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Just call me Zhifu😂

The eldest Lu brother is a complete psycho! He has shown up at workplace twice now with veiled threats. The second time almost cost the morgue official his life. He is so fed up with the corruption, and rightly so, but he has to live if things are to change. This time Zang Hai was the voice of reason and reminded surveillance rep Lu that it was also a serious crime to defame royal graves. This somewhat calmed things down but psycho guy is not going to let it go and makes it plain. Work minister shyster shows up and requests ledger. He gets workers and supplies to gravesite but of course he has skimmed and given tampered materials while charging full price. This does at least allow for work to be completed before festival. The Marquis receives notice that fraud has occurred with general Fu’s worksite and fingers pointing directly at Zang Hai.The Marquis is pissed because he knows exactly who is at fault and as a general himself, his son has disgraced him on two fronts. He goes to Zang Hai to get the truth of it but Zang Hai will not remove blame from himself. He makes it clear he is all in protecting the Marquis family from dishonor. As the Marquis leaves he runs into son two. He is now a squad leader with promotion visible on uniform and has brought home a pelt for his dad. The Marquis dismisses him quickly but not before recognizing his son’s progress and telling him how proud he is of his military accomplishments. This son is the silver lining to the Marquis’ bad day and disappointment in his eldest son. Even the wife could not lessen the stupidity and greed of her offspring. She has to acknowledge his foolishness and berates him slightly. The Marquis makes it clear that he is to replace all inferior materials and the funds from their own treasury. He then heads to court where Cao gets a huge surprise. The Marquis not only stands up for Zang Hai but gets ten days added to the work time so that proper recognition can be given to general Fu. Cao strongly disagrees but is shouted down by other court ministers agreeing with the Marquis. I’m sure this event is unprecedented and for the first time in a very long while there is honor shown for a task from Cao. He cannot contrive any more difficulties without showing himself guilty so he reluctantly acquiesces to the new labor schedule for the burial site. He is intensely angry and surprised at the Marquis’ loyalty to Zang Hai. He determines it is because of Gui seal and that progress must have been made to find it. He calls in the Marquis’ eldest son with written proof of his fraud. He demands that he finds out what Zang Hai and Marquis are looking for and if found. When the son is reluctant to spy on his father a tortured official is brought in with charges thrown on the floor on top of him. As he begs for mercy the son is horrified and it is brought to a gruesome climax when the psycho son Lu kills the official before his eyes. He is now given an offer he can’t refuse and must obey Cao. AnTu and friend hear about court disagreement and trying to figure out the reason. AnTu suspects the seal and ponders over things. Zang Hai has tried to determine best course in getting Cao and Marquis to fight so that third party eagle will reveal themselves by taking out winner between the two. He already knows the seal spying is in place so he draws his version of the seal knowing they don’t know what it looks like. Plans within plans within plans all around. Son shows up at Zang Hai’s place presenting as big brother….just call me Zhifu🤣 Zang Hai is already well acquainted with how he treats little brothers😝 Zhifu got in a bribe with the jade that Zang Hai will have to deal with but the pieces are now circling. Endgame will be awhile but territory is being marked and claimed. Now to see how the pieces fall.

