narnianfairy

I think we're all keeping our fingers crossed for Wanning's demise

yessss

s smorsgabord of revenge. She takes a look around and decides who's the next naughty one on the list of neverending revenge... Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

she did that in the novel too

it's even worse on Viki since they're only airing episode 7 today. But I will use Viki to re-watch once they are finished uploading all the episodes.

after the mystery of both the husband's death and of the corruption case is solved, the ghost moves on... heads to his next life, so the police officer lives on and keeps in touch with the family of his "husband"

not really / not necessarily - it depends on the changes made from the novel

in the book he is, but makes a move very late in the game, when he thinks Jiang Li will be alone forever.

I loved all of them

so she's the cicada and he's the oriole? and their enemies are the mantis..

Obviously this was one of the significant changes in the plot (novel vs drama): in the novel the princess goes to Xue Li and tells her it's as easy as killing an ant to get rid of her (she had already pressured the Shen mother and sister to frame her and ruin her reputation) and now she orders her servant to hang Xue Li and make it look like she committed suicide. In the novel Shen Yurong was complicit and willing and felt no regret at that point or in the immediate aftermath. But the novel contains a transmigration plot that might have been considered problematic by the censors. If the soul does not transmigrate, then Xue has to be kept alive. Given all the regrets Shen Yurong is experiencing in the drama, it feels a bit like burying her alive was intentional, so as to give Xue Li a chance at survival.

they've started combining arcs

whole body levitating by this point. Who was it that spelled us with Levicorpus?

😅😂😂😂

I am planning to rewatch Joy of Life 2 with Viki subs, Story of Kunning Palace and Journey to You

He said just enough... without pointing fingers to the culprit. He's making people wonder and keep guessing. He's planting a seed. And it WILL sprout.

same here, even though I read the novel. They really did a good job with the adaptation. Even novel readers are on the edge of their seats. There are enough changes to keep us guessing, but we do have an inkling of what comes next. Also, the changes don't bother me so far, because they make sense for censorship reasons. But the overall plot is still moving in the right direction.

my guess? We're on episode 25 now. From the set up so far, stepmom is going down in the next two episodes

I grabbed a bottle of ginger beer

not in the drama - they're maternal cousins. But yes for the novel