I think most people have watched Legend of Yun Xi (LYX) before they move on to The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (TBRP). As for me I am the opposite as I watched TBRP first then after long consideration only decided to watch LYX. Why? Sorry to say this I find TBRP storyline is not as interesting as LYX. Even though half of the castings from TBRP are from LYX except Merxat Yalkun & Hu Bing. Luckily both did not acted in TBRP or else it will be a waste for both great actors to act in such a boring drama.
Everything in LYX is fine except few things as followings :-
1) ML role - Zhang Zhe Han acting skills is super stiff or wooden over here. Idk if it's due to that role he is acting or he doesn't have the acting skills. Most of the time he was like staring at empty space in this drama.
2) The ending is like meh or huh..........it is a waste this drama starts off well but ends abruptly. I am not going to comment further on this as you may watch & find it yourself.
3) As usual this cdrama always shown repetitive scenes like keeps on flashing back on the past events between the ML & FL or the FL with the 2nd ML.
Other than the above mentioned points if compared to TBRP, this drama spins off better & no wonder fans of ML & FL couples are looking forward to TBRP. My advise is if you are a great fans of ML & FL of LYX then by all means proceed to watch TBRP or else you may drop it.
Finally, I really feel sad the 2nd ML - Merxat Yalkun always ends up getting a sad ending role. I think it's time for him to get a better ending role than those sad ending & supporting roles.