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Just finished episode 8. I have watched a lot of dramas. There have been villians, evildoers, etc. Several I have wanted to go through the TV screen and throttle myself. But not a single one of them can hold a candle to Prosecutor/Lawyer Choi. OMG, I don't think I have even wanted to see her smirky smile wiped clean off her face more than anyone else. The actress has done an amazing job at portraying her as the worst bi*** in the world. Anyway, I am enjoying this drama, and honestly this not my usual type of drama that I watch, but so far a very good one.

LOL!!!!!

yes I think it is mine too

lol someone is always spoiling their kissing scenes.

that not regretting part I was pissed about, she first tried to pin the blame on the prime minister, and then she finally came out and said it. I don't know how I would react, especially if I had already knew. I can see why Prince Chang acted the way he did, he really cared for Queen Yige, unlike his hateful mother.

me too! At first I was like he is cute and nice. I was also thinking maybe he knew the 2FL in the States. But at the same time, I knew there was something up with him. I mean how can someone seem so perfect.

I love BTS moments! Can we see a BTS moment of Liu Rui Lin taking that wicked slap from Yang Yang? (I know it wasn't real, but the acting was so awesome)

the closet scene, lol he didn't care that they were about to be caught, he was just happy to have her that close to him

yes

I don't think he reacted in the hall because he already knew she was behind the poisoning and he had already let out his emotions. I mean him and his people found out before all that transpired. One of his mother's maids basically told him what happened and you did see his reaction when he was in the palace (not the main hall) and he was talking to BFX before the big reveal in the hall happened.

so far they have uncovered quite a few plots especially after these last two episodes and if they stay on track it doesn't feel rushed, but we shall see what the last six episodes have in store.

Yeah I can see it from that aspect. Still aggravating though, lol.

yeah that was my thinking too

I don't like them together. I think he was rather pushy and didn't acknowledge her feelings at all. He supposedly came off of a break up and now she told him she was heartbroken so he wants to push her into a relationship that we can clearly see she is not ready for. I also find it kind of creepy that he just "shows" up everywhere. When they are in the mountains and then again right after her work. I don't know I am getting creepy vibes from him, Liu Chang seems to be playing the part really well.

I have seen her play bad/evil characters, so I thought she was going to be bad in this. I love seeing this good and supportive side of her. She is doing really well.

I think that is the only problem I don't like about the series right now. They are doing a great job of developing the FL to be a strong independent person and then they go and put her in a relationship when she clearly stated she wasn't ready. I felt really uncomfortable about that. She was so focused on her career and making herself do amazing things in said career, then they go and do this to her. I feel aggravated about it. I know they want to do this to make the ML come out and admit his feelings, but he was already on that path in the 2FL showed up. She still could have turned ML down even if she wasn't in a relationship and we could have seen him try hard to win her love, etc.

I am thinking from the teasers anyway, it will be episode 35. There are a lot of back and forth about whether he really knows or not. I am not sure and we shall see. There are already a few people besides her own family that know.

(So now the I finally realizing the scriptwriting's total confusion)

-Very confused here, beginning of episode 34 we see the King and Queen talking. He says his father married him to her. Ok, I know they had Prince Chang together before she was queen, but I thought she was a lowly maid or something. They even showed her in a previous episode wearing lowly clothes and following the King and then Queen Yige. Why would the King's father marry him to a lowly servant if he was a prince (albeit born from a
concubine)?

-He then goes on after Baili pushes him, and said he didn't want to name his heir yet, but at the end of episode 32(?), didn't he tell her, she got what she wanted, she should be happy? by that I mean he basically kicked Lanxi out which means he was naming Prince Ju his heir.

-Back to Lanxi finding out the culprit behind his mother's demise. When he told BFX the story previously he always said he found his mother in the water. They even showed the flashback of it. Granted he did mention after BFX's master's death, that his mother was also shriveled, the same way as his master. So now we are seeing his mother found by a servant dead in her room. Are we to assume someone dragged her and through her in the water? Do they want us to believe that after the servant raised the alarm of her dying?

-On to the epic 2nd half:

Probably my favorite part of these last 2 episodes.

-First of all, when did the King become stupid? I thought he was pretty smart and knew
what was going on. He always knew when Baili and Prince Ju were plotting against Lanxi. Now all the sudden he believes them and hands over the military token to Prince Ju. Did he still not believe anything was wrong when Prince Ju demanded to be named heir and pulled the token back out of his grasp when he reached for it back? He stripped Lanxi of everything basically and he honestly believed that Lanxi had 30000 troops at his command and invading the city.

-There goes Baili trying to point fingers at someone else, for something she did. Blaming everyone but herself. She did finally admit it though.

-The best part of this episode imo, was Prince Ju's speech (besides him getting b**** slapped). He basically just spouted out everything and it was so true. I actually loved this part. I am glad though it did make the king sort of wake up to the shit he put all his sons through.

-The whole Baili playing dumb, did not work. Yeah Ding Dong the witch is dead, finally. I don't get why they didn't just poison her, made her kill herself with a white cloth instead. I also don't like they made Prince Ju a commoner, they should have sentenced him to death as well.

Side Note: my favorite FQW and BFX together is awesome. I would love if they had them two in more fight scenes together. I love that relationship.

My recap of Episode 34:

I have to say they need to change the tags. It have very minimal wuxia to it. Maybe about 1/3 or so of the drama. To me it is mostly a political drama more than anything.