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I'm really enjoying the soundtracks for this drama. Lol tension music is really the best way to put it, have you tried searching on YouTube it might be there.

Haven't seen any comments like that thankfully. I'm going to assume they're trolling because FL is Gorgeous and if I hadn't found out she's older than ML I wouldn't have even clocked it. She's mature enough to play a believable female general for crying out loud and young enough that she doesn't look weird acting opposite ML. The age gap isnt noticeable if you ask me.

Watched a baby faced FL playing a female general recently and as much as I found her cute, I just didn't believe her. So please cut my boss lady Li Qin some slack and give her her flowers.

This!! I'm amazed at how ppl are actually buying into her "affectionate" motherly act with Xiyang. That woman is mean and not as slick as she thinks she is.

Me rn watching Xiyang chewing out her older brother for trying to protect her and keep his enemy closer with his scheme to make Jianshi marry into the Susha royal family, knowing she's most likely going to regret it in the future🤨😮‍💨

You like the empress?? Even knowing she wants ML and FL dead?

You're so right about FL giving predator vibes during her initial confrontation with ML. My first thought when I watched that scene was she looks like a tiger or lioness stalking her prey.

Factsss😂

The way I'm eating this drama up rn🤌 enemies to lovers is one of my favourite tropes and they're giving me everything I love about it, and more, 'cause the way ML and FL genuinely go at each other without giving an inch when it comes to torture and payback at first is insane! Like it could've been taken too far but thankfully they managed to keep it balanced in such a way that they both walked into their partnership with a clean slate and recent grudges resolved.
Anyway I'm now stuck waiting for the new episodes to drop to find out what happens when FYX and XJS finally meet and talk. Does she regain her memories, what does that mean for her and FSG?

Just wanted to add that I love how close the Susha royal siblings are with each other, heck even their dad said it and seems to appreciate it as well. Feng Suige seems like a good big brother the way his younger siblings adore and admire him the way that they do. Hopefully the empress and her scheming dad don't cause a permanent rift between the youngest prince and his older brother and sister🥺

They're both so aggressive with each other and I love it

Lol yessss

They're also my top 2 suspects as the mystery person who shot her off the cliff. I guess figuring out if it really is XJS or XWR is going to be half the fun, the other half is figuring out their motive and if there's another mastermind behind them or not

Thought this would be a light watch with cute leads and decent chemistry. Why are they forcing me to use my brain to analyse stuff😭 like how is FL the leader of her realm if she can't even beat 2FL or go toe to toe with ML when he's not badly injured by his loser brother???😂
Well I guess the phoenix bloodline thing is her "power"

Fellow gem lover and enjoyer here! Love how well done and satisfyingly executed this drama was. SJ and LTY are my fave couple ever🥹❤️

Went into this thinking it would be amazing due to all the online hype and I was sorely disappointed. Besides the palace intrigue and political stuff, they had no business trying to sell the leads' "romance in this. What's that chinese saying 🤔 "a forced melon isnt sweet" or something along those lines.

Like I'll eat up a hot, morally grey, obsessive, possessive ML any day but only if his FL matches his freak and reciprocates his feelings; which I didnt believe the FL in this did tbh. Love triangles(or square in this case) is one of my least favourite tropes, couple that with the fact that they barely showed the feelings or spark developing between JXN and XW and by the time they got around to showing any hint of their romance I had already lost interest in them as a couple. I did stick around for Xie Ju'an outsmarting everyone and dealing with the baddies.

I will say though that I really liked that epilogue scene at the end of episode 38 where their son is gushing over Zhang Zhe's accomplishments and Xie Wei trips him, kicks his bum a little then proceeds to gaslight that little boy into taking back his request to hire ZZ as his teacher "don't do anything against your conscience"😂, guess his jealousy is still alive and well years later😂😂

Thanks for taking the time to write your thoughts out about this drama. I definitely agree with a lot of your opinions esp about the lack of romance and heavy emphasis on my least favourite trope the love triangle(square lol) that FL had going on. I saw someone refer to her character as a femme fatale in her previous life, and given the way all 3 men lost it over her then I was expecting someone bolder or charming.

Welp atp I'm watching just to finish. ML is an anti-hero of sorts and i usually enjoy characters like that but I can't believe I'm rooting more for his takedown of the Xue family than his romantic interest in the FL. Speaking of FL she gets less smart as the episodes go on which is weird given her foresight...

The opening voiceover was not it because it just reminded me of CW's The Vampire diaries for some reason and how they'd start each episode with a character recapping the previous episode; but SOKP fumbled it imo, I'd rather they had given us an opening song instead.

I started this drama because I was in a drama slump for a while and ppl online kept raving about how this is a classic and the best thing since sliced bread. I personally don't think so but to each their own. I almost dropped it at episode 4 if I'm being honest but picked it back up recently just to see what happens to the "baddies" as you called them. The leads didn't match my freak like you said so my rating won't be as generous as yours😅

No fr lol, wuxia/xianxia C-dramas are in a league of their own. After finishing AoS a few years ago, I was also looking for something to fill the void, and stumbled on "Who Rules the World" and haven't looked back since🥹

He's so fine and his facial features are so sharp that this display pic doesn't do him justice at all

Thanks for the link🫶

Lmaoo🤣🤣😭 I just could not understand why she kept lying to him especially after she'd decided to come clean about their baby. I was so confused and pissed because there was no need to lie, AT ALL(then again maybe she got so used to lying to him🤔).
But like you said good luck to ML, he's the one that has to deal with it😂

Lol the more spice/chemistry the better imo. I like it when certain tropes, esp my fav tropes, are used and executed properly. It enhances the viewing experience for me. As good as Embrace In the Dark Night was, for me, this drama is in another league entirely ngl❤️
I told myself I'd wait for the last episodes to drop before watching again but I might not last that long cos the suspense from the office scene with the evil sister is eating at me. If it ends on a high note and without any regret I'll definitely rewatch it😄