My Sassy Princess

To love is the most important thing

I absolutely agree with Liu Ling that loving your married one with all your heart is the most important thing to marry but also I liked her romantic time spent with Shen Yan and liked actually that it made me laugh when she ended up in prison because Shen Yan did not pay for bracelet but she did not even ask him did he brought any money and she just run off with this bracelet😂 and what also made me laugh that she had to marry this prince who is 12 years older than her lol but Shen Yan who is only 1 year older than her is much better fit as he is a main character and he made a scheme to ruin the marriage for that prince of Yigu place for Liu Ling

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Let’s begin with the story line, it wasn’t the best and I’ve honestly seen better. The first couple of episodes were in like the camp, and all we ever saw was just Liu Ling chasing Shen Yan, and it got so annoying for me to watch. Shen Yan wasn’t giving any reaction and the story wasn’t getting anywhere. All of a sudden Shen Yan just falls in love with Liu Ling, made no sense at all. It just felt like Shen Yan took that chance as in like oh, I can’t stay single my entire life and I have this princess dangling all over me, I’ll just take this chance and make her my wife since she loves me so much.

I don’t know what up with the costumes, like I’ve seen Shen Yan wear the same outfits over and over like he really only has 3 outfits in the entire show, and what’s up with Ling Bi’s outfit. I understand she’s a maid, but she’s a maid of a princess, so Ling Bi’s costume needs look more like she serves the princess.

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My sassy princess

This series reminds me of Love of tiger and rose. It was very light and fluffy considering it only has 22 episoodes 💔 Fell inlove with Crsytal Yuan here! What a gorgeous lady. Cinematography and costumes were all so perfect espcially Crystal Yuan costumes. I wish to see them again in another series. It will be nice to see them in a xianxia series or modern drama. Give this drama a try you'll guys definitely love it.

Ps. I've known Crystal Yuan first from Love and Redemption and wasn't a fan of her at first so I tried to stop on ep 14 but now I think I need to see her again and finish that series ✨

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I'm not really fond of FML chasing ML first, especially if they are clingy and looking desperate for male attention, but after a few episodes of this drama, I'm not as averse to Yuan Bing Yan as the Princess Chang Le as I thought. But what really kept me going is Zheng Ye Cheng as the aloof Commander of the Guards. He first caught my attention in Love O2O as Hao Mei who was in this bromantic relationship with Vin Zhang. But here, Ye Cheng is a totally different person, much older and with better acting.

As Shen Yen, he endures the silly antics of the stalker-y Princess, sometimes even to the detriment of his missions. The Princess thinks that she has charmed her way in Shen Yen's heart as he was as firm in his rejection. Portrayed as a pampered brat, especially over-indulged by her doting Grandfather, Chang Le is most likely a misunderstood woman who had to deal with political machinations (even from her own father) since her mother's death. Of course, we know eventually that Shen Yan will cave in and profess his undying love for the Princess but before they can live happily after, the couple has to go through the usual trial and tribulation set forth by their conniving relatives and friends and relatives of said conniving relatives.

The drama would not be complete without secondary and tertiary couples, between ML's brother and FL's bestie, and also between their two servants. Contrived couple-dom for the win. This drama is lighter than your usual historical drama, just by counting by the number of times that the FML strategically falls into the ML's arms, and eye-rolls at said "accidental" tripping.

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The FLs enticing & shameless pursuit to marry the ML + Merxat's enchanting charms killed me!

To know a man you must observe his attitude towards the world - Liu Ling

I'm out of words for this drama, not because I have too much of them but because I've got little to none of it...

Looking back to the whole story, I feel like the main theme this drama focuses on is Liu Ling's pursuit to pester and entice Shen Yan to like and marry her, and the following events just simply follows this sequence. So, I'm not really sure where to start with this review since all I think about is them and the other plot seemed shallow and almost non-existent to me. Well, I guess that's a good thing?

Anyways, lemme just summarize the elements I like and dislike about this drama.

