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Their Confession and First Kiss Was Absolutely Beautiful

Probably my favourite episode yet. Their confession beside the lake was so beautiful and heartfelt, and then that kiss made the whole moment even more special. It wasn’t a dead fish kiss at all. They are high school students and this was probably their first kiss, so I thought it was perfect for them. It felt innocent, nervous, tender and completely genuine.“What kind of like? It’s the one where I want to hold your hand, to touch you, to hug you.”That confession completely melted my heart. There was something so pure about the way he described his feelings. He didn’t need some huge dramatic speech. He simply wanted to be close to the person he loved, to hold his hand, touch him and hug him. Then having their feelings finally come together with that beautiful kiss beside the lake made the entire scene unforgettable.They are seriously so sweet together. This episode gave me everything I wanted from them.

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Bliss before woe

The new concubine came in prepped with all accoutrements to get JingXiu’s attention. TingYun’s handkerchief was the prize that won him over. She spent the night regaling him with TingYun stories. YaKe complains to Ms Yu and is reminded of accepting the alliance for networking with empress dowager. This can consolidate women’s voices in the palace and influence the court via their husbands or male relatives. Ya Ke retaliates by going to JingXiu’s study and destroying his flower art. He blamed her directly for not getting him to love her.😝🙄She failed to understand that he valued academic things and had she shown the least bit of appreciation for her father’s craft, she would have easily won him over. Once she revealed how little value they had in her eyes…he was lost to her forever. He found nothing redeemable about her and accused her of being ordinary along with Ms Wu. She did not see that her daffodils and her father’s legacy were what could have made her special to him. She thought those items too ordinary. Quite the irony. He is very like his mother when he told her they must accept the repercussions of their choices. For a very brief time Zhao Ling and TingYun get to just be. They can finally consummate their marriage. She is very cute taking so long to tie his cape because she really doesn’t want him to leave. At court, Yu has already figured out how to stick it to Zhao Ling. He uses the drought condition to push for salt reform knowing the swap from grain to silver will weaken the border and strengthen the wealthy with salt permits. His care for the victims is boundless.😝🙄Zhao Ling tries to urge balance between the swap of grain to cash and warns of the fallout on the border if the food supplies crash as a result. General Mo tries to urge patience with this and gets 30 lashes for rebutting the emperor. For this court session the emperor had his mindset immediately and he did not choose to get counsel to weigh in on the repercussions. He wanted to lash out at Zhao Ling for not recalling the pain of refugees, the hypocrite. He knows better than anybody Zhao Ling’s past and principles in the matter. Yu ate it up that his rival was chastised so publicly.😝Zhao Ling comes home very defeated. He is comforted some by his beautiful wife and soon the military wives head to MO’s house with ointment for his lashes. His wife is far from gentle applying it. 🤣😂 Ms Wu is happily seeing how much food she can handle. She is very shrewd and knows her place and how to manipulate circumstances within that parameter. She arranges a meeting with TingYun and trades info how the Yu’s plotted with dowager about moving her gma to respect her wishes. TingYun does not accept the trad and wants no connection to JingXiu but Ms Wang wants assurances about the sesame flatbread. Whether she is talking about the bread or any interaction with JingXiu, she should be well aware of TingYun’s thoughts on the matter. 😝If she wasn’t before she has clarity now. There is a brief chat between father and son and Mr Yu is not pleased that his son candidly admits he might not be up to the job. But JingXiu smirked at Zhao Ling’s troubles in court and thinks that will make TingYun think less of him. He really has no clue about standing with a partner. Preview suggests he’s going to hammer hard on Zhao Ling with punishments for not being able to do an impossible task. The Yu’s are loving every moment and continue to plot. 😝🤬

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so much

so much happened in this episode, i could not write about it for 2 days. Zhou Yi Wei was amazing in The Princess Rebel, sure - who wouldn't love the ideal, archetypal man? But here... in The Great Shaolin, Zhou Yi Wei surpasses entertainment, surpasses cinema, and even surpasses art. His fixation - the one the monks try to break him of - is detrimental, but ALSO HIS STRENGTH. our flaws are not always problems. the humanity and complexity of this series have me in a mystical spiritual experience myself. I don't care if i sound cringe. Somehow that is truly the effect this story has on me - while i lay here in my own trial of life and death.

