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wow they brought in such an important character at the end with no warning. I only at ep 31. So here I was following along and making my guesses like a fool, only to have this story turned on me. Should I even care anymore how it ended? I feel like I never knew this story. So that means a person could even just watch the last few episodes to see how it all went down.

The drama never even explicitly says who the CP 15 yrs ago was, or did they? Of course, I assumed it was the current emperor. But then what about the former emperor's involvement?

so the novel is not Tang dynasty?

I don't think MDL reflect a drama's overall success

Bai Lu has said she cannot physically do these types of stunts again (unless he wants to risk permanent injuries). The ML character is not a character that an actor would want to do twice. So, if there is a second season, it will have to be different leads.

you need to search for "Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens," on You Tube to find it

So did Cui ever really confessed or not, or he did confess, but since there was no evidence to execute him without creating chaos in his court, the emperor could only suspend him.

I haven't watched the last four episodes but reading spoilers, it seems I couldn't' figure anything out. The drama had no foreshadowing and what I thought was foreshadowing was not. The ending seems to take a bit of detour.

Perhaps literal translation ?

To be fair the drama is not about emperor. He’s just there.

The mysterious crown Prince I thought was the emperor 15 yrs ago finally appeared ?

This kind of format keeps each story tight within 5 to 6 episodes, so that there are no fillers for each story. It's different and interesting, like a series of short dramas, so the stories are tight, don't need filler stories for the main story, yet it allows ample time for the main story to unfold slowly throughout the drama. This kind of format also allows the FL to dominate throughout the drama.

I wonder if this is the environment of short form dramas that are challenging long form, or is it just detective storytelling format.

Prince Duane once commanded a great military. I guess Uncle Luo was the remaining loyal solider of his personal army to avenge for him. After Cui confessed, and FL did not kill him, I thought maybe someone else loyal to Prince Duane would attempt to kil Cui. Of course, not.

ok, I'll wait to watch because I don't understand why he would invade the palace when the sister is so loved by the emperor, which is how he became prime minister and able to survive corruption, and the emperor even spared him because of his love for the consort. He is suspended but he has enough men of his own to invade a palace.

ML told her he didn't think she can kill someone and still sleep at night didn't make sense though, likely a poor translation. I think she would have no problems sleeping if she killed Cui.

I'd say 25% is romance.

The way they showed it in back-to-back scenes, I felt he was deeply heartbroken that triggered his illness. The drama portrays him as a delicate man, both physically and mentally, which is why his mental state led to physical illness (coughing blood is a sign it affected his health). That's why it took ML a whole month to come out of it. It took the FL only 2 weeks, so she's made out to be not only physically but also mentally tougher than him. This drama reverses gender roles. The FL has the temperament of a man while the ML has the temperament of a woman. I think the contrast was intended to elevate the FL character. She fought so many bad guys all bloody and almost to death and didn't get sick, while the ML is sick. Everything she does is what you expect from the male lead in a story, and everything he does is what you expect from a female lead in a story. The theme is to highlight women. However, the FL never dominates men, she's just superior to them in every way.

You didn't explain why this time the emperor decided to execute him, and not last time, when he had already confessed, or did he not confess before, because no one really heard his confession

I thought she already cleared his name when the right prime minister confessed.

This drama is following kids/young people in a very specific, privileged segment of society for that era. Two young people having their own house is really incredible even if it's very small, when you consider that there were people who lives in coffin units, your entire space is the size of a bunk bed. Imagine that, and you once were wealthy landowner with treasures of gold and jade, reduced to that kind of conditions.