I haven't tried dramahood but I honestly think the sites I mentioned are the best out there from all the others I've tried. They usually don't crash and and image quality is very good for these kinds of sites. Avistaz is a torrent site, really good for downloading dramas in HD. But you'd have to wait till they open for registration again.
I haven't watched it yet bc I'm waiting to watch both episodes at once. I've found the drama on ondramanice.tv and avistaz. Kissasian probably has it by now also. These are the sites I use when DF and viki don't have the drama I want.
I found it in a Korean site and synced the Viki subs to it, but I don't know where to upload it so more people…
I thought maybe you could try and reach sites like ondramanice, kissasian, drama3s, etc. to see if they accept donations... I also like avistaz, but they are currently not accepting registration atm so you 'd have to wait till they open for registration if you do not already have an account. Maybe a torrent site that isn't a private tracker like avistaz would work. I'm really interested in the drama btw!!! I have searched everywhere a bilion times but couldn't find it!! :(( I've only found the chinese version but viki subs do not fit that version...
I really hope this drama isn't stereotypical like any other historical Kdrama. The only thing worse than a cliche…
"politically-driven-with-lots-of-deaths" is just what I love and expect from historical dramas, however I don't believe this drama will be very political because dramas made for younger generations usually focus more on the romance and only give minimal attention to politics. Usually politics in this kind of drama are very simplified and exist only to give a little background.