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(Moon River)

(A Good Friend to Meet)

(All people, incidents, and backgrounds...)

(in this drama are fictitious and unrelated to reality.)

(Also, children and animals were filmed under production guidelines.)

The red string of fate, once forcibly severed,

has found its match and begun to thrash wildly.

It is out of my hands now.

You two...

will just have to navigate this cruel fate yourselves.

(Chapter Five: Walk a Mile in My Shoes)

Are you awake? You fainted when you fell into the water.

The Royal Physician stopped by. He said you are going to be fine.

The Royal Physician is the Left State Councillor's man,

so he might report things he should not.

Good. Go get Shin Won and Se Dol for me.

I have to go to the palace.

Why would you go to the palace?

Wait. Why are you suddenly so informal?

Give you an inch, and you take a mile, right?

What did you dress me in?

Wait.

It is gone.

It cannot be. How can it be gone? What...

This... It is gone. Where did it go?

Why? Where... Where did it go?

Where did it go? No, that is impossible.

No, hold on.

This...

What is it? Did you lose something? Is it important?

More than important.

The fate of the 500-year-old royals depends on it.

No, this has to be a dream. Right?

- Lee Gang, snap out of it. - You cannot possibly have that.

I will get you a new one... No.

- No, why? - I will get you a better one,

- so calm down. - Calm down?

You think you would be calm in my shoes?

It is gone. Not just anything. My manhood is gone.

And what is this?

- I have no idea what you mean. - Why? What is this?

- Why are these... - Dal, are you all right?

I am the one who fell in the water, so why are you the one acting crazy?

Who are you calling Dal?

Why is her face...

here?

My face.

Where did my face go?

What in the world?

Why is this here?

A rash, Your Highness? Shall I call the Royal Physician?

Let me take a look first.

Hey, where do you think you are looking?

That...

That...

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

- Your Highness. - What is it?

Your Highness.

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

How could he try to cut it with his own hands?

- Please kill me, Your Highness. - Kill you? For what?

Forgive my impertinence, Your Highness.

What?

What is this? Why are you holding me bridal-style?

Because if I am not careful, you might actually turn into one.

Put...

Put me down!

What?

What?

Wait, what is this?

Why do I have that guy's face?

You mean you are Gang?

The Crown Prince?

Yes.

I know it is hard to believe, but it is true.

So, you must take me to the palace at once.

Of course, the Crown Prince must be in a palace.

In that case,

shall I take you to the Crown Prince's quarters?

Yes.

I knew you would believe me. We must hurry to the palace.

Dal. How badly are you hurt?

- You do not have a fever. - How dare you, you insolent fool.

Is this how you abuse your royal status?

Harassing women in broad daylight by touching their foreheads?

Darn it.

That, I almost said.

It feels like I have already heard every insult,

but I must be imagining things.

Whatever.

Where are you going?

Dal.

Instead of poking me with all these needles,

I need to get out of the palace.

His Majesty has ordered you to be confined.

Confined?

- What does that mean? - Your Highness, are you in pain?

How did you fall in the water? You hate it.

You should have been more careful.

Something also seems a bit off with you.

His Majesty has ordered you not to take a single step...

outside of your quarters.

Then, my body...

No, I mean Dal.

Bring me that girl, Dal.

See the moon? Your Highness, when you recover,

I will arrange for a magnificent moon-viewing for you.

Goodness.

No, not the moon!

Dal, the person, with four limbs.

Bring me my body!

Goodness.

This is the last needle. You must remain calm, Your Highness.

Why is everything forbidden?

Oh, my.

Wait.

Where are you putting that?

On the affected area.

The affected area?

On my head?

What do you think I am?

Am I a human pincushion to you?

Gosh.

As soon as the Crown Prince awoke,

he kept asking for someone named Dal?

Yes.

The Royal Physician heard it himself.

Could it be...

the peddler His Highness saved that one time?

I will look into it.

(Chief Court Lady Jo Myung Im)

And if...

she is the same peddler, what should be done?

Let go of me!

You were asking for that peddler so desperately...

in front of the Royal Physician.

What are you going to do now?

