It doesn't bother me that it lasted 24 episodes of an hour because I learned a lot about the Korean monarchy. So much, that I even investigated on this matter. But since it doesn't have the same ending as the original manhwa, the adaptation that was made for television did justice to the character of Prince Yul, who in the manhwa is evil and twisted. In the drama, we saw the intrigues of the palace in its crudest cruelty (very subtle, but always cruel) because it's well known that in all monarchies there have been immoralities and lack of ethics. The television drama makes introspection in the figure of Yul and Shin. And we see how much poor Yul suffers because of his ambitious mother, and the drama even suggests that the true heir to the crown was Yul, anyway, for being the son of the previous crown prince and illegitimate son of the current king. And I will always be Team Yul. Poor boy, they all mistreated him and they were unfair. As it happens, those who prefer the manhwa do not see that the screenwriter for television humanized the evil and twisted Yul of manhwa. We are tired to the point of abhorrence, to see in the intrigues of the palace in other historical dramas, princes who dispute the crown with vengeance, and are cruel, twisted and bloodthirsty. That's why the sweet, patient and beloved Prince Yul touched my heart. You have to understand the point of view of the screenwriter who made the adaptation. This is so refreshing. That's why I prefer drama over the manhwa and this drama made me a fan of Kim Jeong Hoon, and for this drama I've been his fan to this day, for his successful and clean artistic career, contrary to the artistic career of Joo Ji Hoon. Sure, someone will tell me that Kim Jeong Hoon was arrested once for driving drunk his car (a youth mistake) , something he regretted publicly and that served as a lesson, but has never neglected his duties as a citizen, went to military service when he had to, and he hasn't been involved in morality or drugs scandals. That's why I admire him so much since I met him in Goong.