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Not really.

Why would he need someone to give him permission to "finally" accept her? That's super-lame, I wouldn't have liked it at all!

Yes, all of that. The ending was extremely satisfying, not rushed at all, everybody had their happy conclusion, not just the leads (well, with the exception of the villains)

The boy said that his father told him "Never become friends with a girl, this is the start of all tragedies". Obviously the father was Shin Won.
And he tells the girl that from her clothes she seems to be of royal birth, so she's the little princess.
The other children were adopted by the Eunuch and the Head Court Lady from the Affection village. They were probably orphans or something. He said "Isn't it nice to have a father?" (you don't usually say that to your own children) and she said "isn't it better to live here than in Affection Village? NOW we are all a family".

Then it's not "nine generations", but "nine degrees of kinship".

A small question, after watching episode 11 - but unrelated to the main plot, so no spoiler.
When someone said that a culprit will be condemned to death and with him his whole family, for 8 generations", how can that be? I mean, if his whole family is killed, there won't be any next generation, right? Not even one, let alone 8.

What you say makes sense.

But surely telling him that So Rang was his intended bride he was looking for for the past 7 years would have avoided many misunderstandings, and maybe also heartbreak. Because the king wasn't in love with her since the beginning, therefore if he knew she was his friend's fiancée, he might have held back and not let himself fall for her. Maybe or maybe not. But, from Sin Won's point of view, it was worth trying, no? It doesn't make sense that he didn't tell him that, since they were reasonably close and used to talk about the matter a lot all those years.

Why Sin Won didn't breathe a word about So Rang's identity to the king is one of the biggest plotholes in this drama. Why he didn't breathe a word about Ms Seo's involvement with shady business right now, is another.

From the queen? You mean his grandma? No, of course not. If the grandma knew she was a noblewoman, she wouldn't be so set against her.

She uses good observation skills, knowledge of human nature and, lastly, common sense. And people won't question if a ghost talks a little differently, as long as the general impression is convincing.

So it's true that shock works. I thought it was just a convenient thing invented for the drama. I'm happy that your face healed.

I think you must have been doing something else while watching the episodes. Housework, computer games, I don't know. So you have missed a big chunk of it.

Yes! Nice, yes, good-looking, passably, but he's as exciting as a factory wall (the back wall).

Only that she's not really a court lady. She tries to fit the role as best she can, but her training was brief and hurried, cannot overturn all her years on the street. And her personality is not fit for a court lay to begin with.
Aaaand, most importantly, the drama is a comedy, with many anachronisms, it's not to be taken as an authentic sageuk. It said so at the beginning, too, "this is an alternate world" etc. , for those that don't know how to take a hint.

Let's say that's the exception that confirms the rule.

And super charming!

Whatever an actor has or doesn't have, it can get covered with powder and such just before the shooting. I'm telling you it's intentional. Although we think it's oily and sweaty, Koreans for some reason think this is pretty and means that the skin is soft and hydrated.

Yes, both the aunties were excellent. Kim Hey-Ja's character was so infuriating. After all she did, not only she never apologized, but also had that suffering look, playing the victim.

Much less than modern dramas, though.