The First Jasmine Episode 15

I didn't see that coming

Is there really some paranormal stuff happening here as well? I could believe they got the maid playing and singing to act along, but the father's wife? Don't think so. Also, the weather acting up and lightning striking the tree to protect Ye Li from her Grandmother... none of that seemed natural. 🤔🫣😳Also, the Grandma? OMG, that was a huge plot twist for me! Didn't see that coming one bit! 🫣😲 Ye Li seemed to be in a kind of trance when she went for her, and only A'Yao's voice shouting that his legs were hurting could snap her out of it... and the next day she's completely normal, running, and doing stuff like a completely normal person. Anyone would get confused by her behaviour. 🤭🤨Weird things happening for sure, and I am all confused about many of them, but I think this was the best episode so far! 🤩

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Judgment coming for Ye household

999 cranes were supposed to buy freedom for Ye Li’s father. He wrote down what she valued most and the seer swapped envelopes. Either the father lacked courage to write anything or the seer did not give same envelope. With all the treachery, there is no way to know. Ye Li identified the maid via her mom’s gifted bracelet. The uncle did a lot of blustering and denial. He did assume authority to lock down the house and make sure the news did not leave to the authorities. There is the Lishan song playing and the instrument is supposedly haunted. What I am curious about is if it actually is or the wife playing along to get the truth about Ye family. Jingli is getting patched up and hiding out with the green eyed bandit. I like him much more as a capable villain than the libertine prince. He wants a show down with the Empress Dowager and his plans have yet to be revealed. The biggest surprise was the Gma’s role in everything. She hid or destroyed the Imperial decree under the guise of keeping her family honor. She killed Ye Li’s mom and wanted to kill Ye li. Ya gotta love mom’s wrath coming down on her murderer via lightning and the tree planted to protect Ye Li. Xiu Yao made a great deal of effort to keep Ye Li from murdering the gma. He used the one thing that would break through the spell of her mind, his pain needed her attention. 🥰 Jingli and bandit are in the Ye house and Xiu Yao is aware. He chooses to take his wife home and be rid of the lot of them for the night. He and guard are rather shocked when she gets up the next day like nothing had happened. She is running extra laps and starting her day off as usual. When she is told her gma has passed she wants to go to the funeral. The Prince and guard are shocked but she gave all the appropriate reasons, even tho nothing equated to the scene he saw the evening prior. Ms Wen accompanied her and after an onslaught of verbal abuse from the uncle she basically told him to shut the hell up, stand down and take it up with the court providing evidence. 👏🏻 This was a wonderful change from the distraught out of touch woman that was overcome with grief. Ye Li wants backup from her cowardly father but it isn’t coming. I wonder if the uncle we like is aware of the decree being with his family and the role his ‘dear’ mother played in Ye Li’s life. The episode ends with Ye Li having some words by her Gma’s memorial and next episode hints that Xiu Yao will be able to stand. It will be a long wait til next episode. 😭 The pacing of story keeps you on your toes figuring out fact from fiction, who is guilty of what, how intricately the web of collusion and deceit is woven, and how broad an area the net seems to go. I am hoping the old deceiver kept the edict as leverage for Ye ‘s rather than destroying it. I think this is why Ye Li showed up at the mourning ceremony. All these plans within plans keeps things very interesting.

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