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Your comment is very relevant. Ping Ting has always known that she possesses the most valuable and dangerous military manual. Even though Chu Bei Jei is her childhood friend, she knows of his reputation in battle. She grew up, knowing that she must be wary of everyone she encountered. She sees that He Xia is taking a different path, so she leaves him before she becomes his pawn. Her next stopover is Great Liang. The writer had to create a very complex story, otherwise the drama would be over in twenty episodes.

Some of the martial arts 'high wire' stunts look unrealistic, like the "Tarzan" move. The production team is aiming for a surreal look. I wonder where the vine was attached, for them to swing so far across the valley. And Ping Ting did not flinch, from the high altitude. I would pass out from motion sickness and vertigo, from the vast nothingness under me, although Wallace Chung would make the stunt, worthwhile. (Ha ha!)

Wallace Chung is my favorite actor in the drama. Angelababy is doing okay, but her character, Bai Ping Ting, is annoying me. She kept injuring Chu Bei Jei, and leaving him high and dry. It seems to me that Ping Ting is on a mission to achieve world peace among the warring kingdoms. Now, she is headed to Great Liang. I am curious about her late father, who possessed the military manual. I thought that he might be the lost prince of Bai Lan State (or whatever it is called).

The note says: This novel has a Happy Ending! I am so happy, after reading this.

I may keep going until the end of General and I. I watched Princess Weiyoung and Mystic Nine to the very end, even though I became restless midway in the dramas.

I stopped being optimistic about a happy ending, after MLSHR and PW.

You never know with these dramas. I'll keep an eye out, for the butterflies and fire.

Great idea! It will be over in under six weeks. I hope that the subbers keep up, and don't lag, by two or three weeks.

The TV broadcast started January 3. Someone mentioned that they broadcast two episodes daily, Monday to Friday, and one episode on Saturday. We should be done with this drama in five weeks. Hooray!

I am watching all the actors for the first time. Angelababy's acting is similar to IU's acting in MLSHR. The only difference is that Ping Ting is resourceful, an independent thinker and war strategist. With 62 episodes in the drama, I suppose that the characters/actors have to keep their emotions lowkey, early in the game.

I am getting vibes of MLSHR and Princess Weiyoung. Bai Ping Ting is playing a ping pong game with Chu Bei Jie and He Xia (aka Princes #8 and #4 in MLSHR), and Chu Bei Jie is the hopeless fool in love (aka Tuoba Jun in PW). Ping Ting acts like a Princess, that she might really be. Her father might be a prince of this Bai Lan State kingdom, since he possessed the military manual. I feel sorry for Chi Bei Jie, sustaining injuries and being dumped many times in only eight episodes. Feng Nong's novel must be extremely long, to produce 62 episodes. So far, I like Wallace Chung's role as Chu Bei Jei.

Sadly, I watched every episode until #20, and I remember only 20%.

You could do what I did. I hurdled over every five episodes, and watched the final episode.

Not really! I only started watching it, because of Wang Kai, and watched the first twenty episodes half-heartedly. The two main characters' behavior is so erratic, that you wouldn't want to visit with them. Eventually, I skimmed the episodes, and watched the final episode today.

Yes! I had to step away from the drama, because I was not feeling empathy for Wei Wei and Yi Du. I decided to watch every five episodes, half-way in the drama. The last episode was okay. I was disappointed in Yi Du forgiving Mo Fan. Yi Du treated Wei Wei worse, but love is blind or stupid.

The only character that I would rate highly, is Leo. He was funny, cute and wise, despite some immature moments.

I thought that I was the only one who was feeling restless, watching some of the prior episodes. Ep 12 really changed my viewpoint. I stayed up, past midnight, to watch 12, that is the best episode in the drama, so far. I was crying throughout the episode.

I also had the same opinion on episode 11 and 12. The previous episodes seemed to dip, but 12 was perfect. The eunuch Park Joong-Won is the creepiest character.

Episode 12 was excellent. The episode was crafted brilliantly by the writer and PD.

Very true about the opening credits summarizing the plot! I was so looking forward to the Jun/Weiyoung marital union occurring around the 2/3 mark of the drama (around episode 35), but the writer and director kept us in suspense until the very end. I presumed that they would be Emperor and Empress for many episodes. Suddenly there was a son, at the very end. Once Jun married Changle, I realized that the Jun/Weiyoung romance had reached a stalemate or impasse. I was also very impressed with the beautiful costumes in the opening credits.