jesslalune

Hello ! Do you maybe know the name of the artist ? Thank you :)

Oh awesome thank you !!

Thank you for your reply ! I'm a little confused, so does that mean the leads love each other etc but they still decide to live in their respective "countries" in the end ? Because these kind of open endings are really not my thing and I don't have the energy to watch nearly 50 episodes just to be disappointed by the ending... :/

They're not a couple in the end ?? I thought it was a happy ending I planned to watch this only because of that :'(((

Thank you !

Thank you so much !!

Does anyone know if there is a translated version of the novel somewhere ? I would love to read the original material, but I fear it's not in English :(

Thank you so much for your answer ! I understand now why many comments said it was both an happy and unsatisfiying ending... It's definitely bittersweet but at least it's not an open ending (my worst nightmare after tragic ending lol) so I will give it a try, thank you again !

I tried to read the comments below but I can't find a definite answer. I think I understood it's a happy ending but also an unsatisfying ending...? Can someone explain to me how it can be both please ? I don't mind spoilers, I just don't have the courage to engage in a series with so many episodes if it isn't a real happy ending (meaning the couple gets to live together happily ever after if possible)

"terminal illness"... I don't know what to think about it but considering it takes place in a hospice I guess it's not gonna be rainbows and glitter all along, I really like both actors so I guess we'll see... I just hope it's won't be too tragic :/

Well I don't remember the details exactly but it's true that even I thought the ML forgave her a little too fast, but in my opinion the FL was still sympathic despite her wrongdoings so it didn't bother me much. I love the actress so maybe I'm biased haha
Also even if he resents her, it's clear that he still loves her even at the beginning of the drama so his reaction is kinda understandable in the end.

Thanks to both replies below it makes much more sense if you didn't watch the final ep already :)

Yes it was a little confusing for me but thanks to both your answers I understand their plan much better ! It definitely makes sense now

Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a comprehensible answer, I greatly appreciate it ! I can watch the final episode with a clear mind now haha

To be honest I'm a little lost with Consort Park and the left state councilor's plan at the end of ep 15... So Consort Park wanted to recover her lost status, which is now done because the left state councilor talked about it in front of the king/the court and in the end the kind admitted that he knew about her real identity. But I don't understand what the left state councilor had to gain from this alliance ? To keep the queen Dowager safe ? But then how could she (Consort Park) do that ? Talking with the king and persuade him to let it go and "forgive" the queen Dowager ? I think the left state councilor said this : "so that the fall will only be on me" (not the exact line of course) so then he wants to sacrifice himself to save his lover and hope that Consort Park will stay true to her words and achieve to keep the king under her control in the future ?

That's true and I admit I kinda forgot about this haha. What I wanted to add is the fact she seems shocked about the reveal of the king's plan in ep14 (of course his action is questionable and led to many deaths but he also did that to overthrow the queen Dowager and reconquer his power) while she doesn't seem to mind that the left state councilor still has power over the majority of the court and still can plan another bloodbath in the future... She certainly didn't expect the man she loves to be the individial responsible for her friend's death (so her shock and anger is understandable) but I hope she also doesn't forget that the left state councilor isn't innocent either...

I perfectly agree with what you said. I will add that maybe Consort Park will not choose a "side" in the end, because if we refer to the intro with the animations, it seems like she will choose a path where she's alone. I don't know if we can truly relay on that metaphor but I hope she will come to terms with the fact that no side is truly good, and even less the Left State Councilor's side !! Because like you said, it seems like she completely forgot about the real reason behind her family's assassination. I understand that sometimes enemies need to ally together to win against a more dangerous individual but here it's like she totally forgot about this part of her past... And at first I truly believed (hoped?) this drama would be about her revenge against him in the long run... But with her pregnancy announced I'm kinda scared that she will be forced to hide in the background...

I agree with you, especially with ep14 in which we barely see her... But I guess with her friend's death it's understandable and it kinda shows she's not infaillible.
Thank you for clarifying things for me haha I found this very confusing. Also because the announcement came at just the right moment to "oppose" the queen Dowager in ep12 (I think?) and well I found other things weird concerning her general behavior with her pregnancy. But maybe the director wanted things that way, because it surely is not easy to conceive and bear a child in this context... But I hope we'll get to see a little more about her pregnancy and how the child will grow in these conditions, sadly with only 2 episodes left I don't think there's enough time left...

I thought Consort Park already knew about the king's plan when she first saw the chess board (or at least had a very vague idea about his scheming) but now I see that this is not the case at all... It seems like we will witness the true final battle between her, the left state councilor and the king in the last 2 episodes and honestly I don't know what to feel about that.
And a question I had while watching ep14 : is she really pregnant ?? Maybe a stupid question but her reaction seemed a little off when the king was talking with her...

I was already planning on watching the Penthouse but it makes me want to do it sooner haha