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You don't have to remind me this 😭. I feel like this drama will give me empty feeling once it ends 😭😭😭

Yes, you are right

As I stated before, the titles in this drama may not necessarily related to the real history. They are referenced, but the production team still change several things like the King's name, events, and etc. This is a romcom fantasy drama, it's not supposed to be historically accurate like Queen For 7 Days (also about Yeonsanggun).

I understand the titles are confusing. I think on Netflix, the subtitle for her is Concubine if I'm not mistaken. Maybe they call her that because she is highly favored? In this drama, she's not married to the King. She's merely a woman who gained high favor from the King.

We don't know exactly yet how she ended up in gaining the King's favor. Maybe they will reveal that in later episode.

Man.. I don't want to argue on this lol. Yes it's based on Jang Nok Su but the tile is different in the drama. This is a drama. You can literally google it. The production team already put disclaimers that they changed things. Her official title for this drama is a Concubine, not a Consort. Please open this drama wikipedia.

I also made a mistake about consort titles. They have like Primary Consort, Secondary Consort and etc. But in history, Jang Nok Su begins her title as Concubine and she gradually rises up. She only get called Royal Consort during Yeonsanggun's reign prime. She didn't gain the Royal Consort title in day 1.

In this drama, her title is Concubine.

I'm a fan of Korean historical dramas. If I'm wrong I'm happy to be corrected. But in this, I'm not. Kang Mok Ju is a Concubine. Please give me your source where it says she's a Royal Consort.

I'll give mine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_App%C3%A9tit,_Your_Majesty

Or maybe Royal Consort also means Concubine? If so then we're both right.

But to my knowledge, Korean King is allowed to officially marry only one woman which would be His Queen. The rest of his women are Concubines (in plain language).

She's not a consort though... Kang Mok Ju is a concubine. Consort is a title for Queen before she marries a King. Like a Princess Consort. Yes, she's supposed to not have this much power. She could act like that because she is a highly favored concubine.

King is supposed to have only one consort which would be the Queen, so you can't call Kang Mok Ju a consort. Her title is concubine.

From Google,

No, concubine and consort are not the same; a consort is the officially recognized spouse of a monarch (like a Queen Consort or Prince Consort), while a concubine is a woman who lives with a man in a lower-status, unofficial relationship..

I'm excited to watch what Jiyeong will cook now that she found gochu!!

Second FL is a concubine. In modern term, mistress. She’s ranked 4th because it’s her rank in royal palace, born from low family. It doesn’t mean the King has 4 concubines. The King currently has no wife or Queen.

So many beautiful foods in ep5 T_T.

Our Jiyeong made me crave cutlet but it's late night here 😔.

Btw so glad they addressed the kiss and it's rare case that FL actually got angry for the non-consented kiss and not pretend it didn't happen. ML also apologized!!

They are so cute!! Can't wait for tomorrow Joseon Master Chef!

He is sone and his bias is YoonA 😂. He said it in iv. You can search it on X

It's on youtube but I doubt you can access it because they made it available only in certain countries. It also don't have english sub.

But this is what I could find regarding the ending in ep4
https://x.com/spring96k/status/1963686600204030009

It’s a time loop. I think your question might be answered in upcoming eps.

In discussion section, someone who read the novel said, FL’s father plays some part in helping her while she’s time travelling.

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You can refer this

https://x.com/spring96k/status/1963686600204030009

Maybe you can watch ep4 commentary for reference. The Director explained there why EP4 ended like that. The two main casts also gave their own opinion from FL and MFL perspective on the scene

Oh! I thought you were asking if YoonA was in Haunted place. My bad :)

No, that's another actress, Bo Na.

Yes, it's one way to avoid criticism. If they don't do this, Koreans will be the first to cancel the drama because the real king is the worst king in their history.

Haha no it's fine! I think some people also has same thought as you.

It's frustrating sighhhh

Tbh it looks like one account created multiple new accounts to troll/hate. I can see similar use of certain words + writing habit. The number of likes on their posts also stay at certain number, probably it's their other accounts also. Some people really don't have life.

The production team for this drama has put disclaimers that they changed several things from web novel (the original work) and this is a fantasy drama. I mean yes, Yi Heon + several characters and some events are based on real tyrant king, but the timeline of his reign in this drama is unknown because of the changes made. So we may not able to tell it correctly. Better to see him as a new character rather than limiting him as the real king in history.

I don't think we can know specifically about his reign period from this drama. If web novel maybe yes. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

I read from other comment that he's supposed to be 27-28 y/o here.