● The backstory of why Prince Lee Yeol wants to be as still as a mouse, not wanting his presence to alert His Majesty the King at all, is revealed to be due to his determination to guard his mom, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager’s safety.
– In order to further avoid any trouble from coming his way, he goes to the extent of refusing to marry the wealthy chief inspector’s daughter.
● Three times Prince Lee Yeol is drawn to Eun Jo.
– When Eun Jo appears and suddenly pulls Prince Lee Yeol to the side to protect him from getting hit with a wooden stick.
– When Eun Jo tells Yeol that her mom is the blessing amidst all the misery, tears, and hardship in her life.
– When Eun Jo lets raindrops hit her hand as she enjoys the comfort of the falling rain, and Yeol can’t take his eyes off admiring Eun Jo.
● Eun Jo gives a sudden kiss to Prince Lee Yeol.
– Eun Jo is walking mindlessly and starts to regret that she won’t have the chance anymore to experience love as a woman once she is married to the sick and bedridden grandpa.
– Forgetting about her appointment with Yeol, Eun Jo walks alone in the night without realizing she is heading toward the place where Yeol is waiting for her.
– Intending to U-turn and go back to her own supposed way, Eun Jo notices a black butterfly flies past her, leading her to look at Yeol, who is waiting for her.
– Cherry blossom petals are flying everywhere in the air, and Yeol is standing there looking like he has become one with the dreamy scenery.
– Thinking what if that night is her last night of being a woman as she is, as if she was under a magic spell, Eun Jo sprints ahead and gives Yeol a sudden kiss.
– They share a kiss, and time feels like it stops for a moment for them.
– When Eun Jo finally comes to her senses, she herself is shocked by what she did too. She quickly covers up for herself by saying she will take the kiss as the reward for saving him the other day. In a rush, she then dashes away and leaves Prince Lee Yeol stiffened in shock on the spot.
Afterthoughts on the highlights:
● Will Prince Lee Yeol continuously live like a mouse for his mom’s safety? Can living like a mouse really safeguard his mom from the threat in the palace?
– I don’t think keeping a low profile is enough to protect his mom. Bad people won’t just let one get away just because they stay still.
– Sooner or later, Prince Lee Yeol will have to take more progressive actions if he wants to protect his people.
● I think Eun Jo’s heart also flutters for Prince Lee Yeol the moment when he went in front of her to shelter her from the rain before a big pool of water splashed him and leaving his back totally drenched.
● It’s bizarre to kiss someone you barely know, and even more so when you just run afterward without giving any explanation.
– Plot-wise, it’s understandable why she lost her mind at that moment. In her life, in which she has gone through enough hardship, it is no genius to guess that it adds to her despair the fact that she has to marry an old bedridden grandpa.
– On the flip side, it seems like a fateful kiss.
Other Happenings:
● At first, when Prince Lee Yeol first appears at the Police bureau, I thought he was just someone unserious and only idling his life away in whatever he does. As Prince Lee Yeol digs deeper in the effort to catch Hong Gil Dong for thievery, his intelligence shines, and I realize he’s anything but a bluff.
● It’s heartbreaking to see Eun Jo betrothed to the Im family’s bedridden grandpa. This is a whole curious point for viewers to watch whether Eun Jo will indeed become Im grandpa’s wife or there will be a plot twist later. The story is truly going to be unimaginable if Eun Jo’s betrothal to Im grandpa proceeds as planned.
● Jae Yi purposely acts like a womanizer and lets himself be seen by Hye Rim in the bookstore where he is spending time with a gisaeng. He wants to scare Hye Rim so she breaks off their engagement.
– In spite of that, will their engagement really end?
– It will be interesting to see if this story will end up with a triangle or rectangle love. It would be so cute if Jae Yi and Hye Rim can have their own cute love arc instead of being the 3rd or 4th person in the main leads’ love story.
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