Depends on what you consider "dark". Most of the cases revolve around the injustices done to women in…
When they showed the crime about men making women give birth to babies for blessings/fortune, that's when I saw similarities with Eps files along with the other crimes in the drama
Btw, this is the worst type of ruler -- incompetent, clueless and corrupt, but believes he is a great thinker…
True. the emperor is incompetent and suspicious. I know the right chancellor can be replaced and his reasoning about the right chancellor's punishment seems like an excuse and suspicious enough. Right when he said to Peiyi that he will let her get a taste of the might of his court, why can't he say that to the right chancellor as well? His imperial ruling as the Emperor was undermined by the right chancellor which can have him gravely punished but the emperor didn't because of his reasoning that it will create 'imbalance in the court as it's chaotic enough now'. When she said that she's retiring from her position at the investigation, the Emperor told her that he doesn't like her being there.
If Li Peiyi crashes out (do something crazier), it's valid at this point.
His imperial ruling as the Emperor was undermined by the right chancellor which can have him gravely punished but the emperor didn't because of his reasoning that it will create 'imbalance in the court as it's chaotic enough now'. When she said that she's retiring from her position at the investigation, the Emperor told her that he doesn't like her being there.
If Li Peiyi crashes out (do something crazier), it's valid at this point.