My Overall Thoughts

they really have captured Love in its many forms, Love between lovers, Love between parents and children, love between siblins, love between ruler and subject, love between employers and emploees, love between general and army, love between society. and they never showed just positive or just negative, they always showed both. we see the realistic situations and feelings between Zisheng and Shaoshang, we see the ridicule from society but also the friendship with qiqi, we see CSS's mother and the difference between strict parenting and loving parenting. and that no child is the same so you cant use one type for all of them. we see how CSS never let her mothers inability to show love to her daughter get in the way of Yang Yang and CSS's sisterly relationship. we all see how the royal children treated CSS and Buyi as outsiders when Shaoshang sat with the emporer and the Empress on her deathbed when no other child of hers or empress yue were allowed. This drama encapsulates the term "you make your own family" as that is exactly what cheng Shaoshang did. she was able to add her birth family to that family, allowing for a happy ending. RIP to the Empress you were the mother Shaoshang needed but not the mother the royal children needed. right person wrong setting!

I don't want to rewatch this. i feel like watching this once allowed me to feel the raw emotions from the series,
im not lying when i say i was S O B B I N G at certain points. i think this series is rewatchable but i think watching it once allows us to recognise and absorb the meaning of the series without getting technical. Emporer ate and so did the Empresses i loved their dynamics almost like divine matchmakers.

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This is my very first review so please forgive me if there are any mistakes.

This series starts of slightly slow and i think this works with how the FL is feeling. At this point in the series she was at her lowest and least confident. As the series progresses we see her gain more confidence and stand on her feet. I'm glad she doesn't completely rely on the men in her life but also takes matter in her own hands and collaborates with other women who want to take the antagonist down. i personally did not like the 'ending' for the FL because that was the wrong Love interest to go for. the other one is better and so much more interesting. i said ending like that because i heard there was meant to be 16 episodes rather than 8 so i cant wait for season 2. i think i have second male lead syndrome

this doesn't really have the biggest rewatch value. But i probably watch some of it to remind myself for the potential next season. but i wouldnt go out my way to rewatch it again.

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