Okay so I've been meaning to watch this show for the past one year, started it twice, but couldn't continue beyond episode 2, somehow the story didn't seem convincing to me then. Two days back, I was scrolling through my watchlist, and after spending the past 7 days starting and discarding several series, I felt very frustrated at not having anything worthwhile to watch, I decided to give this series another chance, since I am a fan of both Zhao Lusi and Ding Yuxi, and decided to watch up to episode 5 and then decide if I wanted to continue. Now here I am, after finishing the series in two days, wondering why I didn't continue earlier. This was a sweet love story, and I found the scriptwriter's concept of male dominated vs female dominated societies quite entertaining since both make us realise that gender equality is the only feasible way ahead. I was really irritated with Zhao Lusi's hairstyle in the series, she has such beautiful hair and generally most costume dramas have female leads wearing pretty hairstyles, sadly though, I found the series lacking both in costumes and hairstyles. Apart from this shortcoming, I loved the story and I'm glad I gave it another chance, third time's a charm probably. The leads had great chemistry and the supporting actors did well, I loved the manservants of both ML and FL, they were both great as characters. Overall a very entertaining drama, worth the watch. One less star for poor hairstyles and not so good costumes compared to other period dramas.
