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That "take a spoonful of remedy and immediately recover" trope? Peak comedy! 😂 Between the consort's lady being a whole secret fighting master and the prince's mother wailing about not trusting the cook AFTER they'd discovered the cause of his ailment (while her son is seizing himself to death mind you), I was truly rolling. This show is so entertaining istg!

How will the consort get away with killing her accomplice? All the guards are just willing to sacrifice themselves and their families for the cause? Why weren't they keeping a closer eye on her when the female physician was already killed? And Prince Je San...it's really that meme...if I had a nickel for every time Je San almost plunged the nation into chaos, I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice (that I can remember). At this point, SOMEONE should be watching the prince and consort Kang cos what do you mean these people keep having society meetings and nobody knows????

Anyway, it's almost over and it's still fun so I'm here until the very end.

I can't imagine how the whole premise of this drama stayed a secret when people were constantly yapping and yelling out the plot about Yu Qing and Yuan Jin. Like anytime Pei Ji asked her, I just said my dude stand outside for 5 mins and you'll get the entire gist of all this LMAO.

Ep 21 was too funny cos Yuan Jin really yelled out the whole thing in front of random guards, and still by the end of the episode Pei Ji is having moments of discovery and enlightenment???? LOL

This show is a full on comedy, idc what anyone says 🤣🤣🤣 I can't take anything seriously and it's a lot of fun!

This drama is actually so addictive.

So the plan is to do a return of his memory in the final moments and rush the ending?

This part! It doesn't make sense that she reverted to her 25yo self and is still acting like this. She should be completely different from her 50yo self rather than just hysterical with no recent memory. It would make more sense if she'd just lost all her memory instead of saying she reverted to 25 mentally and not reflecting any part of her 25 yo personality.

I just started this and I had to pause after the accident... Se Ra was never depicted as vain or stupid in 1999, in fact she was someone who'd had a hard life but stayed humble and was at least street smart if nothing else. So, for her to wake up and suddenly be whatever this version is just threw me. I'll go back but I hope there's a plausible explanation.

On some level he was right, but see how these 2 generals just ended a coup attempt and have never given him any reason to doubt them, it was ridiculous of him to just go with what Chu Zhao said at all imo 😂 the emperor was shown to be savvy and smart when dealing with the old chancellor so it was funny to me that he just was like "hell, let them resent me and let me weaken my military with this pointless division". But yeah, you're right about their descendants facing the same thing down the line.

Ngl, I found it hilarious that Chu Zhao's maid died from a stab wound from a small knife in what looked like her right shoulder, while He Yan survived MULTIPLE SWORD STABS. They're both fighters so what exactly was that??? Completely unnecessary and ridiculous end for a character who actually did nothing wrong.

Next, let's visit Yan He's equally unnecessary death. Like, did the writer have a death quota that suddenly needed to be met in the final episodes? What the hell was that? Lol.

Ultimately, I thoroughly enjoyed this show. Poorly executed and undeserved deaths aside, and also putting aside the suddenly stupid emperor, it was a fun watch. The lead couple CARRIED the show for me. However, I realise I might be being too lenient with the show because of them cos I didn't even hate the villain which shows how poorly designed he was in the end. But I had fun watching this everyday and I'll miss these 2 generals now that it's over.

This was, unfortunately, a waste of a good premise.

That's why I suggested she use it as a distraction.

When she was running around the hospital, I wondered so many things... Like why didn't they think of a distraction for a scenario like that? Why not force an evacuation? Since she had a bomb, why wasn't that the distraction? Why didn't she just plant that when she lucked into the chamber with all the samples? Blow it up and get away while they figure it out? Why did she even go to the reception when they asked all the staff to come there? I have so many whys and no answers. It's quite frustrating.

I'm sorry but Liu Yan's foolishness is trying my patience. At every turn she always falls face first into people taking advantage of her. It's so infuriating to watch and I'm only on episode 2.

There have been movies made with terminally ill actors before, but we usually find out after the fact. For this one, I don't think they used her illness to promote the movie, but rather her story *after* the illness was made public due to circumstances beyond their control. They would have kept it hidden until the end of they could've.

But to answer your question, I'd watch it and I'd definitely be bawling my eyes out in the theatre.

The guy who brought the map. They killed him and took it from him. She had them dump his body somewhere after.

Totally agree about Qingying, but Zhenzhen actually killed someone? Right? QY is ignorant, childish and bullheaded, but she hasn't willfully killed anyone yet so the thing ice she's on is still in one piece. However, I do wish she'd paused for even a second to reflect on herself after what happened to the villagers. At this point, I don't think that will ever happen, but I can still hope since there are many more episodes to come.

I can accept the makeup lady being an outsider pov, but she's experienced enough to know you don't just rant about something like that in front of the entire crew when you don't actually have any evidence. It could lead to the destruction of Da Eum's reputation before she even has a chance to make it as a new actress. It could also potentially fuel bad blood and allegations of favouritism among crew members or castmates who were already biased or just looking for trouble. So yeah, while I get the point of her, it was the blabbing that irritated me. If all she'd done was mention it to the guy when they went out to smoke, I would accept that. My other issue is that she said she hadn't been around for a while, so when exactly did she observe them cos Da Eum and Je Ha weren't even in the same room when the makeup testing was going on (unless I missed something).

As for the college classmate, I don't believe she ever thought of them as friends, but I agree that she's jealous and always has been. I really hope you're right about Seo Young cos if they don't course-correct now, it'll feel rushed and inadequate later.

I'm glad that I was wrong about Je Ha trying to protect Da Eum from "herself". But now we're halfway through and it's starting to feel like the writer put so much time and effort into Da Eum and Je Ha that they forgot they had to develop the other characters the same way, and in a rush they're throwing tropes at the wall to see what sticks.

Like, why was the makeup lady just blabbing about Da Eum and Je Ha having something randomly? If anything, I'd expect the assistant to be the one making those observations not a character who just showed up. Don't even get me started on the stereotypical mean girl college classmate. Being hung up on someone you had a semester with in college is weird and creepy. They weren't best friends or anything, in fact it looked like all they did was one group assignment together. Get a grip.

As for Seo Yeong, I wish she'd go digging in the nearest dumpster for her dignity and stop being so embarrassing about a man who doesn't want her and arguably treated her like trash before. Cringey and sad.

I really understand that her father wants her to stay in the hospital and at least extend her time with her family and friends, but I wish he could just see how that would destroy Da Eum. I was really hoping Je Ha would be the one to get him to understand a little of what Da Eum wants and needs, but we're just not there yet, and it even looks like Je Ha may be going the other way once he starts admitting that he's catching feelings.

Da Eum was never meant to be confined and now she's dying. She deserves to be happy in the time she has left when life already dealt her such a nasty hand.

I really wish they'd just give a show like this all the episodes it needs to tell the story properly. The weird cuts and obvious gaps made it just short of great.