Maurizia

The first half was really good and interesting. The fall of the Grand Tutor could end the story and thus the whole drama would have been a lot better. Or, if the producers wanted more conflict and more tension, they could have gone as far as the episode 27 with a final coup by the Tutor helped by this horrible women, Grand Preceptor. And then just destroy their plot, by feigning the emperor's death in cooperation with his younger brother. But no... they just had to have a tragic end. The problem was not with the tragedy itself, but that it seemed really unnecessary and far fetched. The younger prince was completely unconvincing in his collaboration with the Preceptor. He was clearly aware of her scheming, but unreasonably choose to turn against his brother. As if he became completely dumb all of a sudden despite being really intelligent before. And the last straw: the apparition of emperor's mother out of nowhere... And if she could reveal the truth to the Preceptor at the end, why couldn't she do it before the emperors' death? It was just nonsensical: lots of possible exits to have a happy ending, but just going for a sad one.
And the last criticism: the level of primness in this drama is abnormally high. Even in the context of chinese censorship, how this drama is avoiding any warmer scenes... it is unbelievable. They really exagerate here.