Ongoing 16/24
JoOnna S
0 people found this review helpful
27 days ago
16 of 24 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.5

So far, okay!

They truly went only halfway with this and the story is redundant. I'll continue to watch because its occupying time until the next really good drama comes out. In other words I can tolerate it. But one thing that is driving me crazy is the voice of the lead actress, Miaoyi Zhang. Her acting is second rate, and her voice is like chalk on a chalkboard. She talks through her nose and can't deliver a line. She is lovely to look at, but someone needs to send her to speech classes to learn how to talk properly. The acting is okay. But because of the script and directing, it is hard to tell if it is the acting that is bad, or the directing.

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Dropped 15/24
Kaptan
0 people found this review helpful
25 days ago
15 of 24 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 5.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

The worst series I've ever watched

I haven't watched such an ugly TV series lately. Maybe I've never watched it. I watched 15 episodes. All 15 of them are bad, worse than each other, meaningless, meaningless, impersonal, unfair, unfounded, insensitive, erroneous, wrong and inconsistent. So whatever you are looking for is in this series. There seems to be a story. From what I understand, the Prime Minister is saying that the prince whose daughter he was going to marry is dead, or he wants to have it killed himself. I didn't understand that. Then they say he died. Instead of his real daughter, he marries his daughter from his concubine to the dead prince. He wants his daughter to be buried with him, etc. The girl is running away. Then he meets the prince who is said to be dead. He is dressing his wound. It kind of saves. Then they realize that they are husband and wife, but the prince knows that the prime minister is against him, so he does not want the prime minister's daughter either. They also threaten the girl with her nanny. They say, "We'll kill your nanny and steal the prince's jade." Such events are developing. But it doesn't improve at all. First, the Prince says "I did not die in front of the king" and rips off the Prime Minister's hairpin, revealing his hair. This is kind of like a death sentence. He apologizes to the king, but the king doesn't even say what's going on, brother. The prince who did this walks away. Shouldn't the reason for this be asked? The prince supposedly has a crush on this prime minister and is looking for weaknesses in him. Drive the deficit. This time he wasn't letting the girl into his mansion. He felt sorry for his situation. He took it in. Even though the servants knew that she was a princess, they beat the princess at the instigation of the head maid. As if that wasn't enough. They locked it or something. They threatened. They committed all kinds of disgrace. The mansion has a butler. He has a lot of employees. Nobody knows or hears about it. The girl doesn't say either. It's as if he's accepting that his nanny will die. However, there are various aspects to this job. As a matter of fact, during the second fight, a servant gives the news, and she gives it so hard that you get swollen while watching it. Something like that. It's a complete disgrace. It takes courage to watch. This time our prince comes and beats the servants and drives them away, asking how you can beat the princess. However, except for the maid from the Shen mansion and the head maid. He gets the maid caned and sent to the Shen mansion. He says I will ask you about the head maid, take this away or something. Supposedly he will call to account. One episode later, you see this head maid wandering around. He defies the princess again. He is harassing. He's running out of words. This time they are interrogating him. He confesses everything. No one knows what happens to him after that. So why wasn't it done from the beginning? Then the stepmother who had these done appears. The Prime Minister supposedly does not interfere. But when he sees the result, he says oh good, kill him or something. They kill the girl's nanny. They are conspiring to kill the girl. They kidnap the girl. A festival for homes. The girl is already running away from the mansion on her own. We don't know why. Just like that. Something happens to him every time he escapes. No reason. Meaningless. Then they steal the jade from the hand of a traitor girl among the prince's soldiers. They give this to the prime minister's wife. It's unclear what they will do with it after stealing it. Supposedly they were going to use it against the prince. It's important for the prince, but I don't understand what it's important for them. They will probably save themselves with that jade. Will it ever be asked how you can save yourself with the jade you stole? As a matter of fact, their thefts never stopped. The prince went and raided the prime minister's house with the princess girl. He found the jade. He caned the Prime Minister's wife. They scolded the Prime Minister and returned home. If you could do this, why haven't you done it yet? Now they got the stick, but they continue to screw up. Nothing happens. Prince or king brother, this prime minister stole my jade. They kidnapped my wife. They beat me. They did it like this, there was no telling or punishing anything. Paso evil continues. They continue to watch. But there is no connection, no proper justification, reason, justification or logic in the events. The editing sucks. I mean, I don't know if it's because of the scriptwriter or if the director didn't convey it. It's a flawed series from start to finish. As I said, the prime minister, who did nothing, this time cooperates with the rebels of the opposing state and aims to kill the prince. So it helps. It supports. Likewise, his wife finds an acquaintance from the palace and makes a plan to inform the king that her stepdaughter, whom she married, is supposedly selling candy on the streets. The king and the queen mother are the subjects of this plan together. It's so simple. So what if he sold candy? A king asks what these candies are. Where did you buy it. Sir, our cook made it and we eat it. It was someone who made it, and that someone learned it from the current princess, who used to make and sell these candies on the streets. What's wrong with that. Who's this? Prince Jin's wife. Find him immediately, bring him in and arrest him, completely shut down the house of the prime minister who lied to us, and do what is necessary, says the king. For no reason. I couldn't make any sense of it. So this girl is being arrested for selling candy on the street? When the prince hears this, he wants to save the princess, they say stop, don't do it, it will backfire. Justice will be served, just wait. The princess is arrested, but nothing is done to the prime minister's mansion. From where? Again, for no reason. Because the series is wrong. Wrong.

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Dropped 1/24
Toulue Vang
5 people found this review helpful
Apr 6, 2024
1 of 24 episodes seen
Dropped 1
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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Ew

A real 20yr age gap between the two lead🤮. I hope they stop casting younger female actress with old male actors. Dude is old enough to be her dad in real life. How cringe and awkward. Person casting the actors needs to do a better job too. Sadly, the drama could of done better but that age gap must of caused a lot of viewers to turn away.
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