Jenna

Not gonna lie... the way YanYan was the one to initiate physical/caring contact with MingYi in front of De Rang in EP 27 felt all kinds of ungrateful and heartless. Maybe yanyan & mingyi deserve each other? -_- While I normally actually enjoy this bittersweet romance trope, the FL in these kinds of shows don't usually act like this & I'm finding it more & more distracting/disappointing. They are making yanyan out to be completely heartless & cold rather than strong/growing up because of circumstances. There's a world of difference between the two. That also happens to be the difference between having a FL we LOVE or a FL we LOATHE. tsk tsk.

Very much ALL of what you said. His hate was soooo weird and misplaced. There was no way he would have though it would have been done on purpose. & he was (somehow) the one person in the drama who could get ALL the info/secret intel first, so he would have easily known that. I thought his hate may have stemmed from the fact that he felt the Emperor may have covered up the incident to protect his son? But even that should have had him hate his brother & not his nephew. So strange.

Also, his love for the FL was obsessive and odd. He hurt her and used her SO bad throughout the show. His character was a mess! Actually, now that I think about it, a LOT of the characters in this show were quite over-the-top and maybe that's why they were not very relatable?

Don't get me started on the FL's so-called love. (so wishy washy) & the weird final episode where everything that needed to be resolved either 1. didn't get resolved, or #2 just got some ridiculous semi-sticky bandaid slapped on it to stop the hemorrhaging of plot threads. Lightning? Really???

There were some great actors in this show though and had all the pieces there to make good drama, but it just... wasn't. Not even close.

@vi0let let me know if you find better subs anywhere. I'll do the same for you if I find any! ●‿●

so far they are also bad in ep2&3 as well. :( I can kind of follow along because I've watched soooo many of these, but I'll miss out on a LOT of the plotting, conversations, etc. :/ I already don't know some of what is happening & driving the ML. -_-

this is now on iQiyi but the subs are sooooo bad in episode 1. They don't even make sense. Now I'm sad. LOL

I don't even know what I'm watching. Could they not have made this at least SEEM like a continuation of the previous part? The FL reverting back to acting like a 14yo at this point is uber jarring and the plot is... I don't even know what. Ugh. Such an odd "movie".

mixed feelings on this one. It was pretty to watch and it had bits and pieces that could have been awesome but it all came off very contrived and forced. The FL's character and even (for me) Prince An's characters were the least convincing. Plus plot threads by the end were just left dangling in the wind or hastily wrapped up. Meh. Nothing in this drama is memorable or re-watchable. Sad Panda.

ungh Xi Yin is such a weaselly, self-entitled little man. -_- He's really getting on my nerves.

Is it horrible of me that at this point in the drama (ep 42) that I kind of wish either one of the leads WOULD die or that they'd at least stay REALLY angry with each other when actually justified? Can the ML NOT use the "self sacrificing" plot ploy over and over and OVER??? -_- UNGH.

Kind of enjoying this, but I can't put my finger on what is making it a bit "off" to me so that I can't really love love it. I think the editing (lack thereof) has a bit to do with it. Some of these chatting scenes are a bit long and redundant. Someone needed to cut some of those out to clean up the pacing!

this is very true. I didn't feel like the FL or ML were that strong of a "character", where got a good feel for what made them "likeable" or really anything else up to this point. (I think this is going to happen from ep 19 on) The younger sister did stupid stuff, but not at least not with an "I don't care what happens as long as I get what I want" attitude like the middle sister does. AND I don't speak any Chinese, but watching ep19 raw... it seems? like the middle sister is uber pissed the younger one is going to become queen? eeek. jealous already?

Am I the only one who kind of despises the middle sister? Just curious. In my opinion she acts more like the "baby of the family" than the youngest sister by far. I kind of hate her attitude and how she willfully puts her family in major danger and so on and STILL mostly only thinks about her own happiness. I'm thinking she is going to be a major problem in the future :(

oooohweee this is getting good and episodes 17-19 have me on the edge of my seat with the fabulous acting, costumes, and gorgeous cinematography!

@huaxue exactly. If we saw some progress, some changes and growing up from the princess, possibly her realizing her wrongs or anything... it may have made more sense, but all the way to the end she was set in her ways and doing damage. Their "shared feelings" by the end made ZERO sense from Wen You's side!

My PETTY MOMENT. I haaaaaate that after all the things the princess did to get the 2ML, that by the end of the drama it looks like the 2ML actually not only forgave the princess who caused him SO much heartache and was a spoiled asshole the entire drama, but actually came to love her and made a baby with her. I know I know... he had no choice but to "give in to his fate" and make the best of it... but really? Could he really love someone that was pretty despicable 80% of the drama? MEH. That rubbed me the wrong way... but maybe it's just me being petty. ;-) I'm embracing my pettiness here.

finished! Over all, I found this a super surprise and liked it very much even though I don't looooove the ML, the show (because of the FL) was really enjoyable. I, however, am SUPER PETTY and have one little complaint. I'll mention it in a spoiler below, so don't read unless you've also finished the drama or don't care about reading major spoilers. :)

"stuff" begins to happen by ep 16/17 and they are truly over (as a couple) by ep 19. However, the FL isn't completely aware of what happens & doesn't let go of her feelings until about end of ep 23

okay. gotta say. I'm super disappointed in a certain 2nd ML. In ep 32 I want to throat punch him -__-

6 episodes in and it has been a pleasant surprise. I thought the FL would annoy me at this point, but instead she's grown on me even more. I am really enjoying this drama! YAY! :-)

I thought about my comment after watching Dong Yi again all the way through. I have to agree. Dong Yi is much better than Yi San though I liked both, I looooved Dong Yi. ^_^