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I'm guessing we are getting our ultimate villainess? I wonder if her story is somehow more deeply related to the overall story or if she is just ending arc of the show. I guess if there is any criticism I have of the story is the unevenness of it all. Some the best parts are the quiet, domestic scenes in the Hua family. The political story that the ML is mostly involved in has not really clicked thematically for me with the Hua family story (other than the paranoid Emperor who I guess ties it all together). I'll guess I'll have to wait and see, never read the novel.

Ep 34 trailer

Yep, I agree about SQ. His character has been consistently shown to be a genteel scholar-like upright dude but lacking in real-life experiences and street smarts. GYX has lacked a father in his life and has seen one in his Uncle. I think he knows on some level who his uncle is and what he’s capable of doing but I agree - he needs to make a full break with him to achieve any happiness for himself and to curb his uncles’ crazy harmful ways.

I think his mind was already lost before reincarnation 😂

Yeah, she'll be just fine LOL

All right, bring on the angst, I'm all here for it. Time for our power couple to be tested and (hopefully) come out all the better, stronger for it.

Lol

Yep he does certainly embody psycho villain pretty well

I know it's been said ad nauseam, but emperor be cray and a terrible father. Up until now, he was a great gray character, and I wasn't sure what to make of him. After ep 29, I hope he bites the dust real quick and real hard. Doesn't help that whenever I see him, I see Ning Chuan from The Rise of Phoenixes lol.

I believe the leads dub themselves, as are most if not all of the supporting cast. Sometimes it’s live recording and sometimes it’s dubbed, so the sound quality is uneven.

Ep 28: love the juxtaposition of images and sounds at the end of the episode. Sigh, where does the Hua family go from here?

Yeah, they’ve been so good about communicating with each other. But I guess a little angst or drama can also be good for character growth. Just hope if it does take this way, they don’t suddenly become stupid overnight

I’m wondering if there’s more to what happened 10 years ago, and that there may be another bad dude we don’t know about yet. Unfortunately, it’s going to take forever to find out with this airing schedule lol

I feel it too but also hope it won’t happen…

Yeah, I get that. At least we have the other aunt’s story as a balance

Yeah, she met a horrible end, and I agree, her husband was absolute trash. But her actions were also despicable - some would say unforgivable. All I know is life as a woman in such a time and society was extremely difficult. We have the luxury of watching from our current time/society. Who knows what we would do if put in such a position? I hope I could stay true to my integrity and moral standards.

This drama does a good job in giving most characters some depth/dimensions, so yes, while we can see her side of the story, at the same time, she truly is a spoiled girl and doesn’t care for her family, and you can argue she pushes her mother to her death. Keep watching, that Song family is done for.

Yeah I figured they wouldn’t just name drop him for nothing. The royal family is one crazy house

Excited to see where the story goes from here. Wonder how the sixth prince and that hooded figure fit into all of this.

Wow, was not expecting Shaoyao and Shen Huan’s first meet to be 😂