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Legend of the Female General Episode 5
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Origami is not He Yan’s speciality.😂 They do at least slightly resemble a flower in ‘freeform’ style. Here again their lives mirror. Both were sent to same school, to the military quite young and little time at home with their families. She seems to be far more comfortable in social settings than Xiao Jue, but they both are scarred from betrayal and loss of family. His family loved him but their eldest son was favored outside of immediate family. He Yan was never the favorite in hers. She was the stand in for them to save face, and then discarded so this secret would never surface. And the most disgusting part is how vile and ungrateful the brother is about the whole thing. The father is contemptible, but the son may be even worse. The next competition was for flags. He Yan had a map drawn of the area and started with hardest flag. After two teams divided them she dueled for all flags to winner. This time her weapon of choice was a whip. She noted her opponent had unique moves she wasn’t familiar with, but it did not stop her from wrapping him up and securing him to tree til he conceded his flags. She even proudly presented a basket of her flags to Xiao Jue fully expecting she had invite to elite league all lined up. The officers are playing chess and each voting for a side. Xiao Jue has it figured out from the get go, but chooses Lei Hou as the winner. Whether this was to protect her gender status from others or because he thought Lei Hou truly better, I am not really sure yet. This may even be one he considers a spy to keep closer eye on him. I do, however, think it was rather cowardly to have his subordinate dole out the bad news while he doled out the candy. His attempt to sweeten the moment is probably going to go over like a lead balloon. The wine has hit the table and I’m sure she is going to drink her sorrows away now. The disciple and fake general are plotting. Supplies have been deliberately withheld and the disciple wants to throw it all at Xiao Jue like he is bullying the official for supplies. The fake general is countering to hurt someone and the disciple is countering to get the official’s job. These two schemers deserve each other. I hope they share a similar bad fate. I can’t feel sorry for the disciple being bullied when he now has become the bullyer at a much greater level than a single person. I still want to know who thought it was a good scheme to kill 30k troops? The machinations in this drama have been for spite and revenge and suppression of the truth. I am hoping the two swords get these miscreants handled to the degree they deserve.
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Legend of the Female General Episode 4
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Xiao Jue lines up the recruits and divides them into squads to do a land nav exercise. He makes He Yan captain to test her further. The flatbread is already getting old and two of the bandits decide they are going to go off grid and forage for better food options. One returns saying bandit is being bitten by wolves. He Yan sends him to find help. She takes her horse and rescues the big guy. Unfortunately this ends her up in an animal pit trap and she can’t get out. Meanwhile the one that left with bandit has returned to camp and is telling lavish lies about how they ran off. His story came to a screeching halt when the rest of the squad make it back to camp and accuse the messenger of running off their horses and leaving them to die. As their punishment is being debated, Xiao Jue goes to find her. She is reminiscing about a festival hugging a dead wolf to keep warm. She is rescued and tries to get wolf taken along. Xiao Jue agrees if she wants to give up her place in the horse for the wolf.😂Here she deserves a taste of her own medicine because she is getting rather cocky considering her circumstances. She returns back and he asks Dr Cheng to check her wounds. Now ironically he is an ob/gyn so this is really funny. There were a couple interesting things. He knows she is female and she slipped up with a quip about how he hadn’t changed much. Now she will have to come up with a fiancée.😂 The liar is executed. I don’t find this too harsh since he tried to kill a squad of his own men. This is unacceptable in military service. The others are pretty harsh. The bandit got beaten after a serious encounter with wolves. I feel he was punished just getting back on foot from that. The others were ordered to return yet were beaten for following her orders and leaving her behind. He is listening to Cheng comment on how harsh and asking He Yan if she agreed. He was surprised that she acknowledged they were harsh but necessary for military discipline. I don’t think he expected such a commander point of view. She said she wanted to be general and Xiao Jue notes this. He still has not put it together but wants to find out more about here. He knows she isn’t a boy, but that there is significantly more to her story than they know. The end scene has the disciple chatting with father about his day with chancellor. His father recommends he sticks like glue to him. He leaves disciple to deal with fake general. This one actually wanted a candle in temple to suppress his sister’s spirit. Like he has the power to do such a thing.