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Very nice chemistry.

I think WuFeng took a girl from each sect 20 years ago as "hostage" and trained the girls for missions.

She's basically the reason why 30K soldiers died. In addition to what's written above by @ErikaRamirez, the princess also caused the late Emperor's eunuch's suicide, as well as the general and his family mentioned in ep1. She also strategized the potential deaths of her brothers had Lord Ding not stop her plan in time.

I don't believe that's her real age. Some older performers report a fake age in the industry.

That would really be messed up.

I also had a feeling that the late Sword Wielder may have wanted to discuss that night about passing the position to GSJ. I didn't think about Wufeng's real target being GSJ. It would make sense for them to take as many strong Gong lineage out as possible, which would explain them sending in multiple brides.

That would be nice, but I think one of the girls will die. Given the nature and style of the drama, it would be tough to have both pairs alive.

She's my girl! 😁 Her facial expressions and exaggerated body movements are hilarious!

I feel ShanJue is fair and it makes sense he challenges ZiYu and elders regarding ZiYu's worthiness in being the Sword Wielder.

Cool fun fact.

Maybe to kill someone in the valley with the poison so that he would be framed, especially if the poison is unique to his darts.

Ep 5, Gong Shang Jue showed a guileful smile in response to his younger brother’s question on what else GSJ liked about Shanghuan Qian other than her beauty. It was as if he knew she was up to something, and appreciated her craftiness and knowledge in the arts of deceptions; to a point that he was looking forward to battle wits and checkmate. This couple has more underlying tension flowing between them then the lead pair. Hope there’ll be a lot of excitement coming up.

If my memory is correct, it’s 6 eps/week. So, it finishes in 3 weeks.

Gong Shang Jue is a force of his own and rather capable. I wonder what his secret is. Can't wait to find out about the jade piece. Edward Guo does a really good job in scripting so many hooks that get us asking so many questions.

Director and screenwriter/scriptwriter is the same person. I'm impressed with his work, too.

Princess Roujia's decided to grab the throne by eliminating her brothers, essentially sentencing them to death. Now we know she really doesn't care about them either.

By creating the fake edict, if 2nd Prince were to be the emperor, he would have killed the 1st Prince. If there's a small chance that 2nd Prince were incriminated for the fake edict, then he could be sentenced to death or tortured; which would have happened had LD not been there to protect the 2 younger princes.

I enjoy watching her as well. She really brings life to her character. I've watched enough dramas over the years that when it comes to female villains, I hate most of them instantly. Only a handful I find it hard to dislike, and Wang Li Kun's Princess Roujia being one of them. Why? Is it because of her backstory? WLK's credible acting? She made me think what would I have done if I were in her shoes. Would I also take matter into my own hands?

Everyone in court respects Lord Ding. His reputation as intelligent, fair, and loyal to South Chen is well known. I'm glad his voice of reason is able to clip the fight for the throne between the princes at the bud before it could potentially cause more internal chaos.

In this story, one of the founding ancestors was a female. She was Princess Roujia's great-grandmother, so women had some power instead of 100% patriarchal. Women just had to work extra harder to be in position of power instead of being handed to automatically.

I'm on. ep 2 and just got to the Elder Sister's exotic dance bit. I LOVE this character!🤣 She's my "must protect at all cost" person in this show. She obviously has the hot for the capable bodyguard, Jin Fan. They make a cute pair. 🥰