I finally finished watching this drama after trying to drop it several times . Let me start by saying that it was mostly cute and funny and not too heavy.
Story: The rash and bratty daughter of royalty is married off to a powerful border general, who has a secret mission going on, but they fall in love and he does everything to solve the troubles his wife keeps creating, all while working his own hidden agenda. The plot was fast moving. So the story is not stagnant. There's a lot of things going on, one after the other. Sometimes it does get a little boring, like the part where the FL started her own business. And the FL is super annoying. There were some plotholes in the working of the villains. There were loads of sweet and funny moments. But throughout the story the FL has zero character development. Still the story was good, if the draggy parts are skipped, then it was a good one to watch. They had a happy ending, a funny one at that, and ig a total of 6 couples came out by the end of the drama.
Characters and acting- The acting of all the characters was very well done. The fl did a good job portraying the stupid princess, the ML did a good job in his part. The leads had such a beautiful chemistry, their romance and love felt so real and natural and they had tons of kisses. As much as i love their love story, I can't deny that the FL was super annoying. Throughout the story she was a super unreasonable, irrational, rash and wilful. The ML was like ultra patient and considerate of her and i even think that he deserved better. He wasn't always very forthright, he liked to keep things to himself but nonetheless he loved her so much. The FL had very few moments of maturity but she was very honest about everything. Towards the end the emperor turned into a comic character. The other couples like that of rourou and susu, bao zitou and xiaocong were pretty fun. Well xiuyuan and ruonan had a lot of growth as a couple but I'm just disappointed that she became the empress, like wtf? Anyway i hated the FL's two sisters so much that i literally jumped every time they were slapped lmao.

Overall: I might just rewatch it someday if I'm bored, but for the first time definitely worth a try. It is entertaining and fun tow watch.