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SML doesn't try to kiss her, but does meddle and help her quite a bit. They are childhood friends and he thinks he is the best match for her.

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Not that they showed. But there was some hope of that, given that Prosecutor Seo, remembered an identical conversation between her and JDJ in that last conversation with YHW. Might make YHW intriguing enough.

I think HW concluded that he lived it even though he was only unconscious for a week as HW. And he would not have known as much as he did about CEO Oh (Miracle) if he had not actually lived it.

He was involved as an accomplice but didn't know the details which were soon covered up by the family. No investigation and the family almost erased Jin Do Jun from existence, so unless HW was going to look and investigate on his own, he was not necessarily going to know who was killed.

FL is being pursued by childhood friend but she's only interested in ML.

Dreams are realistic to me when I first wake up. I have to admit doing the same to my husband. He laughs it off... yes, I know it's ridiculous. But the intense feelings of abandonment and betrayal feel real.

QS was probably really hurt, knowing that TJH would break up with her because his mom didn't accept her family. So, she pre-emptively broke up with him. I agree that they needed a conversation for closure.
My spouse's parent's also didn't accept me for the same reason (my Dad's multiple divorces). Thankfully, my spouse defended me and said it was their decision to marry me anyway. Together 34 years, married 29 years.

It's true that TJH didn't know QS overheard that conversation between him and his mom, but they were together for 7 years. It was likely apparent that the mom didn't like QS's family because of QS's dad's divorces. The missing element with the sudden break-up was closure for TJH. If they had a decent talk afterwards, maybe TJH would not still be so hung up on QS. TJH was going to always choose his mom in the end, so breaking up was the right ending for them. Just missing a proper closure.
You're right that the timing of QS's marriage-and-kid lie complicated things so now, there's a cheating scandal, or TJH thinking it's his kid. Oh, what a mess!

I heard that rating each episode helps the overall rating as well.

My family is like that - really high metabolism: two boys who are 175cm (57 kg) and 180cm (59 kg). They eat and snack like crazy but just don't gain weight. I was the same until about 5 years ago.

I was pleasantly surprised. So all his bad behavior was maybe from his own regret but there's really a part of him that still cares about QS deeply? Still, I find WF's behavior childish - ugh! Plus, QS's boss. I thought they were friends, but another backstabber, it seems.

When the Queen gave the hairpin to Grand Prince Gye Sung, I was so incredibly touched. It would have been so easy for her to rebuke him, but she responded with such love.

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Check out ep 13, around 34:35 to 37:04 where WF and QS have a conversation. QS says it's out of jealousy. Maybe she was talking about why she spoke harshly?

She did express jealousy which is why she kept Wu Fei out of the Lan divorce case. I don't know if that necessarily mean feelings for her ex, or jealousy that Wu Fei has the correct pedigree to marry her ex.

I agree. The King definitely has recognized his talent privately but it would be ill-advised to do so publicly, because he is not heir-apparent. To hope for some order and future cooperation between Yin Song and Yin Zheng, the King cannot show favoritism to YZ.

I don't quite agree. Many of their rules were from the previous ruler. The issues were handed down from one generation to the next, and this is what's happening to Hao Jia's family. In fact, this is what Fang Ru was was threatening her with in order to wake her up: that her daughter Changle would suffer the same fate as herself, the way her own mother (Hao Jia's mother) had suffered.
Yin Song is also a victim of this society, but he has chosen treachery and violence, whereas Yin Zheng doesn't play the victim card. He's choosing to make positive changes even when it sometimes gets him in trouble.
The King is not the villain. He has a complicated role of ruling the 9 states, while also ruling his sons. He cannot show favoritism, but want to instead listen to their ideas in court to see whether there are viable solutions to the problems in the 9 states. I think he does this as fairly as possible, but he is a politician and Yin Zheng understands this. Even when the house arrest was unfair, Yin Zheng understood why the King did it.
I have found this series to be so interesting for the politics, gender breaking actions and sismance of the wives and concubines, the slow burn romances of Li Wei/Yin Zheng as well as Yin Qi/JingJing.

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Falling Into Your Smile came out around the time this article was written, I'm sure it would have made the e-sports list.