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I really enjoyed the first 29 episodes, ready to give this 8.5/10 😭😭. Enjoyed the plot & main couple's scene (Xie Xue Chen & Mu Xuan Ling) they had electrifying chemistry which was rare to find in xianxia these days . But the plot really lost me at ep 33 😭😭. Ah Jue & Zhao Ming story was kinda boring .....should take few episodes less. The last few episodes were the worst. The plot twist is not twisting. When they made HT the evil being, in all seriousness the whole scenario was just looked funny to me 😂😂😂. My rating: 8/10

I would say it is a rush HE.

Liked the first half of the story, it was addictive, angsty & fast paced. But pity the plot lost its spark in the second half, I was bored. 10 minutes per episode and I still use that 2X speed button 😂😂. My rating: 7/10.

It's okay. I never force you to agree 🙂

Thank you. I really enjoyed TLI last year! Hope you enjoy it too 😃. I liked Li Yun Rui's character there. He was good in it🤩

Political part aside, I was quite busy irl when I started this one, maybe because of that too I could not enjoy this one to the fullest 🥹. Anyways, at the end ,it is all down to our preference. Just it was a bummer that I did not enjoyed this as much as everyone else 🥲

How I wish I could say the same..

D*mn that censorship again 🙄. I know historical drama can't escape politic but here there's like 70% of it 😩. I'd like it to be balance like in SOKP huhuu. 2024 overall was a meh year for historical romance ...

My rating is between 7.5 - 8. The storyline not really hit the mark for me. Political talks and scheme often bored me and this drama had tons of it . Mostly I watched those scenes in 1.5 -2x speed. The romance was just ok.

The disappointed parts: Most of the times, I feel nothing from their kiss scenes ( their lips touched then the scene changed into a wide shot which did not help at all ). I was expecting the intense kind of romance as intense as their revenge but I was left disappointed.

Same here 🥺. I tot the love between them was genuine and I liked seeing the couple 😔

Is the web novel any good?

😳. Is it 16 eps with the same 1 hour length?

Same unexciting killer games + Stupid plan = Pointless season. My rating: 6/10

There will be season 3 😮‍💨. Just how much longer they want to milk this kinda outdated plot ?

The first episode was promising and I liked the early concept ( : assassin FL ,revenge based plot, red flag ML) but later on , it changed into a very monotonous execution . The fact that we already know the culprit and the main truth behind Qingzhou massacre from early on made it boring. Main leads had interesting personality in the first few episodes but later turned into a typical one. They had chemistry but the plot was just so meeeh at this point , I don't think it will get better based on the comments . What's good : FL's costumes and the cinematography.

Another disappointing C-drama of the year😪. Dropped @Ep 11/32.

Lol hang in there😂. I watched this mostly in 2x speed to save time while still able to understand the story😆

I am not sure about skipping any episodes because in each one they revealed little by little at times . They want to make you feel like everyone is suspicious and a culprit 😂. Mostly I just used 2x speed and skipped unimportant scenes maybe you could do the same.

I feel the same way. To me the plot was stretched out all to cover 14 episodes. The cases were made to be complicated than it actually was because many ppl tried to hide the truth.

My review:

▫️14 episodes just to reveal 2 murder mystery? 8 or 10 episodes would have been better.
▫️Pacing was too slow for me. I felt that the story dragged alot in the last few episodes. They showed the same murder scene over and over only extended it bit by bit everytime. After some times,this kinda reveal was getting annoying and repetitive.
▫️ML was too weak. He think he can help his situation by finding the truth by himself but, most of the times, what he did just put him in more trouble and dangers. If not for NSC , probably he will not stay alive till the end of the story ...
▫️This drama had way too many culprits and accomplices. They were all shameless and unrepentent till the end. It was disgusting to see the way they treated ML while knowing the real truth. ML also too forgiven and rational it was unrealistic. Even towards the man who pushed his mother over the passageway, how can he easily forgives him and able to keep seeing his face just like that. If it was me, I would be so angry to all these people, 10 years being tortured in jail for something I did not do while suffering mentally and physically, family destroyed, I would never want to see their faces again or forgive them, ever.
▫️My rating: 7/10

I like Lee Sae Young but I'm not sure about NIW. His range are not on a par with her. He can't really act imo 🥲

Yup. One of my fav drama trope. It can never get old to me 😚