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The twists and turns in this episode (and the sweetness between the two leads) keeps me on the edge of my seat. I'm loving this show more and more with each episode.
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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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Zhao Ling is so unhappy with Yu Cheng for falsifying the merit report. He was the one pointing at how unfounded it was for Lu to get credit and innocent blood was shed for it. The last thing he wanted was to be tagged with blood money. But now here he is….Yu Cheng’s mother is old and blind, TingYun can’t get her mail sent even with bribes because that ass Yu Jing Xiu has bribed the locals to not send. He replays how one stupid rank above gives somebody the power to make your life miserable for no other reason than because they can and he’s damn tired of it. And in one moment of weakness he kicks his conscience to the curb long enough to sign and thumbprint the document that will damn him as a liar. I feel both pity and contempt for him at this moment. Yu Cheng is obviously glad his argument swayed Zhao’s judgment but he really hasn’t considered the ramifications for his actions. Zhao understands much better but decides he will shoulder it if he has to. The news travels home and TingYun is so happy because it never once crossed her mind Zhao would lie about merit. She is wearing her mother’s bracelet and doing a happy dance at the thoughts of going home and Zhao Ling can only smile at her happiness. But what a bittersweet moment as he knows he didn’t deserve it. Shen has reason to have lost respect for Zhang because of his remarks about clear conscience vs moment of glory. To watch him fold up close and personal….yeh…it’s disappointing. But it also is a hard lesson that even our heroes can be human and make stupid mistakes. Of course Yu has stirred up the locals and brings attention to the record and his willingness to think he understands military matters better than Zhao is laughable. It is such a harsh scene between them and Yu completely pisses you off because it never crossed his mind he did it for her not his own glory. Zhao has to accept this grave consequence for being weak and trying for a quick fix for the times he was cheated. Wang knew it was a lie but there was Zhao’s signature and thumbprint staring him in the face. There was only so much covering he could do. I am so pissed at Yu it’s palpable. I truly want to throttle him. 🤬And the clincher is Yu still thinks that Zhao setting her free would change her interest in him. Omg his arrogance has no limit and his pettiness has no depth he wouldn’t sink to. 🤬Her burning of the confessions was impulsive to say the least. She so believed in Zhao Ling that she fully believes the ass in front of her set him up. She burnt them to show how little regard she felt for him. How contemptible he was in her sight. And how dare he think he had any say or judgment in who her choice of partner was. She smacked him heavily with that, but like the foolish choice Zhao made, the Yu’s and her family will make her pay for it without proof once she gets to the capital. 😡🤬 Shen talks them into escaping and the salt traders give them 15 heads. Yu Cheng makes the last. All the men would have received that punishment and he knew he was the instigator that steered them all in the wrong direction. This was a just punishment tho very harsh. General Wang used TingYun’s discovery of warriors past to instill courage and strength in his troops. He shined brilliantly in that moment. The conversation he shared with Zhao Ling was a true commander/mentor moment. The rubber hits the road here and Zhao Ling needs to prove he can rise above the hundreds just like him. He has to find his mettle and cover ground no one expects him to be capable of. Zhao Ling learned the hard way to not throw away his integrity, the price far too high. Yu Cheng redeemed himself with this act and Zhao Ling will never repeat his mistake. Five years will be a very long time, but this round, he will have full support for a change. This was such a moving and enraging episode. To see our couple so brave and foolish at the same time. The big question now is what will happen to TingYun while Zhao Ling is off to war? I also want advisor Li to get his. He can’t blackmail with the salt traders any more.😝
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I know that Zhao Ling was pressured into the decision of falsifying the military merits, but that was stupid. This just shows us that they are growing with time and learning along the way. Ting Yun burned those testimonies way too easily, she didn't even wait for any type of confirmation. So now she can't even prove her innocence cause most of the people who gave her statements are dead! She also lost the only real leverage over Yu Jing Xiu. I know its for the plot but this episode made me upset.
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