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What I mean is that understanding the historical backdrop of this show will help international viewers follow the plot better. For instance, the storyline in recent episodes where the Crown Prince is trapped in Nanjing and the male lead plans to escort him north shares the same historical setting as the well-known historical nonfiction novel Fifteen Days Between Two Capitals. Incidentally, the TV adaptation of this book is set to premiere either this year or next. While the characters in the novel are fictional, the era itself is real. A little background knowledge helps viewers better empathize with the plight of the male and female leads.

Let me give everyone some historical background for this drama. It is a story set during the era of Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1402–1424 CE). He usurped his nephew’s throne by force and killed all who opposed him. In the drama, the female lead’s family, as loyalists, is wiped out. The emperor himself is rumored to have died in a fire, but more likely fled to the South Seas. To hunt him down, Zhu Di repeatedly sent fleets to sea, reaching as far as the Indian Ocean and North Africa. Although the above may not be very important knowledge for TV viewers, it reflects the realism and meticulous research of this work.