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Why would you think that? Because it is airing on Netflix? I know, that is why I hate Netflix - they either air trashy stuff or split the good ones into seasons. Good news is that kdramas rarely have several seasons. Netflix has been doing it with chinese and thai dramas tho, so they might soon start doing the same with kdramas. T T

The plot sounds like the recycling of a few other dramas I have already watched, but I don’t care, I will watch it anyway. XD

Part of me wants to watch it right now because I cant wait anymore but the other part of me wants to keep my mental sanity and wait for season 2 since I read some spoilers and know how this one ends. T T

Yeah, thats what is keeping me from starting it. I already know the plot, thought the original dragged a little at some point, so I am not sure I would enjoy watching a remake that has exactly the same plot but is a lot longer. Also, I have watched several dramas with the main leads and I am not sure they have any chemistry. I just cannot imagine them as a couple. All these things are keeping me from starting it. I have had this drama on my plan to watch list for a long time, even before it started airing.

I was expecting this to be some deep story, one that might make me cry, but it turned out to be extremely boring. Also, the setting of the whole movie felt very old, hard to believe this is a movie from the year 2019.

Yeah, even in real life one of the main reasons for divorces is lack of communication, respect and understanding. A relationship can only work if you see the other person as important as yourself and are able to concede sometimes. For example, imagine a couple that the man really likes meat but the woman is vegetarian or vegan. Would it be fair for him to take her out to dinner to a restaurant that only serves meat? And should she forbid him from eating meat at home just because she herself does not eat it? There is always a middle ground in a relationship and if one or both are not willing to meet that middle ground, the relationship wont work.

The plot is interesting but then they added that typical chinese drama dragginess to it. The ending was also a little underwhelming. I have a feeling that if they make a korean remake, since this is based on a korean webtoon anyway, I will have more fun watching it than I did with this version.

I question that and this part of the last sentence "Wu Zhong Lu's prostitute, Dai Xuan,". Like what?

Oh well, the synopsis might be completely off. It would not be the first time it happens. Let’s wait until it airs and see what the story is really about.

I had this on hold for several months while watching a bunch of other dramas because I just never felt like going back to it. But I had to finish it eventually so I forced myself to watch it.
My main problem with this drama is the plot. I am not sure where the writers were trying to go as they focused on several things at the same time: the matchmaking of random people, the female lead training to be a noble lady, the king and his miserable self (probably the most pitiful character of this story), the romance between 2 main couples, and so on.

There was not a clear line as to what the direction of the story was. Sometimes it felt like I was watching an episodic kind of drama which was about matchmaking, sometimes it felt like a slow paced story about a man who was forced to become king, sometimes it felt like I was watching a romance. Because the direction of the story was not clear, I myself was not clear about the way I felt about the drama either. The cast was good, although it felt as if they were more worried about casting a bunch of good looking men than actually making an interesting plot, the acting was not bad either. But at the end of the day it comes down to how much I enjoyed the drama as a whole. And the fact is there were only a few moments I felt this drama was not a complete waste of my time.

The plot was not interesting enough, I saw no chemistry between the main couple and the ending was underwhelming, even if I had no expectations at all. It is sad to say that this was one of those dramas I completed just for the sake of completing it.

Yeah. The only time I can think people would do that is if they are not home and have to travel on a train for hours or something so they could use their phone to catch up with some dramas. Or if they do not have a computer or its broken atm. But still, most people would be watching on a pc, so a web version would be really great. And they already have one anyway, they just have to translate the website and add the option for subs in the episodes. Maybe it will happen some day...hopefully.

I did not need to go to all that trouble, thankfully. I have used emulators before, including the one you mentioned, and it eats up your computer RAM.

Both my android and pc have the cast option, so I just needed to turn on wifi on my phone and select cast and it would cast right away. But it is a lot easier to watch directly on my pc. It is also easier to skip scenes with a mouse than using your phone, especially when there was some sort of bug at the time and I would have to reactivate the subs every time I skipped scenes. And unfortunately I felt like skipping a lot while watching this. So overall it was not the most pleasant experience.

