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Me too, I keep waiting to see the future.

I have watched up to episode 6 and so far it is really good. The chemistry between Yang Zi and Xiao Zhan is so good. Their acting is wonderful. I also love the scences with the FL and her father, they seem so real and genuine. The acting overall has been so good. So far it has been a really nice "slice of life" drama. My only complaint is the 2nd Leads. You could honestly leave their scenes out and it wouldn't take anything away from this drama. I can't recall ever seeing the 2nd female lead in anything, but in this she is quite annoying and the only one, in my opinion, that isn't very good. I am looking forward to the rest of this drama, despite that small detail.

I love Zhao LuSi. Every drama I have watched her in has been so great, her acting, her chemistry, I love them all. I will have to admit I can not get into Love better than Immortality, I have really tried to watch it over and over, but for some reason I can't get into it. I have yet to watch Prodigy Healer, it is on my to watch list. So my favorite out of the ones you have mentioned would be The Romance of Tiger and Rose. So great, her chemistry with Ding YuXi is so great. They play off each other really well. I know she has so many other amazing dramas and great chemistry with all her costars. I can't wait for Love like the Galaxy and Who Rules the World. I am excited to see her with Yang Yang and again with Leo Wu.

Yes, you have to watch Brightest Star in the Sky. It was the first time I watched him act and he is so good. It also got me into liking his music.

I agree. I love Ethan Juan, especially in Legend of Fu Yao, but him and Song Zu Er had no chemistry together, which I think made the drama lacking a lot. I can really see the chemistry between Song ZuEr and ZTao here.

I really loved Unforgettable Love. It was so cute, I am thinking of rewatching it.

I have just started watching this drama and so far I am enjoying. I know there are a lot of negative reviews and I can see where some are coming from. I love Li Qin and her acting in this is really good. The character she portrays is a bit all over the place, but she plays it well. She had me in tears during the death scene. I haven't cried over a drama in a very long time, but this one got me. I do think the story kind of jumps all over the place. They go from business stuff, to the kids on the island, to the second and third leads, and all over. Li Qin and Shawn Dou's interactions with each other are wonderful. Most of the drama is typical Chinese modern drama scenarios to be expected. I will have to say I HATE Si Qi (FL's friend) character so much, at least right now. She is just with her boyfriend for his money or what he can buy her. She shows no empathy and poor guy takes it. I wish he would stand up for himself, actually I wish he would just end things with him, she doesn't deserve him at all. (granted right now I am only episode 15 so if things change, I don't know yet). But I really want her character gone, she seems worse than the supposed antagonists in this right now. Looking forward to the rest of it and most likely I will be skipping through a lot, because for this type of drama 41 episodes already seems way to much.

I love the main female lead in it. I have watched nearly all Zhao LuSi's dramas, but I can not get into this one. I have watched and rewatched 2 to 3 episodes and I really want to try and finish, but I don't know if it is the script or her over acting in this one, but it is cringe for me and I really want to like it. I almost stopped A Female Arrives at the Imperial College as well, but Xu Kaicheng makes everything great :)

Almost any historical drama with Zhao Lusi has funny moments in it. I have pretty much watch almost all her dramas and right now there is only one I can't finish because it is absolutely to ridiculous for me (and I really like ZL).

I agree with you, I didn't see the hype Joy of Life was getting. It took me a long time to finish it. But after watching Sword Snow Stride, which I absolutely loved, I started liking Zhang Ruo Yun and wanted to watch more of his dramas. I will admit I skipped through a lot of JoL scenes, but I also like Li Qin, so the scenes of them together I really liked. But the ending was a bit of a cliffhanger, I heard they were making a season 2.

I have been getting that vibe with some recent dramas I have been watching. When I get to that point, I usually start skipping scenes, episodes, etc just to hurry and get to the end, so I can see how it ends. Quite a few you mentioned I haven't even seen, but there were 2 I really liked, but there definitely scenes in those two that I do skip through, cause they drag or the secondary characters are uninteresting or the plot is just not there for me.

This was one of the first dramas that got me started on Asian dramas. I loved this. I love the chemistry between Mike He and Rainie Yang, so great. This drama was so cute, loved it.

Wanted to add I think the reason I like the main actress so much, is that she reminds me so much of Bai Lu for some reason. I was a Bai Lu fan first, but I have since watched several of Li Qin's dramas. They are both great actresses and I have liked most of their dramas.

I have a love/hate for this drama. The acting is really good. Li Qin is a great actress, I have seen her in several other dramas. I have recently become a Jason Gu fan. I don't know how I missed this drama when it originally came out. So I love the acting, costumes, scenery and some of the story lines. What I can't stand is how blatantly obvious the antagonist is and then gets away with it. That wouldn't happen. The fact they let the Queen Consort (or whatever she is) dictated a lot of decisions, when she is suppose to have no involvement in the politics of the court. The fact the court doesn't even listen to the Prince who is "in charge". I mean the stupid maid/younger sister getting away with all her crap, ridiculous. Overall the story and some plots are good, just a lot of aggravating moments and WTF moments.

I am on episode 9. I really am trying to like this drama, but it is really hard. I absolutely love the two main leads and I hate that this drama is not very good. The secondary characters are not very good (well a couple of them are) and the acting is not great. I think the story or plot has a lot to do with why it is so bad. (I am only watching while I am waiting for a couple of dramas to finish so I can binge them)

I get that. I love Vengo Gao, it may be why I like this ML so much. Jeremy Tsui is so great to watch too. If you haven't watched Legend of the Phoenix, I recommend that. It was really good, but I like him in this drama a bit more.

Let me see if I can explain it. Qiu Yan's bio mother is the consort (concubine) of the second house. You see her I believe in the first episode when QY's father slaps her for falsifying QY's birthdate. The one QY calls mother and really treats like a mother is the main wife of the 2nd house, she took QY in when her bio mother basically abandoned her. They tell more of that story as the show progresses. Hope that helps.

I often wonder about a lot of these translations, because Tencent is translating the 2nd house as 2nd chamber. I don't know if that is normal, because on other shows when they talk about 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc it is always referred to as "house" or "family" not chamber, this is the first time I heard or saw that rather. I am actually trying to learn Mandarin right now so I can grasp a lot of what they say and not have to rely so much on translations.

I am thinking the same thing.

I haven't seen that, I will have to check it out.