‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 19 Recap — Xiaoyanxi Saves Herself with Sheer Luck
EPISODE 19 The dowager finds out about Xiaoyanzi from Nanny Rong, as usual, and is determined to go to Shufang Palace to see what’s going on. Qing’er can’t interfere, but she decides to buy the gang some time by telling a maid to go get the dowager her supplement soupContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 18 Recap — Bad Chess Club
EPISODE 18 It is getting serious. Very serious. Xiaoyanzi is the heart and soul of the whole group, now that she’s gone, they all feel uprooted. I mean, who is going to take all the blame for their crazy deeds if Xiaoyanzi is not here anymore? But Xiaoyanzi doesn’t exactlyContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 17 Recap — Xiaoyanzi Has Had It
EPISODE 17 Hanxiang tries her best to dodge the emperor’s advances. In the end, she offers to dance for him so he’d leave her alone. I don’t know about that, though, it seems to just turn him on even more. The next day, Hanxiang has a little chat with herContinue Reading
‘Legend of Anle’: Episode 1 Run-down — Ooh, She’s a Pirate (kinda)
EPISODE 1 RECAP A young girl’s home is raided and her entire family is executed due to a crime her father may or may not have committed. The girl would have been killed too if it weren’t for the crown prince pleading for her on the ground that they areContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 16 Recap — Hanxiang is Hard to Convince
EPISODE 16 The group sneaks Meng Dan into the palace as one of the performers for a banquet. Erkang orchestrates the whole thing, which means he’s also responsible for this creepy dance we see here. I know it’s a piece of culture, Erkang, and it has great meaning; it’s alsoContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 15 Recap — Hanxiang, Are You Sure About This Guy?
Hanxiang’s medicine ends up saving Ziwei, after all. We don’t know what’s in them, but it’s sure better than whatever the imperial doctors have been using. And as always, Erkang makes his feelings known vividly. Afterwards, Qing’er goes back and talks to the dowager, she is quite serious this time:Continue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 14 Recap — Ziwei Needs Room to Breathe!
EPISODE 14 Basically, Qing’er says that the fabric used to make the voodoo doll is the expensive kind that only noble Ladies in the palace got, so all they have to do now is to find out which Lady has this fabric and investigate from there. The emperor and YongqiContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 13 Recap — Off to Prison We Go (again)
EPISODE 13 Ziwei works out the voodoo doll scheme as soon as she and the girls are put in prison. Unfortunately, that’s not going to help anyone because very few people are actually interested in the truth at this point. At a meeting afterward, Erkang tells the emperor and dowagerContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 12 Recap — Creepy Dolls and Stuff
EPISODE 12 Hanxiang lets the gang know that they don’t have to worry about her and her boyfriend anymore because she doesn’t plan on reuniting with him. She wants to be a good princess to her people and she doesn’t want to betray the emperor’s trust now that he hasContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 11 Recap — Butterflies vs. Bees
EPISODE 11 Erkang means business when he says he is going to talk to the Emperor about his marriage arrangement. This time, he leaves no doubt about it: I don’t care if other nobles have multiple concubines, I am willing to be different from Ziwei. Plus, I don’t want toContinue Reading