HAPPY ENDING for my badass couple 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳💖💖 These last episodes were a rollercoaster of emotions. I had to pause so many times to dry my tears!!!
- Reverse Revenge!! Murong finding his father death was beyond satisfying 👏🏻
- XJS stabbing the Princess and killing the baby was jaw dropping savage. The Emperor really loved her in his own twisted way 😭 I was weirdly shipping them even though they were totally dysfunctional.
- Princess admitting its her own fault broke me 💔 She really learned from everything. I thought she would die but living with regret and guilt is much more painful ending.
- XJS psycho eyes were everything in the final episode, he might be the villain but bringing the corpse to the Empress was chef’s kiss!
- Final battle. Honestly this is probably the only thing that felt a bit underwhelming compared to the rest. I wanted FYX to pierce his heart with an arrow. In general, I feel like the pay off wasn’t as strong because XJS had too many episodes away from the leads. Still, its HE and that’s what matters!
I have yet to write my review but its an easy 10/10 💖💖💖
Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Sword and Beloved is rumoured for 20 Oct (iQiyi). Also for end of Oct - Blood River and Whispers of Fate. But nothing official yet.
I’m going to miss this drama and especially miss seeing CZY every day 💖 Only 3 dramas this year made me this obsessed where I couldn’t wait to watch the daily episodes!
Having said that, I hope the final episodes are just as good, but if it’s sad ending I will NOT emotionally recover 😭
I feel conflicted after watching the final episode. I love both couples equally, the main one had super sweet moments. I loved little Peanut and it cracked me up that HY was beefing with his own son for attention. SWL turning into a nanny was a cute outcome.
However, everything was so rushed and quite ridiculous. There were so many “fade to black” transitions and it made the whole episode a chopped up mess.
SWL thinking GT only wanted money?!!?!!! We all know he was dumb but at this point he must have some secret head trauma that prevents oxygen from reaching his brain BECAUSE WHERE IS THE RATIONAL??! Then the clown show of the police not able to catch him… and then the final scene is just a hug?!?!
Another thing I didn’t like is hearing HY ready to make his newborn baby an orphan?! Yes it fits his persona, his devotion to SY but since the start he wanted a baby and it just… it just felt off putting.
🌸 Fake dating + secret crush tropes 🌸 Healthy mains relationship 🌸 Bickering second couple 🌸 Fast watch (under 30min) 🌸 Vibes like a mix of You Are My Secret + When I Fly Towards You
❌ Two minor things: first episode the ML annoyed me a lot but afterward I came to love him more and more with each episode. His attitude actually made sense later. Also, there was an annoying love rival for about 1-2 episodes.
OVERALL: This is one of those fluffy, relaxing dramas that are perfect to watch if you want something light and easy. There is not much plot, just good vibes. I recommend.
The angst and tension between the characters is sooo freaking delicious. I’m starting to get soo obsessed with this drama. I pray the quality stays this great till the end 😩🤞🏻
I’m only two episodes in and I’m already loving it!!
🔥100% angst. 🔥Real enemies to lovers. 🔥Savage ML + Vigilant FL. Both are equally badass! I can’t get enough of how hot Chen Zhe Yuan is 😍 🔥Ruthless palace politics. Everyone is an enemy.
🌸 Cold + scheming male lead. 🌸 Plenty of sweet kisses + one super spicy scene. 🌸 Bizarre moments and plot twists. 🌸 A great mix of romance, comedy, suspense and angst.
This mini drama would have been a perfect guilty pleasure watch, if it wasn’t for the final episode. Still, I loved how bizarre the plot was and all the romantic scenes between the leads. Despite the weird title and generic poster, I found the drama quite unpredictable, fast paced and highly entertaining. I recommend it (if you can overlook the weak final episode).
I felt the same as you in the beginning. I also thought it was more lighter (based on the posters) and admit that…
“To suddenly make everything so overly happy and perfect would be out of place with the whole drama.” That’s exactly my issue. The letters just felt like something inserted to satisfy the audience so people would say “it’s happy ending”. For me the ending is bittersweet. The drama spent so much time showing us the sad ending that the happy letter at the end felt too imaginary, just a what is scenario.
I actually would have liked if the ending was either ep 8 or 11 with the graveyard scenes. These scene were the strongest and would have made the greatest impact on me. I wouldn’t have minded a sad ending so if they had inserted more fluff romance instead of the constant bullying. But I’m sure most viewers would disagree with me and be pissed if it was a true sad ending.
I went in completely blind, not reading the synopsis or watching the trailer. I knew this wasn’t my typical watch but still wanted to try it out. The romance was developed well, the story is realistic and episode 8 felt the best. But there was too much abuse shown. 1991 bullies took too much screen time that should have been given to the 2026 adults.
