Wow, finally this dramatic and disturbing show has come to an end. This show was by far the only show I didn't watch from scratch. I first thought its just another boring ancient palace show, but ever since making my trip to Hong Kong, I've been watching show since then!
Although no major cast I was particularly hyped up about, I actually like Myolie Wu and Jessica Hsuan in general, while they play one of the most important role in the show.
One of the most of aspect of the show was the case pretty long ago when the King was still a child, and his current mother apparently was a murderer of his actually mother back then, but the case wasn't brought up until one of the witness of the actual scene decide to inform the king of this, but had to go through lots of trouble to do so.
That was the beginning when the show began turning epic, as later the mother was dethroned, but rethroned by the king, due to her sacrifice for the King's two new-born babies. The babies became very important characters, because it led to revenges and grudges that the mothers ( Jessica and Myolie ) holds against one another, as well as others.
Unfortunately, Myolie's son died due to poisoning by the King's stamp, as well by then the King suffered serious headache after drinking a soup with addicting drugs in it, by one of the servants ( Nancy Wu ). By then, the King was having headaches and experiencing lots of difficulties, therefore the best way to relieve the pain was taking drugs, which was smoking. It did relieve the pain for a short while, but eventually his situation got worse and he constantly had to take it, while it's making his health much worse than it really is!
It was all due to his mother's decision, as well she and a few other officers were secretly planning a rebel against the King and decided to place the younger brother to throne.
By the last episode, the rebel was almost completed, but luckily for the king and those that were loyal to him, they were saved by reinforce troops ran by the other officers. However the king was still at the hand of his younger brother who was pointing a gun at him and people followed them. Unfortunately, the younger brother committed suicide right after he caught the ring thrown by Myolie. She as well suicide as well since she did not want him to die alone.
As well, the mother of the King also had to die as well, although the King promised his younger brother not to take her but Jessica Hsuan went on to pay her a visit on her own and offered her a poisonous wine that she had to take because of her sins against the King, soon she died in bed along with her very loyal servant kneeling down.
Next target was the servant ( Nancy Wu) who made the attempt to burn down the two babies, told the King to smoke to relieve the pain that she brought to him. By then, she was pregnant when Jessica offered her a poisonous bowl of soup. She refused to drink it and eventually been burn to death after lying down helplessly in pain. By now, the King did not care about her as she was being too rebellious and wasn't being the old self that he preferred 100 times more!
Later, due to no one else in competition, the King was pressured by all of his loyal officers to grant Jessica the Harem and Queen role, since she was the best candidate, which she eventually became, but the King paid no attention to her at all.
The show ended when she was riding on an air balloon, claiming that, she wouldn't tolerate any oppositions and will eliminate anyone trying to go up against her!
I actually don't like how the show didn't have a happy ending, as too many people had their lives taken. As well, the greed for power can sometimes make the person in being cruel and merciless to obtain. But is power all that important? In my opinion, no, because it doesn't mean much if you don't have anyone that is willing to accept who you are, after obtaining power. But anyways, this show ends and now I can look forward to a new one tomorrow!!
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