I think Xun Er in the last episode took back her life pearl cause she sees she cannot save Xiao Yan. .... she didn't betray him. From reviews, the storyline is very different from the manga. I really enjoy how he keeps surprising the people around him. The school and his family didn't even know his status as Snake King.

The funny thing is he keeps hiding his flame essences. He even kept his Grade 3 Pharmacy Officer status from his own dad. I like how the story develops and the highlight towards the end.

I cannot stand how Han Feng keeps getting away each time.

I can't wait for Season 2. I hope he marries Medusa and Xun Er...and Yi Xian...

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Great Family Drama!

Kuddos to the writers! From the start to the end I simply couldn't stop watching this show.

At the beginning, the highlight of the story was Song family's youngest daughter engagement was completely destroyed by her cheating fiancee. The shameless and disgusting guy was cheating on her right after the engagement / wedding party. I felt super bad for her but at the same time, I wish she would punch or slap the horrible guy. Too bad she just left and broke the news to the family that she wants an annulment. And as fate has it, she meets her hero when she goes through a horrible event. I was overjoyed when the sisters and brother kicked the ex-boyfriend's ass! I think the second sister did the best! Spray painted on the idiot's brand new car.

Initially, I didn't like the male lead, Jae Sook cause he was such a joker and love to prank poor Da Hae but when he was serious with Da Hae, I gave him super bonus points! Loved how he later punched the ex-boyfriend.

Gyi Jun, the eldest brother who is also the second sister's husband...is terrible. Overall, I disliked his character the most! I understand that he was going through a tough time and blamed his wife for her miscarriage but he is so childish. I also cannot believe that this couple didn't tell anyone about the miscarriage. He is a replica of his mother!

I love Ga Hae and Hyo Sin, the best couple. I wish they got married....but that's really too much to wish for? Hyo Sin is adorable and sweet. Too bad the story didn't develop further than him admitting her to be his girlfriend.

The brother is cool but a little too silly and a bit dumb. I guess he's just more brutish and muscle power type. So he kept making mistakes and cause his wife to drop him. He's just really lucky to have his parents and sisters to help him out. He is really good with his two daughters so he won good points!

I just think the father Mr Song and the real sister are too good to be true! Oh well, it's just drama.

Overall, well worth my time watching this series.

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Best Costume Drama So Far in 2021

This show kept me going week after week. The story built up was just nice. Great ending, fun to watch. The Xiao Jinyu was good at acting out his stiff neck character but it just a little weird when he was trying to be cute and adorable with Chu Chu.

I do love how Leng Yue was with Jin Yi. Overall, loved the show. The romance was well incorporated. Given that it was about a coroner and serious investigations, it would have been too much if they did too much romance. So, I am glad it was not overdone.

The Eunuchs rebellious lot were a good plot. I did feel the Chief Eunuch should have gotten a more severe punishment. Felt it was not enough punch on this point. Especially since he did so many evil deeds.

The discovery of Jinyu's real profile was kept a secret from the King up to the end....which is really cool. Usually, secrets always get revealed. I'm surprised the romance between Leng Yue with Jinyi didn't get further. I was hoping the two would be together. Oh well...too bad! Maybe a spin-off drama of the two....who knows.

Will definitely watch this again. I already watched the initial episodes twice....will re-watch the whole series again soon.

Happy watching to those who haven't seen this series yet! :)

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I got hooked on this series very quickly. I'm thankful they didn't make this a time-travelling story. So Fan Xian retaining his future knowledge and vocabulary make the story quite funny as it blends modern-day with olden-day stuff.

Fan Xian's early life started out pretty sad and lonely. I do like his grandma's acting, she's the same grandma in "The Story of Ming Lan". A real veteran. I had tears falling down when he said farewell to his grandma when he departs to the capital city to look for his father and family.

So many people want him dead, it's almost crazy that he is alive. The excitement continues to build up. So, the story keeps me glued to the show. I do like Wan'er his future wife to be. I'm super happy they didn't drag the part about Fan Xian and Wan'er not knowing they were betrothed. But the confusion was rather well done. Light-hearted and well-executed plot.

I do wish they create more poison-related plots in the show, cause he is an expert poison alchemist. A must watch in 2019. Nice romantic plot with a super high level of excitement with wuxia fighting scenes. I love Fan Xian's guard. He's so cool.

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One of the best I have watched in 2018. Ning Que (Arthur Chen) and Sang Sang (Song Yiren) both did an excellent job in bringing out the characters.

I did wish they had cast better quality supporting actors (not in terms of acting but in terms of spoken language). Leon Lai and Adam Cheng both spoke like they are speaking Cantonese.

Princess Li Yu is really quite stupid and totally naive which I wish the scriptwriters gave more common sense to the silly power crazy Princess. She's totally blind and over-protective of her brother who is a cruel and power crazy and dumb prince. Maybe it's because she is equally brainless. She looks down at Ning Que and after he enters the Fu Ji Academy, she tries all her ways to get him on her side. I wonder if she ever learned her lesson. Does she even know how useless and brainless her brother is? Sigh, totally cannot stand these two Princess and Prince pair.

Emperor dotes on his empress and gives in to her every whim. Empress knows her brother, the general is going to attack the Princess and she did nothing to stop him. She totally lied to the Emperor and said she knew nothing about it. At some point, I wish she would die with her brother as she does not deserve to be the Empress. Her brother massacred an entire village and she still protects him. She has no guilty conscience! Fair and just nation? Really? Probably why I enjoyed the twist in the story!

I do think episodes when Ning Que goes on the battle expedition with Mo Shan Shan could be shortened. It got a bit draggy.

What is really lacking is, since they are Fu Ji's disciples, he hardly teaches them. He just leaves the other 12 to teach Ning Que....?

Can't wait for season 2.....

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