This is a beautiful drama. It is very warming and it will make you feel a lot of things. I really liked and enjoyed every character in this series, every single one of them had a purpose. I really enjoyed Empress Dowager chracter even though she was a villian, but she was a great one, she was a really female empowering Empress. Yun Xian is a really amazing lead she is just very cute and warming she is innocent but she doesnt let anyone to mistreat her which makes the perfect combination, she is really empowering and beautiful character I think Ive never loved a female lead this much. Qizhen is just amazing he is a gentlemen and he always protected her no matter what, I would die for him. I really enjoyed episodes from 1-40. Last 10 were awful. Qi Yu character seemed warm and cute at the beginning but I started to dislike him a lot after. The war scenes were great, the romance is this drama is crazy. Theres 6 people involved. 3 men who loved her deeply at their own ways, of course her (yunxian) and the Empress. The empress was my favorite chracter after YunXian. The empress is the definition of a good woman, really humble, sensitive with a lot of empathy and lot of patience and love. QiZhen and YinXuan (leads) had a really nice and great chemistry. I love them and you will too. I really enjoyed this drama until ep 40. The medicine techniques are actually nasty (don't watch when eating pls) but they are really interesting too. Theres a lot of chracters along the way, some you will love and some, I would not say hate but maybe dislike. When it comes to Mei Lin, I think the actress did a great job. Overall, I would give this drama a 9.5. The series finale is so satisfying for me. I would watch it again in a few years since this drama changed me some way, it made me feel a lot of things and theres not boredom until almost the end. The music (ost) is great and it goes along well with the drama. I will never forget this drama because it really touched me someway special.