If the Left State Councillor sees the girl...

who looks just like the late Crown Princess...

Gosh! What are we going to do?

So what if he sees her?

He will kill her.

Kill her? What are you saying?

The first selection is in two days.

He would never allow a woman near you,

especially one...

who resembles the late Crown Princess.

Perhaps since you fell in the water...

Have you become so foolish you cannot recall...

something so clear?

No, it is not that...

Your Highness, if this were you,

you would have already struck me.

"I am going to kill you."

You should be flying into a rage!

Please, just hit me.

- Just hit me! - Goodness!

I do not want to!

- Your Highness! - What is wrong?

Your Highness.

Grand Prince Je Un?

Father, what brings you here?

So this greenhouse went to you.

Did Grand Prince Je Un give it to you?

I asked what brought you here.

The first selection is in two days.

The late king gave this greenhouse to Queen Jangjeong...

for her Royal Wedding.

What will people say if a Crown Princess candidate...

is seen coming and going to this greenhouse?

Are you here to warn me to go along with the selection...

without putting up a fight?

And what if I refuse?

The gun that shot the Crown Prince...

- is still in my possession. - You already used that gun...

to ensure Grand Prince Je Un's safety.

So if you use that gun to avoid entering the palace,

are you saying you will abandon Grand Prince Je Un?

With that one gun,

did you think you could wrap me around your finger?

No.

Do you really think, for even a moment,

that you have ever had me under your thumb?

I am tolerating you because I still have a use for you.

I will put up with you.

So you...

will live your life in gratitude.

My lord, where are you returning from?

- Why? Is something wrong? - A letter arrived from Qing.

Eun Woo.

Yes?

Yes, I am Cha Eun Woo.

And you are? You seem much younger than me,

- Why do you speak so casually? - You want me to speak formally?

My apologies.

His Highness spoke of you so often, I felt like we were already friends.

The Crown Prince?

You know His Highness?

I do.

Very well.

Which brings me to my point.

Take me with you to the Royal Office of Attire...

- when you go there. - The Royal Office of Attire?

Honestly, this woman...

You think you can just waltz into the palace?

You startled me! There is no need to shout.

These are the ears that listen to the counsel of loyal subjects...

and the plight of the people.

I stand corrected. In that case, you listen up.

The way for you to enter the palace...

- is non existent! - Hey!

Get lost!

"Get lost?" Did you just tell me to get lost?

Do not do anything you will regret. I am warning you.

I said, do not do anything you will regret.

Darn it.

Bother me again,

and I will have you dragged to the Police Bureau!

You got a death wish? You will regret this.

Mark my words!

Hey! You louts!

Be careful with that silk. It is for the palace!

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Right here.

All right, let us see.

- What are you doing? Get down! - I am leaving.

- Get down from there! Leave that! - I am not taking it.

You fools! What are you waiting for? Get her out of here!

- I am leaving on my own. - What is all this commotion?

Goodness, Head Merchant.

Gang.

The court ladies Queen Dowager keeps sending to your chambers.

They all come from the Head Merchant.

My goodness. How can the resemblance be so exact?

Your Majesty.

Perhaps now is the time to say what you must.

You are right.

You wretched girl.

You tried to sneak into the palace, did you not?

For that crime, I could...

have you put to death right now!

And what crime would that be?

What did you say?

The attempt failed.

As for proof that I tried to enter the palace,

I only hid in a palace-bound cart.

I can just say I did not know, right?

You are not afraid of me, are you?

I suppose I am used to it.

The nerve of this girl...

You insolent girl!

How dare you disrespect Her Majesty the Queen Dowager?

Respectful or not,

you will send me to the Crown Prince's quarters, right?

Because this face...

is identical to that of the late Crown Princess.

Did you tell her?

I said no such thing.

It is all so obvious.

The Royal Secretary is exiled, and the bridal selection has begun.

The Left State Councillor's daughter will be the next Crown Princess.

And now that you have no allies in the palace,

you must see me as your last card to play, do you not?

You think that with this face, I can catch the Crown Prince's eye,

become his concubine, and bear a royal grandson.

