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the two mls got rid of their rivals with one scheme 🤣🤣that's pretty funny. if only jin zhao's irritating cousin could have also been implicated somehow, then it would have been perfect

the wang dude that set up the relief grain embezzlement plot is so embarrassing, even that little boy emperor could see through the plot after one glance 💀just evil vibes no sense

i was so disgusted when grandma gu was begging jin zhao to save her son, just her son. she didn't care about her grandsons, or jin zhao's father (glad that man is in jail btw), all she cared about was her favourite bio son. even the fictional boy mums are never beating the allegations

i liked the kiss scene in ep 21, it was very tame which is to be expected but body language ooh tension oooh posture ooh hands ooooh intent ooohh chemistry oooh mood ooooh and the conversation just before that? awww

i really like the way he looks at her, like he's literally searching for something deep within her eyes. oh stop that's practically a damn romance novel!

i struggled to finish it as well, it got really boring after the first quarter and never recovered. i believe its rated so high bc they frontloaded all the good stuff, and the director is a literal wizard at establishing the tension between his leads.

fu hai lian and chen san ye's relationship is one of the best parts of this drama, they're clearly playing a game of chess but neither of them can admit it yet...the tension? 🤌🤌stifling!

i like how jin zhao is keeping her mother's memory alive by fighting all the battles the poor woman was too tired to fight while she was alive, what a good daughter 🩶

its the weekend and i finally have time to catch up! gu jin zhao 我來了!

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i can't remember assigning good or bad to him, he was too calculated and cunning for all of that. yeah i also liked cpp more than the emperor in certain plots, that emperor though, he was hot 🤭🤫but so scary omg

the ml has been very wary of him from their very first scene together, so yea he's definitely not a good guy. also he's literally chen ping ping!!

when they finally caught yuping and dragged her before the leads in ep 15, the way they and their bodyguard/maid were sitting/standing had me like - wait, did they get married already?! did i miss a scene?! turns out no 😞

i regret starting this so soon, i should have waited until at least 25 episodes were out, but i also didn't anticipate it was going to be such an easy enjoyable binge, sigh.

i actually quite liked the mum, sure she was foolish, weak, slow, muddle headed and just unfortunate, but she was also very beautiful, kind, gentle and generous. and that evil man didn't rest until he hounded her to death, and yes he absolutely knew what he was doing! so sad. she's now one of my favourite bad cdrama fl mums

ye xian throws one hell of a pity party, really worthy of a noble. but its almost impossible to feel bad for one so privileged. however chen san ye is so satisfying to me, that i even feel gracious towards the former's antics - like just start having kids early man what's with all the moping, even if you don't get the title one of them could

😲 like adopted dad like the fifth brother or actual dad?

in the beginning i was thinking her family actually really aren't that bad, they're more dumb than wicked. i was even amused at how she and her father share similar personality traits. but omg things just kept getting worse!

cdramas really need more ci sha like mls. like desperately. and ren min plays off him so well, even if their chemistry has been live screen tested a couple of times, their cp could still have been a disaster, but no they're just an absolute tense ball of delight

must be nice to be rjl - your dialogues are post it notes compared to the literal paragraphs every one else needs to rattle off, and all you gotta do is sit still or stare off into the distance and say one or two lines in every ep, just way below even the bare minimum. but people will still eat it up and blame your fl - who is doing the best with her absolute poop of a character. oh well, at least she's getting paid, and hopefully she gets more better written roles in the future