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For me, they both have good Eng translation. So it's really up to you. However, the translation does not match. I have both Tencent and IQiYI and the translation are different in how it's being translated.

For example, in ep 25, where she's trading SYQ for food —

Tencent: "Listen, rebels! If you want to save your Young Lord's life, bring meat and grain to trade for him!"

IQIYI: "Rebels! If you want to keep your Heir Apparent alive, you must trade meat and food for it!"

So, you take your pick.

I see it as more of an admiration that may be misplaced as affection. I think he admires her and there is probably some gratitude in it as well. I don't know about the novel, but I do know that sometimes we misplace affection with gratitude and admiration.

Even though I agree with you, I feel that ep 34 was more of an introduction to the emperor and how divided the court is. It also showed the audience how spineless he really is and how the two factions are pushing their agenda and that the emperor is merely stuck between them. Other than that, I do agree with what you said.

I agree with you. I actually feel sad for SYQ. He is a crazy psychopath, but I think that he genuinely loved QM. He really thought that even if everyone in the world betrays him, his brother would never do and to find out that his brother was the biggest traitor is kind of sad. I believe that he wanted to protect his brother the entire time. It is sad that QM was the one who killed him and not FCY.

Ep 34 was all about the emperor and I am up for it. I actually feel bad for him. It's sad to see him not have one person he can trust. He was a funny character but behind that, you can clearly see how lonely he is. WY and Grand Tutor Li only wants his power, I even feel that the Eunuchs don't take him seriously. I feel that the only one who genuinely cared for him is Princess Royal. The life of our puppet emperor is really sad, in deed.

Honestly, I feel bad for the emperor. He is a person who is in a bad place. He was made emperor by Wei Yan so that he can just be a puppet. He has no real power. And he knows that he can't offend Wei Yan or Grand Tutor Li. He is stuck in a hard place. That scene with him being so happy, laughing about what FCY did after court was genuine. I feel that since he became emperor, there were really no one who was genuine with him, maybe except for Princess Royal.

And I can see that he's scared because he knows that the two people that he should be able to trust, is working against him and that they can replace him whenever they want. I cannot imagine living in that kind of fear. And he can't really threaten them either.

It was leaked. The only thing keeping me from watching it on KISS is the subtitles. I checked the episodes and the subtitles were AI so I’m waiting for the express to release so I can watch with good subtitles to understand the episodes.

WOW...

I loved that the comedy came back because after a few episodes of heartache and deaths of many, it was perfect timing for us to get some lightheartedness. The entire scene with the teachers was hilarious. No one can teach her except for her matrilocal husband. She even drove Lord Li to sickness. I think they need to bring back Grand Tutor Tao. LOL. Besides her matrilocal husband, I believe that Grand Tutor Tao is the only other person who can teach her without getting sick.

I also love how feisty the women are in this drama. They are giving their lovers a hard time. Honestly, I would have loved it if Princess Royal slapped Mr. Gongsun too. I mean these women (FCY, YQQ, and Princess Royal) are to be messed with and they are driving their lovers (XZ, GY, and QM) crazy.

My favorite scene, besides the teaching of FCY, was the reading of the imperial decrees. All she can think about was her stewed meat instead of the decrees. I laughed out loud when Head Eunuch was reading the decree for her and she wasn't there. LOL. I guess you can say, "like husband, like wife" right?

Honestly, I think Mr. Jin is becoming my favorite person. He has grown so much since he first came on screen. He went from a ruffian into someone who is loyal. But he is also a comedic relief. I love how he wanted to protect FCY's reputation, but it was so that he can keep an eye on Li Huai'an for XZ. LOL. His little jabs were so funny. Of course, his jabs to XZ was equally hilarious. He was just protecting FCY of heartache since XZ is now the Prince Consort, but he didn't care to rub salt on XZ's wound at all. He didn't even care when XZ threaten him with Mess Crew.

I cannot wait until the political stuff gets revealed.

These two episodes did not disappoint, especially the fight scene between FCY and Lord Changxin. Of course, I would have loved it if FCY killed SYQ but I’ll take what I can get.

Now, the cinematography of that fight scene was magnificently executed, especially the realization from Lord Changxin when he saw Wei Qilin standing behind FCY. He realized that the man who made a traitor’s very own daughter defeated him was gratifying.

The scene with Li Huai’an throwing away both couplet from the Li and Wei family was one of the best scenes with him so far. It brings me back to the talk he had with XZ about deciding which family he was from. That scenes shows that he is not a Li but a He. He was struggling with his identity and now he knows who he is. It shows his growth.

Of course the scene with Grand Tutor Tao never disappoints. I loved how he had so much wisdom and he knows that his goddaughter was smart enough to understand him even when he’s not being direct.

The little spar between FCY and General He was also wonderfully filmed. I loved the back and forth between the past and the present. I just wished that General He told FCY the truth.

