Ep 36-39 really pissed me off. I was so glad that old man died (TOOK LONG ENOUGH) but atleast it happened. I don't really understand why the Hua's were punished since the beginning, I just know that emperor is ass.

Anyway, loved the couple from the start but slowly went downhill (spoiler: it's bc of the emperor). I just tolerated them, but the side characters were amazing. I really thought the SML would be prominent in this but like he disappeared in the middle of the series (which I love that he wasn't annoying) but that poster is misleading lmao.

I love Shaoyao and Shen Huan so much, so adorable from the start to end. They're so pure I wanna bubblewrap them. Aunt Yu Niang and Uncle Pingyang was sob-worthy, I love their reunion so much I WAS WAITING FOR IT SINCE THE BEGINNING SO GLAD THEY DID!!!! Chenqing and Baoxia is adorable too, little screen time but their banter was fun.

And I really really love the family dynamic. There are questionable things but still they helped each other and doesn't have much damaging betrayals. Aunt Jin'e was my favorite! Their family is so good that the court storyline was slowly pissing me off. I really supported Zhi for saying all that to the emperor, she hold back so much she should've just flipped her wrist and unalived him on the spot ANYWAYS