PeachBlossomGoddess

I agree, she isn't well written enough to make a good villain. She is two dimensional and her motive just to be empress is like a big yawn. I just can't take her seriously. Acting wise she is also no Liu Duanduan is way better at playing the kind of villain you love to hate.

I think that is bc the express episodes will be out.

I think they are definitely on to her but sometimes you need to keep your enemies closer..

Yes and time and distance will help him get over Manman. Its too bad she doesn't have a younger sister.

Yes clearly that is how it has to play out bc they now need Bianzhou to complete the canal. And I think Wei Yan will be finally happy to be the master of his own destiny.

Yeah she has a the Magic Villain Pass of this drama. There's always one in every story that can pop up anywhere and everywhere including the emperor's bedchamber.

Ty for reading and your kind words.

Tbh I have lost patience with the romance. Its not about consummation it is about forgiveness. They will never be happy together unless he lets go of the past. He is delusional if he thinks that she will love him after he goes off and massacres her family. This is just simple logic its not complex and that is their true obstacle as a couple. I lost interest in WS as a character long ago, he is just love brained and not that much better written than the flower lady.

Not sure which is worse tbh - sinking at the end as opposed to the current situation of being lost at sea...

Yups the narrative lost the plot for sure.

You can have comedy and plot movement at the same time and 12 episodes is a long way to go IMHO.

Well it’s been sweet but also boring for quite a few episodes now so it’s high time for the plot to get a kick in the butt.

You never know. They clearly don’t have budget to shoot war scenes…

They end up killing each other off. Peace returns to the lands. The end.

Well she may be WS's wife but I think ancient times or not, love and loyalty can't really be dictated it has to be won. I empathise with WS's trauma but he needs to get over it. All is fair in love and war. Security alliances don't work if honouring it poses existential risk on a country. Qiao/Yanzhou made a choice to put their own citizen's security first, as was correctly calculated by Bianzhou. The Wei family are seasoned generals, they should understand this better than anyone else. So their hate for the Qiao's seems misdirected and wanting to draw and quarter them seems vastly out of proportion to their "betrayal". As the main source of conflict between the CP, it always felt a bit exaggerated and contrived to me.

The four generals have terrific survival instincts - they know when to shut up. This is a crucial off the battlefield skill. 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah it’s definitely less plot driven than I had hoped but that could change soon. It’s kind of over ambitious to try to set something in 3 Kingdoms period without making it too heavy political.

Idk about empress but she is a black widow for sure!😅🤣

I hear you - its too bad older bro definitely could see better than he could think. Maybe WS needs this to realise that life is for the living and dead people need to be left to RIP.

Hihi - I usually watch ongoing dramas. Welcome to the watch party!😘