It was good until the last episode

Not many drama leaving me at the edge of frustration when they closed the curtain. This drama is one of among some of it. This drama have a decent story, plot & villain. But why they have to messed up the ending....?????? Why not add another episode to close the drama with very good story to tell.... Aaaaggggghhhhhh Really make me frustated. One quite good drama must have this bad ending....

Before watch the last episode I still plan to give this drama at least 7 score, but the last episode make me drop it. I still rise it a little bit due my love for Xu Kai. Haha....

Ok enough about the rampage. I'll gonna write big spoiler or you can say more complain about the ending & everything else. If you haven't watch it or don't want to know the ending. Just skip my review then....

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The bad:
- The relationship between Ding Yun Qi (YQ) and Wu Shuang (WS). They don't build enough story about their childhood relationship. Just a little bit here and there to suggest they know each other since child & of course they're childhood sweetheart. But isn't YQ go away for almost decade or you can say very long time, so what make his relationship with WS so special until when he see her again he has deep feeling for her....?? All that trust, where is it comes from, how can you so trust someone that you already haven't see for many many years, what if she change...???
- The love rival. How childish Chu Feng Ling (FL) is. When she became jealous of how YQ relationship with WS I wanna scream... Xiao Jie how can you compare your relationship with YQ and YQ relationship with WS, you don't even start in the same line. So you even have no right to say that you heartbroken when YQ choose WS over you....
- The weird thirst of power that FL suddenly has after Luo Jiu Tian died. Yeah I know how she several times say by witness her brother died, she understand how important power is. But still the transformation is so weird & feel not in place. I don't know, maybe from Ruan Ju herself act that part not conciving enough for me.
- What happen with Yu Family, are they all died from the last battle. They only show us Madam soldiers survive & can go to the cave. Am I right to assume they all died....???
- They force the good luck. Haha... You can say this is my own prejudice, but Elaine Zhong who play WS a little bit too old to be 'little sister' of Xu Kai. & I can't feel the chemistry between Elaine Zhong & Xu Kai too. For me their chemistry almost none, not even as friend. It just feel like this is a job they have to finished.
- What the use for Soul Pursuit Order they have to collect in the first place.... This kinda joke. Until the very end that thing never proven its use. They only use Ding Yuan Shan Soul Pursuit Order to open the door, but the other we're not even see it anymore...
- Last but not least the CGI is a little bit too smooth. To the point I really can notice that definitely the result of CGI. Yeah I know this just my preference, but kinda hurt my eye too see something that obvious. Haha...

- All must happy ending. A little bit force for happy ending here.
How in the end YQ get out from that cave, much better if they give us scene like how YQ try to get out by solving the puzzle or whatever, but the last scene of him he just standing there regretting not be able to protect the Kun Lun Mountain. HOW THE HELL DID HE GET OUT?????!!!!!
Why must He Biao survive. Yeah I know I also glad he is not dead, but saving him a little bit too much.
What happen with the relationship between WS and her sibling. The last time she still tell us she still need time to process everything & suddenly everything good & she just accept her sibling. Aiyo...
No one stop San Jin. I mean when YQ send him to send the letter. The madam already know he go down, but like she just forget about that piece of information or consider it not important, so no one even try to pursuit him...
The marriage between WS & YQ. The sudden marriage also feel strange, it feel like the director want to make wedding scene & he decided to do it at that time.

Ok all the drama still have good side.
The good:
+ Never expected villain. They twist and turn it several angle, but kinda fun to see how the actual villain in the end.
+ The feeling between WS & Zhou Qiu Hai. The struggle WS has in the end really makes sense.
+ The martial art & all that puzzle really fun to watch. The martial art choreography also quite good.
+ The song quite good to listen too. Haha...
+This is also just my preference. But the hero not always arrived at the right time. Haha... Sometimes just bored to see how our hero always arrived at the right time when there were someone in danger. Because in reality not always like that. Here we can see several times how not everytime our hero comes to us. Like when WS almost got raped, YQ have no ide about it & the one save her is FL and not YQ.

