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That scene of him shooting the arrow in mid flight - stunning!

Ahhhh the Xie Wei kissing technique has evolved......the Xie Zheng technique is definitely more polished. Probably didn't have to do 20 odd takes this time 😅

Haiyoh some people are just so pervy - a few pig slaps and the idiot can't help but start spouting cliche villain lines like "you're so interesting" ........😅Another one asking for the whack in the sack treatment.

Ahhhh so satisfying seeing SY in a sack getting whacked!

In the novel he’s not a bad guy per se but gets involved in his grandfather’s machinations, realises his mistake a little too late and spends the rest of his life making up for it in exile.

Seriously wondering if there's gonna be a meme of the pig slapping 🤣🤣

This has got to be the drama where ZLH looks his absolute best in every scene...........I am totally glued to the screen - even more so than when he was Xie Wei with that awesome jawline growling 否则/ fǒuzé.........

Yes he is the "bad" guy and put his nephew thru hell - there's a tragic backstory to it. There are bad guys all around in this drama who are morally bankrupt or grey. It's about how power corrupts and how people at the top justify evil by calling it "prioritising the big picture".

XZ is such an expert at making shivs..............can turn any twig into a weapon

OMG the pig slapping sequence ROFL 🤣🤣🤣

Love that we get to see ZLH fighting again. He’s been rather scholarly the last few costume dramas.

I was thinking the same. I think it’s also due to good camerawork - the camera just loves him and is showing us all his best angles. Compare and contrast with SOKP, where they actually managed to make him look weird and awful (a crime punishable by death!) in a number of scenes.

Maybe it's cos so far the angles and shots in this drama are way better. There were so many awkward shots in SOKP, and of course not forgetting the countless times closeups of ZLH and BL were ruined and instead of seeing ZLH's awesome jawline, we were totally blinded by a supernova flare - grrrr

So far so good. ZLH as Xie Zheng looking as good as ever, maybe even better than he did as Xie Wei 💯💯
And what a great no-nonsense, kickass heroine......
Everything looks promising at the moment.

Hmmm expectations are now sky high. Fingers crossed we will get a good one.

Wtf - copying scriptures? The Emperor’s capacity for rationalising shitty decisions is truly gobsmacking.

Finally the kiss - we only had to wait for 3 dramas for it 🤣

"Bury him facing the capital so he can see me avenging him" 💪💪

Shi fu is so so cool - what excellent kungfu 💯! He will be sorely missed 😪

Finally starting on the central mystery.........

Poor Pei Yu/Ying. OG Pei Yu was really truly scary obsessive.