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Imposter Cheng’s misadventures

He Yan sneaks out and following man with missing finger. She knows the commander is following her but considers herself safe when heading into brothel. She doesn’t believe he will follow. He is surprised at the destination but does follow her in. While inside He Yan finds the disciple and is surprised to see him there. She is trying to figure out why he is there and disguises herself as a dancer. She is grabbed by the manager and put on stage. Here she does a great show dancing with sword until she sees Xiao Jue. She then loses her stride and the crowd starts to get restless. Here the disciple surprises everyone and plays a lovely flute accompaniment that helps her recover her stride and finish her dance. Noted that his guard is not pleased. Xiao Jue throws her a rose….a pretty flower for a pretty lady..he continues walking so she thinks her disguise fooled him and he is pleased with her audacity. She sees a young woman being abducted and rescues her. Turns out she is the young lady Cheng has been avoiding. 😂 Sun is ready to deal with them both when He Yan claims to be the nephew of the great general Fengyun who won’t be pleased. He is gloating about what he will do when the general shows up. He barely moves to give the lecherous fool a sound beating. His father, the local official they were to meet, shows up. It is agreed that the imposter showing up as inspector will not be called out as recompense for the slight. The girl is Ms Song that Cheng has been avoiding. She knows He Yan is an imposter because she is well aware Cheng has no skills😂 She definitely considers He Yan an upgrade. 😂 She wants to accompany them to have safe passage. Xiao Jue tells He Yan she caused the problem so she can handle it herself. 😝They all get a surprise when they see who the inspector is. The magistrate is readying a trap for Xiao Jue and tells his son to get rid of the things he has buried. It seems lecher boy is in the habit of abducting young women and beating their families into submission if they try to seek justice and get their daughters back. Can’t wait to see how this is handled. The orasthmus candies were bittersweet memories of Xiao Jue’s mother and He Yan wasn’t aware. It was funny how she told Ms Song to buy her own because these were a gift😂 The players are almost in place and time to see what trap the politicians have in store. Both the disciple and commander know she is a woman disguised as a man. Which one will figure out who first?

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this was a very romantic, saccharinely sweet…

this was a very romantic, saccharinely sweet ep & given how lovey dovey the mains were of course a sec from the end, there needed to be some drama. didn't get why Armin's meeting a photographer was such news, but i guess we will find out in the next ep. *******************************************************************************************************************************but at least i got an answer why Armin is so special to TD & why there is such animosity between him & his step-mother & half-sibling. given what they tried to do to him when he was just a teen i don't get them playing like the victims. but i guess bad-guys wouldn't be bad-guys if they acted good.

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One big family happy ending

Jin Yu’s mom was an evil troll, without question. She deserves every day she is in prison. However, her driver and Wang Xing Sheng that defrauded an entire neighborhood, ruined the reputation of an orphanage, and tried to burn Ye Meng and Jin Yu with the car deserve punishment too. That should have been ended better with those two. Jin Yu’s little brother is brought to Gma’s and she is being especially ornery holding a live chicken in his face saying it’s for dinner.😂 little sis gets into music school and Ye Meng is expecting. Ya En is more ready to start a relationship with Kai after seeing his blind date. 😂Jia Yu is now being matchmaker and caretaker for these two.🤣 There is a warm family scene with the women hovered over baby gifts and the men making dumplings. There is also a very cute scene with Jin Yu and the dog. They are discussing the care and treatment for the new baby. Ye Meng has not got her way with a cat yet, but if their child is a girl….that battle is all over. They will probably each have one.😂overall there is far more good than bad in this drama. The supporting cast were the hit of the show for me. I also enjoyed all the music. I struggled with the writer’s choices with the leads, and I complained at length in the episodes I was most discontent with.😂In spite of my feelings on that, the drama is worth watching. Just be prepared to fast forward if things get too annoying with the leads😝 When they did it right, the family moments were heartfelt and thoughtful. Beautifully done. I just wanted that a lot more for the leads throughout the story rather than en mass at the end. The cast did a wonderful job acting their roles. My discontent was with the writer’s and director’s choices for leads. If you enjoy angsty leads and revenge seeking mothers, this drama is definitely for you.

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One Stars

OMG but Armin is doing my head in.... idk how many times i stopped this ep, he keeps having these childish breakdowns & sorry but dude's a 40yr old, that got a 2nd chance & from the sec he woke up, he is acting worse then a child. so idk when he will start to get his act together (& we only in the 5th ep OMG) 5 more to go & i feel like pulling my hair out, in frustration. dude isn't acting like an adult & i wish - really wish every time he has his hysterical breakdowns, spouting nonsense about the f*cking future - i NEED someone to just come up behind him & slap him upside the head!!! maybe it will restart his brain & he will realize that he needs to STFU & avoid the future, not continuously cry about it - as that aint gonna change sh*t.... aish with this character! ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************but beside this i kinda get him not rushing to forgive TD at the start, he just needed to explain that he was almost put i a similar situation, by his ex b*tch of a manager. so TD excusing his "arrangement", as Narin's offer didn't make it any better. but it worked out in a different way & then he met Charlie - which logically made him lose his sh*t & as he didn't know how to react/act with Charlie (as he was still figuring out what he should do) TD's popping up, just allowed him to take out all his anger, frustration & pain on TD. given all TD has done for him, it might seem ungrateful but usually we acts the meanst with people that r closest to us, cause we know they will never abandon us - whack logic, but it is what it is. so glad he realized by the end how important TD was to him & went to apologize - some growth...

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Drunken sword dance and political plotting

He Yan is very unhappy not chosen for elite squad. After drinking courage she shows up in Xiao Jue’s quarters demanding explanation. He tolerates this because she comes very close to revealing her real intentions, but stops just shy of any revelations. She grabs her old sword and offers to dance for him to show her technique. He does a nice dance of avoidance and she ends up slicing his table and zither in two. She wakes up to find out she slept in his tent all night while the commander made Cheng make space for him. The Yuzhou magistrate has sent an official invite to discuss his unreasonable army supply demands and have included Cheng in the invite. It is decided that He Yan will replace Cheng on this trip. She wants to prove her worth to be selected and she noted the man with missing finger that harmed her at the temple. She has deduced the he thinks Lei Hou a spy and that is why he was selected. Upon arriving she places a massive order at the inn and Xiao Jue accommodates and buys her all of it. He then let her know that she would eat it all and waste nothing. I wished they would have shown her attempting this but they skip to them being in the room. The disciple already is aware of Sun’s lecherous son and plans to use that as stepping stone to get his promotion. Xiao Jue sends his subordinate to do more recon and says he will watch He Yan personally. They both see that she has snuck out of the room and wait to see where she’s headed. They all know it’s a trap but accept that it is better to be offense than defense so they go to see how things play out.

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