PeachBlossomGoddess

Its not shabby. I expected it to be below Immortal Ascension's 7.5 but I thought it would be at least 7.0. That said, a good ending could move it past the 7.0 mark.

Yes my biggest disappointment of Sword into Plowshares was how they covered up the fratricide story.

And you probably also picked up from Sword and Plowshares that Xiangyang wang is a remnant of Taizu's (the first Song emperor/Zhao Kuangyin) line of succession. I am currently guessing that so is Ming Zuér - hence his family's massacre, though unlikely to be by Zhan Zhao. If Zhan Zhao did it, it can only be because he was carrying out an imperial order.

Yes Song dynasty had a highly advanced, centralized judicial system that evolved around codified written law (the Song Code) that strictly regulated the expanding commercial society. Song courts (the legendary Justice Bao) placed a strong emphasis on preventing miscarriages of justice.

Its entirely possible that the Linglong Eye is some kind of superpower linked to Linglong's bloodline. I kind of hope they don't go there though. That strays into fantasy/xianxia territory and I kind of hope this stays firmly in wuxia-land.

Well sometimes dramas that don't hook you at first work out at second attempt. I didn't get JOL at all when I tried it while airing. I picked it up more than a year later and I loved it!

It may be some time before I get to it. I don’t like the cat fighting genre - commoner’s palace harem with a business twist. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Seems to be an MDL issue then. 😅 To be fair, wuxias are not common these days.

Enjoy!👍👍👍

And I can't wait to find out the secret behind Ming Zhu'er's identity and why he has to be protected or so carefully hidden. But Xiangyang wang mentioned in passing he is from Taizu emperor's line, thus it is smart to hide his heirs. Taizu was the founding Song emperor, most likely murdered by his brother Taizong, who also went out of his way to kill Taizu's adult sons. The current emperor is from Taizong's line of succession.

Wow! Tonight's episodes were really good on all fronts. The action, the plot twists, the betrayals, the friendships, the villains... top notch!!!

Zhou Yiran is an excellent young actor.

You are definitely not alone. That said, it does look like an expensive production. Not a bad one to revisit down the road in a drama drought.

It’s a plot driven story there isn’t much character development bc Zhan Zhao is a fully realized character already and a popular superhero like figure like a Batman or Superman, a lonely gladiator guided by his core principles.. From the sheer ignorance of some of the comments, I can’t help but wonder if it’s bc of bad subtitles. I am sure Viki has good subs but lots of people could be on unofficial sites. I am on Disney+ which only has Chinese subs. Some of the dialogue is fairly deep and quite well conveyed by Yang Yang that is resonating with native speakers but may miss the mark for people making do with bad subtitles. In any case, it’s not worth engaging with determined hate watchers.

Yes I watched the first episode. Seemed like another one where there are family politics among too many catty women for me. I have to be in the right mood for that kind of petty squabbles and right now it’s not hitting..

Yes Elder Zhu is just as suspicious I just haven’t figured out if he is doing it on Hu’s orders.

I think one of them has to be Linglong's dad. And maybe the other is Magistrate Hu.

I am quite sure they have both shown up already. We just don't know them by their real identities and not by those code names.

Can't decide between him and Elder Zhu.

Double happiness 囍 = marriage. Quite sure its not gonna be Zhan Zhao so don't get excited.