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It's like taking a long hike and reaching the peak with no views
Heard rave reviews about this show on Reddit. Decided to give it a chance as I've previously enjoyed a somewhat similar drama - Advisor's Alliance.
First half of the show was top tier but it started falling apart the moment the Holy Lantern failed to explode and the Emperor being kidnapped. From that point onwards, the plot started becoming increasingly unhinged. Extremely rushed ending with shoddy explanation of the main plot & multiple unexplained loose ends - like what with Prince Yong killing his aide and wtf happened to him? What happened to Lin Jiulang and his horde of loyal dogs? Long Bo being the extremely smart guy with the various backup plans suddenly had mental collapse and couldn't bear to kill the Emperor?? Who was the main instigator of this whole plot?? You baited us for 48 episodes and didn't even bother to reveal it at the end despite constantly hinting on the Persian Gold Coins??? Started a love line btw Zhang Xiaojing & Tan Qi but they separated for unknown reasons at the end???
I admit the production and cinemography was execellent and I did enjoy the suspense at first but the whole point of a Mystery drama is to reach a logical ending which this drama failed to do. Disappointed.
First half of the show was top tier but it started falling apart the moment the Holy Lantern failed to explode and the Emperor being kidnapped. From that point onwards, the plot started becoming increasingly unhinged. Extremely rushed ending with shoddy explanation of the main plot & multiple unexplained loose ends - like what with Prince Yong killing his aide and wtf happened to him? What happened to Lin Jiulang and his horde of loyal dogs? Long Bo being the extremely smart guy with the various backup plans suddenly had mental collapse and couldn't bear to kill the Emperor?? Who was the main instigator of this whole plot?? You baited us for 48 episodes and didn't even bother to reveal it at the end despite constantly hinting on the Persian Gold Coins??? Started a love line btw Zhang Xiaojing & Tan Qi but they separated for unknown reasons at the end???
I admit the production and cinemography was execellent and I did enjoy the suspense at first but the whole point of a Mystery drama is to reach a logical ending which this drama failed to do. Disappointed.
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