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Pretty good first two episodes.

Ok, I should have played slightly longer, it totally changed. Now I got it :)

I'm watching the first episode on Viki, which is titled "trailer". It's a full length episode, but it's very fast paced and I am at a loss about what is going on. Stopped after 10 minutes because this wasn't making any sense to me.

I think the Ye family side-story was a little off-path, like a side-quest. I hope she's not trying to vanquish all injustices she finds in her way towards revenge.

The path to revenge is long, unclear, unfocused. Maybe the drama should be called "The Detour"?

It actually has a very high rating on viki.com, 9.8, so I think this rating seems correct.

Ok good, I will try it out... exactly looking for a historical cdrama now.

It's rare for new dramas to start very low and go up very high. Usually they start higher and slowly decline by a little.

I see the rating started at something like 8.2 and has gone up to 8.8. Is it good or is it just being up-voted?

Glad I dropped it after only handful of episodes.

Awesome actress saw her talents as the hostess in Mr. Sunshine.

Either I get sucked in, or I don't.

Doesn't surprise me at all, I don't enjoy this cdrama very much and I am probably dropping it.

It is a little entertaining sometimes, that old censor that criticized the emperor, he was a cool character.

Should rename it to "Just Winging It"... main lead seems very confused and doesn't seem to know what's going on.

I like intelligent dramas, but sometimes they go so far with the "intelligence" it becomes unbelievable.

Very rare to see so many stars in one drama, many even in the support cast have been leads in many well known cdramas, like Zhu Xu Dan and Zhang Ling He.

But after watching 6 episodes I am not very engaged in this story and don't find there is much happening between the leads on the romance front.

15 kg is not possible in 2 months, maybe 5 kg, but most of that is probably water loss, dehydration. Nobody is losing 15 kg through healthy lifestyle choice in 2 months, that's 60 days, and losing 15 kg is like losing 250 grams per day. Usually it is stored as fat, and that's about 2500 kcals per day, which is what a normal male needs to consume. So if he stopped eating for 60 days that can explain it, and not-eating might explain the collapsing.

Not sure of this. Yang Mi is too stone cold for my taste, only her eyes move, not her face. No emotions. I can't discern this. Watched 6 episodes so far and it's dull. I want to be entertained as well. I'll watch some more episodes but it isn't firing up my intrigue.

Oh I see, typical chinese government blacklisting for not paying taxes... idiots.

Isn't the lead actress Yuan Bing Yan?
https://mydramalist.com/people/13158-yuan-crystal

She is in all the photos and in the trailer.

In China you're shitlisted for years by the government if you don't pay taxes correctly.
Her morals regarding her babies have shitlisted her for life among the chinese people.