yonsama

So many handsome guys and far too few beautiful ladies here. Well two Jiang Xue Ning and the princess. Honestly I wasn't particularly drawn to this drama for its romance but in the epilogue they could have hinted some romance for the princess with one of the remaining single ML's. Hell there is even a good looking widower whose available.

The 36th episode was such a filler because I never really enjoyed the leads romance but the last 2 save this from me scoring this an 8.0. This is a solid 8.5 drama for me.

What an idiot move was that from Fangyin. How many times have we seen that in real life.

Just basing on the drama storyline without considering the book ending or the original story, I would pick and open ending or she fulfills her promise with Yan Lin. I really miss his playfulness, camaraderie and the energy he brought to this drama. The other 2 ML's have too much emotional baggage. One of them has morphed into an emo and a very morose character while the other is still the same overbearing, arrogant and vengeful figure from the beginning.

Imagine watching this in HDR in a tablet/tv with at least 1500 nits brightness and you'll surely suffer from flash blindness. This camera effect and style is so overdone. Plus points though because I have not seen recently the exposition of the FL's face with matching wind effect Haha.

That was a pretty batshit plan the FL came up with in Ep 29. No wonder the princess refused. Sometimes the FL could really come of as too stubborn and willful.

That fortune teller was just there making up numbers at the selection and suddenly she becomes the most likely person to become the next empress LOL.

Can't believe that shrew lookalike became an imperial consort wth.

That Xue Shu girl reminds me of the joker when she smiles.

It's pretty clear you don't get my point. It's not about her ending up with the ML, it's her story with the 2nd ML that was obviously downsized to an infatuation instead of a more poignant and deep seated love story because writers are so lazy with their typical romcom type plots. Obviously ML jealous stares and sad faces wouldn't be enough in that scenario.

Shame this drama has evolve to your typical drama where FL only has eyes for the ML.

FL's mother at least doesn't actively endanger her daughter. Obviously they have a distant relationship but she has remaining maternal instincts and obviously still cares for her well being. On the other hand the ML's father is completely despicable and has lost any shred of family and blood connection to his son. Hopefully there is a twist and he finds out his favorite son was born from his second wife cuckolding one of his subordinates.

I've finally finished watching this one. I can't remember when I first watched the first episode but it was at least a decade ago.

I've read the cast list somewhere and they give some background on the characters and some spoilers. The child is not hers but her dead brother in law's son. The kid was registered under her name. I don't know of the entire backstory but that's it.

I'd say there is a pretty big chance Jiang Pei Yao to play the FL bff in her next drama.

Ao Rui Peng look very dashing and elegant. It's good they give him a more mature look. He had a very boyish looking persona in Blood of Youth.

The ML comes off as very ridiculous, unserious and comedic. Frankly he is overdoing it, I feel like his character in the King's Affection is more appropriate behavior for a scholar who is also a member of the royal family. I guess they felt adding some comedic flare to his character could soften his pedantic and bookish attitude. A little humor is fine but they are overdoing it here. I wouldn't take this guy seriously despite being the top entrant in the scholar examinations.

Nothing wrong with GZY character, I quite like how his character developed in the drama. I'm glad we have directors like Edward Guo who are not beholden to lead actors and their demands. This faux scandal is just performative acting from fantards and haters trying to create unnecessary scandal so their pointless little demands are met.

Wow 2 beauties guesting, PXR and Gulinazha.

Another CEO drama 😞, I think the last time I enjoyed or got interested in a CEO drama was Secretary Kim half a decade ago. I was interested in seeing LSY in a fusion historical drama but the plot in the modern timeline is so overdone.