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Okay makes sense. Maybe I will give it a try and see what happens

That does sound lousy 😑

woe, yes, I love them both and want to see them in more drama and leading roles

Spoil me, what was the ending, I don't want to waste my time on a bad ending

🤣🤣🤣 Petty is exactly what it was, though it was just me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣 Ikr, that had me laughing so much, I was like this guy, is so petty 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I loved his character though

I know, I ended up liking his character way more than I thought he would, I felt so sad for him

I also tiptoed around this drama, it wasn't pulling me in, but also gave it a shot recently and really enjoyed it

True, if you don't like it, you can always drop it, now to find my next watch lol

Sorry to hear that ❤
There were 2 forceful kisses, and a slap to our FL (not from our ML)

In the first episode she dies in her first life and that how her first life (story) ended, it happens almost 10minutes into the first episode, when she dies, the next scene moves to the modern world where she (the author) is writing a story (Story of Kunning Palace), but she (author) doesn't like the ending and wants to change the FL ending, hence the reincarnation/do-over, and hence she rewrites the story to give a new ending. The modern world/author part was put in for censorship purposes from what I understand.
Hope that helps 🙂

I was also hesitant at first, the poster didn't even draw me in but I decided to give it a try after reading the write up. Its not your perfect drama and you may question certain elements so it does come with flaws however the part I enjoyed and liked was our ML's character Xie Wei/Xie Juan, he's definitely not our typical upright, straight laced hero, he's ruthless, cunning, forceful, unapologetic, has a controlling and possessive nature, almost villainous...almost lol for me anyways because he's not completely aggressive about his plans and very level headed in his political schemes, but he's damn smart and witty as hell, always 5 steps ahead if not more, even when you think he's lost, he surprises you, I definitively enjoyed watching this character as this type was new to me, I'm so used to watching the "typical romantic hero" type, but not here, He's almost the opposite, definitely someone you would avoid if you came across him. So much so that I am looking for other dramas with this character type that explore more gray characters.
Some other characters also grew on me and the story was also easy to follow, overall I enjoyed it

Enjoyed the overall take, was refreshing and realistic. Not what I expected looking at the poster so had little expectations, but definitely came out enjoying this one

I thought it was just me 😂 everytime he fought it annoyed me so much, he fought the lead guard in the master's compound so they were claiming he had decent fighting skill but you still get your ass kicked to the point of almost passing out by one punch/kick on multiple occasions - that really didn't make sense to me and irritated me. Overall though I did enjoy the drama, was a refreshing take.

Ikr, I'm not going to let that sway me though

100% agree

Yes, a lot at the end didn't make sense. The emperor really annoyed me as well, like you said bipolar. His views changed so fast based on one persons statement, and a lesser important one (because CZ just became a higher ranking minister towards the end, but he was a disciple of Xu Jinfu for years, CZ would be influenced by him whether directly or indirectly - the emperor wasn't thinking - how much did he trust his words to make that decision, - the emperor really lost his sense there)

Same 😢😭 I miss our dudu and HY

🤣🤣🤣 lmao mosquito to Darth Vader 🤣🤣 I agree, at the beginning he was just existing for me, but towards the end, he became infuriating

Omg really, that does sound better, the drama version at the end frustrated me with him