LivingTheMoment

I think you're right. He's the type to sit back like he does and pretend to only be interested in taoism when he's probably letting the others knock down the other players before he steps in and mops up. That's what Yongzheng Emperor did in ancient China. It's a good strategy when it works.

Still laughing. I agree, there are way too many princes. You have a good point about the innocent one. It will be interesting to see if he becomes jaded over time when his ideals don't work out.

The two young princes haven't shown intentions yet from what I can tell. One of them wants corruption gone and for the courts to follow the legal process. The other two are fighting each other full time, with one spying on the other one so long that he beat the ML to put in his memorandum as he'd been logging stuff for ages looking for a chance per what the Emperor said. Then there's the ML looking for revenge but who knows if he wants the throne. I think he's more revenge oriented due to what happened to his family.

From what PeachBlossomGoddess also said, maybe it's because I'm watching it with English subs that I don't notice it.

Good point. Also, with these dramas gaining so much traction outside of their respective countries, I don't think the scripts are going to change anytime soon.

I figured he was noble from that fire scene but I didn't know to whom he was related. This is becoming more interesting.

It might be a bit derivative but cdramas mostly follow a lot of the same tropes. I'm enjoying this one as it moves locations a lot which alleviates it becoming stale.

I'm not noticing it in the later episodes so maybe they toned it down.

It's nice to see ZZH's fans still going strong on MDL; appreciating his perseverance, talent and the light he brings to the World.

That first ep was fun. He was oozing confidence while everyone else was just flapping around him.

I see your point. I usually watch Marcus Here 3 times a week on YouTube. I think he takes Douban and other ratings from a company that compiles ratings from the different entities. Plus, at the end of each episode he does the count down of the 10 top dramas both regular and TV and picks the one he's backing to win the ratings.

Some times fans of one drama will down vote other dramas. I think you have to look at the ratings coming out of China to get the real ratings picture at the beginning of a series.

Love of Nirvana probably. I'm not sure about TD.

I tried to stay awake to start this. Unfortunately, I fell asleep and so I'm not sure. The bad prince actor must be like Wang Hong Yi who never gets the girl from being cast as the 2ML all the time, lol.

I just started but it started off with a bang so far. Vniverse said it was great so far.

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So it started off great. I'm getting ready to jump right in and enjoy.

I did too, lol. I took a chance on Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance and it turned out to be a good one.

Agree, it definitely deserves a higher score. It holds up against the higher budget, 40 episode productions. Wish all shorts were this engaging.

On another note, this site has been slow to load and choppy last couple of days. Let's hope it's because they have a lot of new people and need to up their capacity.