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* AxeCrazy [=/=] TheCaligula: In the first episode he threatens to behead Lee Yeok and his friends if Lee Yeok loses a race. He becomes ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' insane and cruel later.
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* AxeCrazy [=/=] TheCaligula: In the first episode he threatens to behead Lee Yeok and his friends if Lee Yeok loses a race. He becomes ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' ''even more'' insane and cruel later.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleven much, much worse]] than the series' version of him.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleven much, much worse]] worse than the series' version of him.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: And [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Yun the real Jeheon]]'s marriage to Seongjong was [[UpToEleven even more unhappy]] than the series shows.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: And [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Yun the real Jeheon]]'s marriage to Seongjong was [[UpToEleven even more unhappy]] unhappy than the series shows.
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* NiceHat: In episode one he wears a very fancy feathered hat.
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* OnlySaneWoman [=/=] ProperlyParanoid: She repeatedly warns Lee Yeok to beware of Lee Yung. He doesn't listen to her at first. He only realises she's right after Lee Yung tries to kill him.
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* DoubleInLawMarriage: An especially bizarre example since the wives are actually aunt and niece, but are close enough in age to be sisters. She marries Lee Yung, while his half-brother Lee Yeok marries her niece.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: With Seongjong. He married other women, while she used Lee Yung as a pawn when she and Seongjong fought.
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* ShamefulStrip: Lee Yung cuts off her outer clothes and threatens to do the same to her underwear unless she betrays the Snail Brides.
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* AlmostKiss: She and Lee Yeok lean towards each other, staring into each other's eyes... and then Seo No interrupts.
* ForcedToWatch: Lee Yung forces her to watch Lee Yeok being tortured.
* AlmostKiss: He and Chae-gyeong lean towards each other, staring into each other's eyes... and then Seo No interrupts.
* AnnoyingArrows: Downplayed. He gets hit by an arrow in the back. Instead of yanking it out he breaks off the shaft. He doesn't act like he's badly injured, but five years later he still has a scar from the arrow.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: When Lee Yung threatens Chae-gyeong with a sword, Lee Yeok grabs the sword by the blade and pushes it away from her.
* CrashIntoHello: He first meets Chae-gyeong when they both reach for a book, crack their heads together, and collapse in pain.
* FakingTheDead: Dresses a corpse in his clothes and sends it to the palace to make everyone think he's dead. His mother helps the deception by having the body cremated so no one can check his identity.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: When Lee Yung threatens Chae-gyeong with a sword, Lee Yeok grabs the sword by the blade and pushes it away from her.
* CrashIntoHello: He first meets Chae-gyeong when they both reach for a book, crack their heads together, and collapse in pain.
* FakingTheDead: Dresses a corpse in his clothes and sends it to the palace to make everyone think he's dead. His mother helps the deception by having the body cremated so no one can check his identity.
* KingIncognito: Chae-gyeong mistakes him for an arrogant commoner when they first meet.
* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: He shoos one of his friends away so he and Chae-gyeong can be alone.
* MistakenForCheating: He runs off right after his and Chae-gyeong's wedding. Her nanny jumps to the conclusion he's keeping a mistress.
* SiblingTriangle: He and his half-brother both fall in love with Chae-gyeong.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like his father. This helps Im Sa-hong and Jang Nok-su figure out who he really is when he's trying to keep his identity a secret.
* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: He shoos one of his friends away so he and Chae-gyeong can be alone.
* MistakenForCheating: He runs off right after his and Chae-gyeong's wedding. Her nanny jumps to the conclusion he's keeping a mistress.
* SiblingTriangle: He and his half-brother both fall in love with Chae-gyeong.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like his father. This helps Im Sa-hong and Jang Nok-su figure out who he really is when he's trying to keep his identity a secret.
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* AxeCrazy [=/=] TheCaligula: In the first episode he threatens to behead Lee Yeok and his friends if Lee Yeok loses a race. He becomes ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' insane and cruel later.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Within minutes of his first appearance he pointedly ignores everything his ministers tell him, cuts them off before they have a chance to give full reports, and throws a document away.
* ExactEavesdropping: He hears everything Jasun says when she tries to warn Lee Yeok about him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleveneven much, much worse]] than the series' version of him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's a terrible king to say the least, but he has a point when he criticises the ministers' selfishness.
* LaughingMad: Bursts out laughing when he's deposed.
* NiceHat: In episode one he wears a very fancy feathered hat.
