TWC

Hope chemistry between Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei will be good. Based on the released still pictures of them as well as some BTS they don't seem to be "close"...not even as friends.

They don't fully commit to one another until episode 36 😉🔥

For me, I wasn't able to fully engage in the story until after episode 6. Agree that the first few episodes weren't very engaging.

The extra "special episode" after the ending was EVERYTHING!! SOKP 💯 wrapped up the story beautifully. This drama is one of the very few in 2023 where I didn't use the skip button. Enjoyed every minute of it and highly recommend it 👍👍 The chemistry between main leads is 🔥🔥🔥

Yes, she did. lol. I thought it was such a poor excuse from the Emperor that he did it so he doesn't provoke the Xue patriarch and also the younger brother doesn't have to marry her. She had already fallen out in everyone's eyes and ruined her shot as the main consort. It was kind of funny that EVERYONE gasped at her shameless act.

Ep 28, Xue Shu and the Emperor 😳 Grosses me out. They are first cousins. I know it was common for royal families to marry their cousins but first cousins are way too close in bloodlines. Lol.

The Story of Yanxi Palace. Although it's a harem story, the FL is strong and brilliant. Long episodes but the plot moves quickly.

Thank you for this awesome no-spoiler review! I've just started and currently on ep 6. It was confusing at first and I had so many questions, especially on Xie Wei's character but your review seems to have answered it for me on how his character will develop down the road. I watched Lost Track of Time and hated it. KP has some similarities so I was worried.

I believe Chang Dong and Ye Liuxi live outside of the Pass because she brought a ton of gold for her and Chang Dong when she left the Pass. FEI Tang and He live inside the Pass because she can't go outside otherwise she would die. So Tang settled inside the Pass with her.

This looks like a good one. Happy to see Cheng Lei here. Been a fan of his since A Familiar Stranger. Loved him in MJTY.

I love Ju Jingyi but man, I hope her make up and wardrobe won't be so ridiculously over the top as in all her dramas the last 2-3 years. I thought she and Song Weilong were cute together in A Class of Her Own. Looking forward to this one.

This one is on my list but I haven't started it yet because I'm not a fan of FL. I totally agree they had no chemistry whatsoever in Stand By Me. I also dropped it.

I haven't her in such a long time I didn't recognize her in The Furthest Distance.

I will watch anything with Ci Sha. So handsome 😍

I was wondering the same thing. You would think she would be happy to come back to Quling with the 7th brother. But they completely wrote her off. Also, the son that was raised by the main consort. We never saw him again.

ML has an official wife plus 9 additional concubines 🥴 More than the ML in The Sword and the Brocade. Lol. There is no chemistry between the leads. I'm up to ep 10. Hope I'll be able to finish the series without giving up.

I've only seen her in a supporting villain role. I agree she's not a leading lady type.

I'm in U.S. and it's not available on WeTv (Tencent). If you're still looking for it, Viki and YouTube have it.

WM is a scumbag for sure. The one scene that made me hate him the most was when Guo Guo fell down at the mall trying to run after him and his mistress. He had the nerve to say to LS she was a bad mother for letting their daughter get hurt when he was literally the main cause. His narcissism was scary.

lol, me, too! If I had in-laws like that I would be the one filing for divorce 😂