PeachBlossomGoddess

I suspect so. Its just a bit too contrived.

I think she is going to be the future Empress Wang, Huizong Emperor's wife. Her father was the Kaifeng prefect. So she won't be a corpse or Gu Zhen's love interest.

Li Yunrui was dubbed by Gu Jiangshan in LLTG. Practically everyone else used original voices. I also find the whispering annoying and unnecessary but that is on the VA.

The Zou family's crimes keep piling up - every case has to do with them. So far other than sending reward money and threats, the orderer has done nothing wrong.

I don't think the Orderer is a bad guy nor do I think he is after her or the Zhao family. Despite his threats, he has not harmed any of them. I am quite sure he is either Zhao Li and/or Gu Zhen.

Hope so. I don't think what she is doing is smart. The Orderer seems to have eyes everywhere. If he/she is coming for Wen Yue, the first most obvious thing to do is to take her family and force her to come to them on their terms.

I don't sense romance is a huge focus in this drama. Most new characters tend to die. Maybe she is just the next corpse.

I am quite surprised to see this kind of "vigilante justice" getting pass censorship. I am afraid they will have to square it by either killing off GZ or him having a secret edict from the emperor or something that allows him to do this. But this is set during the last legs of this dynasty where corruption and injustice was rife. I guess it is a realistic portrayal of the time.

I am up to ep 34. I do think the storyline sagged a bit at around ep 30 but I don't think its terrible. I will probably finish it bc I have some down time during the holidays but I am not in a hurry to complete. Let's put it this way, I'd still rather watch this than WTH happened to UTS2.

It never made sense to begin with as she is the only one that can fight. And if there are genuine concerns for their safety, Inspector Gu can keep some men around. It feels like its just a convenient set up for some dramatic kidnapping of one or more family members by whoever the other hidden kingpin.

I am getting quite irritated at this point at Wen Yue continuing to live at the umbrella shop

Michelle Yeoh started as a ballerina but she underwent proper martial arts training as well. She is very petite and still incredibly fit and flexible. Despite her size, I have no trouble believing she can throw someone across a room.

Sama sama ya!!!

Yeah the last few days have involved quite a bit of alcohol…

I finally have time to pick this up again and what the hell did they do to JYY’s hairstyle? This has to be the worst styling I have ever seen on her! Omg!

Well they definitely introduced her for a reason.

Yes edited thx.

Yes someone helpfully summarized it in the discussion but I didn’t read the whole thing bc of the spoiler warning.

This courtesan Chi Liaoliao is not just a simple courtesan. I wonder if she is part of Wen Yue's ex-assassin gang? I think Ban’er revealing her sister-in-law ties beads to the lace in the same way may have given Wen Yue away.

Ep 17: I think Ban'er just made a big boo boo