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Visiting other gma

This episode has JinZhao meeting her paternal gma. She made a favorable impression tho the granddaughter quickly teamed up with step sis to talk down to her. JinZhao is forced to take the eldest daughter position to rebut and admonish the gossiping girls about Liu family. There is one missing from the party and it turns out to be YeXian’s sister. She is late because he has invited himself to go along. JinZhao is far from happy with this development. The family goes to see an opera and YeXian manages to get himself seated by JinZhao. She finally has enough of his chatting and leaves to change. He finds her handkerchief and there is an argument over it. She claims it isn’t hers. There is a very cute exchange with a kitten and YeXian’s better side is revealed. At the embroidery session, JinZhao deliberately does a bad job because she doesn’t want to reveal the handkerchief is hers. She is mocked by the two girls and YeXian gives the handkerchief to step sis who shows it to everybody there. This backfires a bit when the older sis recognizes the handkerchief JinZhao and her brother fighting about. She later goes to her brother and tells him neither Gu girl is acceptable as bride material and tells his servant to pack his things. She is sending him home.The one good development is YeXian and JinZhao both learned about the invitation step sis swiped. JinZhao confronts her and agrees to let this slide, but to bear in mind she wasn’t the sort to return evil with kindness. 😝The new girl mocks JinZhao’s mom for being a merchant. JinZhao got the upper hand by telling her her hairpin was a fake. She even told her the test she could do on it to find out.😂🤣 While JinZhao is choosing gifts to send to Chen, her brother shows up and hints of blackmail about her bridge meeting with XuanQing. She counters with the 200 taels he wanted. There is a pawn slip but she doesn’t believe his story. She does learn he works for the gambling hall as a frontman. He entices young men to try their luck. Chen has received the gifts and his servant opens the boxes. The first is a set of binoculars which he liked. The second was a pair of glasses which he was not enthused with. Did JinZhao send them because he would look good with them on or because she considered him old and needing them? Guess we will find out next episode. 😂🤣 I completely missed the nod to his character in The Shadow’s Edge with the glasses. 😂😂 Had to come back and correct this. The changes they made to the sibling characters make this less fun to watch. I keep grumbling during their scenes. What happened to the brother that stood up for her and the sis that helped her sneak out of the house? I still like JinZhao’s character and want to see how things progress with Lord Chen, but I am a lot less enthused with the family machinations. They are tiring. 😝🙄 The palace politics are better than the Gu family interactions. If the nanny kills the mother, they better kill her off too.😡

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Nanny needs to go

Ye Xian challenged Chen about his job but Chen made it clear that a desperate man was not fit to be near the crown prince. Later his aide revealed Chen was keeping Ye Xian away from the clash of military and nobles. Ye Xian left some gifts for the crown prince and was rewarded with a token that would allow him access to the eastern part of the palace. XuanQing did not want to accept the marriage arrangement Lord Chen and mother arranged for him with Yu Wan Xue. He was brought to a memorial site where his father’s name was remembered. He was a criminal that had caused the deaths of many and his mother committed suicide shortly after. Chen adopted him and made him 5th son. He encouraged him to accept the marriage because he and WanXue’s father were the only two that knew of his father’s crime. If he became an official in the future, his family secret could be kept if his father in law was the only one that knew. JinZhao is so hopeful on the bridge with her kite. She is declaring her affection for XuanQing openly. He wants to accept, but lacks the courage to handle any investigation into his family. So he sends his aide with her notes and refuses her confession. She is very sad but knows she put herself out there and refuses to have regrets. The step sis has been made into the typical mean girl now trying to include the brother with her meanspirited intentions. Surprisingly he stands up for JinZhao, but he also understands that trashing JinZhao’s reputation doesn’t help their status so he gets the step sis to agree to keep her mouth shut about XuanQing. The mother’s cough has returned thanks to nanny😡 She is on my last nerve. I am not a fan of rhubarb, but I am not understanding how that works as a poison with her medicine. The mom shouldn’t be trusting them and have a third party physician. She has sent JinZhso out to enjoy the fireworks and is now coughing blood. This plot was to get the concubine back in charge of the house. That whole meal was almost a complete disaster, but the mother did remember to mention gma and the meatballs to give JinZhaoa small keepsake memory of her family home in Tongzhou. Chen worked to get the iron fireworks at the celebration with JinZhao in mind. JinZhao climbs for a good view of the fireworks and slips. Again Chen rescues her, and tho wearing a mask she now recalls he is the one that saved her in TongZhou. Her maid points out that he has saved her three times and she wonders how she can repay such a debt. YeXian recognizes Chen and knows he is not going to get the girl. XuanQing has a melancholy look as well. Chen’s painting is very like JinZhao and he is startled and pleased as he recognizes he is starting to have feelings for her. He sends his servant to invite her over. He started to add something to the invitation and changed mind so now I am not sure if that meant he also changed mind about invitation. The concubine and nanny were looking pleased. The nanny doesn’t refrain from physical harm to get her way. I really want to see her kicked out and jailed.😡 I am still enjoying JinZhao’s character, but I am absolutely hating that they have completely flipped the step sis’ actions at beginning of story and have made her the typical mean girl. They were so much better as a united pair. The three siblings should be getting along nicely and enjoying the fireworks together but they are all split up instead. This was missed opportunity to have more unique family ties.

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Finally using MDL...

