It was bad timing that Pingjing found out Pingzhang was adopted right after Madam Laiyang was killed, but if I understood the timeline correctly it was a week and a half before he went to see Yuanqui again, I was not impressed. Yuanqui doesn't really seem to have any (other) friends. (Pingjing doesn't seem to have (m)any close friends in the capital either.)

I also wondered which part of his mother's letter Yuanqui burned, have you found anything about that, or does it come up again later?

My favorite part about the trap for Pingjing was that when his dad scolded him, he didn't look sorry about the danger to his life, but he looked sorry when he was reminded that his brother would have found his corpse. I love how close they are.

It becomes more and more obvious that the Emperor is favoring Changlin manor more than he should, but he doesn't seem to think anything about it or consider how it looks to outsiders. Not smart.

I hope we do get a Feizhan vs. Tuoba Yu fight! And that we'll see Princess Zhonghua (?) fight as well.

I'm also curious about the sick guy Puyang Ying talked about - DD said she thought it was Duan Tongzhou and he isn't really dead, but I don't quite believe that. I hope we'll see more soon.

(DD thought "Prince Tingshan" was a mistranslation, and I'm still not sure who exactly the Princess is marrying. Ah well, I'll find out soon.)