The story in complicated enough to make it interesting, but not too complicated to make a headache. Its a right amount of balance between castle intrigue, romance, and comedy. The acting were great, we can quite feel the emotions of the actors. I always am amazed of Park bo gum's mercurial facial expression abilities, but for me personally his romance acting in this drama is worse than in reply 1988. I feel his chemistry is better with hyeri.. Compared with kim soo hyun in moon embraces the sun, i feel kim soo hyun is a better portrait of a joseon royalty... Sorry, Park Bo Gum.. But anyhow, i'm stil a fan and enjoyed the drama immensely. The best act for me in this drama came from kwak dong yeon, lee joon hyuk and park chul min. The music blends nicely with the scenes, but i don't really catch any singular tune that ring a bell in my head after watching the whole episodes. This is one of the movies that i might want to re watch someday in the future.