The new screenwriter’s writing style of using the past to describe the present is very clever. In ancient times, women in the harem tried hard to educate their sons because the mother was noble by her son, and one mistake could even threaten life.
Even if the nave queen played by Kim Hye-soo gave birth to 5 sons (which is also a rare Korean drama in ancient costumes), she couldn't rest assured and still had to be added to the intra-volume.
The palace fights in Korean costume dramas have always been ridiculed for pediatrics, and North Korea's history is so long. Those stories have been filmed over and over again, and there is no new meaning.
new screenwriter tried to break out of the original costume drama mode, and the main plot line was richer and more diverse. In addition to the main line of the concubines in the son's education PK, there is also the open and secret struggle between His Highness and the ministers in the palace, as well as the struggle between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law (the queen mother and the queen)...
A father and son in "City of the Sky" Choi Won-young and Kang Se-hee became His Highness and the prince in this drama. His Highness became a debate with the ministers as soon as he appeared.
plague occurred in the west village of the shanty town. His Highness and the ministers have different opinions. Simply put, His Highness hopes not to give up a commoner, and the ministers hope to quell the plague as soon as possible, even at the expense of a village.
This debate not only shows that the monarch and ministers are inconsistent with each other, but the secret line is that the political views of Your Highness and the ministers are not unified, and some ministers even do not take Your Highness seriously at all.
It turns out that the mother of His Highness, the empress dowager played by Kim Hae-sook , is not from the nave, so His Highness is not a legitimate son. His superiority relies entirely on his mother's power, and he relies on the power of some ministers behind him.
This laid a foreshadowing for the subsequent plot. Since the king is not hereditary son, what if the nave gave birth to 5 sons? We can still follow the old path and get ahead through the system of selecting talents.
I think the screenwriter is that this simple debate in not only implies a lot of plots, but also lays the groundwork, but also echoes the subsequent plot development.
In order to choose a study to accompany the child for the prince, the last question that determines the victory or defeat is the solution to the Nishimura plague.
Here the answers of the three princes not only reflect their respective values, but also the interests of the forces behind them.
Cheng Ye Dajun has the same idea as his father. He grew up in Xicun since he was a child and has more kindness towards the common people.
The only villain, the son of Concubine Huang, has the same idea as the ministers, and they use any means to solve the problem, which is in line with his cruel and ruthless personality.
Baoqianjun, who has a relatively low status in his mother but has a very outstanding personal status, belongs to the neutral school.
Her mother Taizhaorong turned out to be a palace maid in the nave. She seemed to be brainless, but she felt that she was a strong man. Otherwise, she would not have taught such an excellent son, and the follow-up should play a key role.
Reminding the current real environment, it is not difficult to see the screenwriter’s strong personal expression. It is the most important thing to relieve fear and ignorance in the face of unknown things.
There is also a very modern expression of thinking in the play, which is the setting of the transgender group by the son of the nave.
When he found out that his son had a cross-dressing habit, Kim Hye-soo's performance was very good, from initial shock, sadness, and confusion to later understanding and acceptance.
My son asked her if you were angry, and she said I was not angry. I was just confused at the beginning. When she was thinking from her son's standpoint, her first reaction as a mother was to feel distressed.
For parents, this plot is also very inspiring. When your child is different from what you imagined, before rushing to blame him, please change your child's position.
Later, a mother-son umbrella with a question was particularly touching. The mother's umbrella slowly turned toward her son. This is the mother's instinct to protect her children.
Kim Hye-soo asked his son to hide his true heart in the painting. Although that side cannot be accepted by the world, one day he can show it generously...
This passage now shows that it is also powerful for people in minority groups.
The title of the drama is "Umbrella", which was later officially translated as "Under the Queen's Umbrella". Based on the plot, the theme of this drama is very good. Although there is only a small area under the umbrella, it is the only safe place in the heavy rain.
It can be seen that in the crisis-ridden palace, the only thing that can protect the safety of the son is the only place under the mother's umbrella.
