‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 21 Recap — The Jinsuo Problem
EPISODE 21 RECAP The gross chess couple gets investigated and sentenced to exile for their crimes. The emperor lets the kids take a day off to go out and watch those two getting eggs and rotten veggies thrown at them. Ziwei is the only one who looks uncomfortable with thisContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 20 Recap — Not Cool, Emperor
EPISODE 20 RECAP The gang all gangs up and storms into that chess club to avenge Xiaoyanzi. The chess guy and his wife are of course no match for them. They make this nasty couple eat chess stones and drink from a dirty bucket, then give them to the localContinue Reading
‘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