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Mr 8 saves the day

Zang Hai makes excuse to go to minister Zhao’s house who is the head of the ministry of revenue. His mentor’s reaction to being a tax collector😂He finds the minister fixing his own roof tiles. The minister redirects the ledger conversation to official survival. He challenges Zang Hai to decide if he is long term survival or true reform and counsels him on how to best obtain either goal. He then gives Zang Hai the roof tiler job while he heads to official court. Zang Hai takes the opportunity to snoop in the study and finds out that Zhao was quire distant from Dongxia on official business and can’t be the third person. His nosiness is found out when the minister returns to get a forgotten ledger. Zang Hai lies that a servant directed him to the study for repairs. This official is all business and lines up the servants to identify culprit. As things digress and everybody in trouble his daughter conveniently shows up and covers for Zang Hai. Who knew? Mr 8 is the minister of revenues’ daughter. Serendipity at its finest. Liang AnTu has just atoned for previous day’s poor judgment. She does indeed keep ear low to ground. I just wish she wasn’t as much trouble as help😝The officials are crying not enough funds for their testing of officials. Now there will be meetings to find ways to lower cost or lengthen time between. Typical politicians…a lot of talk and no movement without money. Here Cao takes the opportunity to put Zang Hai in charge of general Fu’s burial. This has given Zang Hai a great opportunity to present his capabilities. It is also a way to show that unless he embezzles via work ministry or accepts protection from surveillance group he is not going to complete project on time. I am curious how he will get the workers he needs without corrupting himself. He asks his mentor about novels to give Mr 8 gifts for her impromptu assist that bailed him out. His mentor agrees but directs Zang Hai to gift the one that really helped him. Zang Hai gives the books to Mr 8 who liked one well enough she wanted to present the story at the theater. She then points to AnTu and tells him to get to real business.😂 This relationship is complex. It is as annoying as helpful. This alliance needs to grow so hopefully they will figure out what that means and stop hindering each other. Zang Hai is going to have to learn the way of the gray and she seems to be the best person for job. If they don’t manage to kill each other.😝

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Groundhog wedding day🤣

Our demon hunter still remembers what happened, but he is unsuccessful at convincing the constable and BanXia. He has changed things so that he and BanXia wake up in same place. The three stooges will follow him anywhere.😂 but he knows he needs to convince the constable so they can leave painting together. He shows the constable and BanXia how objects turn to ink when destroyed. But they are not convinced and don’t remember who they are. He still has no clue how to escape but he still sees his first goal getting them all together. They do a good job repeating everything. His three brothers are quite funny. When they do escape I wonder if they are still as ridiculous. If so the constable will have no trouble locking them up. They still haven’t run into sand guy store owner. I wonder if he would trip everybodies memory into working. They might need to get his paintbrush.

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Looking for parents

The two constables are adorable. He is so not willing to see her and she with that compass was very damn cute. I’m with Rabbit…the uncle gives off weird vibes. I’m not sure XuanYe did their guide a good deed taking him there to heal up. They have found the enlightening bookstore but are left with more questions than answers. Once they exit, the servant is asked to get a hammer and he takes it from a painting. When he hands it to his master he is beaten with it and turns to paper. The lady constable can’t seem to get her companion off her mind so she hands him the compass. He has better results and finds himself in the bookstore. Earlier three robbers found themselves sucked into a painting. The constable notices one of them moving in a painting. When he touches it he is sucked into it and his sword and anything else carrying hits the floor. BanXia is having tea while everybody else is doing errands. The master of the bookshop comes in and shows her something her father wrote. She knows he is up to something and leaves clue for XuanYe to find her. She tries to lose the store owner but is unsuccessful. He points a paintbrush at her and she is knocked out by some sparklies. XuanYe finds the clue quickly when they get back but he is surrounded by various fighters once inside the bookstore. Once he conquers them he is alone with store owner who tries every weapon in the book to defeat him.😂The owner thinks he is successful but XuanYe grabs him and forces him to go with in painting. The two demon hunters that accompanied BanXia to underground city continue their pursuit of kinder and more gentle demons. They are bullies and I hope they get to run into one able to protect itself from them.😝

