This is a silly, awkward and unserious mini. The ML fell for her fast and tries to seduce her. Being a newbie…
Now the plot holes: 1. The poison in ML's body was easily cured by using a scraping board???? 2. FL doesn't do anything to clear the crown prince's name. 3. The plot ended without explaining about Ling Pavilion and their punishment. They allied with the enemy, and did bad things as well, yet the emperor didn't do anything? 4. The princess appears out of nowhere. Her father was a "criminal", so how had she been living after that? 5. I seriously can't believe an emperor would appoint an illiterate person as a general!? How is that even allowed? Even more, a general stationed at the border!
This is a silly, awkward and unserious mini. The ML fell for her fast and tries to seduce her. Being a newbie in love, FL doesn't know how to react. There are too many plot holes in this mini.
The mini ended in ep 22. Ep 23 is just flashback episode with less than 1 minute of new dialogue.
Anyway call me a hater, but I must say: I was quite bothered with the visual pairing. The actress looks like a mother, yet she was born in 1999!? Both ML and SML are 02 liner yet the actress looks way older than them. I was bothered by this while watching. She looks similar with Li Yitong, so why not cast Li Yitong for the FL? Or perhaps Wang Yiting? Or perhaps cast older actors to pair with her? I also had this kind of problem when I watched Huangyang Tiantian's mini where she looks like the niece of ML...
At first I thought after the empress died, she would disappear and only appears once in a while. But thankfully…
I'm glad with the ending. They went back to the first time they met. This time both have their memories and now they can start over. Ci'er doesn't have to marry Xiao Mo and becomes the empress 👍🏻 Perhaps it would've been this way if in the main lifetime Xiao Che took of his mask when Ci'er saved him.
At first I thought after the empress died, she would disappear and only appears once in a while. But thankfully she doesn't. Xiao Che loves her deeply that he sees Jinli as Ci'er. The body is Jinli, but she is Ci'er.
p.s perhaps it is only me, but the actress playing the empress resembles He Xuanlin.
It is a low budget drama, of course. Not even a single likeable character. The editing is so sloppy. The scene jumps from A to C and makes you confused. You really just want to chop them all down, starting from the SFL.
Tbh I really don't want them to end up together. The leads barely have any romantic scene. There is no romance.
When he asked "Have you also forgotten our memories in here?" I was like what memories??? ML almost assaulted her, chocked her, mocked her, let SFL bullied her, treated her as a maid, he didn't trust her at all.
It can't be called misunderstanding bcos she lost her memories. What matters is what he did to her this time. She lost her memories, so he should've treated her well and help her regain her memories to uncover the truth, not the opposite.
The girl playing Song Wanran, who appeared in early eps during flower banquet is so pretty!! I'm curious about her and will check her mini later.
Also, besides Hua Liuli's maid (Royal Rumours), this FL's maid is the only other maid in drama that has exquisite hairstyle. The maids in drama mostly have dull, simple, boring style.
Lin Zehui looks like Wang Hedi's twin! Some producers should consider casting them as twins!
Some people complained about the ladies makeup, but for me the color isn't the problem, the fake lower eyelashes is the problem.
What I dislike is FL's lip tint. It is so old! I used to wear that lip tint more than 15 years ago! Lip tint + ombre = ouch 😑 The ML's matte lipstick was also hideous. Why not putting colorless lip balm? Were they deliberately trying to copy Wang Hedi's Dongfang Qingcang?
Lin Ziye is play as Xiao Huayong guard, Cao Tianyuan
I was shocked when I saw his reuters! I was thinking "could he be...?" Damn, I can't believe they gave the role of a guard to a kid!? He would've been perfect as Changgeng tho...
I watched quite a few of mini, and this one is one of the very few that i like. The chemistry is good, kissing is good, acting is good, it's just they pushed everything on the last 2 eps. It wouldn't hurt to add 2 more eps. The amnesia arc is annoying, but the emotional scenes are so good.
For me, Tu Zhiying is better in doing emotional acting rather than childish one. It would be nice if Tu Zhiying and Dai Gaozheng can reunite in another drama.
She owns a tea house, yet the shop is always empty. The only customer is the grand master (ML). Did he rent the whole shop a year so no customer can come? As the grand master he is so IDLE! His one and only job is coming to the tea house to flirt with FL.
The plot is just going back and forth: FL breaks up with him, says they are strangers, yet she always accommodates him, then she threatens him, stabs him, cares for him, accepts him back, stabs him again, loves him, says they are strangers again, welcomes him to her house for the Nth times, loves him again, and this cycle continues until the end. He comes to her house every day and she always welcomes him. Does she even know what "strangers" mean? What she does in the whole drama is "I'm angry at you, I'm being sulky, don't poke me or I'll bite, but don't ignore me as well."
Also the 2ML is a hostage prince from Nanlu kingdom, yet the emperor casually let him stays in the teahouse for months. The emperor is so chill!
As a general, FL is weak. She keeps getting rescued by ML and there is barely any fight scenes, just like other Hu Yiyao's mini.
I watched this for Xin Yunlai. Also, veteran Wang Yan is here, as well as my lady Li Sheng 👍🏻 I missed seeing Li Sheng on screen! And she only appeared for 4 eps 😭😭😭
I like the story and cinematography. Acting is brilliant. However I can't fully like Zhuang Hanyan. She is so revenge driven, impulsive and blind. She attacks everyone, even venting her hatred and anger to Lingzhi 🤦♀️ No wonder she needs a strategist, bcos her way is "go straight and stab the enemy", Jason style 🤦♀️
Tbh romance is unnecessary for this drama. It could be a suspense, revenge, investigation drama, with both leads merely as allies. Fu Yunxi's feelings was one sided until the last 4 eps. Until then, Zhuang Hanyan's eyes towards him was full of hatred and disgust. So for me the romance wasn't convincing.
