Li Qing Yue gets attacked on the night the girl that has a crush on Bai Jiu Si returns and finds out he got married. How is Fan Ling Er not the first suspect?
This was an incredible journey and didn't disappoint at all.
While the story itself as well as the mystery is interesting to follow, it's really the characters that make this drama great. Most of the characters are flawed and complex. The casting is impeccable. While we very obviously are following Zang Hai as the main lead, he is also a very flawed character. While his rise to power is relatively fast, he's by no means perfect at everything he does. Most of his earlier plans only work because of luck, which seems to be his greatest gift. He's initially rather impulsive and not always as smart as he thinks he is. Throughout the drama he learns to be more patient and is tempered by his experiences, which makes following his story all the more interesting.
It's not perfect, no drama is, so obviously there are some flaws. The reaction to these flaws is however subjective and will differ from person to person. For me, the flaws were minor and didn't ruin my enjoyment of the drama in the least.
okay so I'm watching it, I'm at episode 13, and WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?! I don't get it...it suddenly changed…
If you're talking about the Bore dream, it's not really different roles with the same actors. What happened there was that 4 of the main characters entered the dream left behind by Ming Ye, who was the God of War thousands of years ago. The four characters that entered this dream assumed the identities of different people and we are shown their faces , so we know which roles they are portraying in this dream. The explanation is given by Pang Yi Zhi before all of them enter the dream.
we need cdramas to get back to 50 episodes pleaseee, we want to know the other characters more!
I definitely agree that a limit on the number of episodes does not benefit the storytelling, especially in historical settings where there are a lot of characters and stories intersecting. Now the supporting characters and villains get sacrificed and their stories get cut or underdeveloped, which is a shame. This drama is definitely not the worst example of this, as from the beginning the focus is firmly on the main cast, but it would have been nice to see the rest of the stories develop more naturally as well.
This was one of those dramas that I was waiting for with anticipation. I expected a darker story, but this ended up being much lighter, funnier and more heartwarming and I'm not disappointed at all.
The heart of this drama are the main characters and by that I mean Manman and her maids and nanny and Wei Shao, his four generals and his advisor. These are the characters we spend the most time getting to know and their interactions are what makes this drama beautiful for me.
The drawback of that is that there's not a lot of time left to develop the other characters that populate the world of this drama and some storylines end up being rushed. Cutting some characters out or adding a few episodes could have been a solution, but all in all it wasn't a huge problem for me.
I absolutely LOVED Manman and Wei Shao as a couple. Their relationship develops very naturally. Even though it's clear that they're drawn to each other right from the beginning, their initial attraction is not enough to overcome the enmity right away, but they slowly and naturally develop trust and affection. They have their differences, but on a fundamental level their morals and views are very similar. They are a great match.
I guess Manman’s cousin probably got a lot of backlash when the drama was airing for not helping but I totally…
While I wouldn't go as far as saying that I hated her for not helping, I was really disappointed. Not wanting to put a loved one in danger is understandable, but all along she was helped by Manman, putting Manman in danger, because she was basically married to an enemy and a wrong move could have claimed her life. Her cousin came off as spoiled, selfish and ungrateful, which is not very likeable.
good question, she's deluding herself and everyone else that she was born with it but clearly girlypop spends…
The most ridiculous part is that she believes it herself, knowing full well it's not true. Insanity is really the right word. I laughed so hard when her cousin said that her husband died because he couldn't bear the weight of her Empress fate.
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While the story itself as well as the mystery is interesting to follow, it's really the characters that make this drama great. Most of the characters are flawed and complex. The casting is impeccable. While we very obviously are following Zang Hai as the main lead, he is also a very flawed character. While his rise to power is relatively fast, he's by no means perfect at everything he does. Most of his earlier plans only work because of luck, which seems to be his greatest gift. He's initially rather impulsive and not always as smart as he thinks he is. Throughout the drama he learns to be more patient and is tempered by his experiences, which makes following his story all the more interesting.
It's not perfect, no drama is, so obviously there are some flaws. The reaction to these flaws is however subjective and will differ from person to person. For me, the flaws were minor and didn't ruin my enjoyment of the drama in the least.
I really loved watching this drama.
The heart of this drama are the main characters and by that I mean Manman and her maids and nanny and Wei Shao, his four generals and his advisor. These are the characters we spend the most time getting to know and their interactions are what makes this drama beautiful for me.
The drawback of that is that there's not a lot of time left to develop the other characters that populate the world of this drama and some storylines end up being rushed. Cutting some characters out or adding a few episodes could have been a solution, but all in all it wasn't a huge problem for me.
I absolutely LOVED Manman and Wei Shao as a couple. Their relationship develops very naturally. Even though it's clear that they're drawn to each other right from the beginning, their initial attraction is not enough to overcome the enmity right away, but they slowly and naturally develop trust and affection. They have their differences, but on a fundamental level their morals and views are very similar. They are a great match.
I really enjoyed watching this drama.