Kai Xu Min

Well, I'm not attacking Yang Mi and am not even her hater. I said, I'm just not a fan of hers. And definitely, I don't accuse her of flirting. I just noticed that she can't portray intimate scenes that I find her dramas always conservative. As a romance enthusiast, kissing scenes are of great value. It's so sad if the artist can't portray it well.

So this much long awaited contemporary drama of Xu Kai ended up being forwarded a lot by me. Well, I didn't have much expectations in the first place knowing Yang Mi as the FL. I don't expect much skinships and the kisses are just meh. It's always conservative when Yang Mi is the FL. Sadly, all her ML are good kisser and she's just not so into it.
Storywise, like I said, I made lots of skips. It's really a total drag. One, I'm so not a fan of court dramas. i mainly watched this for Xu Kai of course.
Honestly, the chemistry of the leads is a bit off. I think I felt the sincerity more with the SML towards the FL. I'd prefer if FL ended up with SML. Yang Hua is a loveable character. However, I might agree on some here. He deserves a better FL character than what we have here.
Okay, so I just checked, that's why TJH is quite familiar, He was Solo in Go Go Squid. Didn't noticed him much in Court Lady and Ancient Love Poetry. So technically, this is the nth time he's with Xu Kai in a drama.
For that it's just a 7.0 for me. That's being generous enough after seeing Xu Kai again in a modern drama.

So, I contemplated a lot to watch this. the only thing that motivated me to do so is that tag steamy kiss and a few comments here describing how good the kisses were in this drama. I've seen some of Yang mi's drama and i must say, it always has that conservative approach and mostly minimal skinships.
The story is just okay. lots of draggy parts for me. This would have been better to only around 32 episodes. 58 is just way too long. So many unnecessary scenes like Bai Qian's drunk moments occupies most of the time.
And yes, I am one of those hoping that Mo Yuan and Ye Hua is just one character. honestly, i prefer Mo Yuan's character since he is the first one who really fell in love with Si Yi. From that very moment he saved her from Yao guang defines it all. that Lotus flower really made me confused from the start. The ending is just a so so for me. Like, rising from the dead or waking up from a deep sleep as they have described it is just not quite believable for me. i would prefer reincarnation as they usually do in Xianxia dramas.
I just felt sad as well that none of the secondary couples ended up together. One character I enjoyed most here is Riceball. He's just a smart, too cute little boy. The blind eyes trope was widely used here, specially for the despicable women characters.
Overall, I gave this an 8.0 for Mark Chao's good kisses specially when he said "Give me a second child", that already melted my heart. I'm just really not a fan of Yang Mi, specially her kisses are just so bland. Like, she doesn't know how to respond to a good kisser leading men she luckily being paired up with.
Lastly, another likeable character here is 4th brother Bai Zhen. I was hoping he would be given a partner here too.
Anyways, I still prefer Ancient Love Poetry than this one. They have quite a similar story.

First time to watch ML in a lead role. such a baby face for a 29yr. old guy. The cutest dragon I've ever watched. 3rd time to watch FL in a drama. Still, her teeth bothers me. Anyways, was able to complete the drama because of the secondary couple LiJi and Lin Lin. Li Ji's character is really hilarious. For the main leads, the sweet moments are definitely lacking. Slowburn for me. Like they became a real couple around ep. 18. Even the ending was just so so. I liked how it ended though for the secondary couple. Overall, it's a 7.5 for me.

If you can't respect an opinion, you should be the one to go away. 😛

I am one of those who anticipatedly long waited for this drama. Obviously, I am so here for Xu Kai. I just started watching the drama to be just in time on when will it end. I don't like waiting for upcoming eps. Apparently, found myself forwarding lots of scenes. Specially, the legal aspect. not really a fan of court/legal dramas. So, technically, I'll end up waiting for the upcoming eps as well.

I am already expecting that this will be a slowburn drama since Yang Mi is in it. Most of her dramas that I've seen are slowburn with minimal skinships. I've always been looking forward to see Xu Kai in a modern setup drama. I think the last time I saw him doing such was Falling Into Your Smile. One thing that's quite bothersome for me in this drama is that why was he styled here with a boyish look? Honestly, he literally looks like a Highschool boy here. He looks more mature in Falling Into Your Smile or at least should have adapted his look in Lost in Kunlun Mountains. I mean, for somebody involved in the Finance Industry, portraying a perfect Husband that should have been given at least a quite mature look and not literally a Highschool boy next door look.

Anyways, I'm just here for the romance aspect of the drama of the main leads. Skipping scenes on the legal side and issues of FL's half-brother. FL's character isn't interesting for me either. I just liked the concept of noona romance here. So, definitely will look forward on the romance aspect of the drama.

Thank for the headsup. I felt the love between the leads, it such that am really a skinships person. so, without it isn't like a romance drama for me.

I just completed The Rise of the Phoenixes and it was too heavy for me. I'm just really not a fan of tragedies. i'm always for happy endings with lots of skinships and romance like General's Lady. If this would have the same vibe, i might consider continuing.

Dropped at ep. 3. The drama is so focused on the business aspect and not really on romance. i thought this would have a noona romance vibe. But, i guess not.

