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Whether you see Crystal Liu as a stunning beauty or just a pretty face will make or break your appreciation of the drama.
Personally, I think Crystal Liu is a beauty, but I don't find Huang Yi Mei attractive and skip over her in many scenes of the drama because I only recognize Crystal Liu as a conventional beauty.
Rather, I am more interested in the love story between Huang Zhen Hua and Su Geng Sheng.

Currently watching episode 8.
Good script.
The actors are also skillful.
They make me watch carefully every episode.
Of course, Wu Jin Yan, who is known for his acting ability, is excellent.
More than that, Wang Xing Yue's performance as Duke Su is very good. I am surprised that he is only 22 years old.
By the way,I had no intention to watch Story of Kunning Palace. Because Zhang Ling He, whose acting is very poor, but now I am willing to watch the drama with Wang Xing Yue and Bai Lu as the main characters.(skip the part with Zhang Ling He )

Among young popular actors, Xu Kai's acting ability is the best.
Xu Kai is the reason why Yao Zhi Ming is such a fascinating character.
If other popular actors such as Dylan Wang,Yang Yang, Allen Ren, Cheng Yi or Luo Yun Xi had played the role of Yao Zhi Ming, for example, they would have been shallow, lacking in depth, arrogant, or poor, and the character would not have been as attractive.
Xu Kai is exactly the right person for the role, and his acting ability was well demonstrated.
However, Xiao Zhan could have been an attractive character in a different way.

Although a little overshadowed by He Sai Fei's monstrous performance, Yang Zi, Xu Kai, and Niu Jun Feng showed much solid acting ability.
All three are capable of playing a wide range of roles, but their roles in this drama were well suited to them and their performances were very natural.
In particular, Xu Kai, who has not been able to show his top-class acting ability as a young actor since She and Her Perfect Husband due to a lack of drama scripts, showed solid ability in this drama.
The other two actors also gave excellent performances.
However, Gala Zhang, who played the main character's younger brother, was undeniably underpowered and uncomfortable. If another talented actor had played the role, I would have found the 2nd couple more attractive.

Yang Zi played the main role, but He Sai Fei, who played the main character's mother, stood out more than the main character in a monstrous performance.
She completely eclipsed the two leads with her overwhelming acting ability and presence.
Therefore, viewers who had high expectations for the romance between the two leads may have been disappointed.
All in all, a good drama, but the last few episodes were a bit of a letdown.

The rating is much lower than I expected.
This is due to the fact that the second couple did not fit the casting and were more prominent than the main couple.
The second couple, as set up by the scriptwriters, is a naive woman from the countryside who knows a lot about love affairs in dramas, but in reality has little experience in love. A handsome and professional man awakens to true love and tries to somehow make love work.
The setting was very attractive and should have been liked as much as the main couple, but the casting was poor.
Li Jia Qi looks like a silly country girl and Ding Guan Sen looks like a stalker.
Li Jia Qi doesn't seem to have much acting ability and would be better suited to play a carefree princess in a costume drama. On the other hand,Ding Guan Sen's acting is not bad and he seems to have a sense of humor, but he does not fit the role at all.
The drama would have been better received had another actor been cast who had acting ability and matched the setting.

It is a re-edited version of the dramas in which the two main actors have appeared, and the editing is so good that you would think it was an introduction video of Shu Jin Ren Jia.
By the way, Seven Tan's tearful scene is very beautiful, and her facial expressions with various emotions are also very good. Her acting is the best.
Zheng Ye Cheng is also famous for his tearful scenes. The two leads are well matched in terms of looks, personalities, and acting skills, and their CP is outstanding.
I am looking forward to watching this drama.

https://m.weibo.cn/status/4948012792284753 陈家有梅不谢的微博视频

Thanks for the reply.
I think Cheng Yi is a pretty good actor among young actors, and I think he's good at playing a series of roles from a weak and immature young man to a gradually mature and leader worthy role.

