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The lead role is fair enough and i support it, Also i would like to see Lee Sung-kyung as
Cha Hae-In, Shin Ye Eun as Sung Jin-Ah & Shin Do Hyun as Lee Joo-Hee

This drama should be considered in the weakest cdrama list of 2025 so far... I like Meng Ziyi, she's the reason i watch this (also in the drama i like the moments when she didn't wear make-up or else she looks too much like a lifeless doll), the ML is well cast too and Meng Zhen, i love her so much... too bad her character was written to be so toxic like her family (i don't understand the Meng Family motives/objectives, its not valid enough to be reasonable) but all is well.Qing Ying was definitely the most adorable girl in the drama. Empress Lv so gorgeous but her character lacking too much especially her romance story line is an abomination. Ther's no main antagonist in the plot, all rise and fall in their own phase but Empress Lv should be consider the Final BOSS but it's a failed attempt.

1st prince is a pathetic spoil brat.
2nd prince is a fat b@stard
3rd prince is an obsessed psychopath
4th prince is too naive & gullible like the ML's young sister
Also the king seem to be wise and all that but it's worthless when he's a crak addict which make him become the b*tch-*ss-n*gg* character

This drama has 36episodes and in every 6 episodes there are two entertaining/interesting storyline. It maybe a slowburn romance but after ep.30 the plot try so hard to take romance so seriously. It's definitely one of the interesting cdrama of the year but what conflict me was it's 'what,when,who,why & how' of the plots. The drama lacking details and minor plotline extended intentionally just to convert it into serious matters. The age-gap and the facial changing (from young to old) of all the characters so laughable indeed. Also the fight/action sequences was all so silly & goofie it's either of tight budget/schedule or the production team like writers/director decision or all of it that made this happened.

This drama so slow-burn, even though the story of a ML fighting his way to get revenge it's fun but for me it's exhaust to wait then after ep.20 the situations started getting heat up and the fun begin. If ML has three villain then the 1st he depend to fight with courage, 2nd he depend with Luck and the 3rd he depend on fate. The firstt time (in a cdrama) i see the hero so ordinary physically, he's a weak-ass-hero but his brain so powerful, he can think anything useful when he face life & death situations. if he has an IQ of 50% level then his 1st enemy has 55%, the 2nd has 70% and the 3rd is 99%. That's why this drama so popular when you watch cuz you didnt c it coming the plan of a weak hero so potent and effective.
The Romance is there and very well written. The ML was train for 10 years with mentality test everyday and his emotional training was just an advice from his master. That's why he fell in love later. Also i like the FL character, she's smart, strong and gorgeous however imo Liu Chu (played by Michelle Bai) so gorgeous and elegant. i fell in love with her at first sight. Very well cast and very well written character.
From the beginning the drama itself already indicate it has supernatural elements in it with mythological storyline but later its just somekind of phenomenon happening only for those too confidence. A lot of fast forwarding exist in the plot but it's not a problem and the plot-armor for the ML happened in a spiritual way like BLACK PANTHER movie.
Good Drama for those who's a fan of Mystery & investigation genre.

Let me say this... The visual effect so flawless. Very well planned and very well executed 👏👏👏.
If the drama follow the original scripted plot, I'd say it will not be a watchable drama however I can see the writers of this drama intentionally made it full or error and cheap climax so that the FL will definitely experienced all of these and has the ability to re-write the new pages with different scenes and sequences but the requirements of ML is a mandatory and help him understand deeper what really happened to him. It's very surprising to see the 2nd ML drastically change from a very righteous guy to a rotten character then becoming decay and forgotten in the plot. Also this drama shows the bad writers are usually douchebag & a scum.
I like how all the characters became normal after the ML Change the triple stab iconic moments. This drama is different than any others released this year. Moreover Liu yu Ning character development surpassed a little if compare to PoB but PoB leads as the great storyline. And it kinda funny to see him chasing the girl to proof he's a good guy in this drama whereas in PoB the FL the one need to proof she's a good lady. Li Yi Tong so convincing with her powerful performance... ❤️.

Shout-out to the decision making team behind the camera that they actually made a beautiful ending and for some reason the fan-service after end credits is confusing for me but okay at least it's satisfying. This drama is a fantasy drama and has great romantic arc. Completing this drama remind me of the KUNNING PALACE drama starring Bai Lu because in that drama she reincarnated her own self inside the novel she written but that drama depends vastly on what happening in that historical era not as a Fantasy elements.

