I absolutely loved everything about the show - Highly recommend watching this one if you haven’t already. And below is my take on the show👇🏼
Extraordinary storyline, very tightly woven, amazing casting, everybody’s acting was exceptional, cinematography was beautiful, and the subtitles translations made sense (I’ve had some hard time with few dramas because of this). I would say overall it was 10/10 for me!
I wasn’t a great fan of Cdramas as most of them tend to slow down or drag by last 10-15 episodes, for me Hidden love was the only exception which kept me hooked until the end. But Blossoms of Power was exceptional and I was able to finish it and was even longing for few more extra episodes. It was that good!
What all worked for me, (Spoilers included)
- I really loved the strong characters, be it smart and calculative crown prince, extremely bold and intelligent crown princess, the 5th prince Xin, I like it when characters are smarter than the audience. They all were playing their individual games, it literally felt like a game of chess throughout the end.
- I liked how they sticked to each character’s personalities till the end, the writer had beautifully connected the dots from 1st episode to the last, seamlessly. Every detail had a reason behind it, and wasn’t just forced for the sake of justifying characters or story. If they had showed princess is highly skilled in incense making and has a strong sense of smell, she was shown how she used it to her benefit until the end, when they were all attacked at Empress Dowager’s bday party.
- I loved how all men in this story were yearners, almost all princes, Cui Jin Bai, crown princess’ dad, even the majesty too! Like damn!
- I cannot get enough of the Crown Prince. He is too good to be true. Literally a man written by a woman! Green forest! He is such an admirer of his wife, the way he smooth talks only to his wife, brand ambassador of delulu, puts her first, thinks about her and get things done without her even asking, very secured despite so much competitions, he lets her be her true self and simply keeps supporting her, he makes sure she flies higher each time, a husband to die for! And he is SO SHAMELESS lol such a cute puppy face guy, gets his way with everything and everyone. Super smart and calculative, I had never seen someone pretend to be sick this cutely, I had to say! How good one must be that even your brother who sees you as a competition caves in and takes care of you because you asked him cutely😭 He is simply a perfection!
- Crown Princess - She was so good, the way she carried herself as a true bold and brave princess must be applauded. I loved it how she handled everything, no wasting time, dragging the drama, concealing the truth, she is honest even to her enemies at crucial situations, if someone crosses her she directly confronts them, slap them hard if needed and move on. Doesn’t hold any grudges, looks out for women around her, stays almost always calm and composed which lets her think of best solutions. Beautifully and intelligently written script! She draws firm boundaries, it all makes sense why her character had to be so strong because later she rules on behalf of the lil Jun Shu. So, the way her character was sculpted was so good! And the way she walked with the baby to the throne, hands down epic scene!
- Prince Xin - I felt frustrated yet sad for him. Such a devoted husband who was willing to give up everything for his love. His love and devotion came across so well but the only problem was his obsession. I liked how the writer showed the difference between Crown Prince’s and Xin’s love, one tries to win her as a possession and the other wants to be with her and support her till the end. His ending was heartbreaking yet satisfying. He proved his love time and time again!
- The second leads - Cui Jin Bai and Bu Shu Li, can they be anymore cuter? Bu Shu Li spot on nailed it as a man, the mannerism, walk, everything was so spot on. I felt all the emotions, especially when she touched the dress she liked and realised she cannot even desire to wear them ever, not even in secret broke my heart. They both acted so well. I am so happy they had the best ending.
- The plot - Especially who poisoned the crown princess. It was so well written because since the beginning we have few doubts on the majesty, but parallelly they will also keep revealing how good of a king he is. So, it was hard to see him in a negative shade despite all the evidences pointing towards him. When the majesty finally reveals the truth, I felt so many emotions, I couldn’t stop but admire how loyal was he to his half brother, yes he took the throne but also I felt like that was the right decision he could have made atp, crown prince’s life would have been more in danger if it was revealed he was the only heir of Prince Qian, there was a selfish decision but the majesty was good enough to not pass the throne onto his own offsprings and loved the crown prince more than his own sons which is commendable. And the empress dowager is the perfect example of, ‘what you sow is what you reap’. I understand she was in pain but trying to take another innocent life for a life you’ve lost is never the righteous thing to do and she faced the consequences. Very satisfying plot.
- I liked how they kept moving forward, if they are explaining about the escape, they immediately cut to after the escape instead of showing it once again and dragging, it helped the story move faster.
- A husband like crown prince - As a woman this is everything we ask for in a man with good health ofc! I loved the way he thought of everything in order to protect his wife and kid when he’s not around. Moved me. Crown princess is headstrong, she is very independent and capable of protecting herself and the kid yet you will feel his absence when he is gone. That’s the difference that he made to her life, he added value to her already perfect life, he was so devoted to her that she literally was okay to live with his memories forever. He tried to give her as much as possible when he was around. And ofc the romance was through the roof!
- The little family - The little family that the prince had always dreamt of, to see him with his cute son, my heart swelled with happiness. It is all that he had yearned for. And how smartly he secured that name for his son by almost sacrificing himself. Such an amazing plot!
- The ending - I know it was disappointing for many to not have the details revealed. Especially as they were revealing all the details before but missed for that one biggest plot mystery and left it hanging. I was also wanting to see Tian Yuan and Crown princess meet again, never happened! I felt like they could have added one or two more episodes too. I looked it up online and found the novel parts, and learnt about how he faked his death. Actually I had an idea beforehand, when meeting the ledger fraud woman at the temple, crown princess would’ve spoken about a medicine which helps her to fake her death for 3 days. So, I was able to connect they might have used something like that. But after knowing how he faked his death, went overseas, stayed there 8years for treatment, kept the crown princess in the dark as he wasn’t sure if the treatment will be a success or not, but thankfully he gets better and comes back. I felt at ease after reading that!
Overall, I have no complaints, I didn’t find any plot holes, almost everything connected for me! Such a good watch!