Objectively, it’s a good script and production but subjectively, I didn’t like it as much as I wanted to. I’d be hesitant to recommend it because of how extremely emotionally heavy it is. I watch for entertainment and most of the episodes stressed me out too much. I actually love angsty historical cdramas, but modern hits too close to home. The final episode unfortunately didn’t give me the pay off that I needed to make me feel the stress was truly worth it. My main reason for starting the drama was this fantasy aspect and yet in the end I felt like the letters didn’t really matter.
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- Reverse Revenge!! Murong finding his father death was beyond satisfying 👏🏻
- XJS stabbing the Princess and killing the baby was jaw dropping savage. The Emperor really loved her in his own twisted way 😭 I was weirdly shipping them even though they were totally dysfunctional.
- Princess admitting its her own fault broke me 💔 She really learned from everything. I thought she would die but living with regret and guilt is much more painful ending.
- XJS psycho eyes were everything in the final episode, he might be the villain but bringing the corpse to the Empress was chef’s kiss!
- Final battle. Honestly this is probably the only thing that felt a bit underwhelming compared to the rest. I wanted FYX to pierce his heart with an arrow. In general, I feel like the pay off wasn’t as strong because XJS had too many episodes away from the leads. Still, its HE and that’s what matters!
I have yet to write my review but its an easy 10/10 💖💖💖
The last 1 is quite similar angst vibes and enemies to lovers.
I’m going to miss this drama and especially miss seeing CZY every day 💖 Only 3 dramas this year made me this obsessed where I couldn’t wait to watch the daily episodes!
Having said that, I hope the final episodes are just as good, but if it’s sad ending I will NOT emotionally recover 😭
However, everything was so rushed and quite ridiculous. There were so many “fade to black” transitions and it made the whole episode a chopped up mess.
SWL thinking GT only wanted money?!!?!!! We all know he was dumb but at this point he must have some secret head trauma that prevents oxygen from reaching his brain BECAUSE WHERE IS THE RATIONAL??! Then the clown show of the police not able to catch him… and then the final scene is just a hug?!?!
Another thing I didn’t like is hearing HY ready to make his newborn baby an orphan?! Yes it fits his persona, his devotion to SY but since the start he wanted a baby and it just… it just felt off putting.
🌸 Healthy mains relationship
🌸 Bickering second couple
🌸 Fast watch (under 30min)
🌸 Vibes like a mix of You Are My Secret + When I Fly Towards You
❌ Two minor things: first episode the ML annoyed me a lot but afterward I came to love him more and more with each episode. His attitude actually made sense later. Also, there was an annoying love rival for about 1-2 episodes.
OVERALL: This is one of those fluffy, relaxing dramas that are perfect to watch if you want something light and easy. There is not much plot, just good vibes. I recommend.
🔥100% angst.
🔥Real enemies to lovers.
🔥Savage ML + Vigilant FL. Both are equally badass! I can’t get enough of how hot Chen Zhe Yuan is 😍
🔥Ruthless palace politics. Everyone is an enemy.
🌸 Plenty of sweet kisses + one super spicy scene.
🌸 Bizarre moments and plot twists.
🌸 A great mix of romance, comedy, suspense and angst.
This mini drama would have been a perfect guilty pleasure watch, if it wasn’t for the final episode. Still, I loved how bizarre the plot was and all the romantic scenes between the leads. Despite the weird title and generic poster, I found the drama quite unpredictable, fast paced and highly entertaining. I recommend it (if you can overlook the weak final episode).
I actually would have liked if the ending was either ep 8 or 11 with the graveyard scenes. These scene were the strongest and would have made the greatest impact on me. I wouldn’t have minded a sad ending so if they had inserted more fluff romance instead of the constant bullying. But I’m sure most viewers would disagree with me and be pissed if it was a true sad ending.
I went in completely blind, not reading the synopsis or watching the trailer. I knew this wasn’t my typical watch but still wanted to try it out. The romance was developed well, the story is realistic and episode 8 felt the best. But there was too much abuse shown. 1991 bullies took too much screen time that should have been given to the 2026 adults.
Objectively, it’s a good script and production but subjectively, I didn’t like it as much as I wanted to. I’d be hesitant to recommend it because of how extremely emotionally heavy it is. I watch for entertainment and most of the episodes stressed me out too much. I actually love angsty historical cdramas, but modern hits too close to home. The final episode unfortunately didn’t give me the pay off that I needed to make me feel the stress was truly worth it. My main reason for starting the drama was this fantasy aspect and yet in the end I felt like the letters didn’t really matter.