I guessed right—Feibai did go to Lishan Academy to check what's happening there. ☝️And it's exactly what we already suspected: there's no one left. Since we haven't actually seen any graves yet, I won't jump to the conclusion that they are all dead just yet, but I still think it's the most likely answer to their fate. 😟🤧The surprise on everyone's faces when they saw Mo Xiuyao standing—no, dancing with the blade—swift, precise, and deadly... AMAZING! 🤩😏Su Zuidie looks very suspicious to me, and it seems she doesn't have a very good relationship with Princess Lingyun. 🤔 I noticed back in the previous episode that the Princess was somewhat displeased when Zuidie took it upon herself to decide on the carriage arrangements, regardless of whether it was the right call or not. I'm actually starting to get the feeling that she intentionally collapsed in front of Lady Wen's carriage just to worm her way inside Prince Ding's mansion! 🤨😟Also, Mo Jingli and Ye Li's letters being added to the mix might stir up some serious trouble for our lovey-dovey couple. 🫢I wonder why Consort Dowager Qin pleads such loyalty to the Empress Dowager. Is she genuinely that loyal, or is she just pretending to be? 🤔🤨
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Another amazing episode with them being so sweet and adorable! 🤗🥰I loved to see how Nian is getting even more attentive and gentler with his words, and he finally introduced her to his friends! He really has changed for the better. And I absolutely loved their scenes with Luke the dog and how quickly Zhitao got Nian to accept him! They were so funny and cute. 😊I hope Zhitao won't be too upset about him not being ready to introduce her to his parents. I agree with Nian that this might not be the right time yet — firstly, because they are supposedly a secret, and secondly, due to his relationship with his father. 🥺I am so happy Zhitao and her friends got the apartment back! This episode really poured sweetness... 🤗 Except for the new guy — someone who has backstabbed once might easily backstab again. 🤨Also, seeing how Nian and Zhitao's relationship is improving with each episode, I am becoming more certain their break-up will be caused by the Lime board members finding out about their romance. I can't think of any other reason anymore... 😟🫣
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Luan Nian must thank the Heavens for sending him a friend like Tan Mian. He is the only one who can make him see reason and point out all his flaws and wrongdoings without restraint. 🙏However, I get why Nian said what he said, but the way he did it was so, so wrong. If they hadn't been romantically involved, the conversation would have been completely different, so in my opinion, it really was more about him being afraid of her leaving him rather than Lime. 😔But even if he was concerned about her future and whether she made a mistake or not — regardless of whether he's her boyfriend or her boss — he shouldn't have belittled and insulted her. That's not the way to make someone listen to you. In fact, the result was quite the opposite: her storming off with an emotional decision to leave with Alex and even blocking Nian's number. 😒Well, now he will really have to work hard to win her back. At least he realised he had turned into a version of his father — the person he hated the most — and I can only hope things will get better from now on. And what did it take? A huge argument, a blocked phone number, and a lot of tears and heartache. But like they say — whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger. 😮💨🫣And now I'll have to worry if that phone call from Sun Yu might have been about Yuanzhu. 😟P.S. "Stay cheerful and genuine forever".... my heart. 🥹
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They were kind of cute in this episode. They talked, and he explained everything she was worried about and even showed her affection and that he was thinking of her while they were separated during the Chinese New Year's celebration! 🥰🤗I am so relieved the childhood friend saw how he and Zhitao are together and will be stepping away, hopefully forever. 🤞But I am a little bit sad about Nian's relationship with his dad, and this is not the first drama where I see it this way. Usually it means the ML has father issues that have made him the way he is, so I believe it might be the case here too. I already suspected that after the broken typewriter scene in one of the first episodes, where the mother had lied that the nanny repaired it when it had been the dad. All I can say in this case — like father, like son. And maybe that's why Nian prefers to have a girl, so he wouldn't raise a son that's just like him. 😔
