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Yes. The show very cunningly chose to show the ..."transaction" ... from shifu's perspective. A device that frames what he did as an honorable sacrifice while presenting his loss as tragic but just think about it from haishi's view. He basically took away every right she had to freedom and her own body and didn't even bother to clue her in!!! That was...just brutal.

I think what just happened is probably the most indecent thing i have seen happen in a Cdrama if not in all dramas ever!
I think everyone has a threshold of tolerance and what Jianming did just goes beyond the line for most people. I can't imagine how she could love him after that.

I'm serious when i say I'm not sure if i actually want a happy ending.
There's just no true trust between shifu and haishi. I'm reading this novel and in it the male lead deceives the protagonist because he's afraid to lose her. The lines following the deception were that the foundation of all good love is trust. When you remove trust, the love is doomed.
Here...the love is doomed, man. Whether they end up together or not is irrelevant.

That was brutal.

No he didn't stab him for that, he was meant to stab the emperor but was interupted by the shifu and that'swhy he was stabbed.

I think the idea was that if he thought she was dead, he would not get distracted.

Lmao🤣

I love it when writers are clever like that!

If I was Tilan, I would seriously murder Bihong right then and there with my own bare hands.

Maybe, if they had taken their clothes off at normal speed instead of slow motion, then they'd already be done by the time the poison reached them.😒

She was annoying the whole time.

Personally, I am really enjoying the show. It's a very easy watch for me, the production is good and the plot is interesting, even if I don't like all of the characters, none of them annoy me which is a blessing.
I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece for me but it's definitely a very good show. I have no regrets from picking it up!

Thank you!

Can a kind soul with knowledge of the Chinese language and dictation help me with something?

Unfortunately it's not translated. Some of the viewers who have read the book told us about the events that happen in the novel and that's how I know about them, too.

I really like Yang Mi's costume from the poster...I would love to see it in the show someday.

Yeah, I have seen master/disciple romance in other shows and I have liked them but the one here is just not working out, and as you said the ick-factor is somehow stronger?
For instance, I am coming fresh from watching One and Only earlier this year and that show really sold the idea and I was rooting for that couple but here I'm just...underwhelmed.

Is it at all likely that they will have a child but the emperor will raise it as his own? I guess we'll have to wait to see what will happen!
I'm so excited. Now I can go read all the spoiler comments here while waiting for new episodes. lol

That sounds intriguing. I'll settle for a nor happy nor sad ending too. I don't know if you can tell, I actually like tragedies!
I was actually just coming back to comment that it's unlikely that things would just work out since we have 14 more episodes to go still and a lot can happen in that time.

Is it evil of me to not want a happy, sappy ending? I want the dark stuff that happen in the book to happen in show too!