After seeing your message, I was skeptical too and went back to check again. There's nothing in the series that…
You ask a good question, but there is no definitive answer. Maybe he (Hong Rong) didn't allow it, maybe it was a conspiracy by merchant Sim, there are many reasons for it, but none of them are definitive answers.
First of all, I really don’t understand why there are so many people who seem to hate this series or are overly…
After seeing your message, I was skeptical too and went back to check again. There's nothing in the series that shows them inspecting his body. he was clothed the whole time and they only checked the necessary signs. It didn't show his taking off his clothes or the rest of his body being checked except for his feet.