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Also, FL didn't have any concrete evidence here. If she killed the guy, the only evidence left would be her's and ex-army guy's testimony that they heard the villain's confession. And it's not a fact that the ex-army guy would have stayed to tell it though, as he is wanted. FL was already not in good graces with the emperor concerning this, so I'm sure he wouldn't have believed her this time either. But keeping the villain alive allowed the emperor to hear the confession from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

In the first case FL would have likely been severly punished for murdering a high ranking official, maybe even executed, with her father's honor not restored. ML was right in stopping her, even though he got so much flak for it. It's gonna take time and patience again from him to turn the stubborn FL around.

In the second case, she just got a slap on the wrist for poisoning the nobles.

Don't worry, you'll see it way earlier.

That's just such a weird take on ML and you've taken a sentence ouf context.
First, FL was angry and started lying right off the bat to him in that dialogue to push him away.
Second, what she did really looked like she didn't love him and used ML and the wedding to exact her bloody revenge. He got hurt and believed her lies. It was clear nothing he would have said would sway FL. He asked if she really thought he was that petty of a person to worry about the marriage ruining his family's honor and then accepted what she implied and left. But none of that was true, you thinking he was worried about this is nuts.

Btw, for those who were paying attention - the leads saying they don't owe each other anything now is a reference to an earlier episode. ML there said that people owing each other is normal and is part of developing a relationship. Now we're back to square one with FL cutting ties to him and her friends at the Bureau. She doesn't want to hurt people for her sake, but ends up hurting them anyway, lol.

Don't listen to the other guys, there's romance here. It's slow and ramps up in later episodes. The leads were even planning to get married in ep 28. But then some things happened.
But it's not a romance focused drama, it's a mystery detective series.

Everybody's asking it like it's a deal breaker. Again, yea, there is romance here, ffs. It ramps up significally only in the later part of the drama though.

What about that official schedule calendar with last episode airing on 27th?
I'd like to get all episodes tomorrow too, but I'm not optimistic.

Wdym? You haven't watched this yet? There is romance here.

The emperor was the emperor 15 years ago as well. He got fooled by the villain with false prophecy and clever plot. The villain did it because FL’s father started digging into his corruption schemes involving army funds. There’s nothing more to it. And the emperor does hold the villain as irreplaceable because otherwise he’s afraid he’d be deposed by the villain’s sympathizers. He’s got many children to spare though and FL is not even his own.

I dislike corny plots so couldn’t get into How Dare You either. But Jadewind is right up my alley, I like no-nonsense, serious dramas with mysteries. And I strongly disagree with your opinion about the actors.

The tags are wrong, btw, there’s romance here. It just starts slow.

Btw, I can no longer see oddly cut scenes in later episodes. Looks like they vigorously cut episodes in the beginning to a point where they reached the required episode count and then stopped.

Personally, I have no faith in the emperor whatsoever. He’s just trash.

However, if FL didn’t care about ML, she wouldn’t have stumbled after he left. Lying was hard it seems. It’s complicated now.
And I love the small details of her holding his gifts close to her. She gave him back his compass, but now was clutching the cloth trinket and kept that poor bunny lantern. And ML was holding the cloth trinket as well, even though she hurt him to the point he got sick.
It’s small details like this, gradually switching to first names and meaningful talks in quiet moments that makes this a sweet and entertaining romance. It doesn’t always have to be something grand and larger than life to make it believable.

And she really did almost lose it when he stopped her from getting revenge, she had that awesome crazy look in her eyes. But when she was recovering, she also clearly had doubts. And no doubt she still plans to do something about the villain, but I don’t think it’s gonna be bloody revenge again. She better think of something clever to get him capital punishment.

The fact that people engage and discuss this so much means that writers did a good job, especially in character portrayal. It started slow, but characters relationship development really ramped up in the later half of the drama. People sympathize with both leads, hate the bloody emperor and the villain. It’s fun.

It looks like the dynasty is nearing its fall here. One of the key reasons why it fell was because they had corrupt officials like the villain, who held too much power and instigated unrest for their own gain.

I love her portrayal of this character. Some people come here saying it's bad/stiff/cold and start comparing her to her other unrelated roles, without paying attention to this character's backstory at all, it seems. She's a very calculating and smart martial arts pro, who's not afraid to die for what she believes in. Her body language is refined and collected like a princess would have, but also has that military training aura. She also has bouts of bad temper and likes to brood in silence, it always takes time and patience from ML to reason with her after these.
She's also very jaded and sarcastic and it's a delight to see her rare comedic playful moments when she's with friends.
So it's not bad acting, even haters are saying she's a good actress, it's very deliberate character portrayal.

He did accept it, the guy was punished for it with a slap on the wrist, because the emperor's influence over court is that weak.

It's not that he didn't accept her testimony. It's that he couldn't enforce a proper punishment for the guy, because he's afraid it would turn other nobles and officials against him and make his ass deposed. I'm waiting for FL father's honor restored. If the emperor won't even do that, then fk him for real.

People lose logic and reason when it comes to love, I guess. She agreed to marry him, but used it to plot a bloody massacre at the banquet. So anybody'd immediately have doubts as to why she even agreed to the wedding in the first place. He also knows she's hellbent on revenge, it's been paramount in her life. So he's very unsure of her feelings. Throw in a few more hurtful lies and there's no reason not to believe she's used him and has no place for love in her heart.