Watching it while it was still airing in China, so perhaps I did not get the best quality of the video. I remember fondly this drama captivates me to continue watching. It has such a great ratings in China and very fast the hype spread to other countries. People talking so much about this drama.

For me, was watching for the sake of very popular well known actors / actresses. Next the beautiful setup, the beautiful costumes, the beautiful OST make this watchable.

As for the plot, understand follow a book, not really my type of plot but ok to watch. Not extremely exciting either. Sometimes I do not really understand the story, quite profound. Can’t understand especially for part for Ye hua & bai Qian story.

Overall, I do not really get what captivates me in the drama to continue but I did finished the drama & even firsthand.

This drama is watchable in my view but not overly fantastic.....