Honestly, Legend of Zhen Huan ruined every other palace drama for me. After watching it, nothing else could compare and I think only Ruyi manged to get close. Definetly one I recomend watching till the very end, especially since it's available here in youtube.
It just trips me out that (historically - not sure if this particular drama depicts it) the women are brought to him naked and burrito-wrapped in a blanket after he selects one from a tray of available tokens. It’s like the naughty version of ordering Chipotle from Door Dash. Like I can’t. 😂😂😂
I was also very reluctant to watch this drama but the urge to see hua fei, the empress and after a while even the emperor die miserably at the hands of Zhen huan was too much. I still watched it at 2x speed tho, the slow walking was too much for me.