Key to the Phoenix Heart Episode 2

Battle of wits

After the bloodbath at poetry session Changsha goes to Empress dowager with whiney boo voice sounding every bit the cowardly mama’s boy. When his whine fest is interrupted, he returns to his arrogant evil self. JiaYu tires to blackmail her parents with hanging herself if they don’t refuse marriage. Here, I love the mom’s attitude to dad—it’s your turn to deal with her since you spoiled her. 😂The fun of having all her favorite things or materials so she could not throw a tantrum and break them….except for the jade crown she bought for Mao. That her mother encouraged her to toss out.🤣😂WuYi forces Changsha to claim suicide for the two dead and clear his name. Jiayu’s parents are accepting the marriage as a way to keep the family safe and a much better alternative than ChangSha The mom in particular told her she now had the perfect setup to create whatever she wanted. Did it really matter who she married anyways? Mom is so happy to see Mao and Changsha out of the picture that WiYu is not seeming a bad choice when he will rarely be home and most likely have little or nothing to do with her. WisYu escapes to a boat where she plans on getting to gma’s house and then on to reunite with Mao. WiYu and his two investigators were trying to find more leads and he notes JiaYu loading up items on a boat. He is actually humored by her audaciousness. The banter when they first meet over the poem. 😂🤣He learns she doesn’t know who he is, so he plays along and pretends to have business with the captain. She finds a bunch of women held captive and tries to help them taking one as witness to the official. Because the lady lied, all the others were killed and JiaYu was determined no more lives would be taken. She returns to save him and shoots him in the behind which was ever so helpful. 😂🤣She found a way for them to get off the boat without killing not knowing he had his colleagues finish the job. Them keeping score to see who killed the most.🤣😂 JiaYu gives him a crossbow as a gift for rescuing her, where he learns they are decorative not particularly functional. What was interesting was her rattling off the materials required to make one for the military. He declines the gift and she thinks she is continuing on her way to Yongzhou but finds herself back in the capital delivered to her parents. She is greeted by a gift from her betrothed….several of her creations dismantled.🤣😂Mom is a spy of some sort, and I thoroughly enjoyed her calmly sip tea while watching her daughter’s antics play out. It’s pretty clear who JiaYu really takes after. This episode combined humor with serious notes in a well executed fashion. Enjoying this drama immensely so far.

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I am so in love with our leads — such chaos!

I am even more in love with our leads! Their dynamic is perfectly chaotic, mischievous and entertaining, reminding me a lot of Ji Bozai and Ming Yi from Yi from LITC, however, a little bit differently than they did it. 🤩 Hou Minghao's usual charm just shines through as always, and I love his gestures and expressions that are always so cute and amusing. He can turn any serious situation into a funny one — like the knife scene in FoF, ep1, for example! 😂I do love the snarky comments of the Xiao Wuyi lieutenants when they have to put up with whatever Wuyi has decided, like going along with the insane "Consort Xie's" plan. 🤭I love how sweet Jiayu's father is towards his daughter — she's clearly a daddy's girl. 🤗 However, I am not sure what to think of her mother. I kind of think she cares and loves her daughter, but then she does something that makes her shady in my eyes — like that secret chat with the guard who had followed Jiayu and protected her all along. Why would she hide that from her husband? 🤨Overall, I am so hooked! I love the dynamics of the leads, the music, the comedy, the chaos, and the seriousness there is. I really look forward to their marriage starting! 😏😍

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