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I 100% believe royal couple will still alive until the end.

I saw their bts pic when they just finished filming on 31/12/2020 on the twitter with the queen still wearing queen costume and accessories while the king wearing nobleman outfit like the one he wear when they eating outside, just the hanbok he wears in the bts pic is blue color.

Instead of worrying about the sad ending, I'm wondering who is the endgame:
1)Past So Yong & Cheol Jong
2)Bong Hwan personalities will merged with So Yong,
So (Yong) + Bong (Hwan) = So Bong
and she stays by Cheol Jong side because actually future Bong Hwan is the reincarnation of So Yong in the past.

or others?

I want number 2 so Queen So Bong can stay with King Cheol Jong in Joseon after clearing Bong Hwan's allegation in the future and it will not be unfair to both So Yong and Bong Hwan.

I hope there is only one soul and Bong Hwan in the future is the reincarnation of So Yong in the past so even So Bong stay with Cheol Jong it is not unfair to both of them.

She is Mr Queen aka Queen So Bong now so she has more strength LOL
So (Yong) + Bong (Hwan) = So Bong

It's not that easy. His family member was killed by Kim So Yong's clan, the Kim's clan and he has no powerful clan as support.

After Kim's clan crowned him as their puppet king, he has to pretend to be dumb or they will dethrone him anytime. Then they chosen So Yong as his queen to strengthen their hold of him.

So Yong story is pitiful and sad but she is not the only one who is suffering in the palace. That's why I understand the king and don't blame him when he quite cold towards her before their marriage.

I watch Seol In Ah in that drama before this too.
She's lovable in that drama and also so cute in the Mr Queen bts with Shin Hye Sun.
I don't hate her in other scene in this drama, I just don't want her to be lovey dovey with the king LOL

One of the theory audience mentioned is that Bong Hwan is the future reincarnation of So Yong in the past. So, actually there is only one soul, just reincarnate to different gender in other life.

There was mentioned about parallel life and reincarnation in the episodes 5. We still don't know whether the theory is right or not now though.

But if the past So Yong and future Bong Hwan have different souls then it kinda deceiving Cheol Jong because although he has childhood connection with young So Yong since she saved him when they were young, the one that Cheol Jong falling right now is Bong Hwan & So Yong characters together.

What I understand with the "childhood connection" trope in this drama is,
Cheol Jong thought young Hwa Jin was his savior when they were young so he is very grateful to her. That's why he was hell bent in saving her before in earlier episode until he even kneeled and begged when they want to behead Hwa Jin. She is among people that he trust other than his brother and special director Hong.

But actually the one that saved him was young So Yong.
He's already falling with his queen after their interactions together although he didn't know that young So Yong saved him so this "actually she saved him when they were young" will deepen their bond and relationship later after it is revealed, not make the king fall in love with her because, well, he's already in love with her now no matter how he denied it.

Kim Jung Hyun and Shin Hye Sun are cute in the bts too like besties. Maybe that's why they have great chemistry here

https://twitter.com/shjky/status/1347068272819126273

Since it So Yong and Bong Hwan, I called the current queen So Bong.
So (Yong) + Bong (Hwan) = So Bong.
On twitter there are many tweets called current queen So Bong too^_^

I'm still not sure about it.
Some tweets mentioned the 10 minutes of 6 extra episodes will be included started at the episodes 15 while some tweets mentioned they will be after episodes 20.

They will start filming the extra episodes today so guess we will to wait few days to get the accurate information.

There will be some extra episodes about the first meeting of Cheol Jong and So Yong.
The extra episodes has 6 episodes, with 10 minutes for each episodes and it will be released exclusively on TVing.
https://twitter.com/hyesunarchive/status/1347367958398476289

Yes, I just check about it. Thank you^_^

Where did you read about it?
Mind to share the link?

Yes, it kinda too much.

The king's concubine, Hwa Jin, always talk rudely and give arrogant attitude towards the queen, the queen's adopted cousin, Byung In, not just threaten the king, he and his minions also just barged into the room where the queen lying down and raised the sword to the king.

I just suspend my belief that Hwa Jin get a pass because Bong Hwan interested with her before and the king couldn't do anything because he is powerless while Byung In is the adopted son of one of the powerful Kim's clan.

Spoiler!
In real history the king is not only powerless puppet king, he also died young T_T
His story is so tragic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheoljong_of_Joseon

Yes, I read that too.
I wonder why did he still accept offer in romance dramas than?

There are quite many peoples mentioned that they never like or watch any historical dramas before but they watch this drama because it has comedy tone in the teaser.

Yes, it is has comedy genre but it is also has political genre since the main male lead is a reigning king. When you watch historical dramas you need to pay attention even to the smallest detail more than when you watching modern drama because many info will hold important key for the future development in the next episodes.

