I am now officially a fan of Shin Hye Sun! Have seen her in supporting roles before and she didn't exactly leave any lasting effect on me.

After just the first episode, I am hooked! She carried out her role perfectly. So in love with her acting. I actually can't imagine any one else portraying the Queen's role.

Kim Jung Hyun is also great as the King. It is nice to see how his feelings slowly develop for someone he wasn't even remotely interested in in the first place.

Both leads have great chemistry together and it would be nice to see them in future projects. Hopefully one with a worthwhile story so as not to waste their talents.

P.S. The only issue that I have when watching historicals is that I cannot seem to remember the other characters. I have a hard time memorizing the names of supporting characters so I usually rely on facial recognition. But for historical dramas, most of them have the same attires so it gets confusing at times