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Growing pains

Zang Hai was forced to wait over two hours for the spoiled princess. She overplayed her hand here and sent the wrong message. And then acting bratty buying all the coins.😝 This shows how aware she is of everything that’s going on, but this time I did not find her cute or endearing. This episode she was the little brat that beat a peasant for looking for his father. I know she is integral for contacts, but it won’t break my heart for her part to be minimal. She is a distraction he doesn’t need for his heart. He will have to learn lesson two this time and keep heart under lock and key but attitude available for information. I have sympathy for second prince. Not that he is being hazed but that two mentors he wanted to have faith in just want benefit from who his father is. At least Zang Hai has never denied it. But that has removed any chance for friendship. It has given the prince resolve to grit it out and toughen up. He can’t play stupid in this environment. He does not have the guides and guards Zang Hai lucked into, but if he survives he will land power and position by right of birth. It is a very hard lesson but it will give him the fortitude to stand up to his father and defeat his step mother and brother. After the crucible of the military, he will be forged into a force to be reckoned with. Zang Hai has his coin but now owes a favor to Zhen Tower. It is not a good place but at least he can try Yongrong meeting. He is intrigued with the firestorm a lowly fifth level astronomer has ignited. I’m hoping we get to see results of those efficiency reports. All are growing in to their new positions.

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Finding resolve

Cleaning house has officially started. The two most vile of the bureau have been brought to task for their participation in ghost marriages. I was sorry the one didn’t have to drink the poison he had for the woman. He did right to let the emperor judge these two but to hide this enterprise under the guise of a clinic was heinous. The rest are wise to confess before being found out. This broad sweep has done a good job for the people but has placed a bigger target on him. The second son has been encouraged to join the army. While this is a dangerous venture, it is still by far safer than staying home. The fact that his father gave permission first ask shows how hard it was to see him. The surprise on his face at this request rather than money was a big revelation. The son is safe for a year. Going in as a commoner will keep other family members from being able to target him with “accidental death” while training. I think the rigors of hardship and discipline will help him become the young man he should be. It will also pay penance of sorts for the lackluster thriftless life he has led up til now. This will help both his character and spirit to do better and want to. It will also give him the strength to literally kick his brother’s ass if necessary.😝Liang AnTu’s visit was interesting. She left useful gifts and a question with Zang Hai. I am glad his friends are staying with him. Now they can be useful, monitored and work in safeguarded parameters to stay out of trouble. The mentor seemed disappointed at Zang Hai’s first response to his question about Liang AnTu. He takes Zang Hai to his childhood home. This time I noted his father’s death was him refusing to tell the Marquis about seal and grabbing the spear to silence himself. The three fish were passed out and one I thought a woman’s hand…but things never are as they appear in this show. But I wonder if these three need to be connected to activate the Gui seal? Is this how they determined no one person could be in charge? The mentor used this to reignite the hatred in Zang Hai’s heart. And then he told him to follow his heart in regard to Liang AnTu.😝He does now have an answer for her, but I wonder if it changed from his first thought when pressed for an answer. Only Zang Hai knows.

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Cleaning house

We are given more info of the Dongxia battle. It was not one but two. The first should have been won but the Gui seal gave them an army of undead. Production did an excellent job. When the general took his sword to the neck of the fiend and no blood and the bones cracked back into place…..and the other walking up the spear to toss off the weilder…this was eerie and cool. This was an excellent blend of production and cast to make an otherworldly battle sequence quite believable. I am surprised he even attempted the battle as most would have retreated just seeing them. The Marquis does not lack courage. The explanation of wives clearer. The schemer was first and simply a political marriage. She was satisfied with that til she was introduced to the loved wife and son. She almost cannot be blamed for her actions but she had many kinder options. How satisfied she must have been to watch them both fall into disfavor. The deliberate poisoning of the wife and the thriftlessness of ‘loved’ son must have made her quite happy. What she failed to notice was that even tho quite successful with her evil intentions, she did not improve her son’s heart status to Marquis. He is an arrogant, lazy, self serving politician who has no regard or interest in the people he is supposed to be serving. The lack of waterproofing and dam repairs two obvious flounderings. The garden chat about the plum blossom to peonies gave hope for the second son while not finger pointing at the choice to change where efforts directed. The Marquis wanted the fallen general’s position and actually asked Zang Hai for advice. He was advised to let the emperor choose without expressing specific interest and the Marquis wisely chose to follow that advice. Another got the position, but any who offered to take it was demoted. The Marquis was even given a thousand teals of silver to assist his health when he was too sick for attendance. Here is the part that made my skin crawl. He calls Zang Hai to his secret trophy room and tells him of the battle. He says that Zong Hai’s dad stole the gui seal and hid it. He also told Zang Hai he was dead without revealing where and showed him the bronze fish. Zang Hai bravely asked if more than one and the Marquis made it clear he knew where the other two were. He has commissioned him to find the seal. I do not know how Zang Hai managed to be so calm by his parents’ remains but knowing about it prior gave him the strength to put his horror aside. That this is the place that clears the Marquis’ mind is 🤯 The Marquis put in a good recommendation and Zang Hai is now imperial astronomer. His mentor is like a proud father.😁 but he also specifically steered Zang Hai’s attention to the missing one from Marquis’ family and then to ghost burial and stealing of orchards by nobles. So he is directing Zang Hai’s path specifically. He goes to his father’s office and remembers what his father showed him. He also turns off the fake praise and heads to the morgue to help the single person that actually does his job. His mentor corrects Zang Hai’s opinion of bureau but this doesn’t quite ring true for me. They are now separate organizations instead of a cohesive unite to serve the emperor. Will be interesting to see their reactions cause he is nothing like Chu. And it may point to others that wanted his father gone. He reveals to mentor that he didn’t intend to find the seal but now it is on his agenda.

