Unchained Love Episode 21

This episode raised stakes immensely

This episode raised the stakes immensely. The Emperor's decisions and actions now are mostly turned against Xiao Duo and focused on possessing Yinlou. They are driven primarily by his own emotions—angst, power struggle, jealousy and more—drawing out the worst in him.

The fear for Feng Jiang’s life has forced Yinlou to make a very hard decision—to abandon him by not following their plan of eloping, leaving him in the dark regarding her reasons. I believe he is quite shattered now, because he was ready to jeopardize everything to stay with her, but she didn’t come, didn’t even try. That must have hit him hard, but I hope he’s smart enough not to think she has betrayed him. I am having my doubts because of a few lines Yinlou said, but I really hope there won't be any unnecessary misunderstanding on Feng Jiang’s part. The other reason why such a trope would look like a poor choice is because they talked through different scenarios when agreeing on eloping… and our leads are clever in general and confide in each other!

Another thing that made the suspense even thicker was everything that went down in the palace. Even Wanwan is afraid of the Emperor, and all she wants is to save the Young Prince Yuwen Liangxu, who, however, is very anxious about his brother and his fate.

This episode overall showed a larger scale of the changes in the Emperor’s personality. He doesn’t take no for an answer anymore and demands that everything happen the way he wants. He always asks Yinlou if she’s alright and punishes everyone who has subjectively wronged her, yet in the meantime, he doesn't really care if she’s actually ok. If he truly cared, he wouldn’t ignore the fact that he’s not the one in her heart, or force her to become his woman in all possible meanings.

I wonder what’s in the bottle Wanwan gave to Yinlou… sleeping pills? Some other drugs?

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