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I agree that they were interesting characters but now CSJ is disappointing me more. Her thirst for revenge and desire for Cui's revival is clouding her common sense and she is dragging ZW down with her. He's a smart guy but I guess not villainous enough to execute their plans well.
What I don't get is if ZW wants to get his father's approval so much, he should know that keeping CSJ around and doing what she wants, especially after what she told him about her feelings, is probably not the best idea.
Yeah, their journey will not end well, and to be honest, I feel worse for ZW than CSJ.

From that aspect, I do too.

I got that impression too but even if he does, I think his love would be too weak to go against his family.

Yeah, but if that is the case, why was he so eager to please her and reassure her that he would kill YZJ for her? I suppose ultimately if he truly had to sacrifice her, he would do it. With some hesitation perhaps but if it meant his own future in the Zheng family, he would,

I did get the impression that he had a soft spot for her, but at the same time, his many actions point to him just using her because she was in a position to be used. That's why I am not following why he was enabling her so much.

Obsession does make more sense and it does point to why he's enabling her so much. However in his eagerness to please his father, I am surprised that he still continues to follow down the same path of stupidity with her. Like the Zhenlang pavilion auction is not going to please his father at all.
Also, I find it odd that he is not doing anything about his mother at all. Probably felt like it is better she is out of the picture completely.

Fantastic story - engaging from start to end. The ending turned out to be more romantic than I expected. It did leave more to the imagination than I wanted but overall I am satisfied.
Make sure you watch the ending credit scenes to the end especially if you want to see them (spoiler below)

Finally kiss! Not the best delivery but hey, at least they did!

Why is this Zheng Wu letting CSJ run the show? Did I miss something like the guy is already blindly in love that he’s willing to go along with her stupidity???

No, one actress play the FL character, during in modern times and also in the past live. There is the second female lead as the rival.

Ep 11 was impactful, relating back to the stigma of single mothers and how difficult it must have been during those times. So glad that the ML found what he was looking for.
Mr. Choi is definitely my favorite- providing awesome comic relief but also stepped up during the poignant moments.

Yeah, I kind of think Zheng Wu already has feelings for her but it will be towards the end when CSJ realizes her feelings.

You’ve made some great points and I do understand YZJ’s reasoning. Just that I would have done it differently.

Good point! Shouldn’t endorse slavery. Exile is ok but like the mafia, should not give them a chance to come back.

Beheading is too easy for them. They need to be sent to a slave camp somewhere for hard labor. Then again, we don’t want them coming back for revenge. So yeah , let’s kill them all.

I would give my beloved the choice but of course try to dissuade him. I most certainly would not pretend to go along with his decision and then drug him to abandon him. Most times the future you imagine for someone else may not be what they want.

I think there are two opposing camps of opinions about YZJ’s choice. We might as well agree to disagree.
I’m all about letting DW making her own choices. Like she said, hating him hurts more than hating the bandits.

I think so too. The show should have kept her character consistently strong like how she was in the beginning. Maybe the show wanted someone to contrast against DW when it comes to making choices

Yeah, our girl’s got her priorities straight! ZJR has been so consistently honorable that he’ll do right by our couple. Can’t wait!

I’m thinking there is no redemption arc for Cui Shi Qiu, but then we saw the spoilers. Maybe she will just plainly give up when she realizes that her revenge caused her the one bit of happiness she could have had.