Big_Red_1011

Yes, seems to be really nice so far. I think you’d love “When I Fly Towards You” (similar vibe; possibly best high school/college C-drama) and maybe “You Are My Lover, Friend” (also funny & light except for one minor storyline).

Happy to help! Enjoy :) P.S. I noticed “Meeting You” on your list. Will check that out next ☺️

The business talk is really not that bad. Most of the time it’s our heroes solving some issues or overcoming problems caused by bad people. It’s not boring but they could have reduced the number of episodes if good guys had less enemies, lol… P.S. If you do watch this, remember to watch Episode 41 (Epilogue special) which is now available on Viki.

FYI there’s a 12-minute Epilogue (episode 41 on Viki) to this series (“Special” on MDL). It’s a required watch to anyone who enjoyed this drama or wants to see the full ending.

FYI, this is now on Viki as Episode 41 of the original series. It’s really well done and should be watched by everyone who enjoyed the drama.

For what it’s worth, the creators only filmed enough for 30 episodes not 36 (even the script called for 33 episodes, if I recall correctly). More episodes would have definitely be better but, perhaps, once they got back from filming and reviewed the material they shot, they had to reevaluate their plans.

No, the actress has no issues with her legs. Someone had posted that they used green screen & CGI to make it appear as she had no legs.

From historical ones, I’d suggest Are You The One. It’s pretty light (especially in the beginning), has a great lead pair, and avoids bad tropes (heroes act smart and behave logically). And the story grows in scope quite a lot.

The last two episodes of this drama (ep. 31 & 32) are truly great! With so many dramas (even good ones) forcing tired tropes even at the end, it’s nice to see there are creators (director/writer) who can end a drama properly and give the audience what they deserve 👏

How do you seek investments for a historical drama? Car logos on carriages? ‘999’ on healing pouches? 😆

I highly recommend Are You The One for you. It has one of the best female characters ever and, through the drama, it’s shown just how much ML loves & supports her and the other way around. It starts off as a hunt for a local rebel leader but it expands a lot in scope and stakes involved 😉

Prince Ning gave him that woman so she could spy on him and help the prince. That is a typical scheme of the Prince (as we learn from the ML later). Previously, ML had no wives/concubines, so Prince couldn’t have an excuse to do this. But now that ML took FL as concubine, ML can’t find a legitimate excuse to not take another one.

Some rumors are saying July for season 2 but it isn’t confirmed yet. In the meantime, watch a finished drama like the “short” 40-episode Are You The One :)

The Princess is more likable character than The Husband, lol. He might be one of the most universally hated characters recently.

If you haven’t seen it, watch Best Choice Ever and just fast-forward through some of the more annoying scenes with FL’s mom. It’s a really great drama with Yang Zi and Xu Kai other than the overbearing mother trope.

Right! I found out randomly after seeing comments on Viki in episode 20-something 🤣

Something happens at the end of season 1, but it’s too soon to know what effect that new female character will have.

Similar historical drama (but slightly less anghsty) is Are You The One. Like others mentioned you can also watch The First Frost (modern romance) or When I Fly Towards You (high school/college romance) — both are from the same author as Hidden Love but there is no age gap to worry about, lol

Are You The One is great! It’s slightly lighter in tone than Peony but it has great chemistry between leads and possibly most reasonable characters (unlike most other dramas, they make smart decisions).

Are we really supposed to believe that a near-genius level person could not think of a better revenge plan than to simply beat up the bad guy in front of hundreds of witnesses? Given how arrogant the bad guy is, it’d not take too long to dig up a lot of dirt on him, ruin his reputation, put him in jail or else. Just puzzling writing (not sure if it was like that in the novels or if this was made up for the drama).