Jiejie

just like she had no idea of walking through town and handing out food would put them in danger. She was clueless

too bad his MIL did not have that luck

Flashback ep 6
The defining moment...keep in mind she stole Zhao's token to do what she planned and here we are

this is the dialogue that our female lead gave to the prince.

my fiancé is a salt Merchant of Western capital . though he traffics in Contraband salt, in the county he dissolved 100,000 catties of salt and distributed among the common folk. he knows right from wrong, a gallant man of sound judgment. the Imperial Envoy aims to clean up Western Capital's salt Administration. this is his perfect chance to forsake Darkness for justice . I'm begging you please spare his life. my husband and I shall serve you with UTTER devotion, a tone for his crimes with Meritorious Deeds

Utter means complete and absolute
Meritorious means deserving great praise, reward, or honor

Zhao is doing what SHE PROMISED

Her naivety made her believe this was a good path. She knew nothing of this Prince's character.
Even in naivety - she thought she was rescuing Zhao -- BUT HE WAS ALREADY FREE.
He sacrificed himself for her sacrifice and went and locked himself back up,

When she agreed to convince Zhao to work for the prince, work for his freedom - she did not realize that the then Prince was not concerned about Zhao's righteousness but HIS WILLINGNESS & OBEDIENCE. Zhao and Xie are now a package - he - the Prince has 2 prizes.

She played a role as to threaten him but little did she know he watched her performative begging on his behalf.
--- if I so desire I could end your life right here. you have yet to grasp the current side of Affairs so I shall spell it out once more. you have two choices follow me to the Imperial Envoy to solve crimes and earn merit, or face certain death. I can grant you that and this instant. 9th young lady you've picked the wrong one to vent your rage on taking it out on me have you not? save your good words for someone else you yearn to walk the righteous path, sick of a world where power crushes the weak . but empty brute force will only leave you at the mercy of tyrant, dragging you deeper into the mire. as you said yourself, they're all cut from the same cloth but mark my words, the envoy is like any official you've known . he is the Crown Prince of the realm

Zhao said this is beyond him. Then she went on to convince him to follow her plan.

FOR HER SAKE - BECAUSE SHE NEEDED A MAN TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO.

His whole journey is a suicide - this just makes it quicker. Look at Mo Yi - he was once the kings right hand man

The Prince didn't offer to give them an honest life.

He offered to give them a way out for them and in return they would work for him.

He needed people he could use.

he promised to raised their rank based on what they contributed to his plans.
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keep in mind she stole zhao's token to do what she planned and here we are

this is the dialogue that our female lead gave to the prince.
Flashback ep 6
The defining moment...keep in mind she stole Zhao's token to do what she planned and here we are

this is the dialogue that our female lead gave to the prince.

my fiancé is a salt Merchant of Western capital . though he traffics in Contraband salt, in the county he dissolved 100,000 catties of salt and distributed among the common folk. he knows right from wrong, a gallant man of sound judgment. the Imperial Envoy aims to clean up Western Capital's salt Administration. this is his perfect chance to forsake Darkness for justice . I'm begging you please spare his life. my husband and I shall serve you with UTTER devotion, a tone for his crimes with Meritorious Deeds

Utter means complete and absolute
Meritorious means deserving great praise, reward, or honor

Zhao is doing what SHE PROMISED

Her naivety made her believe this was a good path. She knew nothing of this Prince's character.
Even in naivety - she thought she was rescuing Zhao -- BUT HE WAS ALREADY FREE.
He sacrificed himself for her sacrifice and went and locked himself back up,

When she agreed to convince Zhao to work for the prince, work for his freedom - she did not realize that the then Prince was not concerned about Zhao's righteousness but HIS WILLINGNESS & OBEDIENCE. Zhao and Xie are now a package - he - the Prince has 2 prizes.

She played a role as to threaten him but little did she know he watched her performative begging on his behalf.
--- if I so desire I could end your life right here. you have yet to grasp the current side of Affairs so I shall spell it out once more. you have two choices follow me to the Imperial Envoy to solve crimes and earn merit, or face certain death. I can grant you that and this instant. 9th young lady you've picked the wrong one to vent your rage on taking it out on me have you not? save your good words for someone else you yearn to walk the righteous path, sick of a world where power crushes the weak . but empty brute force will only leave you at the mercy of tyrant, dragging you deeper into the mire. as you said yourself, they're all cut from the same cloth but mark my words, the envoy is like any official you've known . he is the Crown Prince of the realm

Zhao said this is beyond him. Then she went on to convince him to follow her plan.

FOR HER SAKE - BECAUSE SHE NEEDED A MAN TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO.

lol 🤣 why are you so serious?
chill it was a joke.
no one blamed AI.

I THINK... IS NOT BLAMING

😂

yes they were but both of them did not plan for him to work for the prince. She did, he said no, she convinced him and here they are.

Zhao, please give the King his bracelet back. Blue does not look good on you.

lol no this is a makjangggg
😂 tomorrow's episode is gonna be crazy. Todays ep was crazy but I understood it. tomorrow's episode... now there is no reason for what is going to happen.

This actress plays these kind of roles very well

anyone else get lost on how to rate a drama because they totally ruined something that was great.

😂
Road to Splendor,? What do you even deserve?

this story has gone off the rails a long time ago. I don't expect anything to make sense. but I do understand why the King had him kill Mo Yi. The same reason why he had him manipulate his grandma. If they don't end the issues quickly he will lose control of his court. Yu is intentionally trying to divide the court for his own strength. If they took this case to trial Yu and other officials would have stirred up some more mess.

Remember Mo Yi was not even the target. They framed him so they can get to Zhao. Yu is just waiting for an opportunity and a disrupted court gives him one.

i stopped reading at makes no sense. Think about all the historical dramas you've watched and think about how many of the kings actions made sense... 😂

😂 I think a human wrote the beginning and AI wrote the latter part.

This is a Chinese Makjang
lol it has become ridiculous.
it started off so well. Ep 32 is bringing the ridiculous ridiculousness 😂 😢

At this point I continue to watch because I made it this far.

not really. a sacrifice is a sacrifice. Mo Yi was his man just like Zhao is now his man. He will use him until he can not use him anymore and likely be sacrificed like Mo Yi if he cannot save himself.

He is doing what he was asked to do when he first was helped by the then Prince. He said he need someone to do his bidding. Now that he is King, Zhao is doing his bidding.

This is the path that his wife paved for him whether she likes it or not.

Just like Mo Yi's wife sent him to his death.

Our FL sent Zhao to the King.

She didn't know what she signed up for. She can only blame herself.

I'm really tired of her acting like SHE DIDNT CHOOSE THIS ROAD.

I'm tired of everyone questioning Zhao when they know he is the. King's hand.

who can disobey the king?
who?

Ms Mo it's your fault your husband is dead. Your loyalty failed him first