I watched al of this series - 70 and while the story did have it moments of mystery and intrigue the overall writing was very poor. Good acting and scenes, costumes were amazing, Some good fight scenes but could have added more.

Spoiler:
Writers enough of this Kill me please king, it's so overdone that it is annoying and out of place sometimes. Yes i do understand Asian culture but every meeting with the Emperor ends in kill me i have done wrong.

Some of the stories, well most were never completed. Why did the mother have the two kids, only partially explained. What was the purpose of the Jinshi prince in the palace for so long. How could no one recognize Zhi Wei as a woman? Why and what was the purpose of locking away Yale? The prince didn't even ask when he was reunited with his mother.

And the big skip over the Prince of Wei; changes a palace order, kills his sister, kidnaps Yale and has her killed, tries to start a coup with false evidence and NONE of this is explained or sorted out in the show. He just goes crazy and all crimes are forgotten.

The end was expected, the king returning and the suicide i saw that coming, not every story has a happy ending.

This show has so much holes on the plot and unfinished stories that even the amazing scenery and costumes can't save it.