AleksandraSucur

the symptom she shows when "sees" master Zhu is called identity alteration. It manifests or could manifest in several mental conditions. It shows up both in DID (Dissociative identity disorder, which is a scientific term for "split personality") and in PTSD.

The difference between these two conditions is difficult to distinguish from the symptoms, that's why other features must be contemplated, such as:
1. Time when it develops. While PTSD can hit any of us at any age, both in childhood or in adulthood, DID must develop in an early childhood (6-9 years)
2. Identity structure: while person with PTSD always feels like the same "self," even when distressed (just like Ye Li), person with DID experiences (=is aware of) two or more distinct personality states that control his/her behavior
3. Type of memory loss: PTSD person blocks out (erasing and/or rescripting) parts of the specific traumatic event, the DID person amnesia is pervasive, she or he has gaps in memory involving everyday events, personal details and skills that are habitually used when other "identity" takes control of the brain. Although one can argue that when she is Ye Li, she forgets she possesses martial skills, she doesn't live her everyday life under the idenitity of master Zhu, he appears in her vision, triggered only when she is in a mortal danger and as a separate person from her. Her brain rescripts that entire experience as "master Zhu came to save me", not bc she assumes the identity of master Zhu, but bc her brain had already erased (for the reason we don't know) from her memory the fact she knows martial arts and can save herself on her own.

She just suffers from a heavy PTSD.

You're right. The maid was the exact reason why he expressed it in that clumsy way: "it's time to consummate". That precise wording was also confusing her. What does it mean "it's time", why it's time now? If he could have told the truth, his answer would be:
"I cannot stand you share bed with your friend, even if she is an imaginery friend." But he couldn't tell her the truth for obvious reasons, she is not aware she is imagining persons.

He should first ask himself: why I don't like her to share bed with her imaginery friend? Is it because I want her to heal from this delusion or is it because I want to be close to her, I want to be her confidant and I'm jealous of that relationship she has with a non existing person. And once he figures out the right answer, he'll also know the way.

For the time being, he kicked out the imaginery friend and placed himself in her bed, which can be viewed as a half-victory, but there's still another half of the road to achieve what he truly wants but isn't completely aware of it either.

I can't take that compliment! 😂
If it looked like a "lesson", it wasn't my intention. We are mainly women here, which helps us to create "a connection" with Ye Li (which doesn't mean men are unable to "connect" with her: they can). We can imagine: we are dating a person we get along well, we have certain common interest etc. For us - that is sufficient to feel good and to think that this relationship is of mutual benefit. But if that person suddenly proposes us to have sex, we would also like to know the reason. If the person doesn't express himself on how he really FEELS about us, ie. why it is important for him to be even closer to us, sharing and showing his desires and testing ours, most of us won't be able to "accept" such an unromantic, dumb and out of blue proposal

No, it isn't she wants to take a lead. Just put yourself in her shoes. You've married a man you get along well, who let you do your things and be calmly focused on your "to do list". Suddenly, the man you've married comes out with: it's time to consummate our marriage. You'll also wonder why, everything is going well, is there smth I am doing wrong I am not aware of?
For how smart he normally is, that was such a dumb, unromantic and wrong sentence. You don't propose to have sex, you create the right mood and atmosphere for it: you touch, you hold hands, you make her laugh, say how she changed your world and makes you happy and after kisses and petting and whispers... you just consummate.
So, her question "why?" was correct. How did he answer that question? "Before, I was ill and crippled... but now I am ok...." WRONG AGAIN! You say you desire her, you love her and you've been supressing your feelings fearing she didn't feel the same and you'll be rejected bc of your invalidity (stirring up her empathy & compassion and pushing her to prove she has feelings for you too) - that's the RIGHT thing to do.

