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Yes, it's the younger Ye Li.

'Qin Wang' is the rank of the title, which means 'Prince of the First Rank'. It's usually bestowed only to immediate blood relatives of the Emperor like sons and brothers.

'Ding' is his personal title. So, his formal address is 'Ding Qinwang'.

There are other ranks of Prince titles too, like 'Junwang' which means 'Commandery Prince' which are usually given to sons of Crown Prince and Qinwang.

In English, all of those titles translate to as just 'Prince'.

Yes, both of them are real princes from the royal family.

Mo Jingli is the son of the former crown prince.

Mo Xiuyao is the cousin of the current Emperor, and Mo Jingli's uncle. He also refers himself as 'Qing Wang' which is the highest title a Prince can hold.

You mean about Sui Zuidie's scheme against Ye Li?

If that's what you mean, based on the conversations between Sui Zuidie and Han Mingyue in ep27, Mo Jingli doesn't know about it.

Gotta agree with the point about her leading someone on. It's not just a single instance where she verbally told him to get lost, and it was multiple instances over the course of several episodes.

By all intents and purposes, it’s him stalking and sticking to her up until now. lol

That's my conclusion for now as well. After all, she got rid of him as soon as his usefulness ran out.

With how pragmatic the Empress Dowager seems, I would assume it's the latter. It's quite unlikely that she would risk her ambitions for an illicit affair imo. And Xiankun is someone she could control without getting into that territory.

Tianyi Pavilion is the supporter of former Crown Prince, and now supporting Mo Jingli. The leader is Han Mingyue, who is Han Mingxi's elder brother.

I'll focus mainly on the plot elements from different perspectives.

You have completely overlooked the fact that Mo Jingli literally attempted to initiate a full blown war between 2 states. Please don't tell me it's Su Zuidie who did it. No, it's Mo Jingli who ordered it, and his people who took action. Means may be unintended, but the ultimate goal doesn't change.

You said Ye Li was concerned about Princess Lingyun. Yes, as an important political asset. Her death almost triggered a war after all. War is what she is really concerned about.

Though, everything's fair game in politics. So, I won't condem Mo Jingli actions. If he's capable, just go do it. Winner writes the history in the end after all.

I must disagree with why Prince Ding should support Prince Li by default though. What's in it for Prince Ding? Did Prince Li approach him? It takes two to tango. If Prince Li's offer align with Prince Ding's interest, may be I guess.

For Qin Cang and Lin Tinglan, I would like to look at it from a different perspective. We still don't know where Lin Tinglan's true alignment lies. But one thing for sure is that she looks down on Marquis. To me, that drunk converstaion was her trying to extricate Qin Cang from Marquis's sinking ship, because she expects the Marquis to fall sooner or later.

My preference generally leans toward slightly less busy aesthetics. So, when I'm watching dramas at two aesthetic extremes at the same time, it kind of forms a stark contrast. That's probably the reason in my case.

Exactly. Maybe this drama reminded me of how much I miss this aesthetic direction in my dramas. lol

1. I'm by no means an expert in the ancient weather forecasting topic, but based on the things I've come across in the Chinese media, ancient Chinese ppl had ways to predict weather to an extent by observing clouds, wind, and other environmental clues.

In the drama, when Ye Li did the painting, it was quite windy and the sky was not that clear. So, I can only speculate that Ye Li forecasted based on those clues.

2. This one I can connect the dots based on what's shown in the drama. Because of 2 things. Ye Li specifically mentioned she'll have to use her own ink, which implies that it's by no mean a normal ink. Then, the golden dust she applied afterward.

Since it can be replicated the same way Master Xiankun did, the 'miracle' and 'mystical' illusions crumbled. It's no longer a divine act exclusive to him. Master Xiankun's reputation was built largely on that rain summoning act after all. Since Ye Li could replicate it easily, others could do it as well.
Just like our view on mordern-day magic tricks. Once you know how it's done, it no longer feels 'magical'.

Hope this answers.

Been watching TFJ only for the last week, and now that I started other costume dramas, I found myself not able to get into those bright colours and heavy ornament stylings at all...

I know this is temporary, but didn't expect it would have affected me this way. Gotta find myself something with similar aesthetics for the mean time I guess.

1. I suspect this point will be revealed in details in coming episodes. My personal opinion is that by the time he arrives to the capital, the former Emperor is already dead. So, he couldn't trust anyone and hid it first. Later let Ye Li's mom recover it and bring it to Ye Li's grandpa, to announce it to the court to exonerate him.

2. They died by fire I suppose. The rest, no idea since the show hasn't mentioned yet.

3. I summarized it for another user here: https://kisskh.at/779368-mo-li#comment-26519162

4. Explained in Ep27. Just misplaced anger for her exile and sufferings 8 years ago. Her delulu was that he was her betrothed yet didn't save her back then.

I summarized it for another user for this question. You can check there.

https://kisskh.at/779368-mo-li#comment-26519162

EP 27 - Su Zuidie

Su Zuidie gotta thanks Ye Li, that she got caught by the government. Otherwise, she's gonna die by Mo Jingli's hand lmao. 😂

As suspected, she went rogue with her plan targetting Ye Li.

Isn't Sunday 28-29 for express? I just checked the airing calendar.

The novel ML is an absolutely terrible person, period. Thankfully the drama changed it. If you want to know how it went in the novel, read further.
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ML gr-pe FL and got her pregnant. Then, he went abroad just like that. FL gave birth by herself, and their child had to be given up to orphanage iirc. Later, he found their child, but hide it from FL that the child is gone.

They got married later and had a few months of good time, Then, it all went downhill. He neglected her, and even cheated on her while she was pregnant. Later, FL lost her spirit and the will to live, and got into a car accident.

@Nikshay's comment is accurate. It's a pretty depressing story.

Gotta say, Consort Dowager Qin went out with a bang!

I ended up liking her character in the end. She let the steam out, then is absolutely decisive. 👌