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A very good episode. 🌟 Xiuyao realised what has happened with A'Li, and how she has been living in the Lishan Academy.😌That scene where the eunuch (I forgot his name) kept asking where everyone is, pointing as if she was intentionally lying, was frustrating. 😤 I am so grateful to Xiuyao for shouting at him to shut him up, yet that didn't really change anything, because now he has gone back to the capital to inform the Empress Dowager. 🙄But all of that actually leads to thinking: was it really an ordered massacre of the Lishan Academy, or maybe something entirely different wiped it out? 🤔That scene at the end where A'Li prepared a meal for all the members of Lishan Academy and introduced them to her husband, and him to them... I can't even describe how heavy my heart got for her and her mental state. 🥺🤧 A'Yao acted along as if everything she sees is true... And that makes me wonder—if and how they will set her mind back to a normal state? 🤔 Either she heals just by being surrounded with living people, specifically Xiuyao, and eventually forgets about these delusions while he gradually feeds her the information that they died, or it might be some very traumatic shock moment that just takes her back to the moment where she lost them all, making her realise what has happened. 😔
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I knew it would come eventually, but it was still so sad to see Grandma die. The scene with her driving around in the bus, picking up people she knew and singing with them... my heart 🥺🤧💔Segye getting stabbed in the final minutes of the episode, only for a Joseon shaman to come to Seori and say she can save him by returning to Joseon? How does that even work? Was that really necessary? We have plenty of things to resolve in modern times... Or are they planning to make it a love story between the prince and Seori in Dansim's body? I don't care about the Joseon couple; I want Segye and Seori—the couple I have been with during these 13 episodes! 🤦♀️🙄🤔I am so proud of Gwangnam for finally being able to speak freely and even get angry at Jihyo without stuttering! 👏😌 And Mundo... he just gets on my nerves. 😤😠The highlight, of course, was all the lovey-dovey and sweet moments between Segye and Seori. 🥰
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I love that it wasn't dragged out for too long and Ye Li was able to clear her name quickly, and that they could catch the real culprit—Su Zuidie. 👏 And good job Han Mingxi for getting that regular worker spot! 🤗👏Also... Zuidie's line: "Once Lingyun is dead, Dachu and Cangbei will inevitably go to war." Does it sound like the princess might not be dead? (Maybe it's a trick of translation, I don't know) 🤔I wonder what Marquis Muyang will do now when faced with such an open accusation in his very presence—and one he can't really deny? That man or his men really are sloppy when it comes to such schemes and silencing acts. 🤦♀️🙄
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OMG, what a twist! I never ever expected they would kill Princess Lingyun. Maybe injure, but kill? I am beyond shocked! 😲 How will that affect Feng? OK, he doesn't know Yun was the princess, but now he will wait for her and she will never come... 😔😢But I did like the fact that Mingxi recognised Zuidie and even knows she's involved with his brother and the Tianji Pavilion—thus pointing to Prince Li, I guess. I have high hopes they can solve this quickly. Fingers crossed! 🤞🙏I wonder about Tianyang and Consort Dowager Qin's relationship. I think he likes her, actually. And I want to applaud her for giving the edict to Ye Li! 👏 If only Marquis Muyang and the Empress Dowager knew... 😌🤭And that bonding conversation between Xiuyao and that guy in red armour (sorry, can't remember his name) was quite nice. 🤗😌 It's good that he has come around and now actually respects Prince Ding, because I remember he was all for making accusations at first.
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I just love how wholesome A'Li and A'Yao's relationship is. He wanted to feed her and held her hand while they were sitting there with Zuidie. And that's a statement and reassurance from him... It's quite rare to see such a main couple in a historical drama, I think. Usually, there's something that is making them break up or argue a lot. This is a very nice difference. ✨🥰But Zuidie killing that drunkard so coldly just because he pushed her? That girl might have mental problems, I think. 😬As it looks, the Marquis maybe actually cared about Qin Cang on some level, but well... he showed that care in a very wrong way. And now there is no turning back... sorry, man! ☝️🤷♀️😒And Feibai returned finally! The expression on his face when he looked at Ye Li... I wonder what he learned up there on the mountain—are they really dead? I suppose so. But maybe he learned something more. 🤨🥺 And Mingxi being jealous of Feibai? Ehh... 🤔Highlight: Xiuyao's aide thinking Feng Zhiyao was into men... 😂🤣
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Oh, what a father Marquis Muyang is! I wouldn't wish such a father even on my enemy... 😒The situation with his sons was actually a great plot twist! 😲 I thought the Marquis preferred Qin Cang over Tianyang, but no... He actually just "tamed" him to use as his "bloodhound", and the bait was always fatherly love and public recognition as his son. At least now Qin Cang will know better, because I am quite sure he survived. The Prefecture's guards probably got medical attention in time to save him so they can interrogate him later. ☝️🤨Tianyang turning out to be a genuine brother was a nice twist too, and it just proves the theory (not mine) that he might be pretending to have that awful personality. I hope he and Qin Cang actually can develop a nice relationship later. 😌The reveal of who Qin Cang's mother is felt like a cover story to hide his real birth origins. Maybe it wasn't something for the Consort Dowager's ears to hear, so they used this version? Maybe he actually has some relation to the royal family? 🤔It gets clearer and clearer that Mingxi might be developing some deeper feelings for A'Li. Not sure if it's love, but adoration for sure. I wonder how that will turn out later... 😟I was really relieved A'Li and A'Yao's relationship wasn't ruined with those letters. They solved that quickly and even deepened their adorable marriage and bond. 😌🥰🤗Highlight of this episode:Xiuyao: "Where did you go?"A'Li: "I... went to fight."Xiuyao: "Where? Why?"A'Li: "A brothel." 😂🤣
