The plot:
Honestly don't watch this drama for the plot even if the plot is good. It's not the reason why you should watch this.

The cast and chemistry:
Fisrt of all the two main lead ! It's the thing I was the most excited about. Bai Qian played by Yang Mi was modern female lead, not manipulated by other people than herself. Even if the drama is historical, she portrayed her character as modern and mature. The choices she made weren't the best but she had noble thoughts or inside turmoils dictating her decisions. She is beautiful, clever and powerful and i think it what made her so interesting to watch.
The male lead was awesome too, he was played by Mark Chao who is an amazing actor. His role was amazing because he knew his woman was powerful and he didn't try to babie her into not using her power.
Their chemestry was absolutly beautiful and ethereal to watch, I hope this two get another role someday in a drama.

For the other roles, i thought they were unecessary and their scene were too long for the uselessness. Between one toxic couple, even if I really like Vin Zhang, his role was boring and useless and his wife was a psycho. For the couple of Dilraba, whom I really like, i didn't like her in this. Her couple was ridiculous. Vengo Gao, is too bad at acting and his role was so useless it was boring.

The rest of the couple and their intrigues were there to fill the episodes between the plot of the two main leads and they werent interesting. But you really should watch it for the two main leads.