YanXi Palace [Episodes 55-57] Recap + Review

[@dramarecaps4217]

6:40 - 7:17 ref to SA, not explicit

[@poyznelf]

Who watches these recaps multiple times?

[@todavayne7549]

🖐️

[@roses7017]

I do! My girl is hilarious!! 😂😂😂

[@dahoodteen9861]

it was 5 times one hour

[@beeworkin1461]

Guilty🤣🤣🤣

[@poyznelf]

No one is guilty. Everyone has great taste. I watch three to four times, so you aren't alone. Now I wish there would be a live to watch together. Love this series and love these recaps!

[@MiyuMotou]

Oh, Empress Xian... the Empress Dowager is 5 steps ahead of you, I mean, how could she think she could topple a woman that has won the harem game?

[@nullnull4010]

Esp not HER, whos basically Zhen Huan

[@alison4398]

I think a big part of the reason why the Empress wasn’t afraid to go after the ED is because of her father’s death. This isn’t just a matter of her gaining control or power, this is a blood feud, and she will have her vengeance. Also one scene which I was hoping you would cover- the Emperor guessed that Qing was sent in by Yingluo. She thought this would make him appreciate her attempts to reconcile the mother and son as well as rekindle his feelings for her. Instead he retaliated by stripping her of pretty much everything of value in her palace, which very clearly sent the message that she is no longer a factor in his life and her meddling is incredibly offensive to him. Yingluo’s face when she realizes what is happening is so sad to me that I truly believed at that moment that she was in love with the Emperor too, and was deeply regretful that she realized it too late. It made me think that perhaps she was coming to realize that while vengeance is satisfying, it can destroy as much as it can restore. It was a very well done scene imo.

[@kandicefranky3253]

Some love for Noble Lady Qing. She’s a sweet person but she’s extremely dependent on Shu since her family is a vassal of theirs. Aside from the power dynamic they feel like a pair of sisters to me honestly. Shout out because in history, she raised one of the last surviving princes in the next dynasty the Jiaqing Emperor. She couldn’t be honoured too highly since she wasn’t the Empress Dowager because she was of Han descent not Manchu. Shu is just a bit too headstrong but her love language is gift giving and she’s usually so generous with Qing to help support her family. It’s adorable. I love them as a pair. I completely feel her struggles in the harem, having to carry her entire clan on her back with no support that Yinglou has like being a consort and her sister being a royal in law. I feel bad for Yuan he’s been through so much but I don’t feel like his obsession with Ying Lou is over. He doesn’t seem to want to kill her but torment her and destroy anyone else close to her. He’s a yandere and his position in the household department as well as being the Empress servant puts him in a position to suppress her. I hope he lives his life out in peace but that won’t happen in this dangerous harem. Empress Nara is becoming arrogant and is slowly losing her mind. She has no one who loves her genuinely. Her entire family is gone. It gets worse because we see her pregnant in this drama but she loses most of her bio kids which they don’t touch in much. I hope she can find peace with herself.

[@bassantisamess4279]

Qing is the sweetest I also love her sisterhood with Shu they're so cute but who was the prince Qing raised other than Jiaqing?

[@kandicefranky3253]

@@bassantisamess4279 I may have mixed it up. I remember one of the princes held a celebration for his adoptive mother and pissed off the Jiaqing emperor. Thanks for the heads up.

[@bassantisamess4279]

@@kandicefranky3253 it's alright ohh okay the prince was Qianlong and consort Ling youngest child he was raised by consort Ying! (cue Wei Yanwan rolling in her grave) 😂😂

[@SolitaryBee-wd5wf]

@@kandicefranky3253 Yeah, it was Yonglin whom Noble Consort Ying raised and in turn threw a birthday celebration for her without Jiaqing's permission, causing not only Yonglin to be reprimanded but also contributing to Noble Consort Ying's death due to the stress and anxiety out of fear for Yonglin's wellbeing.

