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found it!
https://youtube.com/shorts/BbTacQEK4UM?si=WUAtugyt_fbQO6BT

and she could only understand XZ notes he was making for her on military books

yes and more natural make up also plays a role - but director and cameraman did a great job :)

yep

dont remember - I think one of shorts from youtube had them in the palace pond and him definitely being drugged

there is quite a chance for it as we have some scenes from palace garden with XZ dragged by emperor

they had been not growing up together - I think there is no particular reason for his hate - its due to XZ being military prodigy with a lot of achievements. At the beginning QM was thinking to get XZ on his side but it didn't work out and since then they became enemies.

He is Prince Changxin - head of Sui family who rebelled. He is the father to Sui brothers - however he has no idea that older one is in reality Qi Min, late crown prince Chengde son, who has been swapped with real Sui boy during the fire in the Easter Palace years ago. Crown Princess burned half of the face of Qi Min to make him unrecognisable, exchanged his clothing with real Qi Min who has been burned to ashes together with her and Qi Min's mother so no one could question boy identity.

he knows well it was WY assassins as well as he knows that general HE delivered the item WY was looking for to ensure girls safety.

You must missed a scene when WY after receiving box from General He said to let them stay alive as what harm they could do without even knowing their parents past.

Li faction member? or loyal general's He student? that's why XZ told him to decide which family name he wants to keep ;)

very well said!

he reaped what he sowed - told her false unit and commander he was serving under... so she went exactly there were Yan Zheng was supposed to be and experienced bloody battle first hand and that was an eye opener for her.

it might be just the way how they made a preview because otherwise it would be making Changyu really dumb. So I hope it wasn't the case but they followed up novels plot where during hunting she discovered enemy soldiers on the hidden path to the mountain, destroyed that small unit, send one guard for back ups and then took upon a chance and attack nearly empty camp - got it's leader hostage and that way left with salt, grains as well as that already roasted lamb.

that battle experience in the novel was real eye opening for her - she could understand better XZ as well as see her own mistakes

not at all - water was only supposed to flood the riverbed areas and enemy's army - so for me it was quite confusing why General Tang was talking about morally wrong task

Yes as he can make good benevolent rule when his father will be only cruel monster one.

this is different than actual plot in the drama and makes no sense to me - as that camp has been placed on higher ground and not on the water way - but soldiers has been killing all Sui scouts since the works on dame started, and ofc that didn't stay unnoticed - so Sui general send cavalry unit to protect another group of scouts and they discovered dame and camp and ofc attack them. But all these workers were supposed to leave after finishing the dame building. So no idea why it has been changed in the drama and general Tang (who was alive till end of the novel) lost his life.

he is not his real brother - he is former crown prince son, so the actual heir to the throne as well as Baoer is next in succession line.

thats the part of being a general and controlling pain - if he will fall everything will fall, so he has to stand still as long as its necessary