Mother's love by Kim Hye-soo..."Under the Queen's Umbrella" ends with viewership ratings of 16.9%

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SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- tvN drama "Under the Queen's Umbrella" starring Kim Hye-soo who showed mother's love as the Queen has ended with viewership ratings of around 16%.

According to the data by Nielson Korea on Monday, the series finale, which aired previous day at 9:10 p.m., has recorded average nationwide ratings of 16.9%, marking its own highest ratings.

In the final episode, Queen Im Hwa-ryeong (Kim Hye-soo) convinced King Lee Ho (Choi Won-yeong) to reveal the cause of unfortunate death of Crown Prince. Lee Ho, who rose to the throne after the death of Crown prince, had guilty conscience over Lee Ho for all his life, but the Queen reminded him that he is a wise king who had been working for the people, leading him to the right direction.

Won Son, who was kicked out of the palace after being falsely accused, has been reinstated. Queen Hwa-ryeong was happy that she kept her promise with her big son.

Grand Crown prince Seongnam (Moon Sang-min) and large army also returned to their normal lives. Becoming a father, Grand Prince Mooan (Yoon Sang-hyeon) is elaborating secret plan for his baby, while sexual minority Grand Prince Gyeseung (Yoo Seong-ho) left the palace to live the way he wants. Crown prince kissed Yoon Cheong-ha (Oh Yeju), finishing in happy ending.

On the contrary, Queen Dowager Cho (Kim Hae Sook) could not get rid of her greed until the end, meeting her last day in tragedy.

The drama was praised for depicting the Queen as a mother who has an ardent love towards her children. The title of the drama means umbrella in old sayings, representing love of mother who endure rain and wind for her children like an umbrella.

Kim Hye-soo gained sympathy from the viewers for going through fire and water for her sons while annoyed by troubling large force.

The drama warmly depicted Qeen acknowledging sexual minority Grand Prince Gyeseung and directing reckless Crown Prince Mooan to be a good husband. She also deeply moved viewers by comforting not only her son but also prince Shimso (Moon Sung-hyun) who was having trouble due to greedy mother

The intense conflict between Queen Hwa-ryeong, who is trying to protect people, and Queen Dowager Cho, who wishes to crown her grandsons Crown princes, led the drama. Kim Hye-soo and Kim Hae-sook acted enthusiastically, exchanging lines with charismatic eyes and stubborn lines. They, as veteran actors, were praised for showing good performances.

Meanwhile, JTBC drama "Reborn Rich," which was aired at 10:30 p.m. on the same day, recorded average nationwide ratings of 19.4% for the eight episode, marking a new personal record for the drama.

In the eight episode, the war of succession was depicted more fiercely with the withdrawal of Soonyang group CEO Jin Yang-cheol's principle of succession,

Seizing the opportunity to become the owner of Soonyang, Jin Do-joon revives the Digital Media city in crisis by dominating the home shopping market. Jin also raised the tension by assaulting Jin Hwa-young, knowing that "Dot-com bubble" will soon collapse.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

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