Action/War historical C-dramas

wished the two little kids and Mimi did not die

finished july 2023

bittersweet ending

loved the badass female lead and the interaction between ML and FL

happy ending for main leads. loved the friendships. Good story

bad side: Hua song and the instructor Guo died, and the reformed bully as well

Overall it was a good drama. The beginning was more of a comedy, with mystery and then it became more heavy and serious. Loved the FL, she was strong and stood for what she believed in, and the ML as well. They liked each other almost from the start and had constant bickering which was really funny to watch, also the fact that they were from different armies made it even funnier. We see both the leads being strong and extremely smart, they know what the other is thinking and go along with each other plans. There were however certain things I did not like which is why it's just this rating. First of all, there were a lot of villains, or annoying characters that took up quite a lot of screen time, which bothered me: the jeshuo tribe, the annoying Cui Lin/Lie Cheng Feng, the Lady Guo, the sons of the emperor/brothers of the ML and even the emperor himself. The Lady Guo never got a chance with the ML who turned her down plainly and simple, the brothers of ML thankfully died and so did the fake Cui Lin and the emperor was so immature and finally did the right thing in the last episode and abdicated the throne for the ML. The ML never wanted the throne but had it temporarily (10 years) alongside the FL as empress until the former crown princess was old enough to take over. 

Final verdict: the "Bandid brothers" of the ML died which was unnecessary and I hated it, loved the sidekicks of the leads, Taozi and Xie Chang Er which were so cute together (and had their happy ending) and the leads got their wish in the end and went to defend the border and lived with their kids.