This drama truly lives up to its praises. From the epic love story, lively portrayals, the buildup of the plot, and the beautiful cinematography. In historical fantasy drama like this, I usually get bored or skipped the first 1-2 chapters because they were intros and boring, or even dropped them if it was so awfully boring. But this drama, I was hooked since the first. Even when I want to skip some scenery scenes, I can't do so because they were shot so beautifully. For a drama with tragedy genre, this drama did a very good job, by not forcing sadness on each scene, but curated them so that when it hits, it hits you like a truck.

Chen Xingxu as Li Chengyin is the death of me. His performance is top notch, that even during his dark scenes, I sip them like I would cherish a fine wine. I swoon for him, I laugh, I cry, I get frustrated and I sigh. To be honest, I sigh a lot when I watch this drama. Especially when nearing the end, my sigh got longer and deeper. It was... how do I say it, Chengyin and Xiaofeng is everything I want in a story. Fluff, humor, enemies to lovers, angst, comedy, soulmates, you name them. You can clearly see that they were destined to fall in love no matter how, but their situations make it harder for them to be together peacefully. You can probably see a mutual friend of them, Pei Zhao, rolling his eyes. You can probably see 'u dumb bitch' written in his gaze.

Commenting about Xiaofeng would spoil so much, since she was the center of this story. I was actually surprised that she doesn't turn to be a villain because her circumstances are literally the perfect backstory for it.

All the side characters are really good, every characters were lively and essential for the plot, and the cinematography, the color palettes are super nice to look at. Sometimes it was funny, because there will be a sad scene, and the director would shoot the evening sun peeking from behind a mountain, casting a golden glow to the picture, and I would forget why I'm sad.

You might find this a rambling, but trust me, after this drama you will be a mess too, but it doesn't feel so bad.
Well, like Peng Xiaoran said, "whether you like sweet scenes or sad scenes, you will find what you like in Goodbye My Princess"
So happy watching!

P.S. You must watch the special scenes!! I think they have like 4 scenes, it's a cure for the heart.