Reviews

Those laws are so wrong!

The Lu family has to go ASAP — all of them, with the husband and his mother first in line! 😠 Imagine how this kind of rotten family gets to live as they please while the Shen family, Mister Lu's family, and Furong's family got punished so severely? 😤 Those laws are so wrong... Really, do the husband or his family have no responsibility if his wife dies after being beaten by him? 🤦‍♀️Second Madam really annoyed me here. All her talk about enduring, enduring, enduring... There HAVE to be limits! On everything! (I really hope that seeing how close Xiulan was to suicide after their conversation will put some sense into her!) 😠I am so relieved Xiuwan involved Lanxiang. Our clever girl made sure Jinqi found out what's being done to his half-sister. And the other Lin boys were ready to defend her with fists and sticks... I love how much they care about their siblings/cousins! 🥹🫂And to think that it came down to a difference of one second, or Xiulan would have eaten arsenic... 💔🤧As for Jinqi and Lanxiang... I think everything she learned about him from Xiuwan and seeing with her own eyes how he reacted to Xiulan's situation will soften her attitude towards him. And I really liked seeing them work together on the rescue mission. 😌And her play? It has so many meanings and truths women can relate to... No wonder it's a hit! P.S. This was a heavily emotional episode and it was hard to get through some of the scenes, but I am still giving it all the love I can.

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Plots around Hua Shu are getting absurdly repetitive

This show keeps getting into the same repetitive mini-plot. Hua Shu lies. The Immortals believe her. She gets caught. Hua Shu lies again. The Immortals believe her. She gets caught. Rinse. Repeat. This is absurd. The writers are leaning on plot-induced stupidity on the part of these characters who despite all their god-like powers, cultivated over centuries, if not millennia, seem to have the common sense of 2 year old.s They never seem to learn any lessons from having seen her mis-behavior. It's really getting hard to keep watching this show because the characters keep acting so incredibly foolish that it breaks my empathy with them. The only two characters who seem to have any consistent common sense are A'Yin and Yan Shuang. The rest show none or only occasional flashes of it.I have to stop watching at this point. I just can't take how stupid the characters have to be to support these plot arcs. I really like several of the actors and maybe I'll come back to this later.

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susumu & tsuyoshi ，give the writer some tens

tsuyoshi was right like multiple times. like yes to keiko kitagaewa in understanding how to actually encourage her but he’s been making poionts I’ve long held. i like how they’ve managed this relationship a lot. susumu actually dates keiko kitagawa but it’s a matter of reality. this isn’t a competition you win. if you were meant to be then you will be. i actually had a concern that was addressed in this episode & that’s the stark romantic archetypes that both the brothers started off in & that gets brought back for both of them. i believe their growth a lot & i trust their love of keiko kitagawa. i also like how they use fujigaya & sumika. they’re there when they need to be & not locked into singular purposes.

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Ya Ke’s emancipation

JingXiu has managed to get a 7th ranked position in Ganlin and his family is livid about the choice. I actually almost admired him for choosing something for himself even if rather menial. He wipes that out to kidnap TingYun. His mother brought that on by threatening TingYun’s very existence should he leave the capital. This has him rather unhinged…even more so than usual. What is more interesting is that when news reaches Ya Ke of another concubine, she opts to bring her into the home. Ms Wu did not see that happening but she did want TingYun rescued. Both were rather surprised to discover each other at the courtyard. Ya Ke has come full circle and making amends for her initial betrayal. She tells TingYun how and why her mother was murdered. This was some much needed news to explain Zhao Ling’s actions and remoteness. She now understands exactly why he crossed the line she did not think should be crossed and finds herself agreeing with his actions. Ya Ke finally truly understands that TingYun never coveted any part of her spouse or status entering the Yu house. I think it has settled with her why TingYun held it in disdain and for once understood it had nothing to do with her either. She saw all of it for what it was from the beginning and Ya Ke has finally reached that level of unvarnished acknowledgement of what she really signed up for joining the Yu household. It is the first time she recognized the legacy her father left for her and it’s true value. She gladly leaves the household with no regrets or remorse. She is simply done with all of it. She wants none of the chains they have put on her. Ms Yu recognizes that not even the threat of her child will hold her back from leaving. Ya Ke very accurately said that Ms Yu never did anything for the love of her child and she did not want to be the same sort of parent. So, whatever the opinion of her leaving everything behind….she had no concerns except wanting her freedom from all of them. It was satisfying to see Jing Xiu’s jaw drop when she told him how dull he was and that he was the reason she had become unremarkable. She further enlightened him that it wouldn’t have mattered who he had married, he would have done that to any of them. Without him she could find herself and redefine who she is without his cloud of resentment and belittlement. She would no longer have to appease their moods or feel lesser. Even Ms Yu accepted this decision as she is realizing that her home and family are not the prize positions she has always made them out to be. Maybe it stunned her that the girl she gave no credence for status could see with such clarity. I did not expect to be full on in Ya Ke’s court wishing her well…but here we are. Her revelation to TingYun about her mother was a good effort in repairing the damage of reputation she caused when all the Yu mess was started. They are both older and wiser, and now TingYun is forewarned to an even greater degree how fortunate she was to have never married into the Yu household. She now sees just how close the vipers are to the people closest to her and can be better prepared in future. Zhao Ling’s attempt at freeing her just shows what he is willing to do to make her happy. He now knows she knows about her mother which is a huge load off. Now these two can get working together and hopefully figuring out how to get out from under the emperor’s thumb to live freely and happily.

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