It was Princess Shu de who fancied Dou Shi Shu and gave him a rank when he dedicated a poem when her husband died, not the empress.   Lord Qing is the empress son, Crown Prince's mother passed away I think,  (I am not sure about that,  but empress is working to  get Lord Qing the throne).

 

Today we saw the tattooed hand!!!!

 Liz Mathew:

It was Princess Shu de who fancied Dou Shi Shu and gave him a rank when he dedicated a poem when her husband died, not the empress.   Lord Qing is the empress son, Crown Prince's mother passed away I think,  (I am not sure about that,  but empress is working to  get Lord Qing the throne).

 

Crown prince's mum passed away. It was confirmed in the drama

Can I just say that I'm in awe of how you explained this with your theories 

I too think it is his brother Song Han.  He wants what his brother, I use that term loosely since they are not blood related, has to be the Duke.  I wonder who his actual mother is?

 Dark Angel:

Can I just say that I'm in awe of how you explained this with your theories 

me?  I was just replying to the message above, which was a bit big to quote...!  I know I will be watching this again to get more clarity... right now..I am anxi till an episode release and watch it fast... 

 Liz Mathew:

After ep 27,  isnt Lord Qing pulling all the strings, he told Ji Yong he will disclose about how Duke of Ding died and  Dou Shishu is  working for him.   and now that I see Han sucking up to Long Qing, I feel he will work under him and eventually turn out to be our mysterious Assassin. looser...!  

But now the mystery is what is Yi Jong planning... he is always with DZ..! 

It's Eunuch Wang who killed Song Mo in their previous universe.

 mparthur:

It's Eunuch Wang who killed Song Mo in their previous universe.

Well my assumption was right! I had been suspecting him since he shot the arrow,,from his ugly old face. Unless there is another tattoo man... Wang Ge is ordered to kill Song Mo by Prince Qing and he was there to do the job.

 Cesia_07:

Well my assumption was right! I had been suspecting him since he shot the arrow,,from his ugly old face. Unless there is another tattoo man... Wang Ge is ordered to kill Song Mo by Prince Qing and he was there to do the job.

I just caught up with EP 28 and it was finally nice to put a face to the tattoo man

The ending was predictable.  We know who the real culprit is.  

Theory 1- the stranger who said he was the writer of Book of Truth and guided FL on how to change fate, he's god? He was to correct their mistakes in their past life ? ML and FL were to be married for their fate to blossom. 2ML was to be a monk for his fate to blossom. Is 2ML also reborn? Yes, that would explain him as that monk handing over the Book of Truth to FL. 2nd- significantly given a magnifying glass. Einstein Time Theory used mirrors.He was the issue that rebirth was initiated. In Buddhism, 7 lifetimes  to achieve nirvana.Abbot had said he has initially no emotion and no attachment at his core.In past life, he became a monk because of bad outcome from  being a court official. In the present ,he still has ego for wanting to be famous and has attachment to FL.2nd grave sin he committed in the past was helping PQ to become emperor,son of Heaven, PQ was unworthy. High possibility if he helped PQ to become emperor again,not only will he not continue path to nirvana but will fall to hell.

I was right that 2nd chance was 2ML to redeem his past mistakes to walk right back to cultivation.

Disappointed with no clarification and identification of the writer of the Book of Truth and many areas too..

@mparthur  ,Ending was predictable-yes. Tame-yes !

Expected white-haired,  eye-catching, breathtaking  awesomeness to re-appear at the final showdown !

Started strikingly with that image and should have ended , stuck in viewers' minds.

Expected 1 long, beautiful, heartfelt, heartwarming and meaningful poem quoted from the Book of Truth of mission accomplished and everyone's fates were blossoming like that whispering,wispy, wisteria and  as the poem ended,  the Book  of Truth was closed.

Unexpectedly, magnifying glass was meaningful in many ways ; zooming in big, zooming out,  small.

Started with a bang, ended in a murmur.

In the previous universe, the rebellion started from the moment the Crown Princess gave birth to a son.

The rebellion failed because Prince Qing was executed by Song Mo before he entered the Palace to force the dying Emperor to hand over the throne. Song Mo told Eunuch Wang that before the latter launched the attack.

Song Mo had already suspected Prince Qing from the moment the dying Crown Prince told him that he had backed the wrong candidate.

He planted his soldiers around the palace so they killed Prince Qing before he even stepped into the Palace.

In their current universe, Song Mo saved his baby cousin. In the previous universe, he saved the son of the Crown Prince because he never wanted to execute the entire family.

So, the next ruler was the son of the Crown Prince.

This info. is from the novel?  Didn't read the novel.

BTW, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All..

 Dark Angel:

The empress defo has something to do with it for sure

I am only on ep 11 but I suspect the empress.