‘Ruler’ First Episode
On May 10, MBC ‘Ruler’ aired its first episode. This drama tells the story of Crown Prince Lee Sun (Yoo Seung Ho) who needs to fight a strong organization in Joseon. This drama also mixes romance with political aspects in the palace.
On its premiere, the episode showed the process of monopolizing the people as well as the reason why the Crown Prince has to wear a mask. This episode also depicted the first meeting of Ga Eun (Kim So Hyun) and Hwa Goon (Yoon So Hee).
In the beginning of the story, Lee Yoon entered while calling out his own name. He wanted to be a King and he got Pyeon Soo Hoe’s help to achieve his goal. However, he would only be a mere doll to Pyeon Soo Hoe. Then a prince was born. It was said that the prince would be a good and a wise King. The King also wanted to make him a good King in the future.
However, the poison finally took effect inside the prince’s body. He needed to leave to cure himself. The King spread a false rumour that his son’s face changed because of the poison. He also ordered to kill anyone who saw the prince’s real face. The leader of Pyeon Su Hoe (Heo Joon Ho) who heard the news then pressured the palace to achieve a greater power.
14 years later, Lee Sun was already in the age to look for a crown princess. On that day, Hwa Goon, the granddaughter of one of the royal people visited the palace at the request of the Queen. She went into the greenhouse owned by the Crown Prince and saw his bare face. She then started to show her interest in becoming a crown princess and the conflicts started from here.
Crown Prince Lee Sun then told the reason why he wore the mask then left the palace by wearing an ordinary outfit. he was shocked by the facts that he found there. The people wanted to see him by giving a high price. Lee Sun who was chased by the people of Pyeon Su Hoe then met Ga Eun who was buying a medicine.
The first episode of the drama introduced the conflicts between Pyeon Su Hoe and the King and the reason why the Crown Prince was protected. The scenes developed well and with a good atmosphere. The fights between Leader Heo Joon Ho and the King also the appearance of Yoo Seung Ho as the Crown Prince are expected to make the audience to feel more curious and to continue to anticipate this drama. The triangle love story which will be developing in between Yoo Seung Ho, Kim So Hyun, and Yoon So Hee also showed a significant change from the very start. The development of this historical drama and also the appearance of Yoo Seung Ho here are making the audience curious whether this drama can achieve a good result or not.
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