Realistically speaking, the Emperor only has power if people recognize him for having power and follow his orders…
(Playing devil's advocate here) He could have hit her hand and make her drop it instead of taking it in his own hand. Even that short instant of time he had it was enough, and he realised it immediately too. He knew he was done, that's why he was asking the both of them to spare LYR and the family.
Look if this show doesn’t turn a corner by the end of ep 33 I might drop it. I can’t stand this bullshit palace…
Realistically speaking, the Emperor only has power if people recognize him for having power and follow his orders (also true for every other kind of leader of people).
So if the Empress wants to make this a huge hullabaloo in Court, there WILL be people supporting her, as they have a lot to gain from that, and working against the Emperor for the same reason. In order NOT to have a huge commotion over something that IS legally clear - I mean, he DID have a sword drawn in his hand in the presence of the Empress, and that was a capital offence - the Emperor has to play by the book and appease those who otherwise might just cook up a revolt or something. It's not that big a thing worth sacrificing the Empire's peace over, from a pragmatic point of view.
Not sure about how switching the punishment from one to the other works, but being sent poisoned wine from the Emperor was one of the nicer types of execution, usually reserved for family or high nobles. And letting GJS actually alive and just demoted - not even exiled to the borders and all his family's wealth confiscated and all that is very merciful.
But yeah, I'd had rather he slapped that bi**h of an Empress and told her what's what. He just couldn't really afford it, politically.
I think FX would have lived longer if he had not become emperor 😅
They keep showing that incense burner, LOL, I don't know what incense they're using, but it's giving me a throat itch just by seeing that smoke :D
(I know it's supposed to be a soothing incense or something, but then we already watched LZS using incense to send FY mad. Who's to say someone else didn't already have the same idea and managed to use something slow-acting on FX?)
It doesn't sit right with me. Fake death after all the mourning? I think it's lame and stupid plotline.
This is a romance costume cdrama drama, people fake die and come back to life ALL THE TIME. You'd think it was a Messiah convention, each and every time. ATWIL, AoL, TBW, TTEOTM, TU... all had this thing. And those are just off the top of my head, LOL, I think I could remember a few more if I really tried.
First off: Shi'An, f**k the f**k off already. Nobody appointed you blame-setter and you have NO right. So shut…
... is it just me or did he straight up offer to kill off Fan Yu IF he proved to be a bad emperor?!
How else is that description of the ex-Crown Prince SO precisely fitting Fan Yu... and what Jiang He did to him, too? I think these two men are indirectly discussing the power disposition if the emperor dies and only FY is left. I loved that talk.
If LZS is JH's son, how did Gu dad come into the picture, and why did JH not marry LZS's mother after all if they really loved each other? Something's either fishy or definitely not how each other them perceived it. But if LZS is the son, he showed all his cards in that discussion. If there's any integrity to JH, he played LZS all these three years, and well done to the best weiqi player in the world :D
I didn't want to see JiuSi so broken. Even if she's not dead, even if it looked to be the only way out of the mess (I'd have gone with removing the Empress instead), they all did him bad - even YuRu. I know she had no choice initially, but she could've told him in these past three years instead of letting him spend his life energy building up a dam (that that commissioner seems inclined to un-build, LOL).
But MAAAAYBE... I mean, it's been three years. And they had consummated the marriage before the mess started. Maybe she was pregnant. And maybe there's a little GiuSi or YuRu in the world? (I don't have high hopes for that though, since she's "Miss" only). But one can still dream about it :D
First off: Shi'An, f**k the f**k off already. Nobody appointed you blame-setter and you have NO right. So shut up.
Second... Will nobody rid me of this meddlesome ex-empress and baggage?!
Fan Xuan isn't in the clear yet. I'm still not pleased to how he handled it. I'm demoting him from Theoden King to the Steward of Gondor, at the time he was still sane. Maybe.
Also... OMG I think I'm falling for the Jiang uncle. He's a nine-tailed old fox, that's what he is. I mean...
GJS's speech in prison: amazing. LYR should've been there to hear it.
LZS's face during the punishment:... Actually, I don't care he cares (a very little bit). Die already, b***h.
The ex-Imperial mom and daughter: plot armour is strong with GJS and LYR. Do anything at your own risk, I dare you.
Also, that cough means Emperor Fan is on his last legs, LOL, if I learned anything from dramas so far. I can't say he's still immaculate so I won't mind all that much. If he had CARED a tiny bit, there wouldn't have been a thing for the three or four musketeers to go around investigating, the Emperor could have told them to, or had his own people do it. So whatever.
So I'm guessing here - endgame, GJS starts a whole new dynasty? :D
PS LYR banging those drums... That's why she trained so hard in the war :D
So, my original hypothesis stands (timetraveler. Probably accidental - though there's that rock). The best things…
That woman is the student who wanted (or was) KS's friend in the past. And someone killed a woman - named Lee, maybe someone related to LMS? - and is now trembling in their boots.
