I started watching this series when it was first released, and I gave up on it after the first 20 minutes, perhaps I was too sleepy and this series gives you a lot to digest in episode one. I had almost forgotten about this series when one day I saw a few reels of it and decided to give it a try again. This time I was hooked from episode 2 onwards. This series is a complete package, super good looking people, lots of swoon worthy moments, suspense, betrayal, plots in plots, amazing costumes, and good sets. There were so many good looking people in this series that I felt I didn't even compare to the absolute extras when it came to good looks! Our lead actress had three suitors, and I wanted each one of them to be with her, one automatically felt bad for the other two whenever she got close to one of them. Most historical dramas revolve around power struggle, deceit, family dynamics and dirty politics, this series wasn't any different in this aspect, but I liked how the series was told by a modern author who got our female lead to undo the wrongdoings by giving her a fresh chance of time travelling to before everything got out of hands. It was also interesting how they kept showing the contrast and similarities between the past and new present, and gave the FL an opportunity to learn from and rectify her mistakes. Then we had the finale with the lovely leads coming together in matrimony and also the FL meeting the ML in modern times, indicating there was a chance for them in the current time as well. I liked so many things about this series, I am already a fan of Bai Lu, and apart from her latest series with Dylan Wang, I've loved her work in each of the series I have watched with her as the lead. As for the three male leads, they were all great in their respective roles and though I had already seen Zhang Lingye in Love between fairy and devil and liked his work, I wanted to see him in My Journey to You but I cannot tolerate Esther Yu in any series at all, that fact notwithstanding I still tried watching the series but left it an episode 3. I'd like to see more work of Zhang Lingye, Wang Xingyue, and Zhou Junwei as well as Liu Xiening, I loved all of them in Story of Kuning Palace.
Review of Story of Kunning Palace
