Moonstruck

I am similar with you with criticizing drama logic, I made the same comment earlier.
However, if you also think about it logically, QianQian and BaoEr missing is a personal problem atp in the story. She's also not aware of how extremely twisted and powerful QM is. All she knows is a random guy abducted her friend, and she is afterall someone who can take out one man.
True, that she could have asked for support, but given the current war where XZ and his army are more needed, it would seem selfish and out of character for her to ask that. The only thing that slightly bothered me is that she chose not to personally escort ChangNing first to Lin'An. One would think that after her abduction, CY would be a bit more paranoid about leaving her behind.
Beside, the pig squad is with her so she is not truly alone.
Tbf, I like that she left rather than being suddenly made a commandant and join cheesily slaying their enemies.

She looks extra small with her hair down.

That slap was so satisfying, bet it gave him a concussion 😆

Did they take out the horse riding scene where she's seated straddling him? I remember that from a bts.

If I were CY, I'd be pretty upset too no matter what his reasons are.
It's not just a one time misunderstanding, but they literally put up a whole show to hide his identity from her. I'd make him squirm for a while before forgiving him haha

Hope someone picked up her broken knives though, those were her family treasures after all.

I think the whole aura speaks.
Plus, I think there are indicators in their armor what rank they are.

Yeah, I just saw the preview 🥲
I hope there is still chance he survives.
I hate for him to just serve as a lesson for CY 😭

Yes, and everyone was saying he was not in the victory parade 😭 😆

I'm happy the youngest of the piglets survived 😭
When he was trying to leave his money to CY, I thought he was a goner

The way her expression changed from relief on seeing her husband to confusion and then look of betrayal 😭

I LOVE LOVE today's episode!! Tbh, I was scared it's gonna be cringey but it played perfectly.
Some things I appreciate :
-they recognized her, so rare on Cdramas! usually FL dress as a man and they magically couldn't tell she's a girl 🙄
-she was realistic and not overly passionate, I love how she tells her crew that their priority is to stay alive and even deviced plan on how to fool the generals. No cringe heroism!
-Shi Hu (the enemy) was the one who initiated fighting her. Again, I like that she didn't intentionally play hero but only fought for survival
It was realistic and it fits the current narrative.

Can't wait for tomorrow's episode💕

I love how no one is questioning the science of how QM got smooth skin again 😆 we just accept that this basically plastic surgery exist in that era.

Just appreciating today how far the hair pieces/wigs have evolved. As someone who's been watching chinese xianxia and wuxia for almost 10yrs, each year they just get better. They look more and more natural.
I think the wispy bangs really add to the allure.

The camera work during their kiss scene makes you feel like you're intruding on them , it's so intimate🙈 kudos to the director 👏

Lol who said I'm worked up? 🤣
I just didn't like the direction they went as it was going perfect previously.
We're allowed to be critical of the story. No need to defend every aspect of it just because you like it.

Then XW doesn't deserve to be in the military. We can play this afraid of offending Marquis wife card, but it made XZ's army look incompetent and less formidable being run around by a woman. I wished the scene played out differently.

Yes, I did not like these scenarios.
And don't tell me it's because some knows she's the Marquis wife, offending her is a lesser offense than letting her take an important hostage.
The whole scenario was ridiculous imo, and made XZ's army look incompetent

I'm just trying to make sense of the plot, as having Xie Wu there and still letting CY take out YQ is more ridiculous. And don't tell me XW thinks it was a good idea, he would not overstep his authority specially XZ doesn't know about CY's plan.

They did not know she is the Marquis wife. They blocked her in the beginning. It was XZ's personal guard who allowed her to enter. I believe she took YQ when XZ's personal guard was away, which leaves the other soldiers failing on their duty.