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I'm not sure I'd say his character is very underdeveloped, but more like he's the portrayal of a typical noble who's never known hardship outside of battle. He's smart but outside of military strategy, he's never had to really use it. His wealth was handed to him on a silver platter. His parents loved and nurtured him. Both are understanding and caring. I think his character was made this way on purpose to show us the vast discrepancy between social structures. However his character was previously cold and unapproachable. That has changed gradually throughout these 14 episodes. He's also become more broad-minded and able to see the larger picture outside just his bubble. Yes it is because of his experiences with Achou, but that gradual change reflects a more natural behavioral development as we're all affected by things that we see and experience first hand.

Yikes, I'm really enjoying this so far but our ML is going to have to have one heck of a steep redemption arc after all this. I hope the writers played it right

I love where this is going. Such a refreshing romance plot for a historical cdrama

33. Netflix only ever shows the new episodes week by week for cdramas

This is such a fun short drama!

She only cheated with her so-called cousin who was someone her family took in. The other cross-dressed man you mentioned was actually the ML's attendant who was dressed as a woman to find out where the cheating wife was to play out the ML's plan. As a hint, the FL actually says the attendant's name before he asks where the wife is.

Really curious about this: does anyone else think that the way Lan Xiang picked up the itch powder might have clued Jin Qi a little bit on her identiy?

I mean kind of how they did for Blue Whisper by dividing it into two parts and therefore allowing it to exceed the 40 episode limit. Anyway it's done. Just wishing the quality of the 1st 27 episodes had continued in the last three. I hope the last time are as good as those before

This series needed to be split into 2 seasons to give it justice because the max 40 episodes allowed are making these last few episodes feel super rushed. Real shame. I have been loving this show and rewatching episode 1-27 repeatedly, but ep 28-30 have sadly left me feeling a bit meh. I would have liked each scene to be longer with more depth, the transitions smoother, and in some cases more explanations about the history as was provided in the novel. Anyone feel the same?

Ep 28 is the first episode I find myself disappointed with. It felt like a cram episode with a bunch of different things shown only halfway, some of which not making much sense.

Unpopular opinion here but I actually felt like the bear scene was over the top and unnecessary filler

deceitful in the end. Ended up siding with Qi Min

While I enjoyed the novel's earlier plot, I honestly wasn't a big fan of much of the palace intrigue portion. It felt a little all over the place, so I hope they change that up a bit in the show. Same for Li Huai An's character. I really hope that doesn't follow the novel.
As for today's episode (ep25), while it seemed off that she could capture Sui Yuan Qing without resistance from the guards, I felt her actions perfectly displayed her ignorance to military hierarchy and discipline.While Changyu's actions were impulsive and reckless, I was more focused on how strange Xie Zheng's decision to get the Sui army to try and demoralize his felt. It seemed like a really poor decision, and I couldn't figure out his reasoning.