Overall this just another drama to watch

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beautiful youth

Long time heard about this drama, but once again I never expected this drama to be so good. Watching this drama make me really feel how good to be youth again, feeling the first love & just being together with my friend at school without have to think or worried about all the problem in life except for homework & test....

I think this is the second time I really want to smack the back of ML head because he is so stupid but yet adorable. Second time I scream to my screen "GEMEZZZZ" when I see how our Male character react. Gemez if I translate to English the closest word to describe it maybe something that have meaning frustated & also adorable. Like how stupid yet adorable Song Zi Qi and Kong Sha Di, especially when they have a fight after high school, oh so stupid yet adorable. & how stupid is our ML, Zhou Si Yue (SY), when he reject our FL, Ding Xian (DX), yet not long after that he finally admit his feeling & start to pursue DX, see stupid yet adorable. Really like how DX like give him lesson & not agreed immediately.

What I really like about this drama:
+ How not shy SY cry a few time & yet no one teasing him as cry baby. Like when he sad, frustated, moved by his friend, happy and all that emotional feeling. We're not often see man cry in our screen, because society makes us think man can't cry or consider sissy. But the truth man just like us woman, they have tears & feeling, why can't they cry if they want to...?
+ The chemistry between our main lead. Even from high school time, a few time I almost scream frustated to my screen for them (SY & DX) to kiss...... DX & SY chemistry is not all over the top, but from their eyes we can feel how deep & pure their feeling for each other.
+ How open SY & DX communication after they're together. Like how DX want their relationship changing, so no childish grumpy or rage, instead she explained to SY how she wants their relationship change into...
+ How fierce actually SY toward DX at the beginning of their university days. I agree with how SY look his relationship with DX & how DX actually a little bit stupid. If DX can only follow SY's step, they will not gonna ever be equal partner. So even though SY's word actually a little bit harsh, but it's really for the good of DX. But actually how funny that SY almost did the same stupid mistake with DX when at the distribution of majors in his high school he actually chooses Art instead science just for the sake he can still together with DX. Ah youth and their heart and head....
+ How cute to see all the couple really wait until they graduate high school to start their relationship.
+ How natural all the couple relationship progress. Even though they basicly you can say childhood friend, except You Ke Ke & Jiang Chen of course. Oh how beautiful if we have one childhood friend that eventually become our life parner.

The minus I can't think much. Maybe the duration still a little bit long, but they definitely not stretch the plot or whatever. For notes I still watch this with 1.5 speed & for me that the ideal speed to watch this drama. Oh and 1 more, until the last episode I still don't get what they mean by 'our secret'. Can't connect the title with the story. Better if they come out with another title instead...

Overall this is really really good youth drama.

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unusual history political drama

it's the first time I really enjoy this kind of drama, where sword fight meet political & historical. Usually this kind of genre they made it pretty boring, although usually there is romance to help light the drama. But here they put comedy that place very cleverly with the character.

This is really one of the most interesting drama with every character place their chess game very cleverly & interested. Expecially Xu Xiao (XX), he is one amazing chess player, he pave every stone to make the way for his son, Xu Feng Nian (FN). But FN himself also one interesting chess player, he refuse to follow the path that his father already pave for him & try to make his own way. Really interesting to see at first how FN is like always in the palm of XX, because XX can already predict what way FN will gonna take & already prepare his stone there too, but upon more episode we can see how FN actually also have hidden stone that he prepare for himself & to break the way that his father prepare for him.

This drama also have very unusual concept of martial art world. They have all that level that I don't too understand nor too care. But to see how they combine martial art & nature is really interesting.

This is the first time I'm not mad nor upset when they break the drama with season & cliffhanger to close the season 1. I really excited to wait for the season 2. This season close with how FN is preparing himself to be King of Bei Liang. I really want to see how FN is planning to make Jiang Ni his queen & how he will gonna handle the royal family...

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A lot promise but....

Find this drama sometimes ago & seeing the trailer quite funny & today I decided to watch this.

