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I think he deliberately hide it but told her where to find it when he was in prisoned. As to why he didn't have it with him, I really don't know, for now.

no she learnt from a renounced master once she went back up in the mountain. The academy was ok for a couple of years yet before everyone died of plague. As for the scars, they should be self inflicted to stay alive after everyone died.

pursuit of jade has a lighter tone, while this drama is more complex and it digs deeper into human nature. Both dramas are on my rewatch list, just like The prisioner of beauty, the double, the story of Kunming palace, perfect match, etc

there are several videos posted by youtubers in chinese offering their own version of explanations. As for us viewers, I think more will be detailed as the drama moves on.According to youtuber versions, it was the Dowager who tricked the mother. The dowager told her it was safer to get thr edict from the prisoner so that she could give it to her father who was head of the academy.As head of the academy and known to be virtuous and faithful to the country, he would be ideal to plead the case for the prisoner. But once the mother got the edict, the dowager sent the Marquis to get it, hence the li family forced their hands on the mother. p.s. the dowager wasn't the dowager yet at that time, but the queen who wanted to reign the country in place of the appointed prince of the eastern palace. In fact the prince was soon burn to death by plot of the dowager and Marquis. She would have taken over the court instead of governing along with the young king (her own son) if she hadn't been stopped by the academy. To stop the academy from further obstructions, she closed the academy by force. The rest we know.

along with pursuit of jade for me.

ep 32

a small bowl, a slightly bigger one and one pair of chopsticks, all covered by a piece of cloth, that is how she lived alone all these years up in the mountain, this is what MXY saw, what he said to himself deep down, how can he not cry, how can he not be angry with himself, how can he not feel desperate for how she lived !! Then he saw her studies and experiments she undertook in order to prepare herself to cure his legs. MXY must be so so full of remorse..

epi.32 is great to watch, Cheng Lei has delivered perfectly his extreme anxiety, astonishmrnts and regrets thru his entire being, voice, the look in his eyes, tears welling up, fears, how he moves his body.I am totally captivated by his acting. Whoever says he is incapable to deliver needs to have his/her head or ego examined.

you are right. I hate the classic trope of separation, misunderstanding, and I hated ep.30 when he didn't give her enough time to explain, and then straight to writing the divorce document. But what comes right afterwards showing his pains, then efforts to understand better have made me realise that he really needed to go thru the process in order to standby her forever in the truest sense, overcoming his own personal loss

it really pains me when he didn't give her the chance to explain why she said her mother was cheated to take the edict from his brother. It is total blindness and unjust to stop her from talking any further, him playing the sole injured part and sentenced the end of their marriage with a written separation. I have watched ep 31, he got drunk and cried, calling out for his wife as if he were the most loving husband on earth. Then the desperate search for her brother in the brothel for explanations. I literally think her brother gave him a too easy pass, he should have told him in details her sufferings and immense efforts to help him and to restore his family honour.Then how she and her mother suffered from the Li family. Then what he saw with his own eyes the destruction, desolation of Li Shan academy in the mountain..

I find the screenplay of The First Jasmine very captivating, a fluid storytelling well sequenced and presented, contrary to Rebirth that has totally disappointed me.

I truly like the the screenplay of this drama, so well written, sequenced, presented and directed. A formidable cast, the 📽️, costumes. I am totally captured by all of it. We are approaching the final stage now and I haven't the faintest idea what to look forward to when it ends..

Viki is always behind, same as Netflix when the drama is available.

indeed, it happens in most dramas, lack of clarity giving way to otherwise avoidable situation..

it has a very consistent storyline, rich but not messy nor superficial. The entire cast is well selected, together under the directing of a thoughtful, thorough and experienced director, they delivered an awesome product ion.

me too, she shouldn't be alone, never, ever again.

having watched ep.31 and previews up to ep34, I think it is safe to say that the pacing, spread of events of this drama are well written and planned, the ending won't be all jammed and packed in the last viewing hour, as we mostly see in other dramas.

He went as a special ambassador appointed by the Dowager to pacify with the LiShan academy, this is a way of the Dowager to play the "benevolent" card, little did she know that the everyone up in the academy died years ago

she needs to pay for her sins. She had the Marquis did all the dirty work for her to succeed to power, and to repay him, she let him rob the country, trade arms with enemies.

He is such a good actor, isn't he😉