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I agree with you about acupuncture, it could help with pain, improve blood circulation and autonomous nervous system, but the dramas' use of it as a miracle tool for everything lowers the credibility of the stories told.
As for his legs, we don't know precisely how badly they were injured but we have some vague infos. It was said that the reason why he was on a wheelchair was due to the fact he wasn't timely treated and was underfed and untreated for 6 months when he was in prison. But after that period, he returned to his mansion, received treatments from doctors and above all, has a thermal pool which helps a lot with microcirculation (vital to keep tissues alive). The most important thing isn't a muscular loss which starts almost immediately when we don't use certain muscles, the loss is the same after 6 months he spent in prison and 8 years on a wheelchair, but the infection that eventually occurs if the bones fail to reconnect, leading to necrosis (and the necessity to amputate the affected leg). But his bones reconnected (he is young and bone cells still grow), just not in the right way to sustain the weight of the body and there was no infection. So, technically, once they are reset in order to reconnect in the right way, his rehabilitation can start as if they were freshly broken. The bone and muscle regrowth will take some time but 3 months are sufficient to restore them to the point in which musculoskeletal structure of his lower body sustains the weight of his upper body.

1. Independently of the reason of the summoning, the edict is an evidence he didn't abandoned his military post but was called back by the emperor. He was convicted for "abandoning the post" and the edict is a proof he didn't. The summoning is summoning, it's an order, doesn't even need to contain the reason why you are called. Even today, when the court summons you, you must appear, period.
2. Bc. when FL's mom visited him in prison - it means he was in the capital: in the prison. He told her where's the edict and she went to take it, calling her father to come to the capital as well. When Yes took it from her she was saying: father is coming too. They've took it nevertheless bc the Eastern palace was burnt meanwhile and they've interpreted the circumstances as "the ED is the winner, the last (wo)man standing and she + Muyang want prince Ding dead. We must get rid of this hot potato". It was also said that the suspects for the fire where apprehended IMMEDIATELY, the same day. As the diviner was among them, the only logical conclusion is: the diviner and ML's bro were in prison at the same time. With the edict in her hands, consort Qin could have saved one of them.
3. ofc we need further infos about this subplot, but we already have enough infos to reconstruct the dynamic as in point 1 and 2. They are not assumptions, they are reconstructions and arguments which support my opinion

yes. Maybe I dislike the story is introducing new people/subplots that will prolong our waiting for the truth to be revealed and can't wait patiently

You're wrong. We know what edict contained: it summoned prince Ding back to the capital.
And we know enough on the dynamics of the events: when Yes took the edict from Ye Li's mom, he was still alive. They've took it bc the Eastern palace was burnt (and the ED seemed unrivaled in power) - that's true, but FL's uncle said the diviner was imprisoned for days while consort Qin was trying to help him pressing the ED to free him from charges. That means the ML's brother and the diviner were incarcerated at the same time.

why not? She is a consort dowager, a person of high status, who can take the edict to court. She knew her friend wasn't guilty, she could have proposed to the ED: I'll give you the edict in change of my friend's life, otherwise I'll take to the court and you can't condemn prince Ding.

But she just passively stand by while both prince Ding and her friend were condemned and executed. It doesn't make much sense to me, that's why I find this part of the plot weak

Thank you for this info and your patient expectations for Consort Qin.
I was just exposing my impressions on the last ep (19) and that the only interesting thing imo was that kick.

As for the edict which could have saved ML's brother from death - it was handed to the Qin consort. If she didn't want to save ML's bro with it, she could have still traded the edict in change of life of the person she cared for (ie., the diviner).

I hope that too, but the load of new people we can care less they are introducing in the middle of the drama doesn't look promising to me.

yes, she overheard that and still couldn't save the person she cared for, heh.

That vice-prefect discovered on his own skin and bones the deep meaning of the expression: (he is) BACK ON HIS FEET! One of these feet made him fly accross the office and (how we would live without?) bloodspitting.

Imo, this was the only important higlight of the last ep. ML's kick directed to a Muyang's person among his ranks is a preluding metaphore for the attitude he'll adopt towards Muyang. For the rest, I feel the plot is starting to go downwards (tomorrow we've seen the first half), introducing characters we can care less (Qin boy and Lin girl are not much of a problem, I already see Ye Li finding finally a REAL girl friend, thus spending less time with the virtual one, but the trailers introducing bratty loving rival princess and her crew don't look promising)...

