The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (2020)

Crazy Ending

Generally, I think this drama was done extremely well. The acting especially was phenomenal and I'll definitely be watching more dramas with these actors.

The characters were my favourite aspect of this drama. I loved how all the female characters weren't painted as damsels in distress that couldn't do anything. They were smart and often helped the situation instead of making it worse, and two of the female characters had redemption arcs that were handled really well. I also liked the main couple both together and separately and thought the main second lead couple were done really well in which they were interesting and cute enough to be invested in but not interesting to the point where they would drive the plot if they were the leads.

The plot likewise was pretty good, but this is also the part where I have the most problems with. At the end where Rong'er is presumed dead or unconscious, why did they make her come back to life by getting struck by lightning? I feel like this came out of nowhere and completely threw off the tone of the drama, and therefore I was unable to rate it a 9 like I had originally planned.

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Misunderstanding

I liked the beginning and continued watching. The series made me curious but there were many mistakes. I watched incredibly wrong things, whether in the plot or in reflecting the event to us. But for some reason, the series makes you watch itself. First of all, our female character does not accept whatever the man does. After accepting, she continues her relationship with another man. She goes out with him, even if he calls her at inappropriate times, she goes. Is there such a married woman figure? Especially in this era. She is an irresponsible type but a loving, cute, lively, exciting, independent, free-acting personality. She is also given responsibility and the representation of a place. If you look at the character, you should not give such a character this. I don't know how. We also have a King, maşallah. He does whatever his brother says. He does not say to the man from one day to the next, brother, why are you telling me these things? Or he does not say, "This man is telling the truth or lying, let's see if he is right or wrong." That is why he sacrifices his son. Then he regrets it. What kind of a character is he. Our female lead also believes this person, does not investigate the truth. But for some reason, she stands up to her husband who loves her. Incomprehensible situations. Again, a consort blames them for the mistakes she has made, accuses them. The accused are innocent but are punished. Then their innocence is understood. There is no punishment for the one who blames them. She continues to do the same things. Many times. For example, her son is involved in arms and gold smuggling. He is caught. The one who catches him is the other son of the King. When he says he didn't do it, the King directly accuses the son who caught him. He says catch him, throw him in jail. The incident is proven. The son who does not accept those accusations is really guilty. He gives house arrest to that son. He puts the other one in prison. He is innocent. He puts the guilty one under house arrest. Such a lack of character. Selections from absurdities. Again, a girl, her brother is executed for treason. The family should be executed. The girl is saved and the palace is treated like a princess, the daughter of a concubine. This girl commits all kinds of treason here. In other words, the person who is supposed to sit and stand up without raising his voice in this palace is behaving in a way that teaches the concubines a lesson. In other words, no matter where you hold it, it falls apart in your hand. Such a scenario. Again, the bad guy Duke An says that Duke Su burned down the place of worship where my mother was when she was little and killed my mother. The king who knows the incident does not say anything like that to his brother. That kid did everything he could to kill Duke Su from beginning to end. However, Duke Su knocked down two candles, only two curtains or books in the room were burned. No one died, but it is not said. Those who know do not say. The kid who does not know tries to kill him by saying that he killed my mother. He kills hundreds of innocent people for that cause. In the end, he committed suicide. His mother is also alive. In other words, we were very enlightened. It was such a good example for us, don't ask. In other words, shame on the scriptwriter who wrote this. Fortunately, the acting was very good. The direction is also not bad. But I liked the cast. Although Ju Jing Yi plays the same role in every series she plays, her series are watched. I don't know, she adds a liveliness. He is also a suitable actor with a sense of humor. He makes up for his shortcomings. Zhang Ze Han was also good, although not perfect. Our real second leads were quite humorous and made us watch a love story full of humor. All we had to do was smile. Wang Yo Shuo and Xu Ji Qi were good. They were compatible. I liked it. Likewise, the enemy uncle Liu Yi Chang was good. He has a beautiful face. He is tall. He is also suitable for the first lead role. He played the enemy. In other words, the bad guy. He suited him. Jiang Shan, Chang Cheng (Emperor), Lan Xi, I liked them all, they are endless. I gave 7.5 points for the sake of the actors. Actually, I should have given less to such an incompatible scenario. However, I watched it. Then they say you shouldn't have watched the whole thing, but I watched the whole thing.

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Way better than LOYX!!

I may be in the minority but having Ruyi is the much improved version of LOYX.
The plot is faster, funnier and the last stretch is less crazy convoluted.
The characters developments is clearer and more refined.
The cinematography and music is very pretty

This is a fluffy cotton candy filled with many laughter and sweetness that is enjoyable from start to finish.
The ML FL chemistry is crazy good, the politics/evil guys length & level of annoying in each eps is just right to built tension and not be draggy.

