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She is a stunning outside of the 'sparkle cookie cutter actress' pool. Each time I see her I like her more and more. I too liked her as Mu Qing Ge though this feels like another level even though its a short amount of time. You could deeply feel the characters pureness. Wow.

Telling yourself the unvarnished truth and living with it. Giving space to reconcile his responsibility, her/their want from the reality. Resignation, in that question, is the point of conversion that creates the ease or re-ease. For me the biggest take away in these scenes between them is that he steadfastly refuses to separate himself from himself. The writing in the drama is no joke.

I enjoyed reading this. Got me thinking.

My take was she was using the stanzas to express her feelings, resignation, acceptance, and respect for him. One thing I love about reciting poetry is how it can be used to 'mark time' - even a moment - and fill it with literally (pun intended) a lifetime of meaning. It suggests there in much depth to her character that is yet to be revealed.

Your thoughtfulness is always appreciated JieJie. Even when we happen to disagree. This did not feel like Stockhold syndrome as much as her being so pure hearted and him being opened,attracted, and exploitative However, "Emotional ties...", does seem to be the best birds eye view way to understand it.

The Bai Yi Mei character is facinating and the actress Julia Xiang is hitting all her marks and then some. The arc has been both enjoyable to watch and thought provoking.

So darn well acted. You can see the love and the coming conflicts.

Well reasoned and informed. As typcial of your comments PBG & Megumi-H, it helped me line up my own thoughts on the matter and the state of womenhood in history (Qing dynasty).

Absolutely stunning. As was the shots across the top of the hills/mountains. Drama is delivering on natural visuals.

Was a scene to behold. I liked the added flare of the big phat pearl belt too.

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😂😂😂 Been waiting for an answer like this. So creative.

!!!!! I missed that. Tnx. Luvin that there are so many actor gems stuffed in the corners of this drama.

Exactly. 😂💋

Finally recognized him in episode 13. He is a wonderful actor.

Perhaps love but not in love mixed in with the duty.

This helps to understand it. Wondering if he planned on killing Gu too?

Episode 13 - just realized the actor playing the general Zhu Ya Wen was in Ming Dynasty. Threw me off that his voice is dubbed. Appreciating him here in this drama.

Had to rewind it. Took me a while to realize it was death by asphyxiation. Yes, the candle going out helped. 😅

The writing and acting was soo good. Went right through me.