I finished watching this show a few days ago and I've now gathered my thoughts on it.

Watch this for Lee Min Ho's great character and the other interesting side characters but keep in mind that Kim Hee Sun's character can throw you off at first but she does get better though and you'll like her.

The story was interesting enough to make want to keep watching, I think the main reason for that was the villains and Choi Yeong's story and relationship with the woo dalchi and the king.

The romance part of the show was good, at first there's not much of it, but in the middle it develops. I also liked the few romance scenes between the king and queen, it was really sweet.

The ending was a bit confusing to me at first, but I watched it again and understood it. I thought it would be a bad ending as I had read some reviews but it wasn't, the story was completed well enough.

My only complain is the bad camera work (random awkward zooms in and such) but I guess they didn't have much budget or something.

Overall I would recommend watching this show because the story is good and the bad parts can be tolerated.