PeachBlossomGoddess

Most of drama budgets go to paying actors, especially the leads. While neither Li Qin nor CZY are among the highest paid Chinese actors, they are not cheap either. So my guess this is a mid-budget drama. I personally think the production values are decent.

Let’s see - I don’t watch trailers they are misleading at best.

Yeah its written by a not highly regarded romance web novelist. Looks like this could be one of those few that the drama is much better than the novel.

Yeah that's why I didn't recommend the drama, just the opening fight scene.

I don't think MY's father is involved in his schemes. As a family, they gained nothing from the former Empress fall and MY was a small boy at the time. Whatever is going on behind MY's betrayal, it happened later on. We aren't even at the mid point yet and a lot has been revealed already. I expect at least another 2 or 3 subplots otherwise the plot will just go nowhere for 24 episodes.

Yeah they both more or less look their real ages.

The guy is playing Game of Thrones while she imagines she is a Disney princess.

Could be but FB drama comments are littered with fake news. From what I have seen on the mainland sites, the story has deviated significantly from the novel so I wouldn't rely that much on rumors/novel hints for what happens to anyone.

While this is a fictional dynasty, it looks like it was inspired by the conflict between Liao dynasty (Jinxiu) and Song dynasty (Susha). During that period, Song dynasty was actually weaker military wise than the Liaos, who were Khitans. You can see that in XJS's styling and his slightly curly hair - he is not of ethnic Han descent. The emperor should be quite dependent on the noble families for his power and should have a wife from each noble family. So he can't very easily just set aside the Zhuang daughter even though he may suspect her of poisoning his empress.

I only hope she survives bc I can imagine Suige will blame himself if anything happens to her. Although she is stupid over XJS's pretty face, you could say so once was FYX. Maybe all she really needs is someone to cosh her on her head into memory loss.

Thx, will do - its most likely something I get to next year at earliest.😅

Yeah I mean to go back to watch Later I Laughed at some point. Just not a huge fan of the actress so I skipped it when it was airing.

I think he probably is... but don't forget that bixia's wife wished to never meet him again in her next life.

I have no doubt Love in the Clouds is more popular - HMH is an idol actor with tons of traffic. Super nice guy very easy on the eyes but I am sorry to say his acting is vacuous. Yummy3 is a comedy with good scriptwriters but I think half the time their humor will be lost in translation so I doubt it will be as popular with international audiences. Wang Yinglu is really good and she is on a roll I'd much rather watch her if I were choosing just based on the cast alone.

Bixia cannot that be that good a guy-la. Good bixia's can't last on the throne. Must be utilitarian and ruthless to survive.

That's what I thought initially. But if she is suspicious she shouldn't reveal herself so obviously - ie the masked man is less obvious if it weren't for the spoilers you wouldn't know from his acting. So either way, its just really bad acting.

Omg, don't scare me!!!😱 I will pengsan if that happens.🤦🏻‍♀️

Indeed - see my reply to @Saffy88 below.

I am usually half working when I watch so I can't really watch anything I need subtitles for.😅

....probably the person she saw was actually XJS or his brother.