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Yeah, the propaganda was a bit much. I don't think China is very self aware of how cringey that shit comes across to everyone else.

If I have to hear this bitch yell "OTOKE" one more god damn time....

She carried ALML. I mean, L was adorable, but she was the heart of the show and the only reason I finished it. I can't wait to watch her other dramas.

This was way better than I expected. The story did start going off track a bit as it went on, but the acting, the characters, and the beautiful cinematography kept me drawn in. I really hope Seo In Guk and Jung So Min are paired up together again in the future, their chemistry was some of the most natural and romantic I've ever seen.

I'm pretty sure it was Director Choi. He worked for Jang Woo Sang and Jang Se Ran before they died. I'm assuming it was their dad who ordered him to kill Moo Young and Jin Kang happened to also be there.

I was going to say a mix between Darren Wang and Park Bo Gum lol. He's super adorable!

That was only half of my point, and I was simply stating that it's a common practice. They're both of legal age and are professionals choosing to take this project on. Real relationships like this happen all of the time so, I don't know why a fictional piece of entertainment has you all in a stir.

You're right, the actor really did do a great job (much better than the leads imo). I hope Jing Chao gets some lead roles after this.

These types of age gaps happen all of the time in Hollywood movies lol I don't know why everyone's so upset about it. They're both adults and also they're just acting. It's really not a big deal.

I couldn't care less about the age gap, I'm excited to see this!

In the show she is drugged to where she can't speak and starts hallucinating. In her drugged state of mind she stabs the ML and thinks that she killed him in front of the 10000 soldiers and that's where her hair turns white. I honestly don't know why people love the general so much. I didn't like him or the ML, I only liked Rong Qi.

They made changes to the show. I'll elaborate more in the spoiler tag.

This is my favorite youth rom com of 2019, I liked it much better than PYHOMS and Le Coup de Foudre. I really recommend it. Especially if you've seen With You and My Huckleberry Friends, finally being able to see Luo Zhi and Sheng Huai Nan's full love story was so heartwarming. The friendships were really beautiful too, I loved it.

I went back on my word and read the novel. It was rad. I liked it a lot more than the drama actually. The characters are so well fleshed out. I especially loved the friendship between Xiao Ce (Li Ce in the novel) and Chu Qiao. Their parts were my favorite. The novel's wayyy more gritty and dark than the show but I loved it, highly recommend if you guys want to find out what happens after the show ends.

I totally see where you're coming from. Young actors have been dominating the scene lately. Especially with the sheer amount of idol dramas coming out of China most faces we see are the young ones. I really appreciate your response, happy watching to you as well! :)

I definitely agree. A lot of people are complaining about Chang Chen's age and I am not about it. People also gave Mark Chao a lot of shit about how he wasn't handsome enough for his role in Eternal Love before it blew up. Liu Tao, Zhou Xun, and Joe Chen have all been heavily scrutinized for roles they've taken on purely based on their ages despite the fact that they're wonderful actresses. Drama audiences are just way too superficial.

Peng Xiao Ran, Zhao Li Ying, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Ariel Lin, Angelababy, Liu Shi Shi are all 30 or close to it. Chen Kun, Feng Shao Feng, Wallace Chung, Wu Vaness, Huo Jian Hua are all 40 or close to it. Lol it's super common for people these ages to play these types of characters

I always recommend the Story of Ming Lan. It's much lighter than a lot of other historicals as it's not centered around a royal family but a normal scholarly family during the Song dynasty. It's super realistic and the most well made drama I've seen thus far.

Princess Agents and Eternal Love are also good starter historicals. Princess Agents for a more physically badass heroine and Eternal Love/Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms if you want a fluffier fantasy romance tale. (Eternal Love that I'm recommending is a different series though than the one the comment above mentioned, it just has the same name).

I'd say keep going. I was drawn in right away but other people I know it took a while for them to warm up to it before they fell in love with it. Both of the leads change a lot throughout the course of the show and don't reveal things about themselves on purpose until later on. I personally really liked that this show was darker and wasn't super heavily filtered like all of the idol dramas we keep seeing, it made it look more real and like the people were people instead of dolls with translucent skin.

I would not recommend skipping through any parts, you'll miss crucial information as I felt not a scene of this show was filler. I also wouldn't go into it expecting any heavy romance until about the halfway point. This show is a realistic slow-burn story but the payoff is so satisfying, stick with it at least until Ming Lan starts to show how intelligent she is. If you still don't like it by then it just may not be your cup of tea. I know 73 episodes seems super daunting when you're at the beginning but it really does keep getting better as it goes on.

Same here, I feel like there really isn't another show out there that comes close to Ming Lan. I didn't hate Flame's Daughter but I wished Ru Ge was more headstrong, also I definitely got on the wrong ship haha.