Even though the emperor's upbringing of FSG is wrong and overboard, compared to FSG's mother actions, the emperor's actions are more understandable. Her husband is the emperor, and the children are royal prince and princess, she can't just take them away to some place far away and claim that he'll no longer be their father. The world doesn't work that way, just feels very off to me.
I'm quite disappointed when FSG mentioned that he didn't want the throne, and either his sister or brother could inherit it. his brother is too innocent to control the court, and his sister would give the throne to XJS in an instant, and in the end, the citizens will be the ones who will suffer.
FL is very pretty, but since she acted like a male in her younger years, shouldn't she have that sort of image? I feel like even when interacting with her spirit pet behind ML's back, she sounds and acts too feminine. Sometimes I forget that she is the warrior.
in the latest preview of episode 25, the princess called FYX "bitch" and criticized her. just because she can't get XJS to love her, she can't just go around calling names. such a low standard move. the main villains such as the empress, Murong and XJS all had a painful past for them to turn bad, while she lived her whole life as a princess and she still became like this. this is the first time I've hated a side character that much, and not the main villains.
although there are only about 4 OSTs and little promotion done, I'm so happy that the drama is getting so much hype from the fans. the plot line is so good, it's been up to 20 eps now and there's never a dull moment
loving the chemistry between FSG and FYX so much now, the way they protect each other is so adorable. the most annoying and useless character is the princess, XJS doesn't even need to manipulate her and even after he told her that he could never love, she still chooses to betray her own brother. I hope after this FSG won't be so protective of her anymore but we all know how much he loves his sister.
the fact that the princess is willing to steal the token and betray her father, brother and kingdom for a man who wouldn't even look at her is just plain stupid, and she already knew he had someone in his heart from the very start. she deserves to get whatever hardships that will come for her in the future.
XJS wanted to sacrifice the citizens of zhennan pass and that's what led to the downfall of Yixiao , and I felt like if XJS would've put Yixiao first, none of this would have happened and they would be still in love. XJS ended up having to marry Xiyang when he doesn't have any feelings for her at all. I was rooting for XJS with Yixiao at first but now it seemed impossible.
best Chinese drama I've watched in 2025 so far, love all the casts. both the ML and SML actings are so good, and the FML has this vibe that really suits the female general role