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THE SUI BROTHERS STOLE THE SHOW
This show was something I had been waiting for for more than a year. I was so eager to watch it that I couldn't believe it was finally happening. I remember watching the first five episodes and thinking how good the show was. I really like how they portrayed Changyu; she was a breath of fresh air, a female lead that I liked a lot.
As the episodes were dropping, I got more and more hooked; I really liked the Lin'an Arc. During that period, the ML's scandal broke, and somehow it threw me off. I continued watching, but the feeling wasn't the same. All in all, it affects my viewing experience when I realize an actor is a nasty or classist person.
I really loved all the characters, especially Changyu and Changning. I thought both actresses were excellent in their portrayals, and I still believe that, despite the fact the character development didn't suit my taste.
As I said, the Lin'an Arc and the first episodes of the war (until she discovers the Marquis's real identity) were the best part of the whole series. I think those episodes showed the realness of Changyu. Later, when she miraculously kills Shi Yue, the whole story starts to fall apart. Why? It's Changyu’s first time on a battlefield, yet she is able to kill someone in two strikes who even generals couldn't defeat. And later, she manages to kill Lord Changxin, another important character, after just a few sparring sessions with her husband? Really? When she is appointed Flower General and enters the Court, I couldn't recognize the Fan Changyu from the beginning.Also, there is a part where she could lift huge baskets of rocks, but she couldn't save Qianqian and Qi Min at the same time? There is no consistency in the writing.
Also, I think the Marquis's character doesn't show the real power they want us to believe he has. Three times Sui Yuanqing flees from him; only when he battles with his uncle can we glimpse his power.
As I said in the title, the Sui brothers were the ones who made me stay. I hate the characters, but they were greatly performed by their actors. I never romanticized the relationship between Sui Qimin and Qianqian; that was pure abuse. Regardless, I didn't want Qimin to die, but based on how the characters were written, it was the most logical and satisfying end.
Deng Kai and Kong Xue Er need to do another series together where they end up together and he is not an asshole. That chemistry is wasted in this series with its forced love.
This series needed more than 40 episodes to develop Changyu's character believably and to better explain what happened 17 years ago.
Also, it doesn't make any sense at all: in the alternative ending, Changyu is Zheng's cousin. But she is the daughter of Wei Qilin, not Wei Yan. Wei Yan decided not to fall in love again after the consort died in the fire. While it’s good to see what the uncle-nephew relationship could have been in the alternative ending, Changyu wouldn't have been born at all since her father was Wei Qilin, not Wei Yan.
My comments from almost every episode:
Ep. 1: I already adore the FL.
Ep. 2: That law where only males can inherit property is disgusting. But hey, for the sake of the plot: marriage of convenience!
Ep. 3: Love you! She makes him pay respects to his own epitaph.
Ep. 4: I’m dying at the trial practice.
Ep. 5: I don't like the new girl; she’s way too classist.
Ep. 6: What scumbags, making up that lie about killing the uncle just to keep the house.
Ep. 7: Justice is a joke here, but the show is so good.
Ep. 10: I adore the sisters—the falcon moment and the part where he tries to get mad at her but just can't.
Ep. 11: Both side couples are so promising.. So sweet to see the falcon return and how happy the sister is.
Ep. 12: The second villain, Qi, is insane and we love it. Gosh, I’m in love with him in every scene. He’s super toxic and a total red flag, but I’m colorblind so I don't see anything.
Ep. 14: Manager Yu’s kid is just as smart as his mom, lying about his birthday.
Ep. 15: I bet it’s the psycho who’s doing that stuff to the restaurant.
I spoiled myself and know what happens to the psycho at the end :( we hate spoilers.
Ep. 16: Love you Fan Changyu, punching Wei Xuan. Wei Xuan won't reach the level of worship we have for the supreme psycho, but hey, we like him—and not because of what he does. Why are all the villains so charismatic and handsome? It’s hard not to root for them.
Ep. 17: That ending with the psycho WOW
Ep. 18: Super sad episode with the whole massacre. Fan Changyu, YOU ARE A QUEEN, the whole neighborhood is yours. That final scene with the Marquis, when he sees her there and looks like he's having a heart attack—YES.
Ep. 19: The beginning when he’s saving her—such a beautiful scene. We don't like the psycho anymore; what he’s doing is pure abuse. It’s a shame they wasted such chemistry making him a creep. Save the sister, please!
Ep. 20: We hate the psycho, there’s no redemption for him.