😝 He is a miserable excuse for a human being. Can’t wait til his military prowess is put to test and he has none to speak of. Shortsighted father didn’t think about that. Hopefully he has some weapons training to cover the lie, but even if skilled it won’t cover what years of actual command in the field teaches you. He leaves a gift for the father and leaves after snubbing disciple. It is revealed that he was adopted and considered illegitimate which explains his attitude and the fire scene. A group was trying to deliberately burn him. He should stick with the chancellor. It’s got to be better than staying at home with these snobby people. The deal with the wolves is so fake, but her dreaming of the festival while holding a dead wolf as partner is rather funny. I find myself well entertained in spite of the obvious flaws of the circumstances. When she finds out he is the anonymous one that voted for her 😂🤣 and when she receives the ointment from him she remembers from her youth in school. He is making the connections, but what will he do when he figures it out? And they are plotting to have fake general show up to challenge him. Wonder how that is going to go? He would not even recognize the twin sword and reveal himself as imposter. Her family has put her in a no win scenario. She was first imposter at her family’s demand. How does her mother fit into this? Why did she desert her daughter?
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Legend of the Female General Episode 3
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He Yan escaped the spring after much bubble making and some hand to hand combat.😝 She knows she is being set up for elite recruits on the table but accepts it. She boasts in ten days to beat the best in archery and spear. Enjoyed the flat bread betting table😂 Xiao Jue promises to train but was not present after the first night tested. She wants him to see her progress so goes into his quarters. I was not a fan of the spinning room filming.😝 There was a poignant moment when she saw her blade that Xiao Jue took from her. She recovered quickly when commander shows up. I like how she showed up bandit. There is no way that was for real, but it was very fun to watch. The same with spear challenge. It suspended belief but I didn’t care, it was completely entertaining. Does Cheng know who she is? The slip of heroine to hero? The deliberate catch and return of stone a nice acknowledgement between them. He has reason to loathe her because of how fake General lied about things, but he also finds himself intrigued by her. Being called boss by the losers is just fun. They get to feast before training competition picks up again. I notice the one not smiling at her achievements, but I don’t know who he is. He sticks to the sidelines. Cheng is the benefactor of the evening feast. I guess that is how he is making himself useful?😂 I can’t wait to see who the prospective bride is he is hiding from.🧐
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Legend of the Female General Episode 2
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There is a scene with prime minister and disciple discussing continuation of pointing guilt at General for troop loss. His daughter gets a gift from disciple and demands use of candle to light. There is a flashback of fire for the disciple but no further story given, just that fire is a trigger for him and he was permanently injured as a result. Even young He Yan was given grief about the mask her family forced her to wear. Fortunately for her, Xiao Jue showed up late for class and took some of the heat off her. By design she went to his garrison thinking best way to train but found she was mistaken. Xiao Jue is intent on harsh training. Whether this is to weed out the moles or make up for past, I don’t know yet. Cheng is there for comic relief avoiding an arranged marriage. He is put on the spot to treat a mare but proves himself inept. He Yan intervenes and shows herself capable but reveals where she learned her techniques making Xiao Jue suspicious. This did get her out of the initial screening process where she would have been required to strip. He and aide consider her a mole so be sure to give her extra monitoring. I like how the big hunter guy looks out for the smaller recruits. He certainly doesn’t have to, but he is close enough they can’t get bullied too much by the gangster group. He Yan reveals her sword techniques but stops early, whether this is for show or truly exhausted, I am not sure. The bows are set up for strong guys to draw and she doesn’t even try. There was no point to embarrassing herself further. The spear is as big as she is. Xiao Jue is still trying to figure her out. Hopefully they have uncovered the real mole and that is who investigating from two different villages. He Yan finds a hot spring and goes there to do some healing. After waking from a nightmare of his mother’s suicide, Xiao Jue also makes his way to the spring, and just realizes he is not there alone.
