Thanks for the insight. I didn't realize that the empress was also a Wu. If you're talking about Chinese history then I honestly have no clue, but I was just speculating not saying that the Wus can't be involved. I'd like to be wrong.
It's Li vs Wu, the two powerhouse family. However, looks like Li is leading so far and Du Liang is just a small fry. We don't know who the main villian is, just that he's in the capital. I'm speculating that the Li family might be the main villian. They were probably smuggling money at that time.
I keep having a feeling that LSS is the chancelor's daughter and she possibly replaced the real Ye Ping An because there's a lady that jumped off the cliff, but I could be wrong 😂. ---Nvm, I was wrong.
The first 2 eps went by fast and was packed with infos and characters. I had to do a rewatch to slowly get the gist of it.
Omgee! This drama turned toxic super quick. I cannot for the life of me know how to go about rating this drama…
For starters, I did like how ML and FL stayed true to their character from beginning to the end.
In the beginning, there was always something eerie about the ML. Like you know, "There's More Than Meets The Eye", kind of saying. And, as much as I liked the ML I could not root for him to get the FL after knowing what he did and what he did afterwards. Like what FL had stated, their relationship could never be the same anymore - it was wrong in the first place, built on lies, and deadly toxic. ML caused so much misery to FL expecting that she'll forgive him, but how can she forget and forgive when he keeps taking off the scab on her wounds and inflicting more? It's like he loved her, but then he didn't truly love her as he never consider her wishes and kept on wanting to be in control. He even caged her against her biggest wish, which was to be free.
I do think that if FL had met ML when they were younger than maybe their relationship wouldn't have turned out so toxic. The grownup ML that FL had met was already too broken by the struggles, deaths, and politics of the palace. Plus, it doesn't help that his mother was also an emotionally unstable person. His actions mirror that of his mother but he does what she couldn't do thinking that it'll help salvage his own relationship. Sighs...
Yan Zi Xian is definitely a very, very good actor with a diverse emotional range. Not much to say because he always seems to nail his role. He's one of the few that also deserves long and lengthy roles. Also, I never noticed that he cried so beautiful until now.
Honestly, I wasn't a big fan of He Xuan Lin before. Saw her a bit in Starry Love but wasn't that much impressed, but in here she is killing it! She has to showcase that she fell in love with the male lead, to hating him (in which she can literally shoot daggers with her stares, you literally have to be in role to show that you really hate a person), to fearing him, and back again to acting like she loves the ML all within a couple of episodes is impressive. I'm a big fan now. Love the way how they did her hair, makeup, and wardrobe. Also, she reminded me a bit of the actress Jing Tian.
I'd agree with others that this is in the same category as Goodbye My Princess and might I also add The King's Woman.
Haven’t watched the newer episodes but If she becomes his concubine I’m dropping the show so serious
That's what I think is going to happen, just from watching the ending OST MV. FL will be heartbroken for whatever reason (maybe because ML is marrying the other woman) and will jump off a cliff to escape. ML will be heartbroken, thinking she’s dead. Later, they meet again (which is why you see them in different clothes compared to Beixuan), and he’ll try to salvage their relationship. Just a thought, lol.
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The first 2 eps went by fast and was packed with infos and characters. I had to do a rewatch to slowly get the gist of it.
In the beginning, there was always something eerie about the ML. Like you know, "There's More Than Meets The Eye", kind of saying. And, as much as I liked the ML I could not root for him to get the FL after knowing what he did and what he did afterwards. Like what FL had stated, their relationship could never be the same anymore - it was wrong in the first place, built on lies, and deadly toxic. ML caused so much misery to FL expecting that she'll forgive him, but how can she forget and forgive when he keeps taking off the scab on her wounds and inflicting more? It's like he loved her, but then he didn't truly love her as he never consider her wishes and kept on wanting to be in control. He even caged her against her biggest wish, which was to be free.
I do think that if FL had met ML when they were younger than maybe their relationship wouldn't have turned out so toxic. The grownup ML that FL had met was already too broken by the struggles, deaths, and politics of the palace. Plus, it doesn't help that his mother was also an emotionally unstable person. His actions mirror that of his mother but he does what she couldn't do thinking that it'll help salvage his own relationship. Sighs...
Yan Zi Xian is definitely a very, very good actor with a diverse emotional range. Not much to say because he always seems to nail his role. He's one of the few that also deserves long and lengthy roles. Also, I never noticed that he cried so beautiful until now.
Honestly, I wasn't a big fan of He Xuan Lin before. Saw her a bit in Starry Love but wasn't that much impressed, but in here she is killing it! She has to showcase that she fell in love with the male lead, to hating him (in which she can literally shoot daggers with her stares, you literally have to be in role to show that you really hate a person), to fearing him, and back again to acting like she loves the ML all within a couple of episodes is impressive. I'm a big fan now. Love the way how they did her hair, makeup, and wardrobe. Also, she reminded me a bit of the actress Jing Tian.
I'd agree with others that this is in the same category as Goodbye My Princess and might I also add The King's Woman.