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just wondering, where does the slight romance in this drama come from (like between which characters)?

I feel the exact same as you! Taiwanese dramas have never been interesting to me. I've started multiple and never finished them, but this drama hit differently (and I never thought I would accept watching smth with infidelity) but the raw emotions played out by the leads really makes me want to root for them and wish everything works out. They simply met each other too late in life.

I agree that infidelity is wrong and the entire time I've been watching I've constantly thought, "Please break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend already." And honestly I started this drama expecting a much more scandalous relationship but so far it's actually been quite decent (compared to other things I've seen) with a lot of raw emotions from the male lead who falls for her first. But yes you're right – the problem lies in the female lead's inability to just accept her feelings and FIRMLY make the decision to break it off with her boyfriend.

sameee. when the doctor told the nurse to cut his hair i was like wait noo lmao

Yes :) I especially like wuxia/xianxia cdramas

ive only watched clips of this on youtube (dunno if i can commit to another 40 episode cdrama lol) but considering they made it into a bromance its still hella gay in all its subtlety (the actors did great! their eyes spoke the hidden truth hehe) and i love (and am kinda surprised) that they didnt cleanly hide that despite all the restrictions in china. thus i feel that this show is quite a rare one :)

watching this is like finding something i didnt know i needed. even tho it shows an smth like an 'affair' there are such pure feelings. does anyone know any similar dramas with forbidden romances?

yea like even his support role in oh my venus was better bc i got to see a different side of his acting

i saw in the cast pu tao and i was like...grape?

ahh and the fact that yang jian really didn't have any concubines makes me wonder if they really did love one another

ikr! after i found out it was based on real events i went on wiki and traced everything together which made the drama seem even more fascinating to me .

oh damn the cgi is hella good im excited

yes, the ending is very sweet :)

huh i feel like they took the 'oppa saranghaeyo' idea from Go Princess Go bc it was basically the same

A few years later and I still think this drama has one of the best posters ><

wow when i first heard there would be a second season with different leads I was really put off and uninterested, but I love Mike and Esther seems to really fit this role from what I see in the trailer so now I'm kinda excited!

SHIN YE EUN AND JINYOUNG LESGOOOO

omg Arci's hair color on the cover!! how chic

Exactly! That's why I love reading chinese webnovels where the female lead is cunning/has one extremely powerful trait (like yunxi with poison) and usually knows what she's doing. After all we love seeing empowered women :)

for a second I thought this was based off the novel miao miao miao because the MC is a cat demon (similar concept lol), but I'm glad I found this! (also I really wish miao miao miao could be made into a drama adaptation on par with san sheng san shi or ashes of love TT)