Traigically Beautiful Storytelling

I had to stop bawling my eyes out before I wrote this review.
Although the drama didn't invest much of skinship between the couples in this series but the nuances are there. The lingering looks, the lines said with underlying mening. It says it all.

We have couples who are fated but not bound to be together.
SY and ZC are in love woth each other but vecause ZC promised never to marry he never confessed nor said aloud his feelings for her but he has good buddies who says it all for him.

CG and HXY is heartbreaking they love each other and they both know it and they can't be togteher because of their social class. When the cousin married the princess it was necessary but since the princess loves someobe else too their marriage was doomed from the start.

XY and FQ not sure how to think of these 2 but there's also Xie Chen who seems to like her.

The politics is too hard and complicated to discuss but it's basically fighting for the throne that ZC gave up on and decided to foghts wars for the country but since he's too good the people in power are scared he'd rebel and usurp the throne. I honestly wish he did. But beong an honorable man that he is he kept his promise.

The fake crown prince deserved his death and the downfall of his country was all because of his greed and affinity to avenge himself from the wmpress dowager.

Choosing death for the welfare of their friends is the best choice and their friends understood their sacrfifce.

I must say I know Allen can act but Bai Lu kinda surprised me in her acting when she was mute and the scene at the latter part she expressed herself well through her eyes.

The osts fit the scenes and strory.
Definitely rewatching this when I need a good cry.

My only peeve on this one is I wished they showed a snippet of the other generals and prince of pingqin at the end too.