Bu bu jing xin

Season 1 is very well done and deserves 8 stars. Good performance, poor screenplay and too many gaps and bluffs in Season 2.

Starling by Each Step aka Scarlet Heart was remade in 2016 as Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo with an entirely new cast and a scintillating and engrossing script that far surpasses this iteration. The Princes in SC-Ryeo were pure eye candy but in this version they all come across as old men with ugly hair styles and boring personalities. Bottom line, don't bother with this version, go straight for Scarlet Heart Ryeo.

(The series tells the story of a modern-era woman, Zhang Xiao, who time-travelled from the 21st century to the Qing Dynasty during Emperor Kangxi's reign, where she, as her previous incarnate Ma'er'tai Ruoxi, encountered the Emperor's sons, who were involved in a lengthy battle for the throne. During the course of the series, the female protagonist would meet and eventually fell in love with Fourth Prince Aisin Gioro Yinzhen, who would later on ascend the throne as Emperor Yongzheng. The plot of the series was largely reminiscent of the original novel's plot, though the series's ending differed from that of the novel, along with a few minor differences from both the series and novel.)

This is a Chinese drama that is quite well known, and as I haven't seen it before, I wanted to find out if it lives up to the hype. Unfortunately, it really does not, and in fact feels a lot more dated than it should be.

I was surprised to find that this drama came out around the same time as Empresses In The Palace, because that series is head and shoulders above this one in quality, acting, and story.

The premise of the show is that a lady from modern times gets transported back in time into the body of a high class lady from the Qing Dynasty after a car accident. From there, you follow her adventures as she navigates the palace intrigues and the various Princes vying for power.

On paper this sounds really interesting, but watching the show, the antics of the main character often comes off as extremely juvenile. Most of the comedic scenes fall completely flat, and there just isn't much to latch onto when it comes to characterization or plot. Acting isn't that great either. I wanted to quit by the fourth episode.

I would recommend skipping this one if you don't have any nostalgia associated with it. I suspect the high rating makes sense for the time that this drama came out, but there have been so many better Chinese gufeng dramas since then that it doesn't hold up well by comparison.

For Qing Dynasty palace harem intrigue/plotting, I recommend Empresses In The Palace, Ruyi's Royal Love, or Yanxi Palace (in that order) instead.

If you want really good plot and characters flexing their ability to outwit each other, Nirvana In Fire 1 + 2, and The Story of Minglan are much better dramas to spend your time on as well.

Ruo Xi should be a smart modern woman in the beginning is fun and interesting, turn into selfish boring person story ... Not recommend to anyone

The film is so slow and boring. I don't like the plot. I feel like it's going into a looping and never gets out of it until she's dead. It's all about the love story between a female, 4th prince and 8th prince like Gong TV Series. But I think Gong is better. At least, it doesn't circulate. Because it's boring, I stopped watching it. All in all, if you don't have anything to watch, then watch it. Otherwise there are a lot of movies and TV Shows out there. Leave this one and watch the other one. I won't recommend to watch this.