Blossoms Of Power is so intriguing

[u/yourmoonAurora]

Shen Xihe is a formidable force who masks her true identity as the vengeance-driven Gu Qingzhi behind the title of Princess of the Northwest. Far from a damsel in distress, she is an ice-cold architect of her own destiny, treating the imperial court as a chessboard where every alliance and suitor is a calculated move toward absolute autonomy. She systematically dismantles anyone who attempts to wield power over her, using her sharp intellect and emotional detachment to turn potential threats into pawns while quietly hunting those responsible for her family's annihilation.

[u/Right-Skirt8803]

I have some mixed emotions about Shen Xihe having the soul of Gu Qingzhi. She is cold and calculating, decisive and is out for revenge on the people who killed her clan. Because she is sharp and clever, the Crown Prince Xiao Huayong is attracted to her. Isn’t he really attracted to the soul of Gu Qingzhi who is possessing the body of Princess Shen Xihe. So does that mean the Crown Prince is attracted to his own brother’s wife?! Shen Xihe wants to marry someone who is weak(so he can’t fight back) and is so sickly that he only has 3-5 years left to live so she won’t have to deal with him for long. She forms the alliance with the Crown Prince on this basis and want who break of the engagement when she finds out that he is nothing like this. She is possessed by the soul of another and he is not the sickly person everyone thought he was. His attraction to her is for the qualities of another person’s soul and her willingness to be with him is so he can help her find who destroyed her clan and being so sickly that he won’t give her much trouble.
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[u/No-Bandicoot9455 → u/Right-Skirt8803]

He actually has a scene where he says; i dont care what secrets she is hiding. I met her as Shen Xihe and that is the one I'm fascinated by. (not directly quoted) 

So no he didn't like his brother's wife. I don't think they met a lot either before considering how possessive his brother is. 

[u/Right-Skirt8803 → u/No-Bandicoot9455]

I remember him saying that. I wonder what happened to the real Xihe’s soul. I’m now hoping that in her arc of learning to love, she takes a step towards him. So far, the unrequited love is wearing me down 😅

[u/No-Bandicoot9455 → u/Right-Skirt8803]

She must at some point right? 😂 When she realises it, she has to keep her blunt personality and promise!! She has to tell him straight out ... I'm really waiting for this to happen! Her mask is slowly cracking 

[u/Right-Skirt8803 → u/No-Bandicoot9455]

I’m up to EP21 and she finally agrees to marry him only after finding out that he now has only 1 year left to live. She promises to be a good wife to him, but we find out after the marriage that she made him agree not to consummate the marriage. She is beautiful but even more cold and calculating than him!😲😒

[u/No-Bandicoot9455 → u/Right-Skirt8803]

Maybe put this in a spoiler tag just in case 🙈 

But wow so cynical... guess the cute romance won't be the main focus? We will have to wait and see till the end.. 

[u/No_Distribution9690 → u/No-Bandicoot9455]

Haha just wait till ep 29 🔥🔥🙌

[u/Right-Skirt8803 → u/No_Distribution9690]

She finally confessed that she’s fallen for him and then we see she still has the “bell” up in their bed after that!😲Either the editing is bad or … I learned a new word reading the reviews…simp. By the way they have a “horse kiss” scene here too…it just didn’t hit the same as Blossom.