Watch for the well written story
Must say Chinese period dramas are getting better & better.
This was a beautiful story about a woman finally rising up in the face of challenges and empowering women around her.
Wonderful plot, amazing background score, great cinematography. I won't get into the details of the story..but let me give my honest opinion about the cast.
🩷Zhang Jing Yi as the FL is good. I have watched a couple of her works and she always does her part well. This time also she really put life into the FL, Hua Zhi.
🩷On the other hand, this was the first time I watched Hu Yi Tian & I found his acting not good. His expression was flat most of the time, and his chemistry with the FL wasn't at all there. He's so good looking and tall, I really tried to see him in a great dashing hero light but failed 😔
There wasn't even a single spark between the ML and FL's chemistry.
🩷Lu Yu Xiao - she really amazes me with her acting skill. She did her potrayal of mentally challenged character so well that you can't help but fall for her childlike charm.
🩷And then there is Bian Chen - I am really looking forward to see him act in more series. He's just too cute. 😍😍😘 Infact, his and Lu Yu Xiao's chemistry was way better than the lead's.
🩷Now the main part..Honestly I felt, the star of the show is not the hero, or the heroine but the villain- the Emperor.
This series is one of the rare ones where the villain's character is so well developed.
Usually the villain's character remains one dimensional..but this one was wow! At first you'll think The Emperor is power hungry and likes to weild his power, even over his loved ones, just to always be like God. But slowly, the audience will realise that no! He's just a coward who thinks he has nothing except his crown's power. "Nothing but a coward old man" (dialogue of the spy from Zhao Empire Ep.40)
The actor who played the Emperor, Hai Yi Tian executed his part so well, that I sometimes wanted to jump into the screen and thrash him. Awesome! Just awesome! This is what a villain should be.
In conclusion, even if it's a good story I won't watch it again. 40episodes is too long to sit through, just only to see a story about women empowerment, a great villain and a very cute side couples' sweet love story.
This was a beautiful story about a woman finally rising up in the face of challenges and empowering women around her.
Wonderful plot, amazing background score, great cinematography. I won't get into the details of the story..but let me give my honest opinion about the cast.
🩷Zhang Jing Yi as the FL is good. I have watched a couple of her works and she always does her part well. This time also she really put life into the FL, Hua Zhi.
🩷On the other hand, this was the first time I watched Hu Yi Tian & I found his acting not good. His expression was flat most of the time, and his chemistry with the FL wasn't at all there. He's so good looking and tall, I really tried to see him in a great dashing hero light but failed 😔
There wasn't even a single spark between the ML and FL's chemistry.
🩷Lu Yu Xiao - she really amazes me with her acting skill. She did her potrayal of mentally challenged character so well that you can't help but fall for her childlike charm.
🩷And then there is Bian Chen - I am really looking forward to see him act in more series. He's just too cute. 😍😍😘 Infact, his and Lu Yu Xiao's chemistry was way better than the lead's.
🩷Now the main part..Honestly I felt, the star of the show is not the hero, or the heroine but the villain- the Emperor.
This series is one of the rare ones where the villain's character is so well developed.
Usually the villain's character remains one dimensional..but this one was wow! At first you'll think The Emperor is power hungry and likes to weild his power, even over his loved ones, just to always be like God. But slowly, the audience will realise that no! He's just a coward who thinks he has nothing except his crown's power. "Nothing but a coward old man" (dialogue of the spy from Zhao Empire Ep.40)
The actor who played the Emperor, Hai Yi Tian executed his part so well, that I sometimes wanted to jump into the screen and thrash him. Awesome! Just awesome! This is what a villain should be.
In conclusion, even if it's a good story I won't watch it again. 40episodes is too long to sit through, just only to see a story about women empowerment, a great villain and a very cute side couples' sweet love story.
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