I wanted to watch something fluffy, and the trailers looked like they'd deliver.

For the most part, I enjoyed this. I could watch on autopilot during insomnia nights, as the plot was easy to follow. Where I liked it best were the comedy scenes. The supporting actors especially were terrific comedic actors.

But then it took a sharp left turn into tragedy, which such a fluffy storyline simply didn't support. The same thing ruined I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO, which incidentally had much better music, and two terrific male leads. But the storyline was fun fluff, so when everybody started getting killed off and the villains win, I'm left staring at the TV, wondering if the wrong series got shuffled in.

No quarrel with the acting. The actor playing the chef especially was dynamite--funny until his death scene, then really affecting. But the story itself simply didn't support that weight of tragedy after all the silliness.

Then at the end there's a weird preachy tag about how one should value education, and referring to "Nanke's Dream," a Tang Era tale about the futility of a life full of riches and honor. (Futility of life) with a heavy dose of Daoism. Despite the episodic structure (the heroine from contemporary times, remembering lessons in order to solve problems for this ancient kingdom) the emotional structure of the story, the random actions of the villains especially, totally undercut the heavy hand of the Message.