My thoughts on this 40ep. drama. First, I really find it quite long. Like when you hit play. it's literally the start of the ep. without opening credits. Story plot is interesting. the main elements of a typical historical drama was there. I was just confused how it was presented. I guess, I forwarded lots of scenes due to boredom. I think it's more of the leads got into the story of the book that FL wrote than time travelled. Though, the presence of the mobile phone and a ball pen got me confused.
On the casts, first time to watch the leads in a drama. FL is good looking, but, really the acting was just so amateur. Ml is just okay but not the ideal type. The characters that stood out for me were 4th Prince/Emperor Qing Ran. I really like his character from the start and so heartbreaking towards the end. He's the main reason I got hooked in this drama. And the other character I liked is FL's brother Nan Ling Rui. Like, I really thought he would be one of FL's admirers too. Never saw it coming that he was actually her biological brother. He's kinda good looking too. I feel sad for the character of 3rd Prince . Like he truly loved as well the FL, sadly he chose a different path to get what he wanted. for the other characters such as Princess Ye Qian, I feel sad for her character too. She really just fell in love. And for Commander Qin Yu, i think she deserves her fate afterall the bad things she did for love.
The ending was just okay, but still a bit confusing for me. Though a bit limited, the kisses and skinships by the leads were executed well. Overall, I can give this 7.5. Honestly, I really prefer Qing Ran to be the father of the child until the end. And hoping FL would really fall for him instead. The push and pull of the MC realtionship was really irritating.

no subs for this?

For me, I enjoyed this drama:
https://kisskh.at/62217-lian-lian-xiao-jiu-wo

And I like the ML Xu Kai Xin. You may check it out if this will be your cup of tea. 😁

Okay so, it looks like you're not into noona romances. hehehe

You may try : Put Your Head on my Shoulder, Go Ahead,
In Love with your Dimples

Alright then! If you're okay with noona romance dramas you might want to check out these:

My Fated Boy, Why Women Love, Love Crossed

Awesome! for Historical dramas Some of the good ones I watched are:

Truth or Dare, My Sassy Princess, My Dear Brothers

Oh yeah, another 3 dramas with great chemistry of leads are:

Go Go Squid, Love 020, Falling Into Your Smile

Great! these 3 are the closest genre I can suggest. But, if you also watch historical dramas there are also good romance dramas I can suggest, but historical dramas have usually longer number of episodes.

Well Intended Love, Love is Sweet, My Little Happiness

These are some I remembered that leads have great chemistry, skinships and decent story.

I watched this because Richard Li's in it. Not really fond of short mini series. This one is just not so Richard Li's drama. It totally lacked kisses and skinships. Such a low budgeted drama. Screen size is just like taken from a mobile phone. I feel sad for Richard Li. He definitely deserve a full length drama. Just a 6.5 for me.

I've been contemplating to watch this and decided to give it a go. My first time to watch Zhang Zi Yi in a drama. Usually see her in movies like Memoirs of Geisha and Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon. Story plot is basically a cliche for a Historical drama where there is greed for power, Politics in the Monarchy and Yes, the anticipating romance between a General and a Princess.
I like the cinematography and good fight scenes by the ML. One thing I like about this drama, inspite of having 68eps., the romance started quite an early phase. No need to wait halfway for the real deal romance between the leads. So, am currently at ep. 14 and the heart fluttering moment began at ep. 13. Hope , the romance will be sustained till the end. Will update my post once I have completed the drama.

At this point, I've completed the drama. This should have been tagged as Reverse Harem. I just don't have points to tag it. I think around 5 men fell in love with FL here. The story plot also reminded me of Oh My General and Truth or Dare. There are some scenes in the drama that can also be seen in those above-mentioned. As expected, there are lots of bloodshed, treachery and deception. A bit predictable for me after watching so many historical dramas. But, I have to commend the actors of the entire cast are truly Awesome! Zhang Zi Yi's beauty is still a classic. But, I have to agree with some. Still, would have preferred a younger ML and FL. ML's character is not that ideal but likeable. He may not be as dashing as the other actors who portrayed General but he slayed his role. Like, He was able to pull of that General character and made him the most handsome General in this drama. hehehe There are some character that i least like in this drama, one is Su Jin Er, I just hate her character from the start when she was still a maid to FL. she's already showing signs of obssession to 3rd Prince. and the other is Yu Xiu, inspite of her being loyal and nice to FL when she was still her maid, I find her become greedy after she got married to Gen. Song. Like, it's so obvious that Song is really not into her but she thinks she's already somebody after being married to him. Her character might be pitiful but that suicide for me is a selfish act of just being too obssessed with her husband. she didn't even think about the welfare of their child. And I find her acting too exaggerated.

So FL's beauty is such a killer, that 3 of the men who fell in love with her died literally. I just have 2 questions left for this drama. One, Zitan is still the Emperor after being proven that he plotted the assassin attempt to the late emperor or his brother in Luanying Mountain if I got the place correct? Like, why was he never got punished or imprisoned perhaps? Second, who's taking care now of Ji'ner or the baby of the late emperor and empress? Did Wang Su'er and Princess Caien took responsibility in the end? I must have skipped that part and didn't notice.

Anyways, overall, it was a good drama. Still, 68 eps is too long. this would have been good to only around 30-40eps. Have to frwrd scenes specially in the middle part where it tends to be draggy. So many have died, which is one downside for me. And yeah, probably, since the leads are abit mature, I find the kisses and skinships quite lacking. One thing I noticed, ML looked a bit younger when he had the mustache compared at the beginning when he had that neat look.
It's an 8.5 for me.