I've seen few CDramas before on historical genre but this is the only series that I was able to finished, rewatched and finally made me a CDrama fan! I totally fell in love with Shawn Dou and my girl Chen Duling! Their acting is really good, perfect for the series, and they look perfect together! I would watch any drama they are in even if it's support roles!


This drama isn't for everyone, and I see a lot of misogynistic comments about the FL which is so funny, cause this comments obviously coming from miserable haters of CDL or plain janes that have no love for themselves! So if you're more into romance drama, and is too stupid to understand that humans are not 1 dimensional, you shouldn't watch this series!


FL here isn't male centered character and is very soft hearted for poor people and she have goals to make contribution in her society + marriage and love is never on her mind. ML is a complete opposite of her but the FL's influence to him is great. They love each other but their relationship isn't perfect at all, they are both flawed yet they compliment each other. I wouldn't give any spoilers but I would say they were both immature at some point.


I love how they made every sweet and loving moments of FL and ML very light hearted and a little funny, but then there's a sudden switch of vibes when the scene isn't about them. I love how both leads + 2nd ml have purpose in their lives and not perfect at all. If you love historical, political dramas with patriotism you would appreciate this series. If not, you better watch another series cause this isn't purely about romance.