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The funeral and the breakdown

When all those people arrived at the funeral, and then the video with grandma talking.... they really are not sparing me... 😭🤧Her being so tired after the funeral, leading to her passing out while the house filled with gas, and then that breakdown in the hospital... She's been through so much in her life, and she's only 18. 💔 I am relieved XiXiao was by her side when all of that happened, so he could comfort her and soothe her. 🥹❤️I hoped I wouldn't see the mother in this episode, but there she was, not knowing what had happened, singing her same old song about money. 🙄 And to say her sadness is genuine... my foot! 😤 I want XiXiao not to go abroad and I think he might not — if not for any other reason, then at least to stay with Wan, because she's in a terrible shape at the moment. 🥺🙏

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Naive, trusting idiots

I've seen this again and again in wuxia dramas but it's so frustrating at just how stupid and naive the two male leads, Hu Fei and Miao Renfeng are suddenly made out to be. It's absurdly out of character based on their prior life experiences. But the writers have chosen to make them stupid in order to create plot dramas. Love so much about the series but have really not liked what they've done to both characters now that the prequel is over and they are in the 'current' storyline. Hopefully this plot-induced idiocy will only last a short time once they have setup the drama crisis that their stupidity is leading up to.

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Prince Qi’s true colors shining through

Mao and dad’s loyalty to each other and Mao believing Tutor’s advice his best option. The Regent is loved by the people but the waterworks efforts will always be credited to WuYi. WuYi is to be removed like dust in the wind and Mao has worn a gift from JiaYu to mark the occasion. JiaYu has returned WuYi’s trusty steed to him with the funds from her Miraculous Craft. That was at least decent compensation for the kiss he never gets from her. 😂🤣The Xiaos feel something is off when so many in attendance for the investiture ceremony. With the petition drum interrupting, the peoples of the canal district believe the Xiao’s responsible for embezzling their wages and causing injury to 1000’s with shoddy work and want justice. The Regent used fake intel and had the audacity to present the charges to their face wearing the jade crown JiaYu had bought for him. His smug smile saying no one outside the law was the icing on his duplicitous cake.😝😡🤬 After they are removed to the prefecture, JiaYu turns and asks for the investiture and seal. The Regent is a bit slow and didn’t expect it. She takes it from his hands and bows to the audience remaining. 👏🏻 She is already arming herself with everything possible to provide defense for her and the Xiao’s. Starting with her new title. 👏🏻 It was her first slap back at Mao up close and in person. WuYi tells the official where all the evidence documentation can be found. The women are collected together and piecing information together. Nanking is being asked to recreate the ledgers so they can investigate from their end. It is also noted that his two top investigators are nowhere to be found. WuYi wants it to be clear for the people that justice is being served and their grievances have been heard. He has protected the official from any appearance of corruption and additionally offers to take whatever punishment is done in prison for his father and sibling. Looks like the scholar YuanJi cares for has made a deal with the devil as he bows at Tutor Xie’s feet. 😝Zhao Lin was convinced that if he forged evidence convicting WuYi of treason and Collusion and reinstated the Lantai opening for the nobles he would gain the status he felt he needed to be with YuanJi. How ironic that they had met in school where she was disguised as a boy so she could receive schooling. The had fallen in love when he found out she was a girl and planned to be married. Empress Dowager forced her to marry WuYi instead. She enforced this by killing off the Pei family and making YuanJi believe her betrothed was dead. The irony came full circle when he used the woman he loved to collect the handwriting of everyone they wanted to implicate. Then a group of scholars forged letters, documentation and ledgers to entrap the Xiao family. Had they communicated directly and earlier..all this could have been avoided. His hand was deliberately ruined by attacker so he could not prove his forging capabilities. Seems Tutor and son have covered every possible angle. WuYi’s people are directed to the location where the deceived scholars were held but they and proof of hired work was all gone. Mao has become his father’s puppet to use the fake evidence to convict the Xiaos and the commoners elevated to official status. He even comes to gloat to a tortured WuYi in jail where he calls him by his true title crown Prince Wenxi. He is very pleased with his machinations and offers a deal if divorce decree and confession are written. The tides have turned and the people are demanding justice. Regent and Tutor have made it a replica of the An and Lu case. It is now known that the Xiao patriarch knew of the deceit with the case but kept quiet. If because of cowardice or some other reason we don’t know yet. Even the Eagle King understands how the Xiaos will not be let go as a result and LeJun now has a way to go back home. It seems she is having a miscarriage but it is not known if she tried to abort or true health issue. Before her collapse Ye slaves were mentioned. I wonder if he is going to use his favorite game he told WuYi about. Mao is demanding a divorce decree be written for JiaYu not knowing one was written long ago when WuYi believed him an honorable suitor. 😝They both believe she should have choice. But the real question for Mao is what WuYi asked him….is it love for JiaYu or hatred for Prince Wenxi that spurs on this request? I am not sure even Mao knows the truth of this any more. JiaYu goes to her ‘father’ wanting to know about the An-Lu case. He is calling it divine retribution what is happening to the Xiao family. JiaYu boldly goes to the Regent for an audience. She shows him his lineage and that WuYi knew it all along. He never wanted the throne . She gave him three days to decide if he wanted his information posted for the general public or release the Xiaos. She went on to let him know whether or not she was with WuYi…he would never be an option. She had traveled far and lived happily. She urged him to forget the past and move on. Mao makes a visit to the prison where WuYi has been doing a lot of writing. Mao asks him how long he knew and WuYi gave him the date he was pushed in as Regent. Here Mao is ticked off because WuYi has often placed faith in commoners holding office because of ability not birth status. Mao finds this even more reprehensible that he fits in that category. He throws a tantrum but WuYi reminds him that it wasn’t his choice for Mao to get regent but that Mao himself chose the role. Now WuYi wants him to step up and do the things they had talked about for the people —do the things he would not live long enough to do. I don’t see Mao choosing the right thing, but do wonder if his ego will allow it for him to be known as a non royal. What exactly will JiaYu do with her leverage? And how will the Eagle King fit into this? I have to reluctantly agree the Tutor has a just cause of sorts, but to exact such damage from commoners to renew Lantai opening just to have nobles more powerful than the army is a self defeating objective. What happens to all the nobles when the Eagle King shows up and the army leaders have been cast aside or killed and the army scattered? Is being a northern puppet or slave the best choice for them? All the steps that had been taken the last two years have been tossed to the winds for political gain. Will Mao have the fortitude to truly care for the people as his office demands? That is the real question. Prince Wenxi has been the only royal to cast aside his title and truly be all in for the good of the people. Now to see what JiaYu’s next move will be. She now knows WuYi has little time left. The two main investigators are back but everyone is one step behind to get evidence. So has this changed her mind about how to proceed?

