Sunbath12

Heading into the final 1/3 of the drama, I'm just not impressed with the 4th son. His wife has more brains and does most the the scheming honestly. Wonder what will happen to LBY? I'm glad so far they didn't make him out to be some spiteful crazy-turned-villain SML...but I guess it's too early to call it yet lol.

Lol, LQL’s sister keeps popping in and then disappearing. Why show her in the first place? Super annoying character.

Looks like there's more to her pregnancy...I knew it!

I know! She was great in that. She does a decent job here as FL in my opinion, although she is dubbed here.

Sooo...for episode 22, what exactly is the deal with Nan Ruzhen's pregnancy? Fake? Not fake? I must have skipped too fast and missed it.

This middle 1/3 of the drama has been underwhelming and a bit all over the place. Hoping the rest of the drama manages to wrap up this crazy story in a more satisfying way. If not, I’ll just be eating my popcorn 🍿 watching it crash and burn.

Yep ep 20. Darn, that was short-lived.

I’ve lost count of the body count overall lol

Yeah, glad he’s no longer the heir. He would make a terrible leader.

Sighs, LBY. I wonder how far he is willing to go to get what he wants. He Lianxin is correct in guessing there is more to him than the genteel doctor person on the outside. Also, while the heir is a complete dummy and gets what he deserves, the father (prince An) is not exactly father of the year material either. What a terrible family to live in indeed.

After the somewhat train wreck of episode 16, the story is back on track. Editing is still crazy weird, but I guess that's happens when nearly 20 episodes are gone

I mean, that family is a mess, so probably low standards overall in treating women properly and actually knowing what they want lol

He’s especially dumb when it comes to women lol

Also, I knew that the principal wife was gonna be trouble down the road. Going to watch until the end to see her get her due...unless the stupid factor is too much for me.

The second 1/3 of the drama so far is experiencing the unfortunate lazy writing phenomenon often seen in C-dramas (or I guess any drama) to achieve "dramatic" scenes that do little to further the plot or the characters' growth. I can understand if our main leads have some issues to work out as a couple - in the last several episodes they don't communicate effectively and are prone to reacting first with emotions rather than with their heads. The problem is this contradicts their previously established characters as being intelligent and able to communicate with each other. Their earlier scenes together showed that when they sat down and talked things through, they could achieve things together. So yeah...hoping this dumb dumbness just ends quickly so we can get back to the political scheming storyline and getting back at the evil ladies in the harem.

It’s definitely not for everyone. Some may even say it’s outdated. To me, this is the kind of classic palace/harem drama that I grew up watching (kind of) when my parents were watching. The ML is not a perfect man (he’s very much a product of those times and being of royal birth), and I certainly don’t like everything he does, but I find him interesting. I hope he learns from his mistakes. Despite the drama’s flaws (the editing is very uneven), I can’t help myself but to keep watching, hoping to see the FL survive and thrive.

The body count in this drama is…staggering. Not even halfway done yet.

He Lianxin’s home life is pure chaos and I just can’t look away. It’s like a trashier Yanxi Palace. I’m happy to turn off my brain a bit sometimes and just watch this while I’m eating.

I’ve seen only 3 episodes, but it’s watchable, nothing amazing but not completely terrible either. If you don’t like harem dramas, then stay away lol. But FL and ML seem smart and not annoying.

Coming to this with low expectations, it’s actually watchable 3 episodes in.