Cesia Aozora

Zaiye looks down on women, sees them as pawns, and has never been in love. Yet this Zaiye fell in love at first sight to Taohua. He admitted later. He is attracted to her brain and courage. She can outsmart him. She is not like other women he ever met.

Every drama has BOTH leads speak their inner voice, not just this one. If this is from FL pov, it will be "FL is the target, ML is the hero".

After watching teaser for ep 29, they just about to start the Beiyuan arc. Yet the reign in Qi hasn't changed? How are they going to finish everything in 6 episodes? They should finish the Qi arc before moving on to Beiyuan.

Now we can see WHAT will happen to Changjue once Zaiye takes action... 😭

And bcos the drama is from ML's pov, the target is the ML while the victim is the FL.

His concubines only appear on early episodes, barely gets screentime. He doesn't have any interactions with them either, only with his principle wife, for a tea and threat.

I think the problem is audience feel fed up with cdrama industry tend to pair 2 actors with big age gap. For example: Song Qian and Song Weilong, Michelle Chen and Zhou Keyu, Jerry Yan and Xu Ruohan, Gao Weiguang and Ouyang Nana, and now they are pairing Hou Minghao with Aimi. They could have cast someone who looks young, but their age gap doesn't exceed 10 years. There is also a drama where the girl (born in 2003) was raped multiple times by a man (born in 1977). It's odd bcos the govt is very strict with drama plot, but they allow minor being paired with an adult and sadomasochism.

For Zhang Junning, he deserves to be paired with someone mature instead of a 19 y.o actress. But perhaps bcos he didn't get much offers or his agency can't promote him. Or most likely bcos this is a low budget B class drama they were cast.

Considering his age, it will be hard for him to get ML roles in costume drama. Perhaps modern drama or he could switch to mini drama like He Xuanlin.

Me too! So when i was reading TPG novel, I thought oh this FL is so similar with Hua Liuli! I could imagine Meng Ziyi as Taohua. But what did I get? A different person 😭

He is the teacher of Taohua and Changjue. He taught Taohua the charm skills which could hypnotize men (this doesn't work on Zaiye). He taught Changjue fighting skills. He wears red robe and has silver hair.

Qian Baimei deeply loves Taohua and he is the last love rival for Zaiye. He is a man from pugilist world so he roams the world. He has been searching for the cure to Taohua's poison.

He doesn't exist in the drama. There is a man named Qian Mochen, the advisor on Empress Lv's side. On the characters chart it is written he is Taohua's master.

The producer cast MZY first, way before they cast LXY. She had signed the contract on Q4 of 2023.

Meng Zhenzhen will surely die considering she becomes evil and will most likely marry Wuyin. Zaiye has grudge on Meng family and will make sure them pay.

This!!!! The reason why I feel yuck watching romance movie or tv series is bcos it is full of sexual activity. First meeting and they already go to bed. But somehow I feel so happy and digging for romance in historical cdrama. The subtle skinskip, the blooming first love, the shyness and awkwardness, it's just feel sweet.

Also, her brother will be killed. Wuxia will be killed while Qingying will be a fugitive. Wuyin will then become the emperor with Lv as his empress. Happy ending 🤣

Or it could be Meng Zhenzhen. Why would he chose the first concubine who died to be the SFL instead of Mei Chaoxue or Consort Lan? The writer also robbed every relationships Taohua should have with other male characters.

Nope. Originally she can outsmart him, pretentious, naughty, and she handles everything by herself. Which is why Zaiye needs her to execute his plans, but she doesn't need his help to save her life. The screenwriter downgraded Taohua so much that she became a helpless, weak and reckless. I once said Taohua is so similar with Hua Liuli (RR), but after watching the drama, she became a different person.

So Meng Zhenzhen will marry Wuyin, I guess? Both of them will go down together along with the whole Meng family. I only want for Wuyin to finally realizes that Lv doesn't love him at all.

They do work together. They both looking for clues. However she wants him not to indulge in love and just focus on dealing with the enemies. They have a lot to work on, no time for love.

Yes Qian Baimei doesn't exist here 😭 he is my most fav male character in the novel. The screenwriter seems to hate the original FL so he basically created a different person.

I think that's why the screenwriter changed the drama from female pov into male pov. He changed the FL's character so much that she becomes a completely different person, while making the ML such a sweetheart.

Another costume drama for Zhao Muyan ❤

Idk why Gao Han always gets this kind of role. just like Sun Zujun who always gets the role of a jerk.

Anyway, what Taohua means by lets part ways means they should not indulge in love, just purely cooperation. They have something bigger to deal with. Even Zaiye wants to keep her from getting involved, trying to help her.

Sadly this drama might not reach higher. The heat index was 26000. There is no offline promotions. The drama deviates too much from the novel, the editing is sloppy, the writing is sometimes a mess. The acting and chemistry saved this drama from a complete disaster.