The repeated vomiting of side characters for “comedic effect “ got old quick and was repeated in every single autopsy…
I wasn’t a bad watch, I liked that the ML wasn’t wooden with a face of stone.
I like a strong and smart FL, it was a bit much in this drama making the FL hundreds of years ahead of her time in skill and experience. Being a skilled doctor doesn’t necessarily make you a skilled investigator. She even sculpted an accurate face of a dead corpse for identification and did expert analysis on handwriting…
The ML was incredibly supportive and kind which made up for the plot issues.
I enjoyed it, though had to fast forward a lot of scenes. The acting of both leads is much better than when I last watched them in other roles.
I found the FL character really hard to like. while I understood her reason her actions were infuriating . To make it worse, In the last scene she made a decision that was just awful, even the ML common sense reasoning couldn’t talk her out of it…
Really enjoyed this one and I don’t like dramas with the female chasing the male first. The FL character was just charming, funny and gorgeous. The ML was too “perfect “ he got on my nerves a bit at times but his chemistry with the FL made up for it.
I don’t like who they handled the evil mom, but I get it.
Draggy in the second half but it was worth it just to watch the FL charming smiles longer
That last episode was stupid as hell. The writing wasn’t the best for the rest but the last episode was something else. Forgot any propaganda, the ML acting so stupid and doing this to his love is unforgivable. I don’t think I could have forgiven such stupidity in the FL’s shoes. The leads have amazing chemistry and ML acting was on point but the writing is simply rubbish
I usually scoff at 2nd lead syndrome, but I am struggling with it this time. 2nd ML acting overshadowed the ML in my opinion. Not that the ML did a bad job, but 2nd ML was a lot more convincing in showing attraction to FL. I still felt ML acted too brotherly with FL, there was no convincing attraction between them.
Super toxic SML, wouldn’t have wanted the FL to choose him. Still, the ML and FL didn’t gave a romantic relationship vibe. The way the SML looked at FL is something else
I loved it! It’s certainly slow paced but didn’t find it boring, I just let myself enjoy the slow moments, didnt skip anything. The leads were so cute together and had an unusual dynamic. The ML was playful, really liked that about him. The ending is well done, I wish more dramas wrap things up that way.
The chemistry between leads was strong but I really struggled to like the FL.
I wasn’t convinced that the FL wasn’t a calculating gold digger. Her sister was awful all around and the FL never called her out on it. Like who sells gifts from her boyfriend for money? So tacky and disgusting. The FL reacted to her sister doing that with, oh well, it’s okay you didn’t like him much anyway. WTF
The whole plot will the older rich guy gave me the ick… so unprofessional trying to take advantage of a client and from a lawyer who should know better…
The ML was cute but I find it hard to believe this couple can last through any real hardship
I work in business in a corporate job and yet the business plot made no sense to me. It was also boring as hell
Great watch, highly recommended, loved every moment and would likely rewatch in the future. I can’t believe I waited so long to watch.. great acting cast and very well rewritten, you wouldn’t regret watching this
Rewatched 3 times, masterpiece if you enjoy slow burn romance with very smart leads and a mix of politics. The first part is very funny, laughed out loud many times.
The FL’s mother is awful in the first 9 eps or so but I promise she becomes much better over time. That you’ll be cheering her on.
Worth the watch if you want quality production, and great acting cast and like slow paced stories if they are well made. If you get bored feel free to drop it, it’s okay, it’s indeed slow based and not to everyone’s taste.
I am not a big fan of the plot in the last 16eps in part 2. Felt a bit draggy even compared to the regular slow pace. However it was still worthwhile
I am sure it’s a good drama from the reviews and ratings but OMG I hate the ML haircut so much that I couldn’t watch anymore. First time I drop a drama because of a haircut… I realise it’s very shallow of me
I am a big fan of both lead actors. Been saving watching this drama for long because I wanted to save it to a…
More examples with spoilers, a lot of the “smart” actions of the FL we’re not smart and wouldn’t have worked if she didn’t have plot armour. Early on she pretended to have a ledger of her account to catch the thief servants. But the servants had really no reason to confess that quickly. They could have each claimed the others did it and claimed innocence. Logical it shouldn’t have worked so easily.
Also she still worked with that guard that she knew would betray her in the future. Yet she let him know her weaknesses and even at one point he had the incriminating Yan letter and could have easily betrayed her and got both money and letter for himself. She had no information at the time beyond what he was telling her. Hell he could have claimed whatever and got everything for himself but he didn’t for no known reasons. He always intended to play both parties yet only acted on it towards the end when he was caught vs when he had the upper hand, it logically makes no sense….
With all the FL knowledge she could have done a lot better if she was truly smart, but she didn’t and still made many mistakes.
I really wanted to like the ML, I am okay him being toxic because of his trauma. Hell I am a sucker for anti-heroes and many of my favourite dramas have them. But did they seriously had to make him treat his own son like this in the ending scenes? Like what loving father would refuse to hug him and trip him to fall twice for saying something he didn’t like… did he not learn to want to be a better dad than his own? I didn’t find these scenes cute, I found them sad. He showed more care to the kitten than his son and it was supposed be that he healed his emotional scars, he clearly didn’t.
