redmists

I say yanxi palace lite because the revenge arcs and plotting never get to the nasty level that yanxi does, and essentially it's the same tired story. Several women fighting amongst themselves over one man, with one particularly antagonistic one doing all sorts of evil things to get the attention of a man who never loved her.

And then misunderstanding after misunderstanding with the usual nasty bullying MIL. I played this drama in the background while i did stuff, never felt i missed anything. There is no true conflict just small conflict arcs filled with misunderstandings. With "sword" in the title i dont know why i half expected fight scenes lol but never happened. Lol

The acting of the leads are great though and hold down the story, was the reason i continued watching.

The costumes are unique with the stiff high collar and very pretty with gorgeous colours. The hair pieces the ladies wore were not too elaborate and very delicate and elegant.