Hauntingly beautiful story

The Plot
The basic idea of the the story is about a Web writer who doesn't care about the integrity of the story, but writes to create controversy and therefore get comments. But the negative comments are so much such that she is ordered by "the system" to change the ending or face the consequences.

She is stubborn and refuses to change the storyline and is sucked into the plot, opening with her, embodied in character of Hua Qing Ge, her namesake, being murdered on her wedding night by he husband, the chief Antagonist Ji Chu also known as Prince LV.

She is allowed to wake up again in the plot and this time is permitted to do whatever she can to escape and survive, thus altering the trajectory of the plot.

Qing, as she is affectionately known by Ji Yun the Crown Prince, the Protagonist in her storyline and everyone's all round dreams guy and the reason she has found herself in the plot, because she has him murdered by Ji Chu which did not go down well with fans.

Qing is confident that she can outsmart Ji Chu because she wrote the plot and thinks that she knows his every move and is able to stay one step ahead of him as she desperately fights for survival, aided by Ji Yun.
What she does not bargain for, is that by the very nature of the fact that she didn't die in the opening scene she has altered the course of the plot and events begin to unfold that she has no control over. The other problem she has is that she didn't take time to develop the story and characters properly so quickly learns that she has no real idea about characters motivations and therfore their behaviour and she expresses this regret several times.

The story takes us through the growth of Qing as she interacts with the characters she has created and how her presence alters their lives and outcomes eventually changing the plot in a way she has no control over the outcome.

What l loved

I loved the plot and how Qing's interaction with each character she created transformations her from an arrogant entitled spoilt brat to a kind, caring considerate human being.
Song Yi Ren(Irene Song) who plays Qing is able to transport you from your living room into this ancient world of intrigue, fear, remorse and love. She is incredibly funny and has you laugh so much your sides hurt, but she is also able to take you into dark sorrowful places and make you cry as you see the world she finds her self in though her eyes.

Ding Ze Ren, who plays Ji Chu, is a magnificent villain, his costumes are very beautiful and elaborate, he wears them with elegance and creates just the right amount of arrogance when he struts around, like a magnificent peacock in all it's glory. According to Qing, who is petrified of him, he is the embodiment of evil. After all she created him that way and in her original plot he remains evil to the end. But the readers protested and her mission is to change him and thus change the plot or she can't go home.

Ding Ze Ren takes us through that transformation as he constantly runs into Qing messing with his plans for revenge. We discover as Qing does that he is not one dimensional but multi facited, each episode is like pealing the layers of an onion as it slowly reveals the true character of Ji Chu.
I am so sad that Ding does not have more acting roles because he is incredibly gifted as demonstrated by his portrayal of this very difficult and complex character.

I highly recommend that you watch it and how you feel at the end depends on how invested you are in the people in the story, each one with very complex issues and life choices they are faced with

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Intrigue and excitement

I love this drama so far. Ever since watching "The Legend of Shen Li" I have been looking for a costume drama that has a fierce femme FL. Who fights together with the ML.

This one fits my other favourite genre of Sci-fi along the lines of Quantum Leap, which was a US Sci-fi drama series from the 1980s where a character would time travel and jump into the body and life of a person who was undergoing difficulties in their life often suffering a great injustice.

This person from the future would leap into the life of the person from the past and would help them get justice before leaping out again.

This drama fits that storyline, from what I can see so far.

It is a popular genre among cdrama especially the mini drama, but this one is so far seems to going quite well.

I love how they have dealt with the leap. And the chemistry between the two leads is electric. ❤.


It also meets my other favourite genre, the world of mystery. There are several mysteries to resolve. Like those two weird people with a lizard that keep following her and what really happened that night at the palace. ?.
I am settling down for an exciting viewing. I will report back after watching a few more episodes.

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