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Jin Yu’s mom thought she had things covered to undermine the project, publicly say her son was mentally incompetent, and give the project to Lin group. Ye Meng comes in like an avenging angel and sets her straight. She admits publicly she is married and Zhou Yu comes through proving the materials were changed to frame Jin Yu. Funny how the guy causing the most disruption was the guy responsible for materials swap. Gma finished the job by exposing the abuse Jin Yu received as a child. Even his therapist came thru saying he was just fine and no mental illness to inhibit working. Lin saw the truth of the matter and threw the project back at her. The only one I was concerned about was Gma collapsing from all that emotional effort. Her love for grandson shone through brilliantly. This is the first time I saw the leads as a real couple with united front. Her concern picking him up from jail and their casual chatting. Nice to not have half truths and misunderstandings in the way. Kai is so damn cute in that wolf costume. Jia Yu was supposed to have the wolf part and Kai intervened. They should not have given that role to a student. This was first time YaEn sees Kai as he saw her. Some commenting don’t understand how his interest shifted to her. They were always meant for her, that name tag told him wrong. She was always his angel. Changing his bar to a restaurant so they could sit together as family at his work place. He is a good man tho still rough around the edges. Jia Yu will teach him well😂 Zhou Yu reveals their is a childhood connection with Bei and her mom. Fat Buddha has a flash drive from ring seller and sells to Ye Meng. Not sure if guy was killed or just tortured. But there were 3 flash drives. Two empty, one not. Ye Meng is getting ready to listen to the real flash drive. She has both Li’s out of the loop. Couldn’t let one day of true couple go without half truths or lies. The writer makes the leads too foolish and loads them with too much drama. There was no need to separate them. He needed answers about his mom as much as she did. This should have been done together. I don’t know how can make Kai and Ya En so sweet and do so badly with main leads. 😝
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What a beautiful wedding.🥰🥳 The combined traditional and western traditions absolutely beautiful. This made up for a lot of crap misunderstandings. The writer cheated with her saying if he’d said that at new year’s it would have all been avoided. I think it all could have been avoided anyways.😝 Kai’s confession to YaEn. 🥰❤️ She had no clue the impact that alley incident had on him. Ye Meng has tried to explain and wants her to consider Kai. Kai has done the best he can to make it clear to her. YaEn is such a warrior that for her it was just another day righting wrongs. She still struggles with Kai’s affections being shifted her way. She doesn’t understand yet that she is the only one he has ever had affection for. That borrowed name tag caused him to give credit to wrong girl, and she left before he could find out differently. There is a very sweet story here that I hope completes in this drama. For our leads, there did not need to be that much conflict just to get them married. And again they don’t even get 24 hours before next crisis. Evil mom has had materials swapped or knows who did and she has brought rich bitch Lin girl in the mix who is deceived she is offering help. They don’t know about his wedding so they are sure to cause real mischief. Zhou Yu is another pain in the ass because he holds grudges. He is right to be angry but never took the time to see if honorable people took over. At least there is evidence that things were done correctly, but that horrid mother is going to put him through the wringer first. If she thinks that will assist with her ma in law in any way she will find out she has caused a greater rift on that front. Translations moving soooo slowly so can’t find out what they did yet. It will feel like a very long wait.😝
