I started watching it because I'm a fan of xu Kai and yi tong and was awaiting some weird palace stuff..
What I didn't like.
1. I wish it was shorter. It started out well, the banter, the comedy, the chemistry of some actors. It was all beautiful but somewhere along the line I kept on rewinding back to the beginning of the episode because I wasn't as immersed as before. This shows that something went wrong with the script writing along the way
2. It's 2021 and we still have the dragging of misunderstandings that well as the viewer I'm like SERIOUSLY! again but I guess that's part of the whole drama I wish it didn't drag out as much! Like the xinnans marriage dilemma like what even???
Misunderstanding between the mL and FL by the time I was dropping it they were still at odds.
The whole palace drama shenanigans and schemings, I enjoy a good scheme but honestly this was too much one after another after another. People were dropping like flies, honestly I don't even want to add on the fact that it seemed the villains were fighting to see who would have the worst best schemes to annoy the audience.
3. The leads become supporting characters like how??? For example xu Kai gets like 5 min per episode!!( Exaggeration but that's how it felt like). Just like they gave too much attention to wen you and FL in the moon brightens for but that's another story.
LIKED
1. XU Kai and his family.loved it enjoyed their chemistry especially with his brothers it was nice to watch.
2. chumu growing up and becoming a general. His fighting scenes were interesting to watch.
3.my favourite girl who saw the good in everyone even the evil uncle!! Ying Ying, I actually enjoyed watching her.
4. Music wasn't that bad.
5.some plot twists were unexpected at least that gave it it's 'moments'
Characters
Apart from the leads who ended up being support roles at some point did their part but I wish Fu rou was flexible with her character she kind of flatlined at some point halfway.
The crown Prince even though his character was annoying as a fly , his acting actually surprised me..
The empress aargh have no words her own worst enemy.
All villains did their villainy and for me to actually dislike them they must have done something wrong or right can't really say.
Overall
Well, it shouldn't have been called court lady rather palace schemes, or villains almost win.. cause the romance between the leads was like ten episodes or so.. I didnt even finish it and I'll just assume that it was rushed in the end or something wasn't satisfactory.
Would I recommend? If you are a fan of xu Kai and li yi tong sure and enjoy villains fighting for who is bad , palace shenanigans and historical dramas sure try it but for me I was really disappointed.
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Great Drama Recommend
I think this is a really great drama. Both female and lead male are great actors I really love them both and I really enjoyed the chemistry in this drama. FL is a smart and strong character. ML was once a useless person and then becomes someone strong. Not only the FL and ML story was good I also enjoyed all the other characters story lines. I was excited for each episodes. The beginning is super funny and then towards the middle it gets super like intense and sad but I believe it’s going to be in happy ending overall I really enjoyed all the episodes that I have watched and I would totally recommend this to anybody who loves custom dramas.Was this review helpful to you?
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Acting and characteristic of cast not bad, but BAD EDITING ALL JUMPING SCENEE!
Omg, frustrated!How i can rate this drama?
What a fucking shit editing? All the scene is jumping sceme and cutting scene, i start watching this drama because i see the duration is above 45 minute, but what the fucking editing? ,,they jump and skip the important scene, when they discussing some plan, then they skip to the others scene, so that the plan? ,, and didnt know the reason for that they do?,,, and something and some accident can happen very shuddenly without any opening, no scene showing that scene, just happen like that,, what fucking they showing? The one that can see is the chemistry between couples,,
Multiple couples but! BUT! just 2 couple can be happy! ,, and they start the relationship between THE LEAD very soon but they just can be together in the end of story! ,, the reason is still tolerable at first but THEY SEPARATED AGAIN BECAUSE A SIMPLE MISURANDING IS VERY STUPID REASON!,,when they not very close they trust each other ,,but when they get very close can be separate with a simple misuranding is very stupid, very annoying!
The acting and the characters of the cast is good not bad, but the story line,, and the EDITING IS VERY BAD!,, many unknown purpose actions
### I have a lot of question, but i just ask some###
1. What happen with zhao prince? ,queen is begging the king to forgive him, and he glad to listen that, but why?! What the next happen? And what letter is the Eunuch deliberately put and lure the guard to see?
2. until the end I don't understand what is the purpose of yan zi fang? He just wants to take revenge on Luyunji, there's no point in cooperating with Fushui until the end
3. and who is fu shui asking yan zi fang for seach? Shu li yan?
