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Synopsis:

In the Joseon Dynasty period, the kingdom was enveloped in a political maelstrom. Cheo-seon was born as a posthumous child and separated from his mother immediately. He was raised by Weol-hwa and the old Swe-gwi, who ran the eunuch school. When he meets So-hwa, the daughter of a powerful noble, he falls in love with her immediately. He voluntarily becomes a eunuch to be close to So-hwa and is assigned to work for Cho Chi-gyeom, a senior eunuch. Entering the royal palace, he sees King, Sung-Jong and So-hwa spend their first night together. He becomes So-hwa’s loyal protector. As the political battles rage on among the courtesans and wives in the palace, So-hwa is chosen by the king to be his queen and Cheo-seon vows to be her loyal servant. But So-hwa is eventually dethroned as the queen and leaves the palace in disgrace. Cheo-seon helplessly watches these events unfold and he secretly helps So-hwa. But in a cruel twist of fate, he is the one chosen to execute So-hwa’s death sentence by serving her a bowlful of poison. After So-hwa dies, he looks after her son King, Yeonsangun as if he were his own son...

Source: SBS Global

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Cast:



Oh Man Suk as Kim Cheo Seon
     Joo Min Soo as Cheo Seon (adolescent)
Koo Hye Sun as Yoon So Hwa
     Park Bo Young as So Hwa (adolescent)
Ko Joo Won as King Seongjong
     Yoo Seung Ho as Jaeulsangun (adolescent)
Lee Jin as Jung Hyun
Jun Kwang Ryul as Jo Chi Kyeom (head of the eunuchs)
Jun In Hwa as Queen Dowager Insu (Seongjong's mother)
Yang Mi Kyung as Queen Mother Jeonghee (Seongjong's grandmother)
Jun Hye Bin as Seol Young (Chi Kyeom's adoptive sister)
Ahn Jae Mo as Jung Han Soo (eunuch)
     Baek Seung Do as Han Soo (adolescent)
Shin Goo as Noh Nae Si (Chi Kyeom's adoptive father / former eunuch)
Kim Soo Mi as Soginopa (person in charge of discipline at the eunuch training place)
Yoon Yoo Sun as Wol Hwa (Cheo Seon's foster mother / Soginopa's daughter)
Han Jung Soo as Do Geum Pyo (eunuch)
Kang In Hyung (강인형) as Moon So Un (eunuch / Cheo Seon's friend)
Kang Nam Gil as Choi Cham Bong
Kim Ha Kyoon as Jang Soon Woo
Jung Tae Woo as Yeon San Geun
     Jung Yoon Suk as Yi Yoong (child)
Park Ha Sun as Yeon San's wife
Kang Jae as Kim Ja Won
     Choi Soo Han as Kim Ja Won (child)
Ahn Kil Kang as Gae Do Chi (knifesmith)
Kim Hyuk as Park Deok Hu (Lady Yoon's first love)
Jung Eun Chan as Yoon Ki Hyun (Lady Yoon's older brother)
     Ho Hyo Hun as Ki Hyun (adolescent)
Lee Geon Joo (이건주) as Song Gye Nam (Cheo Seon's fellow eunuch)
     Maeng Chang Min as Song Gye Nam (adolescent)
Kim So Hyun as Lady Jung (Chi Kyeom's wife)
Han Da Min as Queen Kong Hye (King Seongjong's 1st queen)
Han So Jung as Royal Lady Um
Yang Jung Ah as Ms. Oh (Cheo Seon's mother)
Kim Jung Min as Beodeuri
     Jo Jung Eun as Beodeuri (adolescent)
Lee Young Eun as palace member
Kim Da Hyun as Choi Ja Chi
Kim Yong Heon as Eom Nae Kwan
Kim Myung Soo as Yang Sung Yoon
Kim Byung Chun (김병춘) as Yang Seong Yun
Kim Sa Rang as Er Yoon Chang (giseng)
Kim Jong Kyu as Han Myung Hwe (Jung Hyun's father / minister)
Park Dong Bin as Goo Sung Gun (minister)
Yoon Hye Kyung as Eom Gwui In
Yoo Min Ho as King Yejong (Seongjong's uncle)
Jun Han Eun as young So Un
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Yoon Ki Kyun (So Hwa's father)
Choi Jung Won as Lady Shin (Ki Kyun's wife)
Kim Byung Se as King Sejo
Lee Il Jae as Kim Ja Myeong (Cheo Seon's father)
Jung So Young
Oh Soo Min
Lee Sang Won
Kang Soo Han

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