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Love of Nirvana too. You're right, lots of sad ones this year.

Probably going to wait until the rest of the eps are out...nervous how this ending will turn out.

Yeah, lots of rumors I have seen the past few weeks, we’ll see

I really hope he doesn't become a dumb second ML - he was great in the first half of the drama

That's why I hope there's more to him - he seemed like an intelligent dude in the first half of the drama. No need for him to get all dumb because he cares about the FL.

I know previews are misleading, but he's hanging around Prince Qing and well, we know how that went last time...

Ji Yong oh Ji Yong, I really hope there is more to you than these previews are implying, or else I will be very disappointed...

What an exciting, painful end to this arc. Poor Dou Ming. Duke Ying and that accursed Fifth Uncle - waiting for justice to fall on them.

AGGGH, why did it end there

General thoughts about ep20-21: wedding is over but the battle continues in the families and in the court (mostly family in these eps). Glad it's still maintaining my interest (sometimes after the leads get together, I feel some dramas sag quite a bit). Yantang's Dad's comedic moments are hilarious (that dude deserves whatever horrible thing is hopefully coming for him).

LOL, yeah he needs it very obviously smacked into his face.

Gosh, I hope he's genuinely seen the light.

Another great thing I'm loving about this drama so far: it manages to interweave the historical/court politics and more domestic/family drama in ways that are not too superficial and that actually work synergistically to serve the characters and the story. This is often not well done in more recent idol period dramas in my opinion.

Yeah, there are plenty more angsty and sad ones out there. This one is a good balance for me. The leads are both smart, so you'd figure they would win some. But it's more interesting and realistic that they don't have it all smooth the whole time.

lol. Yes, it would be boring too if things just worked out super smoothly all the time. But that’s me, I want a little angst and drama before the hopefully happy ending

I’m actually glad both leads (particularly FL) are having trouble sorting out their family issues, even with this second chance. Makes it more realistic to not have them invincible. But looking forward to them hopefully winning at life together soon!

Yeah, every minute is interesting, even if the leads aren't in the same scene.

What's been great so far for me in this drama is not just the gripping plot - it's taken the trouble to flesh out the characters, even the supporting ones to bring this whole world (Ming dynasty-esque) to life.

True, I don't think I see an official announcement yet either. I hope it's true.

It's all good, I always tend to do this to myself lol