Ban Ruo Shui is the innocent and kindhearted princess of the Yin kingdom, but when she ends up being sent to the country of Southern Jiang, she endures countless torments and tortures, forcing her to change if she wants to pursue her freedom and independence. Her love story with Yu Wen Sheng, prince of Northern Jiang, seems doomed as no matter how much he loves, his revenge and hatred may end up ruining everything... (Source: Chinese = Sina || Translation = MyDramaList) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 噬心
- Also Known As: Heart-Eating , Shi Xin Chuan , 噬心 , 噬心传 , 噬心傳
- Director: Wu Cheng Zhe
- Genres: Historical, Romance
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Cast & Credits
- Daisy LiBan Ruo Shui / Yin Ruo Shui / Qin Ruo YaoMain Role
- Deng KaiYu Wen ShengMain Role
- Jin WangLin Cang WuSupport Role
- Bai Xu HanLin Shun QinSupport Role
- Cui Yi LiangYin Ruo ShuiSupport Role
- Shang NaNangong XiSupport Role
Reviews
Not for the faint of heart !
This is absolutely a story where the female population is depicted as weak due to her emotional entanglements. The emotional and mental torture is too much to bear while watching the story unfold. I am surprised that aside from PTSD, she did not go insane. Unnecessary scenes such as letting the FL watch her husband being intimate in bed with another woman just horrifies me to the core, I understand that Chinese drama themes most often than not runs along the same lines. Even if she is the most forgiving and kind person, why would she subject herself to such disrespect.FL keeps saying they cannot go back to where they were before but then in the end she did the opposite ( I am rolling my eyes). I cannot imagine these are scenes and personal heartbreaking experience can be easily erased or forgotten just because the ML says he is regretting everything that happened. Anyway, enter this story at your own emotional risk and sanity. After all, each one has their own take of this kind of drama and we all can agree to disagree.Was this review helpful to you?
Beautiful cinematography, very angsty, love-hate relationship
This mini drama is about the female lead who is married off to the enemy’s kingdom as a peace treaty. After three years of hell in the palace, she manages to escape. With tons of injuries, a man uses his medicine skills to heal her, in the process changing her face. Just when she thinks she is safe and sound, her husband (the male lead) shows up and thus their cat and mouse game begins.POSITIVE:
- 100% angst vibes.
- Love-hate relationship.
- Face swap trope.
- Villain/morally grey male lead (basically a total red flag).
- Beautiful cinematography.
- Cat and mouse game between the leads.
- Soft, beautiful and strong-willed female lead.
- Selfless second male lead.
NEGATIVE:
- Very dark vibes, definitely not for the faint hearted.
- Not much soft and sweet romance.
- Male lead who is perhaps too dark which makes it harder to ship him with the female lead.
OVERALL:
If you are looking for a very angsty, love-hate relationship with a morally grey male lead and beautiful cinematography, watch this drama.
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