* PrincelingRivalry: A one-sided version. In a flashback we see Lee Yung clenching his fists as he watches their father praise Lee Yeok. Unfortunately he hasn't grown out of his resentment as an adult.
* SanitySlippage: He gets crazier as the series goes on. By the time Lee Yeok deposes him he's completely insane.
* ShamefulStrip: Subjects Myeong-hye to one in an attempt to make her betray Lee Yeok.
* SiblingTriangle: He and his half-brother both fall in love with Chae-gyeong.
* SplittingTheArrow: During their archery practice Lee Yung splits one of Lee Yeok's arrows. Played with, since in this case the villain, not the hero, fires the second arrow.
* TheUnfavourite: Seongjong favoured Lee Yeok over Lee Yung and didn't even try to hide it.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In spite of everything he does, it's hard not to feel sorry for him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Within minutes of his first appearance he pointedly ignores everything his ministers tell him, cuts them off before they have a chance to give full reports, and throws a document away.
* ExactEavesdropping: He hears everything Jasun says when she tries to warn Lee Yeok about him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleven
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's a terrible king to say the least, but he has a point when he criticises the ministers' selfishness.
* LaughingMad: Bursts out laughing when he's deposed.
* NiceHat: In episode one he wears a very fancy feathered hat.
* PrincelingRivalry: A one-sided version. In a flashback we see Lee Yung clenching his fists as he watches their father praise Lee Yeok. Unfortunately he hasn't grown out of his resentment as an adult.
* SanitySlippage: He gets crazier as the series goes on. By the time Lee Yeok deposes him he's completely insane.
* ShamefulStrip: Subjects Myeong-hye to one in an attempt to make her betray Lee Yeok.
* SiblingTriangle: He and his half-brother both fall in love with Chae-gyeong.
* SplittingTheArrow: During their archery practice Lee Yung splits one of Lee Yeok's arrows. Played with, since in this case the villain, not the hero, fires the second arrow.
* TheUnfavourite: Seongjong favoured Lee Yeok over Lee Yung and didn't even try to hide it.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In spite of everything he does, it's hard not to feel sorry for him.
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* CrashIntoHello: She first meets Lee Yeok when they both reach for a book, crack their heads together, and collapse in pain.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments, usually at Lee Yeok's expense.
--> '''Chae-gyeong:''' They say that men become like little babies after they get married. Are you already getting started?
* DistractedByTheSexy: She first meets Lee Yung while he's bathing. She's so distracted by his bare chest that it takes her some time to answer when he demands to know why she's there.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments, usually at Lee Yeok's expense.
--> '''Chae-gyeong:''' They say that men become like little babies after they get married. Are you already getting started?
* DistractedByTheSexy: She first meets Lee Yung while he's bathing. She's so distracted by his bare chest that it takes her some time to answer when he demands to know why she's there.
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* SweetPollyOliver: She's disguised as a boy when she first meets Lee Yeok.
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* ParentalFavouritism: He favoured Lee Yeok over Lee Yung and didn't even try to hide it. To be fair to him, it's very hard to favour [[AxeCrazy Lee Yung]].
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* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: Tells Lee Yeok she's the king's niece. (Well, nephew; she's pretending to be a boy at the time.) Lee Yeok retorts he's the king's brother. Played with, [[SarcasticConfession since both of them are telling the truth.]]
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* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: Chae-gyeong tells him she's the king's niece. Lee Yeok retorts he's the king's brother. Played with, [[SarcasticConfession since both of them are telling the truth.]]
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* AfeLift: Historically he was only ''twelve'' when he married Chae-gyeong. For obvious reasons the series makes them both adults.
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* AgeLift: Historically she was only ''thirteen'' when she married Lee Yeok. For obvious reasons the series makes them both adults.
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* AfeLift: Historically he was only ''twelve'' when he married Chae-gyeong. For obvious reasons the series makes them both adults.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost every other named character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Nok-su she really existed]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost every other named character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Nok-su she really existed]].
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongjong_of_Joseon He existed]], though the real guy probably didn't tell Lee Yung to abdicate in favour of Lee Yeok.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's dead by the time the series starts.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongjong_of_Joseon He existed]], though the real guy probably didn't tell Lee Yung to abdicate in favour of Lee Yeok.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's dead by the time the series starts.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: And [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Yun the real Jeheon]]'s marriage to Seongjong was [[UpToEleven even more unhappy]] than the series shows.
* MissingMum [=/=] PosthumousCharacter: She died during Lee Yung's childhood.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: And [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Yun the real Jeheon]]'s marriage to Seongjong was [[UpToEleven even more unhappy]] than the series shows.