Plot & Twists - The major plot they've been trying to work and brew on since the very beginning ended disappointingly. It feels like they just want to get over with it so they nonchalantly settled with the most obscure way to dismiss and have it concluded. While the other minor events straightout felt insignificant and unremarkable at all to be even remembered and mentioned.

Camera Works - It's like the best thing this dramas has to offer. I can still can't get enough of the alley way fight scene and how it was meticulously executed. Every angle was captured accordingly with proper timing and consistency. Although, they kinda did a terrible job during Shen Yan & Lu Mingshan's final clash, I'd say that overall I'm still satisfied.

Main Leads Chemistry - I've got a rough start with their compatibilty to be honest. For some reason, I cringe whenever the FLs trying to seduce the ML and it's not helping that they got a handful of preposterous scenes in the early parts of the story— the falling from the cliff scene, the bridge scene and a lot more came pouring like raindrops that made it hard for me to bear and digest them at first. But after 'a while' I just learned to gradually accept and love them. It was hard earned I'd say.

Deep diving with our Main Leads... I just wanna say how I cringe yet still love Liu Ling's character as a whole. She's childish, immature and shameless but something about her bold and unrestrained attitude dismisses all her negative traits and captured my attention completely. She was a bizarre subject for me. Shen Yan on the other hand is like the typical cold and stoic guy with a twist!! His smooth yet erotic advances sends provocative thoughts in my head! He's addicting!!

Lead Couples - I expected quite a bit when it comes to Shen Yu & Shi Jin's story. I know they can give us more but they chose to just provide the bare minimum. All the teasing and bickerings only leads to a single kiss and that's it /sighs/. While Luo Fan & Ling Bi is the cutest to me. For some reason I'm satisfied with whatever they've got and I'm just happy that they finally got them together.

Lastly, I just wanna mention how much I love the relationship between Liu Ling and her Grandfather. That's pure love and adoration right there! Also, the Shen Brother's bond never failed to make me smile too. They're the coolest!

P.S. Ending it with another remarkable line... I don't want you to betray your heart to satisfy my feelings and change yourself - Shen Yan

Story - 8.0, They could've work on it a little bit by making the Major plot work but they just didn't. They focused so much on the Main lead's love story that the other stuff didn't stoodout even a bit. It felt neglected and shortly, abandoned. Thank god the Love story side worked out pretty well... if not, I may have butchered this section.

Acting/Cast - 10, What a set of flexible and talented actors/actresses. Yuan BingYan alone already added so much color to this production. Not to mention the Crisp and arousing aura Zhang Yechang contributed, Zhang Yue's flawless execution and the ever charming, gorgeous and meticulous spark Merxat showered to this group. He slayed this drama's visual to the very extent! Unworldly.

Music - 10, I love how mellow the songs are and the timing and placement itself helped the scenes stoodout and felt more heartfelt as a whole.

Rewatch Value - 7.5, This is me being considerate and respectful of this production. It wasn't bad and certainly has a good and enjoyable sides to it but I guess I'll never be able to bring myself to watch it again. Afterall, there are plenty of drama's out there who's more worthy.

Overall - 8.5, It's a drama that has a solid love story but kinda lack when it comes to proper usage of other plot factors. It's worthy while it last but will not linger around after that. I still love it nonetheless... the actors and actresses made me to, honestly! They all were a combo times 3!

IF you find my review helpful please let me know.

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Mediocre Drama with a Great Cast and Pretty Costumes

I started this thinking it was a light-hearted romance drama And it was for the first half, seeing the main couple bicker, flirt, and chase each other was super cute, but that got old fast. During the second half I had to put it on hold and it took about 3 months to actually finish. Which is sad because the first half was so promising, I even had my friend watch it because I thought this was a hidden gem. Here’s my breakdown of the episodes:

Episode 1-5:
The start was very good. The set, actors, costumes, and story were all great. The main characters' first interaction was hilarious, and I was excited to see how their relationship would develop. I enjoyed the slow build-up of romance, and they did a good job with that in the beginning. Them getting trapped on the bottom of a mountain was a bit ridiculous, considering the fact that an average human would not have survived, but it was funny nonetheless. The side couple was also introduced during this time, but I ended up skipping most of their scenes. Their story was super slow getting started, and when they finally got together, it felt rushed compared to the main characters.

