Year : 2013 | Country : KR | Nb of episodes: 51
The young Seung Nyang saw her mother shot to death in front of her eyes. Young and helpless, she swears to take revenge on Dang Gi Se, the killer. Growing up disguised as a man, she then meet the exiled prince of Yuan and the heir of Goryeo. Finding herself in the middle of a plot to erase the existence of Yuan's heir, she helps the young man and gains his affection. Uncovered as a girl by the same man she swore revenge on, she's taken to Yuan as a concubine. There, she slowly sharpens her blades to avenge her family and go back to her lover, she ends up entengled in the Yuan royal family. Rising to become a powerful empress, she overcomes many enemies and obstacles in the heartless palace.
Ha Ji Won as Ki Seung Nyang, later Empress Ki
Hyun Seung Min as young Seung Nyang
Joo Jin Mo as Wang Yoo, later King Wang Yoo of Goryeo
Ahn Do Gyu as young Wang Yoo
Ji Chang Wook as Ta Hwan, later Emperor Huizong of Yuan
Kim Jung Hyun as Dang Ki Se
Jun Gook Hwan as Yeon Chul
Kim Seo Hyung as Empress Dowager
My thoughts on this drama :
Oh Damn… This one… This one… Arghhhh It was so good!! So incredible! So amazing! I mean….Ji Chang Wook + Ha Ji Won!!!!!!!! And 51 episodes of pure epicness!!!! The scenery, editing, costumes, characters, development, music, story, rythm… everything was PERFECT!
This drama is in my TOP 3 forever !