I saw many many many many complaints about lack of passionate kiss between the leads, but maybe we are just accustomed to western style kissing(?) such that we have forgotten that asians are much more restrained in showing their affection/passion.
With this pairing of FL/ML, they dont even have to kiss to generate butterflies - sometimes less is more you know.
for me, its not the passionate kissing that matters though, its the sticking through all the ups/down/crazy winding journey that is the gist of this story.
In their own ways, the FL/ML fight for their own beliefs, which is important, staying true for yourself first and foremost before becoming a good partner in your relationship.

Dont use your brain too much when digesting the plot (esp when it comes to the lightning scene in the last eps) and just enjoy the ride, because it was a really really really good one.

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Its Long But Entertaining.

I started to enjoy the episode at the beginning, so I decided to give it a try. The female lead to me was an immature, emotional, irrational and sometimes annoying. She was strong and smart but sometimes you question it. The male lead was cold and stoic military man but you could see he care and especially when he fell in love. At first I could not see them as a couple until much further into the episodes. Her dreams of what was going to happen I could not understand was it an important part of the story or not because it made little sense. Fu Xuan and Wu Baiqi the second couple became more interesting to me. I found there story funny and pleasant and more of a romance. I did not like Xu Ping/Prince An as a bad guy. (could be my prejudice because I like him as an actor and to cute to be a bad guy.) I could not understand that he could find all sorts of information but not the truth about his mother. If he really hated someone why not his brother the king instead of Prince Su. I could see his jealousy but he did not seem to love Fu Rong as a lover more as a sister. I did not like the last 5 episodes. I would have preferred a better ending for Fu Rong and Prince Su and to see Fu Xuan and Wu Baiqi get married. The bit about the future was a waste. better to have left it for 2nd season. The actors performance was great. I really got into all the characters.

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my two cents...

I was really anticipating this show after LOYX (which i felt was more heart-wrenching than this current plot). Was thrilled when they announced the line-up!! Finally finished the last episodes and hmm not sure how i feel about it?

I have nothing much to say about the acting and chemistry of the leads. ZZH & JJY are doing great, their chemistry's great + good looks and acting :) the second couple was cute too. However, i just feel that there can be more screentime for the leads?? The editing is kinda weird too? Like one moment you are just getting into the sweet scene, and the next cut is just some irrelevant scene LOL. And i think because they removed some scenes (the dreams), the story seems kinda disjoined... and also, i feel that there are alot of preventable misunderstanding between the main leads? I mean i feel that the heartbreaks are kinda unneccessary... but lucky they resolve those quite fast. Abit frustrated with the main villian Duke An as well? Like he is being overly obsessed with FL, and he didnt even check the real situation and reasons before he committed to revenge? And seriously i think the reason was kinda lame.... eitherways, he died in vain lol since his mum didnt even die in the end LOL. Sorry, while i am a JJY fan, her character is frustrating at times. She's too gullible sometimes, which leads to alot of misunderstanding with the ML, whom obviously devoted himself fully to the FL. At least, they had a happy ending, though it was kinda rushed? Just waiting for the modern epilogue which is rumoured to release when the series ends.

p.s i think it was kinda weird like FR was dying, but XJ and her were at the top of the tower?

all in all, i still had fun watching the show. Really enjoyed the second pairing between the leads. Just hoping there will be a third pairing for the two in a modern series... not sure if it's possible though.... hoping :|

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Started off strong, became a bit of a mess afterwards.

•I really enjoyed this show for the first half or so..it was very interesting up until episode 30 or so, where i realized this show was going to turn into a MESS. the story began to be nonsense, and it was a constant back and forth.
•I really loved the characters, but the main characters bothered me a lot. Their relationship is so toxic, there is constant misunderstandings between them, and it felt like I was attending a couple’s therapy session whenever they were on screen. Also, I just couldn’t sense any chemistry between Fu Rong and Prince Su... idk. They are interesting, at least ^_^
•I LOVE Prince An but his actions/psychopathy/literal downfall thanks to his obsession with Fu Rong made me sooooo uncomfortable like what the fuck is wrong with you. Just be gay.
•I am in love with Fu Xuan she was my fave shes so beautiful and smart and lovely omggg. I’m so happy for her and Wu Baiqi they’re too cute and I honestly enjoyed their “romantic” scenes way more than Prince Su and Fu Rong.
•Honestly all the side characters rock. Xu Jia and Mr. Ge are definitely gay for eachother. I loved those two so much <3 I also loved A’Xiang and A’Yuan, and I wish we had more closure on A’Yuan and Prince An’s relationship. I thought it was super interesting... Also A’Xiang and Wen Xing <3 I love them <3
•One character I disliked but grew to LOVE was Cui Wan and her final arc really made me so sad idk why. I felt so sorry for her and that marriage but I’m happy that it ended up good in the end and I hope she’s doing alright. She deserves so much happiness (fuck you prince su you heartless bitch)
•I wish the last episode ended 25 mins in. Fu Rong should’ve died but instead they fucking pulled a frankstein on us.
•The OST is literally AMAZING honestly at this point i’ll reccomend watching this show for the goddamn OST, it was beautiful. So memorable and lovely like wow. Speaking of which, they went HARD on this show the production quality is LEGITTTT.
I will still reccomend this show because there’s a god damn reason I finished 40 episodes in less than 2 weeks. It was definitely entertaining for my little monkey brain.