And what the motive of yu he for working with fushui? Ep54 ,39:09 ,he said "Give us father and son glory and wealth" ,so i think he is a fathe r of fushui and have relationship with yan consort, but! Not clear,, even google wiki not write anything about this,,
4. So lian yan er is who spy? ,,she said to yanzifang that shengchujun know the letter from crownprince to zhaoprince is from her, but all of this is sheng brothers plan!
Conclusions!
##negative part ##
1. Bad editing
2. jumping scene
3. bad sound dubbing, unstable
4. scene change editing is not good, sometimes it looks like a cut without motion
5. unclear timing,, all thing happen very fast and shuddenly (opening ep 47not match with ep 46) and absurd from the beginning,, can learn kungfu very fast,,all strategies ,, chess,,
6. unshowing scene,, all thing happen shuddenly, and some can happen or not,, not clear
7. kill an important cast very quick
8. very chaotic plot
##positive part##
1. Satisfy scene ep 13,, 32:08
2. acting and characteristic of the cast not bad
3. the story is actually not bad, it just tells the story which is not good
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Fantastic plot, shame about the rushed ending
I was enjoying this drama so much in the first half, all the stories within the palace was well thought out, fu Rou and chumo makes great leads. I feel like there was barely any scenes where chumo makes any attempt to help or save fu rou (which is fine cos our smart girl saves herself) but it just feels like he was barely in it in the second half, and had barely anythjng to do with her anymore despite him not being able to let her go and their misunderstanding lasted a lot longer than it should.Worst of all, the last 8 episodes was a total mess, it was gripping but they cut out so many scenes some of it didn’t even make sense as to how it linked to the next scene, I also feel like a lot more was filmed about chumo and furou when they made up that they didn’t bother showing!
I feel like huanyu dramas has such a rep for doing this, it’s so annoying. I hope they release those deleted scenes
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A review on this series
!!There Are No Spoilers Here!!Review on the story:
Court Lady is a really good series and its worth watching all 55 episodes of it.
The story does not only focus on the romance but it teaches you with life as well. The story was played out like Charades. (If you dont knoe it, you can search it up) or like Chess that requires some people to be sacrificed even if they are innocent, a villain or a bad person that had changed and became a good person.
If you have watched the first episode and dropped the series from watching because it looked too boring, i suggest you continue to watch.
Review on the Actors/Actresses
As for the Actors that played the roles, i have no complaints. But for the actress, i only have a problem wth Li Yitong as Fu Rou. Yes i still think that she is nice becaude Fu Rou is an embroider and Li Yitong have Slender and beautiful hands. but some of the scenes, she looks old and didn't fit with Xu Kai. But that is the only problem i have with the actors and actresses. Also i thought that Lusi Zhao or Chen Yuqi or maybe even Zhang Yuxi who played a role on Intense Love would fit the role of Fu Rou. But every actresses have a certain personality that fits the characters based on their looks
As for the Music:
Drama with music like this one gives me big impacts most. It is like the classic dramas i have watched like; "Ashes of Love" and "The Winner is Love".
Overall;
I dont rewatch dramas because ut ruins the quality of it in my opinion but if you do like to rewatch dramas that gives big impacts, this one would be a good reccommendation for you
Thank you for taking your time in reading this♡!!
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Sorry for the Prince Zhou...
Very good and interesting script. Fast action. Neverending story of love. So neverending, that was so sweet that I puked a rainbow and chase a unicornback.TJC... yeah, he's definitely more handsome with some kg less :D cute dumpling in the drama
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I'm a bit unsatissfied about the side plot between Prince Zhou nad Ms Fu. Why was it so short and without deeper emotions? I'm a bit upset, cause Zhou was very well educated, dilligent and peaceful. He would have been a great emperor, but daddy completely underestimated him. IMHO this character was the most disadvantaged by fate. Anyway sorry, Prince Zhou. I was upset too... :C
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This isn't a drama to rewatch whenever!
Finally!! I endured so much to watch this... I honestly stay away from dramas like this but Soso tempted me. I watched it all and I liked the end they gave everyone, except for Queen Han she literally was just there, she only wanted a child with her loving husband!!I wished I saw Crown Princess' death, I wanted to understand her obsession with the Crown Prince and why she had such a vicious way of thinking in her ending because she was lovely and innocent and even if the palace is a toxic place she can't just turn... oh well...
