I dislike this short-episode format. This story had potential but too much in too little time made it fail for me. Scriptwriters have to do a better job pulling the pieces together and not wasting time on unimportant arcs (the evil stepsister after she served her purpose, the domineering mother - too many wasted scenes, the evil villain - too much time on his poor me story). The chemistry between the ML & the FL was there - but very much so because the ML was so smokin' hot!! I really watched the drama through to look at him. I hope we will see him in many dramas to come, and I would love to see him in a historical drama.

And can we talk about the ending? So many ways that could have been different - and what a let-down after so much time was wasted previously. And whatever that 'bonus' episode was meant for? It was a complete waste of time. The production was pretty good - costumes, sets, action, and the acting was pretty good too. It's the writing and the direction that fell short. To be honest, I only gave it as high a rating as I did because of Dai Gao Zheng.