I was drawn to this mini drama after watching a few minutes of a random video clip on Youtube. Overall, I love the series!

What I liked:
1. Ling Ruo Jin characterisation - One of the best Female Lead in a Chinese drama! I love that she is intelligent, capable and not obssessed about falling in love or having men to fall in love with her. Even when there were men fawning over her, she never took advantage of them. Brilliantly played by Amy Sun.
2. Lin Yue Xi characterisation - It's rare to have a female villain and even rarer to get a well-crafted female villain. She is bloody annoying but damn cunning! She knows her allure and power and uses both beauty and brain to get what she wants.
3. The writing - Being a minidrama doesn't stop the writer from producing well-written screenplay. I love that supporting characters such as Lin, Yue Xi, Xiao Nanyang and the Empress were given backstory to give substance to their characters. I love the poems that were mentioned in the series too.
4. Xiao Ye Han characterisation - I didn't really like this Male Lead at first because he never gave Ruo Jin the benefit of a doubt. However I love the way his character grow. He realised he had wronged Ruo Jin and apologised to her. Despite his love not being reciprocated by Ruo Jin, his actions were sincere.
5. The ending - I really enjoyed the ending because it made sense. Wang Ting Xu looked handsome and cheeky in that hairstyle and glasses.

What I disliked:
1. The romance - I feel like there aren't enough romance scenes between Ruo Jin and Ye Han. Would love to see more skinship.
2. Similar story - Having watched The Only Girl You Haven't Seen a week before, I find some scenes in 'The Resilient Dr Ling' similar to scenes in that series. For example, both Female Lead works with herbs & poisons and both series feature virus outbreaks, which led to main couples growing closer.

Favourite scene:
When Ruo Jin recited so many poems that she won big. I was surprised with what she did with her prize money.