Thanks for the reply.
What I commented was not about variety show, but about seeing the two of them play the lead roles in a drama.
I think whether the drama is a hit or not, the reputation of the viewers, and the quality of the drama depends on the two main leading actors.
I don't think it matters if the actor playing the lead role is a rookie, a mid-level actor, or a veteran, so the excuse of being a rookie actor is not a viable one when it comes to the lead role.
However, with more than two-thirds of the episodes left, I hope ML's acting improves dramatically.

This drama is worth watching.
Especially for viewers who are tired of the recent trend of dramas featuring young popular actors and only romance in the content.
The performances of the main leads are good. I stand corrected on my previous comment: ML's emotionally restrained acting was well calculated and became more palatable as the story progressed.
The roles of the main leads are not so overwhelming that they are hard to replace by other actors, but they are well played with a good understanding of their roles and deserve to be called good performances.
One regret is that the voices are not the original voices of the actors themselves, but the dubbed voices in the broadcast. In the original voice, the subtleties of emotion are expressed and layered, but the dubbed voice gives a rather flat and superficial impression. Looking at previous dramas, the original voices of the two main actors are very appealing, so this must have been a misjudgment on the part of the production team.

I apologize in advance to the fans of Zhang Ling He.
I don't think Gong Zi Yu's role is that difficult as it is a common setup in Chinese dramas, but ML's lack of acting skills is too disappointing. He is still not capable enough to play the role.
I think Cheng Yi is a good fit for Gong Zi Yu's role. It would have brought several times more depth to the drama than it does now and could have been the biggest hit of the year.
Come to think of it, Esther Yu and Cheng Yi have never acted together, I would like to see them once. I have a feeling the ending will be tragic, but it will be a very interesting drama.
However, Cheng Yi's fans are extreme and often attack their co-stars due to their misunderstandings and prejudices, so this is my only concern!

Zheng Ye Cheng recently posted a video on weibo of him shooting a bow on horseback with the reins released. He is probably the only actor who can play the lead role and perform this feat without a stuntman.
When I saw this, I imagined a climactic scene where Yang Jingyuan leads his army to rescue Ji Yingying from a desperate situation and kicks the enemy to pieces while shooting a bow on horseback.
Although Tan Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng have solid acting skills and are beautiful lady and guy, I believe that both of them have not received due recognition commensurate with their abilities as actors, partly because of their reserved personalities.
Outwardly, they are both over 30 years old, but their baby faces allow them to play teenagers, while their acting skills allow them to play mature adults in their late 30s.
They are a really well-matched couple and I am now excited about their CP, on YOUKU network, and can't wait for it to air next year.
Even more exciting is the script, written by the talented scriptwriter behind Rattan, Royal Rumor and The Legend of Zhuohua, which is currently airing. With a plot that hits all the right spots, there is no doubt that the drama will be a big hit.

This drama is a must see.
Esther Yu's performance is excellent. Unlike her previous dramas where she acted in a natural way, she seems to have developed her role in this drama. Her fighting scenes in the mud and martial arts (she is probably the best of all the actors in this drama) seem to have broken new ground.
Lu Yu Xiao's performance in 2FL is also excellent. Her performance shows a good understanding of the role with its intonation and secrets.
On the other hand, ML is handsome but his acting skills are disappointing. He can only express his emotions by crying or wrinkling his brow and looking serious. His martial arts ability is also poor. With some editing, he manages to be watchable, so ML is so bad that I would recommend him to train martial arts seriously.
There is too much difference between the two leading actors' acting skills and I even feel uncomfortable, but Esther also has the ability to bring out the other actors' (Dylan Wang and Ryan Ding) acting skills beyond their abilities, so I hope to see more scenes with the two leading actors soon.
I think this is a drama that viewers will like or dislike, but Esther's performance seems to be worth watching.

