ChineseDramaFan

Wish they've changed the title instead of calling it GGS2 because I can relate GGS1 to TN. What relationship GGS2 has with squid, apart from some of the same characters from GGS1? I remember in GGS1, Ai Qing treats Wu Bai as a little brother because her heart is for the other guy.

Rating at 9.5 on Duboku, is this real? Am I missing something?

I'm asking the same question, but with your answer, I think I'll pass. Too many on-going dramas I'm watching right now, no time to spare watching people staring into each other :D Anyway, love GGS1, especially Wu Bai in there. BTW, this Ai Qing here, is she the same character Wu Bai fancies in GGS1? If so, she's a lot older than Wu Bai right?

It seems they're adding more twists to the whole story: first there is the love triangle, now, a new antagonist popping up.

Yep! That's the gist :)

I believe she's a new character - a new antagonist. Don't remember seeing her in earlier episodes.

BTW, the part you mentioned is the trailer for the next episode. So, need to see what leads to that moment :)

Actually I can sympathize with her and her needle. Not only that's the needle she has been using when she was little (because her mom wouldn't let her sew, and wouldn't have noticed if she uses the old golden needle - which is not meant for sewing but she didn't know), it symbolizes her mother. Imagine something so important to you, now in the hand of someone you hate so much, I think I would do the same as Liu Li does, even if it means losing my life :)

The bloody new Emperor (Li Zhi) wants Liu Li for himself. He also knows that Pei Xing Jian and Liu Li are lovers, so he purposely separates them by appointing Pei Xing Jian an outstation post. He wants to make Liu Li his concubine but she quickly says she wants to be a nun with Wu Mei Niang. Li Zhi says he intends to bring Wu back to the palace. So Liu Li says she wants to be the Emperor's tailor instead. 2 years after the death of the former Emperor, Li Zhi brings Wu Mei Niang back from the temple (I guess that also means marrying her). For 5 years, Liu Li has been distancing herself from the Emperor. And yet, the Emperor is still unrelenting (so annoying). Poor Pei Xing Jian! Luckily they have Wu Mei Niang who is still trying to help them. Let's see what happens in the next episodes.

Pei Xing Jian's first wife dies, partly because of the elder princess. So now he's about to marry Liu Li, the apparently nasty princess is starting to scheme against her. Some people are so rich and have nothing better to do, so they carry out evil deeds, hurting others :(

"zhuì xù" (the Chinese title) means son-in-law living at wife's parent's house, and their offspring will follow the wife's family name, in this case "Su".

I love JOL but not so much for this drama. Am I alone?

Let's hope CP snaps out of it because by the end of Episode 40 (Duboku version), CP is hopelessly in love with Liu Li :(

45 or 40 depending which version you're watching. I'm watching the 45 version and I'm on 40 now.

- Emperor dies and CP becomes Emperor
- Liu Li and Pei Xing Jian leave the palace and get married
- The return of Wu Mei Niang

Not many things left and still 5 more episodes to go. So yeah, you're right - they are going to drag out the story, most likely a nasty love triangle fight. I don't like that.

Let's take stock what is outstanding:

Yeah, it's getting annoying that punishments and deeds don't match. Cao Wang has been trying to kill Crown Prince for umpteen times and each time he only gets a slap on the wrist. When would he get serious punishment? When he has successfully murdered the Crown Prince? Then there won't be punishment because he would have made himself the Emperor. Bad logic!

Oh boy! Now they've made it into a love triangle. Dang!

Episode 40:

Watch Zhao Shun Ran in 'A Girl Like Me'. He's great there.