Lemme say this first, I'm a BIG time fan of Allen Ren and Bai Lu but I still took my time to watch this drama cause I know it was gonna break my heart. I'm glad I finally gave this gem a chance and got to experience a beautiful yet tragic romance!

Now, I'm not gonna write any detailed review but I have some serious questions from episode 18 onwards.

So, after Shiyi was engaged to Prince Guangling for the second time, what I couldn't fathom was ZhouSheng Chen’s reaction. He clearly loves her and knows that she's loves him too. He had every opportunity to take power upon his hands; it was also the most logical and justified thing to do as both his brother & nephew were dead and he was the best choice to be the next emperor. So why? WHYYYYY would give the the throne to a distant relative who's only a 5 year old child?? Isn't that just giving another chance to the evildoers to cause unrest in the empire? He could've easily ascended the throne and give Shiyi the place she deserves but no, he had to make himself a coward who's afraid to break his oath(which I don't think is valid anymore) but wasn't afraid to break Shiyi's heart. And if he knew that he'll always be stubborn about it, why lead Shiyi on?? Imo the actual person who caused this whole mess of a tragedy was ZhouSheng Chen himself and no other!!(I still love my baobei Ren though and feel too guilty to rant about his character like this ?)

If anyone has any better explanations for his stubborn actions please let me know!! ??