People look damn near identical. Other times they look like completely different characters while still wearing the same clothes.
The story tries to make the FL a badass but she just comes off as a confused, scared and wishy-washy little girl with waaaaaaay too much spiritual power that she has no clue how to use.
It tries to make her into a go-getter but other than going to the Frost sect everything she's done is just a reaction against her idiotic sisters (in both lives) instead of her taking charge and making decisions.
She refuses to understand she has people she can depend on. She turns away the ML and her friends and even a powerful patriarch of a powerful sect. She's done nothing to try and figure out if these people are true to their words or are just using her. She hasn't tried to use her powers, her alchemist abilities or even money to check their backgrounds and motivations. She's just so damned annoying and whiny.
I can understand that she's afraid of betrayal and to fall in love again, who doesn't? But this story is plotted and written so poorly that it's very hard to feel sympathetic for the FL.
The Princess of Beiqi is so much better than FL. She's also a friend of FL, surprisingly enough. Usually characters like her are set up to be FL's rival but not this time.
The Princess is who the FL wishes she could be. Strong, decisive, incredibly beautiful and doesn't let people yank her around. She dealt with her own impending political marriage like the boss that she is. I'm relieved she's so competent. This manhua desperately needs characters like her.
Bizarrely, FL now cross dressing as a man after going to the Princess's country, is so different. She's more easy-going and teasingly confident. She's much more pro-active and so much more sensible than when she's dressed as a woman. Also, so much more attractive as a man than a woman.
Or maybe I'm just biased. The Princess looks so much more like an FL than the real FL does. Too bad this isn't about her.
Oh? 2 years have passed already? It doesn't feel like it. Nothing is indicated in the story either. No wonder this was canceled. It's so badly thought out.