A bundle of Joy

I liked that this one did not have backstabbing and betrayal by family members. I felt there might be the typical cousin lover fight but there wasn't and the Cheng Family were very good to each other and entertaining to watch. I was damn impressed with Old lady Cheng, she cracked me up each time :) and there was a lot of cunning schemes and revenge done by the FL which gave me story of minglan vibe and the ML quest to uncover the truth of his _____ death was a long journey of 15 yrs it reminded me of yanxi palace in which FL goes from simple servant in the palace to imperial consort with tons of scheming to finally avenge her sisters rape and murder. Overall it's a good watch the only thing I felt it missed was not seeing them having a family of their own. A scene of them living Shang's dream of simple village kinda life or maybe a scene of Qiqi and Song's kids playing around with their Uncle Zisheng (ML). Ah it would have been a perfect ending. We also missed out on their wedding and the rest of the siblings. Those scenes would have made this the best of the best drama IMO.

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A bundle of Joy

I liked that this one did not have backstabbing and betrayal by family members. I felt there might be the typical cousin lover fight but there wasn't and the Cheng Family were very good to each other and entertaining to watch. I was damn impressed with Old lady Cheng, she cracked me up each time :) and there was a lot of cunning schemes and revenge done by the FL which gave me story of minglan vibe and the ML quest to uncover the truth of his _____ death was a long journey of 15 yrs it reminded me of yanxi palace in which FL goes from simple servant in the palace to imperial consort with tons of scheming to finally avenge her sisters rape and murder. Overall it's a good watch the only thing I felt it missed was not seeing them having a family of their own. A scene of them living Shang's dream of simple village kinda life or maybe a scene of Qiqi and Song's kids playing around with their Uncle Zisheng (ML). Ah it would have been a perfect ending. We also missed out on their wedding and the rest of the siblings. Those scenes would have made this the best of the best drama IMO.

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A sweet journey of FL from Concubine to Wife

I am quite impressed with the story as there were a couple of things I didn't expect which happened and vice versa.

The story is not about revenge and does not have story of minglan kinda angst. We have the ML and FL bonding after marriage slowly, the ML was respectful and didn't consumate the marriage at any point in time (after 2+yr). He had to marry the princess of JIN state by imperial pressure. I was really happy to see a character like the princess who was selfless she genuinely cared about the FL and helped her become mature and educated her in running household and business.

The supporting characters like hao jie (FL bf) was really good. I was expecting the betrayal arc to be present but surprisingly it was better instead of backstabbing and jealousy they discussed the issues with each other and provided the necessary support.

As every drama requires a villain in this one it was the Crown prince, who was truly despicable and his tail the fourth prince who did some bad shit but mended and came around in the end. So we can say the bad were punished unlike in other dramas they are just forgiven as if nothing happened.

What more can I say? I feel I have said enough to convince you all to give this one a shot.

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Really great!

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this drama. No regrets! It was cute and fluffy, with no angst. The male lead was really thoughtful, helping the female lead grow into an independent and successful woman by showering her with wisdom and love. I discovered this while watching "The Story of Minglan," which features the same female lead. Her acting was so good, but I got stuck in a rut, so I looked up her previous works and found this one. I have to say, I felt 33 episodes were not enough. I would have loved to see them have a family of their own and go on a picnic with their little one and the male lead's sister's son as well, the whole family together having fun in the end. What an ending that would have been!

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Why I regret Watching this!

The series was good. I saw karma for each bad character except the mother-in-law. FL's stepmother or her father's main wife tortured Fl and her birth mother multiple times. The father was also STUPID and IGNORANT. She forced FL to marry and take the place of her daughter in her husband's family. Karma was her daughter was murdered and her unborn baby killed by a schemer just like how the main wife/stepmother schemed her whole life.
Moreover, Concubine Qin of the ML harem was forced to be ML concubine by ML's Mother, and the ML mother killed her child because she didn't want the child to be the firstborn of her family, what a bullshit reason to kill her own grandchild. The ML who was also stupid never raised his voice to his mother, fighting wars all the time but couldn't care less about the women in his home. ML's first wife who at the time was pregnant together with her mother forced a maid to sleep with the ML by threatening her with her younger sister. She killed herself due to depression. Going back to concubine Qin, Ml found a bastard child of his brother, FL advocated for Qin to raise that child but fucked up ML gave it to his sister. I wish I had known all this before starting How I regret watching this!

