TaliaToo

The wuxia drama is basically about the suicide mission of elite spies. It was great. Except for the last four minutes LOL. Season 2 will not bring back any of the great sidekicks. I don't want it.

Don't go there. Everybody dies.

But where are his chicken wings? Ooops, wrong drama. HAHA

Adding to the factoid of Ah is the commoner (country) folk like to nickname their sons animal names--Ah Niu (cow), Ah Go (dog), Ah Choo (Piggy).

I think not yet. She died in novel being fed poison by husband or Grandma Jiang.

No, I agree with you. I was just stating it tongue in cheek. Sorry.

It’s an interesting video on X.

It is all in their words and double play. When a man gives a woman his handkerchief, it means he is showing interest for her. When Su tells meals must be eaten, he meant something else because it’s a Chinese expression. He asked her when he placed the flower in her hair, “Are we steady now, my young beauty?“ she replied „Steadied,“ meaning yes, she considered them as a couple. When she was almost raped and he gave her a whistle, he told her to call for help next time because he didn’t want “before the game is over, to lose his chess piece (qi rhymes with WIFE) and she smiled at the word play. Lots of such instances throughout their dialogues. So the romance is there. It’s just in their naughty wordplays.

You’re talking about a woman who can see the ghost of the real Jiang Li and who can make a whole CGI show while playing the Qin. 😆 of course getting out of being buried is a piece of cake! 😂

How old was the duke when he did that? 14? 16? Lol. 10 years ago was when he beat the drums and he looked about 11?

Eeeek. OK, that explains the little lecherous smiles he kept giving.

I'm rewatching episode 16. Did y'all cackle like I did when she (with her fan) impersonated Duke Su's mannerisms in the underground market? LOL

Yes, I know. He was really scary--like all the evil peeps in this drama. LOL

Right, I agree. But he "cared" enough to feel guilty LOL. So he's kind of sick in a way, no? I really believe there are layers of evil in him we haven't seen yet. And maybe not the mwahahaha kind. He's the kind that wants to sell his soul to the devil and will live to regret it because you know how that trope goes--the devil always have a surprise for the signee :).

Didn't he want to cut Jiang Li's tongue out so she couldn't speak?

I don't even think the word "care" comes into his thoughts. It's more about how he was going to survive this "challenge." I don't think he'd planned to have his wife killed, but I do think he'd planned to use the Princess as a step up the ladder. The Princess, however, was unhinged and then suddenly, he got caught up in the gold mine/King Cheng web. So to go up higher, his next challenge was--yes, how to get rid of the Xue family. Regret? Sure. Sadness? Sure. But that didn't stop him from being greedy enough to GO THROUGH WITH IT. I'll bet you in later episodes, we will see it be revealed that he'd been playing his cards close and that he was playing his own game of chess. I'd also add that the Princess' brand of sickness had also infected him.

Yesssss! LMAO

Lu Ji dies? The sidekick?

IKR? There are several other times they were wordplaying with each other before that. I tell you, these two are DE-Li-cious.

During the first episode, girl, she was still his wife. He was holding a shovel, so I meant THAT scene. The song is meant to be ironic. It's OK, my humor ain't for everyone. :) I'm just having fun while sitting here waiting for my next episode.