Smartly written palace intrigue for adults. You even have female Generals and high ranking officers. Looks perfect except that all the female characters dont even play roles that qualify as supporting. The best is extended cameo. It looks like the female characters are being hurried off the screen. The strong strength is that it is separated into arcs that are resolved satisfactorily without letting the story get convoluted, but even arcs in which females play important they seemed hurried off (Banruo from the Hua tribe). She is the ever present female character but her story was too rushed. I skipped over 25 episodes to verify that I would be satisfied at the end and I was. Its a satisfying story and being wuxia it promotes morals. It very realistic even with the wuxia element, historically accurate too in depictions, sadly it didnt do the women more justice.