Draco

Why do people rate a drama so early? I always wait until i finished the drama to rate it.

The first half follows novel, while second half the censorship took out some important scenes so i'm reading novel for the answer. I like the adaptation because it follows novel, but i do see how some of xukai fans might not like it when he has so little screen time compare to other characters. I like the other characters as well as the time period, so i was really enjoying it.

After watching court lady where the two main leads fell for each other pretty fast, this one is a slow burn for me since they just start to notice each other, and becoming attract to each other. Don't know how things will turn out in 8 eps, but i predict they will become much closer. I hope the pace won't be too fast, but i don't want it to drag either. Hope this drama will do well, and will end well ^^.

I don't mind the dubbing if it matches the character. Xukai character in court lady is different from his character in ancient love poetry; i'm loving his voice for bai jue in here, it's so gentle i love it so much as well as shangu. Don't have a problem with the dubbing since i don't understand chinese anyway.

He has one main role in song of youth with bailu.

From my observation he likes her determination/personality, and also he's the type who like to keep away from crowds, she probably the first girl who comes that close to him, so he starts to notice her. While for her, she attracted to his good look. This looks like a slow burn romance, so i'm loving their interaction so far watching only 2 eps...

Loving the ost in ep 2 when he was teaching her swordplay, beautiful lyrics and love the interaction between xukai and zhou dongyu ^^

I have to say, the subtitles are too fast. I have to backtrack a few times to read the subtitles so i can understand it might make someone sleepy after having to read the subtitles for the same scenes multiple times. That what is happens to me, otherwise i'm enjoying xukai and zhou dongyu interaction in the first two eps so far ^^

Why do you call it mediocre, i actually love that drama and xukai role in it. I love it so much i'm reading the novel to it now.

More dramas coming for xukai ancient love poetry and falling into your smile, might be airing the same month. Looking forward to both dramas ^^

Don't let the preview fool you, if you like story of yanxi palace and arsenal military academy, then i would recommend this drama. This is such a gem, it's sad to see not many appreciate the intricate plot and the change from being light hearted to a more serious and mature drama as it progress.

It follows novel, usually i would complain about his screen time too, but for this one i like the multitude of characters and i'm glad it didn't stray from novel.

Her story line continues in novel i think. In the drama it never show she got back with lu qi after she went back to her own family.

My anticipation for this drama with the release of the ost and new posters ^^

I think it worth it. You can judge for yourself, it's only 8 more episodes to go and it's a happy ending ^^

Court lady is a mature drama. It started out very light hearted in first half, in second half it fills with lots of palace politics. If you love strong female lead, this is a drama for you, she has a strong sense of justice and will always follow her heart and do the right thing. Romance is not the focus of this drama, because the main leads are separated for the most of the drama, but when they are together both are adorable, in return there are many side couples and many sweet moments.

Hopefully we will get the uncut version in the near future ^^ In the mean time i'm reading the novel for those missing details that were not show in drama.

I don't think it was due to the length since this drama was shot in early 2019 before the number of eps was an issue. I think it was cut for other reasons because if it was due to the length, they could cut some of the early parts that were unnecessary before airing. From ep 47, the cuts are noticeable and we can tell they were cut by the censorboard, because those scenes are necessary to understand crown princess feeling, and the events that lead to the arrest of crown prince, chumu's feeling for furou as he went to rescue her, etc. Those were neccessary scenes. The drama kept to novel so well, so why would they take out the most important scenes, the answer is they didn't they were force to remove them in order to air this drama. It's sad what censorship can do to a good drama, so I don't fault this drama too much for having those cuts and still give it a high rating. It's still an enjoyable drama even with some of the details missing.

This drama follows the novel, and i have to say some of those deaths are tragic, but it depicts just how life is like living in that era. Under the royal rules: your life could be taken away just from a small mistake, or just being associated with someone who was accused of a crime, or being related to royalty, etc. The two people i feel are innocent and their deaths i regret the most has to be chumu's youngest brother and crown princess's sister. Due to censorship we never get to see what was going on in crown princess' mind, whether she ever feel remorse over causing her sister death. I'm reading the novel now to get those answers.

I did, it was really good. If anything, that drama follows novel really well. I'm the type who love original source over adaptation, so having the drama being so close to novel is a rarity, usually drama will deviate from novel. Only toward the end, there were some cuts due to censorship, otherwise it's a solid production. Great acting from leads to supports, the costumes really feel like tang dynasty too. Xukai is adorable in court lady, just love him whether he was being silly or being bad ass ^^ You should try watching it yourself instead of making assumption over other opinions. Looking forward to xukai and wu jinyan working together again in royal feast ^^