Story of Kunning Palace Episode 20

Zhou Yin Zi showing his ruthless side

Zhou Yin Zi's "solution" to the rebel rescue team potentially freeing prisoners to create chaos is ruthless and brutal and possibly a cold, cruel foreshadowing of how his so-far 'neutral' alignment will ultimately show out. This episode featured some exciting action / fight scenes in the prison breakout event, but the flirting scenes between Ning and Zhang Zhe in the midst of all that chaos were bizarre and uncomfortable to watch because it made no sense for either of them to not be feeling intense urgency. This is one of the very few moments in this whole series where I found character behavior to be just plain odd and not very believable. To tell thee truth, I'm still just mystified by what exactly is the basis for Ning's infatuation with Zhang Zhe. Is it just a bizarre, extreme physical attraction? Or is it based on something from her former life? With all the chaos happening at the prison, I also have to wonder, just what happened with Yue Fang Yin during all that? She is staying somewhere in the prison. But I guess she was in a 'vip' cell so maybe that was in a completely separate part of the complex?

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