I love this drama. It is like traditional Chinese food, containing the 5 main taste; salty, spicy, bitter, sweet, acidic. The heroine is a bit annoying at the beginning, but sweet and nice. The story is a bit confusing at first, but captivating. Costumes are beautiful, so is the scenery.

I LOVE Zhu Zanjin and it's no secret I have begun to watch this drama solely because of him, but by now all the other actors are also growing on me. At any rate, Zanzan pretty much delivers here. He might come off as the hysterical whining spoiled little rat at first, but as it turns out, this is only the surface and he's been through a lot. Kudos to the actor for being able to pull off the two sides of his character; the suffering, depressed, hopeless, broken hostage prince and the arrogant, insecure, deeply hurt Regent. It's not less what I would expect from the actor of Jin Guangyao. I am very curious what his character's fate might be this time.

Li Hongyi makes me laugh every time I see him, in a positive way. He looks just SO DONE with everything and everyone - and with a good reason -, but deeply, he cares.

A drama definitely worth to watch. Might hit you as light and funny, sometimes even boring first, but gradually it gets deeper, darker and captivating, with the main characters harbouring deep, unspoken secrets. It is breathtaking to see things unfold.