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If she's an English professor, I'm…

If she's an English professor, I'm Napoleon!........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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The old guard holds the line and becoming a solitary piece

JingLi’s forces are setting fires and causing havoc. MingXi and FeiBai take care of them. Unfortunately, their flour fire added to the chaos. Prince Ding has arrived a day early and knows he is still too late. He has his man go to the gate to get permission to enter early. The guard goes to get permission, but Prince Ding opts to have an elite force enter along with him, His guard doesn’t want him to go because it will be seen as rebelling if enter the capital without permission. The Duke met JingLi’s forces and was offered a chance to make justice for the East Palace. The Duke called him a rebel and that he would not be entering. He held the line til Ye Li showed up to greet JingLi. She called him out for setting fires and killing innocents so how could he consider himself worthy to rule. He refuses to back down and as her sword breaks and things looking grim, Prince Ding arrives with his halberd to take in the rebel prince. They fight head to head and JingLi continues to not back down. He wants to know if Ye Li can kill him. She doesn’t respond but the archers do. I am wondering how they could be in a circle formation and not shoot each other as well as JingLi?🧐 They do not show what happens immediately after the battle. The good part was Prince Ding not called a rebel for coming in and taking care of JingLi. There is a 5 mth time gap and Prince Ding is back to Suixue pass taking care of the remnant of JingLi’s army. Ms Wen has taken it upon herself to force Ye Li to be sociable. Mr Tang is too good at his job so she no longer oversees Shende shop. She is talking to Master Xu in a life sized go board and told by her master to not become a solitary piece. She comments to a young girl playing that the stone’s placement would become a solitary piece and should be avoided but the girl responded that’s how the manuals teach. He Li feels herself drifting and is obsessively taking care of a flower. I wish I knew what kind it was. She feels her connect with her husband fading and decides to do something about it. He is finishing up his command and getting ready to turn things over. He plans to head to the palace the next day. His comrades tease him about missing a letter from home when his wife shows up at the gate. He is stunned to see her and she immediately jumps into his arms making his men grin at their meeting. Xiu Yao questions his wife who pretends she forgot her way to the pass and he called her out for her story. He is very unhappy she traveled so far alone while simultaneously very happy to see her. She mentions standing in a line becoming a solitary piece and he has no idea what she’s talking about. Maybe she will fill him in the next time they play chess. She tells him about Ms Wen looking out for her by dragging her to teas and making her head hurt with too many hairpins. 🤣😂He is taking the time to listen and renew their ties recognizing she is feeling lost without them. Guo Jin is quite ill and the emperor is dragging feet bringing her to justice. Ye Li still has her doll but opts to give the emperor more time to do something. I am hoping the last episode has them both at home.

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i will mourn you nagamine.

yeah i saw that coming as soon as i he said he’s not only getting married but ALSO having a baby. THAT’s A LITTLE TOO HAPPY FOR A SHOW ABOUT MOURNING. i have to let this case resolve itself before i articulate how i feel about the police mystery part of this show. i can ，maybed not confidently ，say i think the ghost grand+father is okay. i think because we generally are an older audience it feels less silly to have these random supernatural moments. i am interested in the explanation of how he can see this person he virtually is not related to ，currently. i do like how much of this show spun to center the family. we also got enough time to breathe & stress over them before we actually dealt with each of them & i think this was pretty enjoyable so far. have my fang+ups but this is a really solid show at the rest of it.

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four the fans

a solid six ，three. i watched episode ⅩⅩⅪ like a day earlier so what i remember being there wasn’t entirely clear ，for even the second part i watched just before this even. as a fan i do enjoy the extra content but i don’t think it was entirely better. there were some really weird inclusions where i felt like we were just adding scenes to add them ，for instance asking yamada if he has a switch like he’d say yes ？？？& then the physical education teacher seemed weirdly worse of an actress here ？& i don’t remember if they fixed any of the key moments i remember being EXTREMELY choppy when i watched the original airring version. except for when the kamen rider club join kengo & reaching out to kisaragi. that was still weirdly abrupt fokeio9wkiiidqw. so yeah thiks isn’t like particularly better than the version we got but i liked it as a fan ！while also being weirded out ，asa fan

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Readying to take on the capital

Ye Li rescues Guo Jin from a bird that was trapped in her room. They ended up having a chat where Guo Jin wants Ye Li’s opinion of her guilt or innocence in certain matters. Ye Li answers truthfully and candidly. She acknowledged the good things Guo Jin’s reign had accomplished. She also made it plain that choices had consequences and even acts of merit does not outweigh human suffering and loss. Merit vs failings is not always a good judgment weight scale. Corruption and abuse of power also needed weighed in when considering the welfare of the people. She must have passed Guo Jin’s loyalty test because she was allowed to return home the next day. Ning actually finds JingLi and they are in his mother’s hometown. She wants him to not go to battle but for them to settle there and live a happy peaceful life. He tells her what a calculating person he had always been and that the fire in the East Palace that killed his father waylaid all his plans. He has her hauled away and trampled the flowers she’d shown him. He can’t make it plainer he will not divert from his path nor relinquish his obsession with Ye Li. Prince Ding has been successful in routing out JingLi’s men and closing in on JingLi’s location. Duo has killed himself to avoid prosecution and JingLi has sped up his plans for the capital. Under the guise of the lantern festival, they are going to return the favor of fire. He has people positioned in the city with his master map maker outlining the best areas to wreak havoc and panic with the people. They plan to poison the guards so the gate will remain locked preventing Prince Ding entrance to assist with the capital’ s destruction. Jingli plans to go right to the palace and personally take care of Guo Jin and her son. The emperor has a good chat with the duke where he questions his fitness to rule. The duke tells him that very questioning is what make his a good ruler. He encourages the youth to make good use of the wise and capable ones in his court. He refers him to Prince Ding and official Gu. We can only hope he chooses to not repeat the wrongs of his mother. The city that had been criticizing Prince Ding and accusing him of being a traitor now sing his praises to high heaven. Everybody is looking forward to their victorious return in four days. Jingli plans to attack on day three. The city is not aware of the fires just yet and fortunately Ye Li knows something is off and sending the family home. Preview shows that she and JingLi will have a battle of swords. I just want them to have the gate accessible so help can arrive.

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