Summary:

A group of young nothings growing up to be everything thanks to one person's misunderstanding and revenge. Kingdom gained prosperity and peace thanks to THAT misunderstanding and revenge. Thank you Villian?

I've to say that I skipped watch most of the drama, political dramas really ain't my thing most of time, it bored it a little. I think the drama COULD have ended at episode 28 when Fan Xuan took the throne. The last 12 episodes became extremely political and mostly felt like it took a shift from a romance/political drama to full on politics.

Things I enjoyed:

1. Relationships - not just the romance but the friendships they picked up along the way and FL/ML's growth together and apart.

2. Character growth - really enjoyed the growth of the characters in the first half of the drama, especially how FL was really about marrying well, being a good wife to a capable lady and having her own ambition. ML's growth was great, but expected.

3. No misunderstandings - my pet peeve of dramas is when a relationship keeps going into breakups and patching, even for friendships. OH AND ALSO, NO EVIL MIL THANK GOD FOR THAT. (Well, evil mother/MIL existed but did not play a huge part)

Things I didn't enjoy as much:

1. Overall plot - Oh my god, ALL the politics were really caused by ONE person due to ONE misunderstanding that his father was a rapist and abandoned him???? HALP. Well the good side of this is that thanks to him, all the leads and characters grew and the kingdom(s) (4 emperors in 40 episodes lmao) went from turbulent to peaceful. DADDY ISSUES SAVED THE KINGDOM WOOTS.

2. Too much politics - this is just my personal dislike of political drama, bores me.

Overall a pretty good drama, was fun to watch, relationships/friendships especially.

Thank you villian.