What I like:
+ This drama bring gender expectation to light really clearly. Like how woman supposed to flirt and wear lack of clothing & here we can see how man will gonna behave like woman in our society.
+ The moment of realization that Gao Zi Rui (ZR) had when he finally understand how he behave with his woman.
+ Liu Rui Lin & Dai Si really did they part good. We can see them in both society.

What I don't like:
The story will gonna perfect if only stop when ZR come back to his own world. But they have to make extra story where Jacky also come back to Xiao Xiao body. That's when the story become weird. Because that's also almost reach the end of the story so they like usual, fast forward it is.... The later part of the story really weird & not enough explanation. If they want to make it Jacky also come to our world I really hope that's happen in the second season or maybe full length drama is better execution.

Overall this short drama quite funny & not regret watching this. Hope we can see this in longer version...

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Hm...

Watch this because many recommend to me this movie. Quite wondering how good is this until that many person write this as recommendation.

Actually the story itself quite confusing to me. I don't quite understand the meaning behind it. Because once again it just short movie, so the duration really limited. Really hope this can be at least full length movie instead the short one like this.

OK what I like about this drama:
+ We can feel the vibe of the 'friendship' between our main lead. Their chemistry also good.
+ The story really direct due to the short duration.

Overall this just another short movie to fill ur time...

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saved by Joseph Zeng

Quite agree with what Chinese Drama Fan wrote: 'If not because of Zeng Shun Xi (aka Joseph Zeng), I don’t think I would have continued with this drama. The writing is weird, the dialogues are weird, the logic is weird, Liang Jie’s acting and character are weird, and the English title is even more weird. The only saving grace is Zeng Shun Xi’s acting and his character which I really like a lot.' Yeah this drama u can said saved by Joseph Zeng. I heard a lot about the bad aspect of this drama, almost decided not to watch this, but since I watch Rebirth with you I quite like Joseph Zeng & I also love Liang Jie so still I decided to watch this. I quite like it actually but yeah so many plot holes.

The plot holes:
- Isn't it Emperor decided to 'imprison' Zhao Xiao Qian (XQ) in the town when he downgrade him into duke. Why can he still go to war. Isn't that already against Emperor order...?
- When he XQ 'divorce' Xie Xiao Man (XM)...? Isn't when he go to war they just separated not 'divorce'...? Why she can still be remarried...?
- The weird story of the other couple... Ming Gu (MG) & Zhan Zhi (ZZ) quite adorable couple, but the story toward they become a couple quite weird & forced...
- The rush ending.... How fast since XQ back to capital city until he can investigate everything regarding the Prime Minister. & how the prime minister last 'resistance' feel really rush to complete the duration.

What I like:
+ The chemistry of our Main lead. Not as good as Liang Jie & Xing Zhao Lin, but also not bad.
+ MG & ZZ story even feel weird & forced but I quite like MG for not continue being stubborn & stupid girl who insist on her love for Xing Zhou, but she can see the goodness of ZZ & ZZ love for her.

Overall this just light love story to fill ur free time.

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Messed up plot

Hm... Where should I begin to complain....

This is one big messed up plot. The big plot from beginning till the end is all over the place with nowhere to place the plate. Till the end I still don't get it, why must Xiang town, what's the he big deal about this small town, at first I though because of the gold mine, but turn out nothing. And till the end we also don't get any explanation about the Young Master from out of town, who the hell is he, why he is one big deal.

What good about this drama:
1. The scene quite funny. The behavior of Zhang Yu Jian as Kong Xue Li quite make me laugh.
2. The comic that sometimes come out a little bit interesting.

What bad (Except what I've complain in the beginning):
1. The funny & ridiculous scene become more boring, just like vishnu menon said, yeah I also feel after 14 ep this become quite boring & unattractive anymore
2. We have the winner of all the dumb psychopath lover. Hu Xuan Xuan is one big dumb love slave. Kong Xue Li (XL) already said from the beginning that he doesn't like her & even swap with his life he will not gonna choose her. But see... She still insisted.
3. No bad guy really get justice. I mean like, how many time XL 'let go' the bad guy if there's some circumstances, like Yuan Chun Feng ffollower (I forget his name), how many time he escape....