I am a big fan of both lead actors. Been saving watching this drama for long because I wanted to save it to a long weekend to enjoy it. It’s not that I hated it, it just fell short of expectations in a big way. I was hoping something close to story of minglan. You know a very smart FL and ML. The FL wasn’t smart at all beyond relying on her knowledge of the future. Even though she knew so much about the future, she did so little with it. There were way too many unbelievable parts too. Like being a spy among the rebels yet talking loudly about your plans that anyone could sneak in to hear. At one point while plotting loudly with Zhang zhe the bad guy comes near and coughs to get their attention to come back, seriously!!?? The rebels where also loudly talking about their lord and their plans in the streets in a city under the court ruling, loud enough to be heard while riding horse backs, like WTF!!
Most of the “smart “ plot relied on luck way too much. For smart people they rolled the dice way too much when they could have just prepared better.
Also it makes no sense that the FL made it to empress in her past life. The Xue family was a lot stronger in past life after terminating most of the Yans. No way the dowager would have let her be the empress. It’s evident based on how it went in the new life how impossible that was.
There was a lot of telling the camera/audience what is going on vs showing, that’s lazy script writing. Also while I find the ML acting to be usually good and I am a fan of his, this drama has his worst acting ever. His crazy scenes were comically badly acted, like a cartoon of a crazy person. He could do a lot better than that.
If I treat it as a low budget web drama then I would give it a pass, but this one had the potential to be an amazing drama if they put more thought into it.
Dropped a little over midway, the FL acting is bad in an annoying way. I have high tolerance for bad acting if there is some charisma and/or chemistry. But there is none here. The FL has the same expression when facing her lover or when threatened with her life. The same deer in the headlight look, it got tiresome quickly. Even though she is beautiful, she lacks any charisma and has zero chemistry with the ML. It was very uncomfortable to watch
I wasn’t a bad watch, I liked that the ML wasn’t wooden with a face of stone.
I like a strong and smart FL, it was a bit much in this drama making the FL hundreds of years ahead of her time in skill and experience. Being a skilled doctor doesn’t necessarily make you a skilled investigator. She even sculpted an accurate face of a dead corpse for identification and did expert analysis on handwriting…
The ML was incredibly supportive and kind which made up for the plot issues.
I found the FL character really hard to like. while I understood her reason her actions were infuriating . To make it worse, In the last scene she made a decision that was just awful, even the ML common sense reasoning couldn’t talk her out of it…
I don’t like who they handled the evil mom, but I get it.
Draggy in the second half but it was worth it just to watch the FL charming smiles longer
Super toxic SML, wouldn’t have wanted the FL to choose him. Still, the ML and FL didn’t gave a romantic relationship vibe. The way the SML looked at FL is something else
I wasn’t convinced that the FL wasn’t a calculating gold digger. Her sister was awful all around and the FL never called her out on it. Like who sells gifts from her boyfriend for money? So tacky and disgusting. The FL reacted to her sister doing that with, oh well, it’s okay you didn’t like him much anyway. WTF
The whole plot will the older rich guy gave me the ick… so unprofessional trying to take advantage of a client and from a lawyer who should know better…
The ML was cute but I find it hard to believe this couple can last through any real hardship
I work in business in a corporate job and yet the business plot made no sense to me. It was also boring as hell
The FL’s mother is awful in the first 9 eps or so but I promise she becomes much better over time. That you’ll be cheering her on.
Worth the watch if you want quality production, and great acting cast and like slow paced stories if they are well made. If you get bored feel free to drop it, it’s okay, it’s indeed slow based and not to everyone’s taste.
I am not a big fan of the plot in the last 16eps in part 2. Felt a bit draggy even compared to the regular slow pace. However it was still worthwhile
Also she still worked with that guard that she knew would betray her in the future. Yet she let him know her weaknesses and even at one point he had the incriminating Yan letter and could have easily betrayed her and got both money and letter for himself. She had no information at the time beyond what he was telling her. Hell he could have claimed whatever and got everything for himself but he didn’t for no known reasons. He always intended to play both parties yet only acted on it towards the end when he was caught vs when he had the upper hand, it logically makes no sense….
With all the FL knowledge she could have done a lot better if she was truly smart, but she didn’t and still made many mistakes.
I really wanted to like the ML, I am okay him being toxic because of his trauma. Hell I am a sucker for anti-heroes and many of my favourite dramas have them. But did they seriously had to make him treat his own son like this in the ending scenes? Like what loving father would refuse to hug him and trip him to fall twice for saying something he didn’t like… did he not learn to want to be a better dad than his own? I didn’t find these scenes cute, I found them sad. He showed more care to the kitten than his son and it was supposed be that he healed his emotional scars, he clearly didn’t.
Most of the “smart “ plot relied on luck way too much. For smart people they rolled the dice way too much when they could have just prepared better.
Also it makes no sense that the FL made it to empress in her past life. The Xue family was a lot stronger in past life after terminating most of the Yans. No way the dowager would have let her be the empress. It’s evident based on how it went in the new life how impossible that was.
There was a lot of telling the camera/audience what is going on vs showing, that’s lazy script writing. Also while I find the ML acting to be usually good and I am a fan of his, this drama has his worst acting ever. His crazy scenes were comically badly acted, like a cartoon of a crazy person. He could do a lot better than that.
If I treat it as a low budget web drama then I would give it a pass, but this one had the potential to be an amazing drama if they put more thought into it.