CKT_DramaFan:

I don’t know where people are getting the poisoning theory from but some commentators on Viki in both the Red Sleeve and The Jewel in the Crown have commented that it was the Step-Grandmother Queen that poisoned Jeongjo.  

I think poisoning makes a better drama - even if it didn't really happen.

Spoiler about Deok Ro given by Lee Seyoung 

https://twitter.com/shjky/status/1471093045680500740?s=20

This…

https://twitter.com/eatmelonn/status/1473102443319676929?s=20

 LBPG:

From an interview with Seyoung. She says she purposely did this drama because of the sad ending. 

 https://twitter.com/bogyeols/status/1473477548042457088?t=u2VQKVCWg390D7wOoxFhPg&s=19 

I hope she dies on episode 17 instead of 16.

 LBPG:

From an interview with Seyoung. She says she purposely did this drama because of the sad ending. 

 https://twitter.com/bogyeols/status/1473477548042457088?t=u2VQKVCWg390D7wOoxFhPg&s=19 

How long ago was the interview? Maybe it was before they added ep17 so hooe it’s the last episode.

 CKT_DramaFan:

How long ago was the interview? Maybe it was before they added ep17 so hooe it’s the last episode.

I don't know, but I hope they didn't do it to change the ending. I'd be disappointed if I were her. 

 LBPG:

I don't know, but I hope they didn't do it to change the ending. I'd be disappointed if I were her. 

I hope they didn’t change it either but maybe added the epitaph and afterlife?  They didn’t have the epitaph in the Yi-San version.  I jumped to the ending just to see and was disappointed it wasn’t there.

 pinksprings01:

I think they extended it to make the sad ending more solid.

I'm holding them to that :)