The series is over, but I just watched the 38th episode. Once again, I was left alone with a screenwriter's game.…
What were the soldiers searching? Streets and alleys? They did not seem to search buildings, so they would never find the Jieshou hideout. It was a big coincidence that Li Ni was in the street where Liu would fall out of the window .
Overall a good drama despite the cringy villains, redundant flashback filler, impromptu singing, extraneous plotting by the delulu Liu Cheng Feng and Miss Gu, Prince #1 and Prince #2, drama inertia in the palace. The most appealing villain was Sun Jing, but the writer eliminated him halfway in the drama plot. The other villains just seemed to stare blankly as they spoke their dialog. The OST was nice, but they would start singing in the wrong places. Xu Kai and Jing Tian were one of the best pairings for main leads.
Final rating 8.5, with deductions for cringy villains, redundant flashback filler, impromptu singing, drama inertia in the palace.
Ep24: so Sun Jing had a whole wife and son when he was frockiling with the crown princess? The crown princess…
Crown Princess and Sun Jing loved each other when they were younger. He went somewhere, and she married the Crown Prince. She still loves him to the end.
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Final rating 8.5, with deductions for cringy villains, redundant flashback filler, impromptu singing, drama inertia in the palace.