Looking for costume drama decide to watch this after seeing many funny trailer scene. Turn out this drama so not ordinary drama.

I think this is my first time watch a women in ancient china that is this free & have many privileges, especially if she is from royal family like Ban Hua (HH).

HH is really one free spirit that don't afraid of anything, especially with all the love & privileges she gets from the emperor. But what I really like is she never abused that privileges & make her over bearing childish & spoiled. She's still one very tough women with her own mind & freedom. Many woman envy & hate her because of this.

While Rong Xia (RX) himself is very calm man that at first have grudge & plan that not so good. But in here we can see how a man never blind by revenge & clouded his own judgement. Like when he decided to let his grudge against emperor due to all the other feeling he has toward emperor himself; father figure, gratitude, etc.

Really like Shi Jin. He is one gentlement to the core. Even with all his family problem he still can choose the right choice.

Really like the interaction between HH & RX. I don't think their relationship is a lovely-dovey kind, even though we can see many scene that make us awwww so romantic kinda feeling, but for me their relationship more like friendship & one very deep trush with each other. Really like how RX respect & protect HH all the way to the end.

What i don't really like, but doesn't effect my feeling toward this drama is only one actually. All the man here, except several man, is quite stupid. Like ban heng & HH dad. How a man in a royal family so free & easy going toward every thing. All the emperor's son kinda dull in one way or other, Jiang Luo [the 2nd Prince] (JL) actually stupid but with all the ambition & Jiang Zhang [Crown Prince] so coward & kind without all the ambition. All that stupid man sometimes really make the scene so hilarious.

Several thing that kinda bothered me actually.
- All the war fighting is kinda stupid & very fast forward. Yeah i know this is not one war / fighting drama. But stil...
- Everybody else, except Ban family & friend, seems missing from the picture. Like the queen mother, or even Shi Su Yue [Crown Princess]. If after the fued end with the JL she said no one can obstruct her from queen posisition where is she when Xie Wan Yu became queen...?

Here we can see many unsual that make this drama kinda different than many traditional costume drama. For examples: when the wedding they don't cover the woman face with vail or fan, the one open the house of royal family household can be the owner (I know that maybe because of badget etc), very free spirit woman that respect by many people, all the stupid man that actually kinda depend on the woman. And many other.

Overall this one refreshing traditional costume drama that can cheer your day. Very recomended drama. Re-watch...? Maybe some cute & funny scene