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It's great to see Xia Meng, Chen Heyi and Qin Tianyu having fun in an interview (while all in their respective costumes as Xiyang, Xia Jingshi and Xia Jingyan). These two guys can make each other blush XD -> https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5221729609712017

Episodes 29 and 30 mini-thoughts:

Yixiao will be busy trying to survive him, so eat ice-cream on her behalf.

You're welcome. I am used to seeing female leads who can fight. Li Qin is the only one I have seen this far, who actually resembles a general.

I don't know if you have watched this 1993 movie with decent English subtitles known as "The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk" (before Jet Li became famous in the West). It is a HK martial arts action film when stars did their own stunts, because some of the stars such as Jet Li and Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo could actually fight. At least one actress in there can fight. The Red Lotus Flower Society wants to overthrow an evil Manchu Emperor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GupLe8A2xM8

Yesterday what I sadly predicted is about to come true for drama-Xiyang: Her redemption arc is truly becoming a Feng, after believing she no longer has a family and is at the mercy of two brothers in a foreign country, and on a vengeance kick to bring down those who killed her blood family. After all, between a heartless stone and a lunatic who isn't heartless, which one would you pick to try to use?

Official weibo account spoilers: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5221651616633238

The moment Xiyang officially allies herself with Xia Jingyan (be it marriage or a pregnancy), Xia Jingshi will be justified in killing Xiyang since Xia Jingshi wants the throne. Novel-Xia Jingshi was the rightful heir to the throne while wielding the military power of Jinxiu. Drama-Xia Jingshi also wields the military power but I don't know if they will keep that part about him being the rightful heir whose parents were murdered.

If anyone tries to harm Xiyang, Feng Suige will go all out to avenge anyone who murders or tries to murder her, with Yixiao by his side. I believe he has to sort out the mayhem in Susha first, so now I'm a bit nervous as to how this will all work out properly within 10 episodes.

Girl is now on a vengeance kick as I predicted, not a lovesick kick (official weibo website spoilers for today): https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5221651616633238

A detour for ice-cream won't hurt. One pint should help you get to 16 October (express day). My guess about Xiyang is correct. She will do what it takes, for her to (official weibo account spoiler)-

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5221651616633238

IQiyi Light On series are usually crime or mystery thrillers with varying extents of psychological underpinnings. I do not think this drama will be part of their LIght On series, but don't take my word as final. Below are the various series (already aired and not yet aired) for this compilation:

https://kisskh.at/775587-iqiyi-light-on

IQiyi Love On series (recently renamed as IQiyi Heartbeat Theatre) is about special dramas focusing on love:

https://kisskh.at/775585-iqiyi-love-on

Ice-cream. That's all I'm saying. It'll inflict brain freeze and distract you from any agony while your tastebuds become happy

Get some snacks for today's episodes. So you can cool down when someone regains something but loses something else, and reacts.

Based on episode 30 previews, she's about to start her I-have-nothing-left-to-lose-since-my-brother-and-father-are-dead-and-I-will-avenge-them arc, so... She's going to pick the only option left to her when stuck in a foreign kingdom between a heartless stone and a lunatic she might be able to use.

If Xia Jingshi does anything to Xiyang such as attempted murder or actual murder, Feng Suige will avenge her. Feng Suige will have his men, Yixiao and most likely Ning Fei along.

Since Xiyang believes her brother and father are dead due to the Zhuangs and she must do what she can to avenge them while having nothing as leverage at this point, she now seems determined to use the Emperor of Jinxiu. Girl has nothing to lose. She doesn't enjoy kissing him, as seen from the previews. Becoming his primary wife and bearing his child would be the only way out. She is fixated on her brother and father being dead, and wanting to know who their murderers are. By this point, I believe her wanting Xia Jingshi dead might take a secondary backseat unless the Emperor of Jinxiu manages to make her believe Xia Jingshi is responsible for this.

If Xiyang marries Xia Jingyan, then Xia Jingshi is justified in killing her if he is to take the throne.

The scriptwriters had everybody in Susha understandably losing their shit around the same time. The Empress and Murong Zhong felt like they were pushed to a point of no-return, so they snapped. Humans in high places when pushed can do very crazy things. This is fundamental instinct thing, only everybody has different thresholds. It's not unrealistic.