[@kandicefranky3253]

@@SolitaryBee-wd5wf yes that’s it it’s Ying Gui Fei that was the other mom. I mixed them up. Thank you!! Imagine being such a good mom that your son still wants to celebrate you into your old age

[@kyriacarica5862]

Yep. This was Xian’s biggest mistake. Her head got as big as Jia’s lingbatou in later episodes 😂

[@盧璘壽로인수]

just wondering tho, which _dalachi_ was bigger: Jin Yuyan or those headdresses in "Return of the Princess / _Huanzhu gege_ "? ( _liangbatou_ is what Ruyi wore when she became Noble Consort, and historically Dowager Empress Cixi in most of her extant photos. The most identifying feature is it has a _bianfang_ as the main support)

[@ardikurniawan5987]

The scene when Yingluo slapped Shu Pin to avenge Mingyu being hurt is the most satisfying scene and my favorite one 😁😁😁

[@beeworkin1461]

Oh yess!!! I like any scene where YL gives slaps

[@rockdocandlittlebird]

Xian is good, but she's forgetting that the Dowager got to where she is by being the baddest mofo in the harem. She's just out of her league. Oh, yes, Qing, I love this part.

[@nullnull4010]

Everyone learned not to F with zhen huan, in zhen huan zhuan who btw is the empress dowager here but not at the same time

[@qtunicorn2123]

Can we talk about the Dowager's sinister laugh at the end to Yingluo's question?

[@lindsiria]

Yeah! I am surprised she didn't pick up on it. It was pretty obvious to me that this story isn't true, and that the Dowager planted this evidence for the Emperor to find. It's all just too convenient.

[@greygryphon6881]

Yes!! I felt terrified of her in that moment, and I think Yingluo did too!

[@盧璘壽로인수]

the only moment the Zhen Huan© appeared

[@KC-ne1vi]

-While looking something up, I realized Google Translate was actually getting words from the names of the remaining servants, so I decided to translate them here. Mingyu is written with 明玉, which means 'bright jade/gemstone' (玉, 'yu', can mean either 'jade' in specific or 'precious gem' in general). Zhenzhu is 珍珠, which together translate as 'pearl' (珍/zhen meaning 'precious, treasure', and 珠/zhu meaning 'bead'). The eunuch, Xiao Quanxi, is somewhat unique---his name is more of a nickname than a proper full one. 'Xiao/小' means 'small/little' and seems to be used for lower-ranking eunuchs (I think someone once asked why all the eunuchs have 'Xiao' as a surname, which in this case they don't) and the end character 'Xi/子' seems to be common among eunuchs as well; it means 'child, son, small'. Taken together, this means the name is a diminutive nickname. The character 'quan/全', which is unique to Quanzi, appears to mean 'complete, all'. Yuan Chunwang, on the other hand, doesn't have a nickname--Yuan is his surname and Chunwang his given name. He's written as 袁春望. 'Yuan/袁' is a surname meaning 'long clothes', 'Chun/春' means 'spring', and 'Wang/望' means 'to see, to hope'--his name roughly means 'Spring hope'. -I love the mutual respect Yingluo and Shushen have for each other; Yingluo is a graceful loser who realizes when she's been outwitted and that she can't finger Xian for anything, and Xian appreciates the challenge of finally having someone on her level. -Xian gets a parrot from Prince He, and recites a poem by Zhu Qingyu of Tang, 宫中词/Gongzhong Ci, 'Palace Poem/Complaint'. "The flowers bloom but the palace doors are tightly shut /There’s two beautiful palace maids sitting together at the veranda enjoying the sight/They have much to talk about and want to share their woes in the palace/But in front of the parrot, no one dares share anything. ". It sums up the plight of the palace women pretty well: they want to be open and honest about their feelings, but because the walls have eyes and ears, they have to keep them bottled up. She recites this in front of the Emperor to try and entice him---don't you want to hear about my *secret feelings* for you?---and it works like a charm. -Hailancha mentions the Huolan Tribe when talking about Fuheng's exploits---they'll be important later on. -One of the ways in which Yingluo courts the Empress Dowager's favor is writing Buddhist scriptures in her own blood, which is similar to the technique I mentioned in a previous comment about sewing tapestries with one's own hair. Blood was considered a very potent substance, as its' deep red color identified it with the creative, life-giving yang aspect, and it was used in rituals to keep negative, dark and damp yin away. Human sacrifices (祭天/jitian) to heaven were practiced during the Han dynasty, but over time, animal blood and other red substances such as cinnabar and vermillion ink were used instead. Protective talismans were usually written in either blood or vermillion ink, to give them the spiritual potency to drive away evil forces, so writing Buddhist scriptures in blood was considered a more powerful variant, a way to ensure the immortality of the Buddha's teachings. You can actually tell whether or not a blood-written scripture had anything else (vermillion, cinnabar) mixed in by whether or not it kept its' red color; pure blood fades to a light brown after a while. Usually, male monks would produce these scriptures, as repeated bloodletting was believed to damage the body's heart meridians and the flow of vital energies, and since women were considered more 'fragile' and bloodletting would decrease their chances of getting pregnant, under normal circumstances Yingluo, as an imperial consort, wouldn't be allowed to do so. However, her getting pregnant is now a moot point, and she's repeatedly demonstrated that she's no 'ordinary' woman, so she copies anyway. -IIRC, Yingluo sneaks in Doctor Ye disguised as a maid (he's been disgraced and kicked out of the palace for his role in the contraceptives scandal) to diagnose the Empress Dowager. I think she pretends to suffer a stroke of some sort, and it's not fully clear how much of it is her acting and how much is the doctor by her side (who's on Xian's payroll), so Ye gives her a new perscription (which she purposely rips up so as not to expose her ruse). Liu Gugu, the Empress Dowager's head maid, has been using her knowledge of medicine to purposely make her sick. She also takes Yingluo with her, so the Emperor can miss and feel guilty towards them both. -Lady Qian's brother, Qian Zhengyuan, was based on a real person, Qian Chenqun, a court minister who served under Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong who was a talented poet. He appears to have gotten his artistic merits from his mother, the famous painter Chen Shu. She had to raise Qian and his two brothers by herself after their father, Qian Lunguang, died, and sold her paintings to keep them housed and fed. She also found time to educate her sons, and Chenqun credited her as allowing him to pass the imperial exams. She gifted one of her most famous paintings, 'Ye fang shou jing tu', 'Night Spinning and Teaching Sutras', to Qianlong, who was grateful, wrote a poem on it, and showed it to his ministers. She was also a poet whose works were collected in the Fu'an Yin Gao. -As far as we know, Xi Guifei, Empress Dowager Chongqing (and the basis for Zhen Huan) was Qianlong's actual mother. However, there were a ton of rumors surrounding the Emperor's parentage for many years, mainly being 'he's actually the son of a low-ranked maid' (which LoZH went with) or 'he's the son of an official, Chen Shiguan, and was swapped at birth' (which a bunch of wuxia authors went with). Digging deeper than that, there's also debate over which clan Xi Fei was from---some records list her clan as 'Qian' and others 'Niohuru'. There's a chance that his mother was from some random Han family, so he had her moved to the powerful Manchu Niohuru instead. Making this worse is the fact that the records these come from are written in both Mandarin and Manchu; the Mandarin is '钱/Qian' while the Manchu is '钮钴禄/Niohuru', so we can't tell for sure.

