QAS

The old ministers might be her brothers, uncles, cousins, or husbands of sisters, etc.. Also the 30 million taels that disappeared...some of it might be in her vaults.

The drama picks up, but it's hard to tell you when the quality plot starts. I wanted to drop it in the first ten episodes. I didn't like the sillyness either.

His reign is going to be very short. His health is declining. He even told Zhou that Yu'er will be the next emperor. It was a losing battle, going into the palace. Crown Prince is so weak, his reign as Emperor might last a few hours. Dowager Empress would stage a coup immediately. Was she plotting long-term, to instill Jiusi and Princess as Emperor and Empress?

I can't see how this fool was the leading general of his army for decades, and defeated the usurper. General Zhou (...Zhou Ye's biological father) was probably stronger of the two, and did all the work. Emperor looks like he is afraid of his own shadow, Dowager Empress and Princess.

Episode 33 comment: Now begins the stupid part. Self-sacrifice is annoying. Emperor is a weakling; pathetic and pitiful. He can't stand up to Dowager Empress. She is walking all over him. "Send her to the northern border, and send the princess to the southern border, NOW!"

That was an awesome "exit" scene. I did not expect the character to die. I thought he was one of the guardians (... that might be what they were called). He didn't show up again until the final scene, and there was no conversation, just a walk on set. I liked Liu Xue Yi and Li Xin Ze's characters the best. Their characters were more incidental.

Thanks! I always wondered why most of the costume dramas have the same color codes.

In many dramas, there is always a full moon every few scenes, and th etime stamp is not even the next day.

That would be the only way, someone else can step in, and be Emperor. If he lives, he will inherit the throne. Old Emperor is on the way out.

It makes you wonder why the dynasties fell, especially the last one (in the 20th century).

While not working together, Princess and Luo have vendettas against GJS and LYR.

ROFL He is cute, btw.

I forgot how much I liked Liu Xue Yi in the three dramas that I watched last month. His Luo role is not grabbing my focus. I am focusing on Zhou Ye more.

Typical palace antics!

Your assessment of Luo is very eloquent and lucid.

He could have said, "Can I also make a suggestion, Your Majesty? Zhou Ye and xxx make a very nice couple, by the way."

Laughing out loud. I could not come up with the right description.

If the book character was vile and despicable, the drama actor could not pull it off with his baby face. When he exudes evil, you just want to slap him. The slapfest now includes Luo, Princess and Fan Yu, btw.

He's having hot flashes, o it is hot while they are filming. LOL

Is he a bastard son of an aristocrat?