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So we got some partial truth of what happened with Prince Qi based on Jiang Ci's master's knowledge:

-Prince Qi (like he stated, is the favorite of the late emperor but he is also the younger brother of the current emperor) is upright and kind. He was the likely one to ascend the throne next.
-Wei State send the Yan sisters (trained assassins) to him to try to find intel.
-Yan sisters both saw him as a good person so started siding with him + older sister & Prince Qi fell for each other.
-When Prince Qi went back to Liang State after the peace talk with Yue Luo, he was placed under house arrest by the current emperor (late emperor was ill at this point).
-Prince Qi and Yan sisters headed to Yue Luo (to escape) and Xiao Haitian have them placed in a location only they + XHT know.
-Lu Yu and his army came to Yue Luo looking for Prince Qi. Prince Qi fearing the common people would get suck in, decided to head back with Lu Yu to Liang State.
-Yan sisters left beforehand to some other place (since they would be in danger in Liang State)
-They then received news that Prince Qi died in that secret location that only they + Xiao Haitian knew.
-JC's master then found out that Wei Zhao's sister became the noble consort and confronted her about it. But WZ's sister didn't explain herself which led to JC's master thinking even more that XHT's family threw Prince Qi under the bus for the current emperor to ascend, the sister to become the noble consort, and now WZ leader of the Dawn Guards.

From this, it is obvious Prince Qi and Xiao Haitian had a good enough relationship for Prince Qi to trust him to head there when he was escaping. But from the master's POV, because only XHT knew of the secret location (besides herself, sister, and Prince Qi), she was convinced he leaked the info and got Prince Qi killed. And then you have the whole thing with Consort Wei.

Yes, during that hug scene too. You can tell Jiang Ci wants to stay angry but she was going soft at moments too. Can't deny the love.

He did be the bombastic side eye meme if he saw what Pei Yan was doing. 😂

Okay that moment lowkey cracked me up (even though I got tears in my eyes too) because she was asking where is her master and Wei Zhao is just like here eat. 😭 Talk to her sir!!

So I know I am supposed to feel bad with all the angst/misunderstanding/unspoken words, but the chemistry is chemistry-ing. 😳 The pining, I love to see it.

He marries the second lady of the Dong family for political reasons and continues to be a court official (prime minster) who watches over the country/people.

No wonder!!! I was eyeing him because he was sus by having Lu Yu dug up the walls of Yue Luo and wasting his time since the walls were covered by boulders. Wei Zhao really got people everywhere. That other servant who was looking nervous all the time was a red herring.

GASP MR. SI

I am trying to calculate how long Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci have known each other and it is probably around 6-7 months only. Jiang Ci came down the mountains and is said she will meet with her master at the island in 3 months (around Autumn). She passed Winter (indicated by the snow) in Yue Luo and the flowers she planted are now blooming (nearing Spring). Yeah sorry, I too would have chosen the woman who raised me for 18-20 years than a man I knew for around 6-7 months (logically speaking). 😂🏃

We shall all reunite against Pei Yan!! Kidding. 😂 Man about to get it bad with Madam Rong so he is about to suffer too welp.

Right, I thought we have been watching this drama long enough to be able to see from all characters' POV and feel for all of them. I shouldn't have been surprised though since it is the same pattern when it comes to MLs and FLs having misunderstandings/arguments. Still remember all the comments I saw trashing the FL in "Love like the Galaxy" for being upset at the ML as ML was seeking his revenge.

Right! I can't stop looking at her eyes because her eyes are just so pretty. Also when she was locked up in that cage with messy hair and dirt on her face. I was like wow, she is really pretty here LMAO. 😂

One thing I appreciate a lot about this drama is that all the characters are moving pieces. None of them are stagnant and within the palms of the main characters' hands. You have Lu Yu doing what he is doing while the emperor is also making moves. Wei Zhao and Pei Yan are the two MLs generally making the moves but at the end of the day, both don't have everything under control when the supporting characters are all making moves to benefit themselves which then ruin their plans/expectations (example: Wei Zhao was planning for the war to end before the master got there but alas).

He paused a bit when he saw her behind Pei Yan and then asked his subordinate if that was the maid Pei Yan was protecting. It was already foreshadowed then that Jiang Ci looked familiar to him (since Lu Yu even said Jiang Ci does look a bit like Prince Qi). What a great set up. It seemed like a passing scene, but it meant so much more.

Don't know if anyone remembered when the emperor saw Jiang Ci back at the birthday banquet...

Loved Li Landi's eyes changing when she was taken away. You can literally see all the emotions coming through, just very good acting.

How would she know he is the victim? Based on her POV, his family is the one who actually destroyed her family. From her master's POV, he is the one who lured Jiang Ci to Yue Luo, the one who got her locked her, choked her, etc. Not to mention their first meeting was him going at her in the battlefield and demanding her to go with him when she was already on alert with him. I do not think any of the characters involved right now did anything wrong because they are all making decisions based on their own knowledge. Wei Zhao believes his dad is innocent because that's his dad, there is no other evidence right now to prove that he /is/ innocent. We know he is because spoilers + we saw how his dad is like from Wei Zhao's POV. Not even Wei Zhao's clan members besides a few believed his dad was innocent, let alone for the master to believe it when she isn't even related to them.

Li Landi in that horseback scene in episode 28 as Jiang Ci had all that flashbacks... her acting is amazinggggg. The way her eyes changed from questioning, disbelief, anger, disappointment, and now perhaps even hate. WOW.

I will always applaud this cast for their acting because they have so many minute-to-minute emotional changes so they have to be able to convey that.

No duh because the sister ended up marrying the emperor (who supposedly killed her father). Which makes Wei Zhao the emperor's brother-in-law. Why would the master /not/ think they are involved when the two siblings became so close with the Liang court?

Yue Luo's side sending the cotton poop back to Lu Yu's side. 😂😂😂 The battle taking place as they got all that waste flying around them LMAO.