Michelle Topham

I think MDL should at least leave the user ID of the person deleting the comment visible, as that might at least make some people a little more likely to think twice before spouting off :).

I mean, I was deliberately not mentioning the character's name or the episode so as not to spoil it for others (although it's not much of a spoil as it's so obvious), but to jump to the conclusion I was talking about Li Pei Yi when nowhere has it ever been suggested people thought she was a man is silly.

Heck, we all make mistakes. But most of us just apologize for being an ass and move on. Apparently some think slinking off is the best solution :)

Thanks for the recommendation, Had it on my 'to watch' list since it released. Will bump it higher up the list :)

The character is in Episodes 11 and 12. And nowhere did I ever mention Li PeiYi. I'd say YOU probably need to watch the drama. Instead of mouthing off with ignorance.

EDIT: And why do these fools immediately delete their comment when it's pointed out they're wrong? At least, if you're going to mouth off and ignorantly accuse people of doing something they're not doing, OWN YOUR COMMENT, and don't be such a coward about it.

Yep, I have a feeling though even back in the Tang Dynasty a lot of these so-called 'men' in these modern C-dramas would quickly be outed as women :) Full lips, fine pore-free skin, thinner skin, narrow jawlines and delicate features. And then we're supposed to believe the main characters 'discovered' they were women when the audience can tell from the first 2 seconds they're on screen :).

Sure, it's possible a man could have one or two more female-like features, but not all of their features being female-like. Doing better in casting the character would go a long way to maintaining the 'surprise'.

And I do think it's where western dramas tend to do better at this kind of thing. Look at the Oscar-winning film The Crying Game. While I guessed a few minutes into that what 'the secret' was, most people were apparently very shocked.

If that had been a C-drama, 95% of the audience would have not had such an interesting/surprising experience :)

Was actually thinking about Zhu Gaochi, as he had stuck in my mind due to him being such a short lived emperor. I learned about him recently on a podcast -- possibly Chris Stewart's The History of China (?) sorry, can't remember as I listen to a few of them.

And his son too. A decent emperor but, again, relatively short lived while the useless emperors seemed to go on forever.

Always seems like the poor Chinese ended up with a good emperor, only to have them died young and almost always be superseded by one who quickly undid all the good things the previous emperor had achieved.

Guess it's not too difficult to see why the Chinese aren't too quick to want to go back to the rule of the Emperor. Tens to hundreds of millions of them died under such rule. :)

Have Love Like the Galaxy on my list to watch. Good to know I'm not going to have to suffer thru yet another Emperor you want to kill :) And, I'm about 6 episodes in to Story of Kunning Palace. Don't remember the Emperor? Will have to check.

Thanks for the heads up :)

And seriously, how much do the Chinese detest their emperors? I must have watched 20 C-dramas over the last few months where EVERY. SINGLE. EMPEROR. is a complete scumbag.

The country had more than 300 of them, and I'm struggling to remember any C-drama that features an emperor with morals. Anyone?

One thing I will never understand about Chinese dramas, women who are obviously women, yet we're supposed to believe they're men until "surprise", it's a woman. :) Half the C-drama I've watched seem to have a character like this.

This just showed up on WeTV. (Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm now in the U.S., but it definitely wasn't on WeTV in Europe 6 weeks ago? Has it been available in the U.S. on WeTV since release?).

And so far, it's superb. An absolutely brilliant and massive cast featuring half of my favorite Chinese actors, and a very cool plot. FABULOUS cast of main lead actors too.

Thoroughly enjoying this so far.

Don't care. It's beautiful.

ROTFL. Esther Yu is a 30 year old woman who sounds like she's 6 years old. And she cannot act.

Meanwhile, Unveil: Jadewind is one of the biggest hits of 2026 in China already. and we're only on Day 5 of its release. So... I don't think Bai Lu cares about your idiotic comments, LOL.

It matters for the director, the actors, the screenwriter and many other people involved in the drama, plus the production companies. Big hit = future projects for many people. Or do you not understand how the Chinese drama industry works? Apparently not.

Put your comment as a Spoiler please, so that it stays a mystery for anyone who hasn't watched it.

It's absolutely superb, and I am NOT a Bai Lu fan (can take her or leave her usually, but she's excellent in this). Never make a decision on whether to watch a drama from MDL ratings. The site has a huge number of trolls that downrate the best dramas and massively uprate horrible dramas simply because they star an idol.

It's just the usual idiots who downvote anything that a) requires you to pay attention and listen to/watch what's going on, or b) hate a drama if it doesn't star an idol 'actor' who can't actually act or c) downrates every drama if there isn't romance in the first few minutes of Episode 1.

It's also why MDL ratings are not taken seriously by anyone, and especially not in the Chinese drama industry :)

It's massively successful in China already as it's just passed the magic 10,000 mark on YOUKU's heat index. And btw, no, he's not good looking at all :)

https://x.com/YoukuOfficial/status/2020309102568558913/photo/2

He's a superb actor, who hasn't given a bad performance in any drama he has been in. He's also incredibly good looking.

Meanwhile, because it doesn't star an idol actor who can't act, brain-dead MDL users are rating it a 7.9. Which automatically proves the drama is good :)

Nope. It's just that MDL is populated by a bunch of trolls that downrate everything that doesn't star an idol and romance happening within 5 minutes of the first episode starting.

Meanwhile, Unveil: Jadewind has just hit 10,000 on the heat index in China, meaning it's a MASSIVE hit there. And that's all that matters, as the Chinese production companies couldn't care less what MDL users think. Thank God. :)

Absolutely fabulous. Interesting cases, decent performances, special effects for low-budget are excellent, and it's sufficiently creepy. (I don't scare easily though, so don't find it remotely frightening. But you might. :) The relationship between the male leads is fun too.

As an investigation drama that just gives me a quick historical C-drama fix (love short episodes when I don't have time to watch a long series, and especially love Tang detective series), this one is checking all my boxes.