Yan Zifan had a suitable ending as a sea lover being in the city changed i'm in a very cruel way, I'm not actually mad that he forcefully took Yingying, she's like Fou Rou and would want to stick to her belief even if it meant breaking her heart or just put her in danger (although I'm mot even sure if she still likes him, but 1st love is hard too forget 🤷🏾♀️).
Anyway the double marriage was a perfect decision, I cried when she FINALLY asked to leave the palace (I waited soo long 😩) and the fact that the Emperor granted both her leave and the marriage in front of the Hall of Joy (the Empress' Palace) 😭.
Now to add my grain of salt I would've like a better view of that kiss ugh!!! 😡 Why teases till the very end???
I liked this drama, it was very entertaining but I will NEVER watch this again. It was torture for me, who empathizes a lot with fictional characters. I cried many rivers 😭😭😭
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This is a very good historical fantasy with well choreograph action scenes and a nice, but often frustrating, romance plot between the leading couple Sheng Chu Mu and Fu Rou, that spend most of the drama’s duration breaking up and then making up, only to break up again. Even though their romance is not the main plot of this drama, it is quite frustrating to the viewer since the male lead is not present for too many episodes and repeatedly only shows up to save the day and the leading lady! The drama is, after all, about Fu Rou and how she navigates through palace intrigues and backstabbing antics to become an essential and pivotal person protecting the emperor and his family. The cast did a great job portraying their characters and the drama is quite good but not without flaws. Still, the drama is entertaining! Was this review helpful to you?
Psychotic
I am wondering who in they right mind gave this drama a 10. What started as beautiful witty drama turned into a never ending psychotic drama. Everything went downhill. The editing was ramdom , scenes cut and you don't know what happened and just try to push on cause you have invested so much time in it. A total trainwreck. A total waste of time. Tragic. Not in the good way,.. The female lead at some point starts to be irritating , the main lead just fades into the background. The main villains just disappear without you even knowing what happened and randomly appear . Regret watching itWas this review helpful to you?
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Review about Court Lady
This review may contain spoilers!!This drama is about the love life about the daughter of a merchant and the son of a duke. Not only is it about their love life but also about politics and saving the Tang Dynasty from traitors.
This drama really got me going wild, it was a rollercoaster of emotions. From loving the two main couples, to frustration (caused by irratating characters) to getting bored and wanting to drop the drama, and then to the end where I was really satisfied.
At the start of the drama, it went pretty well. I was intrigued and wanted to watch on. However, midway through the drama I got really bored of it and it just seemed to be dragging on a lot. 55 episodes just about the couples quarrelling or loving. So frustrating as they both were misunderstanding each other!!! But it was worth it!! Nearer to the end I was really confused and worried that the evil would take over but I was wrong! Big plot twist.
Overall, I really enjoyed this drama and will recommend this to anyone who loves a bit of a romance drama but also a bit of politics and saving the country. However, if you really don't like long, dragging dramas then you can skip most of it and enjoy the love lives of many couples :))
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The main male lead acted by Xu Kai was somewhat silly and stupid but ironically he became very outstanding in military strategies and martial arts. The emperor Li Shi Min was the least likeable portrayal of this character of the 3 dramas I watched including The Empress of China, The Long Ballad. He was not as brilliant as history recorded him to be. The lead female character acted by Li YiTong was pretty and intelligent but was always bureaucratic and stony - her character was incredulous - always perfect. The empress was deemed a virtuous empress but she had a vicious side and was obviously protecting her son, the crown prince and his position. She even killed her fourth daughter-in-law because of the setup from the jealous and petty crown princess. The crown prince was like his consort - petty and not quite bright.
There were a lot of comical scenes but yet it was not quite a comedy - there were intense political rivalry, deceit, and deaths. I would say it is a mix genre.
There were an obvious discontinuity in the drama - it seemed some parts were clumsily cut and trimmed.
The costumes were a little lacking compared to the top Chinese dramas and looked like a low budget production. The head wear for the guys were terrible. Overall, I would not rate it as a tiptop drama. But regardless, it is entertaining. So if you are locked down in this pandemic looking for something to do, watching this drama could be it.
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