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Gma decides to go for the surgery and her family isn’t happy about her choice. Jin Yu stands by her decision. His mom visited. They had words and she reminds gma who her real grandson is and how her son died. Gma angrily tossed her out of the room. What was surprising was the fact that stone cold hateful mother had true affection for her. She wants her mother in law to have that affection for her grandson by blood. There is true sadness that Gma envelops the son she hates and ignores the son she loves. We get more backstory in this episode. Jin Yu has so much guilt that he was driving and that stepdad died saving him. His mother never let him forget he killed her husband and made his life hell at every opportunity. He had given up and was trying to take his life when that little old woman literally dragged him out of the pool and saved him. She took him to her home where he was quiet and distrustful. He found her packing his clothes so he left. She chased him down and clobbered him. She had a house built for him so he would know he always had a home. 😭🥰 They have been inseparable ever since. He cares for her like a son and she loves him like a son. She decides before surgery she wants to eat the food of her childhood and takes Ye Meng and Jin Yu to her childhood home. They spend a lot of time picking tea leaves and she cooks her favorite childhood foods. Jin Yu is most honest saying he could cook her a better meal, but the women declare it a feast. Later, both of them on phone looking for takeout😂Jin Yu cooks for them and leaves them to their late night snacking.😂 There is a poignant scene where he comes across his gma’s diary and reads it. She is wanting to live long enough to see them married. It records her time with him good and bad and is a declaration of love. So…he decides to fulfill her wish and have a wedding for Ye Meng. She pretends to be annoyed he read her diary and agrees to keep Ye Meng occupied while he gets everything ready. She comes home to find family and friends gathered in a beautifully arranged wedding venue. What is remarkable are the Gma’s hovering over Ye Meng’s baby pictures and her gma promising to fill her a book of them together. They are chatting over makeup and acting like best friends. The wall between their homes will be torn down and one happy family residence. This episode, the leads feel like a couple, enveloping their family and being enveloped by them. Accepting each other for who they are rather than who they wished they were. It is a slice of life where the unconditional love of family shines through. For all my unhappiness with how writer has written the leads’ roles, this time, they did it right, and it was beautifully done. Thank you ❤️
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They start off quite happily to visit Ye Meng’s family for new year, and then the gossipy biddies compared him to the doc and found him wanting. Ye Meng didn’t know, but this was a huge trigger for him since he is rejected by his family. Her family looked so warm and inviting, but weren’t. This hurt him worse because so unexpected. She tries to spend time with him later and he refuses tho he watches her fireworks. He gives the story of his fish that turned black and now has infected another. He firmly rejects her and says she will be better off with another. His gma and her friend both think he should get over the gossip and have a good talk. But the two hard heads won’t. They would rather take potshots at each other across the room than sit down face to face and have a hard conversation. Kai is trying with Ya En. She knows he’s been around more often but he has treated her like a sibling for so long that she can’t imagine him liking her. They found a pawnshop where Ye Meng’s mom’s ring was appraised, but do not know who the man was that had the ring. We have heard nothing of her dad til this phone call. So what’s his story? Does he live at work? At the restaurant, Ye Meng makes sure to give digs at Jin Yu, but I really wish she would have just asked him what happened for such a drastic change. He was so hurt crying by his gma in the hospital. He was so stunned that her family had such low estimation of him before even having a real conversation with him. He just couldn’t handle it. And how can you tell the girl you like, sorry your family hates me so we can’t date? It’s a weird place. She should have done some asking because I am sure the young auntie could have filled her in. It’s amazing how fragile relationships can be when family sticks in. I hold both of these knuckleheads responsible tho for not being close enough to speak their minds and clear the air. If they can’t do that, they shouldn’t be a couple.😝
