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They knew what was truly necessary for the drama to work, and did not add any of the scenes and subplots from manhaa that were not. Amd for that i am grateful 😂

well he has done it from the start. When he wanted to marry Eun Ae before the war and changed him mind only thanks to Jang Hyun. When he could go back to find Eun Ae and protect her, he still decided to go to war for the king. It's his moral compass. His obligation towards the royal family is more important than his obligation towards his wife. It sucks, but it makes sense with how his character was written.

I talked about it in comments below. He never said he will be loyal, he said he will make the king good and wise. I feel like he thought going to Qing goes against what he vowed to do, since he cannot help king become better if he is in Qing. Or that he disagreed that sending envoy to Qing is a good idea. Basically he puts his convictions above everything. That's how I see it. The same way he was willing to do at war for royal family, now he is willing to die not to brake his vows. At least that's how I would explain his behavior to make it make sense and be consistent with how he was written so far,

No one hates on him as a historical figure, but as a specific depiction of him in this drama - weak, entitled, completely unaware of the suffering of people around him, seeing his subjects as dispensable tools to be used.

I already written 2 pages. It will be more of appreciation essay than a review I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I mean, we know both king and prince will die, since we got new king during the opening scene, so lets celebrate 😂

I feel so unmotivated to write a review for this. I just know, it does not matter how much effort I put into it, I won't be able to express everything I think and feel about this show 😭

She did. She said she can wait even 10 years. But still... at the end of the day she was such an insignificant moment 🙂 And he obviously saw her as a child she was.

I know right! Gil Chae in terms of romance is as innocent as they get. She knows nothing and has no experience. Jang Hyun knows that, he called her out on it in episode 2.

The thing is, how he treats her with the teasing and flirting is how she treated other men in the village she was not really interested in. I don't blame her for not wanting to commit. She have not seen all the things he has done for her, all the looks he gives her when she is not watching etc...

Their misery is our entertainment tho 😂

Yeah that's what I'm curious about, coz we know nothing about the other people in royal family except for the king, crown prince and his wife...

I mean... between Gil Chae and Jang Hyun, Jang Hyun is more of the adult. He makes stupid choices, he gets stupid consequences 🤡 After all the talk he gave Yeon Jun about letting women around him make choice for him, bold of him to then make Gil Chae be the one to decide his fate and future 😂😂😂

that's how I see it 😭

I think both politics and romance are equal here.
Politics serve the role of the complex background for all the characters and the social commentary about inequality, roles of royal family and the subjects, men and women etc.
There are episodes where the main couple does not interact almost at all too.

what I'm trying to say, the romance is AMAZING, but it's not the only amazing aspect of this drama 😂

I mean we know Crown Prince dies since they tell us that in episode 1.
But I'm also curious about the 2nd Prince that we... kind of don;t know about nor see at all in the show.

For me it's all. Like her imagining what kind of advice he would give her for the business, her imagining he would be proud of her etc. Especially with her sister telling her he is dead and she should stop thinking about him.

i need to rewatch the preview, but I felt like all of their scenes together there were just her imagining him...

Isn't Young Rang the 15 years old prostitute from episode 2? I don't think yhe supporting characters are in order of importance here. Unless she will have a bigger importance in future episode's

Well obviously none of them will die we still have the full 2nd half 😂😂 but the pain is real. I doubt they will marry so soon. If they will marry at all 🤡

I think it was established that he puts his loyalty to the royal family above all. His goal is to make the king good and wise, he cannot do that if he leaves to Qing. Or he thinks sending envoy to Qing is a bad idea. So he would rather die than betray his own goal of serving the royal family in the way he thinks is right.