Maybe I have watched too many fine art restoration videos on yt and yes, I know Peem repainting his artwork is part of the plotline, but why didn't he try to restore his original painting? It doesn't look that damaged to me. Of course not everyone can have a hot table like Julian to flatten out their paintings again. But maybe try to re-stretch it and then remove the dirt with some cotton swabs/balls and then repaint the areas where paint was lost and et voila a finished painting... lol but I'm not complaining I love this series a lot. Especially ep 11 was sooo good. I can't wait for Wednesday!
There are a lot of reasons why this series has 16 Episodes: 1. Phum and Peem aren't almost together yet, they…
That happens to all of us every now and then. You can also try to skip all other couples and only watch Fang and Tan. They are lovely, I absolutely loved that they gave us their backstory. And I hope we get more from them! Tbh I was not a big fan of main couples first drama together, and their second one wasn't bad, their acting was much better, but I didn't really like the genre(s). So I'm happy that they now have a series with a plot that I like. In the end everything boils down to personal taste. 💕
Tan/ Fang couple are the CUTEST! I seriously can watch an hour episode of their storyline and not get bored..That…
There are a lot of reasons why this series has 16 Episodes: 1. Phum and Peem aren't almost together yet, they still have a lot of things to work through. 2. the amount of couples we are having is 4, so that would make it 4 Episodes per couple per average, which honestly isn't that much... (though Chain and Pun didn't have much progress yet, which brings me to #3:) 3. this is just a theory, so it might not happen, but maybe they added Chains and Pun love story at the end, since they had to reshoot all scenes with the character Pun, so it might have been easier to add it at the end. 4. giving the audience more fleshed out characters, we haven't seen everything that makes them them yet. I hope we get some backstory to Q and his circumstances, same with Phum and Fang. 5. Then add a bit more dates for all the couples to go on, on their own, separate from the rest. 6. some wild parent turning up and getting in between them, I can especially see that for Phum and Peem or Tan and Fang (since they share the same parent/in laws) I can still think of more reasons why there should be 16 episodes... because we are already at ep 9 and there is still so much to show us, for me it's more like "there are only 7 episodes left, how will they do it?" But these are just my feelings for this. I hope they don't go batshit crazy on the plot later on, which of course can happen. But I firmly believe there is enough things that are still not yet resolved, so I'm not really worried. I'm also really enjoying the series, making me want to see as much as I can get. So I guess, just see where it takes you, you know you can stop watching anytime you feel bored by it.
Fang is the definition of "Looks like a cinnamon role, could kill you". 😄 I am pleasantly surprised by this series! I like all the couples. Especially PondPhuwin are killing it here. I also realised once again, that I just like dramas directed by New, he does something that just speaks to me.
I feel like I missed something, but what was in the Royal Edict by the Dowager Empress that she sent to the palace…
I think it was to give the Security Bureau the permission to take down the Priestess and to get Yanxi out of the Pavilion he was held in? At least that's how I interpreted it.
I really like ml actors acting!! This man can convey so many feelings with just a look in his eyes, a fluttering of his eyelids, the lowering of his head, the tremble of his hands, a smile on his lips... this is my first time watching drama with him and I'll definitely watch more dramas with him in the future.
This is one of the best period c dramas! It reminded me a lot of New Life Begins, with the empowering female theme, where a group of woman suddenly has to fend for their place in society and finds strength in each other, together they overcome tragedies and hardship with a happy end. I have never seen the main leads in any other drama before, but they nailed their roles here! Count me as a new fan of ZJY and HYT!! I'll try to watch other dramas with them. I hope both of them get casted in any other costume/period dramas. HYT would look good in one of the xianxia dramas! The only thing that frustrated me a bit was episode 38/39, watching the emperor being even more of an ass than in earlier episodes made me so angry! But the ending made up for those 2 episodes. I loved how the main leads constantly hugged, it was so soothing and romantic. Finally a drama where there are lots of hugs! I can't even remember if they had a kiss scene and I don't care, because them hugging all the time was so good. If you loved New Life Begins, give this a try you won't be disappointed, same the other way around, if you liked this and haven't seen New Life Begins please give it a try!
