I really enjoyed this drama. Recently I find that i've started watching more Chinese dramas over Korean dramas because I find them a bit more realistic and believable. This one was no exception. The first 2 episodes starts a bit bland but it really picks up and doesn't slow down from there. My favourite part of the drama was the love story between Mu Cheng He and Xue Tong. Their story is beautiful yet realistic that you find yourself getting frustrated at times with the realisticness of it all. But at the same time you appreciate it because its not stuck with candies and happiness all the time and issues aren't always sorted out with a simple apology. On that note be prepared to smile a lot as well as shed some tears.

The drama also follows the stories of the other occupants of dorm 232 Song Qi Qi, Bai Lin and Xiao Tang as well. Each face some sort of crisis at one point in their life but the thing that makes it so great is that all the issues the girls faced were all problems that everyday college students might face. They always had each other backs. I highly recommend this drama it's a really nice discovering yourself light and warm coming of age drama but it also has some tough moments, Enjoy!

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If you're looking for a nice heart warning drama that makes you feel light...let me just stop you right there and tell you that you're not only looking at the wrong show but the wrong genre as well. Exit stage right immediately.
This drama was definitely good, I enjoyed it. Right away you fall in love with the story however it does lag a bit around some parts. I really liked it...I finished it in 2 days...HOWEVERR be warned that this drama has a love triangle of sorts and its not the casual one either.

One of the things I absolutely loved about this drama was although politics was obviously involved, it wasn't the typical continuous plotting and scheming and backstabbing and twists and turns...Don't get me wrong plotting and scheming occurred...just not on the down-low. In most cases, everyone was always aware of what was happening. Another thing I loved was the women weren't the villains who were plotting and scheming in this drama or whispering into their men's ear to control them. The men did their own thing and the woman had their own thing happening (I say this because in most cases when the drama did focus on the women it was in relation to their station in life for e.g the wives not getting along...but not in the extreme drama sense where they are always trying to get rid of each other).

Be prepared to cry or at least sniffle. I almost forgot...This drama gets a little dark depending on your preferences...but for me, those dark moments were some of the best scenes in the show...it just added to everything. You'll get used to the hair eventually.

I thought the drama was good overall.I saw a lot of people raving about it and decided to give it a chance but I wont say it was exceptional for me it was just good.


*SPOILERS BELOW*
1. One of the main issues I had with this drama was the love triangle. Initially, the main female lead falls in love with the 8th prince who is married to her sister. Them falling in love was so uncomfortable to watch for me (I watched this drama on Viki and I noticed in the comments a lot of people felt the same way). The female lead prides herself on being modern and she absolutely hates the idea of women sharing men...however, she still manages to fall in love with her sister's husband..it was weird to watch because the writers really explored their relationship it wasn't the usual oh they like each other but she's only with him because he's a rebound and always loved her troupe. They genuinely loved each other. Anyway, if things like that don't bother you then jump right into this drama because this was the only issue I had with it but after this storyline ends (ep 14) it really picks up full steam ahead.

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Binged it in 3 days!

I'm not really into historical dramas but after watching Eternal love and The eternal love I decided to give more historical dramas a chance since those two were really good, and I'm extremely glad I did. This drama had me roped in from episode one. It was addictive. It does, however, have a lot of political stuff which basically dictates everything but that just adds in to make it that much greater. I would definitely recommend especially if you're new to the historical drama genre. Be warned however that there are a lot of downs but still not extremely depressing.

I enjoyed every character...even the evil ones that at times I even found myself rooting for them because in some ways they were relatable lol. I only cried twice. Happy watching!

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Leaves you feel perpetually depressed!

Let me start off by saying THIS DRAMA IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!! On that note... I am actually faint at heart so I was unable to finish. I'll let you know why down below but first a general overview.