Overall this just another drama to spend ur days with. But there is 1 sentence that so true from this drama. The most scared or hard thing to change is someone believes. Just like people in Xiang Town believe with all that mystical thing.

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how to be brave

This drama tell us about a story that most of us having trouble maybe in some or everyday of our days. Let me explain...

1. The trouble of fat woman. Yeah our world is cruel, especially to a fat woman. We can see in the lift how every fat woman expected to be self-aware that they need to be get off, even when they not the last person who get into the lift. And the world is perception never good in a fat woman, we woman sometimes getting reminded of that everyday with every thing around us hoping for a slim woman rather fat one, that sometimes makes us very unsecure with our own body.

2. Everything have price. Like the 'rabbit' said, we sometimes don't know what price we must pay for something & only realize it when everything already too late... From the first the 'rabbit' already said everything have price, I already scream to my screen, 'What the price...?!' But our FL never even bother to ask that. Yeah we human sometimes never even consider what the 'price' we have to pay for something 'magical', we just hoping for the best & just jump into it.

3. We need bravery. Our ML & FL have classic problem of friend that falling in love with each other but too scared to confess and change the status. What if is always became the question. But in here also there are they're bad thoughts play the role, all the misheard & bad assumption make things worsen for our couple. In love, or maybe in anything in our life, sometimes a little bravery make a big important impact in our life.

I don't know this better or not. But how about if in the end the FL wake up & all the story that happen in the drama happen only in the dream.... Hehe....

Overall I quite satisfied with Guan Xiao Tong & Johnny Huang here. Quite good movie to spend ur afternoon...

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Story about determination and changing

OMG another beautiful love story from republican era. I really love this beautiful love story between Tan Xuan Lin (XL) and Mu Wan Qing (WQ).

This drama is about determination, friendship, love and of course the changing. Let me explain...

Determination:
We talk about the stubbornness of Tan Sang Yu in chasing Pei Shao Jun (SJ) and also about Su Hong Chen (HC) in chasing Gu Yue Shuang (YS). They so determine to decide the other one is 'the one' for themselves.

Friendship:
Between Xu Guang Yao (GY) and his companion, SJ & JC. And of course GY & XL bonding with their right hand man.

Love:
No need to said, of course the love between our main lead, WQ & XL. Sometimes really envy that kind of trust and bonding like WQ & XL has. Trust without word & with all their heart. Like when XL try to cut ties with WQ, WQ still can understand and trust XL without in the end even try to has attitudes toward XL. If that me, I don't know can I do that or not.

The changing:
The one that want to change can feel the wind of changing, the one don't want can't feel it. I mean like Pei Xun (PX) & Xu Bo Jun (XBJ). PX at the end accept the fact that the world is change & his opportunity greater if he join forces with his enemy rather than keep fighting, on the other hand XBJ still insist with his own justification just be the loser in the end. And of course like our SJ, he wants to change his attitude with his dad, he's not only repair his relationships with his dad but also get everything in the end. See... Changing is important.

What I really love about this drama, except the one I wrote above is one.
1. No crazy love rival. No one is really blindly insist with the war they can't win in love. I mean like YS, I really like her word where she said: "I knew XL for very long time, if XL choose me I already be his woman from long time ago."If only the other SML/SFL is have that kind of logic thinking, so they don't need to be the annoying love rival...
2. No continuing of revenge. All the old man fault stop with their generation. Like how WQ can still be friend with GY even his dad is the reason her brother died.

And one more thing that I really really really love. I really love the soundtrack 辰如眸 (Xīng chén rú móu) (eyes like star). If there's none better soundtrack I think this will be my soundtrack of the year ^_^.

Upon all the good thing this drama have. Only one thing that sometimes annoyed me. The singer in the singing hall voice never be sound, they replace it with BGM. I don't know why. I mean like when WQ & XL announce their relationship in paramont, there was a singer that sing, instead they give us the singer song they replace it with their own soundtrack or BGM. Why not make the singer singing the soundtrack if the problem is copywright... The BGM not even rhyming with the singer mouth. So yeah quite bothering me. Thank God that kind of scene is not much...

