Story of Kunning Palace Episode 24
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She was already starting to ponder whether her feelings were just guilt over what happened in her first life. But now I think she realizes that she and Zhe just can't truly work as a couple. She sees and admires him so much for his ironclad principles, but she realizes that emotional entanglements will break him due to those principles. And she knows that SHE, on the other hand, is much more morally complicated, just like Xie Wei. In a way, she sees that Zhe is both 'too good for her' ... but also that he is 'too limited' in his worldview for her. And just like a moon attracted to a planet by gravity, she ends up drifting right back in Xie's orbit. The only negative here is that she didn't fully realize things until after Zhe started to fall for her. So his emotions may be hurt already by her withdrawal. But hopefully she did the right thing soon enough to prevent any serious problems.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 23
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We get some interesting dialog in this episode between Ning'er and Zhang Zhe and also between Ning'er and Xie Wei and perhaps most importantly, between Ning'er and herself, starting to finally ask herself just what is the root of her behavior towards each of these men. In particular, she starts to see that she may be driven towards Zhe by guilt from her former life. Which wouldn't be fair to her or him in THIS life. Elsewhere, things are looking very scary for Yue Fangyin right now. I am so worried about that kid.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 21
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A conversation between Zhe and Ning concerning Xie Wei and the possibility he is not 'pure' of action - which basically makes him a criminal in Zhang Zhe's eyes - leads to Ning finally starting to pull back a bit in her obsession with Zhe. She KNOWS that Xie Wei is complicated but NOT a bad person and thus knows that a moral judgement of him cannot be simply black and white. So when Zhe asserts naively that "wrong is wrong', it actually lowers her respect for him somewhat.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 20
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Zhou Yin Zi's "solution" to the rebel rescue team potentially freeing prisoners to create chaos is ruthless and brutal and possibly a cold, cruel foreshadowing of how his so-far 'neutral' alignment will ultimately show out. This episode featured some exciting action / fight scenes in the prison breakout event, but the flirting scenes between Ning and Zhang Zhe in the midst of all that chaos were bizarre and uncomfortable to watch because it made no sense for either of them to not be feeling intense urgency. This is one of the very few moments in this whole series where I found character behavior to be just plain odd and not very believable. To tell thee truth, I'm still just mystified by what exactly is the basis for Ning's infatuation with Zhang Zhe. Is it just a bizarre, extreme physical attraction? Or is it based on something from her former life? With all the chaos happening at the prison, I also have to wonder, just what happened with Yue Fang Yin during all that? She is staying somewhere in the prison. But I guess she was in a 'vip' cell so maybe that was in a completely separate part of the complex?
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 19
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Ning'er masterfully manipulates everyone again in order to secure the missing half of Yan Mu's letter.. And once again it's a frightening thought to think how terrifying she must have been as an _evil_ schemer in her former life!!!
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 18
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I'm not quite sure what to make of Xie Wei as the 'ML' character. He oscillates wildly between cool, calm and collected ... and just plain psychopathic extreme. Is he really that over the edge or is Zhang Ling He just over-acting a bit too much? And is he a drug addict as well? I know that he's the story's ultimate, fated one for Ning'er, and I need to be patient for things to develop. But man, right now, everything about him is screaming, "Run! Red Flags! Get away, girl!" As the episode closes, one is left wondering, just how much $$$$ did Ning & Fangyin make off their investment in the bamboo-salt-mining operation?
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 16
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This episode is just chock-full of tension. Most obviously, the tension involved in Duke Xue's threat around everyone at the infamous coming-of-age ceremony. But also other moments of tension such as the conversation between Zhang Zhe and Xie Wei, where the former demonstrates that little things do not slip past his notice and basically puts the latter on notice.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 14
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One of the cool things developing in THIS life for Ning is that she and her sister seem to be forming some sort of mutual sibling bond. Hopefully that will persist and grow in this life and not be poisoned by some schemer.
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After recently watching so many c-dramas that start out great and then Peter-out and have lame final few episodes or even outright stupid awful final few episodes, this show was great. The whole Le Shan + Yang Xian romance plot was easily as strong and enjoyable as any of the other sister's romance plots. And I found it extra enjoyable because unlike her older sisters, Le Shan (and Yang Xian) had to really grow up through significant changes in their characters over the course of their romance.
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At one point in this episode,, as a side part of one scene, Yang Xian's friend Zhao Liangcheng notices how pretty Qiong Nu is and starts to approach her ... and all of a sudden, with the smoothest, perfect timing, Madam Li backhands him in his face, knocking him to the ground and walks on past him without hesitation. The physical comedy is so perfect.! Love little nuggets like that! It's not an important part of this episode's storyline, but possibly hints at the future because they still need to find a groom for Qiong Nu.
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It's really cool to watch Le Shan's character slowly but steadily growing. Her sense of responsibility and caring expanding to fit her newfound authority. You can see how going through with and watching her 4 sisters go through their various trials has prepared her. And along with that we see Xian's admiration of her growing and her sympathy and understanding of his plight also growing. Love how the two of them end up working together to take back control of the Yang household from his rotten sisters, brother-in-law and useless father.
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This episode was so funny with the way LeShan so capably turns the tables on Yang Xian and the Yang family to get the upper hand in her marriage! It's interesting to see how, while her talents are very different from her sisters, she still exhibits the same cleverness as all the Li sisters in applying her 'skills' to her advantage.
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First we finally get justice against that scheming senior Justice, Xue Guang. Then we get a full happy, formal marriage restart for Li Hao De and Shen Huizhao. Then we finally get started on a marriage story for Le Shan! And wow, what a start! We get a full-on switch-the-brides scheme by that bad-boy Yang Xian!
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In prior episode, for some inexplicable reason, the senior judicial official Xue Guang was not charged & punished even though it was clear that he has taken steps to conceal his son's vicious crimes. Inevitably he comes back to cause trouble, plotting to kill Shen Huizhao. Seems like that plot thread is going to hang around for a bit.
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But shouldn't senior judge Sue Guang also be charged with hiding the crimes his son committed? Not cool that he gets to walk away from it. Nice of Shen to think to replace Hao De's jade bracelet for her. Gotta love his Granny, snarking at him: "Your such a buzzkill every day!" That had me laughing.
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