[@盧璘壽로인수]

regarding Qian & Niuhoro, it was later determined that an imperial prince (generation of Yongzheng Emperor) made a clerical error by mistakening 鈕 of Niuhoru as the simplified version of 錢 hence making it appear 2 women were bestowed the title of Consort Xi (熹妃) on the same day. The prince was later punished for his stupidity.

[@bassantisamess4279]

Right I agree that it really was reckless for the Empress to confront the Empress Dowager so early like that and I think it's because of Yuan. The Empress is very patient (unlike Yinglou and Yuan who take matters into their own hands) but she's the only brain behind each scheme so far, Zhen'er her maid isn't savvy or cunning. For the Empress to find such a capable Yuan must feel refreshing that's she's not realizing he has a fast hand that will eventually leave traces leading back to her. And Yinglou is a fast learner, she used the same patient scheme on the Empress waiting for Yuan to eventually drag the Empress down. Thanks for another great recap! Yinglou slapping Shu is my favorite part of the show 😂😂

[@andtheneverythingchangedwh5234]

Ahh this drives me crazy with c-dramas! There's always a moment when a normally smart villain conveniently does something dumb and Xian gloating is that moment here. Girl, you could have just denied, denied, denied!

[@noybmeadows3639]

I think in this case Xian was very emotional. To her she was taking revenge for her father’s death. What’s the point of taking revenge if the perpetrator did not know what it was for. She wanted the Empress Dowager to regret killing her father.

[@kaylapayton477]

Actually, I think this was a very well written mistake. Xian always has to gloat her victory over the people she’s taken revenge on. She’s just got a little too confident, and exposed herself too early.

[@cheryl8069]

Xian came out too early to gloat at the Empress Dowager. Previously, she gloated at her enemies when they were at the end of their dead-end road and were about to "go offline". But the Empress Dowager was simply ill and suffering a bad patch in her relationship with her son.

[@Winter74575]

Even if she denied it , it wouldn’t change the fact that the Emoress Dowager is no fool and knows already.