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Little Sui saw the death of his mother but did not understand why his father the culprit. It was because his mother knew it wasn’t her husband and pointed out handwriting as evidence. Wan and Chi are taking notes and gathering evidence. The chess manuals seem to be the key. There is a distinct character change in emperor. There is a before and after Jin death with specific changes noted. Prince Che was almost to safety but Cheng had to gloat while killing him. There was no reason to bind him later except he wanted another corpse like Prince Rui’s to preen over. The boy was smart to play dumb. Prince Jin encouraged it before he was falsely accused. Guess the emperor originally planned for Cheng to die similarly. Chi is going to change that up a bit. The emperor stuns Li by hugging the crap out of him and ignoring Cheng. Cheng has every reason to feel betrayed. He did exactly what he was told to do and then condemned for it. Welcome to Jin’s world.😝 The fake mourning and outrage by the fake emperor is getting more nauseating by the episode. 😝The consort is hoping to have a child but Feng’s mother revealed that her beauty aids were also making her infertile. The emperor knew this and encouraged the products to go to his wife regularly. Yu is allowed to go home and her mother has the vapors again. She is harsh to the ears and just needs a sedative to shut the hell up. I don’t blame Yan for demanding a rebellion. It is clear why they despise Cheng. But the father recognizes it is better to be poor and alive then titled and in cemetery. They did a good job showing the three women that loved Prince Che experience his life snuffed out. It was sad and bitter and all three knew before told. There was a lot weak about Prince Che. He was not fit to rule and he was a mess trying to comply with the wishes of his mother. To his credit, he loved his wife and just wanted a simple scholarly life, and had his mother accepted his wishes, they both would have been happier. I don’t know how Yu would have done without the title, but I think if she and Che were well away from their mothers they could have had a happy life together with music and poetry. Xiang is still Xiang. She thinks she has won over Feng girl, but doesn’t know Cheng is about to join his brothers. I hope they watch him burn while he sees them smiling and at peace. The sword of justice is about to come down and Prince Chi’s eyes are ablaze as he wields it.
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Blind prince now knows his mother was poisoned and we know he accidentally got a dose before she slapped it out of his hands. Did she discover it after drinking or was she poisoning herself? She wasn’t trying to get help and she knew the tea was poisoned. Him holding his ma’s hand was as creepy as doc with his dead wife. It was just a whole lot of ew!😝 Yu talks her father into helping Che get out. He has called on a relative general in army to assist. I understand him helping his daughter, whom he loved. However, I was somewhat gobsmacked at how matter of factly the father and son thrown under the bus when Yu and Wan talking. And sparing the witch of a mother that caused a lot of the hard feelings. 😝 Usually I side with the women, but this time I’m not convinced it’s the right thing. When Yu was lighting the fire she looked a lot like Caihe. I was surprised she escaped. Cheng got himself in trouble with Chi again. The point was well made and slowly sliding the sword down his robe and then that thunderous strike in the ground right in front of him. You just know this isn’t over yet, and they both know how it is going to end. That was a foreshadowing of Cheng’s fate. The emperor is asking Cheng to kill Che and offering him the crown to get it done. He and the empress have it out as she flat out tells him no marriage decree had occurred between them so he didn’t have the authority to depose her. She put up with him for the sake of her son but his days were numbered. She coddled her boy and he is a complete mess, but she has the spine for all of them. Poor consort is thwarted again. I hope she gets a deserved fate with her psycho son. It was a cute scene with the three prince’s at the end, but blind Prince reveals he sees a lot more than people think. Chi notes it and ponders. The episode ends with empress trying to stab emperor with candlestick and is left in darkness.
