After I finished this drama, I immediately open my computer and excited to write a review in this wonderful, captivating and enticing drama of 2021.

This drama clearly shows that the storyline, script, and meticulous director can overcome the low budget in order to produce a high-quality drama. I heard that the drafting of the script took 3 years of revision and exchanging of ideas for the writers and director. And I must say, I as a viewer was very thankful because I really enjoyed every minute of this drama. I will rant if they will not get at least one award this year.

This is so fun to watch for a crime investigation drama. I cannot remember how many times I laugh while maintaining the core of the story.

Why I love this so much?


1. Storyline
It's like Nirvana In Fire Again. You cannot skip an episode because every case, people involved and every little detail was very important in order to finally uproot the cause of the disturbances in the Tang Dynasty. It was meticulously crafted and I never get bored watching it. It's a fast pacing story, you don't need to wait tens of episodes just to solve one problem.

2. No Dumb leads/Characters
Yes! You heard it right. Prince An who is in charge of the criminal lawsuit and Chu Chu as an aspiring Coroner were both skilled in their job. They listened to each other's opinions and solved the cases based on the gathered evidence together with the other supporting characters like sly Jing Yi, loyal, overprotective brother and a great love adviser Jing Li and beautiful and strong Leng Yue. Every characters contributed in order to finish the job. love love all the characters. Even the villain was very entertaining especially the Eunuchs.

3. A cute and wholesome love story
If you hesitated to watch this just because romance is not the center of the story, please try this one. I love so much how they show their feelings and create a strong bond for their love. This is very rare in the drama land. No crappy misunderstanding. When they have doubts and insecurities they discussed and solved them like normal lovers. Every romantic scene here, I'm squealing and laughing because they are so cute. Those simple moments of teasing and encouraging each other were enough to feel that they really love each other.

4. Visualizing how they solve the cases
I must say, it's a genius to use those visual aids to show how the coroner investigates or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead. It was easy for the viewers to understand it especially for the terms and techniques that they used in investigating the dead bodies..

Overall. I think it's the best drama that I watched this 2021. Sorry The Long Ballad :( .. It will not give you a WOW factor like in every high-budget drama. I describe it as an easy watch. You don't need to be so stressed or wrack your brains out just to understand what is happening, instead, it gave a very calm feeling while watching it.

I wanted to give this a 9.5 because it was too short. It can be stretch until 40 episodes especially in the last episode. They can create more impactful finale if they have 4 episodes more, but I forgave it because the actors were so amazing esp Prince An. I can feel his anger, frustration, happiness while maintaining his dignity as Prince.

Overall it's an A+ drama for me.. Do not hesitate to watch. Even if you are not a fan of this kind of genre, you will love it I'm sure. :)