Finished this series a while ago. I think that the casting and pacing is quite good - it's one of the few recent chinese ancient dramas I've enjoyed.
I hope there will be a complete uncut version available one day...
Finished this series a while ago. I think that the casting and pacing is quite good - it's one of the few recent chinese ancient dramas I've enjoyed.
I hope there will be a complete uncut version available one day...
If you have the link of the complete series with English subtitles, please share with me.
I finally finished watching the whole series and I personally would prefer the 2008 version of Huang Xiaoming for its faithfulness to the novel.
This 2014 version has unexpected ending so it triggers quite a new feeling on how Kangxi loves Wei Xiaobao.
I think this version spends too much time at the early episodes so that it feels like being hurried at the last episodes with so many things being cut and not shown. I don't like that the producer gave too much screen time for Princess Jianning, since it's the character that I dislike most from the story. Lou Yixiao, however, did a good job as the princess.