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Nanny Zhou finally removed from the house🥳

Thanks to Chen JinZhao’s brother (Rong) is finally located. There is a happy reunion with their mother tho both are concerned about her health. Here Ye Xian is actually helpful and gets an exceptional physician there to examine her. He agrees that the script from prior doctor was correct and much more progress should have been made. When the medicine pouches were inspected, it was discovered that rhubarb had been added tho not an ingredient in the script. JinZhao’s aide discovered the culprits and she teamed up with Ye Xian’s aide to capture them. After interrogation, Ye Xian had confessions in hand and was happily on his way to inform JinZhao. His father interrupts and Ye Xian is now basically under house arrest until further notice. He sends his aide to the Gu home while his father makes further plans with Xiao about trouble making Prince. Nanny Zhou is finally called to task for her crimes. After the lashes she will be sent to another estate til she passes. JinZhao is not happy because she blames the concubine and wants her out of the house as well. With this, while the concubine was aware, she was deceived at the severity of the added ingredient. I have not read the book, but in the drama Nanny Zhou was the brains of the outfit who had no bottom line in what she would do or have done to raise the status of her family in the Gu home. The concubine and daughter were not as evil or meanspirited as they are being now. Here it seems the drama is changing their characters to match the book more which is a damn shame. The story would have been much more interesting with the family to have the girls being friends like they were headed in the first few episodes. Once they changed the stepsister to the catty mean girl she is now she is much less interesting and far more predictable. She makes the mom stick to her ignorance story because it is very clear who is not the brains of the outfit.😝 Lan has one last chat with the nanny and promises to look after her mom. Lord Chen has just heard of YeXian’s assist to JinZhao. It never occurred to him that Ye Xian did have skills tho not of the soldier variety. As a spy or assassin he would totally kick ass if his father would acknowledge where his abilities were instead of the incessant berating and lamenting how he did not have a mini me.😝🙄 Ye Xian would love it that Chen is pacing and insecure on how to catch up in JinZhao’s eyes.😂🤣 I am kinda sad he didn’t get to be a bit smug with this because he really deserves a moment to shine in spite of public opinion and his rather reckless impulsive behavior. He is an amalgam of kindness and ruthlessness that he’s figuring out. Chen decides on a gift and has a secret meeting with JinZhao where he gives her a whistle. This is an emergency call for help. She tries it out and he stopped. Here I wish he would have returned to see where the moment led. But that didn’t happen. He did, however, let her know where he would be in a few days. Things are gonna be interesting in the Gu house. Nanny should have been executed for attempted murder, but it will have to suffice that she’s out of the house. What they will probably do is make step sis the new mastermind and that’s a damn shame. She could have been so much more as an ally. JinZhao did her best to get her mother to leave the house and divorce him. Lady Gu can’t deny her unhappiness, but she is determined to continue on her chosen path. Whether she is being a martyr for her children or there is some other story of their marriage we don’t know yet, she refuses to leave him for reasons only she understands. Now to see how stepsister and concubine act without nanny dearest. 😝

