This drama was really really really good. The only reason why I did not give it a 10 is because I really did not like the fact that the female lead waited and somewhat wasted her whole life for the male lead; she suffered so much. This drama had me reflecting on modern day life, and I thought about how much the righteous and integral people in this world suffer. Despite the female lead waiting for the male lead to die when they're both in their 80's, I did like the ending, because the female and male lead separated. The reason I like their marital separation is because he, the king (male lead character) never put the female lead character first. His priority was the thrown. He was late for their wedding, they didn't spend the night together on their wedding night, when he escaped from imprisonment he went to see his mother before his wife, he lied to her constantly, and he allowed his mom to try and behead her (his wife-the female lead), etc. Additionally, she faced so much emotional trauma (e.g. being a hostage, parents being murdered, almost dying twice, etc) that I don't think their marriage could have been peaceful. Thus, it was better for them to separate and hold onto any peaceful memories they had left.

The only con that I had is I believe this drama could have been 18 or 19 episodes instead of 20.