Yook Sung-jae, aka Lee Moo-gi from SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Return to Palace’, has finally realized his love for Kim Ji-yeon.

In episode 6 SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Gwigung’ (written by Yoon Soo-jung/directed by Yoon Sung-sik)that aired on the 3rd, Kang Cheol(played by Yook Sung-jae), Yeo-ri(played by Kim Ji-yeon), and Wang Yi-jeong(played by Kim Ji-hoon)joined forces to catch the eight-legged ghost, but failed to completely destroy it.In the meantime, Pan-su Poong-san(played by Kim Sang-ho), who lost his power due to the eight-legged ghost’s internal injury, used a new vengeful ghost to target the fetus in the pregnant queen’s(played by Han So-eun)stomach, causing chaos in the palace once again.

Accordingly, ‘Gwigung’ achieved the highest viewership rating of 10.3%, 8.8% nationwide, and 8.3% in the metropolitan area, taking first place in the same time slot for three consecutive weeks.In addition, it solidified its first place in the Saturday miniseries category, continuing its high viewership ratings even during the holiday.(Nielsen Korea)

Kang Cheol, Yeo-ri, and Lee Jeong, who were in a critical situation due to the counterattack of Palchukgwi, barely succeeded in chasing away Palchukgwi using the Unwoldo and Gyeonggwiseok(a stone that wards off ghosts), but Kang Cheol was still on high alert as he realized the power of Palchukgwi was strong enough to threaten Lee Jeong’s life.Yeo-ri found out that her maternal grandmother, Manshin Neupdeok(played by Gil Hae-yeon), was the one who gave Gyeonggwiseok to Lee Jeong in the past, which made her curious about what happened in the palace long ago.

At the same time, the new scheme of Poongsan(played by Kim Sang-ho)targeting the royal bloodline was revealed, causing shock.After Poongsan heard the news of the queen’s(played by Han So-eun)pregnancy from the queen dowager(played by Han Soo-yeon), he made a terrible plan to sacrifice the fetus in the womb in order to restore Palchukgwi’s stamina.In addition, Poongsan realized that the woman he met in the palace was a sorcerer who was fighting Palchukgwi, sending goosebumps to the viewers.

Meanwhile, another Imoogi, Bibi(played by Jo Han-gyeol), appeared in the city instead of Kangcheol.Bibi was Kangcheol’s younger brother Imoogi, and was aiming to ascend to heaven by sucking the souls of greedy nobles.Bibi was surprised to see that her older brother Imoogi, whom she had not seen in a long time, was wearing human skin, but she tried to trick Kangcheol by telling him that he could escape his body if he killed Yoon Gap’s(played by Yook Sung-jae)body.However, Kangcheol, who could not betray Yeo-ri, protected Yeo-ri from Bibi, who looked down on humans, by saying, “I am just playing along with Yeo-ri right now.”

Along with this, Kangcheol began to harbor completely different feelings toward Yeo-ri, making the viewers ‘hearts flutter.Kangcheol was worried that Yeo-ri would cut off her relationship with him because she was disappointed in him for not being able to get rid of the eight-legged ghost, but Yeo-ri said, “My hatred and resentment toward you have not completely disappeared.But I know this.You have protected me in some way over the years,” and Kangcheol could not hide his laughter and began to feel human emotions before he knew it.

However, Kang Cheol, who is an Imoogi, did not realize that his heart-fluttering feelings for Yeo-ri were actually human feelings of affection, and confessed his worries to Bibi, saying, “When you want to eat a nobleman, your eyes keep going to him, your heart starts pounding when you get close, and you just want to touch him, right?” This made everyone laugh.After that, Kang Cheol followed Bibi’s advice and approached another human, In-seon(played by Shin Seul-gi), but he felt no emotion, and eventually realized that his feelings for Yeo-ri were affection.Along with this, Kang Cheol said, “Now I understand.I don’t want to eat this child like Bibi does.So I guess I have no choice.I can’t defeat the eight-legged demon as we promised, and I can’t just abandon this body and leave you, so I can only lie like this to extend the time I have with you,” revealing his affectionate feelings, increasing the excitement index.

But soon, a new evil spirit appears to throw the palace into chaos again, raising the tension to the max.Yeo-ri sees Hwa-gyeong, who is having a nightmare about the queen, and while asking her what happened, she finds an unidentified skull in the queen’s pillow.Furthermore, the talisman hidden in the skull reveals that the same person who summoned the Pal-cheok-gwi is after the fetus, which deeply shocks Lee-jeong.In response, Yeo-ri uses Myeong-du(a mirror that reflects the spirit of a shaman)to summon the owner of the skull, the water spirit Mak-dol(played by Kim Jun-won), but Mak-dol attacks Kang-cheol and Yeo-ri and runs away along the waterway.

At the end of the play, Kangcheol and Yeo-ri went to the river where Makdol disappeared and performed a summoning ritual, making viewers sweat.Kangcheol thought it was just a ghost, but contrary to his expectations, Makdol attacked the two with great force.At that moment, Makdol attacked Yeo-ri while Kangcheol was off guard, and the play ended with Yeo-ri covered in the black stool that Makdol had vomited out while defenseless, and Kangcheol looking at Yeo-ri with a miserable expression, shocking the viewers.

SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Gwigung’ is a fantasy romantic comedy about a shaman named Yeo-ri who rejects her fate as a shaman, and Kang Cheol-i, an imoogi trapped in the body of Yeo-ri’s first love, Yoon Gap, who face the eight-faced ghost who holds a grudge against the royal family, and their bodies and souls become tightly intertwined.It airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:55 PM.

〈Photo〉 SBS ‘Return to the Palace’

Jo com -woon, reporter for Donga.com madduxly@donga

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