Fumiko

Her revenge is a main plotline. The romance plotline is there and the love interest supports her but both in the novel and on the show she is the architect of the revenge.

Wang Rui Chang

No real love triangle.

It becomes obvious pretty quickly who the main couple is.

They kiss in episode 10 of 24 so it starts early.

Happy ending, no real drama in the relationship

The other very present man in the FL‘s life is her ex who she originally loved a lot in her first life but he betrayed her deeply. The plotline is for the majority the revenge quest against her power obsessed ex. While he is constantly on her mind it‘s not that she isn‘t over him but out of resentment and to ruin him.

They wrapped up everything neatly, next to the main couple and second couple, Mo Tae Hui also managed to get her life together.

I regret grandma‘s death, wished that she would have been around until the end as well as that Mundo‘s son will have to deal with that his father is a terrible person.

Interestingly Seori also started an internet discourse about King Anjong (in reality King Sukjong) having to be reevaluated new. I have seen in some discussions about the story that Sukjong in past Jang Hui bin dramas was portrayed too nicely while he was more frantic etc. in real life so it‘s almost meta.

I love that in the scenes in the first episode in which he hasn‘t shown his true colors yet he seems pretty attentive and is able to fake being a potentially decent boyfriend/husband who listens to the advice of his wife (the warning signs are the convenient deaths in the imperial family and the serious atmosphere at the end of his coronation). When Zhao sees him for the first time after the rebirth or when he tries to manipulate Tang next you see how slimy he actually is. Like Tang said he is good with lulling people in however when you know that he is awful it grosses you out.

He is enraging the actor really does an excellent job. The first episode was really effective to make me despise the character whenever he plans something.

Loved this scene. Also after seeing Xun's father it's obvious that he is absolutely like him they even have a similar way of talking.

I never skip it since it has such a cute artstyle and the hug at the ending always looks so sweet (also like how they included a reference to the past story during the hug after some episodes as well).

The preview had a scene that makes me laugh again:

Segye becoming annoyed that Seori's TV character Kim in Kingdom of Women becomes the big favorite of the TV King 😅.

At least another episode will be released tomorrow, I immediately want to continue watching. Then the long wait begins again...

Yeah, the King had a concubine called Gyeonbin (likely the mother of the crown prince) who Kang was accused to have tried to get killed and there is also Queen Onjeong who claimed Kang‘s painting for herself and likely supported the King so that Kang is portrayed badly in court annals.

That Mundo might have a (former?) mistress who might have a son with him might be likely. The Blind Date I rather see as the possible equivalent of the Queen who wants to side with him and afterwards maybe become a suitable rich match for Mundo.

Watch her be the Queen in the past life who claimed Kang‘s last portrait as her own and who likely worked with the King to get rid of Kang 💀

I love how both FL and ML seem real regarding expressions. It never seems scripted or shallow.

He is awful is both lives (in the present life even from childhood). The worst thing is that he is evil with good PR (often really frustrating to watch). Often I want to throw something against the TV so the actor really succeeds in that aspect. I fear that he will try to sabotage Segye and Seori really hard later on.

That's what I meant the rest is actually sorta matching with the accusations against Jang Hee Bin (working with a shamaness, attempting to kill the Queen, a comet being a bad sign etc.). Adultery is the only one not matching which is why it sticked out to me.

One of the accusations against Kang Dan-shim (most are based on the accusations against Jang Hee Bin) was also ‚adultery‘ so after hurting his brother with making Dan-shim a high-ranking concubine the King might have used the unresolved feelings between the two against Dan-shim as one of the many accusations against her.

Seori becoming obsessed with binge watching and the revenge drama fight scene were hilarious.

I also loved that she got Segye’s grandpa to buy her food as well.

I love how she is a bit of a handful but he wants her to succeed already (his smile when the choice regarding the contract was made).

The scene with him switching radio channels since they kept playing love songs and him imagining a commercial with her made me laugh so hard.

I also loved the scene of her playing the Joseon drama TV scene in the supermarket.

Regarding the past story I think it becomes obvious that the King just wanted her out of spite to hurt his brother and then discarded her.

One new episode on Friday and another one on Saturday. The wait is very hard for me I can't wait😅😭.

The Treacherous is an explicit portrayal of the infamous deposed King Yeonsan (the 10th King of Joseon). It basically shows what his court was like and people scheming behind the scenes for influence. It‘s in a similar vein to the movie Caligula regarding showing a rotten tyrant ruler and explicit sexual scenes.