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Because that builds up the right amount of angst. It would be too boring if she knew from the beginning. And it means they can be more laid back while falling in love. She is biased against the prince.

Well, if it turns out that they have to rush the ending or compromise the quality of the drama by doing last minute editing and piss off fans, not following the rule wouldn’t have been worth it, right? Breaking a rule that have little impact is ok but if you break strict rules and the impact is significant then you’re dumb for breaking the « rule ».

If he wrote something on that tree before it grew, they got married before the war.

Yes, let’s not start panicking and wait to see how they handle it. The director is dumb though - the rule was known prior to release so not sure why he’d take the risk. Maybe they’ll add some episodes as « extra ».

Yes in the novel

It is not strong romance but strong chemistry and slow burn romance. If you want a drama with romance at the core, this is not for you.

You are the one being weird. I have every right to call out her crazy fan I had a negative experience with. Who do you think you are? I was not even addressing you in the first place so keep on watching and get off your high horse. And just ignore my « weird » comments if you are so triggered.

She is not but apparently everyone (except you, my friends and I it seems :-)) was expecting her to fail because of this.

Yes we clearly haven’t and good for you if you haven’t come across them. I’m not going to spend time justifying myself if you don’t believe me.

What on earth are you talking about and why are you being defensive. I’m not criticising ZLY but her hardcore fans who are mostly unhinged. Just on MDL I’ve encountered two who are constantly talking rubbish. It’s not like I’m hunting them down. I’m not understanding your reaction and why you’re questioning what I’m saying.

I guess I’m the only one then. :). The trailer looked great, storyline was interesting, cinematography looked great, the ML was still not super famous but the type of hype I’ve noticed building around him in his last two dramas was enough to give me confidence in the drama

Yes, most of us international viewers don’t bother as much with the drama happening locally but I’ve been surprised by how certain psycho fans have gone out of their way to be spiteful.

But most of the hardcore haters happen to be ZLY fans though. It can’t be a coincidence. Why is everyone so scared of them?

Have you not seen some psycho fans on here and al over social media trashing the drama and spreading ridiculous rumours? You’re being purposefully obtuse so let’s just end the conversation here.

I know what you mean but there are tonnes of talented actresses I can think of for this role who would have made the same impact. She wasn’t present in every single scene. But I’m sure they had their reasons.

They were so silly not to cast someone else if they knew she’d return to school.

None of the people I know were concerned about the age gap or thought the FL was on the decline or even knew about the ML’s age. A lot of what you describe is fear mongering and fake outrage perpetuated by haters (mostly hardcore fans of ZLY) or a very young audience (those people aren’t even the target audience for this drama). There was no reason for the drama not to do well So this is a bit dramatic.

Surprisingly good and addictive!

Vain comment but let's appreciate the casting director. They really nail the male actors - all of them are exceptionally attractive (even the emperor and other side characters).

Book readers,, please come here. Do you know why does the Emperor seem reluctant to let the Duke marry Ali? It would seem to be quite a nice strategic move so that he could control what the minister does. So why being against it?