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It's still Joseon era just a fictional country. Most people are ok with everything they going for here and watched films like this. They just didn't want to create confusion using real historical figures and names.

The main question is who could write a book like this in that era?

The Scandal is because of the book of erotic Chunhwa paintings with her face.

Mid 30's-40's is young, the prime. Why everyone thinks that once you turn 30 next stop is a nursing home. Actors in mid 30's always played high-schoolers in films. Knetz calling them old and ugly, it's so sad to see.

Here are descriptions of their characters and relationship
https://www.gpkorea.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=124045
https://www.mk.co.kr/news/broadcasting-service/11222729

Behind the scenes Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNKXvIjzwXo

Comments complained about spoilers and they deleted the video for now, but everything from it was in the trailers.

There's a topless woman for a second in the first episode and shirtless men, other than that everyone from the main cast was covered during the love scenes.

Another cast member - Choi Yoon Ra
https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202502121155013

Some time next week is my guess. They got other new TVing shows that premiered before this one.

They need some fun interviews or cast interactions to lure people. These shorts is all they do and it doesn't show up in search, you have to go to TVing channel or actors channels to find it - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8_u_Ie41nt4
https://youtube.com/shorts/yxmlIg7Qvr4?si=cJMrBKnBvALaf9IE

It has no promo apart from the Cosmopolitan photoshoot for the leads and the clips from official TVing accounts. Only the actors fandoms know about it. What are they waiting for? Knetz posting more and more bad comments under the preview videos, and the videos are positive.

Koreans don't seem to know about the history of Chunhwa art and compare it to Bridgerton too.

The score composer's name is in the credits in the post

When Viki or other international platform get it, there should be more promo with subtitles.

I also think that it wasted entire episodes on boring things, but the performances are worth it. Especially all the villains.

There will be a lot of great moments going further. And the Grand Prince competition, although you can guess who will win.

Other TVing shows were picked up by Viki couple of weeks after the premiere. Just need to wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndRStRutM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rchdGMq5TBA

It's auto-generated, my mistake. I watched fan translation, thought it was posted on YouTube.

Those are newer comments. But from the first couple of days they complain that the actors are not famous enough, too old, dressed wrong and talk wrong.

The actors said that the script was fun and that was the reason they were drawn to it. Negative reviews take it too seriously and misunderstand it.

This preview of ep 1-4 is full of rude Korean comments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06Hu57-gxE&t=7s

The director explained how this idea came to be. There's the press conference with the cast on YouTube and articles.
https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?newsId=01423526642067568&mediaCodeNo=258
https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/11233284