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@ autumn iris
There’s no proper explanation for that in the drama, so I’m confused too. I’m also not happy with the whole situation he didn’t kill him with his own hands just to protect the Xie family’s reputation, yet people are still cursing the Xie family. So in the end, he didn’t really achieve anything. That’s how I see it.
But yes, the romance part of the drama was really beautiful two lonely souls finding each other.
Thank you for sharing your insight.
People care about reputation. Cao Cao too, ML too. But, maybe he could clear Xie family's name after being the emperor. With power, re-opening the case would be possible. Maybe there's just not enough time to put that into the drama or the scripwriter think it's not that important since the political part is sub-plot.
Agree, the romance part and all the things leading to it are very well-done.