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Lets start off with I am absolutely (and will be forever) obsessed with this drama.

for context, i've been waiting for this drama since casting so I am very sad the journey is over..

I've been so impatient that i have stayed up and watched every single episode of this drama at midnight when it drops so if your hesitating about picking this up please go watch it you won't be disappointed.

Wei Rao is the absolute girl boss, rising from poor beginnings to becoming a living god. She is one of my favorite fl's of all time, she doesn't let anybody walk on her and rebels social norms and everyone to become the exception. Lu Zhuo is also a whole green forest, I live for his shameless and yearning clips, and for how much he genuinely cares about her even when he knows she doesn't fully reciprocate his affection. Enemies to lovers and he falls first she falls harder has always been one of my favorite tropes and this drama does it perfectly, it has me impatient for every single episode because the change in Lu Zhuo's eyes when hes in love is so beautiful.

We have a few main antagonists, Jundai, Han Liao, and Wei Shu. Jundai has solidified her position as one of my favorite antagonists of all time. First we get all of TXW's famous slaps i think like 6 in the first episode alone which is oh so satisfying. Her gaze, psycho behavior, and everything has me so hooked. Even though shes the antagonist and I hate her for making Wei Rao suffer the lines when she dies "My fate was never mine, not my death or birth." makes me kind of understand her I guess? Still absolutely badass character we love and TXW does so good playing both roles like she's solidifed her position as my top 1 favorite actress now. Now for Han Liao, as much as I hate him, wow his chemistry with TXW guys....the clip of him watching her tear up the contracts with straight love in his eyes. Its the same as Sui yuanqing with fan changyu in PoJ I still root for them because like dare I say the chemistry between those two were better than the mc. All this is to say Han Liao was a pretty good villain but the chemistry alone made me watch them more (the chemistry is crazy but still not better than Yan an though). ANYWAYS, last antagonist Wei Shu, she could've been a girl boss character like Wei rao too but like she honestly wasn't as strong at mindgames.

(Also if you guys are wondering why I took off 0.5 points on story when this would have been a perfect 10 sweep in all categories its because of the bs ending.. theres no way like that was just so uneccessary so in my brain we forget about the last 10 minutes and the drama ended at Lu Zhuo teaching Wei Rao the sword.)

Please lets talk about the insane chemistry in this drama, when i thought Tian Xiwei and Zhang Linghe's chemistry in Pursuit of Jade was insane I sure hadn't seen this drama yet because Lu Zhuo and Wei Rao bring it on another level. Especially if you look at the behind the scenes clips of this drama and the iconic red carpet premiere with Tian Xiwei in that red dress and Yan an in the suit oh my gosh the chemistry has me giggling and kicking my feet. I know Tian Xiwei can create chemistry with trees but they look so good together oh my gosh. They are actually THE power couple.

Tian Xiwei has become my #1 actress after this drama and Yan an has become one of my favorite actors as well even though this is only his first ML. I will definitely be keeping my eye on his future works.

for final personal thoughts, i loved every second of this drama watching this drama with all the mdl warriors at midnight and commenting was tiring at times but still really fun. Thanks to the comments for clearing up so many of my questions and etc! This is a sad goodbye to this drama but I know I will be back soon for a rewatch 100%.

Special shoutout to my girl Bitao, she should've stayed in the story until the end but she stayed my favorite side character.

So goodbye to my parents Lu Zhuo and Wei Rao for now!!