Story of Yanxi Palace - Basically... (ep. 1 run-down)

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[quippequest]

BTW, I'm on the Emperor-Empress ship for now.

[cc-umpf]

This drama should’ve been called - The Smartest Woman in the World Outsmarting Everyone that Crossed Her Path.

[chanelcole]

I know Yanxi palace is over the top but I love this drama in all its glorious soapy extravagance. It's visually stunning and I loved all the cast, they played their characters so well! I also loved seeing a predominantly woman-lead ensemble drama.

Consort Gao is like a Disney villain you love to hate, right down to her annoying voice 😆 so the fact that I found her death scene so genuinely moving impressed me.

I've watched this drama multiple times and still love seeing clips & reviews. Thanks for the video!

[TheCowgirlBookworm]

Yanxi palace is the drama that got me into C dramas. Yingluo is just a fun character to me and out of all the concubines, Gao Guifei was my favorite just cause she’s such a bitch and I love her for it.

[sweetpoison]

"If you have trouble remembering which name belong to which actor. Xukai is usually the one who is more prettier than his co stars"

Noted maam.

[tashaonly]

Hua Fei would have eaten Gao Gui Fei for a midnight snack, Chun Gui Fei as breakfast and maybe even Yin Luo for dinner. She might have some trouble with the Second Empress since the latter played a long game and Hua Fei was all about the moment!

[yeppeogeu]

“how attractive is the emperor in this drama? incredibly, no offense” LMAO fr tho nie yuan in this drama is so much more likeable than wallance huo in ruyi… hes so much more human feeling, like he can be an ass and kinda childish sometimes but we can see that its just different sides of one person. the other one is just generally an ass all the time

[mlake]

I loved this drama. I wouldn't recommend watching it for historical accuracy or realistic scenarios but if you want a good entertaining watch, this is it. Also enjoyed the character of the Emperor, although he was quite lenient in comparison to other portrayals, he commanded respect without being a tyrant. He was very sexy IMO. Looking forward to your review on this one.

[RoseNZieg]

not a fan of xu kai but I concur. he can be prettier than his female co-stars.

[karpathian_slaw]

I've been saying this for a long time but Nie Yuan suits the qing dynasty emperor get up wayyyy more than Wallace Huo. He's definitely the more handsome (and enjoyable) portrayal of Qianlong

[leonasindlerova]

This drama is such a guilty pleasure for me :DDD Like I'm aware that it's no high quality but it was just so damn enjoyable and over the top and funny? :DDD I think that if they somehow released the longer version with the additional plotlines they had to drop (and it really shows in the final episodes) I would maybe watch the whole thing again

[a.dorcas]

I only realized that YanXi purposely put that flower thing on the consorts leg to put her in trouble now, before I thought it was a mistake that she did but did not take responsibility 😅

[mia_ishka]

Yanxi Palace is very entertaining, but I was disappointed by the lack of character development the FL goes through.

[Silen_]

Ruyis royal love in the palace is one of my favorite dramas, I saw one episode of Yanxi and that was enough to make me stop watching XD

[snigdhakhadka]

I had the pleasure of watching Ruyis love in the palace first and that drama made me hate ling fei for a long long time. So, when I heard about yanxi palace who had Ling fei as the protagonist, I steered far away from it.

[kflowers]

There have been times (specifically Princess Silver) where writers walking that line between historical accuracy-ish and modern sensibility just seems to confuse either the story or certain characters or both.😄😄 🤷🏾‍♀️

[mellowyellow]

Empress is gorgeous and so well acted! I adored her! I watched this right after Ruyi and then rewatched both again! They are probably two of my favourite harem dramas for completely different reasons!

I agree with you on Noble Consort Gao. Hehe the voice really doesn’t help her cause! Ironically the character is REALLY into theatre (actual performance theatre) which is hilarious.

Wait until they introduce the equivalent of Ruyi’s character! I just love the contrast between the two shows.

[pinkskya]

I think a lot of these reviews on Story of Yanxi Palace are scenes taken out of context. Wei Ying Luo had fears of becoming a mother because her own mother died while giving birth to her and it showed in many ways such as when the empress was trying to get pregnant and she was upset that the empress would put her health at risk to have a child. When the empress gave birth, she was so scared because she thought the empress would die and that birth was so bloody. Her fears were valid and not from a place of modernity. Or is it that having fear of something because you've witnessed it going horribly wrong can only be a modern phenomenon? Let's not forget that Ying Luo was not even born in a noble family, how could she have been raised to want children with the emperor when she was raised only by her big sister who left for the palace yearsss ago? She was not groomed to be selected for the emperor's harem because she was never eligible in the first place.

[ourchemistryislikericecake]

Tried to enjoy this drama but the "oh she's so special and not like the other girls" and the "would you look at that, all this was part of her 34-step 4D chess strategy" was a little too annoying and unbelievable for me. Watched the whole thing thoooo, rolling my eyes throughout but strangely addictive.

[jm]

The modern take is probably why this is the drama I always go back to watch, because it's refreshing to see a female protagonist stand up against those to antagonize her so many times, and most of time, it's based on her wit and not pure luck.

But I also watched Princess Weiyoung for the second time after this, and the villainesses, especially Chiyun Rou, incredibly blind obsession of making Weiyoung's life a living hell and Weiyoung escaping it through luck made it so insufferable. The Legend of Haolan had this problem multiplied to 50.