The synopsis for this show is totally wrong. This is not a "romantic comedy" by any stretch of the imagination! Maybe for a few odd minutes in the first few episodes but the drama is dark - tragedy, double dealing, betrayal, treason, and court politics with a tinge of myster - all the elements of a wonderful sageuk.

More amazingly, the leads Suho, Hong Yeji and Kim Min Kyu deliver a performance far beyond their years. Yes they had a slow start at the beginning but around episode 7 or 8, they are starting to find their acting feet and got into their groove to deliver powerful performances.

The last four episodes were abit draggy - why was there a need to have 20 episodes when 16 would have sufficed? Those last 4 episodes seemed to go round in circles with no real further development - just to drag out the time. And yet the finale was a total mess because how it ended was unnecessary and illogical in that historical context. It seemed as if the writer suddenly realised he had to end at episode 20, and suddenly realised the drama was a 'romantic comedy' so hejust haphazardly concluded.

I seriously don't understand why the rating of this show is so low - in terms of plot twists and turns and certainly the acting of the young leads, this is in no way inferior to My Dearest - similarly, i don't understand why the rating of that show is so high. No one thought Ahn Eun Jin could carry the drama but she was fantastic. Similarly here too with the leads. And the story here is certainly far more intriguing than My Dearest which dwelled on the emotional toil of being a subservient country in wartimes rather than any real developmental plot. While this drama doesn't carry the same depth of emotion as My Dearest, the actors are giving it their darnest but the audiences are not giving them a chance to prove themselves.