Ep. 21: "During this time, have you ever thought of me in the middle of the night?" "Yes, in my nightmares." "Better than nothing." We loathe him, but at least we know his backstory and how he fell for her.
Ep. 22: It's so messed up to destroy the dam and sacrifice people just to kill more enemies.
Ep. 23: Using AI for the flood scene looks ugly. He’s CRAZY, killing his nanny. The scene where he rescues Manager Yu was interesting because he knows she wants to kill him too. Fan Changyu, you’re wonderful; you gain a new fan every episode.
Ep. 24: The reunion between them and the sisters was gorgeous. Also, the moment with Changyu, the Princess, and the Marquis was hilarious. Plus the part where they clear out the shop for "privacy" while the advisor and everyone else are outside eavesdropping.
Ep. 25: Hilarious scene: the enemy downstairs, the Marquis in front, and Changyu on the other side beating up the heir. And the punishment scene makes total sense, otherwise, it would be chaos without someone giving orders. When they threaten to strip the heir and a rebel asks, "Is this the Marquis's strategy?" ABSOLUTE CINEMA.
Ep. 26: The beginning was so funny; I expected to see the hits and wow, so good. It’s a crime where they ended the episode.
Ep. 27: Such a beautiful ending.
Ep. 28: He is so in love with her. Poor Xie Wu has to deal with so much gossip and awkward moments. The psycho was the Crown Prince? I'm dead.
Ep. 29: Finally we know the psycho's story. Qi Min is realizing he's in love with her, but don't think Qianqian escapes the crazy guy that easily.
Ep. 30: We’re learning about the past and who the father was, it’s marvelous. I love the psycho's planning, and the "little villain" was right when he massacred the whole family. Though the cousin was dumb as a rock. Sad that Mandi died, he was a pro. We knew Lord Li was no good. I love that they’re giving more screen time to the Sui brothers; honestly, I’m not a big fan of the Marquis.
Ep. 31: Everything with the teachers and when she ignores the imperial decree is hilarious.
Ep. 32: Lord Li is a scumbag and we all knew it. So intense seeing Qi Min kill his adoptive mother and the whole past reveal. The Little Villain finally woke up and knows who the real enemy is. I'm falling more in love with Deng Kai every day; you can't be doing these roles! Since she found out he's the Marquis, the show has gone downhill a bit; they're rushing the remaining plot. If there were more than 40 episodes, it would be better. No doubt.
Ep. 33: Loved the post-credits scene. The Little Villain died and it made me so sad; however, the "Sui brothers" scene was 10/10—that ending for the Little Villain was magnificent. Lord Li is a traitor, or rather his grandfather was, and now he has to pay for his grandfather's deals. Finally, the Princess marries Gongsun; it took a while but I loved the proposal. OH THE KISS between Fan Changyu and the Marquis, THE KISS!
Ep. 34: The whole episode was about seeing how useless the Emperor is and the two factions: the opportunistic Li and the dominant Wei. Changyu was wonderful in the ministers' hall and in front of the King.
Ep. 35: Qianqian wakes up and the psycho says "finally you’re awake" (internally Qianqian is like: I'm awake, but at what cost?). The Li faction is, as the Marquis said, a bunch of opportunists.
Ep. 36: What an episode. All good scenes. I loved the drinking game between the psycho and Qianqian.
Ep. 37: Pretty funny that while offering the sword, he says it’s for killing dumb officials. What happened at the banquet was crazy. The Grand Tutor conspiring with the Emperor to frame the Marquis and Marchioness—they almost killed the Princess! And drugging the Marquis with an aphrodisiac, my god. Poor eunuch.
Ep. 38: The psycho doesn't get that you can't force love. It’s going to hurt seeing him die. The bathtub scene was nice, doing the yin-yang. Xie Wu and Mr. Jin's scene was super funny.
Ep. 39: Sad, the psycho is dead. It feels a bit weak that Prime Minister Wei gives up so easily.
Ep. 40: The psycho doesn't die from the fall but from Qianqian poisoning him? I'm shocked. Qianqian is a transmigrator and isn't going back to her world? The Emperor being a 7-year-old kid is funny to me. In this alternate ending, it makes no sense for Changyu to be born from her aunt. Besides promoting incest, she wouldn't even have been born, and the charm of Changyu is her origins—origins that got quite blurred since she went to war. Qianqian and Qi Min fulfill their promises; in the main story, Qianqian says she’ll poison his soup and that’s how Qi Min dies, and on his deathbed, he says that in an alternate world he wouldn't go near her—and it’s proven by the vomiting even though he’s happy to see her.
