i would say chu guihong is one of the most well-written villains in cdrama. we didn't sympathize with his descent to madness but the writers packed enough backstory to make us understand the drive behind his choices. i would even go as far as CGH is written better than SYM.
I CAN'T BELIEVE CHU GUIHONG JUST DIED LIKE THAT i was fully expecting he'll bring song yimeng down with him lol but i guess we're already on ep 40 and have no time for that
re ep 29: as much as i like that nanheng is exonerated from his accusation, it still sucks only the emperor and CGH got their injustice addressed. they've been awful to nanheng all these times and still, they'd probably feel that their aggression on him is justified bcs the real killer is his uncle T_T
currently on ep 17 and don't mind spoiler. when will song yimeng finally realized her script was actuallly wrong and start to work together with nanheng? is it anytime soon?
well, fic writers let's gooooo!
i feel like cdramas are too conservative to make character got corrupted into a villain completely.