I need to get this out of my chest. So sorry for those who don't feel the same.I don't remember which episode…
People have also mentioned a lot of stuff here - but here's also the thing, this is not the oppression games. "I had it worse, so you can't cry". Nah. In life, there's always going to be someone who has it worse than you. Sure it's good to keep that in perspective, but that doesn't mean you can't be sad about our own problems.
I must said that I don't really like yang yang. She sometimes makes me feels that she intentionally tagging along…
I don't know if she intentionally does this, but I think she also does that to protect her own position with Yuanyi. YY needs Yuanyi's protection to survive and prosper in the household. If she tries to side with NN, she might become the new scapegoat - something she can't risk.
The brothers have way less to risk by defending NN, unlike YY.
in ep18, after the scene between emperor, LBY, Crown Prince, 3rd prince, and the princes' respective tutors, the…
I think he means Lou Ben, LY's brother - it's implied it's him who contacted LBY. The Grand Tutor wants his own sons to become officials, not the second branch's sons. He has thus prevented LB to become an official, and now LB is going outside his family to try - thus backstabbing the Grand Tutor.
The brothers have way less to risk by defending NN, unlike YY.