Jingrui was The Sweetest. I mean, he's the kind of character that the term cinnamon roll was invented for <3. His farewell speech to MCS is amazing. I missed him a lot in the second half as well.
I just loved watching Jingyan shout at MCS that he couldn't follow MCS's twisty dishonourable advice because the noble ghost of Lin Shu was watching him... fortunately the show kept on delivering on that kind of scene, plus there was an endless supply of MCS struggling up off his sickbed to do something secretly heroic without telling Jingyan, so again, I'm easily pleased in that regard ;-)
I found the Emperor's tragic/evil/disaster arc worked for me, it was Prince Yu's descent into armed assault on the Emperor that I found a bit hard to swallow, plot-wise.
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Date: 2021-01-16 05:35 pm (UTC)I just loved watching Jingyan shout at MCS that he couldn't follow MCS's twisty dishonourable advice because the noble ghost of Lin Shu was watching him... fortunately the show kept on delivering on that kind of scene, plus there was an endless supply of MCS struggling up off his sickbed to do something secretly heroic without telling Jingyan, so again, I'm easily pleased in that regard ;-)
I found the Emperor's tragic/evil/disaster arc worked for me, it was Prince Yu's descent into armed assault on the Emperor that I found a bit hard to swallow, plot-wise.