I really don't know what were the scriptwriters doing when they were writing drama. It's so horribly written, so boring, so banal, there weren't any plot in this drama that have not already appeared in another drama.

Despite all the investment they made in the costume and the set, the editing team managed to make this drama look cheapskate by forcing irrelevant scenes (that show off palace dresses/embroidery of the Ming dynasty) into the drama. I am not saying the dresses or the embroidery weren't pretty. They looked nice. But it shouldn't be forced into our views with specific scenes. It's such an unelegant way to present pretty things, like hey-look-we-splurged-so-much-money-on-costume-but-couldn't-pay-more-for-decent-scriptwriting.

The only thing which I found was OK was probably the efforts they made in showing us so many different dishes.

I started watching this drama because of XuKai. He is able to make half the women population drool. But even with his dashing look, I can't bring myself to finish this senseless drama.

Will be dropping it.