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Never ever have I been more angry at a director for blurring out the wrong part of a scene (you know which scene, yes you do).

I think it is quite likely they know and they also know that Ashile Sun is "dead" so they deem him no threat. They didn't show up at her mother's memorial by accident, Wei Zheng brought new identity documents for Changge with him. Wow her mother's story is so sad.

Oh its episode 40 I am watching it now - there is a lot of skipped parts in that trailer. I think that he may know who Sun is - Wei Shuyu already made his report to someone - it was the first thing he did when he got back to the capital? Wei Zheng is there too and I assume his son either reported to him or to the emperor or both and they are talking about her Mobei mission so I think they must know. Unless Wei Shuyu kept the part about Sun being Ashile Sun secret.

Not at all, if I saw the link I would have played it. I still haven’t watched all the latest so I am not actively looking for trailers yet.

Yes but Leyan and Wei Shuyu have met Changge with Sun and they have returned to the capital and reported to him no?

Ah, the above isn't the full clip only parts of it but its ok, I can watch it later.

begging A'Sun to wake up she says among other things, there are so many place we haven't been and so many things we haven't done. And I was nodding vigorously and thinking - yups, like KISS.

Ep 39 when Changge is

Yeah and I don't think Li Shimin could have killed Changge's mom. He loved Changge like she was his own anyway.

Doesn't he already know Changge was in the grasslands with Sun?

Li Shimin is relieved to see Changge safe and sound. She says as long as she has not caught her mother's killer she will stay alive. She tells him to keep a distance from her mother's memorial altar; is he not afraid of karma? A hypocrite like him is not worthy to be there. And that one day she will kill him. Li Shimin tells her that she is a child he raised himself, he knows what kind of person this child of his is. He looks approvingly at A'Sun and says they are a good match. Now that there is someone to protect her, her mother will also be relieved.
Wei Zheng tells the story of how a very capable young general (must be Li Shimin before his father seized the throne) rescued a beautiful young girl. The general had many military successes. Unfortunately while he was away at another campaign, his older brother got drunk and mistook that girl (must be Changge's mom) for his concubine.
It was playing very fast but that is the gist of it.

I agree it is a really tired trope but both roles are so well acted I can go with it. I actually find Mimi and Muji more annoying bc I feel that the Mimi role in general is not well acted so I can't empathise with her. Similarly think Khatun role is also badly acted, probably the weakest performance in the whole cast so I am really struggling with her parts I just want to FF.

You mean that magnificent mustache doesn't rock your world???

Unfortunately I think if they wanted to give us satisfying character development they could have wrote about one of his brothers, who were much more outstanding than Wei Shuyu or used a fictional character. So I am not hopeful this character goes anywhere but he did improve a little bit IMHO.

Yes of course, and I think it is important they didn't name Hao Du or Leyan on an actual historical figure.

Wei Shuyu was a true historical figure known to be a disappointment as he lacked his famous father's talent and ended up with a mediocre career. He was once engaged to one of Li Shimin's daughters but he fell out of favor so the marriage was cancelled.
Li Shimin married a different daughter to Du Ruhui's son but that son helped Li Chengqian try to overthrow Li Shimin and was executed. That is hopefully NOT the son Hao Du is modeled on but at this point I am a bit more worried about Hao Du and Leyan's long term future than Wei Shuyu who is not being dealt a raw deal by the scriptwriter, he is a sheep in sheep's clothing.

oh wow, it looks like this was really shot at Wudang, a UNESCO heritage site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbxIduacogo&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW66nTkM44U

NIF is a masterpiece but I would not consider it fast paced. That said, kiddie Wu Lei stole the heart of an entire nation in that drama. The other one you can consider is Joy of Life, which is fast paced and hilarious.

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You could check out Secrets of the Three Kingdoms. Its the same scriptwriter who likes to weave dramas into histories with a twist.