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The series actually got good reviews and the writer got a bit of fame for this - they are anticipating season two with the same writer and cast.

Everything was fine for me until they went to the prison camp. Thereafter it is rather messy.

Yes I agree with that his character is consistent, consistently flawed. Being a dude if you have to be so self-centered and believe the way the world should work is the way you think it should be and not try to understand that your lady need assurance because you are so darn cool and handsome - you are better off being alone. CY's biggest flaw which I really dislike though is she always thinks what she thinks is best for XY e.g. letting you guys be together etc... without any regards of XY feelings. Typical of C-Drama's weak and "kind-hearted" FL.

And again, nothing against the actor/actress but the recent plots and presentation.

Then I guessed it worked the way the writer(s) wanted it to be, the surprise element followed by what you are feeling right now. Probably how they presented it is quite uncalled for.

You first sentence sums it all up, it depends on the acceptance threshold of the conflicts created - and whether it makes common sense at all.

From different perspective, he asked CY not to listen to NX but what NX said to her so far XY was not able to dispute - and it made things worse that it is coming out from NX and not XY no? CY is supposed to trust XY even if he chose not to tell CY what happened between himself and NX, it is so difficult? He could have just told her from the start he thought NX was just making use of him to get to her father and CY is likely to believe him more? NX is brainwashing CY which could have been prevented. She is weak but she didn't know anything about their history, for me I will believe the first version I hear as well. Well XY didn't believe CY when she told her about her stoney situation, so I guess the not trusting is mutual.

Like I said, it is okay for him to behave this way but how it happened it is just too forced.

It is justifiable how he behaved, no one with a heart can handle such information. It is just how the writer makes the worst out of these situations for dramatic effects. Guess it works that it is stirring emotions, however just makes it less credible. He shouldn't marry the FL but just he chose to drink and mess a bigger mess, as if it will help matters. If he wants to do so, find a place where no one can find you. The thing that is wrong with his character is that he thinks he is cool but in fact making things worse. In Chinese saying l'll say that he is "马后炮", looking into matters only after the worst happened. The FL is a victim of his way of handling things.

They should have made things simpler a little bit and finish the drama off in max 28 episodes.

Since the earlier episode when he set the trap I mentioned I don't really like the ML's character. Now he is continuing to mess things up; if he doesn't know how to handle situations or love someone, he should probably go back to the battlefield. FL is much better off with the SML except with the sleeping issue.

I really dislike how the writers are adding stupid stuff to amplify the misunderstanding and conflict.

Why did the CY need to clear her mind in the first place? Common sense will tell XY that NX is up to no good by getting close to CY. Instead of telling CY his history with NX, he allowed CY to hear NX's version and after that desperately explain. Did he think that NX wouldn't say anything or CY wouldn't feel anything? So he became busy after chasing the assassins and have so much talk about them that he has no time to update CY that the emperor doesn't want to see him etc. Yet other people got so much time to tell her that XY hasn't looked for the emperor yet. NX didn't need the stone to foresee when to hug XY or hold his hands in order to let CY walk in on them. This misunderstanding thankfully got resolved rather quickly by Mr Bai. Then we have QS again not needing the stone to foresee that XY will buy books for CY, leading to the aunt saying that his brother had these books as well and them finding the stuff QS planted. And if things were not bad enough, they have to add in the part where CY used the coins left behind by the brother. We know that there is going to be misunderstands and conflict so no need for extras.

Lol, it depends on whether to wanna get frustrated at one go or spread it out. :D

Exactly, communication is the word and common sense as well. XY knows NX is up to no good and hanging around CY, yet he allowed CY to hear NX version of their past instead of coming clean first if he has nothing to hide. Did he stupidly think that NX won't tell CY anything or that CY won't feel anything even hearing all these? He chose to not update CY that the emperor wouldn't see him and instead again concentrate on discussing on the assassins, is there so much to talk about except for the symbol etc. that he had no time to update CY about the situation of his arranged wedding? And there are 24 hours a day and CY have to chance upon the exact moment XY and hugging and holding hands on 2 occasions - this I absolutely hate.

The hooded man, he didn't need the stone to foresee that XY would buy books for CY, and because of that the aunt would mention about his brother having these books as well leading to them finding the stuff causing the conflict. How did the hooded man get these stuff even?

We are not until that part yet at episode 28, so now you know what we had to go through... LOL

:) It's not that bad, overall it's a easy watch except for the passed down conflicts mentioned in the description.

Think you should be able to find the eng recaps here
https://forums.soompi.com/topic/452332-current-mainland-chinese-drama-2020-the-sleepless-princess-%E7%A6%BB%E4%BA%BA%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%8A/page/6/

Lol, continue if you have nothing else to invest your time on... if not you still got 30+ episodes to go and the final episodes are not too good either, very last episode is nice though.

Just binge watched episode 24-28, it's a roller coaster ride of being mainly angry, some sweet and funny moments. They must add a big "misunderstanding" to the tag above, like CY I can also foresee the future, that a 35 episodes drama is bound to have misunderstanding plots... even though expected, cannot help but feel frustrated when they try to force misunderstandings and worse still, downright conflict between the leads.
Thanks for this after a few episodes of fillers. WTH

I was watching the beginning of episode 27 and had to stop to rest cos it is just so frustrating to see them force the misunderstanding plot. Would have dropped it if not for having invested so much. Now I have to calm myself down first before continuing.

No worries, just to note that episodes 21-24 are basically fillers that got quite a few of us unhappy. 25 is quite sweet though.

Thanks! U are making me look forward! :)

Thanks for the heads up. It's nice to hear she is doing well here and for you the highlight of the show, though she is not the FFL. :)