In midst of all the Chinese BL dramas which get adapted into bromance due to censorship, THIS DRAMA SHOWS A REAL BL PLOT. MY EYES ARE BLESSED WITH THE LAST SCENE I SAW...NEVER BEFORE I SAW A MARRIAGE SCENE OF 2 GUYS IN ANY HISTORICAL DRAMA EVER!!!!! OFCOURSE, It showed a platonic relationship because of censorship but their chemistry was very very sweet and there were actually some romantic scenes.
I liked the plot but the love of the MLs for each other was the driving force for each other. Unlike typical historical dramas where the charecters are always on guard and highly cares about other people's opinion, here the protagonist Tao Mo who played the role of a naive magistrate who was so pure and innocent at heart, and who just loved Gu She so much that just the mention of his name makes him leave all his work wherever he is and he rushes to him. And Gu She who was cold and aloof loves to spend time with him and melts even at the thought of him. There were some loopholes in the story though. It seemed like Gu She has known Tao Mo for long but we didn't know how. The ending was abrupt ( I looked up for more info and found out that the drama originally should have been of 28 episodes but was cut off due to censorship).
DAMN I REALLY LOVE COSTUME AND PERIOD GENRE AND WISH TO SEE MORE SUCH UNCENSORED TURE BLs in this genre.