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thank you guys for the responses! such a relief to hear lol.

is Han Ming Xi an enemy or ally?

a question for novel readers

yesss, you get it. it's been a good year for good dramas!

I agree! it's the one thing I look forward to daily lol. I would love to binge, but I keep consuming all the new episodes as soon as I am able to. xD

what if after everyone died at the lishan academy, the monkeys came for the bodies? and the reason why they were so feral and aggressive was because they were territorial over "food"? and perhaps this adds another layer of trauma to ye li's fear of monkeys?

this drama is building the mystery of her past so well that I can't help but think of the worst case scenario. 😭

I can't seem to shake this theory off.

her family doesn't know that her mother is dead. from my understanding, her father divorced/kicked her mother and her out after the lishan academy fell out of favor with the empress dowager because they didn't want to be punished by association. her mother died after they left her father's family.

I pity both ye li and mo xiuyao. every time she has hallucinations of her maid, my heart aches for her. and each time mo xiuyao hits his legs because of the pain, I cry for him. they're such complex characters and with only 7 episodes, I already love them so much. so far, this is one of the best dramas of 2026 and the rating is not doing the story justice.

lishan was a prestigious academy. most of its graduates go on to become powerful officials or figures. the empress dowager was also an alumni. she then became concubine after she graduated. then she became regent after putting her son on the throne. the academy did not support her ruling, so she held a grudge. that was what I gathered from the story so far.

ep24 was the best yet. hopefully there are more episodes like it.

ep23: the tian family wants to steal the li family's pine wood? that's fine. they can have it. but sixth grandpa died for that wood. if tian family wants it that badly, the tian dad needs to die too. and since he will be lonely in hell, he should take his family to keep him company.

so many insufferable characters in this drama. not enough hands are being thrown for my liking. 🥲

- blossoms in adversity
- story of minglan
- new life begins

very true. i'm just an observer and even all of this is a lot for me to take in. ceo dan is so strong. 😭

you're not alone. this drama is so captivating, there are no boring episodes!

also, welcome to MDL! 💕

what an interesting title. 😮

I agree! such a talented actor!

this drama is too good. i need episodes 19 and 20 now!