At first I find him too annoyed but later I pity him for being a one dimensional character inside this complicated scripted world

What's your view on chu gui hong

First of all Li yi tong performance so adorable and very likeable indeed and I can see how much this drama crossed the line of boldness confidently from a cdrama inside a cdrama, logic inside a logic, twist within a twist and a fantasy that doesn't even indicate transparently yet very effective. Man it's funny, silly and very intense when it comes to serious moments

Even though if he's not bad guy it still make sense but he looks suspicious too much.

Solo Leveling anime version season 1&2 so we'll made, I'm rooting for this adaptation so it can go well. Woo Seok will never disappoint his potential of performance.

I'm still in ep. 28 and for some reason I feel like Nan rui the crown prince involved in an evil scheme to plan for gui the idiotic against the ML (cuz since his mom died decade ago, he fully took secret revenge by acting like a dumb prince towards the ML, it make sense). Whereas ML uncle involve in the death of Nan rui mom.

Yes there is but just a little indication in the plot (i.e. the ML love the FL but also her mentor/role model guy in love with her too )

Yes there is but just a little indication in the plot (i.e. the ML love the FL but also her mentor/role model guy in love with her too )

I got no problem with the FL, she's gorgeous and funny and ML is okay too... The storyline however just full of fan service without proper establishment it's too dull to watch

I'm not against LBGTQ drama & I don't discourage those who support however I'm not use to it so that's why.

Only FL and ML centers in this drama as the only characters so fun to watch apart from them all are 1 dimensional characters since they just need to present inside a script... especially Chu Gui and the emperor was definitely a dumb and stupid character. The FL comedy performance so adorable, the ML is awesome with his balancing the dual character's and the 2nd FL so cute yet she's too smart for her own good. Also i pity Nan Rui, he looks like a grown up character that was born prematurely.

i'm still at ep.10... this drama is so phenomenal in its own right, i mean i'm surprised to see a cdrama within a cdrama... in paper i'd say this will probably fail but boy oh boy, it did work spectacularly especially Li Yitong performance, she's so good and for some reason i feel the same vibe as BAI LU when i see her face... too similar as if she's BAI LU little sister. can't wait to continue this one. The BGM works so good even though it was add modern musical .

PSH will mentor her for her own Female Lead in the future projects

She's still holds up the most adorable and cutest actress ever❤️😍

i praised this drama for its showing of Brotherhood, Trust & Revenge. The ML character so well invest and i like it, The FL is fine too... the petty villain and the main villain (so annoying yet very reasonable as fck) has two different ways of goals but similar chaos. The existing of the drama itself solely depends on the plot twist... this drama has so many plot twist with very complex reason... also many are exaggerate & overestimate, some are far fetch, most its very interesting and others just plain plot-hole. its not THE Good drama outthere imo but it still hold up as one of the entertained drama outthere. The romance itself couldn't flow smoothly since this drama is full on Mysteries genre type... where the investigation so serious in it. And i think the Female characters in here dress as men like in some other drama usually look too obvious as women but maybe because its purely intent for us the viewers or else it doesn't make sense.

The only thing i watch this drama cuz i want to see Go Min Si Performance, i like her. She's so different in this drama, she's matured & responsible also kind & humble. But when compare to her other drama she can be a very rebel & wild character also can be very psychopath. Hope she cannot be CANCELLED in the kdrama industry. LDH is cool too, he delivered his performance pretty well. I feel like this drama and SNOWDROP so similar, both release in 2021, historical story in the 80s and both has the ending the viewers didn't expect but still became one of the best in 2021, the only different between them was that SNOWDROP focus more on espionage,politics & thriller then romance but this drama focus more on the ML FL dealing the hardship in their lives and their romance chemistry was very well written then came the political issues within the plot (that's why i dropped SD). The fact that GMS & LDH really done so good in this drama, the plot along with its screenplay couldn't made this drama the BEST, but at least its entertained filled with emotional thriller experience.

Lee Sang Yi characters so similar to more than two of his other kdrama. My boy always fell in love with the FL and always lose to the ML. seems like he kept trying the same method for some reason.