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Dark horse

Zang Hai is doing his best to sell second prince to Xiang AnTu and finds out his own friends sold him out. 😂 Their dinner is interrupted as he chases them out of the tower.🤣 The prince is thrown in a pig pen and challenged to make his own way out. When first thrown in he whines about his difficulties and that training cannot be completed in a day. 😝 He is admonished by Zang Hai, but given the option to walk away accepting that if he does to never mention avenging his mother again. Here he makes the choice to adhere to agreement. The friend should not have made pig noises…he failed at being a trainer in less than a day😝🙄 The prince is indeed soft, but, as he strengthens himself through vigorous training and eats wholesome, simple food, he recognizes that he is becoming the man his mother would be proud of. He shows up on tournament day and his team routed almost immediately. The prince gets pissed at their mocking and decides even if alone he is going to kick some ass. He does well and manages to score. ‘Follow me if you want to win’…words they never expected to hear. They rally and the tricks of the sticks taught by street players came in very handy.😁 At the end of the incense, the winning point is scored by the green team. The betting house goes wild with this change of events and things heat up at the betting tables and court as the games’ winner is dark horse Prince. This news even comes back to Marquis who takes credit how his blood shining through. The concubine side eyes Zang Hai knowing something is afoot and he is the cause. Her son is finally set back a bit. He’s not concerned because he has no idea the talent his brother could have. His mother weakened two sons, she just didn’t realize it. At the reward table the Marquis and eunuch both show up. The prince gets genuine praise from his father for the first time as a man. He is taking this all in and embracing it. Zang Hai is avoiding lengthy eye contact with eunuch. He is offered a position and the Marquis intervenes without directly refusing it. He is hoping to buy the eunuch off, but he is curious about the identity of Zang Hai and sends out a squad to place inquiries. That ended up in a bloodbath and the leader of the group was not killed. But, he did not get to send his message either. I do not know if the second pigeon had a fake message or simply released so could not be used. They have slowed the progress of the leader, but he is making his way back to the capital and killing anyone getting in his way.

