Cha Se Gye Just Showed Up on Set — and My Royal Nemesis Is About to Get Deliciously Chaotic

A jealous chaebol heir storming a drama set? Yes, please. My Royal Nemesis is delivering exactly the kind of romantic chaos we signed up for, and the stills from the…

By Reetam Bodhak

June 5, 2026

3 min read

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A jealous chaebol heir storming a drama set? Yes, please. My Royal Nemesis is delivering exactly the kind of romantic chaos we signed up for, and the stills from the next episode are proof that things are about to heat up significantly.

What’s Happening in the My Royal Nemesis Next Episode?

SBS’s My Royal Nemesis stars Lim Ji Yeon as Shin Seo Ri, a struggling actress who gets possessed by the spirit of a notorious Joseon-era villainess, and Heo Nam Jun as Cha Se Gye, a ruthless chaebol heir famously known as a “monster created by capitalism.”

In the upcoming episode, Shin Seo Ri — who has gone from playing extras to landing a major role — is filmed on the set of her new drama The Women’s Kingdom 2. That’s when things get spicy.

Unable to let her out of his sight, the smitten Cha Se Gye shows up on set and gets into a fierce battle of nerves with Shin Seo Ri’s co-star Ahn Chang Hwan, the drama’s male lead. Cha Se Gye — who has always been strict about keeping his personal and professional lives separate — completely loses his cool out of jealousy, winding up in a tense glaring confrontation with the actor.

And it doesn’t stop there. A final still captures Shin Seo Ri looking startled and flustered when Cha Se Gye suddenly grabs her hand without breaking eye contact — right there on set.

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My Royal Nemesis : Drama Overview

Detail	Info
Drama Title	My Royal Nemesis
Network	SBS
Lead Cast	Lim Ji Yeon, Heo Nam Jun, Ahn Chang Hwan
Genre	Romantic Comedy / Fantasy
Next Episode Airs	June 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM KST
Premise	Struggling actress possessed by a Joseon villainess meets a cold chaebol heir

Why This Drama Hits Differently

The romantic comedy genre has long thrived on the tension between opposites — and My Royal Nemesis layers that formula brilliantly. You’ve got a modern actress haunted by a fierce historical spirit, a capitalist anti-hero crumbling under the weight of his own feelings, and now a full-on jealousy arc set on a drama-within-a-drama set. It’s meta, it’s funny, and it’s genuinely compelling.

Lim Ji Yeon continues to prove she can do it all — from intense thrillers to fizzy rom-coms — while Heo Nam Jun’s transition into a jealous, lovesick chaebol is the character development we didn’t know we were waiting for.

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FAQs

**Q: What is My Royal Nemesis about and who are the lead actors?**

It’s an SBS romantic comedy starring Lim Ji Yeon as a struggling actress possessed by a Joseon villainess, opposite Heo Nam Jun as a cold chaebol heir drawn to her against his will.