This drama is beautiful. It starts with beautiful visuals.
Acting :
All the actors and actresses are just best of the best even the support cast did their job perfectly. My favorite charater would be zi shang and yuan zhi. Zi Shang adds a perfect laugh to this drama.
On the other side Yuan zhi is such a excellent character. His smile is sinister when he knows he is going to win. He loves poision but is a softy at heart.
Our main leads did an amazing job. Ziyu and yun weishan are like those dream couples, always supporting each other. Where on the other hand Shang jue and Shangguan qian are like those toxic and "its so complicated" like couple who has a lot back stories, mysteries, and pain their heart. Pain which they cant even share with each other.
There's no one in this drama whom i dont like. From hero to villian i them all.

Story:
Storywise it does have a lot of plot holes but you can't detect them that easily. In some of the last episodes when everything comes to end the mystery is solved.

Costume and makeup:
I watch ancient and wuxia chinese dramas just because of their costumes and makeup. This drama did a pretty good work in this field everything and i mean everything is so beautiful.

Action:
Some fighting scenes remind me of the untammed. Most of the action scenes were shot so fantastically
And i watch the fights with curiosty of how beautifully they were done.

There is romance in this drama. Romance is not much but you can see it ....
Overral rating should be 9 that is based on story, costume, and visuals.