I confess I haven’t really liked most of LXY’s dramas (except Blood of Youth) not because he’s bad or anything, they just weren’t my cup of tea. But credit where it’s due: the man has perfected the unhinged psycho smile. It's weirdly hot 😆😅
This show is really interesting, LXY is the ultimate CDrama dark prince and Meng Zi Yi, did like her work in Blossom, which was definitely an unexpected great show of last year. Shen Zai Ye is ruthless red flag and doesn't spare wanting to kill his wives nor does he care for any of them. But if I had four scheming women with ulterior motives, I would also be merciless. He is literally cornered by all four of his wives. The first one is quite obvious because she is a Meng, the second one is probably the most transparent, so you can rule her out, but the third wife is too quiet, as such the most sus for me. Then we have our Princess, who has been calculative since the beginning albeit for survival. I don't think he likes any of them but definitely met his match with the Princess. Shen Zai Ye is also working with someone else in the court, I am think probably the Mu Wu Xia coz he seems to always be at the right place and at the right time. I guess we will see what unfolds. BTW the way LXY was handling them prawns and cooking them, goes to show, man knows his way around the kitchen.
The novel gave me a headache as the writing felt so lazy. But the drama is handling the story much better. That said, I did love Tao Hua’s shamelessness in the novel.
What an underrated drama! I'm so glad I didn't trust the rating. Wonderful, moving story and some very deep and meaningful themes. Whoever wrote the script deserves a raise.
I love the ending. It matches the tone of the drama and makes complete sense. This is easily the best fantasy C-drama I've seen. The characters are well-fleshed out and consistent and the actors did justice to the roles. The plot is A+. The world-building is excellent. I have zero complaints. This is a 9+ drama. Don't let the rating stop you.
i read the posts here with much interest, and a little sadness. Everyone here seems to dissect the drama into small pieces. You say i like this or that, but this was too slow, or the cutting of kissing scenes. For me as an average viewer, I watch the dramas relax and to enjoy. I find the cutting of some scenes a blessing. I have given up watching the western films and series because i find they have gone over the line of decency. I really loved this drama, it was really well put together, film beautifully, with a coherent story. I thought the cast were on the whole brilliant, especially the ML and FL who seem to work extremely well together. They bring the characters to life, and take you along through the story. Then ending was for once really well done. I will look out for this director again, to see more of his works. The second half did slow a little, but surely that was the build up to the end, why skip it. Nothing is perfect, so for me i rated this 9.5 just for the enjoyment, i am really old and have time on my hands to relax, and i hope to find other works to watch, if anyone has any suggestion i would welcome your guidance.
A satisfying ending that's finally done well. All Chinese screenwriters should take a lesson from this. Overall, I got a bit bored in the second half, so I sped up the episodes, but this ending is really well done. It was worth it for that.
Actually I enjoyed second half of the show more 😅 been kinda done with all dramas stopping at marriage or even before marriage, so it was nice to see a happily married couple for once. The show wasn't outstanding or anything, but was good enough in this current cdrama drought. My main complaint was that for most of the show I felt too little emotions. Dunno if it was the acting, or the dubbing being mostly pretty tame, but I could have used a stronger connections to the characters.
I enjoy the drama. I think I like how the FL have the knowledge about the future but she is not being obnoxious about it and everything is still unpredictable for her
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Shen Zai Ye is ruthless red flag and doesn't spare wanting to kill his wives nor does he care for any of them. But if I had four scheming women with ulterior motives, I would also be merciless. He is literally cornered by all four of his wives. The first one is quite obvious because she is a Meng, the second one is probably the most transparent, so you can rule her out, but the third wife is too quiet, as such the most sus for me. Then we have our Princess, who has been calculative since the beginning albeit for survival. I don't think he likes any of them but definitely met his match with the Princess. Shen Zai Ye is also working with someone else in the court, I am think probably the
Mu Wu Xia coz he seems to always be at the right place and at the right time. I guess we will see what unfolds.
BTW the way LXY was handling them prawns and cooking them, goes to show, man knows his way around the kitchen.