Love the ending

The ending is so poetic! It's a pleasant surprise to see such a non-saccharine ending in a Chinese drama. Not that Ihave problesm with saccharine endings, I prefer them to tragedy. But this ending is so approriate for the cool Xiao Duo and Bu Yin Lou.

XD getting jealous

XD's feelings for BYL are intensifying. Jealous XD makes up all sorts of excuses to confiscate Fu's lantern from BYL's residence. While BYL thinks XD is full of schemes and will probably torture her in the future, XD is thinking tender thoughts of her.

ML save FL

Per request from the prince, Xiao Duo saves Bu Yin Lou, starting a collusion between two intelligent individuals caught in a maelstrom of palace intrigues.

A different kind of drama

This episode promises a different kind of drama with atypical characters. The ML is cunning and coldhearted but calculatedly charming. The FL appears simple-minded but her wit shows she has more sense and brains than she lets on.The scene in Futuyuan with the tribute laides is shocking.

Shu Yi chooses interview over bf's birthday

Introduces a different kind of female lead. Shu Yi is brilliant, ambitious and self-centered. She begs off having dinner with her boyfriend so she can score an interview with the mysterious CEO of a venture capital firm, Shi Yan.