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was when Fu Yi Xiao recognized how shell-shocked Feng Sui Ge was (because of his sister's decision) and instead of leaving, she immediately went after him in concern. This immediate, instinctive care for him right then was a huge sign of their changing relationship. It's also notable that she doesn't seem to care one bit to learn that Xia Jing Shi is going to marry ML's sister. The psycho may be obsessed with her but she doesn't seem to care about him at all. You'd think it would penetrate her amnesia a bit if she did. I feel bad for the princess Xi Yang, though.
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Fortunately, Sui Ge and Yi Xiao are able to salvage the situation. Sui Ge and Yi Xiao finally start to have some relaxed moments in the aftermath. This is important if they are going to have any sort of romance because they can't be on the edge of death constantly. Elsewhere, clearly psychotic Prince Zhennan learns that Yi Xiao is with Feng Sui Gi and heads out to 'rescue' her.
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Good god. The three kids are so annoying! Do they have to cry so much? I know I sound heartless but they are really over the top. And so disobedient. Definitely going to cause trouble.
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So in this episode, the FL captures ML in a reversal and for no real good reason other than revenge, I guess, whips and tortures HIM. And then he bites her hard in return for her earlier bite? So wtf is the point of all this? Is this supposed to be some sadomasochistic love dream? Sigh ... I really nope this story moves past this pathetic fetish stuff.
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the ML seems like a bit of an a**hole the way he totally disregards the treaty regarding the sanctity of the hospital villa. The way he took advantage of that situation was kinda cowardly and didn't make the greatest impression of him as a 'hero'. And then brutally torturing her while not even asking her any questions? What is the point of that? Pure sadism? He really doesn't seem like a mentally healthy guy and definitely smells of sadist. I guess he's got issues. Sigh ... why are the MLs in so many dramas broken at the start of the series? This just feeds into the myth that the love interest woman is somehow supposed to 'fix' him. I'll just grit my teeth and hope he becomes somewhat more likable because right now he's not a likable human. On the other hand, it looks like the other potential 'love interest' for our poor girl is psycho Prince Zhennan who looks like an even worse piece of crap. The episode goes on to show that the political in-fighting and back-stabbing inside ML's kingdom is pretty bad and may have contributed to his awful personality. Sigh ... I will be patient and accepting as the ML hopefully proves to be a better human than he's shown so far. I do like his several power-moves within the Susha court over the final stretch of the episode.
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What a start to this series! So much action in the first episode and once again Li Qin establishes herself as one of the best femaie action stars! The scene of her (Fu Xiao) taking on so many assassins in the woods was way cool and very entertaining. The episode overall is full of exposition in order to setup the series, and feels a little choppy, vague and purposely confusing at points - but that seems likely intentional as the director clearly wants to keep things from us for later reveals. Not totally a fan of that technique since it's obviously a contrivance of the show direction & editing but it's fine. The story also kicks off with the usually extremely annoying amnesia trope but as an initial story premise it feels okay here.
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A very well-paced final two episodes. Still had quite of bit of conflict resolution, 'action and drama' for the first half of the episode to provide a great series crescendo, and then enough time to provide a very satisfying denouement that lays out the post-drama fate of most of the characters.
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So 5th Uncle, Dou Shishu, gets betrayed and turned into a scapegoat by the evil factions of Empress Wan and Prince Qing. But it turns out that he expected it and is ultimately exploiting this whole situation - including sacrificing himself as a 'bad man' - to elevate his younger brother in the future!!!???
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So the villains are making their moves and, typical of c-drama plots, they are 'winning' nearly everything at this point.. This episode will frustrate viewers as they see character after character either fail to step up or simply be outright evil. With 3 episodes to go, things actually could get even worse in the next couple of episodes!
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That painful-to-watch romance is still a problem, but fortunately this episode gives most of its screen time to the the main plot involving the two leads. So we get several fun scenes both with them individually and together. Love the interactions between the two leads and the Crown Prince & Princess. We get some crucial backstory finally on what the Emperor was trying to accomplish by arresting Song Mo's uncle. And the good guys may have gained a key asset as one of the Empress' top maid servants, currently assigned to An Su's household, realizes she owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dou Zhao.
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It was inevitably going to happen. He is stuck in his thinking because he believes that the larger fate is fixed and that Song Mo's doom is inevitable. But a key point is that SHE (Dou Zhao) actually knows more. Yes, he acts very confident and as if he knows more about the big picture but she has two key factors that affect her thinking differently from him. First, she has the actual book in hand. It came back in time with her. And second, SHE has actually had two conversations with the author of the book (God?). She knows that fate can be changed. It's not easy. It is as hard as moving a mountain. But it can be changed. So because of that, Dou Zhao's mindset is completely different from Ji Yuantong's. In other news, watching Song Han further tighten his abusive control over An Su, isolating her from everyone she loves, is heartbreaking and painful to watch. I recommend skipping much of it because it's just depressing. Sadly realistic. But depressing.
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Folks in the Viki comments callously saying that An Su 'deserves' what she gets for not seeing the truth about Song Han are ignorant of just how insidious manipulative abusers like Song Han are. There is a reason that so many women end up trapped in such horrible abusive relationships and it isn't because they "deserve" it. It's because the techniques such pathological creeps use to manipulate are extremely effective on innocent, 'good' people. This plot line is so hard to watch because it is unfortunately very real.
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All signs are pointing towards bestie An Su falling for psychopath Song Han, who is super-eager to sign-up for treason, specifically to betray his brother. There is a slim possibility that is an act, but it doesn't look like it's an act. So An Su may be headed for a tragic romance if she stays on course with him. This show has killed off so many 'good people' so far, from SM's uncle to his mom, to DZ's mom and then most tragically, her sister, Dou Ming. Indeed the latter counts as one seriously tragic couple so the show clearly has no qualms about killing off the good guys. And on the flip side, the only bad guys that have even been 'caught' so far are ML's dad and FL's step-mom and the latter is still alive.; So this show seems intent on building up the karma on one side but hopefully will bring justice to everyone by the end.
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Giving this episode a low rating solely because the writers decided to lean into the stupid, "Noble Idiocy", drama trope to form the 'drama' for this episode. Fortunately, it gets busted up before the end of the episode and didn't drag it out for multiple episodes, but just using it at all is so annoying. They have Song Mo deciding to hide his poisoning from Dou Zhao and 'suffer in silence' for the 'greater good'. This is one of the most annoying, stupid, lazy-punk writer devices that should, frankly, be banned from ever being used again by story-tellers. It requires the character who is previously shown to be very smart to act like an idiot. It requires the character to break promises made. It basically requires a complete plot-induced character change and is just dumb. In almost every case, the same overall story can be told without using this trope. So please writers, don't use it.
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Much improved direction and editing over the prior episode. Unfortunately this episode sees the start of an annoying, contrived separation of the leads - so stereotypical of c-dramas to keep bringing them together and then separating them - but makes up for it a bit with the way Song Mo has his men still helping her, 'in secret'.
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