I noticed that there are differences on how we interpret the story probably because of mistranslation and also chinese can be vague and holds deeper meanings and often times neglected due to translation issues. You have to watchand understand the dialogues because if you missed something you will also misinterpret the story
After reading the comments now I know that this is actually the series version of the movie. Yes if they follow everything they both didn't end up together because yeon su still wants to hide while the other one is openly accepting possibilities and for the female lead she had her best ending found a guy that will treat her like a queen..
The novel is like 180 plus chapters and it is really a slowburn story. Not all relationships starts like fast food. Some takes decades or more to develop.
Lols that is the reality in the ancient times. Lols. They even got married at age very young age as in young age. Life expectancy in the ancient times is lower than today. And culture is way different . Despite the problem with age but how women values their reputatiobn in the ancient times is something that I really Admire.
In ancient times you can never tell if a girl is just crossdressing because in ancient times. Girls value or women value their reputation alot. And with taht being said only those who have brave heart would have the guts to do such thing and in addition to that entering the school and pretending to be someone is punishable by death. And in ancient times men and women both have long hairs depending on the dynasty they are in.