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Go Princess Go Review/太子妃升职记

Recently, I’ve been watching this short drama in my spare time. This drama is one of a kind from all the dramas that I’ve watched in recent years (which is so many that I lost count). I’ve been losing interest in dramas cause they are so predictable. I came upon a post about this drama and decided to check it out. I was hooked after the first episode. It was so bad that it is good.

Summary:
Zhang Peng (male) traveled through time after wanting to rescue a woman who fell into water. He woke up in the body of the crown princess Zhang Peng Peng. At first he couldn’t accept that he turned into a woman and tried to get himself killed so he can travel back in time. The crown prince and the crown princess have a bad relationship. But after Zhang Peng came into the body, the crown princess’s actions and manner of speaking became odd, drawing the crown prince’s attention. He tried to push the crown prince towards his favorite, making the crown prince angry. Slowly Zhang Peng is also beginning to accept his body and she/he don’t know when but she/he is starting to fall for the crown prince. Since it’s drama, there are some war scene and some angst, but in the end it’s still a comedy.

Review:
There are many things to like in this drama.

  • The story: Disregarding the fact that this is a boy/boy love story, the story is pretty good. The story have love, betrayal, mistrust and comedy in it. What more can I ask? Beside that, I didn’t need to use my brain to guess what the characters were saying behind the lines. I can effortlessly enjoy this drama.
  • The cast: all of them are new faces. They did an amazing job in acting out their characters, although it was a bit silly. I’ll surely check out the actress who played Zhang Peng Peng, Crystal Zhang. She is such a great actress and really pretty. The scene when she was teaching her son a lesson, she was so breathtaking with her red lipstick and the white/red dress. I also liked when they dubbed her voice to the male voice. It was so funny listening to her inner thoughts in a male voice.

I can’t say on which ship I am cause I like both the crown prince and the 9th prince. Both are amazing actors. I nearly spat out the tea I was drinking when I searched and saw that crown prince Qi Sheng played by actor Peter Sheng Li Yun is born in 1992. He is only a year older than me. Can not not admit that I’m turning old. The actors I used the like where from the 70’s and the 80’s.

  • The dance scenes: you need to watch it to know what I’m talking about.
  • The picturesque background: it was really beautiful.
  • Ost: the ost was really amazing. It’s now on my playlist.

Things I didn’t like about this drama.

  • The fashion: mostly I didn’t like the fashion of the male cast. What the hell are they wearing? If you go to battle on with that thing on your back, it’ll just be a nuisance. But it went well with the atmosphere of the drama.

  • The first ending: there are two endings. I didn’t like the first one. Beside, I didn’t even get the first one.
  • Too little time of their son. I would’ve liked to see more scene of them with their son.

Overal this drama is a lighthearted comedy, a masterpiece on itself. I don’t hope that there will be a second season cause second seasons ruin the first season see Startling with each step and tiger cubs 2. For those who like something new and lighthearted, this is definitely a must watch. I give it a 4.5/5.



Dreamer

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  • How enticing... too bad that its not subtitled yet or maybe will never be. Who knows. I am also into short dramas these days, Splash Splash Love for example which is a great, fun drama. Its just too bad how very few of chinese and japanese drama were being subtitled.

    • I simply adore Splash Splash Love. Usually I can't stomach historical drama because many of the female lead usually portrayed as sweet, easily-bullied, often-misunderstood character. So it was difficult to stomach. However since SSL is short so it left the bittersweet feeling without having to think much of it.
      As for GGP, It is simply hilarious. Esp the dance scene!! I seriously can't watch this drama while eating because for sure, it will not end good (for my laptop).. The OST is really great. I love the song sang by Peter. His voice is simply awesome~

  • Thanks for sharing. Sound like a good drama as its short and funny. Lately it is hard to watch dramas as found them mainly too draggy and long so only keeping to short funny dramas mainly web-dramas and Japanese dramas. Will search for this drama now 😉

  • Hah I enjoyed this show a lot too. A video was made to talk about how weird this show was and how it worked out in the end. I really like the female lead and she is really a good actress!
    Btw if do check out this video review about this drama. I watched this like thrice because it was so funny and true. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3UvRicEucQ

    • Thanks for the YouTube video about the reviews for Go Princess Go, cloudandsea! I did enjoy it.I am one who have never liked China dramas as I used to think they are boring and not worth to watch at all. But once I started the 1st episode, I just could not stop and have to continue to follow it right to the end.
      This drama has proven me wrong especially when the cast are new people with little or no acting skills. I really like the lead actor and actress, ie. Peter Sheng and Crystal Zhang. Peter, even though he is new, can really act with his pair of soulful and mesmerising eyes as he did not smile much and talk with little or no expression at all. And he can sing well too for the drama's closing song. I hope he would slowly gain popularity in the near future when he starts acting in other dramas too. He is one young actor in China I would take note of besides Crystal Zhang. I sincerely hope for the best for both of them in their acting career. I hope I can see more of their dramas soon. 😃

  • agree! also losing interest in a lot of dramas but glad I didn't skip this one, really entertaining and hilarious.
    all the casts did an amazing job portraying their roles despite majority were newbies, really rare.

  • Thanks for the reccommdation, this drama you have to take it light heartedly, I had good laughs haha

  • I really like the main leads, they look very good together. In my mind I was kinda hoping they were dating in real life ~sigh~ we will never know. This was quite a drama, I really enjoyed it. I hope that maybe there will be a sequel to ease my heart but that's a slim chance.

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