At the 11-12th episode it is moving at a regular pace. We already know that the Emperor likes her. He was confused but gets his doubts cleared & knows she was always a woman. She refuses to acknowledge him as she has only one aim in life today… to kill him, he has to pay for the death of her father.
Two events are taking place simultaneously. On the Western frontier there is a fight going on for the silk route with General Baeken, the deposed King of Goryeo & the rebel group led by a woman who wears a mask. She is a very good leader, strategist & leading from the front. In the palace the great councillor has made the weak Emperor his son-in -law. His daughter is just like him. She neglects her duties & finds a certain Ms Park carrying the royal child. Now she is set to have a miscarriage with the help of the maids & especially Ki Yang. She has to comply or else the rest of the staff from Goryeo will have to face the wrath. The dowager queen, his mother is for this child. In short the unborn child is the center of the palace politics.
With hardly four more episodes, how does she become the Empress remains to be seen. With the impressive star cast it makes an interesting drama. I like her in her fighter’s outfit rather than the long skirts she wears in the palace. Her short hair style also becomes her. With the long hair & long skirts she is just one in the crowd!
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