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This source claims that Tan Song Yun is the lead actress: https://youtu.be/tHjQU53pUOs?si=E_HfOrNonkjVHEVe

It’s slow and gentle. Calming. They are wasting no time with the romance though. The ML is direct. I like that. Old friends reconnecting. Pleasant so far. But, again, the pace is rather slow. Be ready to just calm your mind down when you sit down to watch. Grab a cup of tea or cocoa and your comfy blanket. Similar vibe as “Our Movie,” but no one is sick or anything.

Ep 5/6 and 11/12 —very sensual. Ep 9/10–brief hot moments. Ep 15–sweet first kiss. Ep 17–swoonworthy moment. Ep 28–hot kisses. Ep 35?—forced kiss. Ep 38–loving kiss.

Mo Yin

It reminds me of The Lakehouse (Sandra Bullock/Keanu Reeves movie)—much, much darker and heavier though.

Why is a nearly 50-yr old playing a 30-something yr old? Seems kinda ridiculous.

Song Yi is outstanding in this role.

The intention was never Prince Annan. The original intention was to infuse it into the Emperor (because psycho Empress Qin wanted to control him), but Prince Annan got in the way and like you said, the process didn’t get completed properly.

The Jade Linglong is a type of energy that a hermitic sect of monk doctors kept under lock-and-key in their remote mountain village. This energy in the wrong hands can be harnessed to do evil and can turn a human into a puppet killing machine. This Jade energy is what inadvertently got infused into Prince Annan’s heart in ep 1 when he was fighting with the evil sorcerer.

The wedding night? That was ep 28.

22 and ~37

Qiao and her father

Mo Yin & Lu Xin

true

yes

I fear that psycho Empress Dowager will stir up trouble again one day. I easily see her trying to manipulate people from her jail cell. She might even manipulate her own son one day to set her free.

Yes

She might reveal herself to her brother one day. But for now, she feels it isn’t the right time. And, when that day comes, I believe he will be mature enough to understand all of the reasons she handled things as she did. (Perhaps, his knowing now, might put him in real danger or in a compromising, vulnerable position with the government.) Little Bro seems at peace with the situation even though he misses her. Maybe now, that he received the cookies, he might even suspect the truth. The truth has a way of revealing itself eventually.

not that I recall

It’s not the leads’ responsibilities to stay by their grown siblings’ side. Grown adults can take care of themselves. Jin’an and Li Shuang have the right to live their own lives. From what I see, little brother is finally growing up now that his big sis is not around. Prince Annan’s brother is surrounded by guards and ministers to help him. Even still, DAD/Jin’an is likely watching the situation and will not leave his brother in a vulnerable position. Same goes for Li Shuang and her little brother. In real life, siblings grow up and lead their own separate lives. That doesn’t mean they are shirking their responsibilities towards their siblings.