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I agree, it wasn't a particularly well-executed arc, they should have just left it at Wenshuang killing his brother and done the whole Crown Prince reveal differently.

But if he was the person with the scar, he betrayed everyone, so... But I agree it's very confusing.

I think the one with the scar. Because in the end Gu Zhao Xi seems to be completely out of the picture and nobody is heartbroken about it.

I believe so, yes, unfortunately. But he is not her husband , they weren't married.

It's a HE! This was a nice little drama with a few surprises, I really enjoyed it. I've liked Li Ge Yang since In Blossom - I hope he gets bigger and better roles.

I feel bad for the actors because they really tried. But nothing could save this dumpster fire.

Yeah, sometimes writers and directors try so hard to make "art" that they forget that Occam's razor actually works and end up with garbage.

Yes, even the greatest actors can't save a lousy script.

The problem isn't the cast (although, IMO of course, as far as the cast, the strongest performances were by Li Yun Rui, the actor who played Li Ce and the supporting cast like the actress who played general Huan Huan and the actor who played the miraculously resurrected general Cheng), it's the story and the characters and the direction it all went in.

The only good thing that came out of all this for me is that I watched PA and loved it. This... just seems like a big FU to the audience in the name of "art". I feel sorry for the cast and the crew and their wasted hard work.

I am in the same place. I watched PA right before I started Rebirth and enjoyed in immensely. I don't hate Rebirth enough to drop it, but is it the same caliber drama? Not in a million years.

They should have given the Chu Qiao role to the actress playing General Huan...

Out of the entire trilogy (Dashing Youth, Blood River, The Blood of Youth), I liked this one the best. Maybe I just prefer darker characters/plots. And I liked that this one did not over-rely on CGI and did not suffer from overabundance of minor characters and side plots.

Seriously

In fairness, I was giving it a chance - I wanted to see how they would handle all the politics and the angst that came in the second half of the novel. And so far they are not meeting the high bar they themselves set in the first half of the drama. I am not saying it's bad. It's just... not great. I am still watching and enjoying it, but there are things that could have been done better. Just my opinion, of course.

The actor did a great job. I look forward to seeing more of his work.

Seriously. It was one of the parts of the novel that I was really looking forward too. But with how much they defanged the ML, I am not surprised.

Well, they should have done better by the story.

Generation to Generation, which just finished airing, did better by the ML.

The actors are doing a great job and I would totally watch a drama with them as the main CP.... Unfortunately, here they are so good that it detracts from the rest of the story.