When "Empress Ki" first started viewers may have doubted that the plot could maintain this much tension not quite halfway through its 50-episode run. But it has.

And the love triangle between Seungnyang, Wang Yoo and Ta Hwan continues to accelerate in a dangerous fashion, with implications for the fate of two nations.

It can be difficult enough for a k-drama heroine to choose between two men but Ha Ji Won's character has to choose between a king and an emperor. She loves and feels undying loyalty to King Wang Yoo, played by Joo Jin Mo. She agreed to become his queen and spent the night with him.

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