Applause, applause.. I started watching this to fill up the void after finishing Penthouse 2 and waiting for Season 3, knowing that this was another makjang drama written by the same Kim Sun Ok, I had great expectations while binging on this drama. YES this was a great drama, don't let the historical / king-queen concept fool you, this was set in 2019 as a constitutional monarchy like The King: Eternal Monarch so it is modern ! Everything was good, from start to the end, it was total makjang and the plot is crazy, the Empress Dowager is crazy-crazy evil , even going out to kill her loved ones for herself. Lee Hyuk's character switches on and off between evil, good and comical especially towards the end. Even though this was makjang, it had comedic elements here and there so it doesn't get all too dramatic. However though, as it reaches towards the last few episodes of the drama, I could tell the concept and storyline of the drama was starting to shift towards another focus, at first It started off with Na Wang-sik's revenge plot towards Lee Hyuk but then towards the end, we couldn't even see much of Wang-sik's story as the story started to shift towards other things. And unfortunately, Choi Jin-hyuk who played Na Wang-sik couldn't attend the filming for the last 4 episodes due to schedule conflicts so it was quite sad and till the end we could only see a stuntman or replacement acting in place for him, that's why this drama lost my 0.5 star LOL because HE NEEDED TO BE THERE, the whole show started because of his plot !!! Other than that, everything was good. Jang Na-ra's acting KYAAA doesn't disappoint. Don't let the low ratings on MDL fool you, I personally think this was a good worth of time, but it's a bit lengthy.