* MissingMum [=/=] PosthumousCharacter: She died during Lee Yung's childhood.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Not mentioned in the series is that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Janggyeong the real Myeong-hye]] married Lee Yeok after Chae-gyeongis deposed.was deposed and sent away.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Not mentioned in the series is that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Janggyeong the real Myeong-hye]] married Lee Yeok after Chae-gyeong
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Dangyeong Queen Dangyeong]] really did marry Lee Yeok and really was queen for only seven days. But almost everything else about the series' depiction is fictional.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The real Dangyeong's personal name has been lost to history.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Dangyeong Queen Dangyeong]] really did marry Lee Yeok and really was queen for only seven days. But almost everything else about the series' depiction is fictional.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The real Dangyeong's personal name has been lost to history.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungjong_of_Joseon the real Lee Yeok]] bears little resemblance to his portrayal here.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungjong_of_Joseon the real Lee Yeok]] bears little resemblance to his portrayal here.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleven even worse]] than the series' version of him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter [=/=] HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon was [[UpToEleven even worse]] than the series' version of him.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost every other character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Jeonghyeon she really existed]], though very little is known about the real Jasun.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost every other character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Jeonghyeon she really existed]], though very little is known about the real Jasun.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like Jasun, very little is known about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposed_Queen_Sin her historical counterpart]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like Jasun, very little is known about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposed_Queen_Sin her historical counterpart]].
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!!Queen Jeheon/Deposed Queen Yun
--> '''Played by:''' Woo Hee-jin
Lee Yung's mother.
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!!Yun Myeong-hye/Queen Janggyeong
--> '''Played by:''' Go Bo-gyeol
Daughter of a politician. Marries Lee Yeok after Chae-gyeong is deposed.
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!!Jang Nok-su/Royal Consort Jang
--> '''Played by:''' Son Eun-seo
Lee Yung's favourite concubine.
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[[folder: King Seongjong]]
!!Lee Hyeol/King Seongjong
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Jung-hak
Ninth king of Joseon. Father of Lee Yung and Lee Yeok.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Chae-gyeong]]
!!Shin Chae-gyeong/Queen Dangyeong/Deposed Queen Shin
--> '''Played by:''' Park Min-young (adult), Park Si-eun (teenager)
Daughter of a politician. Meets Lee Yeok before she knows who he is.
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[[folder: Lee Yeok]]
!!Lee Yeok/Prince Jinseong/King Jungjong
--> '''Played by:''' Yeon Woo-jin (adult), Baek Seung-hwan (teenager)
Lee Yung's half-brother.
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[[folder: Lee Yung]]
!!Lee Yung/UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon
--> '''Played by:''' Lee Dong-gun (adult), Ahn Do-gyu (teenager)
Tenth king of Joseon.
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!!Royal Family
[[folder: Dowager Queen Jasun]]
!!Queen Dowager Jasun/Queen Jeonghyeon
--> '''Played by:''' Do Ji-won
Lee Yeok's mother.
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[[folder: Shin Bi]]
!!Shin Bi/Queen Jeinwondeok/Deposed Queen Shin
--> '''Played by:''' Song Ji-in
Lee Yung's wife and Chae-gyeong's aunt.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Chae-gyeong]]
!!Shin Chae-gyeong/Queen Dangyeong/Deposed Queen Shin
--> '''Played by:''' Park Min-young (adult), Park Si-eun (teenager)
Daughter of a politician. Meets Lee Yeok before she knows who he is.
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[[folder: Lee Yeok]]
!!Lee Yeok/Prince Jinseong/King Jungjong
--> '''Played by:''' Yeon Woo-jin (adult), Baek Seung-hwan (teenager)
Lee Yung's half-brother.
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[[folder: Lee Yung]]
!!Lee Yung/UsefulNotes/YeonsangunOfJoseon
--> '''Played by:''' Lee Dong-gun (adult), Ahn Do-gyu (teenager)
Tenth king of Joseon.
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!!Royal Family
[[folder: Dowager Queen Jasun]]
!!Queen Dowager Jasun/Queen Jeonghyeon
--> '''Played by:''' Do Ji-won
Lee Yeok's mother.
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[[folder: Shin Bi]]
!!Shin Bi/Queen Jeinwondeok/Deposed Queen Shin
--> '''Played by:''' Song Ji-in
Lee Yung's wife and Chae-gyeong's aunt.
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