Overall: This drama really makes excited to watch the next and next episode. I don't want to stop watch this drama. Long time I don't feel this exciting with the drama that I've watched. Really happy to watch this drama.

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so intense

This is one of the best of Zhao Li Ying work. This drama full of suspense from beginning to the end, really makes us wondering from the beginning. Among all Thriller, Mystery & detective drama I've watched so far, this is one of the best of its genre. And Zhao Li Ying makes this drama better with her acting, with every glanze and every mysterious smile of her makes this drama really interesting to watch.

At first don't know what Shen Yu role in this drama. I'm already prepare my brain for the worst plot that involve her as the helper of the murderer. The other character also played perfectly by other actor. We can see the struggling of each character with their own demon.

What I really like of this drama is we can see that every one is not so perfect, even our main lead, which is police. Usually when they tell police story in c-drama or any drama, we seldom see imperfect police. Here our main lead all have mental issues or trauma from the past experience. But what ever happen in the past, just like our life, live must go on... ;)

for u who like suspense drama, this is one drama to watch. c-drama seldom have only 16 ep with 45-60 min per episode, for you who prefer to watch short episode drama, this is also one drama to watch

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just 1 word to describe this drama

just like many people write review here, yeah this drama full with old tropes or old clichés. But like AvenueX in YouTube said, although full with old tropes I still like it, that old tropes not boring at all...

Yin Si Chen (SC) is one unique CEO. He is surely one narcist human being. Usually they give us overbearing or cold CEO, yeah i know as usual the cold always just the outward appearance not for our FL. In here we can see although SC is cold but he is also quite narcistic & very proud of himself. & after they become real couple SC is surely become clingy.

Gu Xi Xi (XX) is one girl that full of dream. She dream to make her own clothing line. She is also typical our FL with this kind of scenario, simple girl that easy attract our ML. But when they become real couple she become quite spoiled.

Love SC mom & grandma. Love how they support our FL. SC grandma like usual energetic grandma that also very cute. SC mom even though looks though & hard to crack, but turn out she's not like that.

Love Lin Xiao Ya & Mo Zi Xin (ZX), They are really a good friend for XX. Even though ZX is our SML, but he really one gentlemen & good friend that only want the best for XX.

Like some people wrote here I also not too like our SLC. Their relationship just simply not necessary. Thank God they don't have too much screen time together. But their couple problem quite relatable, one spoiled little brad & the other independent women. How they try to erase the problem or accept other circumstance.

And yes of course our SFL is one crazy b*tch. That her life goal currently only to make troublesome for XX.

Overall this drama over nothing new, but really that old tropes & cliché not boring at all... The cast did a very good job with their role

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I need special episode

This is the first time i really want to scream i need special ep for explanation...

Like ChineseDramaFan I also think is one of the best youth dramas I have ever watched. This drama not focus only about love relationship like many youth drama. But also about the struggle in deciding life choice, like pick the best subject for us to study in university.

What i like:
+ I really enjoy our main lead friendship relationship. They really one true friend, that like having no hiding in everything.
+ Love to see the growth in Xia Xiao Ju (XJ), from one timid teen girl into firm adult woman.
+ Love to see Lu Shi Yi (SY) attitude with XJ, even though he often tease her but when he has to apologize he won't hestitate to do so & when he has to protect /help her, he also will gonna do so with all of his power.
+ Love the relationship between Cheng Lang (CL) & XJ. They're the best brother one can hope for each other. They're quite mature for their age, so even when XJ jealous CL, that never really effect their relationship toward each other.
+ Quite like the surprise in the end when Qiu Le Tao married with someone we never expected.

But this drama also lack very very important missing scene that makes me want to scream, 没了就这样..... (roughly translated... Only like this the end... Oh come on.... I need more explanation please...). They have missed the explanation for the moment SY went abroad... What happen there with him, why he cut all the connection with XJ, what his actual relationship with Shen Dou... OMG it's really frustated, usually there's special ep to explain this kind of plot, but this drama don't have it... Quite disappointed actually... :( & If i were XJ, actually maybe i'll not gonna that easy to forgive SY.