Overall, these two episodes did a wonderful job of portraying the conflict that FCY feels about fighting and the resolution she got when she realized the difference between fighting and not fighting. That was a great moment to see that she understands why she needed to fight in the war.

Man Di dying showed how courageous he was. From the very beginning, Man Di was shown as someone who’s timid and just followed his older brothers around but in that moment when he protected his older brother, he was brave. It was heartbreaking because FCY have already lost so many important people in her life and she promised the Pig Butcher Squad that she will bring everyone home safely.

I don’t know why you called Li Huai’an a bad apple, but he’s taking is anger out on her because his master died. He was really close to General He and to him, her knocking him out stopped him from saving his master.

I don’t think it has to do with being insecure. I think that he’s just grieving and felt that FCY was at fault. He didn’t care if she did it to keep him safe, to him, she prevented him from saving the person he cares about the most.

General He was more than a master to him.

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Going to your point about XZ. I have always thought that this story was female centered. I mean, they focused more on FCY than XZ. The entire show focused on her so for you to assume that it wasn’t female centered was kind of weird. Of course, I haven’t read the novel, so I don’t know if it was changed but from the very beginning, I have always thought that it was female centered.

I think it was arranged by Wei Yan. I haven’t read the novel, but I’m just basing it off of the previews and flashbacks. I talmost seem like Lord Changxin and Wei Yan was in cahoots.

HOWEVER, I did read somewhere that the most incident 17 years ago, happened because of the late Emperor wanting to protect the 16th prince who got caught by the enemies due to his ambitions. But, it was Wei Yan’s letter that caused FCY’s father to bring the tiger tally to Lord Changxin who then lied that the tally was a fake, thus making him a traitor.

Rewatching some episodes while I wait for the new ones, and it just hit me that they didn’t really explain why SYQ thought that CN was XZ’s daughter. I mean, yes, he saw the portrait of them together, but (unless I missed it again) they never said how long XZ was missing for. I just find it funny that SYQ would think that he has a 5-6 year old daughter at that time. Of course, unless he has been missing for that long.

Someone already explained the characters in one of the discussion board.

I didn’t read the novel, but she doesn’t know her origins yet. She still thinks that she’s the daughter of a butcher — that is why she’s fixated on butchering pigs.

As for when she becomes a general, I believe in one of the trailer, her godfather/Grand Tutor Tao proposes a question to her and I believe that after that question, she becomes a general just because in another trailer she went to help Li Wenkan/Huai’an with her squad and she also went to where General He was at AND that’s when I believe she learned of her origin (General He told Xie Zheng that he can only reveal her father’s identity when he knows that both sisters are alive and to her only.)

He explained to the guy who was with him that he read about it. Even though he was kept underground, his mother made sure that he was literate and when he was staying at the villa in Baixia, Qi Min, made him do homework. So it’s not unbelievable that he knows about it.

I think it’s common knowledge that she’s strong. When I watched that scene, I didn’t think she beat him because she was a good fighter, but because she used her strength. She is also smart. She saw her opportunity and took it. She used her surroundings to disabled him. She jumped on a log that caused a burning wood to fly towards, hurting his eye. That gave her the opportunity to strike.

I don’t know but ep 27 didn’t give me the satisfaction that I was hoping for. That confrontation scene didn’t do much for me. The previews looked a lot bette than the actual scene.

The reveal that Grand Tutor Tao and his half-disciple FCY were talking about the same person wasn’t as funny as I would like as well. I mean, they gave us plenty of comedic relief, but I would definitely like it if the reveal was done differently.

Two things that I love about ep 27 are:
1. When the Marquis asks her for her hand in marriage. This shows how much he loves her as a person and his willingness to give up his title for her. Her rejection speaks volume to how much she loves him. To me, it shows that she doesn’t want to be the one to hold him from greatness. I know that she will be become someone worthy of him, but as of right now, after finding out about his real identity, she feels inferior to him. How can a butcher from a small village make the great Marquis of Wu’an her matrilocal husband?

2. I loved the scene at the waterfall. That scene, outside of the war and who he is, is just them as a couple. They love each other and it shows. The combat scene also shows how “in sync” they are with each other. For the first time since the war, it is just FCY and YZ — like it was at Lin’An town.

I can’t wait to see both his and FCY’s reaction to finding out that they were talking about the same person. Lol.

I rewatched ep 26 and I noticed that the Pig Butcher Squad can fight on their own. We give FCY a lot of credit, but I think we forget that the Pig Butcher Squad as a whole is just as amazing.

Yes, I agree with you. I think some are forgetting that YZ married into her family as a matrilocal husband.

The only thing that I want to add is that she saw how badly injured he was. In her mind, she needed to keep him safe so taking his place was her only choice. She knew what it meant to be a deserter — she learned that when she first met him at the camp. So, to her, by taking his place, he was not deserting the army and she can still keep him safe from the front lines.