I'm so sad about Grandma 😭 poor Grandma had to be left behind by the love of her life and died after being separated from him! Poor Grandpa too, they couldn't see each other again in this life. They should make a drama bout them and the empress dowager. 😭
Last few weeks I have been catching up with Zhou Yes dramas, also watching Story of Kunning Palace, where I found the ML, becoming an instant fan of him. So I was very happy to find out they have a drama together. It's not a bad drama, but sadly this drama wasn't what I imagined/hoped it to be... Maybe there were too many good looking male leads, all I wanted the fl to end up with... I guess reverse Harem is not my thing in regards to 2nd lead syndrome? But I definitely found some more actors to follow up with, that's one of the good things I take from watching this drama. I was also expecting a romance focused drama, but it's more slice of life? In the end I couldn't connect with it and just fast forwarded through the episodes, even skipping some episodes as a whole. My favourite episodes were 25 and 26. I'm just into the jealousy trope lol. All in all the actors were so good, the production too, so I'm sure someone who is looking for a drama that focuses more on scheming and planning and only a bit on romance this will be for them.
This is sooo good! Zhang LingHe is perfect for the role of Xie Wei. I like it how he was so morally grey, scheming and when he was jealous. ZLH is so talented and the long hair in period dramas looks awesome on him. Bai Lu too, talented and always looking gorgeous in the period dresses and hair dos. This easily became one of my favourite cdramas. The plot is engaging with a great production value and interesting side characters. I would have loved it if the main couple would have gotten together earlier, with a bit less concentration on 2nd and 3rd ml as love interests, but it also made sense how it all lead to them being together. I normally find endless scheming inside the palace tiresome, and the empress and her niece got too much airtime, but the scheming of our main leads was executed well and did not become boring.
omg! did you guys see the trailer for season 2??? That was totally unexpected for me! And what is going on? Did Way make them hallucinate his and Tonys death? Are they just pretending? 🤯
This is good, I like it. But it gave the vibe of a Jane Austen Novel adaptation. Everyone was so gentlemanly and about etiquette, that if they even came as close as 50 cm they would turn into blushing victorian virgins. Don't get me wrong, I like this and I like Jane Austen novels, but sometimes the whole innocent attitude was a bit much for a drama of this era? If I had to describe it with 4 words I would say: innocent, pure, prim and proper. At the same time, once the main leads overcame their shyness they had pretty good kiss scenes, which amazed me given what I described above. The plot itself was interesting, the dubbing dramas and the music, it all was great. FLs wardrobe fit right into the image she was portraying and all her clothrs were very pretty. What was also amazing was the MLs many talents. He was a doctor, a chef, a dubber, a singer, a stage manager, an editor, an entrepreneur, an artist (drawing)... how many hours had his day? How did he manage? lol I wish they gave the 2nd couple more screentime, I liked them a lot.
Nice mature drama with a typical office romance/enemies to lovers setting. I liked how it perfectly showed the struggle between a traditional craft and new tech trying to find it's place and in the end taking over. What I didn't like was how FL got screwed over by everyone in the last few episodes, even by the ML, and she just sucked it up. Not sure how it should have went differently though, just that I would have quit the company at the spot, they dropped her so fast like a hot potato, when she spent years giving it her all for them. So ungrateful to "their best employee". ML should have apologised a bit more too, but overall I was glad they reconciled quickly. I am also sad we didn't see their wedding. Shasha from 2nd couple was annoying most of the time. She was immature and a spoiled brat. I hated how she blamed Tian for making her change, when he never asked for it and she never told him about her allergies or anything else that impacted their relationship. You are to blame for not communicating your issues, Princess, not him. 3rd couple was cute. I didn't like Chen Yao at first, but he had great character growth once he fell in love with Tong Xin.
If cringe had a face, it would be Toh 😂 I just watched him get 'drunk' of a shitake?
Yay, you've made it! And even though the cringe didn't get less, you've also survived it. 😁😁 I like Billy too, if it wasn't for him, I couldn't have watched any of Toh's scenes 😅 I didn't know this has the same Director as Middlemans love, but it explains a lot 😅 I didn't see Playboyy, but I heard a lot lol, I guess this is just another sign not to watch it?
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I am pleasantly surprised by this series! I like all the couples. Especially PondPhuwin are killing it here. I also realised once again, that I just like dramas directed by New, he does something that just speaks to me.