[@beeworkin1461]

@@noybmeadows3639 I totally agree, poor Xian lost her loving father. I would be emotional too. I totally get her wanting revenge on Zhen Huan. I mean the emperor had already decided on banishment, she did not had to have him killed.

[@DianaDonineaux]

It is really the truth that the Empress Dowager is innocent ? When Yingluo asked for the truth in the carriage she has a big smirk on her face .

[@Winter74575]

I think the writers did that because of real life rumours about The emperor’s real mother. Just like they don’t for sure as there’s no evidence for the facts regarding his birth mother.

[@its99pm]

Ahh, my girl noble lady Qing 💕 All this time she's quietly trailed after Shu like an obedient puppy, only lightly speaking up when she thought it safe to do so. She knows perfectly well she's taking one for the team, and the team is her entire family. She had no choice in entering the palace, and no choice in following Shu or deferring to her. Her remarkable quiet strength is admirable; she never complains and never asks for anything. I'm so glad she was honest with Yingluo, so she can get some much deserved help!

[@cheryl8069]

Xian's too-early gloating at the Empress Dowager showed just how much she underestimated the bond between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Her baggage is her weakness. She didn't have a solid relationship with her family. She loved them, she tried her best for them while trying to live up to the high moral standards her father taught her, but they treated her like dirt.

[@lakaperse6995]

Xian is being made dumb for the sake of the plot , it quite sad.The truth is that she understimated the title of Empress Dowager in general and the notion of filial piety . Even today , in China, children are expected to obey their parents no matter what . Through history Empresses Dowager especially regents ,humiliated their son by taking their power away and they got away with it for the most part because of filial piety . Even , if it was true that she killed her biological mother when you know that is normal to separate child and mother in the harem and the status of the mother can benefit or destroy a child and thus it is why she was chosen to give Quialong a status, it would be hard for him to dismiss her .

[@cheryl8069]

@@lakaperse6995 This part about Xian is so hard for me to wrap my head around. Why would she have thought it'd be so simply to cause an irrepairable rift between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager when the relationship mostly has been positive, and surely she knew that the position of Empress Dowager is really next level, don't mess with them. I think you're right about the dumbing down. The writers didn't dumb her down as drastically as they did with Chun, so I didn't catch it. Xian was just so illogical here.

[@limabean9228]

one thing that confused me was the last dialogue between yingluo and the empress dowager in the carriage. yingluo wanted to ask if the story about how the emperor's birth mom died was really true, and all the empress dowager said was "what do you think?" could that mean that the story was either partially or fully made up and the old man was under orders from the empress dowager to lie?

[@leahburns3278]

Yes!! I wonder what it meant

[@lindsiria]

That is what I assumed. It was likely a lie to make sure she kept her power and the Emperor in line. It fits the theme of scheming women.

[@limabean9228]

@@lindsiria yeah that makes sense... i thought about it some more and i wonder if she was actually the one who convinced the former emperor to execute qian. that would make the letter make sense, and it would make the old mans words true. idk if u have finished the drama, but the only missing piece to this storyline that i cant figure out is the spoiler that happens at the end

[@nibbana2k]

That day yingluo left yuañ with xian ...yingluo laid the foundation for hongzou amd xian's downfall.......10yrs later

[@qiuwenshui3080]

Personally, I don't feel too much for Yuan Chunwang. He kind of force Yingluo to make promise of staying with him at the Yuanmingyuan garden, Yingluo, I guess is nice to said no, and at the time, she probably is content staying there and think about Rongyin. Now, Yuan Chunwang is using the promise he basically made it for her to revenge on Yingluo? I can understand if the revenge is in the beginning, but he was still when Mingyu killed Erqing and knows the real reason why she came back, and he still have that amount rage towards her? Dude, she does have other people in her life. It's kind of funny whenever you mentioned a bad emperor, you put picture of Ruyi's Emperor. I do agree with you, after Lady Qian risked her life for him, the previous Emperor still killed her, that's cold and cruel. This is more cruel than in the novel of Legend of Zhen Huan where the Emperor use one of the consort as human shied, and did not feel a bit of guilt. Interesting that the Emperor (in here, Yanxi Palace) aren't angry at all with his father, but I guess if a man is killing a women for chastity reason, he doesn't care by that time of standard? With the Empress and the Empress Dowager, I can understand both of their point of view on Empress's father being wrongly killed. Express Dowager is an outsider and she is more aware of the politics, while Empress saw her whole family gone one by one. I understand how it slowly will eat up her and it prevent her from maintaining her emotions. Finally, I love Qing also. She is so sweet and now she is gaining power by helping Empress Dowager, Lady Qian, and Yingluo. She is one of the sweetest concubines. I love how Yingluo encourage her to, similar to when she encourage Yu.