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Wronged sons unite

The son hears the click of device and demands to know why Zhinu is there when given a chance to leave. He is told the singular flower on his mother’s grave was either deliberately planted or had sprung up from mother because she had been poisoned. The son refuses to believe that was how his mother passed but wants to determine the truth himself. The second son surprises his family and shows up for the family ceremony. He notes that Zang Hai is not there. What he does see are the poisonous flowers on the altar as part of floral arrangement. He also notes the face of stepmother. When his father was offered cakes from memorial, the stepmother intervenes and makes sure they are not eaten. He adds himself to the hunt and presents a pheasant to his father while big brother chases a rabbit.😝 He tells his father he saw a young deer and leads him to his mother’s grave. When pressed, he tells the son he was too sad to visit. When the son presents him a handful of the flowers to take home and put in a vase, the Marquis angrily gets them away from his son and tells him men aren’t concerned with flowers. The son stays and starts exhuming his mother by hand. He knows and fears the truth, but wants to see with his own eyes. This is where Zang Hai shows up. I also noted he was called Zang Hai rather then Zhinu. He helps the prince finish exhuming the grave and talks of the rights of burial and how hard to imagine a woman of her status being buried like this. He offers the prince an opportunity to distance himself and that he could just tell him rather than show him. The prince refused to leave. ‘This is my mother’. Here his true nature is finally showing. As Zang Hai describes the effects of the poison over time, the prince is remembering the teachings of his mother. It is unclear if he shared or thought this, but it is a significant moment between the two young men. The same person was responsible for the death of their mothers and this made a significant bond between them. They learn with help of mentor that the mother was poisoned shortly after her rival’s family helped husband gain political favor. Once established the Marquis was ready to forsake his wife and child to give way for the concubine. I think he was willingly duped into believing wife and doctor had an affair. He loved power more than love and chose to believe the lie. An innocent man was hung, his wife’s reputation was besmirched, and the son most like him was encouraged to live a spendthrift life and be a royal waste of space. The prince connected the dots for himself even before the evidence from Zang Hai was given. These two together will have a very broad spectrum of capabilities. The prince understands what is wanted from him and why. They each have a similar ax to grind with the Marquis. However, the prince also has love left for the father of his youth. He openly admits he may fail with revenge portion of pact. They both agree that if the prince can find out the third person, that will be enough. It will be a most interesting search. If these two and former Princess and Mr 8 combine their skills with a united plan…..who knows where these machinations could lead? Compared to the Marquis and his sycophants, the next generation are leagues ahead in capabilities. The spoiled prince begins martial arts training from Zang Hai’s old friend. “ Zhinu he will figure out who you are!” 🤣 “He already knows”😂 His friend is not the brightest bulb nor the best teacher, but he is the most loyal. The prince might not become the most capable martial artist, but he will develop friendships with more honorable men and toughen up to real life as a peasant. He will have time to see how his father treats the poor and learn to defend himself with strength rather than money. His character can only improve. I have no clue where Prince will be at in two months time as far as training, but he can only be a better version of what he is now. The end of episode shifts view to eunuch. Interesting that Chinese opera comes into play. They usually sing politics either approving or rebelling. Wonder what version catches the eunuch’s ear?

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Threats and promises

It was a sly way to force ZangHai to accept gifts. They thought they painted him into damned if do or don’t scenario. What they did not anticipate was for him to use it to feed the people. Now the Marquis is highly regarded as a savior for the people and the gift givers know where the money is going. That should have been a win/win for Zang Hai, but a cunning tower owner had other plans. She wanted Zang Hai to leave imperial service and be on her side. He politely but without room for negotiation refused. Now here is where I think she would have played response differently. He should have inquired about the burnt girl. That would have her considering her next move from different perspective. She went with the Mr 8 scenario. She managed to get her top aide to spread rumors. One was too close to the truth. That he snuck into their house under false pretenses to tear it down and destroy it. Zang Hai was horrified with what he found in locked secret treasure room. Xiao Zhan did an excellent portrayal of complete horror and disgust. Thanks to ms trouble he now had more gifts arriving. One had a fan and poison bottle with the threat to kill the Marquis in three days. As he is pondering what to do with this request he is kidnapped. The person wanted to literally wear his face and have his revenge on Marquis. When Zang Hai’s shirt was removed he saw the scar on his back. They now knew who each other was. It was a very interesting way to find a lost brother but at least they are on same page and all the doctor tools are being left in the case. They spend a lot of time talking about how their lives changed after the massacre. Then the older brother has news of what direction father was taking entering the city. It was not his typical path so Zang Hai thinks he has figured out the location of the hidden item. It is a tomb in the southwest. Now to see what the fish keys are for. I am so disgusted at the trophies the Marquis kept from that night. It is beyond words. I am also a bit miffed at the ego of tower owner. Zang Hai had enough problems and she wasn’t too distressed at the thoughts of him getting killed. I know she figured he would be able to beat the odds, but she was very comfortable putting him in the position to have to beat them yet again.😝 I want these two to get along because I think their mutual efforts will be needed to take the Marquis and his cronies down. But I do not care if they only have business relationship. I don’t really think I want a romance with these two. Partners in vengeance seems a much better and more realistic option. And if the second prince is playing dumb, does he have the other fish key? There were two forming circle that Marquis stole from father’s pocket.

