@LordDeathwatch As far as I am wrapping up S4.
First off man this irredeemable PoS woman
On one hand you can tell she loves the 2 kids she had with Lao Ai. But at the same time telling her first son how much she loves him. The woman who never attempted to show that love to Zheng. Adding on top of that telling Zheng she wishes he was never born. Which is the most disgusting thing a parent can ever say to their child. Leaves Xiang in tears, as she loves him.
You can understand her pain of losing her 2 new kids. But she never once gave an attempt to look Zheng in the eyes let alone try to repair their relationship as mother and son.
Despite everything that woman put him through, he even goes through the effort to hid her kids and reunite them with their mother when the time was right. Zheng's point was to make sure to eliminate potential signs of a rebellion. It doesn't mean the kids had to die, but from the public they would believe the kids would seek out revenge one day.
Zheng simply showing his character and reuniting them with their mother one day. Despite the fact this is the same mother who never showed him an ounce of love. He understands no point dwelling on the past, and it's time to move forward.
While the inner battle with Lu Buwei resolved, Zheng has even more work to do. You got Buwei's crew, but also the inner palace work to concern with now. It will take months because this resemblance a significant power that Zheng and Qin needs. After all Wu Meng is one of the generals who was in Buwei's corner. With that being said it was interesting to see Zheng having an influence on Buwei. He lost, but he took his defeat as gracefully as you can.
The joke of Zheng being his son was a heart attack at the moment. But in a way he has seen how much Zheng has grown. For him to be interested in what Zheng can do really implies how big of an influence Zheng is.
Here we have Zheng finally unifying Qin. Which was the first step now comes the next part of his plan, where both him and Lord Chengping have laid out a 15-year plan. Well damn, I'll be impressed to have that confidence. But like Lu Buwei said the suffering it took to accomplish unifying Qin will only be greater if unifying the whole Middle Kingdom.
Part of Zheng and Chengping's plan is to bring back the Six great generals. Now there is ton of competition. Teng, Wu Meng, Hang Yi, Jian Wang, and Yang Duanhe. Yang Duanhe was a surprise, but honestly the mountain warriors are such a big threat and help for Zheng and Qin, that it only makes sense. But man this leaves only one spot left for Xin, Ben and Tian. You know Qiang Lei will go those guys a run for their money.
Meanwhile on the Chu side of things, they are going through some changes of who's in power. And to be quite honest keep tracking of the politics of how it broke down was a lot to take in. Lord Chunshen's child being the heir is very interesting. And to lose a man who was near Li Mu's caliber supposedly is a big loss. Li Yuan asking Wa Lin to serve as chancellor alongside him is interesting. bytch is crazy, but she is a top general for a reason. Curious how it plays out on Chu's end.
In a lot of ways so much has happened. But in reality this is just the beginning for Xin and Zheng.