A psycho prince orders an assassin to assassinate himself.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Chinese Title
Spring Flower Flame
Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2/5
First Impression: 2/5
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Cast
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| Liu Xue Yi: Murong Jing He |
Wu Jin Yan: Mei Lin |
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| Bi Wen Jun: Yue Qin |
Xu Hao: Shu Mo |
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| Baron Chan: Murong Xuan Lie |
Zhao Xiao Tang: Luo Mei |
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| Jiang Kai: Emperor of Yan |
Huang Ri Ying: Zi Gu |
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| Shao Wei Tong: Qing Yan |
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Mini Recaps
Mei Lin (FL) is assigned to assassinate Murong Jing He (ML). Mic drop! Crow drop.... and it even rolls around a little, haha.
I'm going to take off my clips like this from now on too – queen hand:
My assassin who trained for X years, can you try to hide your awesome pair of I-want-to-kill-you eyes.
This assassin excels at one thing at least: motionlessly stripping under a blanket 👏
Murong Jing He has a similar skill too, and maybe better. Man changed clothes (red to white) in between the time she stripped. And changed again to all black to meet her as her spy master. 
Zi Gu is actually marrying the old Emperor?! 😱 Otoke! She is also a fashion-disaster.
Murong Jing He visits Mei Lin at night and gives her a killer S-wave. She bargains for her life with evidence that he was framed.
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| Her poor whipped-back in this princess-carry. |
What has been achieved by our "brilliant" leads: they're reopening the massacre that criminalized Murong Jing He.
Mei Lin hallucinates and thinks our hot ML is a tree and naturally we bite trees, and so she digs in to his earlobes.
Murong Jing He is already showing signs of early-onset jealousy because of Yue Qin who admires/loves Mei Lin too.
The mystery of how the two men went from ground-laying to vanishing to kneeling will never be known.
Murong Xuan Lie loves Luo Mei. Brothers indeed. They like emotionless women. I get that Mei Lin is traumatized and numb, but what's her deal?
There's a good reason I don't know of that they're a fake couple, fake sleeping here:
Mei Lin cures Murong Jing He's insomnia – for one night by hitting him. Murong Jing He wants to cure her of her ageusia too.
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| Just who is the meiren? |
It's too bad his lethal look is all a facade:
For the festival tonight, every guy has a girl.
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Will Yue Qin turn emo after the death of his buddy, Shu Mo?
Y'all. Very important episode here: they're dancing, drumming, cruising, and drawing.
Zi Gu knows that if Yue Qin didn't become the hostage prince, she would have to be an hostage bride. And now both is happening...? Yue Qin...you're really useless. He wants to protect everyone, but ends up harming everyone.
Mei Lin is not okay with Murong Jing He putting the innocent in danger. For that, she breaks off her alliance with him. Our psycho isn't even a real psycho and now he's going to be even softer.
Pro-tip: If you're trying to propose, aim for a look of love, and not "my-wifi-is-down" face:
Bad guy has it easier. Murong Xuan Lie just has to kill Murong Jing He whereas didi needs his gege alive to serve his sentencing.
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| "Look how cool I am." |
Zi Gu is so sad for the Emperor (who thinks Murong Jing He died) and I'm so sad for her 😱.
Murong Jing He is fine by the way, hallucinating about bun (mantou). I feel so awkward that they had to act acting.
What is this weather though! It's been 3 days apparently.
Mei Lin saved Murong Jing He and never let go of his hand even in her sleep. She – by her own will – fought for a way to survive through a deadly path. She really is Si Bu Liao (Cannot-Die).
Emperor of Yan suspects Murong Xuan Lie of killing his brother/son. Meanwhile miles away, Emperor of Xiyan kills his own son and promotes Yue Qin. The Emperor actor was also Emperor of "Xiyan" in Lost You Forever!
Oh so Murong Xuan Lie marrying Luo Mei will give him military power too. Yue Qin (2ML) is also empowering himself while delusionally calling Mei Lin his little wife. And what is Murong Jing He doing? Catching flies.
Both Murong brothers want to marry the girl they love. Xuan Lie is grossly manipulative (makes her r*pe him and then becomes the gentleman in stopping her 🤮). Jing He is glowingly guanine and before he kisses Mei Lin, he asks her not to bite him this time.
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Remarks
[First Impression (Ep1-3)] There's too many things I don't like about this oh-so-exaggerated drama, but it's fun to make fun of. Don't watch with me if you truly love this.
[Cast&Crew]
- This shares a similar team with Back From the Brink, the same co-director (Cheng Lu) and screenwriter (Wen Yan). Other than these two though, most of the crew have no previous dramas, including its main director, Huang Wei Jie.
- Wu Jin Yan is pregnant while promoting this drama! She announced her marriage with Hong Yao on September 13, 2024. This was after her successful comeback from The Double and before this drama's premiere.
[Ending] Sad
[Dropped (Ep18)] At Ep18, the romance is reciprocated and I've reached my maximum threshold for this assassin drama that turns into a sappy romcom (a genre I personally don't mind. I just mind that they teleported into a different genre).
I mock-capped this with the anticipation that this would get so bad that it's entertaining 'cause I clearly did not think the story + romance was good from the get-go. It doesn't get worse, unfortunately. That also doesn't mean this gets better. It consistently drifts in mediocrity.
And what is this grandpa-granddaughter romance D:
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