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I usually do, too. I hate watching and then having to wait, I like to binge the series, especially the modern drama ones. A lot of the time I rewatch dramas I love while waiting for one to finish that I want to watch. Just recently, I have been watching a few as they air, but for the most part I wait as well. Like I am waiting on Hello, the Sharpshooter to finish cause I really want to watch that one. One I couldn't wait to watch, Sword Snow Stride, I absolutely loved every minute of it and sat and waited for each new update, because it was so good.

Didn't LY say at one point that the emperor didn't want to admit he was wrong in his judgement of the Qiu family? Or are they trying a different strategy for the Qiu family to gain favor so that the emperor will let them come back? I am going to stick with it, because overall the storyline is really well and the acting is great.

so far I believe 24, that is all I have seen on Tencent.

I have really enjoyed this drama until the recent episodes 22, 23, 24, mainly starting 23. The story has started out really good. I love the chemistry between LY and QY, you can see it already at the beginning. I don't care my for QY's and QX's storyline, I feel it is forced (probably intended that way, but I don't like). I like that they made QY a strong female and very smart and witty, I hate the simpering females that they sometimes do in these dramas, for example, her sister QM. The plotlines for the most part have been really good up until recently, I actually didn't start fast forwarding through scenes until recently, and I have a tendency to do that a lot if there is a scene I don't like or characters I could care less about.

Some things that bother me, why on earth is the emperor (majesty or whatever they call him) listening to a guy they brought back from exile and how did he all the sudden get to lead the other division (I forget the name)? Also, the whole story with QY's family being framed bothers me too. I know they have their own internal problems, but really all the sudden we are framing a family particularly the 2nd family who has been honest and doesn't hold a high position in court and has never done anything wrong and the emperor believes he actually is guilty of embezzlement, really?? I think that is a stupid emperor. After that I don't know why QY doesn't feel more hate toward LY because it technically is his fault that all that happened with her family, she went hardcore on her grandmother and father about her mother's death, but has no hard feelings toward LY for basically causing the downfall of her family. And what the heck is going on with QM, she started off meek and jealous of her sister and then changed after her trauma (which totally understand), then all the sudden goes back to where the rest of the Q women are and is meek again. They are being to wishy washy with that character. Also, this new storyline about finding some pearl, where did that come from, are they just adding more stuff to continue the episodes?

When I read the description of the show and saw some reviews from others, I was excited to watch this, cause I was getting an Under the Power, Maiden Holmes, and Imperial Coroner kind of vibe, it started out like some of those but then is totally going down hill. I do hope it picks back up, cause the acting is great, the chemistry is great, the storyline has its ups and downs.