Jack

the way this drama caught my attention from the beginning to the end is surprising. the plot is really good and they handled the pacing of the episodes really well, they leads did an amazing job. I've only watched Li yitong's works before, but after this i became a fan of Liu Yuning, and i gotta admit i kinda fell in love with his character (both Nan Heng and Li Shiliu lol).

One thing i thought after watching most of the episodes is that i lowkey sensed a romantic tension between Nan Rui and Jixiang, and i hoped they would've lead more into a storyline like that, even if it was just a "bromance" like they did in The Untamed, but their real ending isn't so bad either.

I loved the second leads, although Yiting kinda reminds me of a mouse because of her looks (not a bad thing); and enjoyed that Shamgguan He was emotionally unavailable, it added some depth to his character.

Also, the most important part for me was the ost, man that song by Hu Yanbi was THE ost, I've not heard many songs like that in dramas, especially historical/costume ones. I'll admit that the first time i heard it i had to pause the episode to look for it on youtube and listened to it for like 2 hours straight and then kept watching the rest of the episode, and i have been listening to it everyday since then ❤️‍🩹🪷