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It did happen historically. From Wikipedia...
The Hongxi Emperor sought to correct the Yongle government's judicial failings. The Yongle Emperor had executed many officials for their loyalty to his nephew and predecessor, the Jianwen Emperor. By late 1424, the government had vindicated these officials' families and returned their confiscated property.

That is my assumption too. The show also took some liberty as these type of matchlock firearms did not appear yet. At this time, ming were using even more primitive hand cannons.

LX may be a noble lady but I do not think she would know anything about gunpowder weapons which was relatively new even in the Ming. So I assume she was trying to help XT by shooting her assailant and completely missed.

If LaX was aiming the pistol at Xing Tangs's assailant and instead shot the other bandit, kudos to the director. Because she understood these ancient, front loading smooth bore pistols were extremely inaccurate. With zero practice, there is no way she could have hit her intended target with one shot , so she missed and got lucky and shot the other guy instead.
However if she was indeed aiming the gun at the other bandit and got him, than besides being a pro golfer, she is also a no 1 marksmen. She is a Mary Sue indeed!

My guess is that Lanxiang needs to turn into a bird like in the opera she wrote? Precarious childbirth maybe?

I also think li meng was given a more flawed and fleshed out character. Like many people said here, Lanxiang is just too perfect(beijing u top graduate?). Even Conan Doyle wrote Sherlock holmes to make some deduction errors.

My favourite story so far is still the du sister flower pin arc.

So his hat will fall off and his long luscious hair unfurl in the wind in slow mo :-) ?

True. The confession from the duke who tried to assassinate him might be sufficient.

Why is this even important?? There are plenty of slow mo kisses in other dramas.

Yes, I would saw this is the main flaw of the script.

Stupidity. I mean JinQi could have rush him with his sword while he is still trying to ram that ball down the muzzle.

Thanks. Illuminating read. The director's quote below should should be for people here who expected the typical idol romance drama.

"Speaking about Lin Jinqi and Lanxiang's relationship, she said that theirs is not a conventional romance. In her mind, their relationship passes through many different stages: from walking different paths to eventually walking the same path. Yet, in her heart, they have always been two people destined to reach the same destination by different routes. They were simply separated by fate, taking a huge detour before eventually being brought back together by destiny."

I really don't understand why the rebelling general spend minutes reloading his primitive pistol after the first shot? He could have used his composite bow which could shoot much much more accurately , reload faster and also have equal armor penetration power at this short range.

Looks like the drama modified history a bit. The prince of han actually rebelled against his nephew not his brother.

Me too, its still the GOAT cdrama for me, especially season 1.

From the trailers, she is I think coming back as Captain Jack Sparrow with guns blazing. We need a Moriarty for Lan Xiang. A battel of wits and brains. I don't think its going to happen but I think this is something that would have elevated the series even more. Just my opinion.

I am still enjoying this drama . Normally I would have dropped 99% of cdrama series by now. However I do agree with some posters , this series really need a female villain who can go toe to toe with LanXiang.
In Apocathery diaries we have Loulan/Shisui who fooled Mao Mao for a long time. This show needs an opponent who is as intelligent and cunning as LanXiang.

I don't see any issue with no 2-4. The show has yet to peak. I think when she reveals her identity that will be when the heat index will hit peak. My guess , likely it will end up at No2.

So only final boss joy of life 2 to defeat?