Two things which I want to mantion:
1. Why to watch this series.
2. What I liked about this series.

1. Why to watch this series.

First of all , I liked this drama because I love chinese historical, war,romantic dramas so if you also have same taste Iike me then this drama series is the best choice for you. I am 100% sure you are gonna love this drama too .
Perhaps Some people says that this drama is slow or you may fell, but at this point what I want to say is that, yes, it is , but it is still not at all boring you will not be able to skip a little bit.
In this series, as same as the title the story of minglan they showed a life of a girl from childhood to adult, the real problems which a girl use to face in that time, or have to compromise, and at the same time a beautiful love story, which will definitely make you cry , the love and hatred. If you really finding a best drama to watch then this drama is really a best choice for you to entertain and worth of time.

2. What I liked about this series.

I watched this drama in confidence that I will definitely like this because of its ranking of reviews, and same happened.
What I liked about this drama is its story. They really made a best story that I ever watched, I like the type of girl who fights for her rights and as in this drama the girl who fights was bold , sharp and intelligent, have to hide her real self because of her mom's last wish. And then when she plots against her mother's killer for revenge, that is really twisted that we can't even imagine, I liked the why she ploted against her ,without getting involve herself.
And first she liked a guy but due to some reasons they were not able to be together at that point I really cried or felt sad. The way they showed the whole story was well written and directed that I felt that every turn is meaningful , connected and really a real story, not like in other series who schemes or plots for other makes me fell really unrealistic or too much . But this is not the case with this drama. I cried too many times and felt sad during whole series.
And you may know if you use to watch chinese dramas main role actors are well known, so some people may watched this drama because of them, Sheng Ming lan (Zanilia Zhao) and Gu ting ye (Feng Shao Feng) and I also watched because of (ZZ) but because of its ranking to. In romantic drama the chemistry of the lead role is very important that when they come close we fell real couple, or when the breakeup we fell sad and when they patchup we fell happy for them and in this series the chemistry of main roles is best, as now after this series they are together in real life.
First after seeing that this drama have 73 ep. I ignored it but after I started watcing it I was not able to skip any moment .

Now lets talk about the characters in this drama. Although I am a fan of ( ZZ). She is literally a real actor the way she changes her acting style in every drama according to role that is really tough and she is really hardworking actor. And I am eagerly waiting for her new drama (LOF) And (FSF) at first I really don't liked him in ice fantasy drama so I droped it, but after watching this drama I started liking him too. And planing to resume ice fantasy drama too. And btw other characters are also very good in their acting not over or irritating but (GTY) first wife Zhu Man Niang she was really irritating that I wanted to kill her by my own hand not because of acting because of her role, I really don't know why always she gets this type of roles like in (legend of Fuyou) and (legend of dugu). but her acting level is good.
And what I most liked about this series is that there are not many annessery deaths of any important character in order to save main character as sacrifice they showed tha value of everyone's life.
Overall, I loved this drama series too much , I just can't forget about the storyline and characters just like it seems that it is a real illusion in my memory.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO WATCH THIS SERIES THEN YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY.