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Yes, she becomes his Emperor, not Empress, eventually; she the only female Emperor in Chinese history :D

No, he's not her biological son.

Yeah, the latest episodes make me want to pull out my hair. "Really, really?"

I'm at Episode 38. I watch this raw on Duboku (no subs).

Su Jin'er is heinous at the same time pitiful. She's just a love sick girl wanting Zi Dan's love - that's all she has wanted. Her mind is simple, unlike the other even more heinous and scheming guys. What seemingly righteous, may even be more hideous and dangerous :)

This drama does have a lot of flaws. However, I believe many viewers, like myself, also like the historical aspect of it and how fiction is being written into a true historical story. It's rather intriguing despite the screen writing may not be as good as the original novel. Acting wise, sure, it's not top notch and they haven't used famous big names. This doesn't mean the other dramas with popular idols are better than this one. There are a few recent ones using the most popular actors with over the roof ratings, for me, the dramas are just meh :)

Now Consort Yang and her despicable son Prince Cao know that Xiao Douzi is a girl. The Crown Prince is still, sigh, "in the drum".

Episode 37:

I just wish they (A'Wu and husband) were as gossipy as we are, then they would see all the scheming plots and put the bigger picture together. They don't seem to tell each other their own suspicion, understandably.

Wow!

People have their reasons to dislike the characters (especially the FL and Gülnezer/Gulli Nazha) and to dislike the drama, but their reasons do not convince me of their dislikes. The poor rating is also very subjective, not reflecting the quality of the story or acting at all. There are so many poorer dramas (in acting and writing etc) with super high ratings because the main leads have a huge fandom.

Only 9 more episodes to go. There's still so much to be covered. So, yeah, by the look of it, there'll be a season 2 (unless they squeeze everything into the 9 episodes and make a mess out of the whole thing, as always). Someone mentioned here that there could be a new ML with Ren Jia Lun. I love Ren Jia Lun after "Under the Power". It's going to be exciting!

Despite some flaws here and there, and the really annoying antagonists, I still like this drama a lot. I can empathize with both the ML and FL for the treacherous paths they are taking that shape their behavior. Though not as good as I wish his acting to be, Timmy Xu is still a very lovable Pei Xing Jian. I love Gülnezer's acting and the FL character. As Liu Li, she is believable.

Yes, despite this is such a grand production, the attention to details is definitely lacking, especially the timeline, making it confusing at times, and they expect viewers just suck it up :(

Hahaha! True. He invents almost everything! He's a modern man going back to ancient times and bringing the technology with him, just like JOL. In other words, they have merged 2 characters from JOL into Ning Yi alone :D

Yeah, mathematical genius, business acumen, novel author .....

I'm at episode 35. He doesn't know yet. Doesn't look like a person with attention to details at all :)

Timmy, breathe!

I agree with you on the A'Wu character and on the acting of Zhang Zi Yi. Like you, though still a bit naive despite she has gone through so much, I feel the A'Wu character is behaving appropriately and I cannot see any hints that she's not supportive of Xiao Qi at all. In terms of acting, yes, indeed, I also find her not spontaneous enough and hence not very convincing. I'm just not sure if this is how she's supposed to act (being stoic and hiding her emotions), or her acting is simply lacking.

Xiao Qi has his suspicion but hasn't told A'Wu because he has no proof. Therefore, A'Wu doesn't know what has happened though she picks up bits and pieces from here and there; she hasn't joined the dots yet. I just wish the couple lay out every detail each knows and has encountered thus far and their suspicion, maybe they can see the bigger picture sooner. Despite they claim they don't hide anything from each other, they still don't gossip enough like we do in modern days :)