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I suppose I went into this expecting more. The FL was a modern professional woman who knew about C-dramas and wuxias; she should have handled palace intrigues with more intelligence, but she turned out to be an idiotic, petulant child (which really isn't fair to children, some of whom are much more mature). She was supposedly the Queen of Real Estate, a job that requires savvy, tact, and diplomacy. She had none of that. She did have outbursts, inappropriate behavior, and contemptuous faces that would have ruined her real estate career and should have caused her to lose her head in the palace. Actually the FL was two people. Her other personality was boring and morose. Ah, it's hard for me to enjoy a drama when I don't like the main character, and this one had two unappealing characters rolled into one.

Good:
• Nice chemistry between the leads.
• Wang Rui Chang looked magnificent in white hair. He has cheekbones that could cut diamonds.

Bad:
• The OST was obtrusive, awkward, and incohesive. Often, it was so loud, it drowned out the dialogue. I begrudgingly allow there was a good song.
• The FL was inconsistent in portrayal. She stated she was a modern woman, but then she said she wasn't accustomed to taking care of things without a servant. She said she was a successful professional, but she acted like a spoiled kindergartener.
• Those atrocious wigs! Horses butts have better hair.
• The editing and camera work needed help. And the sound effects were hilariously bad. The actress walked: clomp, clomp, clomp... She stopped, but the sound of her steps continued, clomp, clomp, clomp!

I added an extra star because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It maintained my interest even while irritating me.