Liked the drama, and loved the article, btw, i do recommend watching the flower of evil I discovered that one rather late, but nowadays whenever I ‘m in a drama limbo I rewatch that one, it’s by no means perfect but the ML acting was excellent imo, plus I’m a sucker for happy endings
For all its problems, i liked the Korean version better, the ML actor there managed to deliver the character’s nuisance well IMO, i usually like jdramas, but the ML here really is an a$$hole
It’s in my To Be Read pile: but i read somewhere here (if you scroll down this comments section far enough ) that it was a happy ending, the emperor ruled and when the crown prince was of suitable age he abdicated to him and took the empress to see the world, btw, in the novel the playboy’s soul never returned to the future
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-times-spent-in-pretense/
https://subscene.com/subtitles/mr-queen-queen-cheorin-cheorinwanghoo