It could just be that the real big bad is not him, but the one that’s locked in the cave.
Isn't he the one ML got the coin from. If he is then the old old lady always sitting on the chair is his mother, last they showed them reunited talking of leaving since they had all betrayed YFS unless unless if I mixed up characters.
Trust Chinese when they say siblings when they are not biologically related. Almost missed this one. Watched flowers in the attic where siblings fell in love.
I will kill every enemy but I still have some humanity. I like he is prepared to die with the last enemy. He mentioned that he didn't see the face of one of the guys who were at the scene, what if it is the emperor himself. Am also starting to forgive the former young emperor he seems like he now knows that he made a big mistake by killing his look alike.
A scholar became a forced emperor
A lost soul became an emperor.