General Overview
The drama starts off really slow. it sort of paces like a day time soap opera. Most episodes pick up right where it ended and it basically follows the day to day lives of the females who live in the emperor's harem. We see the hierarchy of the wives and get a basic idea of how things are done. The drama, however, does not pick up really until its well in its 20's (it drags quite a bit prior) but the episodes are still interesting to watch. Btw if you're watching this for the revenge..don't do it..not worth it...trust me..This is one of those shows that make you depressed and happy at the same time...Like while watching it I hated it but I always kept wanting to know what would happen next. The more I watched though the sadder I became. The one thing I will commend this drama for is how strong Ruyi is, regardless of what she faced she remained strong and that was awesome because her husband was wilding for literally this entire drama!

SPOILERS!!!!!!
Like I mentioned earlier this drama is not for the faint of heart. It made me extremely uncomfortable, Not because I'm conservative and couldn't get behind the many wives troupe, that was fine. What was not fine is how the whole sister wives thing affected all the women especially Ruyi (the main female lead) Okay from that get-go they introduced Ruyi and the emperor to us, they were childhood friends who loved each other hence they're both excited to marry each other. After the marriage however is when the shitshow begins,..Initially, the emperor started out with 2 wives and 1 concubine. However, by the time I gave up on the show he probably had about 9/10 in total. Now throughout the drama (up to where I stopped anyway) the emperor was constantly reassuring Ruyi that she was the only one he loved. He doted on her more than the others and he treated her the best out of all his wives & concubines. However, in this same breath, he would see a random girl and "fall in lust" with her and marry her and for a couple of months she would be his main focus the one he visits every night. Ruyi is obviously accustomed to it but you can see eventually it begins to take a strain on the love she has for him. This dude cannot keep it in his pants. Its so hard to believe that he loves her when you see him with all the other women (he treats all of them the pretty good too) some of whom he saw once or twice before being with them. Not taking away all the times he abandoned her in some instances to 'protect her' and in the end, she would have no choice but to go back to him. It was so difficult watching him basically fall in love with another woman while he claimed to be so in love with Ruyi

This drama is heartbreaking because eventually Ruyi can't take it anymore and she closes her heart to him and he eventually "sets her aside" for a shiner evil sly conniving bitch. No happy ending here folks. Its literally like watching a documentary on how the love of your life will eventually break you.

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YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS DRAMA OKAY!!!!

This was the first historical fantasy drama I watched and lord it did not disappoint...It starts off a bit slow but when it picks up it just grips you that you find yourself clicking the next episode even when you know you have work the next day. The love story is amazing...No other words. Female lead brilliant..her acting was amazing and I love dramas like these where females are strong and can stick up for themselves so seeing Bai Qian doing her thing was just beautiful *chef kiss* Please watch this drama..espesically if you're new to the genre this is the perfect one to start off with you definitely won't regret it!

ps...you probably will cry sometimes and get frustrated with the characters sometimes but its worth it..watch it!

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The main leads were annoying to the point that i had to force myself to finish this show. The female lead can never speak up when it counts. Whenever something important happens for some reason she allows others to speak for her...says nothing...or worse...she starts stammering. This was so annoying especially when it was an important issue.

The main lead was annoying in his obliviousness. Also he allowed himself to be easily manipulated.

The writers did this drama so wrong. The way the female lead allowed her every decision to be manipulated by what the male lead was doing irked me to no end. They built up a story initially about her wanting to be a teacher because her mother was a teacher and she fought to do well at her college exams for this dream...Only to turn around and choose to go study at a medical school because that's where the male lead was going. Not forgetting to mention she has a freaking phobia of blood.

The side characters were also extremely annoying especially her best friend who always seem to get in the way. Her two roommates with friends like those.....

This show is literally like a group of bad writers got together and decided to write a show. The female lead did not even get the privilege of being mad at the male lead for an episode (even though he deserved it) by the next episode she was wondering how he was doing and apologising to him FIRST! it blew my mind to see a woman written so pitifully and it just made me wonder whether asian girls are like that in real life.

If you want to be annoyed every single episode. THIS IS THE SHOW FOR YOU!

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