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Of course I had to watch this after The Legend of Yun Xi.
I did enjoy the drama. The male lead was really good to her from the start and always had eyes only on her. I was so glad for the fact that he never married someone else. I liked their casual confessions and their sweet relationship. Even though Xu Jin was a cold character, at the beginning there were many times where he was quiet playful. He wasn't completely serious.
Wu Bai Qi was also an amazing character. Its's always good to have someone like him by your side. To be honest I really liked Duke An as well. He did wrong but he just loved the female lead.
There were a lot of points they could have improved on (my opinion only).
The storyline between Wu Bai Qi and Fu Xuan should have developed more and they should have either got married or at the end their ending should have also been shown properly. It was like a sudden stop. I feel as though the last 6-7 episodes were quite rushed. I mean everyone went through a lot so we did deserve a more detailed ending.
Duke An's mothers secret was also out of nowhere. They could have introduced her earlier. I feel as many aspects of the drama were left half way.
Also the fact that I did cry means the drama was worth the watch and I have recommended the drama to many people already.

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I actually felt the love that the male lead character had for the female lead character!!!!

I wished this drama would have focused a little more on the romance between the female and male lead. Towards the end of the drama (episodes 30-40), the storyline became loopy (e.g. female lead keeps choosing the business over her husband, etc). I actually felt like the male lead character really loved the female lead character. The male lead acting convinced me of his role. When the male lead character hugged the female lead character, it felt very warm and sincere. I liked the second female lead character romance with the second male lead character but I did think their romance overshadowed the first leads romance. Why did they make the female lead skin look white like the color (vampire white)? It was hard for me to focus on the story at times because of that. Also, the female lead looks too skinny. Some people are naturally really thin but she looks sickly. Lastly, I like C-dramas because it doesn't show sexually explicit content. However, I wish they'd at least show the male and female lead characters kissing in bed after they get married to let us know that they consummated their marriage.

Overall this drama was good, but I think episodes 30-37 should have focused on the leads romance. Since episodes 1-29 was mostly focused on politics or R.P. business. Wait....as of episode 38 the two leads hadn't slept together as a married couple? SIGH. Duke An's initial reaction in episode 40 was a bit unrealistic when he made a mistake and stabbed the female lead character. If the female lead character would have died in episode 40 I would have changed my rating from 8.5 to 9.0. Sigh, she gets struck by lightening and that cures her from a poisonous stab wound that didn't have an antidote. THAT LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE!

For some reason I found Duke Su attractive (because of his love for the female lead character). I also found Duke An attractive (he seemed very manly, although evil).

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When I read some negative comments, before I started watching the drama, I imagined it to be much worse than it is.
The script has many flaws in the coherence of the narrative. The characters are not well built and, in many moments, the story is tiring. The first female protagonist alternates between annoying, stubborn, naive and of dubious intelligence. The second female lead is smarter and more interesting. The first and second male protagonists are cute, however, for the first protagonist, the character is weak, as he is easily deceived and does not suspect the traps set by people close to him. The emperor's character is manipulated all the time, lacking intelligence but much authoritary. The villains are unbearable, everyone wants to kill the protagonist, but the foundations are shallow and, when defeated, they take action to redeem themselves and accept their fate with resignation because they know they made a mistake.
The manipulative uncle who had so much information, never sought the truth about the mother? How does a writer, and also a director, make a scene as nonsensical as the lightning bolt? What is the logic of a poison, which has no antidote, not causing harm? If the protective mesh was the protection, why the blood from the wound?
The cast performed satisfactorily within what the characters required, as composing such poorly written characters is heroic work.
The steering slipped at the start and went downhill towards the end. The mistakes are countless, both in editing and in the creation of scenes. The notion of time is quite impaired. The ending isn't even bad, but it focused only on the protagonist couple. Art allows writers and directors to create the impossible, but when the characters do not belong to the fantastic world (gods, demons or immortals), it is necessary to have logic and respect the limits of physics and biology.
The costume is appropriate and beautiful.
The soundtrack is pleasant.

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