Overall: except that disappointed ending everything really one on the best youth drama out there.

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More forgettable than unforgettable...

Like everyone this drama attract me with little Xiao Bao. But it really hard to make me give high rating for this drama. Why...? Hm.... Here is some list...

What i don't really like:
- Very fast forward drama. It's only 24ep, give it quite short for c-drama world. But more toward the ending the more i feel they like touch the fast forward button to ending it quickly & save some money for hiring more actor. I mean like the explanation about the accident 5 years ago, which supposed to be critical, they didn't even bother to create more believable scene, they just skip everything.
- The chemistry between He Qiao Yan (QY) & Qin Yi Yue (YY) not so much. The way they fall in love feel weird in the way i can't explained.
- The way Ning Fang (NF) just that easy to let go his feeling for YY & that quickly to fall in love with Lin Wei (LW)
- The relationship between LW & her parent is very2 weird.

What i quite like:
+ Cute Xiao Bao. Yeah this kids it's quite cute. Not the cutest but still very cute.
+ QY is a very dumb man in case of relationship. He even need to make contract about they being in a relationship & that even involve lawyer.
+ NF is good man that just want the best for YY.
+ No crazy love rival / evil family.
+ The one natural relationship is between Yang Ruo Wei (RW) & Wen Gu (WG). Also love how WG dad attitude toward their relationship & toward WG & RW themselves as a person. He is really one good dad.
+ Quite like the soundrack.

Overall this is just one drama that i can say i've watch already.

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Watched this of course because of Steven Zhang & Liang Jie being together in a drama. Turn out this drama better than what I expected.

Never imagine this kind of story will gonna be happen. Quite intriguing yet silly in one way or another. Really have to give a big applause to Steven Zhang & Liang Jie, they really give their best performance here. I literarily can imagine when they switch body how the other actually gonna be react, they every move & even small gesture really imitate the other quite perfectly.

The story quite unusual here. Usually if there is something happen to the artist, they will tell their manager directly, so the manager can help thinking solution or anything. But here, regard the relationship between Jiang Yi (JY) & Jiang Da Chuan (DC), they never tell DC but instead try to resolve it themselves.

Even though you can say this drama quite fast paced, but everything is there. The chemistry between the lead, the family issue, etc. What I like is this drama not only involve the couple problem, but also a little bit history & the family problem that JY have. Really like how they resolve the relationship problem between JY and his mom. In here we can also see the growth of JY & Yu Sheng Sheng (SS), although it's more the growth of JY then SS. Really funny to see the shock in DC face when JY announce his relationship with SS.

Overall this is just drama, a good drama indeed. Even though the ending quite catch me unguard, but I quite like this drama. But no, I don't think I'll gonna re-watch this.

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I'm a fans of Xing Zhao Lin, when I find out this new drama of course I must watch it. Really happy to watch this. Bring laughter to my days... ^_^

After watched this drama I feel the synopsis given by MDL not quite right, ChineseDramaFan give us more fit synopsis. Also agreed with ChineseDramaFan, the story funny & very enjoyable but I also notice some plot holes, especially after we know the real identity of Xiao Bao.

What I like:
* Really like Xing Zhao Lin as Long Yao. Especially his expression when there will be unprofitable business when he will lose some money, really funny...
* The 3 brother really stupid when it's come to their own love.
* They in the end got their own partner
* Xiao Bao very cute & adorable
* The romance is like funny romance not lovey-dovey romance. Some romance scene just followed with funny scene.

Plot holes that I notice:
* Scene is quite jumping, sometimes doesn't makes sense. Like they combine serious scene with relaxing scene, it's like they actually have something in the middle but doesn't include in the final cut.
* How the bad guys always now where they are & there are always help in the end.
* Big spoiler (read with your own risk):
   How Xiao Bao himself easily just accept he is the king's son
* The bad guy (Yun Qing Xian) motive about Xiao Bao is very confusing. It's like why he have to kill him...? Yeah at first he is ordered, due to usurpation of the throne, but later very unclear what his motive...

Overall I really like this drama, funny, romantic, mystery all there. But to re-watch I don't think so....

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