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Time apart and earning merits

Tingyun escaping from Jingxiu was a great relief, and even more — she made it in time to wave farewell to Ling marching off to war. 🥹That scene was visually breathtaking and so atmospheric... The emotions were high and it made me feel like I was the one parting from someone very dear. 🤧😢The letters they sent to each other were profoundly beautiful, filled with love, care and yearning. 🥹 And that's how five years went by while they both earned a lot of merit for themselves — he had become a senior fourth-rank assistant commander and earned quite a fearsome reputation, and she, with her own merits in educating people, restoring history and boosting military morale, had made herself known even among the noble ladies of the capital. 😌Yet, they didn't meet in this episode. My guess is that Ling keeps saying he's not betrothed so none of his secret investigation would implicitly harm Tingyun. He has enemies and ill-wishers all around the capital, so it's better if they don't even know about her. 😒Though, him not coming home worries her a lot... If only she had understood that the fireworks were Ling's doing and he's nearby, thinking of her and protecting her. 😟P.S. The scene with Sen asking where Yucheng is and why he's not with his brothers really broke my heart... 😭 But, Yucheng, even if your body is not with your brothers anymore, you remain in their thoughts and hearts! 🫂❤️

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A selfish way to write love maybe?

SPOILERS!This story is about Hiro and Natsuo who meet again years later after going to the same high school. Natsuo has always had a crush on Hiro, but doesn't recognize him when they meet again and falls in love with him "at first sight". He asks Hiro out and so they start dating. Only Hiro's intentions aren't as good as he pretends them to be... Through the episodes you see their relationship change and finally they end up together, but in my opinion Natsuo deserved better and here's why:I believe Hiro really had a hard time back in highschool and I'm not saying he doesn't have the right to be mad, because of course he does, but I do believe his perspective on things is rather selfish. When he get's to know about Natsuo's past he can't see, or even tries to be able to see, that Natsuo weird ways of searching for contact with him back in highschool were because he never knew what it was like to be loved by someone and never learned how to be close to someone else. He really didn't mean to bully, he just didn't know how to befriend Hiro.Also Natsuo does everything he can to make Hiro fall for him and to make sure that he's happy in the ways that he is familiar with, but does he ever get a thank you? No he does not, not even at the end. In my opinion, the moment Hiro starts to fall for Natsuo is when he hurt his hand an Natsuo is taking care of him. Other then that he mostsly finds him annoying and doesn't seem to respect or accept him for who and how he is. So does he really like Natsuo, or just likes to be taken care of? Also, why did he lie about who he was when Natsuo has been nothing but honest with him?I think that after the moment when the truth finally came to light, Natsuo forgives Hiro too easily after being decieved for so long without a proper sorry or explanation other then Hiro saying how much he hated him back then, like that makes all his behavior okay.But in the end I'm happy Natsuo got an ending that made him happy, cause that boy deserves all the love and kindness in the world. I think his past was so overlooked by everyone. I wish I could give him a hug.(Also I really did'nt expect Hiro to be the top, but in another way it totally makes sense. It just caught me off guard in a good way.)

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Choices with hard-hitting consequences

​Oh, this episode... We lost so much. It's even hard to put thoughts together. 😭💔​But now what I feared the most has happened — Ling and Tingyun will be separated. 🥺And it will possibly be for those five years Ling agreed to serve General Wang, because he has to climb the ranks, otherwise he would stay a nobody and wouldn't be able to save Tingyun, who is being taken to the capital by Yu Jingxiu... My heart is breaking. 😭💔​And we lost Yucheng... I know he felt guilty for dragging his brothers into all that Lu Dahu merit case, but still... In my mind, they all were supposed to stay together until they reached that splendor. Ding Yuxi delivered an amazing performance showing all that pain and suffering. 😔🤧​Tingyun burned those confessions expecting to have a reasonable bargain with Yu Jingxiu? It's impossible to reason with him — he takes what he wants, no matter if by force or willingly! So, in the end, that might be the least reasonable thing she has ever done, yet it still served as her statement... in a way. And a statement Jingxiu could neither accept nor tolerate, so instead, he just chose to take her to the capital by force... 😤😡 I really hope she gives him a very, very hard time there. 🤞😠​But what will happen with clearing her name without those confessions, I have no idea... 🤔

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