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Prince Qi's letter saying how "Although I have never seen you before, I have already uttered your name 1000 times"... I cried. You can tell how gentle he is just from his letter. He reminds me of Cui Liang.

Haha, I have another friend who is obsessed with this drama right now too, but they don't post anything on here. They got a lot to say too but we just message each other about it. I think it is kind of hard to write comments for this drama sometimes because there is SO much to dissect in an episode.

I do think he has the ambition to do right by the country and people because his father fought to death for Liang State. For him, he just wants the Pei family to survive. He is not interested in becoming the emperor himself. However, Madam Rong wants him to be more for his survival but also for her own revenge. She will push him into a position he doesn't want and eventually he will have to choose because his mother is basically putting the Pei family at risk.

Agreed, and it also shows that he believes in WZ's abilities but not JC's own abilities. That whole caged bird metaphor in full force again.

No, her marriage to PY fails because Madam Rong used that chance to kill her master. The marriage was just a ruse, Madam Rong and the emperor would have never let them get married. Madam Rong also plotted and shifted the blame to WZ. The porridge throwing scene was after JC woke up and questioned WZ. JC found out eventually though who set this all up but yeah, the main trio will all go through it with the death of her master.

Episode 29 is SVIP/express episode aka released early for those who purchased that package (you can find it on free sites). On official sites, if you only have the VIP package, you would only be able to see up until episode 28 (with episode 29 being released soon).

Yeah, she really took after her own name. 慈 (Ci) means to be benevolent and kind.

It was stated Jiang Ci was bullied by the other children in the mountains (made fun of her for not having parents) so she really only had her master, her cat (who later died), and her plants/herbs. And because her master tended to hide things/keep things in her heart + went down the mountains, she didn't really have anyone else to talk to. She even treated the cat like her own family. Due to these reasons, she would tend to speak to herself out of loneliness, and you see this habit of hers even now as an adult.

Don't know if anyone noticed here why Jiang Ci sometimes speaks to herself aloud (this was discussed on C-platforms, so I thought I did share it here):

In the novel (from what I have read from other novel readers), Prince Qi's son is Cui Liang which changes a lot of things. The Yan sisters portion would really only be in the drama because Jiang Ci's shijie and shifu are not really mentioned that much and had nothing to do with any of this.

He still shot that last fire arrow despite Jiang Ci not being out because he knows he can't let Lu Yu cross over the gate. He is willing to lose her if it comes down to it and in a way, that does make him someone fit to be a court official because he is willing to sacrifice the one for the good of all. There have been many times when he is shown at the last minute to "give up" on Jiang Ci because he has other things he got to protect like his army (example such as during that disease spreading in Yue Luo and Jiang Ci getting sick). On the surface level, he seems like he did risk it all for Jiang Ci, but he actually won't. And Jiang Ci has clocked this a long time ago.

I know people say Pei Yan is obsessed with Jiang Ci and that is risking his own ambition, but I do think he is someone who is pretty decisive when it comes down to it re: episode 29 during that gate scene.

No problem!

Someone uploaded on Douyin too (but they added music to it): https://v.douyin.com/ikodb5cB/

And here is one that was uploaded on XHS: http://xhslink.com/a/Cu3RHOJRk3IW

Pleeease, he was so upset about it too and about to destroy that clay cat but held himself back... look at him falling for his pawn. 🤭

Jiang Ci attempted to drug Pei Yan back in Yue Luo, but Pei Yan was on high alert/didn't trust her and didn't fall for it (the porridge). While Wei Zhao fell for it and ate that fruit without question. Oh Wei Zhao... you are in DEEP.

Hah, another difference between Wei Zhao and Pei Yan when it came to Jiang Ci:

There is actually a picture of it too haha.

I think people are feeling bad for Wei Zhao so they are defensive for him but to take it out on Jiang Ci of all characters... Jiang Ci is her own person at the end of the day. It would have been weirder for her to choose a man who she knew for 6-7 months over her own relative who she knew for 20 years. People would have then called her love-brained and what not, she can't win.

Funny too because Prince Qi is really handsome so people are joking that Jiang Ci inherited her love for looks from her mom haha.