'The King's Affection' Episodes 7 & 8 Discussion Post

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

Director: Song Hyun-Wook
Writer: Han Hee-Jung
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 20
Release Date: October 11 - December 14

Plot: The Crown Prince's wife gave birth to twins, but twins were considered an ominous sign. The twin daughter was supposed to be killed, but her mother begged to save her life. Secretly, the twin daughter is sent out of the palace. A few years later, the twin son Lee Hwi is killed. The Crown Prince's wife hides her twin son's death and brings her twin daughter back to the palace and raises her as Prince Lee Hwi (Park Eun-Bin). Lee Hwi eventually becomes a crown prince, but she is afraid her real identity will be revealed. Because of her secret, Lee Hwi is unable to have anyone close to her. She hides her emotions from others and she makes biting remarks.

Jung Ji-Un (Ro Woon) is Lee Hwi’s teacher. Jung Ji-Un comes from a noble family. He is handsome, smart and an optimist who enjoys life. Crown Prince Lee Hwi develops feeling for Jung Ji-Un.

You can watch on Netflix.

Source: AsianWiki (Drama info & poster)

Comments

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Best as I could tell from ep 1, Hwi's tutor's political beliefs were in opposition to Hwi's grandfather's politics, and so that was why they got rid of him. Maybe Kim Gaon is out to get Hwi's grandfather? When we were first introduced to Hwi, they zoomed in on his sword and the wooden tag hanging from it, which looked like the same sword and wooden tag the assassin had in ep 2 (or was it three?). But also it looked like maybe the tag had been cut in half? So maybe Gaon isn't the assassin but the assassin has the other half of the tag so they're related somehow? Who knows lol. I'm excited to find out!