The scene between Ruyi and Tongguang, I love that she pointed out that he never did anything to take revenge for the Empress' death, the person who took him in and her benefactor. That is right, if your shifu is so important to you why didn’t you do anything for her? I think ultimately LTG loves being in power more than his shifu, it's just he can't process what exactly he wants from her.
LTG just needs a few knocks on the head and he'll be straight. he's just a little confused but I think the crazy can be knocked out of him. Our couple is still doing well, which I love. Today's MVP goes to the princess! well done! well taught by ruyi. the wu emperor doesn't deserve all this hard work she's putting in to free him
oop, we've got a lunatic on our hands, and Du daren is determined to send Ruyi to the wolves den! Anyways, I love the conversation they had today. I hope they find a middle ground
This couple is so mature and sexy. I love that I see sparks between them even if LSS is married. sorry LSS husband but I'm really enjoying this. there's also something so pure about them. someone below has mentioned, they've seen so much killing in their lives but they are gentle in love. I thought characters like them who are spies and keep secrets would be bad at communicating but they solve misunderstandings quite quickly. I think this is becoming my favourite mature c drama couple even over Word of Honour, The Rise of the Phoenixes and A Dream of Splendour.
On another note, so far no character is too annoying, even the villains and I like that. Instead the villains are calculating with good reasons and they don't do evil acts for illogical reasons like jealousy or envy (well except the two An princes but we'll see). Even if they do, the writing so far gets rid of a character like that quickly. The princess' character development is also good, at least she's not crying all the way to An but is becoming a source of strength. she might become the strongest royal by the time the show is over.
I don't say this about Chinese actresses but the FL is so sexy. She's giving adult, which I don't see in c dramas. The last time I thought an actress was so cool was the swordslady from Sword Snow Stride. Like a tough unnie type character. I need to see more 30+ women in dramas. Even the whole baby talk is a different element I haven't seen in FLs. The men were right, this is grown folk business, the kids don't need to know all that lol. She's so real. And I love seeing female martial artists who are actually good and arent always saved by the ML. She saves him!
No wonder she was so small in Love in Contract. Is it necessary? The drama might not even be that good. I hope she did it safely and with a nutrionist advising her.
I know this drama achieved good results but I kind of wish it had a higher budget and a director with a better…
I noticed he would put the camera at a low angle every time duke xue was speaking then slowly raise it up twice in a scene. for someone like me who doesn't usually care about the cinematography in c dramas it was distracting.
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On another note, so far no character is too annoying, even the villains and I like that. Instead the villains are calculating with good reasons and they don't do evil acts for illogical reasons like jealousy or envy (well except the two An princes but we'll see). Even if they do, the writing so far gets rid of a character like that quickly. The princess' character development is also good, at least she's not crying all the way to An but is becoming a source of strength. she might become the strongest royal by the time the show is over.