Episode 17 was soo unnecessary, in my humble opinion of course.
I like that they did that, it was historically accurate, tragic and very moving... Their love story was tragic after all. I wish they had shown the trees he planted around their tomb.
They’re a cute couple, I heard they had 9 kids in reality
Yup... My grandmother had 7, but also had a few miscarriages and I think a one or two babies died young. So... women either suffered from endless childbearing (which also took a toll on the body) or died in the process... Nowadays in developed countries, it's something like 15 women per 100,000 who die in childbirth, but 400 years ago it was something like 1000 per 100,000. Really grim.
Yeah that's how it was like in history, women would marry really young. However keep in mind that the queen did…
I know, but still... I feel for her. I find her such a lonely, tragic figure in the drama. Also, I know there's no evidence of any children, but that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't consummated. But one can hope... 😅
They’re a cute couple, I heard they had 9 kids in reality
Yeah, no contraception..! And of course, if you married young, had no fertility issues, a fairly active sex life and didn't die in childbirth, it wasn't uncommon to have that many. Of course, you'd also have a couple of kids who died as babies or toddlers, and maybe add in a couple of miscarriages too...
Oh I feel sick... Was just reading about the historical characters. Real life King Yeongjo (Yi San's grandfather) was 65 when he married his second Queen Consort, Queen Jeung Soon, who was just 14 at the time. 🤮
She lived until she was 60 and witnessed the reign of 3 kings: King Yeongjo, King Jeongjo and King Sunjo! 😱
Of course in the context of the time, she married late, since they were pro child marriage at the time, and getting…
We can always hope for a Disney happy ending 😝 Ignorance is bliss! 🤣 Like Disney Little Mermaid vs Hans Christian Andersen Little Mermaid. I'm curious what approach they will go with... Maybe since they've made the rejection story so long, they'll give us marriage and babies to console us.
Yeah, he's likeable as a character until that point. I think they were trying to show how the extreme power goes…
But regarding his "forwardness" I think it was out of character for him but born out of frustration cause he doesn't understand why she keeps rejecting him.
Of course in the context of the time, she married late, since they were pro child marriage at the time, and getting…
Yeah, she was about to give birth to their 3rd child, their son had died a few months earlier, and then she and her baby died. 😭😭😭 Apparently he buried her with their son and planted 26,000 trees around their tomb. He became heirless again, and 3 years after Deok-Im's death, the Queen Dowager forced him to take a concubine and thus future King Sunjo was born.
Why did the royal secretary say if he dies, it's Duk Im' fault?
He's got issues, man... He resents her for rejecting him and resents her for being more precious to the King than him. A form of manipulative revenge. His other option was that she be with him and travel the world with him so that he could have the one thing that the King wanted and could never have. Dude's messed up.
Maybe he did. But I wonder why he still chased her away
They're both angry at each other because they don't see eye to eye on the issue of her becoming his concubine and so they're frustrated and irrational because of it, I think.
Maybe he did. But I wonder why he still chased her away
They're both angry at each other because they don't see eye to eye on the issue of her becoming his concubine and so they're frustrated and irrational because of it, I think.
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very moving... Their love story was tragic after all. I wish they had shown the trees he planted around their tomb.
She lived until she was 60 and witnessed the reign of 3 kings: King Yeongjo, King Jeongjo and King Sunjo! 😱