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The one who will put her above himself.

Haven't paid attention to that. Whose grains. Must be the military grain. Will check now.

Thanks.

Luo Shu has stated that she cannot trust nor depend on anyone else. Too many have betrayed or let her down. Qi Menglin puts her above his wishes. The two horse race, one for her heart, the other for her affection keeps the viewers watching.

She didn't shed tears for Magistrate Han when he was drunk. But she did after scolding Qi Menglin and after leaving the Qi Mansion. Who has her heart is clear. She intends to sacrifice herself to get Qin Yi to release grain to Linfen. But release of the military grain will ruin hoarder Qin and his agreement with Mr. Liu to bring the Qi Family down. I think that will be how it will play out.

Money or love. QY. Future or love. HMZ Family or love. QM Loveless marriage or love. LS. Am on tether hooks. Qin Yi thinks that he has Luo Shu and the downfall of the Qi Family and the support of the Liu Family. Sending the grain early to Linfen will lose him profits and break part of his promise to Mr. Liu. But if Luo Shu marries him. it would be worth it. He believes that he will have future opportunities to make more profit. Magistrate Han Muzhi hoped to secure grain for Linfen by appealing to his future father-in-law. That Mr. Liu hopes to take the Qi family governorship by delaying sale of the grain. Allowing Qin Yi to secure his profits and also use his dealings with the Qi family to bring them down. Qi Menglin promised to stay in the Family as a dutiful son to get his Father to grant him limited freedom to leave his mansion. He also asked his Father to release military grain. And rather than trying to stop Luo Shu's marriage to Qin Yi, he will find out who caused the fire that killed her parents. Luo Shu gambles that her marriage to Qin Yi will speed up the grain to Linfen. It seems that the key might be the timely release of the military grain to Linfen. That would depress the value of the grain that Qin Yi hoarded, providing an economic loss to Qin and also embarrass Mr. Liu for delaying release of the grain. If Qi does find out who caused the fire, it could be used blackmail his Father to allow the use of military grain or have the Father do it it thwart the person or persons behind the real cause of the fire. Who benefited and what benefit came from allowing a minor official of the granery/grain storehouse in Taiyouawei to win at the casino. Who would benefit from his and his wife''s death.

Wuniang was poisoned so that Madam Yu became the madam of Mengke House. Jin Miaocui was killed to silence her as she found out who was behind Mr. Li and Madam Yu. Xu Biao killed himself because Qin Yi and Qi Yanjin were watching and both made a deal with him to pass on false info. Hence the change in his story. The couple that died of carbon monoxide poisoning could provide further information on what happened to Luo Shu after she became an orphan. About the relative that took her in and also about the two men who came asking if everyone had died.

Wuniang adopted Luo Shu. Qin Yi had her kicked out of the Qin Family so that Wuniang would take Luo Shu to Mengke House. To place Luo Shu in Mengke House to educate her and to break her spirit. I suspect that teen Qin Yi had more power than we suspect. He got Xu Biao to get the regular customer at the gambling house that later disappeared, to introduce Mr Shu to the gambling house. Mr. Shu was a minor official of the Granery/Grain store house in Taiyuanwei. That winning was probably a bribe to do something for the Qin Grain Store. So even back then, he was able to have the gambling house provide winnings for Mr Shu. Who set the fire appears to be Qi Fengzhiou.

He was the old man in ep. 2 bidding for Jin Nang's virginity. He had the conversation with Madam Yu telling her that Jin Niang cannot go to Young Master Menglin as she was for the Master. The master is Qin Yi. Mr Li also said that if Madam Yu had better control of Luo Shu, she wouldn't have connected with the authorities. (Magistrate Han and the yamen in the temple case)

Ep. 29. Qin Yi is the Master that tried to buy her virginity in Ep. 2. He used Luo Shu to get at her adopted mother,, Wuniang to chase her out of the house and send both to Mingke House. Madam Yu revealed that he had Luo Shu sent there to break her spirit. Mr Li runs Mingke House, but he apparently works for Qin Yi. Qin Yi apparently got control of the house some time before Madam Yu was chosen over Wuniang to run Mingke House. Mr Li chose Yu as she was more manageable. Wuniang died shortly after.

Good catch. I wonder why Qin Yi had it in for her? I know, I have to rewind and pause and sometimes screenshot. Thank you.

Yes, very creepy. And manipulative in one of the flashbacks, using Luo Shu to get back at Wuniang. Why? Wuniang said she should have killed him back then. Is she his birth mother?

I think concerning the poisoned sweets, Yanjin denied knowledge but I think that between Yanjin and Tengzhou it's a matter of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. Also in ep. 25, at 39:50 during the argument with Menglin, Yanjin says, "She is destined not to be with us."

The dining with the three girls is ep. 24 at 40:45. Qin Yi calls the newest girl Yulan. In ep. 25. at 3;56 Qin tells bed ridden Xu Biao that the Qis ... destroyed my wife's family. I'm sure that he means Luo Shu's family. Master Qin is the guy with the young girls. The Master from ep. 2 might be Eunuch hang.

See my comments about why the little girl smiled at the end. He probably wrote himself coming back as a young boy.

See my comments about why the little girl smiled at the very end. HE

Last episode. He looks at the book and she doesn't die in the winter square. It had changed. The old lady say that he is the author and he can change the story. Just not her story. That's why the little girl smiles at the end. I guess that he came back then as a little boy.

Yes.

Why did the little girl smile at the end? Earlier during the conversation with the old lady, she revealed as the author of the book, he can change the story. I think that he wrote himself coming back to the girl as a young boy.

Possible, but the two came asking if there were survivors. Had they intended for her to die with her parents, she would have been killed then and there. And why the interest for so long. Serving as Jin Nang at Mengke house allowed her to become a refined lady. Grooming, I would expect. Not Qin as he couldn't buy her. And the conversation between the Master of Mengke House and the failed bidder of Jin Nang's virginity talked about a Master. Eunuch Zhang. Why the interest and why the grooming? My two centavos worth.