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Archives: The Nanyang Mystery Episode 1
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Zhang Hailou, aka "Salty", with the special ability of blade-spitting, and Zhang Haixia, aka "Shrimpy", with an extraordinary sense of smell. 😏Oh, I am going to love this! Their dynamics are amazing and there's enough comedy, action, suspense and, above all, their amazing friendship! 🤗🤭❤️
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Oh, I finally got to see Lin Muran's character, Han Mingxi, and I think I will enjoy him a lot! The dynamics between him and Ye Ying are already such great entertainment. Their scenes will probably be among those I am looking forward to the most! 🤭😂Prince Li I dislike more and more with each scene he's in. And that threat to drown himself in the pond? Yeah.... not a good impression of that character.😩 I am happy his wife has found new people to communicate with (pointing at Han Mingxi), even if he's an "assassin". 😏Xiuyao knows about Qingshuang's existence in A'Li's mind now, and I wonder what he will do when he finds proof that she's not alive anymore? Will he tell his wife or will he play along? 🤔I think at some point someone should "wake her up" the same way she did with Xiuyao's brother's wife. Though the situations are different due to other obstacles A'Li has gone through, the weight of her grief is affecting her in a very similar way.... after all, what were her words in the previous episode? "She has had this dream for eight years. Now it's destroying her. And now it's time for her to wake up." ☝️😔Once they all realise everything, I wonder how long those around her will let A'Li live in her delusional world. 🤔
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When I saw Lu Changfu, I was like... Didn't he die already? Yeah, they got me there for a bit. But it was quite funny to watch how Prince Ding with his men planned and planned how to kill that guy, and then he just surprisingly dies in a completely unimaginable way. The confusion on their faces was priceless! But I realised I got something wrong before—I thought she was helping her husband secretly, but actually, she had her own vengeful reasons to kill those men. I really can't wait for them to realise that their plans align—they would be such a great and cunning team! Interesting how her Senior Brother noticed she's talking to Qingshuang and clearly knows she's dead, yet chose not to tell her anything... How I wanted to hug her for getting her mentor from Lishan Academy a steward's job in her shop! And I kind of love her voodoo thing going on all the time! P.S. The little bits we saw this episode are proof enough to say that the other prince definitely didn't choose to marry Ye Li's sister willingly!
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They must be kidding! Both of her parents died in one episode? I wasn't prepared for that... not one bit. At least Zhao has learned the truth about the pill A'Jiu gave to her father, and hopefully, they will be fine from now on.
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Could Madam Ge be Chu Zhao’s mother? I am about 99% sure she is. There were so many hints, and when she said that line, “your mother loves you too”, it completely sold the theory for me. I loved how Chu Zhao got that new guy, Liang Qiang, all confused about how she knows him and why she knows so much, and later to find out that she’s actually General Ling’s daughter, not to mention the Grand Princess! Yeah, that was pretty funny. And, oh, what an emotional moment it was when Chu Zhao met Zhong Changrong... that scene made my eyes water—they enhanced her last memory of him dying by playing with those colours again. And he didn't even know how much meeting him alive meant to Chu Zhao.Also, that political war over who will get to control General Chu Ling’s 200,000-man army? Yanfang intercepting Deng Yi’s written edict and ruining the plan to incorporate another general—probably one loyal to Xiao Xun—was smart. I think Yanfang was pretty satisfied that A'Yu would give that army to Yanlai if General Chu Ling died, because in that case, he assumes he might have some control over it himself, considering his supposed hold over Yanlai. We’ll see about that, though!I can't get enough of watching Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang exchanging their "pleasantries". It's always a delight!
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