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My Dream came True!!

I have always had a fantasy of going back in time to ancient china and this drama is basically it. The MC travels back in time and being a scientist he is pushed into murder investigation and becomes a target of the hidden enemy who wants to overthrow the emperor. It is full of fun and romance and I implore you to try the first season and if you like it you are in for a fun ride all through season 3. I am hoping for season 4 but seeing how old this is I don't see it happening. He ends up with 4 wives and they all live good without fighting like you see in the imperial harem.

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My Dream came True!!

I have always had a fantasy of going back in time to ancient china and this drama is basically it. The MC travels back in time and being a scientist he is pushed into murder investigation and becomes a target of the hidden enemy who wants to overthrow the emperor. It is full of fun and romance and I implore you to try the first season and if you like it you are in for a fun ride all through season 3. I am hoping for season 4 but seeing how old this is I don't see it happening. He ends up with 4 wives and they all live good without fighting like you see in the imperial harem.

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My Dream came True!!

I have always had a fantasy of going back in time to ancient china and this drama is basically it. The MC travels back in time and being a scientist he is pushed into murder investigation and becomes a target of the hidden enemy who wants to overthrow the emperor. It is full of fun and romance and I implore you to try the first season and if you like it you are in for a fun ride all through season 3. I am hoping for season 4 but seeing how old this is I don't see it happening. He ends up with 4 wives and they all live good without fighting like you see in the imperial harem.

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Was good, few things reminded me of Reborn Rich.

This show despite the many plot holes is still good. The ML has an unquenchable thirst to reach the top after the death of his father and angry at the world for having lived a life in poverty , he sets out to climb the mountain by making big leaps. The climb changed his character and each decision got him closer to falling of the mountain. The ending made sense, he returned to the place his father was resting as he could no longer continue living with the guilt of having made the same decision that got his father killed. The ML had several chances to stop his climb and rest and lookback at the beautiful natural landscape but he failed to lookback as such he didn't realize where he went wrong. As for the FL many have commented that she has no expression, I disagree her character was not an emotional one she has to show a strong powerful face and never to show her weakness as everyone around her is looking to pounce on her, even the brother she was close to betrayed her. Imagine living like that, it's hard. When she had to show emotion you could see them in her eyes, which showed whether she was angry, sad or happy. Throughout the show I never saw her smile, laugh, or giggle. I pitied her as in the end she was left alone.

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Full of Zhao lusi cuteness and amazing romance

I really held back from watching this as I figured it would be the same story arc as most romance drama follow. I will say this when I first saw that FL stepmom, in an instant I knew she was sinister. I had a flashback of story of minglan where her dad's concubine kills her mother. The way the story started it was a DELIGHT i truly felt engaged and could not stop SMILING, having each episode filled with romance with so many couples the ML' secretary and his best friend, FL's best friend and their work boss/partner were all great. The only thing I disliked was the lack of KARMA, the stepmom should have suffered more and why did the writer give the FL dad's memory loss (dementia) he should not be blessed with having no memories of how he treated his own daughter like garbage and killing his own wife indirectly ( first wife). I wanted to see him beg for forgiveness and repent for the rest of his life and also transfer the entire company to her as compensation.

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It was a fun escape from reality until the ending episode.

The good thing I like about this one was how the FL navigated the story of her characters while in her own book( Reminds me of "W 2016" Korean drama). I liked how the leads were funny and the way they lived every moment was entertaining, I especially liked the FL with her personality of being dumb and idiotic. I am so frustrated with that one ending comment, why does the second princess still get to be the city owner. Hasn't she shown enough violence and cruelty to be executed? If it weren't for the ML, the FL would have been dead earlier by the arrow she shot towards her. So many times she tried to kill her, but no karma for her. What kind of messed up story is this? We are told that what goes around comes around and that good deed is not lost but returned a thousand times.

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