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How's the drama performance overall? I mean is the rating good since I'm not quite familiar with Cdrama rating system.

Most drama failed in building a slow burn drama amidst political plots but this drama is a success for me. The fact that they are just talking that we can still feel the intensity & yearning just showed how intense was his feeling towards her ie successful slow burn. This is a good foundation to slowly build up their romance, to reach the ending where they're the end game.

True. For XW to be able to portray his intensity, longing & yearning for Jiang in their few moments showed how good their romance is. The romance made me excited for they actually together, I'm sure this will be better. Plus my man XW is busy with his plotting scheme while protecting Jiang, & Jiang too, is busy with reversing her fate. Plus, its a reverse harem, it's her story, with each man having a significant role in her life. So, XW need to be patient at least.

Yes, and this is the story of Jiang as the lead character, as an empress who wanted to change her fate and her life evolves around 3 males. I believe they reserve the sweetness afterwards, specifically in the cave scene. I also wished that they had more scenes cause their current scenes are already burning with passion what more later. But I do think that the current plot delivers the intensity of their developing romance since the real novel take a longer time

I know that people want a story to evolve more around their romance but this story is about the FL with her past life as an empress, of course, surrounded by politics. Her discovery of her feelings for XW, is all due to politics: how they are compatible with each other, & how XW uplift her as a woman with knowledge and courage, and how he admires her quality as a woman; they are all due to politics. I x think XW will like a simple woman due to her beauty; from watching this, his feeling was driven due to Jiang's passion as a woman; her inner quality made him crazy about her (of course due to her beauty too).

Jiang is confused about her feelings in her other life with ZZ and XW. XW and ZZ are different people who lead different life due to Jiang current life decisions she made. Yes, maybe in her past she had feelings for ZZ (which is debatable since I x read the book) but, in her current life, she treated ZZ with the sentiment and memories of ZZ of the past. I'm excited to see the growth of Jiang in the discovery of her feelings, in her current life.

How to rate the episodes?

Agree. She treated ZZ due to her past life with ZZ. It makes sense but what she will discover is that the present ZZ was x connected to ZZ in her past, like her feelings will turns out differently outcome due to her presence actions & also whatever with current ZZ and XW. Same goes to XW. Jiang will understand that XW actions diffrnt from his past, taking different decisions from his past, same as her.

Wow what an amazing execution of plots specifically 21-24(currently on). Keeping me intrigued and keep me on my toes.

Im putting this drama on hold at ep 16. I just cant bear the wait for the upcoming week

Till the end of moon for sure. The ML is basically just devil and has dark character, compared to other drama with that genre.

Understandable. Maybe the fact that both ML & 2ML has strong chemistry yet conveyed differently made people love the 2ML. Plus, the story evolves around two lifes which portrays the equal importance to the FL.

Tbh, she has a face that fits historical drama, feminine yet has a strong presence, x overall delicate looking for her to bring a strong character. Actors need to have certain criteria to fit historical drama cause x all good actors fit historical drama, at the point physical traits plays an important part. Plus HD focused soo much on facial expressions which Bai Lu nailed it.

Thanks!

Something heart-wrenching with Jiang; to regret your decision for wealth, position and power to realise they were nothing & lose everything, everyone that is good to her, ruining people that loved her. Read a few pages of the novel & this caught me: "If I had known it would be the end of today, why bother to spend a lot of time? It's better to travel thousands of miles, see the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and be like a free bird. In this life, I just entered the palace by mistake. The wall, the bustling cocoon..."

I see. Personally, im fine even its a low budget as long as it carries plots & characters act well in the drama. & thanks for the insights.

Yes! The story is intriguing soo much, characters & plots wise. The past life deserved a whole story to appreciate her changes, & XW character in present life. I really want to know the love between her, XW & ZZ in past life.

Thank you. I noticed how they didn't explain about the background of the empress more in earlier eps when it played an important role in the plots. Felt like this drama needed 60 eps to make up the novel, showing how good the story is tbh. Maybe the way the author created the story(even i x read the novel) that it was very well conveyed in a drama. Maybe the drama is just too good that I wanted more lol. Usually, by ep 20 something, we just know that "its enough' but in this drama, there're a lot of things that I hope to get more.

Without wanting much spoiler, just clarifications, Why does the empress hate the Yan family? Maybe I lost some understanding on the plots

Needs some clarification, im on ep 15-