The acting was fantastic. Lee Jun-Ho was brilliant as the crown prince/king. Boy can he act! And the old king was excellent. But the lady that played Seong Deok Im, while a good actor, was such a downer. She was too too serious. Humorless and really quite unlikeable even though portrayed as noble. He character ruined the whole drama for me. She kept refusing the king and conveyed that she really didn’t like him at all. She was a downer and unpleasant and had a martyr complex. She was a shrew. I really don’t understand why it went on so long.