The Queen Who Crowns: Episodes 11-12 (Ultimate)
by Unit
As the story of our queen and her king involves an finish, they’re nonetheless caught on opposing sides — every believing that they’re in the correct. However they would wish to place their variations apart and work collectively if they need a greater future for his or her nation.
EPISODES 11-12
After Received-kyung and Bang-won individually discover Prince Chungnyeong’s silent want to be king, Bang-won shuts down the prince’s political research. When requested if he desires to be king, Chungnyeong denies it and Bang-won tells him to make use of his data solely to assist the crown prince. However mentioned crown prince indulges in bribes (courtesy of Sook-beon), consuming events, and womanizing. Smh. Bang-won is livid when information of the crown prince’s frivolous actions attain the palace, and he scolds his son for giving the residents an opportunity to check him together with his brother.
Received-kyung can be offended on the crown prince’s womanizing on behalf of the crown princess, and he or she warns Sook-beon to desist from fraternizing together with her son. In retaliation, Sook-beon arranges for Hyosun’s courtroom maid to mislead Bang-won that the Min household tried to hurt Hyosun when she was pregnant. Bang-won can scent the lie from a mile away, however he chooses to silence the maid and do away with Received-kyung’s youngest brothers — whom he has been ready for a chance to punish for his or her earlier act of trying down on the crown prince. Now the Min household has no sons left.
Received-kyung arranges for Chae-ryeong’s son to be married, and Chae-ryeong is touched by the queen’s choice of a very good bride, in addition to her reinstatement decree. Chae-ryeong pledges her loyalty to Received-kyung on return to the palace, and he or she makes good on that promise by informing the queen a few secret bribery assembly between Sook-beon and the crown prince. Received-kyung alerts Bang-won about this rendezvous, and the king dismisses Sook-beon from his place and sends him into probably the most passable exile because the starting of this present!
Received-kyung makes use of this chance to remind Bang-won that the crown prince lacks the qualities of a monarch and advises that he must be relieved of the heavy burden of the position. Bang-won insists that the throne should cross to his first born son, and he guarantees to personally train the crown prince to realize no matter monarch qualities he lacks. However when Received-kyung and Bang-won’s youngest — and most valuable — son contracts smallpox and dies, the crown prince is just not round to pay his final respects as a result of he’s out on a looking journey. Oof! That is Bang-won’s final straw, and he’s carried out preventing for the crown prince’s proper to inherit the throne.
PS: It should actually suck to be Bang-won. As a result of what do you imply he can’t attend his beloved son’s final rites and funeral as a result of he’s the monarch?
The crown prince is deeply remorseful for his absence at his late brother’s aspect, and Received-kyung doesn’t maintain his absence in opposition to him. Even after he’s deposed and despatched out of the palace, she guarantees that his place because the eldest son is not going to change. The ex-crown prince truly appears relieved to be rid of the burdensome place, and he swears to his dad and mom that he’ll assist any of his brothers who inherits the throne.
It seems that Bang-won’s insistence on the primary born to crown prince pipeline is as a result of he struggles with the guilt of killing his brothers for the throne, and he doesn’t need a related bloodshed amongst his sons. Received-kyung assures Bang-won that what occurred together with his brothers wasn’t his fault, however the will of the heavens. She repeats his father’s phrases — “The heavens elevate up a king not as a result of it loves the king, however for the advantage of all of the individuals” — again to him, and urges him to make the correct selection for the crown prince alternative.
Bang-won asks Prince Chungnyeong once more if he desires to turn out to be king, and this time, the reply is sure. Chungnyeong desires to turn out to be a king who values his topics, and Bang-won permits him to renew his political research. Bang-won ultimately steps down for his son to ascend the throne, and Prince Chungnyeong finally ends up changing into the revered KING SE-JONG THE GREAT (cameo by Lee Jun-young).
Because the drama wraps up, Received-kyung and Bang-won reminisce on their life collectively, and he admits that she would have been a significantly better monarch than him. Sadly, it’s just a little too late for sentiments as a result of Received-kyung is severely ailing. She provides Bang-won a letter she wrote to him throughout her temple keep final week, and the abstract is that she would have been pleased even when they lived an peculiar life so long as he was by her aspect.
Bang-won requests that Se-jong carry his mom again to the palace to die in full honors because the true hero who constructed the inspiration of the dynasty. However Received-kyung chooses to attract her final breath outdoors the palace and underneath the huge heavens, as she watches the bittersweet dance efficiency Se-jong places on for her — the exact same efficiency she and Bang-won danced to at their coronation celebration. The present closes with a footnote: “Queen Min helped Tae Jo Lee Bang-won construct Joseon and was posthumously honored as Queen Received-kyung. Nevertheless, her title is just not written in historical past.” Ouch! That completely sucks. However no less than the queen is getting her flowers with dramas like this, though it’s considerably late.
I loved The Queen Who Crowns for its attractive aesthetics, the good appearing performances throughout board, and the complexity of the characters and their relationships. Cha Joo-young was a standout in her portrayal of spouse, mom, and queen, and I’ll have my eyes out for her going ahead. And as for Lee Hyun-wook whom I got here into this drama for, his Bang-won riled me up each single week, and he owes me a palette cleanser drama ASAP!
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