The brouhaha over Zhang Ling He looking too pretty and made up as the General in C-drama Pursuit of Jade reminded me that another pretty boy is currently filming as a General as well for his upcoming period C-drama. So I went to check in on my homie Dylan Wang in the production of The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage (Chinese title Jiang Men Du Hou 将门独后), which started filming last month in February with Dylan and Meng Zi Yi. Dylan’s role as Xie Jing Xing is basically the uber perfect male lead – genius young General and also Crown Prince turned future Emperor. The on set filming leaks are out and he looks okay, clearly a flower boy but at least he’s carrying the heavy costume rather then letting it overwhelm him. I think the production could take this time and dirty him up more and of course by the time this drama airs sometime in 2027 this whole thing will blow over. As for Meng Zi Yi, the drama has done its best to make her look younger by keeping the makeup light, softer hairstyle with less doodads, and clean lines on her dress robes.