Putting this review from 3 years ago here so that it was in my review tab and I remembered why I DNF-ed this

Review up till Ep40:

Honestly, this drama really is trying my patience. Haha. There are a few instances where i almost dnf-ed it but for the sake of i’ve already spent so much time on it, i strive on. Lol. I know it’s stupid, but i am just that kind of person.

Trying to finish it to the end before review, but it seems i cant, i might just burst! So here’s a preliminary review up till ep40

First of all, i’m surprised that this is quite a recommended drama (I think i’ve read quite a few people recommended this drama for strong FL on pages such as The Long Ballad etc, thats why i started this in the first place). The plot is all over the place, not convincing, and sometimes even appeared stupid-ish. Not sure what are the writers trying to achieve.

Glaring issues/my issues with this drama:
-not sure if it’s just me, but i just cant feel the chemistry between han derang and xiao yanyan, so the first 20episodes are quite a drag for me. I mean, if they still cannot convince me of their love in 20episodes, there must be something wrong somewhere right? I mean, come on, i felt more chemistry between mingyi and xiao yanyan in those 20+ eps, rather than HDR and XYY ?
-i felt the story regain back my interest after xyy becomes the queen. More things to look forward to
-i have issues with HDR’s character. I mean, come on, you preach all over the place regarding trying to replace the system bla3, and your girl becomes someone else’s queen? Bamm no more ambition, suddenly your life agenda is now something not worth pursuing anymore? I am much disappointed in the character.
-the king can just be honest to HDR in the first place, rather than go behind hdr, grab his girl, and trying to explain after everything’s already out of the bag and people already feel that you stabbed them in the back? I mean, is that stupid or what??
-and wuguli and xiyin are 2 basically most annoying characters in this series (and basically why i need to write here at this 40ep mark). Time and time again, that stupid xiyin makes the same mistakes and time and time again he was let off. Someone needs to off that stupid boy like Taiping Wang soon or my blood pressure is going thru the roof! Now even liulishou is becoming stupid like him and his mom. Truly, the stupidity must be inherited somehow ??. And dont mention wuguli. How much more stupid can this girl get my god can someone help me from torturing myself like thisssssssss arghhhhh

Ahh forgot another issue. Lol.

I think the writer forgot to write something in between, or maybe it is just the case of poor editing (i hope soooo), but the transition between yanyan stubbornly trying to break off with the emperor after her marriage, and her acceptance towards being mingyi’s wife through and through is just mind-blowingly fast it makes my head spin. What, just one time of watching mingyi being bullied by his so called officers, and then you cant wait to forgive all of his past transgression and jump into his bed? So much for trying to convince us of your leads’ one true love (hdr-xyy) in those earlier episodes ?