Episodes 6-10: Okay, from here the mains are still bickering, but you could tell the male lead started caring for the female lead. At first it seemed like the show was going to be an unserious rom-com type deal. However, the comedy aspect started to disappear, and the show became more dramatic. I found the "forbidden love" and "parents disapprove" trope annoying. I wanted the main couple to have a happy relationship without unnecessary drama. Why can't drama parents ever let their kids be happy?

Episodes 11-15: I started losing interest during this time, especially after they killed the pig. This was like the first major dark twist. It wasn't crazily dark, but it was kinda gruesome and “out of place.” The main couple's relationship became more melodramatic in this period, with constant back and forth. Such as anytime I thought they'd get together, something would stand in the way. A drunken crying scene would follow, and then repeat. The story started to feel forced, especially with the arranged marriage plot. It seemed like the writers were running out of unique ideas.

Episodes 16-20: I was actually surprised when the story finally got interesting again during these episodes. It was cute when the FL was making the ML all jealous and him being all protective. The resolution with the arranged marriage was a little dumb, like why even pretend to go through with the marriage if you're just going to run away? How did that stop her from having the marriage with the prince when she was forced to by the king and her family? I don't know, I'm still confused about why they did that, and why they were allowed to get married right after.

Episode 21-22: The show should've just ended with the wedding. Adding more conflict and a fake death felt unnecessary since everything seemed resolved. However, I did like the plot twist involving the wine and the father's betrayal. The dialogue in the final episodes dragged on, and I ended up skipping 95% of it.

Final thoughts + other things I really enjoyed:
My favorite part of the show was the romance between the female lead's maid and the guard. Instead of focusing on a war in the final episodes, I believe the writers could have developed their story more instead. They were so cute and definitely the best couple of the show. I also liked the costumes, although I wished for more variety. The music was good, but some tracks were overplayed. Overall, this show is worth watching if you're bored and want to watch a short Chinese drama. It's not particularly memorable, but I might still recommend it to others.

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Not my cup of tea

Like most C-drama in recent years, disappointing. I feel sorry for the actor & actress. The story is just, I'm so sorry to say this, so crappy. I really tried to watch each episodes, I mean REALLY tried. Ended up fast forward through so many scenes, because it's just draggy, too much filler scenes, unnecessary slow motion and flashbacks, not to mention, how some scenes are just so strange and stupid. Example, the grandpa was poisoned, ML & FL knew who did it, instead of rescuing the grandpa and arrest the perpetrator, they decide to leave grandpa in the perpetrator care, and just give a bow to grandpa, because they're afraid grandpa will not lived long enough until their marriage ceremony. Who would do that?

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Love story

Few episodes were good rest were okay .it is a love story. A girl who is princess having bad reputation since childhood . She had been called to be rude ,heartless and ill mannered princess who had fallen in love with the high grade soldier .
And pursue him ,all the time clinging on him ,annoying him .It was a drama and she was a heroine that's why he let her entertained him but in reality if someone in his place ,I don't know what he will do but surely can't tolerate such a nuisance but it was story so he accepted her love .As it was a historical story so some spices should be there so she was a princess so she can't married to a soldier but she went against emperor decreed but emperor emotionally black mail her if she didn't marry to another clan king then our people's life will be in danger so she accepted the decree and hurt the feeling of soldier and told him that she bored from him that's why she is leaving him . Because of this he was starting avoiding her but again she cling on him then he asked why she was doing this so again she created a wall between them. so this went on in few episodes . Ultimately they had a happy ending .
So it just a sweet ,cute love story . Who like love story can go for it because along with their love story other two couples' love story got a happy ending .
This drama is not for me because along with love story ,I need to see some spices in a story .

