The show has all the making of a good show, the cast did amazing with what they were given. Even though the female lead annoyed me to no ends with how much she picked all the worst options and literally to no consequences for her actions but everyone else did (especially when she left the consort alone, let the xumin envoy escape, not listen to anyone, not ask for obvious help but using implication as an excuse, not listen to anyone telling her to stay out of their business, pretending she didn't understand her husband feelings, and just literally being so self centered that it's giving longest promise levels of absolutely classical narcissist,not new age version,) and honestly being the villain of the story. Which I blame on the writing.

The plot has the making of a good show but it's weighted down with immature choices to the point it has to be child abuse to allow her to be married because I don't think she is capable of making choices for herself that won't get someone else murder and so far this show is showing that she needs to be locked in an asylum.

But besides the female lead be atrocious, the other two brothers wife's are honestly better even then the oldest brothers "wife" feels younger than the female lead she somehow has a better head on her shoulders, while the youngest brother wife I don't even think is human so I already like her which honestly makes sense if there's mermaid in this universe and a qin can be used to fight why not have a mythical creature as one of the wife's.

Honestly the males are not really anything to complain about they feel more like planks of wood with thin character traits: workaholic, money hungry, evil and conniving, mastermind, prideful but not can be redeemed, villian 2nd male lead. Like they are not given human but again writing problem.