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I dunno, but there was a post earlier with BTS of them kissing.

That didn't stop anybody from assigning noble scions to lofty positions. Just gotta have connections and influence.

I think FL is going to get hurt either way. But still, it's pissing me off how everybody knows everything, but aren't telling her - her mentor, ML's father, the emperor...

Yea, but they're also royal family. You've seen how they cover up each others crimes to save face.

I dunno who's the main villain is, but statistically it's always some minister, lol. Would be great if somebody who had read the novel would comment. I've seen it online but can't be bothered to read 200+ chapters, there's also a historical commentary there mentioning the notorious tyrant empress Wu Zetian. Maybe the main villain is one of the emperor's consorts. It's also likely FL's father was involved in a failed coup that had his family killed.

That he's got that goofy lech face isn't helping either.

I like that the investigators here are all mature and very jaded. No naive idiots going over the limits of what is allowed for the sake of justice. In the last episode it was shown especially well - there was no justice they could enforce even when the truth was found. So they just sighed and made of it the best they could.
Though I wonder how far FL is willing to go to find out the truth and justice for her family. Will she go against the law and the emperor's rule for it?

How Dare You is too campy for me, but I'm loving Unveiled: Jadewind.

Most likely. Since FL's father was his close relative it could have been something about the throne inheritance or some plot that threatened his rule. Him doting on FL could just be guilty consience.

Lol, why does the emperor always has that goofy "Scored!" face when talking to his concubines 😂. Is the actor just having that face, or is he making fun his role or smth?

Yea, previous case was telling. High ranking officials were basically in the "Epstein files", but he covered it all up because otherwise it'd be too much trouble. If he let all of them be executed then who's gonna work and replace them? They all had powerful ties and relations to each other - some of their buddies and relatives may start plotting to overthrow the emperor, etc., etc. Politics as usual. Only the lower status citizens suffer, as always, laws are for them, not the higher ups.

A completely different world...

Just think about it some more - Chinese emperors had hundreds if not thousands of concubines back in the day. Some were visited just once in their life, but then usually couldn't leave the palace for life unless some profitable arrangement was made. And each had to have a house and servants on the palace grounds.
Thousands of people were living and working there. FL and her bureau has lots of work to do there as it's a city within a city.

So it's not that the emperor was a lech, it was just customary back then. They could afford it and laws were different for women back in the day, for many women and their families to be the emperor's concubine or consort was a life's dream laden with opportunities. But many others were forced to, of course. And ALL women working and living on the palace grounds were the emperor's women, not just noble ladies.

It's just her jaded character not putting up with bs.

He also can't look at dead bodies. He's just a normal person with brilliant mind.

It was a novel first, then manga and lastly anime. No live action, as it's Japanese and they suck at it.

She's a county princess, whatever that means. Them nobles are all related.

I've rarely seen a character that I like so many things about. Writers did a very good job with her. Too bad ML is so wooden, he only starts to show glimpses of emotion when under influence of alcohol or drugs.

That was hilarious. They've such a fun mentor/apprentice dynamic.

I like FL here a lot, such a cool character. And her willing to put herself at risk to test harmful stuff or her mentor for lulz reminds me a lot about FL in The Apothecary Diaries anime/manga (also a story about the Imperial palace affairs). Yea, let's scar my arm or drink that deadly poison to see what's gonna happen, lol.