Also known: Dream of chang'an. FYI
Up to ep 36 I originally thought of giving this up at first as all i could think was 49ep ouch and was i so wrong before you know it i was addicted and looking at different site for more episodes.
The ML/FL & 2 ML/FL are all kicking ass and doing an amazing job and this time a villian who you definitely hate in every sense of the word the rest of the cast which is A lot are also doing a believable job. The costumes, carriages and set are great in my options.

This storyline start with the plannings of the Morning Dew Rebellion 8yrs ago when the Emperor Qi Ang was in pain & wanted to take back his power from the eunuch fraction who was getting to big & powerful.

Warlords LiXu & Zheng Lu took the Dew Code and Gen'l Han Yue lured QZL to Zuo Zhenhen yard to kill him, but failed since QZL knew and already killed both of them/familiy Gen'l Han went to the palace to report to emperor and so he made a secret imperial edict (to make prince Guang emperor? ) and told him to give to Prime Minister Wang.

As he arrived the servants were telling him and his Granddaughters Ruoqing and Ruoling to leave and gave him the edict and sent them out thru underground tunnel and while trying to hold off QZL/QiYan/Shencai army he got an arror thru the eye presumed dead. By the time the wangs got out they were waiting for them and QZL shot PM yang wang in the back and QiYan shot both girls in the back.

Later Qi yan goes back to the dead grave and looks for the 3 girls he find zheng wu and send her out, he then finds Gen'l han and gives him to prince guang to fix and prince Guang finds Ruoling but not ruoqing. We learn that the yi Yan practiced to hit between ribs and not the heart in order for them to live.

The emperor Sadly lost the last of his power/control of court and officials to become a powerless puppet who was controlled by Qiu Zi Liang(QZL) for the next 8yrs. The official were either in coercion with QZL or coerced into following him or be killed.

So of course you dislike the ML, but later you also feel a little sorry for him with the pressures of secrets given by his brother before dying(suicide/QZL murdered by fish) He also spoke to Teacher Wang and made him a promise to try and save him & his 2 granddaughters, but QZL got to the arrow.

It was and is still a little confusing to me as Qiu Zi liang is an eunuch who got power from the last emporer to the point he was running the courts and the new emperor is more or less a puppet also. Why hasn't anyone's tried to kill or poisen him there were many occasions. Why he didn't make himself the emperor?
This review could go on and on from me so will stop as there are so many twist and turns like a rollercoaster of stories and events and gruesome killing.
Now up to ep 46 and only 3 to go and its sad and cruel that Ruo qing doesn't tell yu'er she's her sister. Does she really believe yu're will never find out.
Just finished and WOW the ending was completely not what i expected, but ended well. You never know who's good and who's bad umtil the end. Its worth the watch