I really enjoy the theme in c-dramas of finding out who are the righteous and deserving people in a sea of corruption. When the good people recognize each other: that's the good shit.
Like that arc in Sleuth where TF pretends to be falling for Blandishments and Sui Zhou is just in AGONY because he thought Tang Fan was a GOOD PERSON
And in NiF of course it's kinda the whole plot, but I loved Jingrui jumping in front of his BiL's(?) sword, that was very badass. And I'm so happy every time I see minister Shen, he's just a GOOD DUDE, a steady and competent person who is here for the right reasons.
@trickybonmot BiL Jingrui, the man who is his own brother-in-law, is an outlier, and...