AleksandraSucur

this emperor is not a stupid person. Read below

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1. the emperor was a "warrior emperor". His wife (FSG's mom) was also a warrior (probably even a better one), it means they've expanded Susha territory to the detriment of Jinxiu, maybe even neglecting the rising power of certain noble families who were managing things for him in the capital, so he was forced or induced to marry the PM's daughter
2. to stop that expansion, Jinxiu state (their former emperor) had a strong motivation to ally with so. in Susha who'd fabricate evidences and frame "the warrior empress". This person was probably Murong the father, who always stayed at the border, so had chances to make deals with the enemy state, exchange false documents, and still wants to stay there. And then dropped the "evidences" to the PM, who was happy to liquidate the empress and make his daughter a new one.
3. There's certainly more about these Murongs: as a teenager, FSG was probably recruited in their army (if not even helped by MY in doing that) who may have befriended him to spy on him. But he didn't die in any battle, achieved merits, formed his own battalion etc. He is the firstborn and with military achievements a natural successor. Who refuses to forget his mother and will certainly investigate his mother's case once on the throne.
4. We've seen that by opposing his son all the time, in reality the emperor fortifies him. He doesn't investigate his first wife's "treason" and forces him to call another woman "mother", because he fears these nobility forces, thinking they won't harm his children if they accomodate... If FSG continues to bring up his mother's case, ofc. they must kill him.
5. There's still a slight chance Murongs and Zhuangs are not allies but rivals, with opposite interests in Susha, allied with different power fractions in Jinxiu. Murongs work with XJS and Zhuangs with empress dowager who put the current emperor on the throne of Jinxiu and is a real force behind him

Lets analyse why would the emperor force his son to call bi**h empress "Mother" with facts we know till now (down in the spoiler)

MY's father wasn't a kid, I was referring to him. He was always at the border, had many chances to fabricate evidences against the former empress.
I also think he took FSG in his army when he was a teenager, sent his son to befriend him, reporting after what FSG does

The last one, I think they were conspiring together against FSG's mother.
They can't allow FSG becoming the new emperor, because he will investigate his mother's case, the current emperor blocks in every possible way.
I also think they'll stage a coup against the emperor and try to frame FSG ("the great plan" of MY, XJS was talking about)

I think my initial theory still stands. Murongs and Zhuangs are not rival noble families, they somehow work together. They've probably conspired together against FSG's mother. Being at the border, Murong the father had ways to fabricate evidences from an enemy state, cities, their archives and stamps were changing hands. Later, it is in his army that FSG gained his first credits as a teenager, but at this point of the story, he is too powerful and a direct threat for both families: if he becomes the next emperor, he'll certainly dig deep to dismantle that conspiration.
Notice also that the SML got poisoned by his brother, not by Murong Yao, Susha people has no control over him, it's just a partnership. I suspect that the great plan of MY mentioned by XJS is actually a coup, with liquidation of the current emperor and all the rest.

yup, she'll recognize his carriage

I think the same. Actually, they are a pair of wolves

The only good thing Hypocrite A**hole did was to shot her down from the cliff: the amnesia was her fortune. It erased the A**hole from her brain, leaving space for a man who truly understands her and cares for her.

I call her Brainless Princess from the start. I feel she'll directly harm her brother giving the token to that Hypocrite A**hole

yes, and you've noticed well she often teases him. Actually there's a lot of bickering and boasting between them, which keeps their interraction in a constant tension and wave movement. The undulating movement we know from physics, deriving from the "energy fluctuating from physical bodies" (well, in this case, human bodies), sexual energy has this form as well stimulating hormones (sc. "chemistry"), apparently unreasonable, even insane.
Anyway, if I told my mum I've had similar experiences with a man, (well, she is insane enough) she'd reply: ok, when will you present him to us? And if my son were to tell me smth similar, I'm insane enough to ask him the same thing.
The actors delivered well this dynamics, that's why nobody complains about "red flags"....

I enjoy it a lot, too. Beside, they've shared interesting experiences: S/M (sado-maso), including mutual whipping, bites, insults etc., toying with knives, hairpins and similar piercing objects, applying medicinal creams on their back or dressing wounds, heavily drinking, sword-dancing, cheek squeezing, teasing each other even after they've survived a boat explosion. They are continously close to each other, both physically and mentaly.

I'm dying 😂😂😂
Btw., not only in the same drama, in the same episode!

that's a constructive perspective, LOL 😂😂😂👌

A line from "Seduction Vade Mecum"

Mosquitos are nothing compared to his brazen provocation of the emperor. The emperor asked him: would you really divide our family for a foreign general? His response was a heavy slap: you tacitly allowed them to kill my mother, implying "you were unable to protect my mother, but I will protect my woman despite all the odds, you included"
After such an animated argument with the emperor, everybody in the capital will know that girl simply can't be touched.
He doesn't want that clot in her brain to burst

you're wrong, she isn't ignorant. That move towards him and a close whisper: "I know what you're thinking" wasn't to make him feel uncomfortable out of blue, it's a deliberate seduction move. She already tested his reactions many times, actually from the first moment in the pool she was putting an extra effort to read the emotions on his face

Yes I do. One sided love is doomed from the start. It's already difficult for couples with deep mutual feelings, but if the other person feels nothing for you, it will only bring you pain and insatisfaction, so it's better not to start such a relation

FSG doesn't care about XJS army or properties. Her brother was against the marriage because it will give an enemy's state leverage over HIM, she can be used at their wish to blackmail him. Then - if the marriage must take place - he tried to keep them in his state. She can marry her one sided love but won't be used to force him to do what the enemy wants.
XJS is marrying a woman he doesn't love, he'll feel resented in any case, in any place/country. I truly don't understand how can you think one sided love can overcome anything. And a girl who's about to marry, for how young, thinks also about other people she cares for. Juliet, who was only a pawn to her family, cared more for them and talked with Romeo how to solve their families' enmities. This one doesn't care of anything and anybody, except the person she met once in her life and that person was her family's enemy for years. Simply brainless