As the episodes were dropping, I got more and more hooked; I really liked the Lin'an Arc. During that period, the ML's scandal broke, and somehow it threw me off. I continued watching, but the feeling wasn't the same. All in all, it affects my viewing experience when I realize an actor is a nasty or classist person.
I really loved all the characters, especially Changyu and Changning. I thought both actresses were excellent in their portrayals, and I still believe that, despite the fact the character development didn't suit my taste.
As I said, the Lin'an Arc and the first episodes of the war (until she discovers the Marquis's real identity) were the best part of the whole series. I think those episodes showed the realness of Changyu. Later, when she miraculously kills Shi Yue, the whole story starts to fall apart. Why? It's Changyu’s first time on a battlefield, yet she is able to kill someone in two strikes who even generals couldn't defeat. And later, she manages to kill Lord Changxin, another important character, after just a few sparring sessions with her husband? Really? When she is appointed Flower General and enters the Court, I couldn't recognize the Fan Changyu from the beginning.Also, there is a part where she could lift huge baskets of rocks, but she couldn't save Qianqian and Qi Min at the same time? There is no consistency in the writing.
Also, I think the Marquis's character doesn't show the real power they want us to believe he has. Three times Sui Yuanqing flees from him; only when he battles with his uncle can we glimpse his power.
As I said in the title, the Sui brothers were the ones who made me stay. I hate the characters, but they were greatly performed by their actors. I never romanticized the relationship between Sui Qimin and Qianqian; that was pure abuse. Regardless, I didn't want Qimin to die, but based on how the characters were written, it was the most logical and satisfying end.
Deng Kai and Kong Xue Er need to do another series together where they end up together and he is not an asshole. That chemistry is wasted in this series with its forced love.
This series needed more than 40 episodes to develop Changyu's character believably and to better explain what happened 17 years ago.
Also, it doesn't make any sense at all: in the alternative ending, Changyu is Zheng's cousin. But she is the daughter of Wei Qilin, not Wei Yan. Wei Yan decided not to fall in love again after the consort died in the fire. While it’s good to see what the uncle-nephew relationship could have been in the alternative ending, Changyu wouldn't have been born at all since her father was Wei Qilin, not Wei Yan.
My comments from almost every episode:
Ep. 1: I already adore the FL.
Ep. 2: That law where only males can inherit property is disgusting. But hey, for the sake of the plot: marriage of convenience!
Ep. 3: Love you! She makes him pay respects to his own epitaph.
Ep. 4: I’m dying at the trial practice.
Ep. 5: I don't like the new girl; she’s way too classist.
Ep. 6: What scumbags, making up that lie about killing the uncle just to keep the house.
Ep. 7: Justice is a joke here, but the show is so good.
Ep. 10: I adore the sisters—the falcon moment and the part where he tries to get mad at her but just can't.
Ep. 11: Both side couples are so promising.. So sweet to see the falcon return and how happy the sister is.
Ep. 12: The second villain, Qi, is insane and we love it. Gosh, I’m in love with him in every scene. He’s super toxic and a total red flag, but I’m colorblind so I don't see anything.
Ep. 14: Manager Yu’s kid is just as smart as his mom, lying about his birthday.
Ep. 15: I bet it’s the psycho who’s doing that stuff to the restaurant.
I spoiled myself and know what happens to the psycho at the end :( we hate spoilers.
Ep. 16: Love you Fan Changyu, punching Wei Xuan. Wei Xuan won't reach the level of worship we have for the supreme psycho, but hey, we like him—and not because of what he does. Why are all the villains so charismatic and handsome? It’s hard not to root for them.
Ep. 17: That ending with the psycho WOW
Ep. 18: Super sad episode with the whole massacre. Fan Changyu, YOU ARE A QUEEN, the whole neighborhood is yours. That final scene with the Marquis, when he sees her there and looks like he's having a heart attack—YES.
Ep. 19: The beginning when he’s saving her—such a beautiful scene. We don't like the psycho anymore; what he’s doing is pure abuse. It’s a shame they wasted such chemistry making him a creep. Save the sister, please!
Ep. 20: We hate the psycho, there’s no redemption for him.
Ep. 21: "During this time, have you ever thought of me in the middle of the night?" "Yes, in my nightmares." "Better than nothing." We loathe him, but at least we know his backstory and how he fell for her.
