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Actually we are not shown how much she confides in him. I don't like this kind of storytelling bc they will most likely come back and "surprise" us at the end that they confided in each other from the get go.

I don't watch them. They are a total kill joy.

Well she did rebel at the end - and administered the poison at the emperor's banquet. She wanted to be caught to end her father's insane regime and her own suffering. She seized the moment and her father and Shen Zaiye ended up respecting her for it.

Yeah he is in danger of being typecast.

Well we are clearly in a new plot arc but it does seem rather predictable and pathetic. Why does Gao Han keep taking these hopelessly besotted roles...??🤷🏻‍♀️🧐

There is something seriously defective with this emperor's gene pool......

True but a bare hint of tears or a tiny smile would have gone a long way.

Wow this is so good.

I actually really like Ren Jialun when he is dubbed. Its only when he dubs himself that I have issues with him.

Tencent has been cracking down - its gonna be very hard to watch express and possibly even regular episodes there going forward.

I trust you.
That meant so much more than "I love you".
I just didn't like Taohua's kind of blank reaction to such a monumental confession. 🤦🏻‍♀️

That was a beautiful moment:

Its well executed but predictable and nothing new.

After some reflection, I realized that if dad confesses, then the entire clan is complicit bc he is the head of the clan. Then the whole Meng clan would have to be executed or exiled - which is probably also what happened to Shen Zaiye's Xie clan. That was probably what Zaiye was proposing but the emperor refused to accept his propsal bc once Huaijin took the fall, it could be argued that it was just one wayward, disgraced member of the clan who was a bad influence on the crown prince, no one else was to blame. So the Meng clan is disgraced and demoted but they live to fight another day.

I have said in jest that its much more melodramatic to kill off Huaijin whereas audience won't care about dad. That may have something to do with it but after some reflection, I realized that if dad confesses, then the entire clan is complicit bc he is the head of the clan. Then the whole Meng clan would have to be executed or exiled - which is probably also what happened to Shen Zaiye's Xie clan. That was probably what Zaiye was proposing but the emperor refused to accept his propsal bc once Huaijin took the fall, it could be argued that it was just one wayward, disgraced member of the clan who was a bad influence on the crown prince, no one else was to blame. So the Meng clan is disgraced and demoted but they live to fight another day.

I also skipped S2 - the only character they kept was the girl and if anyone, she should have been changed.

The real answer is bc its more melodramatic to kill off Huaijin!🤦🏻‍♀️😅

I think he is not done yet he means to clear his family’s name. I am sure there were other clans involved he is probably going after them next.

Both - she does need her meds regularly.

Yeah dumb ass writer. It would have made more sense the old man himself take the fall for it and clear his son. And in any case it didn’t work that well.