Other than Korean historical dramas, I also like to watch Chinese historical dramas and I say, Chinese historical dramas are usually more complicated and have longer episodes than Korean historical dramas. The romance stories between main leads in Chinese historical dramas especially involving royalty can be more harsher too.

If they say they couldn't ship the king and the queen here because the king tried to kill his wife and cold to her before their marriage, then wait until they watch Chinese historical romance dramas especially the tragic one LOL

I think So Yong really sad that guy she like and even saved him when he was young grow up to despised her because of her clan. But I also believe there is other people and secret that she know really troubled her until she decided to jump into the lake.

I see how evil the Kim's clan are. They make people suffered and used the king as puppet for their selfish gain. When Shin Hye Sun character still has the Choi Jin Hyuk voiceover and sitting on the throne beside the king, it was mentioned that Kim Jwa Geun holds more power than the king himself.

Although the queen's behaviors when the chef's soul stuck in her body and especially after royal marriage are funny, they are actually unladylike and rude especially to her own husband, the king but peoples in the palace just let them slide since she is from the powerful Kim's clan.

Even Byung In, the queen's adopted cousin can easily barged into the queen's chamber and threaten the king because he is an adopted son of the powerful Kim's clan while the king is powerless.

And we also know that the Kim's clan is one of the culprit behind the death of the king's family member and he even got nightmare because he witness the tragic incident.

Kim So Yong tried to commit suicide before their marriage because the king treated her coldly.
But why he treat her coldly?
Because the reason she got chosen to be his queen in the first place is she is from the powerful Kim's clan.
The same clan that kill his family member until he has nightmare until adult, forced him pretends to be a dumb and puppet king or they will dethrone him anytime.

Kim So Yong is pitiful but she is not the only victim here. The king don't live a joyous life either after the death of his family member and even he become the king her clan treated him like crap.

She is from the powerful clan, has a loving father and loyal servant while he is only has little allies, Hwa Jin, his older brother and special director Hong and no strong connection like her.

People that has no problem with Kim's clan are either skipped the scenes that mentioned these things or just look this drama from their narrow romantic perspective.

When the king is still a young boy, the queen's clan which is the powerful Kim's clan at that time, involved in killing his family's member until he often has nightmare about it and after he grown up her clan crowned him as a king because they thought he is easy to control since he has no support or backup.

While he become king, he has to pretends to be dumb and clueless puppet king or they will find ways to dethrone him.

There are peoples that he trust and care which are:
-His concubine, Hwa Jin, which he fall in love with because he believe she saved him when he was a young boy but actually she lied about it.
-His older half-brother, Prince Yeong Pyeong, that become the royal guard and he guards the king's bed chamber. He has affection towards Hwa Jin and constantly remind the king that his wife is from evil Kim's clan.
-Special director Hong, his best friend that loyal to him.

Then Kim's clan chosen her to be his queen. So after the king married the queen, do you think he will say,
"I'm so happy because I'm married you. So let's live happily ever after with many children, my queen!"
Of course he will be cautious towards her, wondering if she is one of Kim's clan spy and one day will betray him.

The past Kim So Yong story is tragic but come on, she is not the only victim here.

Most audiences are used to dashing and powerful male lead especially if he is a king/crown prince. King Cheol Jong was definitely not like that if they read his real life in history.

But I like it and feel it refreshing because the king and queen characters are kinda reversed from the typical main male lead and main female lead especially in a Korean historical romance dramas.

The main male lead is a king that has little allies and no support so he has to appear as a dumb and clueless puppet while the main female lead is a queen that did many things that considered unsophisticated and unladylike but many peoples just let that slide since she is from a powerful Kim's clan. She even helped him to save his concubine LOL

He is calm and delicate while she is fierce and sometimes a bit hyper. Whenever they are together, they will becomes a silly and funny royal couple haha

Kim Jung Hyun and Shin Hye Sun performances and chemistry performance together are daebakkk!

In this drama I realized the main male lead and main female lead characters are reversed from the typical main leads in the Korean historical dramas.

Others:
-If the main male lead is from a royalty/noble he will be powerful and dashing while the main female lead will be from a lower class/fallen noble and always need the main male lead protection.

This drama:
-The main male lead is a puppet king with little allies and no support while the main female lead is a queen from a powerful clan and she was the one that help him instead like saving his concubine from the beheading punishment.

Although the queen past story before she married the king is really pitiful but she has father, loyal maids and powerful Kim's clan as backup while the king only has special director Hong, Hwa Jin (that lied to him about being his savior and later will probably used him), his brother (has affection for Hwa Jin and constantly remind him to stay away from his wife) on his side.

Also, the king character here is calm and delicate while the queen is fierce and and sometimes kind of hyper LOL. I think that's why people can easily attracted and sympathized to queen's character instead.

But I really love the reversed characters of this royal couple so much and Kim Jung Hyun and Shin Hye Sun together are perfection.