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Let's say a prayer for those clay kittens, gone but never forgotten 🙏

-First born clay kitten (rosy cheeks): Birthed by Prince Qi, raised by Jiang Ci, cracked by Wei Zhao, and killed by Lu Yu
-Second born clay kitten (ugly one): Birthed by Jiang Ci, given to Wei Zhao, and killed by Wei Zhao.
-Third born clay kitten (masked one): Birthed by Wei Zhao, given to Jiang Ci via that vendor and still alive
-More to come?

Madam Rong did kill Lu Yu's son after all (to frame it on the emperor), she is ready to risk it all.

Do you want spoilers for those two?

If they have the same surname (Xie) + on father's side, it would be a no. But in this case, Pei Yan's surname to others is Pei so it won't really matter unless it gets out that Pei Yan is the emperor's son and should carry the surname Xie (even if it is not true).

Lowkey everyone would have died by association. 😂 End of the drama right there.

WZ dumped the drink on that towel and then took the towel with him. He first noticed the maid being strange or maybe didn't recognize her so probably thought it might be poisoned. Remember how WZ is pretty good with smelling herbs too, he probably smelled the towel later and can confirm it was poison.

Yeah, because she got in the way of her plan, but the emperor doesn't want her to live either. He was just waiting it out.

Nope, Pei Yan would be considered the emperor's son while Jiang Ci would be the emperor's niece (they did be cousins). The emperor doesn't fully believe in it, and he doesn't have pure intention for this marriage, so he "allowed" it.

Throwback to when the non-crown prince said if Jiang Ci lost the herbs/plants competition, he did massacre her entire family. And now... 😂 He must be glad she didn't lose.

No, the emperor is smart. Just got to keep watching. This marriage was never meant to be legit.

She wants revenge badly. I think she is very traumatized by what happened to her husband. Despite everything General Pei did + how sincere he was to the emperor, he still met a bad end. She knows the emperor can never truly trust anyone and Pei Yan would eventually meet the same fate as her husband.

It is because the emperor doesn't want her to live anyway. He never intended for this marriage to go through. She was meant to die.

Well, there is more that none of them currently know since no exact evidence. LOL, I think her face is just she is pissed/angry/cold @/ Wei Zhao, not really suspicious.

The TENSION between that 5-way relationship in episode 31... their actions during that dinner scene demonstrated SO much + foreshadowed their destined futures (A+ scene btw):

-Cui Liang offering drinks to only Jiang Ci and Dong Second Lady
-Jiang Ci and Dong Second Lady praising each other/toasting each other
-Jiang Ci only giving the chicken legs/wings to Cui Liang and Dong Second Lady
-Pei Yan and Wei Zhao beefing over Jiang Ci
-The five of them eventually begrudging having a toast together
-The three men finally toasting each other
-Jiang Ci and Dong Second Lady having a convo of what their lives would be like if they were free and not constrained by things like status and marriage. 😔

Master/aunt is truthful. Everything that have been said were from her POV, but she didn't lie about anything.

Jiang Ci's master to Madam Rong... it is about to spiral out of control.

Oh boy... Pei Yan unintentionally leaked that info about...

Cui Liang is sicccccck of Pei Yan LMAO. His big SIGH when Pei Yan told him the news. 😂😂😂

Well, in the novel, he did straight up try to assault her (their clothes were off, etc.). He is a lot more intense in the novel.