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Aaaaah, ok :)

It was tongue in cheek, obviously, but after watching "Swords Snow Stride" (mostly because of the Woman in White, unfortunately, in a very limited role), I just felt I had had enough of the ML actor playing a very similar role.

There was a big tournament to select her husband, which led to a big fight between the kids and the barbarian, which led to an attempt to rape her, which led to an amazing confrontation hosted by the Emperor.

Are you really watching Nirvana in Fire 1?
Maybe you accidentally started a Part 2? :)

https://www.fanmtl.com/novel/i-became-the-cannon-fodder-who-died-early-and-i-angrily-married-the-villain.html

Maybe one day it will be converted into a big production drama. But for now, only Parts 1 & 2 microdramas were produced.

https://mydramalist.com/797412-huan-qin-hou-wo-shun-bian-huan-le-jiang-shan-hen-he-li-ba

It already picked up a few times (for example, there was a lot of tension around Nihuang selecting a husband), maybe it's just not the right drama for you.
I watched a one-scene of JoL when the ML tried to talk someone to death, and knew it's not for me.

If, in the end, you plan to watch both, start with Empresses due to chronology - the female lead in Empresses is the Empress Dowager in Yanxi, and her son in the Empresses is the Emperor in Yanxi.

However, both are totally different types of shows - Empresses is a fascinating, but heavy and serious Palace drama, while Yanxi is a more entertaining Idol version of this genre, although extremely well done.

Both are absolutely top level in their respective categories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6YDmOFHsDM&lc=UgzKFBAvA5nl2q1wMAl4AaABAg (hard subs)

This one seems to be missing:

Title: Phoenix Return/鳳昔歸
FL：Qin Tianai/秦天愛
ML：Cai Xinyang/蔡欣洋

Nothing works anymore.
Any chance for a new links?

Queen of the Chinese B-Action flicks.

There are a lot of nicely filmed fights in this one, but after a second/third melee, it got boring fast, especially when running the same tropes that I am personally sick of.

Yes, she could also consider that she won Lotto yesterday.

I like it very much as well. No need for revenge when you keep doing your thing and don't allow evil/dumb family to kill you :).

Aaaaah, if you don't like politics, then Are You The One is indeed a better choice, although it will creep in there too in the final episodes.
And since I'm a guy, Wang Chu Ran is obviously a must-watch, lol :).

However, the politics in "Blossom" is rather nicely done, especially the final rebellion, which is possibly my favourite one among the ones I watched (and pretty much all the dramas have one).

Btw, if you don't mind slow burn, then "Story of Ming Lan" is something you definitely should try down the road.

Try "Blossom".
Maybe "Are you the One", but this one is really slow, although not without charm,

Hmmm, I don't know if I started dreaming about Douban ratings, or yesterday I saw posts here about Mo Li scoring 7.4.

Yet, I'm looking there right now and see nothing - https://movie.douban.com/subject/37234503/

Wow, didn't know she is a real-life athlete.
Not surprising that her fight scenes in the new "Mulan" adaptation looked good.

Btw, when playing a badass character, in some camera shots, she reminds me of Liu Shi Shi from "Journey to Love"

I'm disappointed I couldn't find a version with English subtitles (so far).

Well, watching Chu Ai Xu beating bad guys can be done without it, though ;)

Well, a woman who clearly recognises that her partner/lover keeps manipulating her (and everyone around him) and putting her in danger, yet still ends up with him - it's maybe somehow realistic (but would be more so if the woman weren't able to realise it), but definitely not logical :).

https://kisskh.ovh/Drama/Mulan--Light-A-fire--2026-?id=12986&q= (hard subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wOr_BbxqQ (hard subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FtO3HeJ718 (hard subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF23wKr2GDQ (hard subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ow2aUOCGh8 (dubbing)

OMG, I never knew Wang Chu Ran was expected to play as Mulan.
What could it be???