One of the show’s main themes (and a personal favourite) is the compelling insight that individuals with overlapping goals often work against one another to their detriment. The fact that they should but are unable to sustain a united front in their efforts for a worthy (or even a noble) cause is why the kingpin of villainy in this particular context keeps gaining the upper hand. There’s little doubt as to who the villain is — Qiu Ziliang — a powerful eunuch who controls the royal court and the largest army in the land. Also to his advantage is the fact that there are plenty of who will do his bidding because they wish to “borrow” the power he wields for their own ends. He is the obvious face of evil because of the flow-on effects of one man having too much power for its own sake. Garnering power has been for his own political survival and not for the flourishing of the populace at large. As long as he’s the one calling the shots, what happens to the common folk is a mere triviality. It’s a game to him. An extended chess game where he holds all the aces (to mix metaphors here) for now.
Sorry for being late. I totally agree with you. Trust and loyalty are the main characters in this story and how these factors play with every truth or motive that everyone has (Qiu Ziliang is the exception to these case).
At some point, most of the characters in some way are portrayed as villains but had one part of truth. In the end this is what determines which persons can I align and join forces to what is right.
I must say that in several moments of this drama it had me thinking really hard, specially the third person due to the many desires and objectives that all characters had. It was a good drama till the end.
Sorry for being late. I totally agree with you. Trust and loyalty are the main characters in this story and how these factors play with every truth or motive that everyone has (Qiu Ziliang is the exception to these case).
At some point, most of the characters in some way are portrayed as villains but had one part of truth. In the end this is what determines which persons can I align and join forces to what is right.
I must say that in several moments of this drama it had me thinking really hard, specially the third person due to the many desires and objectives that all characters had. It was a good drama till the end.