I wasn't super interested at the beginning I watched like the first 2 episodes and stopped, I watch a lot of dramas at once but I watch them depending on how I feel, I was feeling super depressed so I used this drama it makes you cry by either it being touching or sad. Then for some reason, I couldn't leave it even after I finished, I guess I fell in love with Lan Zhan lol, and I read that a lot of people were like me too, so what I would recommend you to do is to not give up on it and keep on watching it, it will just get better each episode. also, it is a drama that you can watch next to your whole family nothing inappropriate really happens (like kissing) and that is super rare for Chinese historical dramas.