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We may not know all the reasons yet, but for now the main reason is to protect her son’s position as the king and, hence, her status as Queen Mother. The prince is insanely popular and is a de facto king (acts as regent) which means that he may want to simply take over the throne one day (and, actually, he admits that to FL in ep. 3). So Queen Mother wants to reduce his involvement with royal affairs by getting him married (which means he will have to move out of the palace) and, specifically, married to someone non-powerful that can be controlled by Queen Mother & her family. So she’s furious when ML wants to marry FL who is from a chaebol and can use her influence to further elevate prince’s status.

P.S. We think that The Prince wants to take over the throne not because he is craving power (not like Queen Mother), but to make things easier for the child king.

Subway has been saving its marketing funds to pay for this drama :) Many recent dramas didn’t have Subway but had Egg Drop

The best example would be C-drama “The First Frost”. Without spoiling too much, FL’s mom was absolutely terrible & selfish and, at the end, FL decides not to forgive her and doesn’t reconcile. But that drama was based on a very popular book by a very talented writer, so it’s a level above most typical K- and C-dramas.

They may be forced to separate for a bit when/if their marriage contract comes to light.

She should’ve changed into a hanbok 🤣

Episode 1 definitely had Epilogue — on Disney+ it starts at 3 minutes before the end of the episode.

I’d be really curious what was the combo 🤣

There’s definitely something shady going on with the original fire 🔥, recent 🔥 and now this

we think it was staged for paparazzi. well, the meeting was staged, the kiss may not have been planned 🫣

A web novel prequel to the hit 2026 Disney+/MBC K-drama Perfect Crown, titled Perfect Crown in Royal Academy of Korea, will launch on Kakao Page on May 16, 2026. Written by the drama's scriptwriter, Yoo Ji-won, the 30-chapter web novel explores the school days of the main characters, including the chaebol heiress (IU) and royal prince (Byeon Woo-seok)

I’d guess they just wanted to hurt her without realizing the king would be in the car… we’ll see

Egg Drop has been dethroned by Subway. The original fast food king 👑 is back!

Exactly! PJs and Crocs

That’s pretty typical if you watch historical K- or C-dramas 😢🙄

She even dressed very casually to invoke sympathy out of the palace staff

There were two pairs — white and black, right?

Yes, I also don’t feel any romantic connection. I think it’s clearly a power play by her.

They were hardly seen in 2025 dramas (Egg Drop took their place) because they were saving up! 🤣😁

I think she mentioned this week’s episodes will show different sides of her character, not necessarily that they will be better. At least, that’s what she posted on Berriz.

Yes! As I mentioned in a comment earlier today, the ultimate power move would be if we found out that before they started “dating” FL invested in Subway franchises with her savings. That way, they’d still be rich even if her dad & half-brother kick her out of the family.