Why did the Emperor let the Empress near him? He was emotionally blindsided and his ego was wounded, in less than two days. He lost to his wife and misunderstood her fundamentally, his son severed ties with him, he no longer has a physician willing to keep him alive so he knows he will die soon, he already prepared an edict to get rid of the Zhuangs so he thought she was helpless and would be totally dependent on him plus he wasn't his usual paranoid cunning self. Of course she will kill him.

There are regions and countries in strife and/or civil war, such as the Middle East and Sudan. Humans will do irrational things not for the most noble or evil reasons, but usually from base instincts. Nothing makes an adult snap faster than threatening the offspring with unavoidable impending death or exile.

If I wanted to nitpick this drama, I can. I partially did that for my MDL review of "The Journey of Legend", but I decided to use it on the Directors and Screenwriters who really screwed up the storytelling, production and post-production there, hence the actors and actresses getting the primary blame weren't really at fault.

If you want to enjoy a dark-horse good mini-drama this year (also historical period like this), IQiyi's "Tower Of Whispers" just finished its run and did well for a mini-drama. Everyone acts well there, and you'd be surprised at the quality. That Director does mini-dramas relatively well, including cinematography. And the fight scenes were well-done.

Feng Suige's memory should be retrieved by episode 31. But I suggest given all the plots being tied-up or continued, watch episodes 27 to 30 today or you'll have a lot on your plate to digest over 6 episodes

There are at least two details (one with the FL in beginning ep) and (one with the ML in this latest episode) which can be considered plot holes, but one can temporarily ignore those to enjoy discussing everything else.

When watching "Bon Appétit, Your Majesty", at least ten MDL users including myself noticed at least 5 plotholes in the first episode (one of them involved a cliff) but some of us eventually put all that to one side even while snarking about it, since it was a time-travel romance and we saw no point in constantly and repeatedly pointing out every single non-plausible detail.

That said, it's nice to have people who notice all these details too, but can make it funny. Cyn Lynn will have fun in her eventual write-up dissection for this drama, but I'm sure she will enjoy this drama immensely.

One of her snark posts really helped for a 2024 drama whereby the storytelling was as consistent as a colander mating with a sieve. That was very different from this drama.

This is a video of Wang Xingyue being readied and smiling in his police uniform, as captured from a frontal view video 3 days ago on 10/10/2025:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Mq4xzME5U/

It's like Shakespeare meets Dream of Red Mansion.

Can't wait to see how the writers give the leads their happy ending as per the novel, but perhaps with one difference.

The mess in Susha will be resolved once Feng Suige gets his eyesight and memory back within the next two episodes. The mess in Jinxiu will start around the same time.

Also, have this wonderful BTS of Qin Tianyu (Xia Jingyan) and Xia Meng (Xiyang) before and after a specific scene in episode 26. Being so funny and sweet before and after that scene is quite a stark contrast (and I hope they get happy endings in their next dramas):

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5221286680199194

I swear the screenwriters have a thing for Shakespeare and unlike me, enjoyed Dream of Red Mansion (the family dynamics and politics in that classic is a pain in the ass but riveting if you are hooked).

Xiyang believes that most likely, the story of a coup is due to her stepmother the Empress staging a coup with the help of other officials, and her second brother may have agreed to help. She knows they are not bound to her by blood, while her blood brother and father both perished in an impossible story. She most likely believes her father and brother are dead, and she is alone.

Since the writers chose to use that detail of an intentional incident from novel-Yixiao now carried out by drama-Xiyang, then I believe drama-Xiyang intends to deliberately seduce the Jinxiu emperor and make him go to war against Susha for her. But Xia Jingshi has his own plans.

I just happened to refresh this page, and yours is the first comment I see as the 13330th comment. Now reverting to recovering from today's episodes with yoghurt.

I believe Xiyang now wants to get revenge for her father and brother upon believing they are dead, because she knows her brother would never enact a coup, and knows she needs an army for it (they also swapped something in the novel from what Yixiao did, and gave it to Xiyang): https://kisskh.at/768987-wan-xin-ji#comment-23805642