As if it wasnt bad enough that this isnt fully subbed, there is something off about it. The pace felt weird. The characters would fall in and out of love too fast. The plot development was also slow considering this is 35 episodes long and the ending was a mess. It did not make sense, it was not satisfying and it just did not feel like an ending...almost as if a second season was supposed to exist. But it doesnt and I have not seen any information that points to that ever happening.

Someone in the comments stated that this felt like a remake of Empress Ki, which at first I could not even understand but later I did find some similarities, although the story itself was completely different. But the plot, characters, acting, everything about this drama is nowhere near the quality of Empress Ki, which was one of my favourite historical kdramas at the time I watched, despite the ending.

After watching this I am left disappointed. What was the point of the whole drama? What kind of ending was that? I now understand the 6.6 rating.

Yeah. Newer ones are starting to stray away from all the violence against women since the mentality of thai people is changing with younger generations. So there have been a lot of thai dramas coming out that are easy to watch. You might still see some supporting characters being victims of some sort of violence but that is expected since it portrays the reality of society.
I usually do some research for every drama I watch. I try not to read spoilers but I like to know before I watch if the ending is tragic or if the male lead is a jerk and stuff like that just so I can decide if it’s worth watching.

Thank you for uploading this. I have watched all the 9 episodes you have uploaded so far and I really like this drama. It gives you a closer look to how slavery was, which is something I cant believe was ever normal (and still is in some countries), and I also like the "impossible" love between the main leads.
I will be waiting for you to upload the rest of the episodes so I can binge-watch it. ^ ^

Yeah, but still. We wont even see a glimpse of her for 31 eps and then we will see her only on 13, and that is if she appears in every of them, so she should not be considered a main character even if she ends up with one of the male leads. What a shame tho, I really like the actress, I am sure the drama would be a lot more interesting with her there from the beginning. Oh well, I will still watch it anyway once it finishes airing.

Thanks for replying.

This is a chinese drama, not sure if you thought it was korean or if you wrote korean by mistake. I watch mostly korean dramas, but I also watch chinese and some thai dramas too. I would not recommend you to watch thai dramas tho, at least the ones tagged as slap and kiss. Very often the male lead gets violent with the female lead, and in some there is even rape. So I think you would definitely be triggered by watching those.

Not resisting does not mean it is not rape. A drugged victim will also not resist and yet it is considered rape. What makes it rape is if one of the 2 parts is not willing to do it. She was not willing, so it was considered rape. It might have not been as bad as other dramas but that was because we were not even shown scenes of it. We see him kiss her, she seeing glimpses of their past and then its morning. We do not know if he restrained her or if she cried and begged him to stop. The only thing we know is that after it happened she showed signs of someone who was raped. Also, angry as he was thinking she was fooling around with many men, calling her slut and everything, I doubt he was gentle with her. My experience in drama watching and the hints that we were given after it happened makes me be certain that it was in fact rape.
"do you really Think it was rape" was him taunting her. Just like when he said he would marry her sister and she would only be the mistress. He knew what he did was rape but since at the time he thought she was an easy woman, he saw nothing wrong in what he had done.

If you’re really into palace dramas, then watch this. If you really care about the romance part, then RUN. Trust me, you will be extremely disappointed. I do not want to spoil it too much, but by the end of the drama NO ONE is happy. This drama is the definition of chinese historical dramas - tragic. You know what else is tragic....me deciding to watch it. I read spoilers and knew how it ended but I still felt so frustrated not only after watching the ending, but throughout the drama.

This is the kind of drama that will make your blood boil. And if you do end up watching it, then I advise you to watch a light fluffy romance after to make you feel better. Or you can also watch videos of babies, kittens or puppies. Either should work. Therapy is too expensive.

WHAT? Ep 32 out of 44 is when she appears? Why is she even listed as a main character then?

Yeah. But coming from the writers that gave us such a plot twist in the first season, I am not surprised. Lol