Groovykid

I was so mad when she drunk the pear blossom honey soup he gave! She now knows that was how she was poisoned before. And her father sent it. What more does she bloody need to start suspecting them?
The sad thing is that the scriptwriter keeps repeating the plot when there surely is enough material she could use to prolong the story.

Honestly. For such a good plot line, the delivery and meet of the story is just underwhelming.
They just made the FL 'dumb'. Her first sentence to her adopted brother when he re-presented as the Ghost King is "I am happy you are safe!". What a horrible script! So they are allowed to continue to harm him (and use her repeatedly) but he cannot do anything. She will forgive everything they do without thinking anything of their evil deeds. But the emperor must not be forgiven!!
I really cannot foresee a well delivered ending - good or bad it no longer matters.

As much as you are right, there is a lack of character development. From her perspective, what you explained from the start was reasonable. But she is now appearing not just like a spoiled princess but like a non-thinking one.
I can understand that she loved and adored the Emperor before he lied to & deceived her. But it is also fact that there is no evidence of him being a tyrant or a wicked person to everyone. He only treats your father, adopted brother and master poorly. Not even her younger brother is included. Doesn't that call for a deep reflection? Even the younger brother, the prince and princess of Xijiang quickly saw how good of a person/Emperor he is. Yet she is refusing to dig deeper into the issues. What exactly has she uncovered since the series began? The emperor literally allowed her access to her master's dead body for her to confirm he is indeed the Ghost Lord. She is not even questioning the identity of Zhong Lin whom her master introduced to her.
I think the writer missed the boat in letting her think for herself. My guess is there is going to be a rush at the end of her realising all the knotted parts of their story, and that just makes the character appear even more stupid because the clues are all there.

Can the book readers please spoil me? Is Prince Yuzhang bad or good? I can’t figure him out. What reason does he have to hate his brother? He keeps saying his brother is power hungry, despite no signs of such.
He knew his mom set the fire that was meant to kill his brother and nearly killed their sister. He also knew his brother had that cold poison from when they were young.
Can someone make it make sense? He’s portrayed as being intelligent so I don’t really get it.

I totally understand you. I really want to watch it but the annoying misunderstandings are obviously just to prolong the plot. I watch and read comments here at the same time. The actors are delivering imo. Otherwise I really would drop it.

@SalwaNice Thanks. Sometimes I feel bad for loosing some meanings to translations.

Thanks @ShinTang. Sometimes I feel bad for loosing some meanings to translations.

When I read the subtitles, I had to replay the scene because I doubted what I read!!

The excuse is actually annoying. The black fox only thrives on deep-seated hatred. What was there for him to hate ML for? His sister didn't keep him in the dark at all. She told him "this is the person who saved my life & indirectly saved your life", "he is a good person", "I will come back for you".

Thought there had to be a better translation. Hoping for a response from a mandarin speaker.

I love the analysis of Chu Jin's behaviour by the Chu older brother. Her behaviour towards her sister, FL was all levels of wrong. I was receptive of the 'jealousy & malice' she displayed at home when they argued, but allowing that Sun guy to humiliate her sister left me flabbergasted. Her mother said she isn't evil, but she can use her tongue to (or not use it) to destroy her sister. At some point, I even thought FL may be concubine-born, which will explain the mother's and sister's behaviour towards her when they seemed to adore the older brother.

Guys, Am I missing something? Why can't the FL and her brother just inform ML about what they are investigating? I cannot understand the maintained secrecy, now that FL knows that he is also inclined to investigate his father and brothers' deaths?
P.S: I am on episode 10 and I hope they don't bring in the arch of them 'separating first' or 'working against each other' when he finds out she kept deceiving him despite him seeking her reassurance that they are now family.

Feng Battalion and Emperor Chengyang are the MVPs. I can’t believe I felt most emotional at their reconciliation scenes.

Am I just out for blood? Or does it ring hypocrisy when Uncle Murong asks FSG to help save A'Yao. The guy has not even verbalised that he will stop trying to kill FSG. Asking the hunted to forgive the hunter seems pretty innocent to me.
Also love the revenge troupe. If you torture my loved one, I will torture you. If you kill my mother, I will kill you. Go FSG!
(I also like that this character does not go on a rampage and kill more people. Just an eye for an eye kind of guy).

That'll be a nice ending for them. I think their pride will suffer more if it was the princess who killed either of those weird brothers.

Can others see a similar behavioural pattern between ML's sister & Empress Zhang?

1. Love a man that loves someone else already, and insists you can change them to loving you.
2. Cry innocence when things are not looking good or others want payback.
(Why was the Empress surprised that the FSG or even the emperor would want revenge for their loved one's death?)
3. Go crazy and hurt everyone, including themselves, when things do not go their own way.
(The Empress telling her son that FSG wants to kill him so he can become Emperor! I am really not looking forward to the Susha princess' behaviour in the coming episodes!)

Maybe psychologists have a name for this behavioural pattern.

I really hope not. He has been such a cute brother.

It’s a dog eat dog world, I guess. As much as the emperor seems really power hungry because of his upbringing. The Zhang family members are equally as bad.
How can you kill his Empress and expect him to just forgive and forget? I actually praise him for being patient enough for the retaliation. Although he almost ran his son mad, wanting to ‘toughen’ him and use him for the revenge.
I mean, Father Zhang literally stabbed his wife to death in his presence and daughter Zhang immediately gave her condolences with no emotions whatsoever. And this was a woman he loved and married before they both conquered the world and the power games began.

I can see first Prince coming back to prove his innocence but i can’t see him eager to take the throne.
I think once his brother doesn’t go berserk on innocent people, he’ll happily allow his brother to be emperor.

Why do I feel like ML, although has good making for a wise emperor will still not take the throne? I just hope his brother doesn’t become ‘corrupted’ with all the deaths that are happening now and then go berserk. I still dislike the common plot of innocent ‘children’ going crazy by influence/events, as if they don’t have a mind of themselves. Case in point - Empress Zhang plotted to become the empress and got ML’s mum killed but suddenly feels horrible that the exact same retaliation can happen to her. If you can kill others, you should be ready to be killed too.