I watched up to episode 9. An old costume drama that I want to watch till the end, which is rare these days. Because the script is good.
Jing Tian's acting is good. However, compared to Rattan's Si Teng, who played a great acting and had an overwhelming presence and acting ability that no other actor could replace, this drama falls a little short.
As for William Feng, I got the impression that his performance was not very good. Indeed, the role of Liu Yan is a very difficult one, requiring the actor to express the depth of humanity and the complexity of his feelings, but William Feng's performance was superficial and flimsy. He seems to have difficulty in expressing emotion through the expression of his eyes and the minute movements of his face.
I thought he was good as Gu Ting Ye in The Story of Ming Lan, but I wonder if William Feng's range of acting is limited because he has often played one-patterned roles such as that of a powerful general.
This is the same feeling I have about Leo Luo, Yang Yang and Allen Ren, who are mostly romance dramas. Their acting is also good because they are proficient in the romance part, but the rest of their acting feels very flimsy!
Oh well, this drama has more than 30 more episodes to go, so I hope the two leads will give performances that will change my initial impression of them.

Notification for those who like romance and kissing in any way.
There is only one accidental kiss until episode 19, but from episode 20 onwards, full of romance and kissing!
If you don't care about the plot and want to enjoy romance, you should start watching from episode 20 onward.
And if the drama content becomes your favorite, rewatch it from the first episode!

I simply want to see a great drama with well acted actors.
Unless it is very badly edited, this drama will be a hit in China, as it is scheduled to air next year on CCTV .
And as I mentioned at the beginning, I am worried about Cheng Yi.
Cheng Yi, an S class actor, will always be the 1st Main Lead and an A class actor equivalent to Zheng Ye Cheng will be in the 2nd or 3rd.
However, I wonder if the radical behavior of some fans will make the actors who will be 2nd or 3rd hesitate to work with Cheng Yi and affect his work.
Oh well. Once again, I simply want to see a great drama by a well acted actor.

Janice Wu is once again a good actor.
Her performance as Xiang Yuan is a very good one, as she gets closer to Xu Yan Shi, her facial expressions, the color of her eyes, the sparkle in her eyes, etc., are all very well done. The chemistry between the two is so extraordinary that you might think they are really dating Zhang BinBin.
In" Light Chaser Rescue", I didn't feel any chemistry at all between Leo Luo and Janice Wu, so it may be due to their chemistry with their co-stars.
Like "A romance of the little forest", Zhang BinBin is good in this kind of role.
This drama is probably targeted mainly at women in their teen and 20s, as the characters of the two leads are well-defined and the story focuses on romance.
The plot is simple, so it is especially recommended for those who want to enjoy a drama in a casual way.

The facts are that Zheng Ye Cheng has finished his contracted filming period for this drama (until March) and is headed to the location of his next movie starring Jackie Chan.
However, because of Cheng Yi's back pain? , the filming of the drama has been extended much longer than March, and the filming of the drama has not been completed even now. (ZYC extended the filming contract period by one month until just before Movie filming began.)
Here, Cheng Yi's fans are springing up with accusations as to why ZYC is heading to the next movie shooting location and substituting for this drama when the filming of this drama is not finished.
Well, unreasonable criticism.
Let's say Chen Yi was filming a drama with Yang Yang and then there was a movie shoot with Hong Kong's biggest star, Andy Lau. If the shooting period for the drama is significantly extended, would Chen Yi let the top-ranked actor wait to shoot the film regardless of the length of his contract?
Popular actors have tight schedules and are waiting to shoot dramas and movies one after another. If they let the filming of their current drama affect the next one, it will cause more trouble for more actors and people involved.
Lacking this perspective, Chen Yi's fans are probably only looking at Chen Yi and do not care at all about the other co-stars and people involved.

Cheng Yi is known to have a devoted fan base.
However, looking at weibo, it seems that not a few of Cheng Yi's fans are malicious.
This may be a sign that Cheng Yi is being strangled by the fans' enthusiasm for Cheng Yi.
It seems that more and more actors will be hesitant to work with Cheng Yi because of the fans' enthusiastic support, i.e., their extreme attacks on their co-actors.
The drama looks interesting, but the weibo posts have made me much less interested in the drama.

Looking at Zheng Ye Cheng's short hair, he is very handsome.I think he would look very good with a Qing dynasty's hairstyle pigtail.
I would like to see him in a drama or movie as an emperor role such as hong taiji, the founder of the Qing Dynasty, or Emperor Qianlong, the fifth emperor of a Qing dynasty, or as a great general role.