This is a very long story with many convoluted plots and many stories being told. I have to admit I did fast forward a lot of the politics and evil plotting bits as they are quite tried and tested plots used before but man, the ending was very unexpected for me, especially with Leo’s character and acting, it was worth seeing this drama to the end just to find out what happen’s to Leo’s character. I felt the true and main love story was actually revealed in the last few episodes and it would be a shame to miss if you gave up on the story halfway. I fell in love with both Leo’s character and Fu Chou. The only irksome thing being the FL’s continued coldness towards a Fu Chou who evidently loved her so much and did so much for her. She is supposed to be a loving caring selfless person and yet she was incapable of showing an ounce of kindness towards a man who does so much for her? That was very odd, although she is a black and white character who does not forgive.

The characters are very sincere and easily likeable, I grew to like all of them. I don’t agree that the FL and ML were weaker in comparison to the support characters. I found the FL played a very clever and strong character quite well, just someone who is never allowed to live for herself. The ML isn’t weaker in terms of acting or strength, I just felt his character overall was more inexperienced, more spoilt and also had less burdens and responsibilities in his life, so his character portrayal is accurate as he would not have been the jaded experienced, mature person the other support males are. The others grew up with revenge and great burdens in mind, Wu You has grown up a prince who shirked responsibility and has had to grow up quickly, in this i feel Arif does a good job in acting out.