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Saw Lee Se Young in Doctor John and really liked her acting. Glad she's also in this drama. Not sure why people find her character annoying or hate it, but I simply thought her character had common sense and intelligence, not many male or female leads has. She goes by the book, looks at facts, and begins her investigation from there. From beginning until now, she shows remarkable skills in investigative area, but not so much in safety..lol

If she's the type to go by logic and reasoning, Dong Baek goes by intuition. This is understandable as he has supernatural power. They compliment each other well.

If Dong Baek wasn't such a pretty boy or the main lead, but a side character, based on what it is showed people wouldn't shamed Sun Mi for suspecting him. They'll probably agreed with her that he's the main suspect or the killer. (ep 5-6)

Yes, you're absolutely correct. But with 2 'ghost' members, I would of been more careful with that..if any chance the organization or team that Choi Geun Cheol created would be exposed to the world. All is for naught.

This is essentially Bad Guys; Vile City that are on steroids.

Main character supposed to be 'dead', his colleague Song Mina is also supposed to be dead. But they just waltz right in an assemblyman's party without a disguise. CCTV anyone? You guys have all that cool tech...at least try..

Not sure how I feel about this, have to watch the next 2 episodes.

Major spoilers ahead!

Just recently finished the drama. If you didn't know, this is the same writer for You Who Came From The Star, so on almost every episode, there's a light-heart clip at the end after the credits. Don't skip it!

Seems like this write has a habit of having their female leads yearning for her loved one. Besides the fact that Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin were fantastic in their role, Seo Ji Hye and Kim Jung Hyun were no pushover as second leads.

The writer did my boy Seung Jun so, so dirty...everyone love a good happy redemption story, well apparently not this writer. The ending felt bittersweet, and left a really bad taste in my mouth. It was such a cheap shot at pulling viewer's heart-string and pitied. The ending episode of Seo Dan and Seung Jun felt rushed, lazy, and overall not making any sense. Seo Dan endured 7 years of one-sided love, finally found her purpose and was able to open up her feelings, then they went and killed him. Seung Jun endured that many years of on the run, trying to make a comeback, he made mistakes but redeemed it when he helped Capt. Ri, but he's still dead. He doesn't need to die for Seo Dan to find her purpose in life or overcome her disturbed heart. She has already found it. It's Seung Jun. Their ending scene were so abrupt and doesn't do them justice at all. On the the last scene where Seo Dan rounded up Seung Jun partner (Park Su Chang) and vowed to kill all of his enemies...if she had that kind of power, there's no reason she couldn't have just done the same as when he was alive. If Seung Jun death was supposed to make Seo Dan becoming a 'strong' aspiration woman, then I don't feel that at all. I pitied her instead. She was already strong and resolute, her heart was just heavy, and now it's heavier. This doesn't even make more sense when throughout the show, Seung Jun was the one who actually MENTORED her heart.

Crash Landing on You. More like, crash landing with pilot and co-pilot hogging the parachutes, leaving 2 passenger to crash themselves.

Seo Ji Hye reminds me a lot of Lee Da Hee in The Beauty Inside. Independent, classy, elegant, and overall really gorgeous. Both have upcoming role as female lead, I'll anticipate it!

Shadow is Sigu Jian's brother.

He can't ascend the throne either way, because his Mother is not a real Queen. She was just someone his Father met and then born him. So he's an illegitimate child. There's a website in which you can read the novel from, its all translated into English. I'll send you the link.

It was bittersweet but quite satisfying to read the last chapter, given what Fan Xian had to deal with throughout his life. Essentially a certain King of Qing went out of the capital with his general to meet with Fan Xian. They met in a small court yard and the King brings up an issue that the court ministers are worrying about; Fan Xian holds private army (elite guards) and Qing are scared of a rebellion. Fan Xian just look at the King and basically said "I will keep what is mine. For whoever wants to take that away from me, please send them my way." King of Qing could only sigh and left with his general.

In the novel, he will leave the capital, but he won't change his identity. By that time, no one can touch Fan Xian, empires included.

Correct!

Northern Emperor is a woman, but that is a top secret that only Empress of Northern Qi, Haitaing Duoduo and Si Lili know. The Empress didn't borne a son and so she raised her daughter as an Emperor, that is why there are no eunuch or close maids following the Northern Emperor around, because only a handful of people have the privilege to know. Even Fan Xian doesn't know.

He is Sigu Jian's (one of the world Grandmaster) brother.

That is correct, can confirmed.

Ahh you're right. I never thought it like that since I finished the novel without waiting for seasons...lol. But I understand how it can be frustrating waiting for the villains to be slayed or hero to be triumph.

The drama is based on a novel. In the novel the MC actually time traveled, but since time travel drama is banned in China, the only way to get around that genre is to have a different plot. I.e the 'writer' is writing a story.

Lol. For antagonist character like her, I'd rather she stays alive for as long as possible. Only then can the drama be more interesting. Also she's very smart, manipulative and scheming. I kinda liked her character in the novel. The actress portraying her is doing an excellent job, too. Prettiest Lady in Qing Kingdom indeed!

Ah sorry, I misread that. Yes, Li Yunrui will also die. Based on the novel, she did many things for the Qing Kingdom but if you look at it another way she also harms the Kingdom. In her mind, whatever she did was for the Kingdom but it harmed too many people. Yan Bingyun captured in Qi was because of her. She wanted to take down Fan Xian so she revealed that Qing had a secret agent who is Yan Bingyun. She does this so Zhang Moshang from Qi will agree to help her take down Fan Xian. It failed. But still she endangered the spy network. This was just one of the major thing she did. She also betrayed the Emperor in the end. She suicided when caught by Fan Xian.

He dies in the novel, not sure about the drama.

CPP wants Fan Xian to inherit the Overwatch Council as it it Ye Qingmei's legacy, and also if he inherited the council, then CPP can protects him better. Everyone knows that the council is CPP and CPP is the council. Emperor is using Fan Xian to train his other Princes, and also sharping Fan Xian into the political world. Fan Jian wants Fan Xian to just live a normal, politic, and carefree life so he wanted him to inherit the Treasury, also because it was once Ye Qingmei's. Although inheriting the Treasury will eventually set him onto the political path anyways.

Overall I would say CPP/Fan Jian and the minimal exposure of Fei Jei, all 3 cares a great deal about Fan Xian. Qing Emperor cares about Fan Xian too, but I would say its 40% care and 60% using him as a tool to sharpen other Princes and Fan Xian.

The Emperor is afraid of Ye Qingmei's idea. Her idea is that everyone should be equal, even the Emperor himself. That kind of idea in a period of Kings and Queens are taboo. She also have grown powerful, had the support of many people closes to her i.e CPP, Wu Zhu, Fan Jian etc. She wanted to envision a world where there's no hierarchy system.

1. Empress Dowager of Northern Qi did not born a son, so she had to facade her daughter as a son. She only let a handful of palace maids or eunuch know of the 'Emperor' identity.
2. Ye Liyun from the Ye clan in Jindou. Hu Ke from Northern Qi also Hai Tang's master. Sigu Jian of Dongyi Sword Hut. And the last Grandmaster is supposedly be unknown but people speculate it is Hong Eunuch of Qing's palace (It is not).
3. Si Lili is alive and well.