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Nanny Zhou strikes again 🤬

Lord Chen’s mother is having breakfast and making plans for a celebration. She is wanting to invite Wan Xue and mentions the loss of Chen’s wife after two years in their house. Right when she is asking him about who has caught his eye he is saved by his servant. The Gu son is in trouble because of gambling ties. Chen is trying to get him out before the raid and asks for an audience with JinZhao. She has a case with her and the conversation starts with her brother. It is agreed he was not part of the gang, but getting him away is imperative. He told her no further gifts but made it clear he wanted to know what she had brought. The heartbeat added to the music was spot on. He is pleased with the reparations to his cape and puts it on. The man definitely has flare when putting on capes and robes.🔥Daddy Gu has just learned of his son’s troubles and the shouting begins. The son has been abducted so there is a cluster at the Gu house trying to figure out how to rescue him and keep the news quiet. Lady Gu has collapsed because she now knows thanks to gossiping servants. It is clear nanny Zhou is behind it all. She should have had her tongue removed rather than just a beating. I have no clue why she is allowed to run the house but she needs to go.😡🤬Her daughter knows something is up but for now let’s things go. YeXian’s servant finds and brings the son back and daddy Gu is on a roll. The son deserved a beating for stupidity but his rant about the Ji family was over the top. JinZhao laid out reality for him in what the Ji’s contribution was and dared him to settle up. He laments having no son to carry on his legacy. 😝As if he had character to brag about. Something better be done to get nanny Zhou the punishment she deserves. 🤬 Lady Gu collapsed and is recovering. The only good thing that has happened is that JinZhao is letting herself be closer to her mother. There is not deep affection yet but she is concerned for her. The son is doing the first responsible thing he has done in a very long time, he is kneeling in apology outside his mother’s room. Lord Chen is working behind the scenes to assist but Mr Gu is in trouble because of his son’s actions. The biggest question I have about LadyGu’s care is why is nanny Zhou in charge of making the meds instead of the lady’s own servant? This makes no sense to me. 🧐 I liked that JinZhao walked right by her brother without a glance. He needs to know that a charming disposition and smile can’t make up for reckless behavior that endangers the entire family’s reputation. I am hoping his punishment has beaten the Gu out of him. 😝He needs to get into a trade and have his Ji side shine. JinZhao is at her mother’s side and her mother is lamenting her choices and apologizing. It is very sincere and heartfelt but to some, she lost her spine along with her child that day. She let herself be punished as penance for submitting to her husband and sending her daughter away. JinZhao is moved and for the first time calls her mother. She is getting ready to settle some scores and starts with her brother. She doesn’t say a word but gives a resounding slap and continues to the house. She is shaken by her mother’s words and replays her treatment of her mother since her arrival. She has her servant give an invitation to YeXian to thank him for saving her brother. She puts on quite a show for him and gets him to the family’s private suite. There he is tied up and questioned. He admits to kidnapping her brother and when he makes wisecracks about Lord Chen, she gave me a laugh out loud moment when she planted her foot center mass on his chest and knocked him and chair to the floor.😂🤣 He has a point that where blood is concerned she is less decisive in dealing with it. He had hoped to plant a scare that would permanently dissuade the brother from going to gambling houses. She let him know his actions caused her mother to collapse and stay bedridden. He was remorseful with this news because he had truly only intended to help her. She leaves him stranded on the floor and told him he deserved it. He could only laugh at his predicament. He smiles because he enjoys wholeheartedly the chaos she brings. She follows the rules of her choosing and this adds color and interest to his surroundings. This is what he admires most about her. His servant came back with details about the raid and how Chen had sent men just for the brother. It seems they both had similar ideas on how to straighten him out. JinZhao has offered a reward for finding her brother and the search is on. However there is another search in same area with much more at stake. Lord Chen is looking for a courier and it will be a literal battle to find him. JinZhao has to stop her search til a wheel is repaired, so she offers 100 taels of silver to whoever finds her brother. Lord Chen survives an attack and is brought to same shed. She is looking at his wounds and wondering what happened as she applies medicine. The episode ends right when things were getting interesting. A real doctor wrote a script for Lady Gu and I am hoping nanny Zhou’s treachery gets revealed with some real consequences. She has been running the show for too long. The drama remains interesting with a lot going on. My favorite scene was when the heartbeat added to music as Chen gets closer to JinZhao to inspect her gift. Things are heating up between them and I want to enjoy every detail of their budding romance.😁

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Yan Yun Zhi

okay glad they're kinda happy for now with Sang Qi's dad back. Zhuo still ruining shit, i kinda have a theory as well for the whole Deputy missing thing going on rn before I continue. So Deputy was acting very odd before he left Sang Qi, no doubt because he was lying to her and was gonna go that night to see Zhuo, and I know he didn't fall off the cliff on purpose, but what if during this he decided it'd be beneficial somehow if people thought he was dead/missing? Honestky idk I'm high asf rn and locked in. Let's see what happens. LMAOAOAO ok ofc Deputy was gonna get framed (idk how that officer dude is still alive) but I'm dying at how Deputy grabbed his ponytail in the fake flash back. So cute. OFMBFGE OKAY I have to laugh at the fact that Sang Qi's first conjecture is literally just, "Deputy didn't talk like that, he was more shy," is HILARIOUS. And of course Zhuo has to be here. They should've checked that "official's" neck for a Xizhao tattoo. It's okay though because Official Yan is gonna wake up, Yan Yun Zhi is gonna come back AND Zhuo is gonna be implicated too for tryna falsely accuse Deputy. Awe deputy... i knew it was a dream. Also why THE FUCK IS ZHUO HERE?!! I know Lian Pian would not call this mf, he probably poisoned her and started following her to see when she'd collapse. AGHH so much is happening!!! I was freaking right Zhuo is a PSYCHOPATH!!! He put the poison in her pouch!! It's, "If I can't have her noone can," hour. Summoning the worst for Zhuo 💖

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Five Stars

This episode hits all the silly contrived hijinks you expect to kick off a romantic comedy. The clingy Gou Gou is a bit much ("Clingy Self-Proclaimed Love Interest" trope), but all the other tropes are handled smoothly without pretending they aren't what they are. In fact, at one point in the episode they almost break the fourth wall with some foreshadowing that is clearly intended to make fun of the plot for including a variation of the "Secret One-night-Stand' trope (in this case, via the sperm donation). So it's refreshing that the writers so far are cognizant of the tropes, not afraid to use them, but not leaning into them to the point of annoyance.

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