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I was being facetious and I didn’t at all say he is not good looking but it is fair to say he is known for his brain no?

Yes but the love story is not as important as the father-son relationship.

Ok these are some of the stupidest villains I have seen in a long time...

Let's face it - Tang Fan got the brains and she got the good looks. And Dr Pei can see better than he can think...

It’s about a way of life and tradition that is changing and it’s a much bigger story than the relationship between the two main protagonists. Well worth watching. Hope you enjoy it.

Ah yes... been there, done that... There is something so right about Mr Wrong, isn't there? I preferred Xiao Song from the beginning and I never really liked Ran Yan but the one area where I kind of got her was her infatuation with Su Fu. At the end of the day, its a rite of passage.

Yes, definitely false advertising.... :)

RN is about a fictional state likely set in an earlier more unstable period in Chinese history when military power reigned supreme; ie the generals rule the day. This is a historical drama set during a turning point for Song dynasty when the empire went from being aggressive (expanding borders) to defensive (protecting border) and much more focused on governing. Song dynasty was regarded as having a weak military but strong economy and culture. As such, I would expect the power in the court resides more with the civil authorities and the political dynamics in the court should be quite different from RN. I have only watched the first episode so its largely only a guess on my part.

Yeah the cases are not well written at all, I wouldn't consider this a true crime drama. Ancient Detective is much better if you are looking for good cases - at least the first case was very good, am not sure about the second.

Seems to me that Ning jiulang and Huang yeh is just Shang Xirui and Ch eg Fengtai twenty years later.

I am sure I will never appreciate Chinese opera they way it ought to be appreciated but I think I can kind of see why my grandma used to listen to what I thought sounded like scalded cats with a teary faraway look in her eye.

Hmm... given the low billing of the actors, I would guess that the story of the princess and eunuch is not the main meal anymore.

I just hope the summary is wrong. It just also sounds vaguely incestuous to me even though I know cousins with different surnames can marry.

Yeah I am going to start it up again after I get caught up on some of my other shows. It definitely sounds like something to watch slowly.

Not to mention signing contracts without reading them.

The food looks particularly mouth-watering in this show. Its hilarious how so many of the protagonists are gluttons in the 2020 drama vintage. And such a bad influenced when we are all locked down at home during corvid!

I didn’t expect to like this show so much. It’s like the Downtown Abbey of Beijing opera.

When it first aired, it got stopped halfway due to censorship crackdown. It took more than 6 months for the rest to be released. Most people watched 50+ episodes with no ending. It is all out now.

Oh good, am relieved to hear that. Tyvm for clarifying - too many bickering women was one of the reasons I decided not to watch Minglan.

Oh I almost died laughing when they braided her hair into two devlish like horns when she was disguised as Lu Yi's maid on the boat. That was her best, most hilarious hairstyle on the whole show!!!