At the start of ep 21 and still don't get why Consort Shurong purposely dressed as Zizan can someone explain?
according to the words of her maids, they said that if she became zizan, tilan (shurong) would have the opportunity to be loved by the emperor because zizan was the emperor's late wife who was loved very much
in the first episode where HaiShi village was attacked and almost destroyed by the general who claimed to be sent…
it was the emperor's order to take the pearl tax. however, local officials overstated the tax even to the point of selling the villagers into slavery so that the profits could go to local officials. i thought it was explained around episode 9 or 10, i forgot.