Further thoughts: At 30+ episodes, the main character (aka sickly genius) is starting to get on my nerves. You know he's going to win against everybody, his lover buddy is going to be the almighty Emperor, and everything he predicts is going to come true. It's too... one-dimensional. You can't relate to that, it's not human!
Also, too many scenes with him sleeping, waking up, coughing (sickly, remember?), falling sick, getting better, falling sick again, people standing around his sickbed, people talking around his sickbed, etc. That kungfu boy (small Yang Guo) with the speech impediment also has to go.