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Learning what is valuable

Wei Shao wants to know how General Liang could give his gift to the maid. The general is very sweet in how he tries to explain things. WeiShao is starting to figure out how he falls short in the feelings dept for his wife. They prepare to leave and the engineer detours them to Panyi. It is clear that this plan was devised by Lady Wei who wants more private time with husband. They find the main road blocked and Wei Shao is called away to help fix it. The maid yells at the general for taking the Lord away and tells him to fix it. So the generals plot to have it look like Lady Wei is lost so that Wei Shao can rescue her. It flops and she has really disappeared. This has the Wei men in a panic and when they find her he scoops her on his horse and prepares to fight. It turns out they have found a group of refugees who have survived a 1000 mile trek after being refused by two other realms. Lady Wei had to hang her head in shame when her own family was one who rejected them a home. Lord Wei makes a treaty with them to settle in his land 20 miles away that has good land to build houses and farms. As long as they obey the laws of Wei clan they now have a home. This pleases Lady Wei very much. Later that night Lord Wei will not let her leave his side. She is starting to get antsy and doesn’t know what his problem is. He finally tells her that her maids weren’t the most worried for her that day. She finally sees with her own eyes how much he cares for her. So even tho a very poor gift chooser, he has shown a good heart with the refugees and that her safety and care are important to him. This gift from him, was a very good one🥰This tells her far more about who he is rather than what he can buy. Her cousin had a similar scare but hers was more serious. BiZhi tried to fulfill her wishes over sour plums and got himself injured by bully general. The border has more tension now and she wants to run away again. He dissuades her and reminds her that they will always be safest in their own land. He also reminds her that he is working hard to prove his worth to her father. It is an honorable way to react. He is more realistic about dangers and is trying to get her to stay put and deal with them bravely. At the Qiao home things are conflicted because the governor now wants to pave his political way by marrying off the available women to other realms. Qiao Man’s brother is disgusted with them. He is on point that the men will be seen as weak if that is their currency to stay in power. I’m kinda tired of their ambassador that is lazy and self serving. He is not a bad man, he just isn’t really a good one either. He just wants to stay near power for the comforts without any of the responsibilities. The young man leaving will be the best thing for him. Qiao Man is so much better off being away from this group. They are smart engineers but they are cowardly and lacking strength of character. This is what got them in trouble 14 years ago. It is a hard lesson for Lady Wei to see how her family looks from other people’s eyes but is a good lesson. She may have more in common with Yan than she expected.