This is just my very personal preference: 1. Who did the makeup for Chen Duling? She looks like she is sweating all the time. I have seen countless dewy makeup on korean celebs, but this is not it. 2. What's with the last 2 eps? Suddenly it became Scream or Bloody Mary hanfu version. The only thing I like is when Hanyan closed the gate. 3. Zhuang Shiyang, he looks like he is drunk for 20 years. Eyes half closed, staggering when he walks, unsteady, spouting nonsense. Rather than timid, he looks pretentious and fake.
I am happy to see that most of the princes have made it into the cast. Very often the scriptwriters omit half…
Dammit, indeed 😑😑😑 all the princes are named Xiao ChangXX, so it is VERY easy to get confused. Perhaps I should share the character list I made on discussion thread?
1. The poison in ML's body was easily cured by using a scraping board????
2. FL doesn't do anything to clear the crown prince's name.
3. The plot ended without explaining about Ling Pavilion and their punishment. They allied with the enemy, and did bad things as well, yet the emperor didn't do anything?
4. The princess appears out of nowhere. Her father was a "criminal", so how had she been living after that?
5. I seriously can't believe an emperor would appoint an illiterate person as a general!? How is that even allowed? Even more, a general stationed at the border!
The mini ended in ep 22. Ep 23 is just flashback episode with less than 1 minute of new dialogue.
Anyway call me a hater, but I must say: I was quite bothered with the visual pairing. The actress looks like a mother, yet she was born in 1999!? Both ML and SML are 02 liner yet the actress looks way older than them. I was bothered by this while watching. She looks similar with Li Yitong, so why not cast Li Yitong for the FL? Or perhaps Wang Yiting? Or perhaps cast older actors to pair with her? I also had this kind of problem when I watched Huangyang Tiantian's mini where she looks like the niece of ML...
I wonder who will be the panelist this time. I hope at least Du Haitao remains... Also I miss Rainie Yang...
p.s perhaps it is only me, but the actress playing the empress resembles He Xuanlin.
When he asked "Have you also forgotten our memories in here?" I was like what memories???
ML almost assaulted her, chocked her, mocked her, let SFL bullied her, treated her as a maid, he didn't trust her at all.
It can't be called misunderstanding bcos she lost her memories. What matters is what he did to her this time. She lost her memories, so he should've treated her well and help her regain her memories to uncover the truth, not the opposite.
Also, besides Hua Liuli's maid (Royal Rumours), this FL's maid is the only other maid in drama that has exquisite hairstyle. The maids in drama mostly have dull, simple, boring style.
Some people complained about the ladies makeup, but for me the color isn't the problem, the fake lower eyelashes is the problem.
What I dislike is FL's lip tint. It is so old! I used to wear that lip tint more than 15 years ago! Lip tint + ombre = ouch 😑
The ML's matte lipstick was also hideous. Why not putting colorless lip balm? Were they deliberately trying to copy Wang Hedi's Dongfang Qingcang?
https://x.com/dramapotatoe/status/1911378641482661916?s=19
The big brother is a dork. Thankfully he got a wife, and I wished the writer would show their story.
I also like Han Zhen, he is adorable and witty.
If you want a silly romcom with visuals lining up, this is for you.
For me, Tu Zhiying is better in doing emotional acting rather than childish one. It would be nice if Tu Zhiying and Dai Gaozheng can reunite in another drama.
The plot is just going back and forth:
FL breaks up with him, says they are strangers, yet she always accommodates him, then she threatens him, stabs him, cares for him, accepts him back, stabs him again, loves him, says they are strangers again, welcomes him to her house for the Nth times, loves him again, and this cycle continues until the end. He comes to her house every day and she always welcomes him. Does she even know what "strangers" mean? What she does in the whole drama is "I'm angry at you, I'm being sulky, don't poke me or I'll bite, but don't ignore me as well."
Also the 2ML is a hostage prince from Nanlu kingdom, yet the emperor casually let him stays in the teahouse for months. The emperor is so chill!
As a general, FL is weak. She keeps getting rescued by ML and there is barely any fight scenes, just like other Hu Yiyao's mini.
Here's for another video:
https://x.com/ocean_catbit/status/1910668326252278015?s=19
I like the story and cinematography. Acting is brilliant. However I can't fully like Zhuang Hanyan. She is so revenge driven, impulsive and blind. She attacks everyone, even venting her hatred and anger to Lingzhi 🤦♀️ No wonder she needs a strategist, bcos her way is "go straight and stab the enemy", Jason style 🤦♀️
Tbh romance is unnecessary for this drama. It could be a suspense, revenge, investigation drama, with both leads merely as allies. Fu Yunxi's feelings was one sided until the last 4 eps. Until then, Zhuang Hanyan's eyes towards him was full of hatred and disgust. So for me the romance wasn't convincing.
1. Who did the makeup for Chen Duling? She looks like she is sweating all the time. I have seen countless dewy makeup on korean celebs, but this is not it.
2. What's with the last 2 eps? Suddenly it became Scream or Bloody Mary hanfu version. The only thing I like is when Hanyan closed the gate.
3. Zhuang Shiyang, he looks like he is drunk for 20 years. Eyes half closed, staggering when he walks, unsteady, spouting nonsense. Rather than timid, he looks pretentious and fake.