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no, the options are for him to decide what he wants; family vs power. remember he came back to wei this time to try to usurp wei shao's power. she simply told him, if he wants power... there's a clear and easy path for that in bianzhou (he's the heir over there now). but if he does that, due to the feud wei has chen pang.. they will be enemies. like it's pretty black and white so there's really no need to discuss or reason anything and she knows he's intelligent enough to see all that.
he already previously had misunderstanding/distrust for her so if she tried to "woo" him with words he would think she's just trying to pull the wools over his eyes

I didn't think it was an "ultimatum" more so just laying reality on the table and what his options are. WY is smart, I t don't think it would go well trying to dance around the bush

lol this is not cultivation genre, no changing bones and cleansing/opening meridians here :P

wei yan had previously teased xiao tao by swiping her nose at the jewelry shop.

ya, her name could very well be a pun hehe

I'm aware. but she got feelings before finding out.

this reminds me of "that winter, the wind blows"
sis got the feels for her brother.

these are like 15min eps? why didn't they just release it as a movie lol

this entire friend group can give liu shishi a run for her money. damn good criers lol

lmao I will retire from watching drama if such a character gets a "redemption"

ling zhi is a giant button!!
her and han yan's "mother daughter" heart to heart moment 😭

oh ya went back to rewatch, the giant needle was from the candle stand hanyan was holding to defend herself, he slashed at it and it flew off into the wall

someone threw the giant "needle" into the wall that dumbass bro slipped into.

regarding the caning; he knew xiwen wouldn't let her baby be caned, it was an elaborate trap to cripple xiwen and "imprison" her in the family, he even said his inner thoughts before killing her that he was sure she would've left him long ago had she not been wheelchair bound.

hanyan: "why did you choose me?"
boy you better stop lying and answer truthfully in the next episode lol

idk maybe something like army reserve or national guard in US. they do training on weekends every now and then, rest of time they have normal civilian jobs.

edit: ya he just showed his reserve forces ID in ep 10 lol.

oh is that a region or something? for some reason I thought it was their school name lol i'm dumb.

yea that's my thinking too.. but like it's too obvious so I was pondering if there's another layer behind it.

a few characters are really sus lol I can't settle on who the main villain is yet. zhuang shiyang is sus but idk if it's just a red herring.

could yuwen chang an actually be the adopted son of eunich Pei? maybe he is old and unmarried not because he still loves xiwen but because he doesn't have his lil bro anymore (since rumor has it Pei's adopted sons get neutered?)

his adopted mom said his birth parents died in war man. lol they didn't abandon him.

he doesnt? lol princess royal was always hyping him up to be calculative and all knowing whenever she lectures her daughter. wtf