ep 37, I don't know... even when Xia Jinyan is being attacked, his mouth keeps running... His bro has stabbed him twice already,, but the emperor barely stops to take a breath and keeps saying humiliating things to Jingshi... made me kinda laugh even though its a serious scene. I love the emperor, he impressed me more than anyone else in this drama.
Outside of being the owner of the death camps.edit - wrong brother LOL ignore this
I think the Xia brothers were taught to hate each other by the empress... Whilst the Feng royal siblings were taught to love each other. Feng siblings also had that nasty 2nd empress but the emperor despite his faults, was still caring enough towards his children so they grew to love each other.
At first I found difficult to accept the male lead, too much make-up, too childish and feminin look but I must…
I agree on The Wolf, her chemistry with Darren Wang was on another level. Darren brought such a manly, dark, dominant energy to that role that its hard to match that. I think in this FH, she just aged, she looks much older than ML. They keep pairing much older actresses with younger MLs. It worked in the Double somewhat, although there too, ML was feminine looking and had too much makeup. I think FH was still good, the plot gets even more intriguing towards the end, and Li Qin kicks ass. This is the 1st time watching Chen Zhe Yuan, He's definitely got the looks and looks manly enough for the role, Wish they had toned down the makeup, he has more make up on than FL in some scenes, Even Li Qin mentioned his make up in some interview....lol
I'm on ep35, damn its so intriguing now. Its 3am and I have to get some sleep but I can't stop watching....lol The Murongs know Suige is alive! Suige got his army back, now starts the final battle.... And over in the other state, the sister and the two men around her, things are about to go down there too. How am I to get any sleep today?
I was a bit bored with this drama from ep 19 or so, but thankfully its been picking up, now watching ep 24, the confrontation between Suige and his father, that scene is so powerful. The actor playing the emperor, what a talented actor, awesome performance....
Controversial, but I really think this is a good example of what shouldn't have been an idol drama. I would have…
Agree on Chen Heyi, not a very experienced actor maybe and way too young for the role. He is meant to own the death camp and supposedly save FL and her 2 comrades from there, but they all look older than him. I liked the ML, he showed more ferocity and was more appropriate for his role, but still looked younger than FL, because he is younger...lol I would have liked Liu Xueyi in that role, he's same age as Li Qin and lot more appropriate. Cdrama been having a lot of young male actors being paired with much older FLs... It doesn't always work.
Is there a chance that this show will become available on other streaming sites like Viki? The reason I’m asking…
same, it goes too quick. I am watching it on Bilibili, and have to rewind constantly. I have thought of slowing down to 0,5, but then going to take ages to watch this drama. I guess nothing we can do about it.
Is this worth watching? The first 3 eps are so boring
nah.... i'm on ep 13, its dragging and boring. Don't recommend. But I will finish it cause I want to see the villains dragged out of the house and want to see what the surgery does to FL.
ep14: FL is refusing to get surgery because she is worried she will loose her memories... really, you have like 2 months to live and you worry about some damn memories.. The memories are more important than the rest of your life? Kdrama writers really annoy me sometimes.
this getting an 8.7 is the very reason why kdramas will never evolve or promote decent writing.
yes I was enjoying this but at ep13, starting to get bored. The episodes are so long, and so much unnecessary side stories... I am just fast forwarding now, cause I want to finish it. The plot is just not that interesting. I don't understand the 8,7 rating at all.
i know it's unfair tocompare cdrama and kdramas in historical fiction. but accept that cdramas in making long…
I have watched many cdrama, some of the most annoying was Princess Weiyoung, very similar to Empress Ki in plot. The actress had terrible voice and the dubbing in general is awful. All the scheming just became annoying...cdrama usualy add meaningless dragging plotlines, more so than kdrama. Another one is General and I, where some meaningless love triangle plot started midway and they dragged that thing to beyond 60 episodes and the ML and FL didn't even see each other for 20 episodes. Plus the actress can't act but at least she looks pretty, it was only saved by the 2 MLs. Wallace Chung, best cdrama actor for sure! Still awfully long drama, very unnecessary. Thankfully recently they have started the restrictions, now no more than 40 episodes allowed. Finally, those annoying extra storylines will be gone. Stil some drama include season 2.... more milking of money...
You'd be missing out on an amazing drama, beautiful costumes and cinematography, and not to mention amazing acting skills. Love triangle is there, but I don't think its annoying. Its part of the story. Besides this drama is loosely based on true story. A korean girl did become concubine to the Yuan emperor, she was his favourite concubine, she later became an Empress. And took over the court and ruled the country.
That and the ml being so controlling. This drama didn’t age well and 9 years old
its great drama. What you mean didn't age well? It still attracts a lot of attention, Park HaeJin star power is just rising. I don't think ML is that controlling, if you want to see real abuse and control, watch Love In sadness, for comparison.
The story looked interesting, too bad they pushed 2nd ml's story too much and gave little time for 1st so watching…
From what I understand, they were filming the last few episodes while they were already airing, and the viewers seem to be more positive to 2nd ML. I guess the Seo Kang Jun fans came out in numbers and so to attract more interest, production decided to focus more on 2nd ML, and you don't even see ML in the last episode. Completely ridiculous.
There was also some tension during the filming, as Park Hae Jin noticed the scenes he filmed did not make it to final production and there was conflict. Then in an interview, FL actor said something about some people being difficult, which he wasn't. He is the ML, his scenes should be there. Then I also read, after filming, they were all going to Bali for a relaxing trip and Park HaeJin wasn't invited. Park HaeJin is such a sweetheart, they really did him bad. I guess the drama received backlash due lack of scenes with ML, therefore a movie version was made with same ML and different FL, different 2nd ML. You might want to watch that one. I liked both versions personally.
I wonder is it entertaining because I am looking for a story with mental ML who got a very tough time and I hope…
‘General and I’ would fit this. It’s a war drama, FL is a military strategist, very intelligent. ML is a war general from the enemy state. It’s enemies to lovers. I don’t know what you mean by ‘mental ML’, a mentally strong ML? Yes he is. Romance is really good in this drama also there is usual love triangle, filler episodes etc but it’s good drama and quite enjoyable. FL acting is so so but she is very pretty with strong chemistry between the leads. Wallace Chung is the ML. Need I say more? Lol
ep14: FL is refusing to get surgery because she is worried she will loose her memories... really, you have like 2 months to live and you worry about some damn memories.. The memories are more important than the rest of your life? Kdrama writers really annoy me sometimes.
There was also some tension during the filming, as Park Hae Jin noticed the scenes he filmed did not make it to final production and there was conflict. Then in an interview, FL actor said something about some people being difficult, which he wasn't. He is the ML, his scenes should be there.
Then I also read, after filming, they were all going to Bali for a relaxing trip and Park HaeJin wasn't invited. Park HaeJin is such a sweetheart, they really did him bad.
I guess the drama received backlash due lack of scenes with ML, therefore a movie version was made with same ML and different FL, different 2nd ML. You might want to watch that one. I liked both versions personally.