Then, the female lead, in a moment of idiocy, actually thought it made perfect sense and was so moved that she cried her eyes out. She just agreed. And then she was carried into the palace in a grand sedan chair carried by eight men.
This concludes the first episode.
Logically speaking, you don't need to finish an egg to find it's rotten. But I'm the kind of person who's sentimental, so after watching the first episode of dog poop, I actually gritted my teeth and watched the second episode.
The second episode covers what happens after the female lead enters the palace. Because she doesn't understand palace rules, she does a lot of stupid things. For example, she talks back to the empress, trespasses into the forbidden palace, casually flips through the memorials in the imperial study, and takes the princes out to play while they are in class... There are too many to list in detail, so I'll just show you a few GIFs to give you a feel for it.
The old emperor never punished the female lead because he treated her like a daughter. I'm speechless.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the male lead, played by Liao Li, also secretly developed feelings for the female lead.
Because of the old emperor's tolerance towards the female lead, the concubines in the harem were extremely jealous and plotted to kill her.
This concludes the second episode.
After watching these two episodes, I felt like my IQ had been shocked.
It's like someone serving you a plate of spoiled durian on a golden platter... You won't understand if you haven't watched both episodes.
I was deeply shocked. I even sent a private message to Liao Li on Weibo, saying, "Ex-husband, I've already done more than enough by watching the first two episodes of 'The Legend of Qingyun' for you."
After watching these two episodes of weird stuff, I felt uncomfortable all over. At that moment, I remembered the dog-riding drama "Yun Qing Ji".
I'm filled with malice, ready to judge this show...
Here's what I'm thinking. "The Legend of Qingyun" had a budget of 400 million, and they still managed to produce this mess. "The Tale of Yunqing" had tens of millions of yuan invested by someone with connections; how terrible must it be?
I watched it on MetaTV. MetaTV updates about an hour later than the TV broadcast, so please take note if you're planning to watch the show.
The first episode of "The Tale of Clouds" tells the story of how the emperor was troubled by the lack of snow in winter (because no snow in winter meant a possible drought or locust plague the following year). In order to allocate disaster relief funds for the next year, he simply copied the story of a corrupt official surnamed Chu.
No sooner had the corrupt official Chu been imprisoned than it began to snow.
It's snowing, and the corrupt official Chu is saved. Chu's daughter is a beauty, named Chu Jixiang. In the palace, for good luck, she's called Ji Meiren (Beautiful Lady Ji). So Chu racked his brains and used all sorts of means to win the emperor's favor, hoping to plead for his family's life.
Because Consort Ji had been with the emperor for many years, she had long lost her novelty, so she had to work extremely hard to gain his favor. Lots of hilarious things happened along the way; I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants while watching it! I won't spoil it here. Anyway, when you watch it, you'll think, "Zheng Bohan... is a genius."
Then, as the saying goes, hard work pays off, and this Lady Ji really gained the emperor's favor! She was even promoted to Consort Ji by the emperor!
You thought the next part was an inspirational story of saving the whole family? Wrong again.
Taking advantage of the emperor's good mood, Consort Ji chattered on and on, asking him if he could spare her family members.
Then--
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Then, the emperor was shocked and said, "You are also a member of the Chu family? That's good! Your family has already been exterminated, so you'd better hurry up and go too!"
Ahhhhh, I'll regret it if anyone doesn't see what happens next:
Consort Ji was stunned. She said that she had served the Emperor for so many years, how could he not know that she was from the Chu family? The Emperor replied, "I've been calling you Consort Ji for so many years, it's gotten to me. Who knows what your real name is?"
Qin Tianye's acting is superb... the way he delivered those lines, so charmingly roguish... absolutely captivating. But I digress.
Consort Ji asked, "You don't even know my real name, so why are you being so nice to me?"
The emperor replied impatiently: "I really like the sweet and sour cherry pork from the imperial kitchen; I've been eating it for many years. But it wasn't until last year, when I was traveling incognito, that I learned it's called 'braised pork' among the common people."
That's amazing. That's incredible.
God knows I almost jumped up when I saw this line...
What kind of seasoned veteran could write such cruel and realistic lines?
In short, Consort Ji was then given poisoned wine. The emperor then asked the eunuch beside him why he hadn't mentioned that Consort Ji also shared the surname Chu. The eunuch replied that the emperor had recently been favoring Consort Ji, and he was afraid of offending the emperor's favorite concubine, so he hadn't said anything.
Then the emperor killed the eunuchs as well.
Oh my god, the second half of the post keeps showing a violation warning. Friends, let me fix it before I post it again!
Welcome everyone to discuss with me in the comments section. Oh my god... I really love the drama "Yun Qing Ji"...
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