Blossoms of Power Episode 36

I love happy endings — yet this one didn't quite land for me

How is Huayong alive? I am super confused. Where has he been all this time? He was mourned and I suspect even buried... so... huh? I had made my peace with him being dead and leaving all that legacy for his son, so I am not sure if his miraculous return was really necessary... 😳 I can only hope they explain that in the special extra episode. 🤨BUT, if we don't count that, the rest of the episode was really decent. Cui Jinbin and Bu Shulin got married and she became a staff officer, the little emperor was such a wonderful child and had so many of his father's traits... 😅 And Prince Lei was the only prince who ended up alive, which is great because he was the most decent one after the Crown Prince.I can't really say much else, actually, because the confusion over the Crown Prince being alive a bit overshadows my thoughts on anything that happened in this episode. They could have easily left him only in Xihe's and other people's memories. 😞

As for the special episode, it was lovely to watch their little family dynamics and sweet moments. Their son has inherited all the most noticeable traits of his parents — Huayong's mischievous personality and Xihe's great mind. 🤗🥰😂
But I would have loved to get a better explanation of what really happened with Huayong. As far as I understand, it was all planned, but damn... I really had made my peace, and this plot twist set me off the rails a bit. 😞 And of course, looking back at how the drama went, there were some solutions where they only revealed how they did it after they had solved the problem, but I have mixed feelings about whether that was the right way to handle something that happens in the last minute of the last episode. 🫤

Other than that, I love happy endings — yet this one didn't quite land for me.

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they finished with grace & then they stopped

. . . . HOW ？GKJGBDFDFFFMFSKMDFSK HOW DOES THAT WORK ？look I’m going to let them just make stuff up in the last two minjutes of the show it’s okay. that was so ridicullous i can’t even start this off talking about how gagged i was seeing the shot from the opening sequence be her ascension. i forget that that was the main goal ，in a good way. you get drawn into their romance that much that it takes over ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i enjoyed the life of shen xi he. i love how she can out+wardly display the worst of power & scorns the noble with their own nature. it’s because she has all the virtues they feign i like it a lot. i thought this was a lovely wrap+up. the final act was wonderful to watch it was really impressive. i could say a lot but i think the most important thing about this show is letting them explain themselves. which is ironic given how this show just ended but like. okay let me pause my music & actually talk about it all ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i did enjoy this wrap+up a lot. i loved her final plan ，I’m pretty sure that was one of the war orphans she helped along the way & it was really nice seeing the women she befriended along the way rally beside her. some of them i could not remember for the life of me but that’s okay. i also like how we had a moment just before this where she directly saved them all once more & empowered them to take the offensive position we later see them stanced ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ prince xin got to die with a lot of dimmension. i think shen xi he’s feelings towards him is more complex then singular words can sum up. this ties into the emperor too where i feel like they were given a little too much grace ，like i do think it works for prince xin to understand he will never be loved & have a final gift for the benefit of shen xi he but i do believe he had an under+cuurrent that would want to beat her in a scheme & have shen xi he all to himself. the emperor admits he had the selfish ambition & that’s why i say let them finish speaking igunbtrijmbfijmefjnms i think they’re all complicated people ，& there are some overly justifying details that are attempts to make them less divisive but I’ll take this show as it is. i did have a good time ，i was happy & invested. they told a great story & they crafted it with so much care. some genuinely amazing scenes were filmed & the actors did work to be proud of.

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The last reveals

He betrayed his brother with his desire for the throne. I don’t think Qian would have objected to him ruling…these brothers strike me like the Rong brothers…one wants to rule and one wants to be a soldier. His betrayal came in killing the midwives and lying to the gma. He really underestimated the depth of her hate. He was honest enough to put Qian’s son where he belonged but he wanted a taste of the glory first. Had he been truthful, there was a good chance the gma would go along with him ruling or at the least a mentor. This left her with blind eyes to her own flesh and blood. She reacts violently to the news she caused the death of her grandson and runs off yelling Huayong’s name. What she doesn’t do? Say a word to Xihe or great grandchild. She got off rather easily for all the treasonous acts she led. The emperor’s children were forced to pay the price for his misdeed. He finally admitted it, but so what? Would that undo any of the damage he caused? The only thing he may have prevented was dear old gma moving heaven and earth for another try at Xihe and unborn child. His edict did at least get them on the throne but it cost him most of his family and all of his health to get his clutches off of it. Xihe is now in charge of things…literally. I am glad Lie gets to go to the outskirts as he always wanted to do, but damn, Ms Rong should not be given clemency for her treasonous heart. I can only hope she has been given the job of bathroom cleaner for the temple or something equitable to that far away from the palace. I kinda hope and not we get told what happened to her other than keeping her hateful ass alive. 😝 Xihe visits the memorials of herself and ex. Here she continues to do good like Huayong. Changqing was allowed to be kept in the family tree and buried with his ancestors. He was mostly a thorn to her, but in the end she respected him for who he was rather than judge him for what he did. Shulin and Cui return and get positions they merit with Shulin getting to stay a girl….the perfect model of uprightness and virtue. 🤣😂 it was nice seeing them back together in sisterly support …the only difference is now they are dressed better. 🤣 Shulin is officially made staff officer as her choice so she can’t be confined inside. Her martial arts skills will be used as she has always wished. It then segues to a four year time lapse. We see a four year old prince being introduced to the mentors Huayong chose for him. I would have liked to have seen her reading him the stories handpicked by daddy as well. Wish granted next scene. He finds a note his father left and asked questions. She has a pleasant dream of what their lives would have been like with daddy and mini him finding ways to get out of schoolbooks.🤣😂 The child playing the part gets through the dialogue given. What makes him quite good is his mischievous looks that he carries off quite well. Here he shows great potential.👏🏻😁 the signal to young guard via handkerchief. He is so joyful flying to the palace. Xihe is admiring the red maple leaves and remembering their last talk together. They have a sweet hug under the maple trees with little said except he came back to share the view with her. There is a special episode or this would not have gone over as well with the montage of replays. What is seriously missing is other than an overview of the mountains when doc left, there was not any news of their work to get HuaYong healed…at all. A lot less of Consort Rong and just a few minutes of their trials to find the cure would have made such a difference in the overall storytelling. The special lets us see the toll it took on the doctor and some sweet father/son interactions, ending with a nice scene of a family outing. But when Changqing got loads of redemption time, why nothing about the faithful doctor that spent half his life trying to find the cure? And why no interaction with the Bu/Cui twins and crown prince? No school shenanigans shown. The cast did so well making us love or hate them. 👏🏻🌹 There are some serious story gaps with HuaYong and entirely too long of a warm up period to finally be a couple. But even with these flaws these characters are sticking with me. It is worth the pain of the heart thaw and when the Rongs are too much ffwd works wonders. 🤣😂 Kudos to the young actor that played HuaYong’s man…I hope to see more of him in future projects. 👏🏻This is well worth the watch for the most part.

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