GoodRick

Thank you so much for putting this so eloquently.
EVERYONE needs to read your post. Like seriously!

My God it was awesome! Cliffhanger episode!

I thought Mu Deok voluntarily stepped up and offered her maid services as the prize for winning the competition. I did not see any coercion from anyone.

Honestly, Lee Jae Wook is doing so good playing Jang Uk he would have great chemistry even with a potted plant. He is that good in this drama!

It really is, isn't it!

I'm really not liking the Seo Yul hate that I see on this page. Makes me sad.

I think Mu Deok stepped up and said she is going to serve as the maid of whoever wins. Why blame Seo Yul?

Seo Yul is kind, loyal, respectful, generous, handsome, literary genius and comes from a noble family.
Seo Yul is a lot of things. Coward isn't one of them.

Hilarious as hell!

Wasn't the motivation already sky high enough because the blue jade was on the line as the prize for winning and Jang Uk wanted Mu Deok not the Crown Prince to keep that blue jade for obvious reasons?

I can't tell who is real and who is masquerading as someone else's soul in someone else's body.

For #2 - I thought the body was burnt/cremated in full public view, was it not?

Why were the terms of the competition changed and why did Mu Deok agree to put herself on the line for the final contest especially knowing that Jang Uk could likely lose?

Yes, he does know her reality and he even says to himself he isn't brave enough to admit that he knows everything or something to that effect.

I just want to say Lee Jae Wook is playing Jang Uk so freaking well he is just knocking it out of the ballpark. His micro-expressions during the scenes with Mu Deok and the Crown Prince were just brilliant today.

Mu Deok doing drama pleading the Crown Prince and Jang Uk following along was hilarious.

She is just being a mother hen who doesn't want any adversity to ever befall upon her boy Jang Uk. I felt it had nothing whatsoever to do with her love for Jang Gang or lack thereof.

OMG I loved this episode so much I was so hooked it was literally over before I even realized and I was like ... that ended too soon and in actuality it was like 75 minutes long.

So looks like the ice stone has to be put inside the body in order to recover the body or bring it back alive? And once the ice stone is removed the body gets petrified. So ice stone can only be used to revive one body at a time and once removed the body dies? I'm so confused.

And you have a EAW pic on your profile. Traitor! LOL.