You know, 90% of the people who watch this series ends up falling in love with Wallace... he's so gorgeous and talented!
But I also really like Hu Jing in this series... especially her transformation, from the daughter of a powerful court official, when she's bold, rash, but loyal, to someone who's lost so much, and becomes serene and wise, to the accepting, talented 'cai nu' she becomes 10 years later.
And Hu Jing is totally absolutely gorgeous in the beautiful costumes in this series.
Together, those two sort of make up for the crapness that was the plot and script.