This could have been an excellent drama had it stayed true to its original spirit, premise and accomplished it's goal of seeking justice and closure. I think there was a running theme in the drama on how a criminal act could never really tell the entire story. We got that on the numerous crimes that were commited in this drama and investigated by Lan Jue and his band. And I agree, the criminals in this show through the investigations of our leads were caught, confessed their crimes, and explained their motives. Everything was brought to light. Yet what happened in the end?

For a drama that begun on the premise of searching for truth and justice. In the end we got a giant cover up in the guise and in the fake mask of doing the greater good and choosing the lesser evil. What a bunch of intellectual nonsense!

For once I wanted the meddlesome and scrupulous Zhang Ping in the early drama to come back to at least expose this charade. Nope we didn't get that in the end. Zhang Ping joined Lan Jue in abandoning all manner of ethical considerations, honesty and objectivity. Instead of revealing the truth they covered it up. I'm sorry justice was not done in this drama. Yes the Dowager Empress and his real son who turned evil got their deserved end but the real truth of the conspiracy was never revealed. And that for me is the true injustice. Everyone was faking it in the end. Our leads got their benefits and rewards. An impostor in the throne is now free to call the shots. In the the end the truth was buried for good. There was not an ounce of honesty and sense of justice remaining in our leads in the end.