Ep. 22: It's so messed up to destroy the dam and sacrifice people just to kill more enemies.
Ep. 23: Using AI for the flood scene looks ugly. He’s CRAZY, killing his nanny. The scene where he rescues Manager Yu was interesting because he knows she wants to kill him too. Fan Changyu, you’re wonderful; you gain a new fan every episode.
Ep. 24: The reunion between them and the sisters was gorgeous. Also, the moment with Changyu, the Princess, and the Marquis was hilarious. Plus the part where they clear out the shop for "privacy" while the advisor and everyone else are outside eavesdropping.
Ep. 25: Hilarious scene: the enemy downstairs, the Marquis in front, and Changyu on the other side beating up the heir. And the punishment scene makes total sense, otherwise, it would be chaos without someone giving orders. When they threaten to strip the heir and a rebel asks, "Is this the Marquis's strategy?" ABSOLUTE CINEMA.
Ep. 26: The beginning was so funny; I expected to see the hits and wow, so good. It’s a crime where they ended the episode.
Ep. 27: Such a beautiful ending.
Ep. 28: He is so in love with her. Poor Xie Wu has to deal with so much gossip and awkward moments. The psycho was the Crown Prince? I'm dead.
Ep. 29: Finally we know the psycho's story. Qi Min is realizing he's in love with her, but don't think Qianqian escapes the crazy guy that easily.
Ep. 30: We’re learning about the past and who the father was, it’s marvelous. I love the psycho's planning, and the "little villain" was right when he massacred the whole family. Though the cousin was dumb as a rock. Sad that Mandi died, he was a pro. We knew Lord Li was no good. I love that they’re giving more screen time to the Sui brothers; honestly, I’m not a big fan of the Marquis.
Ep. 31: Everything with the teachers and when she ignores the imperial decree is hilarious.
Ep. 32: Lord Li is a scumbag and we all knew it. So intense seeing Qi Min kill his adoptive mother and the whole past reveal. The Little Villain finally woke up and knows who the real enemy is. I'm falling more in love with Deng Kai every day; you can't be doing these roles! Since she found out he's the Marquis, the show has gone downhill a bit; they're rushing the remaining plot. If there were more than 40 episodes, it would be better. No doubt.
Ep. 33: Loved the post-credits scene. The Little Villain died and it made me so sad; however, the "Sui brothers" scene was 10/10—that ending for the Little Villain was magnificent. Lord Li is a traitor, or rather his grandfather was, and now he has to pay for his grandfather's deals. Finally, the Princess marries Gongsun; it took a while but I loved the proposal. OH THE KISS between Fan Changyu and the Marquis, THE KISS!
Ep. 34: The whole episode was about seeing how useless the Emperor is and the two factions: the opportunistic Li and the dominant Wei. Changyu was wonderful in the ministers' hall and in front of the King.
Ep. 35: Qianqian wakes up and the psycho says "finally you’re awake" (internally Qianqian is like: I'm awake, but at what cost?). The Li faction is, as the Marquis said, a bunch of opportunists.
Ep. 36: What an episode. All good scenes. I loved the drinking game between the psycho and Qianqian.
Ep. 37: Pretty funny that while offering the sword, he says it’s for killing dumb officials. What happened at the banquet was crazy. The Grand Tutor conspiring with the Emperor to frame the Marquis and Marchioness—they almost killed the Princess! And drugging the Marquis with an aphrodisiac, my god. Poor eunuch.
Ep. 38: The psycho doesn't get that you can't force love. It’s going to hurt seeing him die. The bathtub scene was nice, doing the yin-yang. Xie Wu and Mr. Jin's scene was super funny.
Ep. 39: Sad, the psycho is dead. It feels a bit weak that Prime Minister Wei gives up so easily.
Ep. 40: The psycho doesn't die from the fall but from Qianqian poisoning him? I'm shocked. Qianqian is a transmigrator and isn't going back to her world? The Emperor being a 7-year-old kid is funny to me. In this alternate ending, it makes no sense for Changyu to be born from her aunt. Besides promoting incest, she wouldn't even have been born, and the charm of Changyu is her origins—origins that got quite blurred since she went to war. Qianqian and Qi Min fulfill their promises; in the main story, Qianqian says she’ll poison his soup and that’s how Qi Min dies, and on his deathbed, he says that in an alternate world he wouldn't go near her—and it’s proven by the vomiting even though he’s happy to see her.
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