The story of Dong-Yi is not anything groundbreaking. It is based on a true story about a peasant girl who grows up to be a consort of a king and later becomes a mother of a king, despite having an illegal revolutionary renegade leader as a father. From a romanticist’s point of view, it is a sweet enduring love story spanning 60 episodes between a king and his consort. And it really is an endearing story if you can get past the (enviable?) fact that a king in those times could have as many wives as he wants or is necessary to beget a son. And this is also a story about friendships. First there is a friendship between Dong-yi’s father and the police chief, then an unyielding friendship lasting more than a generation between Dong-yi and her brother’s best friend Chun-soo, development of a deep bond between Dong-yi and the police chief, and a poignant special relationship between the original Joong-jun (title given to the first wife of a king) and Dong-yi, just to name a few.