Chun Hua Yan (2024)

Broke me in a good way

I absolutely loved this drama contrary to many others who seem to have been quite disappointed.
Sure if you expect a steaming hot romance show, as the trailer and the first episode indicate, you won‘t be satisfied. But after all it is a C-Drama… if you expect to watch something similar to the Borgias, you for sure will be disappointed.
The second reason why many did not like the show was that the ending was changed compared to the original novel. Since I am a sucker for sad endings, I truthfully enjoyed every heartwrenching minute of it! But yeah if you are hoping for a happy end you will get disappointed again.
I loved the chemistry not just between the leads but also between the other actors. Liu Xueyi is for me on an other level of acting and so is Wu Jinyan! I loved Liu Xueyi already in Blood of Youth and fell hard for his portrayal of Murong Jinghe. The scene of them lying on the bed both crying will hunt me to my death it was so beautiful, sad and full of feelings!

To sum up my rant: I love it! I loved the pacing, I was okay with Murong Jinghe‘s 180 degree character change (because it made sense) and I also found it understandable why the General fell for the Crown Prince (and don‘t get me started on the execution scene… beautiful!). It is a beautiful drama for people who love a good tragic story, who want to cry and feel as if their heart has been crushed and put together again.

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Liu Xue Yi

Liu Xue Yi is a handsome man, I watch his drama and mesmerize by his good look, it's too bad his Female Leads weren't as compatible as him - not only in appearance but most importantly in skills. I dropped 'In Blossom' because his co-star Ju Jing Yi ruined the drama. Her pretty face didn't make a cut.

This time his co-star is Wu Jin Yan played as Mei Lin - a blank face actress, can't really read her emotion in any given situation. It's her frozen face, can't ignore it. Her eyes empty, doesn't communicate her trauma or hatred or sad or pain to her character has experienced it. 1st to 3rd episodes I enjoyed to watch Liu Xue Yi which wasn't only a great vision, but his snarling/pouting /glowering/glaring/frowning is appalling. His beautiful face makes more sinister to the contorting situation - his barely smile brings out menacing character and unknown to anyone his secret of morbid plan of avenges. That's what I see him in this drama, value of his skill to the character. Liu Xue Yi is a promising actor if he can find a female lead that can bring out his personality in collaboration of future project.

Prince Murong Jing He (Liu Xue Yi) of the Great Yan Dynasty led his Weibei Army to reclaim Qingzhou, a lost territory. Became infamously 'Butchered General' from accusation of burning down a town and killed it's citizen. A misunderstood General that hold hatred to take on revenge to family who wrong him. Mei Lin's (Wu Jin Yan) family burned to death by, as she believed, Weibei Army which under Prince Murong Jing He's leadership. She dedicated herself to take on revenge to the man who responsible with horrendous act, Murong Jing He. Disguised as one of a hundred Xiyan beauties sent to the Great Yan as part of a political marriage alliance, she patiently waits for her chance to strike. But what Mei Lin doesn't know is that the man who masterminded her entire assassination mission—setting her on this path of revenge—is none other than Murong Jing He himself. That's the plot.

With the basic synopsis I wouldn't imagine the character Prince Murong Jing He; he's taking his time in finding the culprit, he takes on the blames, he receives scold, hateful profanity and scorn, thrown-rotten egg/vegetables from public humiliation, he bare it all with sinister sneers. His deep sarcastic voice (I heard it's his real voice) play important part for his edgy character, irony situation with his statuesque and stunning face.

I hate to drop this drama just because of FL...still many episodes to watch though.

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What happens when two crazy people interact?

They create toxic fireworks that burns through the screen. Two crazy people who are ready to die at any time to accomplish their goals... (one openly crazy, the other silently crazy😂)

*This is a preliminary review based on three episodes out so far*

So far, this is a well written and well acted show based on a general known far and wide as a mass murderer. The show starts with the FL dad being burned to death. (alive). We find out that the general (ML) army set the fire to their town. The FL swore revenge on the ML and went through a decade of training as an assassin just to kill ML.

Big plot twist: It was the ML all along who was training her to kill him... (she doesn't know). The ML also wants to use her to investigate the past. Anyway, that's the premise of the show. And the story is built off that. The ML in this show is crazy... But the FL is also crazier... (he poisoned her, she stabbed him. Etc... you get the gist of it)...

Anyways, the thing that's drawing every one in is the way the story is told. LXY & WJN are doing a good job of portraying these characters. You will totally believe they are who they say they are. They live and breath these characters and we see them in action all the time. whether it's through emotions (eye movements, facial movements, mechanical laugh, etc) they make make these characters intriguing. It also helps that their chemistry is very good and works well together!!

The story is intriguing. Each smaller plot that's revealed makes you want to know more. I'm intrigued by all the smaller plots that will eventually intertwine with the main plot.

So far so good, I really love their toxic chemistry.😂💀 They are giving everything I want in an enemies to lovers. THIS RIGHT HERE, IS THE REAL ENEMIES TO LOVERS. This is how it should be done. Not a damsel in distress who get hurt by ML repeatedly and ends up "falling in love" 🙄

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