Jackie_the_ripper

halfway through, this could have been a masterpiece without the documentaristic cut, some part of it, at least to me, are hard to follow, but it becomes lively when it comes to the imperial house private life. if only the two parts could have been more balanced!

absolutely agree

i think Maozhe is shipping himself with her too ahaha (the look on his face the first time he sees her!)

i'm about to watch episode 8, no Huaiji yet, it's faster now or maybe i got used to it ahahah so far my favourite character is Cao Danshu

that's what i'm apreciating the most about this drama (i'm not a teen age girl after romance and idols). if only they could do it a bit faster ahaha

i'm keeping my fingers crossed for Dream of Chang 'an

since i have to wait for Palace of devotion to end i started this. the first two episode begin exactly where i stopped with the other drama, but god they put me to sleep, i'm sure it will get better later

we're getting a lot of Tang Dynasty this year :D

47. somehow one of the best moments of this drama

i'm resilient XD i survived a lot of bad scripts. i let you know if i make it through all 69 episodes

i almost cought up (i'm too fast XD) i think i'm going to start Serenade of peaceful joy so i can watch aldult Zhao Zhen and empress Guo (go girl beat him, he deserves it)

i'm on episode 34, so far it isn't that bad, but has too many dead moments and some arcs drag too long (like the Liao wars), sometimes it looks like the edit choose to focus on meaningless events and left out more interesting things. what i'm apreciating is that the concubines a real characters and not just cartoonish villains, i like how they're portraying Pan guifei, with all her struggles leaving the mean-girl part just on the side

XD i did and whitout skipping anything, i know i'm kind of a hero ahahaha the plot isn't that bad, let's say Wu Meiniang/Li Zhi save the whole thing, but yes the fl arc is dumb, her character is written so bad that she looks stupid and unreasonable

i'm not for comedies either but i'll try for Tang Dynasty and consort Wu. i survived weaving a tale of love, i can survive anything

given the subject it can't stay a commedy for long, the story should involve the princes fight for the crown, heads are going to roll, and there's Wu Mei Niang (the future Wu Ze Tian)

i told myself to wait until it ends but i couldn't wait, i laso just ended Xiao Chuo and part of the story is related to it, now i watched 8 episodes. the first 4 are sort of "previously on" XD reading your comments i was expecting something a lot worse but maybe because my expectations were already low it didn't look that bad, we got spared from a lot od drama tropes like misunderstangings, wrong accusations and petty jealousies. so far the story got me hooked

you're welcome! Ming Lan is a jewel i strongly recomand it. it's compelling, the characters are realistic and well written so is the story, not plot holes and a very few tropes and most of all has a satisfying ending, wich is more that you can say about the majority of dramas

also in Ming Lan prengnant women look actually pregnant and move and expecially sit like actually prengnant women xD

The story of Ming Lan, set a couple of decade after this drama, has a very realistic hildbirth scene. also the Rebel Princess show some decent chilbirth scene with actual babies, not real newborn of course, but no more the 3 months old (and covered in childbirth material)

Japan too! XD