T.S.Johnson

The Queen Mother is gonna burn it all down (unintentionally) b/c she married the wrong brother and her son seems more like his father. The jealousy and her pride are eating her alive. SMH.

What's even more interesting is that she realized he lost on purpose too. And she's still annoyed by it. lol

She married the wrong brother.

Might be heading that way. However K-Dramas lately have NOT been sticking the ending.

I'm also wondering if they had a thing in the past (like you said she's too comfortable calling him by his first name). Like he was genuinely interested in her, and she flirted with him and gave him false hope, but she would never marry the "spare" - b/c she was groomed to be a Queen after all.

Came here to say all of this. She's going to destroy the Crown b/c she is so upset that she married the wrong brother. Grand Prince is everything a Royal should be. Groomed to be a queen, of course she was going to marry the Crown Prince, but little did she know he wasn't the "royal" one of the family. She's incensed that her son seems to be more like his father (the boys is only 8 she really needs to chill, but she's desperate) and not the Grand Prince who is everything she feels she deserved. She's so hateful, jealous, and angry she can't even see her actions will be what causes the Crown's downfall.

Right up there with the obligatory aphrodisiac over dose. lol

SMH

The soon to be not dead guy? (I've only watched episode 1)

So who is the ML in this one?

Exactly this. 'Cause right now I'm just watching 'cause it's all batshit crazy. lol

Okay. Someone tell me who I should be rooting for here. lol. I need someone to focus on if I'm gonna keep watching.

Also, how we got a love triangle right out the gate. lol/smh

The acting is WAY over the top. The visuals are stunning tho.

That makes more sense.

I'm confused about the relationships here...how is the 8 year old King - or Crown Prince at least. How is the dad still not on the throne but regnant for the young King (Crown Prince)? What the heck?

Short C-Dramas LOVE a good water scene.

Explain to me why she took the tiger tally?

All of this. Because why did he just decide to destroy his brother's entire life b/c of a chick he just met and who he KNEW was using him. And like you said him and the girl had NO chemistry, NONE. He just seemed like a whiny brat. So the whole series was how many ways can the 2ML be made to suffer?

I also think what annoys me about this series is that it works better if she dies at the end and not the brother. Also you 2ML can't outshine the ML. It doesn't work, and has the viewer rooting for the other guy. Also it helps if the "Leads" have chemistry...having the best chemistry with the second guy is crazy work. And finally I'm just gonna assume it ends before that time jump. While not the best ending, it makes the most sense other than that extra mess.