Certain inconsistencies between the plot and the characters are also showing up: Consort Qin looked like a smart, calculative and well-grounded person. Yesterday, we've discovered she believes in divinations and today thay she doesn't know ED burnt down the Eastern Palace to grab power for herself - a crime which was attributed to her friend diviner which she couldn't save bc. "the empress couldn't find enough evidence to free him from charges", meaning ED didn't want to find that evidence and used her friend diviner as a scapegoat. And for how much she is a side-character and the problem may be overlooked, she is still a person who kept and still keeps the important item for ML's claim for justice for his bro: the edict.

I think she went on that underground route out of pure curiosity, simply to verify is he really dead or not. She has conflicted feelings towards him: they were friends at Lishan, yet she finds him detestable. But I agree with you: while she was thorough in studing the undeground channels map, she was superficial about the physical place, sealed and monitored by forces of her enemy. She noticed when she was followed by "bangling assassin" as PBG called him, but neither she nor he (who has good martial arts skills) noticed a person who was in the room when they discovered the underground entrance. I'm not marveled at the fact she didn't called captain Li to stay somewhere behind her "scanning" eventual perils, bc she never consults with anybody when decides to act - she has an imagery maid with her naive questions when assesses the problems and "brainstorms" the solutions - but I'm marveled how captain Li isn't around by himself, does he trust her husband can keep her in check, doesn't he worry there might be problems when husband discovers her imagery? If he took seriously her task to search for master Zhu and that's the reason why he isn't around then he should also check on his brain, lol.

But I also feel certain inconsistencies in the plot-characters relation. Consort Qin looked like a smart, calculative and well-grounded person. And recently we discovered she believes in divinations and doesn't know ED burnt down the Eastern Palace to grab power for herself - a crime which was attributed to her friend diviner which she couldn't save bc. "the empress couldn't find enough evidence to free him for charges", meaning she didn't want to find that evidence and used her friend diviner as a scapegoat. Although she is a side-character, this plot is very weak for a person who keeps the edict, so important for ML's claim for justice for his bro.

I also agree with you regarding Muyang and his sons, but lets see...

One of my dearest (Italian) friends married a girl from Yogyakarta many years ago. While he was completely dressed in Indonesian style (with typical hat, sarong, etc. everything was in golden nuances and richly embroidered), her wedding dress was Western style white, so I suppose she didn't appreciate the tradition at all. It was a Muslim wedding, the wows were made on the knees, but there were syncretistic elements, like flower garlands around the neck, too.
They were living between Yogyakarta and Bali for many years before moving to Cambodia 3 years ago. You're living in a very interesting corner of the world, I've never been there myself but my son, who is living in Australia and has more opportunity to explore the region, finds it fascinating, great people, great food.

and Indonesians are even more elfin, more delicate in constitution. Poor girls... 😓

I wonder how their necks don't crack under the weight. I've read somewhere the average weight of those wedding crowns was 2,5 kg while of those "richer", with more gold and gems, could have reached 3-3,5 kg. Insane

yes, all those singular ingredients could cause allergy, but she ate them before and they didn't cause her any allergic effect. The only thing she eats in elevated quantities bc. she was craving it at Lishan was sugar. And they didn't tell the doc about it, did they? He would certainly advised against, lol.
Actually, my comment was to express how much I care about her. Can't remeber when a fictional character grew up on my heart as Ye Li's. I am completely smitten ❤️and can identify with A'Yao as well.

Allergic to mantou? People are intollerant to specific ingredients, not dishes. And those rashes are probably caused by glycemic peaks and glycation of skin collagen. No wonder given she lives on sugar. The doctor's advise to drink more water is fine but she should change her dietary habits asap! A'Yao, hide sugar and carbs from her! 🙂‍↔️