AngelicDevil

I've always liked body-swap and historical BLs and this was all the goodies packed into one and more. Sunwoo (the emperor)is a complete green flag, which is a miracle since whenever there are extreme power dynamics in a relationship, it quickly turns toxic and rapey in such stories. Sunwoo is seriously one of the best MLs. He realized his feelings early, and made them very clear but never forced Soyoung to accept them. He made sure there were no misunderstandings. The story had no plot holes, there was not dragging or plot and every character had their own personality. The villain was actually someone worthy of being a truly despicable yet intelligent person. Both main characters had their own strengths which bloomed throughout the story.
The only thing I didn't like was how the Emperor's guards blamed Soyoung every time something happened to the emperor. I know they were just concerned but still. In the end, they too were rooting for these two's love lol. Anyway, all in all, a fantastic story. Looking forward to my next re-read.

I feel like the 2nd season will focus mainly on the love story of Rui Wang (the Emperor's brother aka white hair dude). I don't think at all that he's YiYi's 2nd love interest becoz honestly throughout the story, he and YiYi never looked at each other in a romantic way. Yeah, they did think that the other was good-looking but that was in a totally objective way. They mostly had a super cute master-deciple/ sister in law- brother in law relationship which was a breath of fresh air. Honestly, I'm soooo tired of stories in which every good-looking has to look at the FL all romantically and pine after her. Even her friendship with the hot Eunuch guy was pretty refreshing.
The only thing I was mildly dissatisfied with is that the Empress Dowager got off too easy. The bitch tried to plot and kill off her own son in a rebellion becoz of a fcking misunderstanding. I hate hate hate her. I don't care how nice she was in the past. The way she was treating the Eunuch guy nearing the end and taking out her anger on him boiled my blood. I swear she ruined the Emperor's childhood and all her favoritism of Rui Wang only succeeded in making him unhappier. She's the true villain in this story and deserves worse.