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I watched a few recent dramas with runtimes greater than 45 minutes. I don’t think that should be the precedent for editing downwards the future episodes.

He was ok in the beginning, but he rapidly declined. Was he planning to seduce JL in the palace tea room, to force a marriage alliance between them? Now, he gets the poor relation, who was ogling him from the start.

LOL Best comment of the day!

The Temple Mistress in the beginning of the drama, but she's locked up now. 🤣🤣🤣

Was Third Sister born after the mother miscarried ten years ago? She would be less than 10 years' old. She looks more like 15 in the present time.

It looked like the original Jiang Li was taken away to the Mountain of Doom when she was 6. I assumed that maid servant Tong was even younger than JL, and accompanied JL to the mountain. Present Day Tong has an amazing memory to recount the events of ten years ago to Fang Fei. I don’t even remember when I was 5 years' old, or even 10 years' old.😆😆😆

The makeup artists did not do a very good job with FL. Sometimes, she looks young, other times, she looks old. I was guessing that Xue Fang Fei should be around 22.

The CGI was impressive but all the students and judges were having a group hallucination, which was dubious.

Sometimes, Jiang Li's the makeup looks very good, and other times it looks not good. No continuity! Is the real Jiang Li about 20 years' old? I am guessing that Xue Fang Fei is about 22-ish. Did they say how long she and Shen were married?

Oh! That guy! He looks conniving. The widow was probably fake. Did he have a personal relationship with her? Why did Emperor promote him?

LOL She looks overwhelmed, underwhelmed, pathetic or perturbed. Prince #2 must be the catch of the day, after Crown Prince and Fan Xian. I am guessing CP is unmarried, and Fan Xian pledged to marry Wan Er. At best, she could pretend to be happy that she is marrying Cheng Ze, even if he is two-faced.

Is Ye Ling Er connected YQM and the businesses that showed up in episode 26 to give the 20 million taels to Fan Xian?

I am looking forward to that.

Mr Fan seemed skeptical when Fan Xian told "Aunty" to sit at the table. I guess he does not regard her as Mistress of the Fan House.

He seems to like her secretly, and vice versa. I guess that they have to hang out together since Emperor has arranged the marriage. I don't understand what her purpose is, except to look perturbed when she sees Cheng Ze.

Is He Zongwei the little Eunuch?

I think that Ling Er and Cheng Ze like each other. Opposites attract, as they say. I had to draw the line when Cheng Ze chained her to the chair. If she does not come to her senses, she will become pathetic.

He got two promotions. 🌟🌟

I look forward to First Prince's scenes. He has no melodrama attached to him. CP and 2nd Prince are two-faced. 2nd Prince's Executive Assistant is cute, but he's always coming up with some conspiracy.

I like First Prince, then Crown Prince.