Pretty awesome until you keep a fake eunuch and a chick who can't keep her legs closed too much screen time. They get busted and then takes 12 episodes to reslove and their cadre gets increasingly annoying. Was better than current American progressive shows until this. Kill them like they kill animals and anything else no hesitation in the show. Skipped all their parts just 15 minutes a episode there. Definitely a useless puppet king and crier, the other court intrigue is interesting and the war scenes are really good.