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Exactly. These are not filler scenes. These make so much SENSE. Everything is important for the plot. Everything adds up later.
Like a drama like this one is not just romance between a couple, and happily ever after. Palace politics and War play such an important role. Changyu's growth is so imp.
Qi Min, Qian Qian, Grand Tutor Tao, Li Wenkan, Sui Yuanqing are important parts of the PLOT. All these things make the drama/novel interesting.

I repeatedly told people to enjoy the romcom era in the village, but then people wanted them to leave the village, said it was draggy, they did not value the screentime FL and ML got then. Now just rewatch those scenes and wait for tomorrow. Lol.

I am pretty sure about this. Huhh.

She is the daughter of Wei Qilin. He was a servant purchased into the Wei Family, after training as an assassin he was sent to army where he served under ML's dad. ML's dad had another very trusted aid Old General Meng Shuyuan. His daughter Meng Lihua was FL's mother.

In the 17 years back incident, Crown Prince and ML's father needed additional troops, hence the latter wrote a letter to Wei Qilin to bring some. He and Meng Shuyuan were responsible to bring the troops. But were unable to due to a conspiracy. After the death of ML's father and crown prince, everyone held Wei Qilin and Meng Shuyuan responsible. Meng Shuyuan died by suicide. FL's parents ran away and changed their identities.

So Thursday it is!
Also WE all saw the SMACK from thousands of miles ago.

same

right. lets see.

They are sticking to this. Check out ep 26's preview. I am glad they kept it same.

They did I just saw the preview of ep 26. Can't wait.

But it would be too late. I want them to have a relationship after being aware of his identity. We also have the 17 years old secret identity of FL coming up, so there's angst again.

Qi Min and Qian Qian. Qi Min after being defeated dies at the hands of Qian Qian in the novel. She fed him poisonous soup, he drank it knowing it had poison.
The drama, I heard changed the death sequence, but still he seems to die, but maybe not through poison. There is a reuters video of them jumping from the palace wall, while Qian Qian gets saved by Changyu, he doesn't. Maybe that's the end, because there was nothing of that sort in the novel.

If I remember correctly, she became a general after the identity reveal. She decided to be something huge, someone equal to him to be able to stand with him together or marry him. Right?

He has been weak since childhood.

As he was injured after saving her sister, she took care of him. There was some war like situation, requirement for additional troops. So Marquis ordered all soldiers to join. So Yan Zheng had to join, but he was injured (which he was faking by the way just to get love and care by FL, he had almost recovered). FL thought Yan Zheng going to war is sending him to die, because he is already very "injured". So she drugged him, took a disguise and went in his place. All his squad, his subordinates understood the mix up but they were too scared to tell her the truth, so they let her fight with them. When ML became conscious he came dressed as the Marquis, helped them defeat the enemies. His dress up, the way everyone called him Marquis in the battlefield made FL understand the truth.

Yes right, her gang is added, I like them with her. But this added punishment, I don't know what to feel about it.
SYQ being exchanged for some food/grain, whose shortage seems to be a decoy planned by ML, is so bad I mean, if its true.
I remember in the novel, FL did not exchange him, she went deep into forest, hunted a bear, and attacked enemy camps for food grain, hence got berated by ML.

Exactly.

ML and FL fought the last time they met, when FL was conscious. ML missed her love and care. He didn't want FL to know the truth as soon as they meet again, because he was scared she would be upset. He might have believed the love that FL had for him, was for Yan Zheng, the poor guy who she saved in the snow, the guy who was her matrilocal husband, the guy who helped her in her business. He felt she could never love the cold shrewd killer, Xie Zheng. While she admired the spirit and courage of the Marquis and respected him, she might not love him after hearing the truth. After so long, when he finally was with her, he didn't want to let go of her this soon. Hence he wanted to delay it as much as he could.

While I don't remember him taking punishment for her due to rule break in the novel, I think they changed this in the drama. Though I am not in support of the teledrama, ML is directing and playing with his subordinates, except for the fact that it is a little funny, they might want to show, that FL is just not a Marquis wife, she is a soldier, she has her own squad, she doesn't as such need Marquis for her success. Hence she should be liable for all the merits and demerits. A rule break in the Military is a huge deal. They have strict discipline, hierarchy, punishments. If ML allowed her to go away without punishment, though his squad wouldn't have minded, but there are other people in the Xie Army who could have spoken behind the back. Punishment should be equal for everyone. ML couldn't give her punishment himself and then take the lashes for her, she would burst out, might have not allowed him to do that just after knowing the truth about his identity. Hence he did it as Yan Zheng.
Just a guess, it might not be like this, he might have other excuse, we also don't know if ML would go through the punishment, or they will stop it mid way. Let's see to that.

But as I said before, Xie Zheng or Yan Zheng, you deserve the smacks by your wife later.

Just my perception on the hiding of his identity reveal by ML, even in ep 25.

Nope that's a ruse. Like I could tell you but I don't want to spoil that for you but there is a reason why she wears those clothing. She is not a general by then, she is just pretending.

Thanks.
If we go by the trend that usually Xpress happens with last 4-5 episodes Then it should be on 26th or 27th March.

Ninger and her Jeifu, one of the best bonds in the drama.