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Okay, so he is on this case so he can die.…

Okay, so he is on this case so he can die. That is what he said. James just found out that the enemy is closer than he thinks. Yeah, overall, not a lot happened in this episode but i feel like i still liked it a lot. I mean, he found out he was a Nour, then he explained it to him (leaving out the key detail that he is trying to find the Nour so he can die, but you know, that's fine), and they had wild, sex, and you know what, hell yeah. THEY WAS GETTING INTO THAT AND THIS BITCHES TALL ASS KEPT HITTING THE FAN. ALSO, OH MY GOD HIM COVERING HIS EYES SO HE COULDNT SEE HE WAS A NOUR WHEN THEY WERE FUCKING, IM ACTUALLY SICK. EDIT INCOMING, TWO ACTUALLY ONE FOR THIS PART AS WELL BECAUSE OH MY GODDDD. ALSO INTERESTING ENDING AND PRAYING OUR SIDE OCUPLE HAS PLOT ARMOR BECAUSE I WILL BE SICK IF ONE OF THEM DIES OH MY GOD. 9/10 OKAY BYE!

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Pretty emotional episode

as Zhu Yan wakes up from the blood moon malicious energy spell only to find he's once again committed a very bad thing. Some really good conversations. Ms. Pei and her dead brother are kind of the perfect people to console Wei Xiao since they were faced with similar difficult emotional conflict. And Zhou really stepped up from his usual lummox brain self to prod the massively depressed Zhu Yan with the challenge to stop giving up and wanting to die but instead to proactively make amends. Like others, I'm still frustrated with how useless the show has made Wei Xiao's character so far. And where the heck did Bai Jiu pick plums when they are up on a snowy mountain?

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hmmm like it was cute, if u don't use…

hmmm like it was cute, if u don't use ur head.. but when u really thinking about everything it's kinda weird - the relationship between Moth & Pun is so off, yet for whatever reason they wont let each other go, they wont confess & face what each wants from the other & isn't gonna get... so maybe it's better to reevaluate their relationship & how intertwined their lives have become - almost a codependency which isn't good for either as they stuck not allowing them to venture out & find others cause they feel guilty (in Moth's case) or hopeful (in Pun's case) that if they though it out some day they will reap the rewards. whack - *******************************************************************************************************************************also the whole premise for this BL i whack - why would Pun turn to Ten if his bff will take away the only guy Pun has been in-love with since his teens? he doesn't even notice Ten - heck he would take interest in him if he turned into a dog. will wait & see how this progresses this cute but unbelievable on so many levels

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dumb episode

This episode barely moves the plot. It starts out with some promise, with Wei Xiao contriving a 'lie detector' game to try to find out who the mole is in the group. Her setup finally has Chen Du Ling acting to her strengths as a strong female manipulating others .... but then the whole scene ends up going nowhere and we have to put up with more Bai Jiu pitiful antics that ultimately are nothing but distraction. I mean, the show took for-ev-er just to pull up his damn sleeve to show his wrist. So much fake, drawn out 'drama'. Yes I understand that he is a child. But ultimately he signed up for this and he's not supposed to be stupid. He should be smart enough to understand that (a) the group has to take the threat of a mole seriously and (b) he wasn't really put under any more suspicion than the others. So his petulant behavior was just annoying from a character that so far just is more distraction than interesting, And my god - why do so many of these characters wear so many darn annoying bells? The constant jingling as Zhou and Bai Jiu walk is so annoying. Nothing much happens in this episode other than they finally arrive at Mt. Kun Lun Temple.

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