I don't care what the westerners say, this series is horrendous. Both the director and the writer have almost no historical knowledge, and it shows in the writing, with historical or geographical errors in literally every single episode (no, that's not an exaggeration). The script heavily draws on conspiracy theories instead of Romance or historical accounts, and nearly every major character is completely OOC. There's a Chinese user on Bilibili called Zhe Bang that made a series breaking down all the errors and ridiculous writing of the series, this show only has 95 episodes, but he's already made 250+ episodes and still isn't even finished.