Realistically, that "her job" was way too much and hasty. This is why generally speaking men do believe…
He shouldn't have given her that position then. But since he did, he should stop getting in her way and actually help her instead of questioning her every move.
The thing is that for the first time in many historical dramas...the male lead is not agreeing with the female…
His behavior doesn't make sense, she's just doing her job, the job he put her up to do. If she did something bad, then yeah, suspicion and anger justified. But for now he's just power tripping.
FL is just doing her job, but everyone's bullying her like she's a criminal. ML especially is unlikable here, acting like a petty tyrant. He can't stand people not kowtowing to him, so he constantly tries to intimidate FL. Corruption is rampant, but he's barely doing anything about it. Just let her work in peace and back her up with force, if you can't do anything yourself, ffs. He needs to get off his high horse and earn his subordinates respect through wise action, not intimidation.
To be honest, I liked the first episodes. It was a solid start, and everything seemed very promising. But now…
FL with a few other graduates are given a new Intelligence office outside of the regular Six, under the direct supervision of the emperor. They will investigate criminal cases by the looks of it. Starting from that corrupt af FL's hometown.
Personally, I don't rate dramas before I finished them, nor do I rate them if I dropped them. But I'm liking it better than BoP so far, def more fresh plot wise.
The emperor's antics make me uneasy as well. There's definitely some level of "I'm the one in charge"…
When it's without good reason, just because, it's called power tripping. Too bad that so far he can only successfully exercise it to bully powerless women. Should have just taken that dumb staff from the evil minister and struck him on his head with it, lol.
So what's the long story short of the novel this drama's based on? FL will become a token minister and will serve in the court without ever marrying anybody?
FL is not beautifulāthere are many women far more attractive than herāyet the author forces ML to love only…
I think her main problem is that the actress looks too old for the role. Same thing happened in The Double. They keep pushing her playing those early 20s roles when she looks her whole 35+, even make-up doesn't help.
Also, subtitles have gone bad everywhere.