Thuc Duyen

In the novel, the emperor issued 2 marriage decrees for CZ with Xu’s daughter & XY and HeYan. When the truth about He Rufei’s and PM Xu’s collusion with the Wutuo army, HRF was executed on the emperor’s orders. PM Xu was sent to prison & CZ faked his escapee & killed PM Xu. XY & HY’s marriage went ahead according to plan so perhaps they may have changed the plot in this adaptation.

In the novel he is He Yan’s cousin but here I’m not quite sure if he is her brother or cousin.

In the novel, XY has always been jealous of Chu Zhao whenever he shows up t discuss with He Yan. CZ has also had the nerves to use her sister hairpin to draw He Yan in a teahouse so he could declare his love to He Yan & tried to persuade He Yan to marry him instead LOL. He Yan luckily rejected him but XY has witnessed the conversation & stormed in & kicked him. He Yan had to beg him to stop & explained things to Xiao Yu. He remains very jealous of her relationship with CZ years after the war & they already had a daughter together. Years after the war, He Yan & Xiao Yu together with their daughter visited the city Jilin where they saved the little princess Mu Xiaolou who is now a young lady & is getting married. One night after the war, Han Ye went out to the night market for a stroll & bumped to CZ & they had a quick chat before Xiao Yu arrived & asked He Yan to leave. He has never liked CZ which is understandable for me as the guy is not a reliable partner for a woman in my book. He even let his beautiful maid go to the crown prince who later disfigured her. CZ only thinks for himself.

In the novel, XJ has been secretly helping HRF in improving his swordsmanship. XJ’s nephew was not at the academy with them but XJ’s good friend Mr Lin Shuanghe ( a Doctor) & another of classmate Yan He who became General & used to bully HRF as He Yan had always been the last in class. He Yan ( HRF) has been shy & kept to herself but was quite willing to study & used XY’s explanation of how to use her sword.

If we keep getting 2 episodes per day then the express package may come next Wednesday.

Xiaoyu did claim that He Yan was his fiancé & he was hiding her identity so that she could follow him in a court celebration when the emperor issued a marriage decree between CZ & Xu’s daughter as well his to He Yan . He had discussed about her identity to the emperor beforehand so that she did not have any surprises. A nurse at his military camp who has been in love with Xiaoyu for a long time tried to encourage her own admirer to reveal He Yan’s identity to the court & then He Yan did tell the truth to the court & Xiao Yu stepped in to tell everyone that she was his fiancée.

I think he was trying to mainly trap Xiaoyu & it would be a severe punishment for He Yan. In accordance with the law for deceiving the emperor through lies, He Yan’s family may face extermination by9 generations. I think he was using He Yan as a weakness to XiaoYu.

I don’t recall the exact number of her closed subordinates but there were quite a few that died because of He Rufei who colluded with the Wutuo army & he also delayed coming in to help.

Keep watching, it’s quite entertaining.

I feel the same but let’s see how it will turn out.

Till ep 15 if I am not mistaken.

I just watched a video on this topic & it mentioned that FL lost her memory after the fall from the cliff. She must have thought that she was married to him so I think this scenario may be plausible.

I hope they will make it out alive at the end.

From the novel readers, I understand that the 4th will ascend the throne to become emperor.

No from the recent episodes. The 3rd is plotting to kill him.

I think the previews may be misleading. FL said the she was married into this household (I.e she now lives under his roof/under his rules but does not mean that she is married to him). If she is married to him, ML may not go around & harass her afterwards.

Who died from the good side please?

My recollection was when his father killed himself, they search his body & found a kind of bracelet with the 3 fishes so I assume they split between themselves.

My thoughts exactly.

The guy who works for ZH at the astronomical department who pretended to be the kind & righteous guy ( the guy who took the GUI Seal from ZH’s hands.