Shin Ye-eun welcomes Joseon F3 in Flower Scholars’ Love Story

by Jenzy

Did someone say hot Joseon scholars? In the new teaser for SBS’s upcoming sageuk drama Flower Scholars’ Love Story, we get a look into the life of a young housekeeper and her rowdy, but totally endearing, three guests.

Shin Ye-eun (Revenge of Others) stars as Yoon Dan-oh, the young manager of the Lee Hwawon boarding house for scholars. She’s scrappy, level-headed, and clearly not afraid to subvert a few gender expectations in the name of good business. Over the years, she’s hosted scholars from across the country, but it isn’t until she hosts a crop of three eye candy flower scholars (who we are definitely going to refer to as the “F3” here on out) that her business and her life begin to dramatically change.

The F3 in question are a trifecta of young and mega-attractive scholars played by up-and-coming actors. First off, we have Kang San — played by Ryeoun (Through the Darkness) — a stoic and determined student preparing to attend martial arts school. Following him we have Kim Shi-yeol — played by Kang Hoon (Little Women) — a cheeky prankster with a heart for justice. And finally, rounding out the three, we have our sensitive womanizing scholar Jung Yoo-ha — played by Jung Geon-joo (Kiss Sixth Sense). Together, these three musketeers and their landlord will learn to cohabitate and possibly uncover a mysterious connection from their past that ties them together.

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The first teaser provides a little more context into the plot, and it’s already giving Sungkyunkwan Scandal (for all you older drama fans) levels of bromance and squee potential. We open on Dan-oh soliciting scholars to stay at Lee Hwawon, promising it to be the premiere lodging spot. Then we cut to scenes of her first two guests San and Shi-yeol having way too many bed-related fights to be comfortable and San asking Shi-yeol in the voiceover just how long he plans to stay.

We’re then shown scenes of Dan-oh thinking about a boy from her childhood and wondering aloud if he’s doing all right. In flashback, we’re shown that when the two met, the boy promised to tell her his name if they ever met again, but they were torn apart due to some tragic circumstances. Perhaps this boy is one of our scholars?

Finally, we end with scenes of our F3 scholars being individually smitten by Dan-oh, sneaking glances and sharing some sweet looks with our leading lady, while in the voiceover Yoo-ha tells Dan-oh that things have changed for him since he entered Lee Hwawon. When she asks him what exactly he means, he responds, “My heart.”

Written by Kwon Eum-mi (Woman with a Suitcase) and directed by Kim Jung-min (Queen: Love and War), Flower Scholars’ Love Story will premiere on SBS in March 2023.