To be honest, the only reason I want to watch this drama is only because of Ma Tian Yu and Elvis Han. They're such an eye candy and really pleasing to watch lol. The only reason why I stayed until episode 28 is because of Sima Yi aka Zhong Da(Elvis Han's character). And the only reason I dropped this drama after 28 episode is because of Liu Ping aka Emperor(Ma Tian Yu's character).

The story is interesting but sadly the hero ruined it for me. Even after watching that many episodes, I still held some hope that the emperor will become more ruthless and just don't trust other people blindly but after reaching episode 28, I just lose all hope. I get that this drama wants to portray an emperor that is kind and benevolent. But Liu Ping is just plain dumb. He's so reckless and always puts people around him at risk. Sima Yi always end up cleaning his mess because Liu Ping isn't clever at all.

I actually loved the empress in the beginning, she's ruthless and very driven towards her goal. But after some times, she just let the emperor do anything he wants.

As for Sima Yi, I think he deserve to be the actual hero in this drama. I'm astonished by his cleverness. He always planned everything ahead. He's the only reason why the emperor and the empress still managed to fooled the others. If only this drama is about Sima Yi, I would've 100% love it to death. Elvis Han really nailed his mischievous smirk, I swooned too much while watching him.

Although I dropped this drama at episode 28, I skimmed through until episode 40 and I watched the last episode too. The ending baffled me and I'm quiet glad that I dropped this early. Although I love Sima Yi very much, I can't stand to watch another episode of the emperor being stupid and reckless again.