LivingTheMoment

Wrong.

The first half was like Ming-Lan, a slice-of-life drama. In the second half, that is where the ML's story comes into play and we get more plot, action and inter-action between the leads, with a surprise twist to the story. The series paid off in the end in my view.

Happy.

FL is not as strong as the males in martial arts and is sidelined a bit; however, she ends up with the plot point that is the most important to the storyline later on so hang in there.

Yes, if you like action-packed costume series where the locations change periodically, to keep the series from becoming stale.

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I like the actors but the story line is draggy as you mentioned. I almost didn't finish; however, I managed to struggle through by skipping a lot of the slow parts.

He's only had support roles in the earlier fantasy / wuxia stuff. I hope he gets more lead roles.

Best, feisty, wily FL who doesn't take crap from anyone, even her own Mother.

Best, feisty, wily FL who doesn't take crap from anyone, even her own Mother.

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SMZ is so great in this series that I keep waiting for someone to act on the usual trope and look for a magical pill to cure his health.

Trailer on IQyi "coming soon section" looks like it's action packed with a good cast.

Very engaging series; no filler. This would have been great as a longer series the quality was that good and the leads hit their target.

You are on point about Zhao Lusi's acting chops. It's unfortunate that the background drama affected the series. It went from a satisfying amount of on screen fight sequences in the beginning to only seeing snippets of Lusi's scarf material flying through the air (almost comical) and the fight was over until we reached the fight sequences near the end where it picked up again. I'm alright with palace politics if it's interesting; however, this series lost the balance between the two in the middle section. Still a good watch.

It's surprising that Huang Sheng Chi is getting another main lead role before Chen Xun who has displayed more acting chops (Huang ML and Chen supporting in their next series). Hope he gets a lead role in a period costume drama soon.

That was def one issue with this drama in that the period drama was more interesting and had a better story line with more at stake for both of the leads given the time period. Their emotions came through more in that section as well. Unfortunately, the lost memory part got repetitive after awhile and dragged the series down a bit.

It's a good watch. It starts to gear toward politics before episode 20 and that gets boring after awhile. At least, they move the political shenanigans out of the City / Palace after a few episodes so it's not so repetitive. Hoping like the other response here that they explore the FL's background more in the upcoming episodes.

It's almost like two different series at this point. I hope they get back to the original theme. So far "the traveling the world seeking justice" in the description has been lost to palace politics.

I'm just thankful the long c-drama drought with no new shows coming out is over. I'll watch anything right now as long as it's decent and this looks like a good one.