YES!!! And then they made it seem like the Emperor was right for his warning?? That she really had found him a traitor and I just sat there going "this has to be a ruse. Right? She is too clever to just. think that's it. She knows there's more to this. Doesn't she?" the entire short episode :'D

Lots of intrigue! Which is definitely what sold me, I love layered agendas and motivations :3c (I do think the characterization suffered a little under the shortness of the drama, too, because while they managed to stuff in that what we see most of the time is a mask and there's a truth underneath, it didn't really come up again until the end. I think a reminder would have been useful, and a moment of 'crack in the facade' would've been very artful, but considering how much they achieved in that little time? Yeah, fair play.)