[@gojiberry7201]

Thanks for explaining the Emperor's origin story... it always confused me a little watching these episodes.

[@MyUniqueBeauty]

I am not sure, but I found the way The empress Dowager answered Ying Lou about her question on if the story was true to be a bit odd. Her sinister smirk and the way she deflected the question with another question seemed suspicious to me.

[@its99pm]

No one has more secrets than a dowager empress; she's survived her entire life in the palace

[@leahburns3278]

Thank you again for all your hard work doing these consistent uploads!!!

[@beteljuice6629]

I can't believe Xian really believe she could win against the dowager empress that easily😅. The lady survived through all of the previous generation to be on top. It would be silly to think you could just bring her down that easily.

[@TheTCMfan]

YL slapping Shu is such a top tier moment for me for 3 reasons; Shu’s oblivious smile, Shu’s maids face like 😟 oh this is be gonna bad and the music.. it cheers me just like Rongpei’s slaps do

[@ri9759]

Now I just realized this drama has much SA than ruyi and zhen huan 😬

[@TheTCMfan]

And Qing I love her! She’s like Wan from Ruyi in the background but when shes highlighted she shines. Qing is so human to me because she’s not passive or uncaring while seeing injustice but having 132 of your family members lives in the back on your mind it’s hard knowing what to do without putting them at risk and not everyone is like Yinglou is ready to take on all the bullies and say screw the consequences

[@imogencrusader6306]

As far as Xian is concerned, it's a mix of a sense of superiority and been there done that, because she thinks she's the necessary evil in a hive of sinners. Chun had genuinely done evil things, not to mention Jia 1 and Gao, so when she came across the Empress Dowagers secret it didn't occur to her that there could be anything more to it. She wanted the Empress Dowager to be evil, she came across evidence that seemed to prove it, and we get some confirmation bias as the sprinkles on the cupcake! I'm also really curious why so many of these dramas say that Zhen Huan/Xiaoshengxian adopted him instead of being her biological son. I know with the former it was due to adapting the book to be more historical, but this makes the second time Qianlong was adopted, and it's weird it happened twice xD

[@M_Ahme]

you skipped Dr.Ye in the maid outfit. That was such a funny scene

[@kennedyallen7215]

Omg I loved this installment yuan is crazy and we all know it but yinglou is far from out of the race and the emperor is far from out of love with her I feel like this is gonna be another yinglou make him love me plans (yes I already know everything in this drama it’s my fav)

[@Tekirai]

First gao’s mother and then Qianlong’s mother like they were victims but derp derp patriarchal society says otherwise 🙄

[@cheryl8069]

A terrible to be woman

[@Vajrasattvam]

Fun fact: It is suspected, in real history, that the Empress dowager wasn't Qianlongs real mother, but it's a bit of a baseless rumor, since we don't actually have proof , and because Qianlong was a very devoted son and took pains to make his mother happy (not like the strained relationship in the dramas)

[@盧璘壽로인수]

Notes: wip ?.1. Here we are again with the old *Qianlong Emperor parentage rumor* . But seriously though most of the fault lies in the Qing Dynasty itself for not having reliable and consistent annals ?.2. there were *at least **-3 or 4-** 5 contenders for the title of Qianlong's Mom* ?.2.1. *Lady Niuhoru (鈕祜祿氏)* , Dowager Empress Chongqing, Empress Xiaoshengxian - I mean we don't have to go that far... ?.2.2. *Lady Qian (錢氏)* - an extant historical document states that a certain Lady Qian of Yongzheng Emperor's harem was bestowed the title of Consort Xi (熹妃) on the same day of the official histories recording Lady Niuhoru being bestowed that title. It was later found out that a certain imperial prince (same generation as Yongzheng) made a clerical error by mistaking "鈕" of Niuhoru as the clan name itself and the "simplified" version of "錢". The imperial prince was later punished for his stupidity. ?.2.3. *Lady Chen (陳氏)* - local official's son being swapped; rumors started during Republican Era ?.2.4. *Li Jin'gui (李金桂)* of Rehe/Jehol - supposedly the "Noble Lady Li (貴人 李氏)" of Yongzheng Emperor's official harem list; a "Ruyi" plot point ?.2.5. *Lady Peng (彭氏)* - not even sure of this one as I just recently discovered this

[@y-mefarm4249]

In real history, the Empress dowager is the emperors real mother. So many of the C dramas that use this timeline say he was adopted.

