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hasn’t it been the same all the time for the 1 extra ep? so annoyed that I paid for express despite already having access via Tencent because I wanted to watch it on TV!!!

I thought it was in the hokkien dialect until I realised it was not...ha ha

Hmm I am a little confused. I think you mean the drunk scholar hates Grandpa Lin, and not Grandpa Shen. Because when he realised who ML was he said they are not on the folks on the same path.

nooooooooo hope not!! This is the one show I am up to date with and pausing for the weekend is not cool! Oh well, I will use the time to catch up on the Xu Kai / Zhou Ye show.

22 eps in and ML still does not have a woman interested/infatuated in him in the conventional manner!

hmm when did Nanke pull such a stunt? would love to know so I can go rewatch!

I liked ML and FL together but the 2ML...bleurgh

I really liked him as Mo Ling Ze in the one and only 霸道总裁 role he did. So charming even if the story was so meh. To this day, my friend calls him Mo Zong haha. He needs another one!

having said that, Zhou Shen’s OST here has some echoes of his OST for Sword and Brocade!

in the novel she is I think one of ML’s concubines. I think her character is written differently here.

I had to go check the English title - The Unclouded Soul. That just did not work for me!

Made the cardinal mistake of starting the moment the drama aired, and now have to endure the agony of waiting for the episodes to drop every day! If there are so many haters here and on XHS / Douyin, why is the heat index so high? I have read the novel and it is...not a quality read. I do think the adaptation so far has been better at adding layers and texture to the characters, which IMO results in a more successful transition to the screen. In any event, the jury is still out - I do like the ML but his scripts have not been great (don't think he has great resources) so I hope this proves to be an exception. Seven Tan can have chemistry with a tree (apart from the xianxia disaster) and seems to (again with the exception of Xiao Yao) make good choices so fingers crossed!

I get where you are coming from. It feels strange and a little awkward there are so many hugs in this drama as if they’re making up for something. Call it what you will but this is still a costume idol drama after all. And the audience interprets his gazes however they want to - my husband made the comment yesterday that RJL only has one expression in this show in varying degrees of intensity and that it was fortunate the role could be done that way. lol.

I am not a hater - I have this show on an 8 - but I get OP’s point.

and then as quickly as he appears he is gone…that was a bit of a downer. hoping for his next show soon!

first time watching a mini drama and this is quite riveting. Apart from the fact that the title (both Chinese and English) does not have any thing to do with the storyline (unless it underwent major cuts), I find myself looking forward to the daily episode update, even if it’s a miserable 12 min ep a day. Looking forward to the finale.

finished one episode and feeling unsure about it. Will probably pick it up again. I am really liking Song Yi (always do) and Cheng Lei…‘s body (haha) but just feeling a little unsettled by the first ep. Will pick it up after more eps are out but will say I am not surprised by the rating based on just the first ep. for sure the show for me did not start with a bang.

only at ep 23 now but wondering if XJ ever realises HY was the blind lady he gave the last piece of osmanthus candy to. Would really be a fateful realisation if it happens.

in ep 22, He Yan tells Xiao Jue she and HRF have no blood connection so maybe they just made it vague.

just started watching the show - so FL retains memories but not ML. what is the significance of the drop of blood from ML to FL as they fell in the previous life? and the change in the book titles? thanks!!

don’t know about other platforms but express will start on the Chinese version of Youku I think at 550pm China time. I’ve just finished watching ep 1 of the cast variety show and I’m like it a lot more than the episodes I’m watching at the moment!!