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what i don't get, can't Khun got to…

what i don't get, can't Khun got to the cops cause of the crazy fan?!? the sh*t she's sending him is scary & not normal - even if it isn't the words 'ima kill u' that sh*t makes isn't something a normal fan would send & the sh*t he gets would give anybody the creeps. so why not get the police involved? in Thailand or now in Korea. also shouldn't he inform his manager? why Shelly show-up - she vacationing? not doing her job??? i don't get that bit. & as i predicted cause of the crazies showing up the one getting pushed aside is Jae Min, who doesn't understand what is going on & why he is being rejected, yet he keeps trying & trying kinda annoying IMO on that aspect the main couple did better... somehow - still don't know how they will fair given they in a competition where not everyone will get to debuate - that's the same hurdle they didn't survive in the past. so who knows how they will fair this time around

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Not the Grandmother....

Not the grandma.... They really caught me off guard with her death, even if it was expected. She didn't look well when she left the hospital, and told WanWan not to wait for her at home and to just go out? Like she already knew she wouldn't be coming back.... 😭💔At least WanWan has XiXiao, and I bet he's not going to study abroad anymore. And then that will infuriate their parents, who will cause even more drama.... Why did I choose to watch this? I am so heartbroken and sad for them.... 🫣🥺🤧I want to return to the first half of this episode when they were so wholesome and she was giggling and timid at the thought alone of having a boyfriend. And I want to stay there, in that happy place... 🥹

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The wheels of change move slowly

YuanJi is moving out of the house and everybody wants her to stay. Yao tries to have her consider him more than big brother but she’s not ready. LeJun has made it to Eagle King’s camp and frankly admitted exactly why she ended up there. He has taken her challenge and literally carried her off. JiaYu figured out the mine puzzle of the tokens. When put together they outlined where the mines and deposits were located. She set off to find where they could mine the ores needed for the control fireballs. The Regent has set himself up well and is popular with the people. Two years have elapsed and progress has been slow but steady with Beifu reforms. JiaYu and brother Cui have been trying to find the right ores and so far success has been with fireworks. This site could make purple. JiaYu and WuJi have corresponded and she believes him to be fighting bandits up north. She finds out that the grain canal workers were embezzled of pay and the official has returned JianKang for open season of bribing to get higher tier official position. She promises the family of the worker framed that she would get their money as promised. She replaces the corrupt official to discover WuYi in a sting operation. Together with Prince Qi they are trying to rid corruption and get the misappropriated funds back to the jobs and people they were stolen from. Prince Qi seems to be on good terms with WuYi now but is it all for show as he plots with sister up north? He has light armor made for JiaYu to help keep her safer as she travels through mine territory. She has been given a new title complete with seal and a decree is being issued to make it official when the episode ends. JiaYu learns he has a concubine and considers that the responsibility of all princes to create alliances for the good of the people. While surprised at this new attitude, she doesn’t seem the least bit upset at his marital status. She attends a family banquet and chides WuYi for hiding his mother’s gift when Yao showed up with same item different fur. His attendance was opportunity to see YuanJi. JiaYu surprised WuYi with some forward mess about him asking for what he wants. 😂🤣 He is most likely wondering if he will live long enough to get his wish.

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