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Their little interactions and the way they knew and trusted eachother, or even betrayed eachother were more romantic to me though. The joy of finding a confidant, a worthy enemy, is sometimes more thrilling than getting a worthy friend.

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Or she will later die, to atone for her sins and leave hanyan more lonely. These plots have a tendency for this

Yeah so pretty and gorgeous 🥰

And I felt in today's episode that he saw through Han Yan's scheme. While cooking food with his concubine, the seriousness he had for a brief moment, while saying he will not let yushan suffer, it was too profound. Seriously he is such a great actor, if not for how story progresses and how we have a panoramic view of things, nobody could catch him, based on his actions and expressions. He is such a complex character

I hope he is not, but he just bends too much, any normal soft and cowardly person will feel some resentment, sadness or unwillingness in his heart. But he shows none. Pei dafu was arrested and killed, yet no one knew he had an adopted son in charge of his wealth, only after finding the wealth missing, they got suspicious of some fish slipping the net. It means the adopted son is not one to be trifled with, and more skilled and audacious and better at hiding than pei dafu and whole gang. Tall tree attracts wind, and a hunter's most important and basic quality is patience. If Zhuang Shiyang is really him, then he is pretty terrifying. Also he first handed in the drawing, such a nice and subtle plan, and acknowledged his involvement with pei dafu infront of Fu Yunxi and his colleagues. He kneels too easily, either he is coward, or has more important things to do. And how he handled his colleagues who knelt to him... simply wonderful, they felt brotherly with him, and felt sorry for him, on the other hand that yuwen guy couldn't hold his colleagues for a conversation, they didn't even drank a single cup of tea and fled. And he is the left censor.

This author also has a Jiang Ruan along with Jiang Li. Five out of two FLs are from Jiang jia, seems like an influential family

Yeah she is older than Han Yan and brother, so she is in her early twenties. And she does looks the part. Plus she is a very good actor, she makes us hate her, she looks shallow, who wants to do evil, but is not a thorough person. Chen Du Ling is also not seventeen, but can easily pull it off. We shouldn't ruin the fun by such trivial things.

They want to portray her as unruly, not a ladylike, as she likes horse riding and archery, and that's actually a comfortable hairstyle for these purposes, as compared to buns and intricate hairpins

That's frost bite. Yunxi is not a bad person, he just is a cunning person in ministry of justice and criminals have spread this bad reputation, because they couldn't buy him and he is not a lenient person. He doesn't considers others face and does what he seems good. They say he is a bad person, but if they actually suffered something bad, they would love to have him handle their case.

Why wouldn't he? There is no reason not to. He didn't even had any concubines while married to her. And he cherishes the daughter. And he feels sad, she died due to him. He feels he should have considered his job and position and should have married a woman who could have protected herself and the children, whether he was there or not. That's why he is so interested in Han Yan

Cold, unbridled and crazy

Yeah faking being a weak woman, no matter her temper, or power she has, she will be a handicapped woman in their eyes, otherwise who harmed her first time, would have done so, the second time. Otherwise they wouldn't have left her around and let her manage the house

Her mom actually looked like a beauty who was famous throughout the capital

Women scheme in inner house, men in court. Women burry others without a sound, while men behead others in broad daylight in fanfare, both have their dark side and a unique expression of it

Maybe Zhuang Shiyang is Pei dafu's adopted son

I seriously wonder if Zhuang Shiyang is Pei dafu's adopted son. Because he is from Danzhou, his three generations atleast. He had contacts with Danzhou in name of keeping news about his daughter and sending her money, for seventeen years. If it were anyone else, such a long timeline couldn't be hidden. But for him, due to a legitimate daughter there, it's easier. And his own father's death seems suspicious. His family seems more well off, and more so he keeps rambling Iam just a junior something in hanlin academy, which gets on my nerves. Like his fellow student has become left censor, and he hasn't left the junior position all this while, and they studied from the same teacher. Marrying a daughter of a family who was beheaded, and even servants were fleeing, is a feat in itself, coz order of beheading the whole family doesn't comes easily and often it's from royal family, and marrying her and making royal family his opponent, it just not feels right with a coward who can kneel to his son in law, and his son law lets him kneel.....interesting and it doesn't seems he loves his wife much. Mind it, he had a concubine and three children already before this marriage.

Yeah, I thought she would have a good fight and then ML would win and she will flee. But didn't expected the outcome. I don't remember any drama where a female warrior was portrayed as more skilled than ML or someone already famous for his martial arts, like this guy has survived 6 assassinations, so he is not the average strong person, but she is stronger than him. Wow, I was seriously amazed. This drama has these little details that keep amazing me

Yeah coz both were in the position of power and investigating something in secret. Moreover, this author has a liking for certain type of male leads. Although not same, but they do share some characteristics, in both dramas MLs were unbridled

I thought I was the only one who got scared by her. It almost felt like I was being scolded. Never felt a scene on such a personal level