Reviews

Going full circle

They got me bad — I really believed the Emperor had turned his back on Zhao Ling and that he actually died from poison... I was sad and angry at how they chose to kill him — in prison, wrongly accused. 😒Yet, when Lord and Madam Yu wondered how easily Ling had died and even wanted a confirmation, which they didn't get, I started to hope. And, oh, how happy I was that he was alive! AND not only that... Even though it's for the investigation, he's back to being Jiuweijiao, making it feel like it has come full circle now!I am hyped for him being the smuggler again — he even looks more cheerful now. 😌Let's bring Minister Yu and his wife down! I am so ready for it! 👏😏

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Too much time spent on the psycho

This show hasn't been too bad at it, but I really hate when these c-dramas spend too much screen time trying to build up some sort of sob story for the psychopath villain. This episode spends too much time on Prince Li to that purpose. Just a waste of time. He's a horrible psycho who has selfishly caused the deaths of tens of thousands and is about to cause many more people to die. There is no redeeming quality to him whatsoever and it is a waste of screen time to try to pretend that he is, 'complex' or that there is some sort of grey area to feel sorry for him. This screen time would be better spent on the leads or other characters who are at least interesting,

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Slow moving episode, but a lot happens

On the surface, this episode felt like a lot of talking and not much happening, but there were a lot of important conversations, some reveals and some key events. The most important, of course, was the Empress Dowager's decision to invite Ye Li to stay at the palace, "for a few days". This move is clearly to keep her as a potential hostage against the threat that Prince Ding might rebel against the Court. But this ultimately is fine. It physically puts Ye Li in a very safe place where no one would dare harm her because that _would_ trigger Prince Ding to rebel. And she's now closer to her final straw doll target and can use this opportunity to learn more about the Empress Dowager.

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ning yi

its cool that he became emperor - anyway now that he lost his mom and dad and can't be with feng zhiwei, what else does he have? he doesn't even have minister xin. so he may as well be emperor. but stupid writers keep making helian zhen and feng zhiwei do the dumbest things. there is no love between the original love birds. feng zhiwei is busy crying with a newfound brother - i still don't even understand all the kids involved. who is qin mingying even the real mother of? who are even the real dacheng orphans? story telling fails to make that clear. the characters I care about are gu nayin... ning yi... even ning chen... and i liked Mr. Zong. 6/10 -- and it would have been lower if not for the good scene with ning yi.

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transcending the definition of nothing burgerness

dude, i get a little bit of miscommunication, it's a must in every single (slop) romance drama. A moderate amount for a little bit of conflict? sure! i can enjoy that. but this.......................... this episode is transcending every single definition of slop drama. fym da bao thought fuck ass chi cheng is beating up wang zhen for wang shuo 😂😂😂 like oh my god they're actually REACHING, they're trying to prolong this shit SOOOO BADDDD.++++I sincerely dislike every single fucking character in this drama but cheng yu needs new goddamn friends. sure he's problematic as well but wdym ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, you invited ur childhood best friend almost brother atp who hates ur guts and keeps sleeping with ur previous boyfriends because u (allegedly) slept with HIS ex bf.... and then u invited said fucking ex boyfriend who FRAMED YOU??? THUS CAUSING THE RIFT BETWEEN U AND UR BEST FRIEND???? ...................... and last but not least, the fucking ex bf's BROTHER.UR (OLD) BEST FRIEND'S PSYCHOTIC EX'S BROTHER........HUH. Love that wang shuo has a very convenient hobby of video taping every fucking evidence ever. he should go into journalism.the episodes got so bad that i have to write my first ever episode review and yet i keep watching this shit anyway. this show is half entertainment and half torture, it's net zero so i guess it's worth it. but im also losing sleep over this so im like that bird in a wide ass open cage meme

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I’m comtempt

that was a meaningful death honestly. you do & don’t expect it ，you can ken get well in that moment. i yhink it’s cool to see how tamamori & youko’s circumstances differ so heavily. very rotten taste in my mouth watching it though. i do like seeing how natsu takes to the news. it felt awkward with bow long kaede was absent but it worked out ，same with hideyoshi to be honest i felt weird seeing him pop up at the end but that works in bis facor more. i do like where this season is ending. there’s a lot of goregous sound choices for this episode ，the quiet rain during nobunaga & hideoyshi’s planning ，the absence of sound when nobunaga throws yoshinari’s dish.

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