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Hiding sorrows for a beloved sister

Feng Suige thought he could protect his sister. Even with the best of plans, unexpected reality thwarts him. To realise his sister has been too well-protected by him is a bitter pill to swallow. His loneliness and schemes are shown for what they are: Fuelled by love. When he confides his deepest thoughts to the memorial tablet of his late mother, the solitude takes on a personal informal dimension of a man holding the second-highest position in the country who cannot trust almost everyone. As a shrewd capable general, Yixiao can read that something is very off with Feng Suige. They eventually share very good bottles of alcohol. Waxing lyrical and somewhat drunk, she is unrestrained in her thoughts and observations while performing a sword dance of sorts (since she is clearly not fighting someone else).Despite being inebriated, her skills and moves are powerfully swift enough to have Feng Suige recognise this is a dangerous enemy leader who fatally shot him and nearly killed him. Ever since they first met, Feng Suige has been treating her as an enemy general he has to accept as a comrade to work together with him, at times acceding to her being female (such as getting her dolled up and publicly paraded as his concubine) when it suits his intentions. He has yet to actually see her as a woman who could be a friend. We are left to interpret his silence, as he holds an unconscious Yixiao in his arms. Poetic, open, troubled, conflicted, possibly more than simply being willing to make peace with an enemy general for the first time.

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all the bad-guys got their comeuppance - really…

all the bad-guys got their comeuppance - really liked that Gong Gil avenged his sister & was the one to punish Mok Ju, it seemed very fitting. & even though i am sure everyone loved the ending we got. personally i think it would be more fitting that after Ji Yeong lost her life & the book activated it's magic, she would disappear not the book. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************sorry but from that part onwards it was b.s. IMO - i get wanting a 'happily ever after' but come on - 1. the book can't disappear, for the main fact that Ji Yeong needs to get her hands on it in the future. so it has to remain in the past & pass through whomever until Ji Yeong get ahold of it. - 2. Ji Yeong waking up with the scar - sorry but either they could've made it look like she injured herself in the airplane - so it was still healing. but the way it looked, there no logic in it. & the worse bit - 3. the King traveled through time - how?!? just wishful thinking made it happen??? & let say him wishing really hard brought him into the 21st Century - yet he hasn't raised any alarms? there no country where people can just exist without documentation, let alone money. & he popped-up into a country bordering another, where someone undocumented who is Korean & speaks the language can mean a spy or worse. also he didn't look like a hobo, where he get the money to look so well groomed & clothed?!? & how he gonna make a living? be Ji Yeong kept man??? a reach IMO. **************************************************************Ji Yeong popping up in the past is less of an issue, as there were no records kept then - especially not of the average (non connected, moneyless, powerless) civilian's. but in this age, the idea is ridiculous - too fancifully for my liking. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************this was a great drama until this ending (which soured thing for me) even though it was just 12 ep's, the plot was well thought-out & acted. there wasn't a boring moment or a moment where i felt this is unnecessary.... & would be perfect if not for the ending ugh... but it is what it is & i am sure i will rewtach this, cause this was fun to binge watch & loved a lot of the character's.

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the acting here is phenomenal - the emotions…

the acting here is phenomenal - the emotions r so raw & hard to just be a spectator & not get effected. feeling rage or tearing up with the character's, gave my goosebumps watching this throughout this drama so far & this was the peak. ******************sadly as we nearing the end, so knew that it's gonna get sad as many likeable character's r gonna die. idk what awaits us in the next (last) ep, but i don't want anyone in the royal kitchen to die. as is poor chief Eunuch Seon & Court lady Mal Im, let alone countless innocents had to be murdered so Prince Je San could take the throne. even felt sorry for Queen Dowager In Ju - but at least she didn't die thinking the one who went on a rampage, was Yi Heon. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************also one of the reasons Prince Je San succeeded, was cause Chief state councilor Han & his whole clan were help bent on strategizing about how the get rid of the King, the irony is hilariously sad. ********************************************************* ****************************************************************************************************************************************& i didn't mention Im Song Jae (the King's bbf) or his father cause they were in the midst of conniving, scheming & killing. so yeah sad that they died but what they usually did to others came back to bite them in the ass & they not that innocent so it is what it is.

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How Mr. Shin’s son is remembered

This is the one day Shin takes off from work with no explanation. Philip has almost figured out why but Judge Kim won’t confirm it. Philip’s parents decide to visit him at work and surprise Judge Kim. His father in particular is miliking it for all he can and Philip is embarrassed but complies. He has bargained for two more months training under Shin when Judge Kim thinks he is getting pulled in wrong direction. Mr. Shin spends the day going over every detail he knows about the day of his son’s death. He relives it and the three seconds he let roll by and shut off when his wife was trying to contact him. He lets himself cry bitterly when Judge Kim meets him at the playground. They go off drinking together. His friend helps him get a new wardrobe for Si On who looks very pretty when dressed like a girl. Philip thinks so too. Shin borrows a very exclusive watch to get a way in to a real estate scam where a young man is being exploited by his own mother to be the fall guy. As things are shaping up for his negotiations with that, his son’s murderer has escaped from the hospital he’s been held in. He realized they were over medicating him and figured out how to fool the nurse. It does not show how he got out of the room but he’s heading for the hospital perimeter like it had been arranged. I am wondering if the dad who’s been following him has helped this guy to escape. I also wonder what date they are talking about for Si On. So does Philip. Detective Choi is the one who told Shin about the murderer’s escape. He has his young protege working with him and she plans to do great things for the department. Shin is not in the mood for negotiating at the end of this episode. He wants a life for a life and seems pretty determined to play it out that way. I really don’t want to wait a whole week to find out what happens. 😭 This drama continues to be well paced and on point with the various cases well choreographed to intertwine nicely and keep things exciting and interesting. There are funny moments but they are not over done and lightens up things. The story has taken a very serious turn for next week’s episode and everybody is concerned Shin is going to handle things in a lethal way.

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