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The FL is so childish...

When I first started this show I kept seeing reviews about how people didn't like the FL. People said she was too feminine and not general-like. At first, I thought it was weird because why is it wrong for a FL to be feminine? But that's not even the issue here. Her femininity is good, but the FL acts like a CHILD. Sure, she's supposedly just playing it up so she can get close to Xiao Jue, but we don't even see her "real" personality. It's so exhausting to have to watch her mannerism. I completely understand what other people were saying. She is SO annoying. The only times I liked her is the one or two scenes she wasn't pretending to be a soldier. And what's confusing to me is that she KNOWS the ML knows she's a girl, yet she still puts on this childish act.

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Obstacles removed

The emperor divides the generals in three different cities and He Yan gets put in Rundu. This is the city that has no action but ready to provide support to either city under attack. He Yan is restless and unhappy. Yan needs assistance and she arrives as quickly as possible. Unfortunately he is killed even as his wife is giving birth. Chu is realizing he lost a friendship that mattered to him. He Yan levels him when she returns, blaming him for the division of power that has resulted in weakening the efforts in both cities. She takes his wine bottle and tells him he doesn’t merit it. That he needs to be sober and feel the loss of the men that died because of his advice to the emperor. That Yan’s daughter will never see him because of his actions. The daughter is named Muxia. Yan had names picked for both genders before heading out. I like to think the butterfly that visits is daddy looking over his little girl. Xiao Jue is losing ground but will never give up. He has become a tireless fighting machine and continues to inspire his troops to move forward. When we see him he is surrounded by pikes and the Wutuo General is getting ready to finish him off. His avenging angel sends two arrows that knock the general back. I love the sword switch as they finish him off together. When they look at each other….it’s like long time no see .. now let’s go kick their ass. I have to chuckle as they scream victory surrounded by burning buildings. They return home and report to the emperor. They are told rewards will greet them when they get home. They give him a polite thank you and have no other words for him. Secretariat Chu has been dismissed due to his poor advice and banished to border lands. When they get to He Yan’s house they enjoy a more intimate hug. Feinu again shows up to interrupt and tell them there is an edict. They arrive to hear their list of rewards and given permission to marry. A very pleased official leaves after sharing the news. One month later our generals get married. They look stunning in their red robes subdued with black. She shines like the sun with her bright gold headdress. He is kinder than Cheng and her saddle is on the ground to step over😂 The ceremony is perfect and they are surrounded by all their friends and family. When the Cheng’s go to find them, our generals have disappeared and not to be found. They are horseback in an isolated spot to view the moon with no distraction but each other. They speculate about their future and enjoy the beauty and silence together. It is a good ending for them. May they be blessed with many years of moon viewing and children to share their happiness. Uncle Feinu will always be available to babysit.😂

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No, just no

I was really enjoying this show so far, but the way episode 2 handled domestic abuse was just absolutely horrendous. There is no „oooh I‘m sorry I beat you before, now that you sacred me half to death I will be a better man“, just no. We don’t go around victim blaming and having the VICTIM say sorry to the abusive husband! I don’t care if she was possessed and wanted to hurt him, she should never ever be made to apologise to him. And Khem had this whole speech earlier in the episode about domestic abuse, just to throw it out the window later on. He went from „You need to do something about domestic abuse“ to „oooh look they REKINDLED their love“ real fast. There is no rekindling love in an abusive household, the best thing you can do is escape. I know Khem is supposed to be this innocent cutie who believes in the good of people, but an abusive marriage is the wrong place to make that point. You already established that side of him by having him be a complete fool for the whole of the first episode, you don’t need to make that point again, especially not at the cost of dragging women who experienced domestic abuse through the dirt.

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Spending a lifetime together

Xiaojue was ordered to set off for Mingshui, while He Yan for Rundu (no battle there, Emperor's just seperating them because he fears their concentrated Military Power), While Yan He will set off for Huayuan. Chengxiu is already pregnant and Yan He haa to leave for the war. The Wutuo were continuously harrassing the Huayuan border and He Yan went there with Reinforcements, but still Yan He couldn't be saved, the poison already spread in his body. He died before he could even see his newborn daughter Muxia. Grievances, He Yan was angry, and she blamed Chu Zhao only if he hadn't sowed the seed of suspicion in the Emperor's mind about He Yan's and Xiaojue's concentrated Military Power, he wouldn't have sent her to Rundu and she would've been able to fight in Huayuan, if she fought along with Yan He he wouldn't have died. But now he's dead, Chu Zhao the military advisor have such a useless advice to the Emperor, and he Will atone for his sin. He sowed discord between the Emperor and his ministers, now the consequences are too much to handle. Now he realised that he was wrong. Mingshui needed aid, and He Yan went there to help him after clearing Huayuan. She reached in time to help her hubby. Oh my! That Sword exchange move was so cool while fighting the Wutuo Commander, husband and wifey they just exchanged their swords. They finished the battle of Mingshui. [Novel: Yan He prepared all the Military reports to facilitate He Yan before passing away so when she came to Huayuan with reinforcements she'd be able to fight, but poison had already spread in body and he didn't rest a bit, when He Yan reached Huayuan border he had already passed away. Till his last breath he cared about his Nation, and didn't think of ChengXiu or his child much, but he was sorry that he couldn't see his child. When she heard this news she was pregnant and almost lost the will to live, but she remembered Yan He's words that he was excited to see who the child will take after, she wanted to see Yan He's resemblance in her child, She was a really strong woman, she didn't cry when she heard about his death, she didn't cry, never cried until she was old, very old and her grandchild found the book and she recognised the book, it was the book she was reading when she met Yan He for the first time in their Youth, he had kept this book hidden since their first meeting, this was the first time after his death that she cried, and she cried a lot sitting on the floor, she murmured softly "I miss you Yan He"]. Haha are you kidding me? In the last 7.5 minutes they got married and The End. I don't know I just feel a bit disappointed right now.

