When hui rou was introduced they made it seem like she was going to change the whole trajectory of the show. You know near the end of a show when everyone's happy and you just know something bad is gonna happen well for this I thought it would've been xuan ming figuring out that San mei was also lord Zhao Nan but the conflict didn't last long, which I am grateful for but they could've ended the show around here. I feel like they didn't do enough with hui rou's character for her part to have been dragged on the way it was, the thought of having a villain like her seemed interesting but they threw her into the show like she was a last-second thought. other than that i will say the cast did a great job portraying their characters (especially the main leads i would love to see them in another drama actually) and I would definitely tune in for a second season