The reporter even claims that Dowager Empress Kang is the true power in the country.Įmperor Lee argues that the royal family does not participate in politics, though the empress dowager suggests that the prime minister end the press conference abruptly, and he dutifully obeys. One reporter, though, gives Emperor Lee a hard time, questioning why both he and his mother, DOWAGER EMPRESS KANG ( Shin Eun-kyung) were involved in negotiations but the prime minister was not. One year prior, a large gathering welcomes back EMPEROR LEE HYUK ( Shin Sung-rok) from a diplomatic mission in Africa, where Emperor Lee boasts he successfully negotiated the release of Korean hostages. The police pull a human skeleton out of the dig-site with a distinctive necklace around its neck, which apparently belong to the recently crowned empress. Police rush in to the imperial palace and begin to dig up the garden as a large collection of reporters forms nearby trying to catch a glimpse of what’s going on inside.

But the palace is teeming with all kinds of plotting and scheming, and little does she know just how dangerous her life is about to become. 97 NovemJanuAn Empress’s Dignity: Episodes 1-2 by RegalsĪn Empress’s Dignity (alternatively, and ominously, titled The Last Empress) scores major points for its unique universe, with the gorgeous imperial backdrop of a fictional constitutional monarchy in modern-day Korea setting the stage for a young actress whose life is about to change forever when she catches the eye of the Emperor.

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