05.MAY.2026VITAMINYOONGI3_Fate. Earth. Humanity.I was locked in from this moment😅Pete is definitely a character that still needs some unraveling. He seems quite guarded but at the same time, so full of life in a way...I am still amazed at how Nani portrays these sorts of characters so well. It's a full 180 from his real life personality😭He really depicts how someone guarded would act and even his mannerisms, words, and body language scream that ‘that’s not the Nani you know and love, that’s Phi Pete.’Amazing portrayal from Nani so far. I’m very impressed💕WHY ARE WE DEALT BAD CARDS IN LIFE?Niran, if you could answer that question, I’d be amazed.Or should I say, Master Niran😆Sky has given a great performance as Niran, if my intuition is right, this might be his best role yet😅He’s never played the same character twice and I can see all the work from doing so many workshops being paid off. Well done Sky!-I was curious so I looked the following up.Feng shui => is a Chinese practice of arranging objects, furniture etc to build good kiThings like decluttering and incorporating the five elements balances things out5 E => Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, MetalYao is a spiritual force that defies heaven and earth, quite interesting. I’m already intrigued👀😳Niran is so funny. He’s very serious about his craft but his dynamic with Pete shows us that these two will bicker more often than not.Still upset about it being eight episodes long, wish it was longer so that we get to see more of these amazing characters.Now my supporting characters ARE EATING.SEA. OMFGSea, you are one fine man and an even better actor. You blew my socks away🤯The granny in this episode also surprised me a lot. She said so much with her eyes alone. Kudos to the WU cast, y’all are doing amazing!!“And don’t worry about a thing.”“As long as you’re with me,”“I’ll look after you.”VERY CUTE NIRAN. I don’t want to say more about these lines in case I’m wrong, but the 'destiny/fate' element of the story is really intriguing and as a fan of both Sky and Nani, I can’t wait to see more of their on screen chemistry with each other as well as the rest of the cast.Okay EP 2, next week!

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Things are definitely dragging. The main 'reveng'…

Things are definitely dragging. The main 'reveng' plot is kinda barely moving at this point as the little time they spend on it in the show is just to show FL reaching dead end after dead end. And otherwise the bulk of the time has been spent on Kang Su and his pet tumor. I get it. The kid was cute and nice and I feel bad that the character was afflicted by a tumor. But from a viewer perspective I found this whole story arc to be a big drag. All drawn out to fill episode minutes. It's also just a continuing exasperation that the people working at this hospital just refuse to do simple, correct things. So many different people KNOW that Seo Woo had the responsibility for monitoring the VIP calls while Hye Jeong was in surgery. Yet no one testifies to this effect during the hearing? This show continues to have good, 'moments', but so many silly plot holes & plot gimmicks that are unnecessary.

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Bai Shi

I find it funny how Bai Shi's reputation is either really good or really bad, there is no in between lol. Also I'm totally hoping that Miss Song will accidentally find or overhear something between Zhuo and that lady and that ends up being the breaking point in their whole scheme. Take a shot everytime Zhuo says, "I'll handle this," and completely fucks up. HAHAHA okay why is Miss Zhang herself in Xizhao lmaooaoaoa I did not expect this old lady to jump off a roof like that. Okay rip Miss Zhang, I'm sure Qian Jiu didn't see that it was Zhuo's servant that shot her. Also you expect me to believe she killed Sang Yu by dressing as a man to get into the imperial college, looking cunty asf and wearing nail polish? Girl... So ya nobody thought to guard the prime suspect, let Zhuo in just wearing a uniform and then Qian Jiu just dies. Nobody thought to question hmm who the hell brought this prisoner this nice basket and these COOKIES???? This drama is teaching me that you can do anything anywhere as long as you just wear the right clothes. Also I must say even though us the audience knows that it's Zhuo Wen Yuan, even if we didn't know, it's so obvious and apparent. "He was the only one that treated me like a human being," oh I wonder who is someone that was publicly acquainted with Qian Jiu ? It must've just been a coincidence that Zhuo Wen Yuan was freaking hiding Wei Zhan Hong in his HOUSE. Wow rip miss qian jiu, she was a pretty woman and really would've looked good with Zhuo.

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Aweeee ;-;

I love how Sang Qi is encouraging Deputy now. That is why they're so good together! They constantly reassure and support eachother. They tried baiting us last time (even if Sang Qi did have a good reason for agreeing to the marriage) into thinking Sang Qi was just giving up, but in the end they showed us that their love is strong and will persist!! THE FLASHBACK omg see now that is why Sang Qi ranked 18th!!! Smart diva. THE ACTING for the fight??!?!?! Yooooo I would kill for a second season where these two just solve crimes and go undercover. Also this being the second time Deputy has faked being drunk in front of Yan Yan 😭Zhuo's aunt really came to vouch for him? And the King being spineless as ever, "nothing serious happened," oh ya it's not like you were going to sentence a guy to DEATH or anything for the false accusations. Hold up. No freaking way. You're telling me Zhuo's aunt killed Sang Qi's brother SANG YU?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! I love that Yan Yun Zhi and Sang Qi are just over here examining bodies, and I also forget that Yan Yan studied with the mountain master guy alongside Sang Qi, so he really is a good fighter lol. Stupid ass Miss Su. "Yun Zhi, are you still busy with the Sang family?" LIKE YES what do you think?!?!?! that's his future FATHER-IN-LAW. Idgaf Miss Su is just as culpable as Zhuo because she knows Sang Qi and Yan Yun Zhi are dating, she has been on good terms with Sang Qi herself, and Yan Yun Zhi is like a brother to her but she still told the king she wanted to marry him. Sick. I'm glad he told her off. He should've asked her to rescind the marriage blessing, but hopefully she's smart enough to do that herself rather than continue to be a fool!

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