This drama focus on human life. It is give sense of hope and never give up. As long as you keep living there always be hope.

Acting is pretty good. Story keep remind viewer to take care friendship and don't be friend with wrong person otherwise it would be down fall.

-Jiang li make friend with ji mother and ruin her life.
-Shen make friend with princess and ruin his mind,dignity.
-Xue make friend with shen family and she lose everything because mother in law and sister in law try to kill her.

So choose friend nicely like jiangli with tong and jiangli with duke su.