Judging from the title, I expected a king who was ambitious and selfless willing to sacrifice personal desires. But no, the MC can't even protect herself even after training several years, falls down by just a poke, nor she is caring for public and the people who sacrificed themselves for her. It's okay if MC didn't care about her position but how wonderful this story would have been if she actually did. How cool it would have been if she had been like Zhan Duoduo of Joy of Life or Queen Rudrama Devi.
Had I been warned that this is not about a king but a person with identity crisis then I might have skipped on this one.

The Affection part is an eyesore as well. Imagine forbidden love but no my heart didn't flutter. Childhood connection is so overused now. Except for the hunting ground intro scene, much of the romance was so-so.

About the storyline, much time is wasted in childhood storyline and palace schemes part is nothing special either. It was so draggy, predictable and cliched. There are better political dramas to watch than this.

But then the drama was so perfect it had good cast, good production, good music which was an earworm but without tighter plotline nothing can save this mess.