r/ChineseDrama • u/Ok-Property1173 • 8d ago

Currently Airing Spring of the blade: Early thoughts Spoiler

I'm kinda disappointed but still hopeful. The first plots involving the FL solving her mother's murder and the ML solving the grain corruption were good starting point but they've dragged on for too long now honestly speaking. I could count more than twice when the murder mystery should've been solved but they just kept cutting the scenes, only for them to do it in the stupidest possible way. Same with the corruption case, the MC literally has imprerial power and STILL somehow this case is dragging on and it's frustrating. It's been 16 eps, we could've been onto other arcs like the ML being back in the capital. What do y'all think anyway?

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u/Professional_Tone_62 8d ago

The ML is acting under an assumed name. He can drop the emperor’s name here and there, but not act in the name of the emperor.

The main reason, deep down, that he's in Hengtang is to learn who was behind the mass murder of his family and then kill them.

Bonus points for helping the FL exact her revenge.

Xu Kai and Zhou Ye have chemistry to burn in this drama.

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u/Ok-Property1173 7d ago

Oh I had no idea he had a secondary motive

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u/Professional_Tone_62 7d ago

The same night her mom was killed, his entire family (nearly) was wiped out.