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Promises made ….. decrees rejected

I love that Xiao Jue pleaded for her to have an option. I am happy that she firmly asked for decree to be revoked. That she made it plain with no opening for negotiation. She marries who she loves or she doesn’t marry period. The writers did not do well with this. It is not the obstacles to them getting married as the personality deviations to make it happen. The emperor seemed almost a father figure in how he candidly spoke with Xiao Jue. And now he not only forbid them to wed, he painted Xiao Jue in a corner and then smirked to have him personally read the marriage decree to his beloved? This is completely out of character. And then for him to ask did I err? To make a hard decision against someone he respected happens, but to add to the pain and then find it funny to do? This doesn’t sit well. I love that He Yan put her lover’s words together and figured it out. That she ‘politely’ told the emperor what he could do with his decree, and that she put Chu in his place and tossed his tassel back at him. The cruel smile on his face afterwards plotting is not how he has been. He wanted to right the wrongs of the poor. That he would chain a woman to him after all his mother went through, is a stretch. That he would find a way to make them stay single would be a Chu move. But to immediately seize opportunity without softening the blow and biding his time makes no sense. This creative whim would have been better invested with military matters rather than politician obsession dementia. All the characters were marginalized with this angst offshoot and it was an unnecessary distraction to what could have been a phenomenal ending. The chancellor’s spoiled daughter takes things into her own hands and tries to stab Chu in his opportunistic heart, but the guard that truly loves him took that blow for him. He doesn’t understand why she did that for him because he has no clue what real love is. Things lighten up with the docs getting married. This made up for the recipe proposal. She’s looking at that horse like how am I gonna do that in a dress? and he picks her up and tosses her like a bouquet right on over.😂 There is a crowd of women all ready to catch her. She recovers from this to walk through the parade of fans.😂 Cheng gets points for creativity here.😂🥰 How our generals hold hands in public and promise to grow old together.🥰❤️ These two are unstoppable no matter what. The big bro talking sense into the dependable brother. This family is kinda awesome. They will more than make up for the family He Yan never really had, tho her mother tried at the end. Their tea time is cut short because the pissed off Wutuo decide to attack two cities at same time and it’s time for boots on the ground to take care of it.

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Would rather stay single than marry someone I don't love

The Emperor is going back on his word, intends to seperate them, an absolute division. Xiaojue's fashion sense ✨, the wedding dress is really Beautiful. I want to cut the Emperor in half with a Sword, he made Xiaojue read the Marriage edict himself, and He Yan was shocked. The Emperor had such a wicked expression, I really think sometimes that why are almost all Emperors in Ancient dramas such Assholes, literally you couldn't have your own love story and you're out there using your authority to ruin other's love stories. I can't believe that he was playing nice before and now's he's stooping so low as to threaten XJ of dragging his family down for a mere edict. Such a Misunderstanding 😭, He Yan snatched the edict from his hand cause he didn't want to give her the edict, she cried but XJ was helpless,He Yan misunderstood that he wanted her to marry someone else, it was that damn Emperor's fault. That's my Girl! The First thing she did was removing the Tassel from her Whip,and after entering the Palace she straightforwardly asked to revoke the Marriage decree and even said No 🙂‍↔️ to Chu Zhao on his face, she would rather stay single all her life than marry someone she doesn't love, and even Xiaojue asked that much from the Emperor for He Yan, to be given a choice. After seeing both of em, the Emperor was thinking if he truly erred. That was fun, He Yan gave a Brutal Rejection to Chu Zhao, that what he has for her isn't love, it's all just for his Ambition, his schemes. I knewwwwwww it she will throw his Tassel in front of him. She said the truth that he's slowly becoming the second Xu Jingfu. According to the Novel I was supposed to be sad for CZ's Maid, but here since the story has changed and they made Xu Pingting's story more emotional, from her pov he Deceived her, Betrayed her and Dumped her and now he was Betrayed and Dumped too (betrayed not much, that's his own wishful thinking that He Yan must have loved him) and she was so out of it that she tried to stab Chu Zhao but his made took the hit for him. It feels like they just wanted to end Yingxiang's life so they rushed this, like suddenly Pingting wanted to kill CZ and his maid took the hit for him and died, that's rushed, like they wanted to reduce a character. He cried for her, since they've been together for so long and he genuinely cared for her since he saved her (not love). Ahhhhh finally TaoTao and Lisu's marriage. Cheng Lisu is really playing with her🤣, threw her over the horse to the other side🤣. He's really giving her the special feel today🤣, she would've felt dizzy with the fan perfomance. HY and XJ are at home, and literally they can't eat in peace, they heard the sound of the drums. The Mingshui and Huayuan Border are being simultaneously attacked by Wutuo, no time to waste.

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