Katie Cruz

This drama got me on a chokehold. It was honestly THE BEST DRAMA EVER! I thought I wouldn’t be able to find another badass female lead like Ming Yi from Love in the Clouds, but here we are. Just finished it today, 03/30/2026. I am so sad. My heart is broken now that this was over. How do I move on, fam? *Sobs* I felt this way when I watched Love in the Clouds because I had to wait for new episodes to air on Netflix. Anyway, this is a story about a young girl named Fan Changyu from Lin’an who comes from a family of pig butchers. She lives with her little sister Fan Changning, who is so cute and just as smart as her. I love how she quotes “In this life, be a good pig; in the next life, be a good person” before she slaughters the pig. One day, she discovers an injured man buried in the snow. Her parents just passed away so she becomes the breadwinner. A lot of her neighbors talk sh-t behind her back, but she doesn’t back down. She’ll fight for it as long as she is right. The man she saved was obviously a high ranking nobleman. He tells Changyu his name: Yan Zheng. It’s really funny how in most of these stories they try to hide behind a new identity, but still keep a part of their name. Brilliant idea, if you ask me. His real name is Xie Zheng, and he’s the Marquis of Wu’an. He lies low in Lin’an but secretly communicates with his men via a gyrfalcon. Yan Zheng was really nice when he offered to marry her as a matrilocal husband in order to help Changyu save her house, or else her greedy uncle and aunt will get it. I love how they talk to each other. You know they were slowly falling for each other every day that they were together. Changyu always tells him, “I’ll slaughter pigs to support you”, because she’s the head of the household and she thinks that Yan Zheng is a weak man. Then we see how Changyu fights when there were assassins that raided their home. How did she learn how to fight like that? Turns out, her father taught her martial arts since he ran an escort service. But along the way, there were so many things that didn’t add up. Some people who watched this were confused and didn’t like the ending. I refused to watch the leaked episodes because those have trashy translations. Everything was cleared up in episodes 38-39. Everything was clear to me. I did not skip the scenes, especially the political ones, and that helped me understand what was going on. I love how the second male lead, Li Huai An, the grandson of was such a gentleman. He knew his boundaries very well. Even up until the end, he made a smart choice. I love the scene where she’s in her armor on the horse and they’re on the street, and he just watches her from the window. I thought that was pretty sweet. When Xie Zheng was on his horse, she had a scene where she was looking out the window, too. I love it! At the palace, the way that puppet emperor wanted her when he asked if she was married. Na-uh. You wanna lose your head? If Marquis was there, oh boy, he’d be pissed. Your eunuch already lost his ear. Maybe you’ll end up losing your head. And when they met in secret in one of the alleys. The way he opened his arms and ran to him. Sweet kisses!! I’m melting!! The kisses were great, too. That bath tub scene that looked like they were Yin and Yang from above? Perfect. Anyways I just love everything about this drama. It holds a special place in my heart. The music, the cinematography, the costumes, the fight scenes, the characters… believe it or not, I even cried for the villains. To be honest, I cried at Qi Min’s demise. But he deserved it because he slaughtered a lot of people. He couldn’t even love his child, Bao’er. *chef’s kiss* The director and the whole crew were amazing. Thank you for bringing Zhu Yu to life. I swear, this drama had so many funny reels. I love how netizens were making videos and comments online saying they wanted to find their own Marquis one day in the snow. If not snow, maybe in the mud. Especially when he came through the gate in his armor and his lingzi headpiece (2 pheasant feathers that military commanders wear in ancient China to show glory and courage). Videos of cats and dogs wearing lingzi headpieces littered my timeline, which was really cute. There was also a video of a squid in a hotpot where they cut off most of the tentacles and left two, then the second clip was Marquis Wu’an, saying it was a glow up. I laughed so hard at that. We don’t get to see another wedding and their two kids, but it’s okay. As long as one of them didn’t end up dying, I’m all good. There was a “What if” special scene at the end of episode 40.