[@Sirah1981]

Aww, did you believe that? Rewatch the conversation in the carriage after they've left the Emperor on the road.... Dowager didn't Zhenhuan herself to that position by kindness. 🤭😈

[@its99pm]

And notice how only the previous emperor, who's been dead a long time now, was the only bad person in the story ED told. Very convenient!

[@aonline_abridged]

I still want Yuan to come back to the YL camp :( ...I know, I know

[@its99pm]

I want him to get some serious therapy, but alas...

[@sheherezahade]

I always thought that the Empress Dowager and Yingluo sort of invented the second version of the story, rather than telling the truth (which is what Xian had discovered).

[@LittleClarinetPlayer]

I’m so glad you explained in depth the story and how it relates to Qianlong. I was genuinely confused how this supposedly morbid tale of a woman selling herself as a prostitute was with the emperor. Also, was his mom already pregnant or already gave birth to the emperor when the kidnapping case went down? I can’t believe his own father ordered the killing of someone who saved his life. Trash complete trash. Omfg life sucks for women here, I hate it here 😭😭😭

[@dramarecaps4217]

At that point, Lady Qian should have already given birth and the emperor would already have been delivered to the empress dowager.

[@beeworkin1461]

So basically the previous emperor was an ungrateful @hole who had the person who saved his life killed....😤..and ooh Xian is good at scheming but she let her emotions become the better of her this time. As for the empress dowager, she lets her many guilty corrupt family members live and kills off the only family member of the empress. I don't even blame Xian. I know she is a villain and thus will go down, but I hope she gives Zhen Huan hell before she goes.

[@its99pm]

Don't judge just yet. Re-watch the scene in the carriage when Yingluo asks the Empress Dowager if the story was true, then ask yourself the same questions ED asks. It is, after all, very convenient to hang the bad actions taken on someone who's already dead... and Empress Dowager ain't no fool. Also, there's that old saying: history books are written by the victors.

[@TheTCMfan]

Xian definitely got too comfortable with victory. If she was set on taking out the dowager she should made sure to do it in one blow and kept her hands free and not blow her cover. Xian has Yuan as a her eyes and ears through the servant system then she has blackmailed Dr Zhang to half heartedly treat/kill the dowager so even though the dowager was faking she could have had him slowly exaggerate her symptoms. But by confirming the dowagers the suspicions with a fake smile and saying she will let the doctors know to do a new treatment for her; that let the dowager know not to trust the doctors and since she already knows about Yuan she knows that servants can’t be trusted she has to come up with a plan. So Xian basically let the dowager escape and that old lady ain’t never gonna forgive or forget what went down

[@emberjoy6739]

I'm sorry. But the story of the emperor's mother and father was just sad. Empress Dowager did the right thing. And I agree. The empress is losing her mind. I just wanna skip to when things get good again.

[@charitywilliams5288]

🎉🎉🎉

[@Anna-Michelle744]

Does anyone have any recommendations for Chinese dramas, preferably harem based? Thanks in advance

[@盧璘壽로인수]

there are no more harem dramas ( _gongduo_ ) post-2018, as the Communist Party has deemed that genre as not befitting socialist ideals hence the blanket ban

[@Anna-Michelle744]

@@盧璘壽로인수 I'll watch pre 2018 ones, I'm obsessed with the genre

[@NAVEMAN3]

I don't think Consort #486 was with the Emperor during the attack. I believe Granny was with him if we count the last episode of the series.

[@DisJawnBeOut]

Huan Huan jokes but don’t play ‼️

[@LoveBitesMail]

After this plotline, it all when downhill.

[@Monica-by4me]

Wtf an emperor kneeling to a concubine lmao this drama is so unhinged

[@Winter74575]

When did the emperor kneel to a concubine?

[@ri9759]

He was kneeling to his mother and they valued filial piety more than their own many powerful men in chinese history care about it more than anything

[@Monica-by4me]

@@ri9759 i said a concubine lol

[@Winter74575]

@@Monica-by4me what concubine did the Emperor kneel to? I didn’t see that part

[@its99pm]

@@Monica-by4me which concubine? He knelt before his mothers carriage, containing her, her maid, and Yingluo, but he was addressing his mother when he spoke.