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I'm glad the children shamed her though. If the older generation can't protect one of them, then none of them are protected.

Aunt Lingxiao is a spectacularly cowardly & silly woman. No wonder her daughter turned out so spoiled. Thankfully Xiuwan shows growth to match her fearlessness & loyalty. She's still a child and already surpasses her mother in maturity.

"...we are yet to see why he chose to buy this house."

Jinqi said the new emperor gave the house to his grandfather.

What a dumbass! I lowkey want to toss him to the sharks for what he did. Then he has the nerve to boast about it! No sir. That is not OK.

Don't forget the beat down with a stick too. That's the only reason why I'm not (too) mad at Jinqi although what he did was reprehensible.

Episodes 27 & 28 have the funniest moments.

Jiugao discussing with Nanke the possibility of forcing marriage with Yuchan: You didn't see Young Madam hit Young Master. I don't know if it knocked any sense into him, but it certainly knocked some sense into me.

That's what I'm saying. Lanxiang would be well within her rights to slap both men for their presumptuousness. Let Scholar Han & Jinqui marry each other!

Did you mean "auspicious" dates & time?

No, you're right. I just watched with subtitles and Mr. Xu hadn't come back yet. I was like no way he'd forget when Jinqui banged down the door after curfew and knelt with him in shared anguish!

Wait? So the parents didn't let Jinqui know that Lanxiang had returned home? That's really shabby of them.

Both of her parents are quite silly so it's not surprising she was willful & immature. However, she was also brave & fiercely loyal. She probably would have made for a great soldier in another life.

Lady Du actress is fine - not everyone can be Li Meng - but it was too long of a monologue and not enough for her to carry a whole 15 minutes of the episode. It wasn't terrible, just not great and way too much exposition that didn't clarify all that well either. Again, no shade on the actress. She did a very good job in the quieter moments being two-faced & manipulative.

The battle scene wasn't clearly set up. I kept going back to see what I missed but couldn't find it.

Episode 18 was the first one in the series I really didn't enjoy at all. The denouement of the poisoning felt poorly written & contrived. I'm glad it's over and still looking forward to the rest of the series though.

This is the right answer.

IKR. That was absolutely unforgivable!

It brought a tear to my eyes too.

Fair point but GirlRoommate 1 - sorry, don't remember her name - overheard his phone conversation when he was hospitalized near starvation. Before he left the flat, they also commented on his continued weight loss. Now, months later, he's still losing weight!

They could have sent him care packages "for fun" with high-calorie Beijing specialties, have Zoom dinner parties, etc.

Maybe time zone difference nixes the dinner party idea, but more checking in on a sick friend with an abusive family is warranted.

So the roommate knows the other roommate is bascially starving to death, she didn't tell anyone, and no one is looking out for him?

They look like they're about 10-12 years apart, but He Ran behaves much younger. I'm only on episode three & so far I find her mannerisms too childish to be attractive. Let's hope it gets better or I'll have to drop this one.

Lu Chuichui est particulièrement agaçante. Elle n'arrête pas de pleurnicher comme un bébé.