Sweet Revenge is Best Served Cold
Jiang Xueying and Jiang Yuer were siblings who had been at odds with each other due to a prophecy by a monk that their fates would always inverse from each other, and Jiang Yuer made sure to keep all the good fortunes to herself. The first life they had ended with Jiang Yuer dying after being discarded as a wife by the Heir Apparent of Lu family. Both siblings woke up in their do-over rebirth to the day of their wedding, and Jiang Yuer coerced Jiang Xueying to swap grooms, with Yuer becoming the second young master, Lu Liang’s wife, whom she already knew from her previous life would be a jinshi scholar with a bright future as Prince Ning’s aide, while Xueying marries the playboy and wayward Heir Apparent, Lu Junxing. Little that Yuer knew, being Lu Liang’s wife isnt all rainbow and sunshine, and Xueying was determined to create a destiny of her own without clinging to Heir Apparent’s status. On their first night, she proposed to have a fake marriage with Lu Junxing by signing a divorce agreement where they will divorce from each other at the end of the first year of their marriage. Lu Junxing was baffled by her straightforwardness but welcomed the gesture as he too was against the marriage all along. But as they interacted more with each other, they realized the person in front of them was not who they really was. Proximity naturally breeds attraction, and soon enough, they found themselves falling for each other, all while navigating the treacherous path of deceit and jealousy in the Lu Manor and outside.
No silly-ridiculous scenes, no repetitive-clumsy proximity staring contests or accidental hugs, no prolonged squabbles, almost no plotholes and no draggy bullying scenes. Sounds like impossible for a miniseries but that is exactly what this show is all about. The screenwriter was awesome in combining the episodes, as short as they are, without making the audience question what, why or how come anything happens. Each scene was threaded seamlessly to the next without much choppiness that is usually common with miniseries.
But then again, excellent screenwriting is meaningless without talented cast, and again this show nailed it in that department. Nobody overact and everyone successfully carried out their roles immaculately fine, even the small insignificant roles like a manor steward or a showgirl.
I especially love the FL, Jiang Xueying. She is firm, resolute, intelligent, and on top of that, she is a brilliant strategist. What i love the most about this character is that she doesnt fall head over heels for her husband to the point of losing her head, after they professed their love for each other and didnt turn into super clingy and weak woman. Coming from The Eternal Love which i set my bar rather high based on the ratings and comments but later became so disappointed to the point of dropping it altogether because of the steadily declining FL character, this show somewhat filled that void due to the disappointment with its excellent cast and brilliantly written characters.
I love the 2nd FL character development, which conveyed that the act of humanity pays off. All in all, this show satisfies me after dropping lousy dramas one after another before this one.
Although I love how the story came together without coming off as cheap and a waste of time, i must say the plot actually contain the usual reborn tropes that we most see on vertical dramas. Although it sounded kind of lame that multiple characters were eventually reborn together with intact memories of their last lives multiple times, i just couldnt hate this show too much cuz it is truly one of the good ones out there due to the strongpoints that i have stated above.
No silly-ridiculous scenes, no repetitive-clumsy proximity staring contests or accidental hugs, no prolonged squabbles, almost no plotholes and no draggy bullying scenes. Sounds like impossible for a miniseries but that is exactly what this show is all about. The screenwriter was awesome in combining the episodes, as short as they are, without making the audience question what, why or how come anything happens. Each scene was threaded seamlessly to the next without much choppiness that is usually common with miniseries.
But then again, excellent screenwriting is meaningless without talented cast, and again this show nailed it in that department. Nobody overact and everyone successfully carried out their roles immaculately fine, even the small insignificant roles like a manor steward or a showgirl.
I especially love the FL, Jiang Xueying. She is firm, resolute, intelligent, and on top of that, she is a brilliant strategist. What i love the most about this character is that she doesnt fall head over heels for her husband to the point of losing her head, after they professed their love for each other and didnt turn into super clingy and weak woman. Coming from The Eternal Love which i set my bar rather high based on the ratings and comments but later became so disappointed to the point of dropping it altogether because of the steadily declining FL character, this show somewhat filled that void due to the disappointment with its excellent cast and brilliantly written characters.
I love the 2nd FL character development, which conveyed that the act of humanity pays off. All in all, this show satisfies me after dropping lousy dramas one after another before this one.
Although I love how the story came together without coming off as cheap and a waste of time, i must say the plot actually contain the usual reborn tropes that we most see on vertical dramas. Although it sounded kind of lame that multiple characters were eventually reborn together with intact memories of their last lives multiple times, i just couldnt hate this show too much cuz it is truly one of the good ones out there due to the strongpoints that i have stated above.
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