I really like chinese historical series and it's been a while since I watched one. Because this had such a high rating, I thought of giving it a go. Let's start off with what I liked. The plot/story is good with logical explanation and not so cliche scenes. And it was bearable till the end of the drama.

Now coming to what I did not like. The characters are so short lived except for the main ones. They will start showing a guy and lots of talk about how great or powerful he is and then boom dead or gone or don't appear again. And Few important roles have very limited screen time such as the female lead. And Romance. There is absolutely no chemistry between the leads and I still wonder who really is the female lead. And as the drama progresses, there is just lot of talking about the scheme and it doesn't give you that kick. And for the main character just blurts out everything to his companion whoever it is and everything goes according to his plan throughout the series. I mean come on, give him some unexpected twist or something.

And some point in the story, there are just lot of characters without much meaning. And in such long series, character, suspense everything grows as you progress. But in this case it was just dragging.

Basically they have tried but missed it. It could have been a really good one. But NO, it's not.