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WOW! WOW! WOW! Masterpiece! Best scripted, directed and acted series I've watched this year!

What a great series! The writer(s) director(s) actors have done an AWESOME job! Academy Award material! This is NOT A ROMANCE story! This is a profound LIFE story encapsuling many layers such as the cycle and journey of life from birth to death; the FL and other women overcoming adversities because of their gender; the injustices of the inequality of social classes, to name a few. This story will squeeze your heart to tears and then soothe it.

You must watch with open mind and eyes! You will not be spoonfed. Don't watch thinking "this is how this story should go" and then be disappointed. You will not be expecting what you will see and you will not see what you are expecting. If you watch engaged and you are good at interpretation of what's implied, you will be very amazed and satisfied with this production. It is fast paced with the evolution of time and character development. It is thought and analysis provoking. A lot of people are used to being spoonfed everything through visuals and can't absorb much through narrative and inferences. This is why they have completely missed the point of this story and have made the most absurd comments and reviews. This story and its presentation are like none other!

I have certainly enjoyed beyond words the last 3 1/2 weeks of watching this story. 47 episodes went by like sands through an hourglass! This was the shortest, long series I've ever watched! The first episode is heart crushing and even shocking for some. The 47th episode is painfully sweet and satisfying. From episode 1 through 47 I was NEVER bored. There was never a filler. Never a slump. Consistently good.

The story has a piece of story for every character to tell and it is all so well blended that it just flows so naturally. Yes, there is good character development. Yes, there is NO ROMANCE, but there is LOVE - first one sided and then mutual. Yes, there is a happy ending, but not the fairytale kind. Yes, there are good fight scenes. Yes, there's political drama. No harem fighting. No first wife second wife 3rd concubine fighting. There is a mean first wife/young madam for ML, but not for too long.

I can go on and on and on. I'll just close with this: this is the best story I've seen in CDramas in last 2 years (that's how long I've been watching). The whole production is amazing. I love LXY and am so happy for him and everyone involved for the success of this series. 👏👏to the writer/creator of this story, to screenwriter, directors, producers, etc., everyone behind the scenes! Applause 👏👏👏 and hats off to LXY, TSY, and to each and every actor in this production who brought this beautiful story to life👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💓

Hope everyone enjoys this masterpiece as much as I have.

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A satisfied fan!

I found the story good and the actors great! The ML delivered exactky as I expected. I saw him first time in Fated Hearts and was captivated by his performance and he didn't disappoint me here. All of the actors were great. I've read negative comments about storyline getting lost in last epsiodes, but I watched regardless and in my opinion the storyline never deviated or got lost. Guess people wanted this written their way. I did hate that some beloved characters got killed and in my opion wasn't necesaay, but....it is what it is. These 2 lead actors are great and honestly all of the cast was great. Story didn't get stuck and flowed along at good pace. Watch it for yourself and be the judge. I doubt you will be disappointed 😁

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Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda!

The story is good. Wasn't expecting the reveal. The usual revenge/avenge and clear my famiy name. A little slow burn romance between the leads which developed fast and delivered fairly well and then, boom, no more romance. The usual first wife and concubines draman and scheming, etc.
Actors were good. Always enjoy Xu Kai and ZY's performances (though I must say ZY's best performances, in my opinion, were in Legend of Female General and Return from the Brink). XZX was stellar as ChunZhi! I almost want to say he was my fave!
The problem with this series, in my unprofessional opinion, was the editing and directing. This coulda been an awesome production, but it fell short. It's just all over the place like a wild roller coaster ride! I did enjoy it for the most part (ignoring the bumps along the ride).
Nonetheless, I recommend it, if you can watch with very open mind and ignore the glitches and cut and paste feel of the editing! 😁 I gave it a 5 rewatch value cause I think it can be rewatched in binge mode, like 10 episodes at a time, and the ride might feel less bumpy 🤣

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Coould have had it all

I admit I was looking forward to watching this series because of ML who I really like and enjoy his acting, and because the story line seemed really good. I was not disappointed in the ML's acting or the storyline, but very disappointed in the match-up of the ML with the FL. I don't like criticizing anyone, but I can't hold back on this one. This actress was absolutely wrong as a FL match-up with ML. He is a good actor anf I have watched him and enjoyed his performances in many series, and I have to say the scenes of him and FL together here were so lackluster that it made me feel bad for him. She brought nothing good to the table. Her negative impact manages to dim his light in my opinion. They truly made me cringe! I enjoyed watching the 2nd leads together much more. I understand the characters the FL and ML were playing, but still find FL was not right match for him and I don't think it's because of their (real or their charcters') age difference either.
As for the storyline, I found it to be good.
Due to my disappointment in the FL, I won't be rewatching this. It was difficult watching it once. (I do rewatch Melody of Golden Era often 😁)

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Best Short Series

I came across this series as I was looking for more of Ryan Cheng's works. I was very pleasantly surprised & pleased! This must have been one of Ryan's earlier career works as it's not a big budget drama and it's only 18 episodes, BUT that didn't diminish his performance whatsoever, nor, surprisingly, the quality of the production. The quality of the production, story & editing are not cheapish like some other short series out there that are ridiculous. All of the actors did well. Fast paced. Never boring. It's a good watch. Has more romance in 18 episodes than most 30 to 40 plus episode series out there 🤣
I enjoyed it the first time and have rewatched 2 times. 😁

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Stop comparing and judging before it's completed!

I have watched 13 espisodes and find them to be entertaining and fast paced. I find the actors all did a good job. I find that the story lines can definitely stand alone and you really don't have to watch Princess Agent to understand this series. I disagree with people knocking the FL because she is young. I think she did a great job so far and it isn't fair to compare her to others. I think, so far, this series is just as good as PA. I watched PA just before the release of Rebirth so it is very fresh in my mind and I honestly don't think Rebirth as a production and it's actors are not lacking anything if people insist on comparing. I also think there's a lot more eye candy in Rebirth, (both male n female)and my only complaint so far is not seeing more /enough of
Yan Xun! 😂🤩 Sorry, but he's my fave of the 2 ML in the story and though he's obsessed and possessed here, I still root for him 😂 Yan Xun's character was also my fave in PA (and I think ZKL makes a cuter Yan Xun).

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