Just heads up, I've probably seen close to 100 historical dramas in my life so I'm very picky and my review will be due to that. The drama is full of plot holes and several parts of the storyline almost seemed unnecessary or made no sense. This has nothing to do with production budget but a poor script. For example, to have the boy just being Bai Yi Fei? Too simple. But to change that to He Zhen who was almost the only person with enough power to save FL just before her execution? Convenient. After 8 years of doing nothing to confirm his death, the assassins just decided to have a reunion, dig up a grave and think "Oh damn, we killed the wrong kid"? ML is apparently a martial arts genius but they barely talked about that after he got beaten up? Very bright and eye-catching poison just happens to be sitting on the well out in the open? Ink permeates paper more if you know martial arts? What? Yes, I know I'm nitpicking, but these details happened too many times in this drama for me to ignore. And while most people might comment that Esther Yu's (FL) acting is mediocre or annoying, I would rather shift the blame on those who created the character she was paid to portray. The switch from being a cute, clingy and almost a dumb country girl to being a genius at solving mysteries was weird and made her character inconsistent. In short, she was smart when it was convenient for the plot. Imagine if she was that good when trying to find out who her childhood crush was? Exactly.

I understand that most dramas aren't perfect so my review is more of a constructive criticism than a roast. Despite my complaints, the drama was still enjoyable and funny with a good-looking main cast who, I'm sure, will have many successful projects in the future.

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