Jessica

Gosh I cannot move on from this drama so here comes a review

For me the top things about this drama were: the leads had amazing chemistry, the OST really hit hard during the emotional moments, I loved how intensely the actors portrayed the emotions of being willing to give everything for their person, really excellent supporting cast and secondary couple plotlines

I did not go in expecting to enjoy this drama so much! This has gone straight to one of my top c-dramas and Lu Yuxiao is now one of my top favourite Chinese actresses to watch too. The ml/fl both had excellent chemistry and really made their characters believable, the world building and storyline was fun (I liked the whole tournament idea, it flowed well into the overall plot as well as characterizing the main leads), and I was really rooting for the characters. All the fight scenes were beautiful too, big fan of the aesthetics (the sparkly starlight night sky/water scenes were always so pretty) and all the wedding costumes and marriage scenes were so beautifully. The couple’s main song that the ML sang I loved too, still have on repeat. Cannot move on from the couple, the drama, the world it built! I also really enjoyed the princess' love line with the physician - I thought the actors there were excellent in their roles as well, and I like how they left things off and enjoyed the princess' arc generally - lots of capable female characters!