Loving all these theories haha

Jovana Du:

I-An was to angry about the marriage, the truth behind it must be something really bad.

There is also the part where Hui Ju's sister in law says that if divorce in the Royal Family was possible, the I-An would be the King. Maybe the I-An brother was in love with somebody else.

But something I don't get is why the Queen Mother got so angry with I-An when the fired happened in EP 01, it's almost like she was blaming him for the fire that killed the previous King

Maybe it was an open secret that the former king did not want to marry the Queen mother, at least in noble circles. When she says “if divorce in the royal family was possible, Ian would be king.” If the former king had divorced the Queen mother before she got pregnant, and they had no heirs before his death, then Ian would be next in line for the throne.

BWS keeps reiterating in interviews that there will be big twists🤔 The queen's father being bad and behind some of the plots would not be surprising at all. I mean we all know Jinmu. I'm sure thats part of why they cast him lol.

About the PM. I think its been made clear that he will clash with Ian because of his feelings for Hui Ju. But it would be cool if there was more to it. Him being involved in the fire that killed the last king might be a long shot, but it would be a super bold move writing-wise.

I'm not sure what his motivation would be (afraid of the crowns power even though they technically have none?), but it would be endlessly more interesting than him just pining for Hui Ju for 10+ years and then being petty when she falls for someone else. At least I think so

I just hope one of the twist the ml keeps talking about is that prime minister turns out be a bad guy

My theory is about the past accidents/deaths-

I think ML's brother/the previous king was not killed by that paper which was lit by his wife. I also don't think her father Lord Yun killed his son in law. My guess is SML's family did that.

Reasons:

• This is a constitutional monarchy where powers of the palace is supposed to be ceremonial. But we are told even after this Grand Prince/ML has considerable power owing to his appeal in the country. SML's family have been serving as the head of the government since generations. What if they feared return of the monarchial rule, and power shifting from their hands.

• They might be the ones who killed ML's mother. We were told she was returning from some event, maybe she was gaining too much popularity, which was fearsome from the standpoint of SML's family. Killing her made the king always furious( we saw how he reacted in front of his children), hence weakening him.

• The Crown Prince who became the next King (ML's brother) was a timid person. To control him was very easy for SML. But crown prince decided to leave the throne. If he left the throne, it would have gone to his brother. ML was a charismatic man, with high appeal in the country. SML and his family might be threatened by him. It would be very difficult to control ML. But if ML's brother died before leaving the throne to ML, through natural succession, the throne would be passed down to ML's nephew. A 8 year old is easier to control. Plus Queen Mother along with her family would be constantly at odds with ML, making it easier for checks and balances, thus power not in the hands of any one person of the monarchy.

Why I thought about this-

So Lord Yun is popularly known as JinMu (from Alchemy of Souls) where he was the villain. From the second episode in this drama, the makers have constantly tried to show that Lord Yun is bad, has a villainous aura, is plotting. I mean I felt the makers are trying to divert our full attention to Lord Yun and his daughter Queen Mother. Its easier for the audience to doubt him due to his past characters. Yes he may not be a very good man, maybe he has his goals, but I don't think he killed his own son in law.

SML on the other hand is shown as a good person friends with both the leads, a charismatic young man, whom no one doubts. But there were 3 scenes where I doubted him-

• During that meeting where he told ML to accept he is dating FL, but keep marriage out of scene. Now yes, he is in love with FL so doing this makes sense, but I don't know he seemed to have thought a lot before saying this, it kind of sounded planned, he was rigid in what he did, and was able to succeed.

• That chess game with ML, the check mate part, umm it was just not a normal game there were hidden meanings, but I don't know if ML would have understood it or not.

• The scene where Baby King played with FL, and SML told King's nanny only if being king had an age limit. The Nanny looked shocked at him because that was kind of traitorous thing to say. Yup we can say SML said that genuinely but the conversation was really off putting for me.

Now this is a romcom with political intrigue. Its possible its too direct, and its Lord Yun who is responsible as indicated from the very first, and SML is just someone who is a friend and one sided lover of FL. But I don't know why but I want to doubt SML. If the drama decides to bring a plot twist, he is the easiest way to do so, considering he will be the biggest betrayer, because both ML and FL trust him.

Do we know the background of the Prime minister? Someone said that he comes from a political family, was that stated in the show? We know he went to the royal academy, but I missed any talk about his family background.

Guyssssss the queen dowager has a thing for prince I an that's the reason she was aggressive when he said that he loves hi ju and she blushed when she saw his abs in that hotel room.

T0P:

So I read through all the character descriptions after someone in the thread mentioned it. Hyeon, the Prince’s aide, is described as an orphan that was left at the Prince’s doorstep. Isn’t that so suspicious? Is there any chance Hyeon is an illegitimate member of the royal family?

I don't think that will happen buttttt there will be confirmed romance between both secretaries yayyy!!