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Fight with black fox

This episode was decent. ShiJi and HongHong had their face to face battle giving HongHong a lot more hate to deal with. The spirits were having a hard time with the zombie humans because they did not stay dead and animated with even more hate. YueChu had the YiQi Alliance on standby and wisely put constable as the one to dictate when to start battle. YueChu went in first and said to wait on his signal. She was the one that truly waited for the right time. After ShiJi was defeated black fox empress took over as dark HongHong. She was very confident that love could not save HongHong. YueChu saw the sacrifice formation and understood why she took the heart thread. This would keep tree from letting him be sacrificed. He met her in spirit realm and they forged the tear of void. Black fox empress said they could create it but not determine who got to use it. What they successfully did was send it up top so that spirit army could see the black foxes and defeat them. YueChu gave everything to her and she returned the favor. Together they created a new grief tree and kept their memories in a new dimension. Their daughter came down and everybody thinks it’s HongHong made a child. I wasn’t sure on this til she showed up and reminded the girl where they could meet and to help them in new mission.I think she might have put herself in a love dream and that YueChu died but where death is not always as it seems I’m not completely sure. They showed happy couples and a better world where there was more understanding between spirits and humans. I also watched bonus feature that shows all the couples in a future setting. It kept the same vibe between them as in drama so I appreciated that sentiment. I am still not happy with what they did with FuCheng. That was the knot in Yue Chu’s heart that got things going…but they could have given her a much more honorable death and did not have to have that atrocity on her conscience . I still am annoyed at that.😝 Overall this was much better than rated. It was judged harshly because it is the middle of the story so of course it didn’t seem to make much sense. If you watched Love in Pavilion first it ended with questions about QinLan. They also cut her finale scenes for reasons unknown😝 and this drama started with what happened to her after she disappeared. Then YueChu’s story would have made a lot more sense in proper context. The storytelling was kinda awful at the end but they ended YueChu and HongHong’s story rather well in spite of a lot of bad. The only one that was really shortchanged was Fu Cheng. That entire debacle was avoidable. Overall this is a good watch in spite of the bad as long as you watch it SECOND in the series as it was meant to be. My one last question is when do we get to hear RongRong’s story? Even in modern bonus episode she was a sidekick…..she deserves a story too.

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Love dream

While truly made from love, HongHong should have realized YueChu would only go for the real thing. ShiJi thinks she has things under control with her human minions and HongHong may have overplayed her hand in trying to absorb human. It is a frightful cloud of how much hate there is in the six realms. It still is quite strong even with all their efforts. The two ladies have a face off and even with all her newly acquired power ShiJi seems a very lame villain. Yang Mi looks truly beautiful here and elegantly far superior. This can only end tragically but to see how the decided to do it. Editing and lazy storytelling at the end really did mess this drama up. But I do want to watch HongHong kick ShiJi’s butt.😝

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Lining up for endgame

They could have skipped last episode events entirely and just gone to this. Those asides were not necessary to get here. This at least gives the reasonable conclusions for tree spirit and bark tool human. This actually gave the black fox room for thought. Could love be stronger than hate? Here he talked to the wrong one for info. ShiJi is again twisting the truth to keep HongHong from defeating her and taking over the foxes. Since neither of our leads are going to share that information it remains to be seen if he will side with ShiJi. I can only hope not. She lies better now but she is still a lame character. I will really hate it if YueChu gets duped by her. 😝

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Actors did well — story did not

The actors did an excellent job with their parts. What was completely a hot mess was their scripts. 😝 This entire episode was a hodgepodge of events to get HongHong in a ridiculous position of assuming all hate to rule the hate. In her speculation she could be filled with hate and not perform evil deeds and keep the foxes in line. This drama has had 30 plus episodes of decent storyline to get reduced to this unbelievable series of events to position the lame villain ShiJi in a somewhat more powerful position as second henchman. 😝Fu Cheng killing a bunch of children spirits and YueChu’s friend was a miserable ending for a decent character. After all she’d been through this was worse than if she’d just died by Jin RenFeng’s hand. The tree spirit and bark tool human could have had a cute story but they made him stupid and her self serving. YueChu is mourning what he did but nobody is talking about the fact that he fulfilled the elder’s request to save Tushan. It wasn’t an option for him. ShiJi has now gone back to the origins of YueChu’s purpose for being adopted. She told the truth, but it was slanted and the story was far more complicated. This was a very lame way to rush to the end and getting all the characters in place. This single episode trashed all the prior ones for me. They ruined the good characters to elevate the lamest villain. 😝This is the first time I thought the drama deserved it’s crappy rating.

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