KS and Kai both have the childhood scars... Who is the older (looked like Kai, but with the time jump one can't be certain) and why was he sorry for?
And in the preview... KS says he wanted to kill "her"? Nonono, he's cute, and has superpowers, I want him to not be the supervillain!! O.o
So, my original hypothesis stands (timetraveler. Probably accidental - though there's that rock).
The best things so far about this are the cutest frenemy bromance between DongJu and MyungSeok (and oh, LMS is related to one of the "interesting" club group of possible suspects, that's going to bring some problems in the future...) and KS's sudden smile when DongJu admitted he'll take him home and give him rice LOL. That was cute.
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Same song as all abusers from all periods of time.
So if the Empress wants to make this a huge hullabaloo in Court, there WILL be people supporting her, as they have a lot to gain from that, and working against the Emperor for the same reason. In order NOT to have a huge commotion over something that IS legally clear - I mean, he DID have a sword drawn in his hand in the presence of the Empress, and that was a capital offence - the Emperor has to play by the book and appease those who otherwise might just cook up a revolt or something. It's not that big a thing worth sacrificing the Empire's peace over, from a pragmatic point of view.
Not sure about how switching the punishment from one to the other works, but being sent poisoned wine from the Emperor was one of the nicer types of execution, usually reserved for family or high nobles. And letting GJS actually alive and just demoted - not even exiled to the borders and all his family's wealth confiscated and all that is very merciful.
But yeah, I'd had rather he slapped that bi**h of an Empress and told her what's what. He just couldn't really afford it, politically.
This is still a romantic story with the usual tropes, everything else are side dishes :)
(I know it's supposed to be a soothing incense or something, but then we already watched LZS using incense to send FY mad. Who's to say someone else didn't already have the same idea and managed to use something slow-acting on FX?)
How else is that description of the ex-Crown Prince SO precisely fitting Fan Yu... and what Jiang He did to him, too? I think these two men are indirectly discussing the power disposition if the emperor dies and only FY is left. I loved that talk.
If LZS is JH's son, how did Gu dad come into the picture, and why did JH not marry LZS's mother after all if they really loved each other? Something's either fishy or definitely not how each other them perceived it. But if LZS is the son, he showed all his cards in that discussion. If there's any integrity to JH, he played LZS all these three years, and well done to the best weiqi player in the world :D
I didn't want to see JiuSi so broken. Even if she's not dead, even if it looked to be the only way out of the mess (I'd have gone with removing the Empress instead), they all did him bad - even YuRu. I know she had no choice initially, but she could've told him in these past three years instead of letting him spend his life energy building up a dam (that that commissioner seems inclined to un-build, LOL).
But MAAAAYBE... I mean, it's been three years. And they had consummated the marriage before the mess started. Maybe she was pregnant. And maybe there's a little GiuSi or YuRu in the world? (I don't have high hopes for that though, since she's "Miss" only). But one can still dream about it :D
Second... Will nobody rid me of this meddlesome ex-empress and baggage?!
Fan Xuan isn't in the clear yet. I'm still not pleased to how he handled it. I'm demoting him from Theoden King to the Steward of Gondor, at the time he was still sane. Maybe.
Also... OMG I think I'm falling for the Jiang uncle. He's a nine-tailed old fox, that's what he is. I mean...
Nah, no compassion from me.
LZS's face during the punishment:... Actually, I don't care he cares (a very little bit). Die already, b***h.
The ex-Imperial mom and daughter: plot armour is strong with GJS and LYR. Do anything at your own risk, I dare you.
Also, that cough means Emperor Fan is on his last legs, LOL, if I learned anything from dramas so far. I can't say he's still immaculate so I won't mind all that much. If he had CARED a tiny bit, there wouldn't have been a thing for the three or four musketeers to go around investigating, the Emperor could have told them to, or had his own people do it. So whatever.
So I'm guessing here - endgame, GJS starts a whole new dynasty? :D
PS LYR banging those drums... That's why she trained so hard in the war :D
We're from way back :D
KS and Kai both have the childhood scars... Who is the older (looked like Kai, but with the time jump one can't be certain) and why was he sorry for?
And in the preview... KS says he wanted to kill "her"? Nonono, he's cute, and has superpowers, I want him to not be the supervillain!! O.o
The best things so far about this are the cutest frenemy bromance between DongJu and MyungSeok (and oh, LMS is related to one of the "interesting" club group of possible suspects, that's going to bring some problems in the future...) and KS's sudden smile when DongJu admitted he'll take him home and give him rice LOL. That was cute.
But then again, that preview...