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That was a sweet scene with Princess Ning and Prince Yan Li. It was made poignant by his shock and appreciation for someone caring about him. The Crown Prince was exactly what his father accused him of. A boy living in leisure. However, when he was not given military or martial arts discipline, it’s unreasonable of the father to assume book reading and coddling would help him measure up to the security knowledge he needs to know to rule wisely and efficiently. This is as much on his lack of effort as his son. I guess the aspirations of the mothers are supposed to ready the sons for leadership with minimal teachings from the father. He wants to be their coach not their dad.😝 I am also annoyed with Prince Rui. He seems the most capable of rule and the one most shunning it. When the good people leave, the scum floats to the top. This is evidenced by the “treasures” who are candidates for crown prince. Prince Chi is the only one capable but that is because he lived with ‘ whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ‘ upbringing. His father will win no father of the year prizes either. The consort prince wants a one on one challenge with Prince Chi to prove how great he is. It would be best for him to be big fish in small pond than finding out the truth. Wan has become noticed by both of them but that is not a good thing. The empress gave an extreme crash course in tough love to her son. Too little too late and her life really could be on the line for her coddling. She threatens to kill herself and then hugs him. Can you say mixed signals? No wonder the guy is a wimp.He is a direct product of his environment. He is really an artistic type that should be teaching classes to scholars and hidden away in recital halls. He might actually excel there. The consort son should be prison warden. It’s more his vibe.😝 The prisoner has a lot of information and refers directly to files they need to get access to. They now know of a secret society that eliminates discord and perceived bad behavior that causes discontent and amorality in society. This is a blood cult that literally takes flesh to get out of it. The prisoner was set up and wound made him look guilty and the killer may be the one that had to get his flesh removed for referring him. I’m guessing the artist is involved somehow. Wan’s dad was in the middle of a whole lot of weird. She is right to feel something is up with the Supreme Court minister. He really shows no remorse or discomfiture. But in spite of that evidence, it does not indicate the guilt of her father, just that he feels righteous in his cause. Wonder if he is the scalper and minister Shen too close to figuring it out? He is cold enough for it and haughty enough to feel justified. Like the police in Minority Report movie. This gives same vibes. I like how they get to interrupt maid and aide’s kiss.😝🤣 Glad they are finding a house for her. Consort Prince already has plans to discredit her so no need to give him ammo. He would relish catching both of them because two birds one stone would make his day. He needs watching.
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Han’s aunt is a tough cookie but I like her. I loved her calling out Entong for being fake. It is clear they tolerate each other. I love how she picks on monkey.😂 He is finally getting a girl. The aunt wasn’t inclined to join, but she recognized strength of character and a respected leader. Like Han, she found herself attracted to a person she would have typically ignored. The bday party was a thoughtful gesture. The foundation for good friendships is taking place. They squabbled like old married couple over treating her wound. And cuddling the cat was very cute scene.🥰 His necklace was misplaced with the bday gifts. I wonder how that will go. There is absolutely nothing about this drama that is unpredictable, but I find myself entertained with every episode. The pacing is good and there is a nice spectrum of thoughtful and comedic that makes it a good watch. I like all the cast but one. And she must be good to have me want to slap her on sight. I am glad the aunt has become part of the group. She will be a big help preventing Entong shenanigans. I’m sure these two have history. I wish we had one more episode…
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First snow turned romantic for both couples. Han finally tells her about his friend. I am queen conspiracy theorist, I find it fishy only Entong’s tank worked properly. It’s very weird for two to fail. I don’t see her plotting to kill, but she is obsessive. She may have wanted to push herself between the two friends and saw this as a way to play hero. At any rate, her new year plans were squished and I’m glad, tho not for the reason. Gma’s heart is acting up and surgery required. Luckily she is doing well. The aunt, omg she is a force to be reckoned with. 😂I wonder why she is living in dorm if she has her own place? Maybe school rules. It will be fun to see how she interacts with our girls. 😂😂Pass her the towel Han.😂😂He is going to have a hard time explaining his presence in her room.
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At least she finally finds out why swimming coach so mean. He is not convinced she is innocent so she decides to deal with being his lackey for ten days to compensate. Right when things finally calmed down somebody broke his trophy and she again looks guilty. The one interesting part is their meeting in the library via math problem. Here they aren’t biased and just sharing academics. I am enjoying the music with this drama and find it entertaining. The actors are doing a good job and the pacing keeps you interested even tho typical school drama.
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Ms curly hair is just heading to campus and has a run in with a popular guy and a girl offering him cake. The misadventure continues and she finds herself disliked by both due to jealousy from girl and misunderstanding with boy. It is a very cute introduction to all the main characters and very entertaining.
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