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There were entertaining moments but the totality was a drama that is a dime a dozen. Female lead wasn't really sassy but horny. Male lead was the saving grace. The rest of the cast did their part, but with a stale story and bad editing, this is forgettable.

I'm really not a fan of the noble idiocy. This drama ended up doing what every average Chinese Drama ends up doing, making things messy in the 11th hour with very little episode film time to give us anything but a quick end after dragging everything out and put every obstacle in front of the OTP, including the kitchen sink. So unnecessary.

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First, cast aside your logic

I already seen a lot of ppl complaining about the 'brothel' scene like:
"How could a princess visit a male brothel?"
Yeah, that's why don't use your logic for the few first episode :)
If you don't use your logic, I found this drama quite entertaining and the depiction of emotion is quiet well.
First of all, SHE HAS A REASON for acting so childish and for visiting the male brothel. She only wants to bring shame to Duke Guangping (her dad) because all of the suffering she's had by her father and stepmother.
Secondly, the visual and the acting, well no need to say lmao. Their chemistry is so great. The crying scene of Shen Yan while he missed Liu Ling is one of the best scene in this drama (in my opinion) because Zheng Ye Cheng is one of the actor who deliver the emotions so well in crying scene.
The OST is also well done, ofc Zhou Shen and Liu Yuning sing very well.
My favorite thing from this drama except the chemistry between the leads is how the story unfolds.
This is one of those light-hearted drama where the leads just fall in love within a few episodes but needs a lot of time confirming the depth of their love and understanding each other.
I enjoy this one :) but probably won't rewatch this in the future. That's all.

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Had potential.. if only the storyline wasn't so terrible

I'm trying (read: struggling) to continue watching this but all I'm thinking about is how Crystal and Zheng Ye Cheng's chemistry is completed wasted on this drama lol. I'm literally so disappointed because the two of them definitely deserve a better script/story than ... whatever this is, because their chemistry is A+.

I actually liked the FL lead at first, but then she got super annoying when she devolved into a clingy, lovesick puppy. I have no problems with a straight-forward FL who goes after what she wants (and in fact, this is what made it refreshing when I watched the beginning eps) but FL's whole personality is chasing after the ML and being in love with him. One of the things that also really grated me was the progression of their relationship. There was, what felt like, absolutely no buildup to their relationship, and I don't know if it's because they cut out a lot of scenes (seeing as this is only 22 eps), but their relationship went from 0 to 100 real quick. It's like one day the ML is telling her to bugger off and the next they're in love with each other and spilling their traumatic past to each other. Like... what LOL.

I don't know. Maybe I'm just not the target demographic? I wouldn't completely dismiss this drama if you're looking for a fun, romantic drama to watch (the two leads have a ton of great romantic scenes with each other) but not if you're looking for something with more substance.

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Light fluffy rom-com with outstanding chemistry!

I have seen the actress before (Love and Redemption) but didn't love her character, and maybe her acting pissed me off too. However, she's grown and become much better, and was more endearing and more convincing in this!!

The male lead was TO DIE FOR, the little smile he cracks makes my stomach have butterflies!

The kiss scenes and her inappropriate skinship is what kept me going, their romance was so good. And what I loved more was though there were obstacles they didn't drag out for too long and get cliched/tropey.

If you want a light, easy watch, without too much crazy intense drama, this is it. It was exactly what I needed with my brain being so dead and just wanting something that would make my heart race and flutter.

The second leads were ok, but wasn't too invested in this story or the political story - but both didn't overtake too much time or the main romance which I was there for! I did like the little servant girl and the ML's right hand man's little romance, so cute!

I didn't give it higher rating only because I acknowledge that besides the romance, the rest was a bit so so, to the point where I skipped and didn't feel I missed out on much

The OST is so so goooddddd.

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