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Under The Queen’s Umbrella Episode 3 Recap: Kim Hye Soo Protects Son’s Secret


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The palace controversy in Under the Queen’s Umbrella episode 3 continues as Kim Hye Soo ensures to protect her family, especially the Crown Prince.

However, the Queen and her son are about to face a surprising incident involving the King’s mother.

As the drama inside the palace escalates, the drama experiences a slight decrease in viewership rating.

Under the Queen’s Umbrella Viewership Rating

After hitting an all-time high for its second episode, Kim Hye Soo’s new drama marked its lowest rating yet.

According to Nielsen Korea, Under the Queen’s Umbrella episode 3 garnered a nationwide average of 7.0 percent which is a significant loss from its previous rating of 9 percent.


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Kim Hye Soo returns as the fearless Queen named Im Hwa Ryeong, who exudes grace and elegance despite struggling to protect her son and her crown.

It features her battle with the King’s mother, Queen Dowager Cho, played by Kim Hae Sook alongside other concubines.

Under the Queen’s Umbrella is a 16-part K-drama airing every Saturday and Sunday.

Besides tvN, viewers could watch the weekend series through Netflix for subtitles.

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Under the Queen’s Umbrella Episode 3 Recap

The episode began with Consort Ko reporting what she saw to Queen Dowager Cho after she witnessed Grand Prince Gyeseong’s secret place.

At the abandoned area, the grand prince reveals himself where the consort found the royal dressed in a hanbok.

During her conversation with the Queen, Consort Ko was surprised at her majesty’s reaction stating that her allegation is scandalous and will surely damage the prince’s reputation if proven false.

In the next scene, the grand princes along with the consort escorted their sons at the location where their exams are taking place.

However, unlike other mothers, Queen Im Hwa Ryeong was nowhere to be found. That is because she attends to the needs of the Crown Prince whose illness remains a mystery.

At this point, there’s still no improvement despite the continued treatment by the royal physician. Surprisingly, the Crown Prince’s aid managed to get his diary which includes his health records from the medicine to produce that he took.

With this, she requested the King to let the Crown Prince stay at their estate outside the palace to help him with his recovery.

Fortunately, the King allowed the Crown Prince but this is because she wanted to take care of the royal herself and was hidden in the Queen’s chamber.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the palace, the grand princes together with Queen Im Hwa Ryeong’s five sons attended the preliminary exams.

However, only four of them passed and these are Grand Prince Seongnam, Grand Prince Gyeseong, Prince Uiseong, and Prince Bo Gum.

As the drama continues, Queen Im Hwa Ryeong and her court lady managed to take things on their own by intentionally setting the abandoned place where Grand Prince Gyeseong’s secret place is located.

This is because she wanted to protect her son from her mother-in-law, Queen Dowager Cho who is about to reveal her son’s secret.

Although Grand Prince Gyeseong was devastated after finding that his hideout was gone, the Queen made a special surprise for him.

He posed for a painting wearing hanbok and all glammed up. This is to remind him about his identity whenever he is feeling lost.

At this point, Im Hwa Ryeong was more of a mother to Grand Prince Gyeseong than a queen.

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