The Palace 2: The Lock Pearl Screen (2012)

If you're lucky enough to find eng subs then please share with everyone else. Viki has them up to episode 9 still. Anyway...I really liked it (especially when Qing Chuan and 8th Prince make cameos) but it didn't need to be THIS long.

Story: Same old same old. There are evil and overly ambitious people in the palace that make the love triangle a tug of war for the entire 36 episodes. Honestly, by the time I was on the last few episodes the niceness of Lian Er was just frustrating and the bad endings for the evil characters weren't as satisfying as I would have hoped. Maybe if there were fewer episodes that kept drilling into our heads just how bad the palace people were and just how much they could torment our heroes it wouldn't have bothered me so much. Also,I did not like the amount of time that some side stories had towards the end. FYI writers: I DIDNT CARE! I found myself fast forwarding through most of that.:-)

Acting/Cast: Good. It annoyed me that some characters from the first series played different character's in this one. The main one I spotted was the old emperor in series 1 played 17th Prince's teacher in this one. Other than that, I will say that the cameos by 8th Prince and Qing Chuan were adorable and was a nice nod to series 1.

Music:Laughable. Every time a character would ask Lian Er to sing suddenly the music would kick-in over her singing and we're supposed to believe she was the one singing! It made me laugh every time. But the OST was nice and whoever did the actual singing was good.

Overall: Based on my review I know it sounds like I hated this series BUT, I knew what I was getting into from the 1st series. I WANTED to watch something cheesy, with over the top effects and characters I love to hate. And boy did I get it! It was cheesy and cute and the ending salvaged a lot, ALOT of the flaws for me! Glad I finally watched it, but I'm not going to continue with the series. This was a good place to stop for me :)

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Very Enjoyable

It's now 2025 and I happened to catch this through YouTube recommendation. I didn't know any of the casts and didn't watch part 1 of this series, nonetheless I enjoyed watching this.

It's so refreshing to watch an emperor who is a nice guy throughout. Most if not all of the Chinese drama I've watched, the emperor started as a young optimistic guy but always ended up turning to the dark side (and betrayed the FL). The emperor also has an emperor vibe. His love story with Lian Er is so sweet to watch. I'm sure I will watch this again (just the part of love story between them).

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