, I keep commenting on it but it's because it's odd and I keep realizing that we have so few episodes left and so much plot to cover.

Yeah I saw her listed there too. We only have 12 episodes left though so...she'll probably appear in episode 30? Then disappear in episode 39?

I just realized we have 12 episodes left....how are they going to fit everything in??? And the 2ML is still MIA???

Don't worry, she won't get in the way of HZ and GYX's love for each other. The emperor can't keep them apart so she can't really do anything either.

Same. She was annoying af to me. I really don't like her character.

She's not the second female lead. GYX doesn't have a relationship with her. She's the emperor's wife. It's just that she's obsessed with GYX. Idk if they will still keep that part though. Cause for example, in the trailers there's a scene where GYX is fighting against soldiers and the emperor is shouting at him asking if it's worth it, but from what I remember in the book that didn't happen. GYX instead stabbed himself.

No, these kids are unrelated to the grabbing of children that we have seen. She doesn't have the kids grabbed. They find poor families, pay them and say that they will give the kids a better life. Idk if the drama is going to change this or not though because it was wild af reading it. The way they found out about it was wild too and HY almost got away with her ploys.

Oh okay. Yeah I saw that clip but I'm not sure what episode that is from/supposed to occur during.

Read my reply to FallingSlowly88. She basically kidnaps children and fattens them up like chicken to take their heartblood to make a special drink for the emperor that makes him feel better/"cures" his illness but it's making him really sick.

Tbh idk because the novel is super long. So they will probably shorten her arc or they are going to use these last couple episodes for her arc.

It's not. She's in the trailer. She's the one that looks like she's playing golf. She's seen wearing a similar headdress to HZ in one of the trailers.

So...it's not soup. She's been making a sort of elixir using the heart blood from young children that she keeps caged in a room. She had people lie to them that they would be given a good life and they are taken to the palace is secret. At first they are fed really well but she's doing that to fatten them up so she can then harvest them basically.

GYX later finds out that the emperor technically knew what she was doing. It's really messed up and I'm probably not describing it will but she's a messed up individual.

Hao Yue is the emperor's consort. Well, I forgot if she's the consort or if he made her empress. But either way, she's one of his wives and she's younger and very scheming. She was reborn except she doesn't come from a different time-period, she comes from the same one they are currently in. So because of that and other things such as her wit, she's able to predict some things and influence the emperor. She's really crusty and has a slight obsession with GYX in the novel.

I'm not liking this 1 episode a day thing. It's annoying me.

A Jian has suffered a lot. That poor child.

Yes, she's so crazy tbh. When that arc comes people are going to be shook. I wonder if they are going to change some things though because tbh I've never seen a plot like that (referring to the ... soup ... and the room ... you know what I mean) before.