As a fictional period drama, this miniseries tells the story of a crown prince named Lee Sun who fights the Pyeonsuhwe society that holds absolute power over the kingdom and also controls the water supply by privatizing it. The drama involves romance, action and court politics as the Crown prince, Lee Sun fights heroically on behalf of the people and Han Ga-eun finds herself falling in love with him instead of avenging the execution of her father at his hands. In “The Emperor: Owner of the Mask,” there is palace intrigue revolving around the true power behind the throne, and a plot twist when the prince switches identities with a commoner. But the overall theme of the show is love, which underlies the romance between a prince and his girl as well as the compassion for the country and people.

本劇以1700年代的真實歷史事件“水資源私有化”為題材，講述了王世子李煊與霸占朝鮮八道水資源的強權勢力“邊首會”鬥爭抗衡的故事，是將政治與言情融為一體的虛構歷史劇。世子李煊正義果敢，與邊首會鬥爭，為了百姓成為英雄；韓佳恩本想報復將父親斬首處死的世子，卻在不知不覺中與世子相愛。世子李煊為何必須戴假面？閃閃發光的假面之下究竟隱藏了什麼陰謀？

Starring: Ju Ji-hoon (朱智勛), Jin Se-yeon (陳世娫), Kim Kang-woo (金剛于), Kim Yoo-ri (金釉利) 
Directed by: Kim Sung-wook
Total Episodes: 1-32 (Complete Set）
Audio Tracks: Korean, Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese, English
Rated: PG13
Studio: MBC
Media Format: NTSC 2.0 Stereo
Region Code: All Countries
Release Date: 20 February 2020
Production Year: 2019
Running Time: Approx. 35 mins per episode
No. of Disc: 4 DVDs 

Do you see motherhood as a beautiful, selfless thing? Here’s a beautiful, selfless thing? Here’s a story maternal love. There are two mothers who have a strong bond with their child. Hong Jiwon holds hands with the devil to save her son. She gives away her money. And, because of her great affection towards her child, she finds herself in conflict with Son Yeori who is also a mother. Under the name of a mother, the two women know how to show mother’s instinctive love.

“母親”是創造與保護之女神的代名詞，同時，她們亦是破壞女神。偉大的母愛是兩人互相傷害。為了保護各自的孩子，她們放棄了一切，奪走了一切。

父親去世後，孫如莉（吳智恩 飾）被洪智媛（裴宗玉 飾）收養進入了WID集團一家。某一天，智媛的兒子海成的白血病復發了，急需如莉的幫助，而如莉恰巧患有身孕，為了保護自己的孩子離家出走了。智媛為了讓自己的孩子活下去，派了人去抓如莉，不曾想那人未能完成任務，發生了事故並和兒子海成相繼去世了。失去孩子的智媛發誓要讓如莉嘗受同樣的痛苦。考慮到智媛有可能加害於自己的孩子，如莉謊稱自己便是殺人兇手，並在監獄裡生下了一個女兒。恰巧在如莉把女兒送到監獄外的那天，智媛出現了。不久後，如莉收到了女兒逝去的通知，並下定決心向惡人報仇。