A gamble you are willing to take.

That is what you think, is it not?

My goodness.

Yes. You are correct.

That is precisely how I intend to use you.

You will steal the Crown Prince's heart...

and conceive a royal heir. If you succeed,

I will spare your life.

As I have already told you,

even if you turn me in to the police,

my crime is not punishable by death.

Do you really think that until now,

I have only ever killed according to the law?

Dal, once she was grown

Lost her body

From that wretched Crown Prince

She received the divine punishment

Shaba shaba

Darn, shaba...

Your Highness, why are you acting like this?

You must eat.

You will collapse again if you keep this up.

Water flows from top to bottom, right?

So food must be the same way, right?

I cannot.

Your Highness.

The Left State Councillor is here.

Who is it?

Your Highness, I, Kim Han Chul, have come to pay my respects.

This is just...

I have been lying down for so long, I feel a bit stiff.

Here we go.

Your Highness.

- May I ask something of you? - What?

Yes. Of course.

It is about the girl you were searching for, Dal.

Is it possible...

that she is the peddler you saved the other day?

What?

No. That is not her.

I was looking for her, but it is not what you think.

There is absolutely nothing between me and that peddler.

The only woman for me is your daughter.

I certainly hope you mean that.

Goodness. You do not have to worry.

I will never be involved with her again. Absolutely never.

This is the new eunuch who will serve you starting today.

My name is Lee Gang Dol.

Your Royal Highness.

No way.

Did the world turn upside down while I was not looking?

Is there some new law that lets women be eunuchs now?

That is what makes me so special.

I made the impossible possible, did I not?

Do you think I am complimenting you?

I am asking you what on earth is going on!

Then, please let me enter the palace as a eunuch.

A eunuch? If a woman is caught impersonating a eunuch,

you could die. Do you not know that?

If you get caught, I will be in trouble too.

Even if I were to enter as a court lady,

the Chief Court Lady would fire me,

and I would never even get close to the Crown Prince.

If you are going to use me, then use me properly.

I will be the ace up your sleeve.

There is no law in the whole world that allows this.

There is absolutely no way this is allowed.

If there is no law, you just make one.

If that fails, you just break rules just to keep them on their toes.

I am looking at the very picture of shameless audacity.

If shameless audacity were a person, it would be you!

What are you on about?

Why steal my body and cause this mess?

- This is all your fault! - What are you even talking about?

If I had that kind of power,

do you think I would still be a peddler?

Hey, did you not have a red scar right here?

What?

Gosh, where did it go?

The way I remember it, that day,

a red light glowed from your wrist.

Are you really...

some kind of monster or an evil spirit?

No, I am definitely not anything like that.

But if this is the work of some strange spirit,

should we not perform an exorcism or go to a temple or something?

Are you out of your mind?

"The Crown Prince prays to shamans" or "The Crown Prince has gone mad."

Trying to spread that rumour in the capital?

We are already at the point of praying to rocks and the moon.

So why can we not pray to a shaman or to Buddha?

Listen to me.

The Crown Prince does not beg.

- Then what? - Gosh, you scared me.

What do you want us to do? What are you even saying?

First, we need to get out of the palace.

I have to get your confinement order lifted.

Do you have a way to do that?

The palace is, by nature,

a world ruled by women.

Lift the Crown Prince's confinement at once,

Your Majesty!

I asked you to get me out of the palace,

not get me soaked in a bath.

It was the Queen Dowager's condition.

To lift the confinement, I had to attend your bath.

She uses the same tricks every time. As if that would ever stir my heart.

Goodness.

So with a more "creative" method, could any woman sway your heart?

Go on then, tell me.

What "creative" method does it take to make a man's heart waver?

Why are you asking me? You are the one who swayed my heart.

You did not just make my heart waver.

You stole my body too, did you not?

Oh, great. So now this is my fault too?

Yes! It is your fault!

So, have you thought of a way to switch us back?

Why do you always ask me?

Is your head just a hat rack? Why do you not use it?

This brain of mine is pretty good.

Right. You have got a point.

Remember, this was your idea, so do not get the wrong idea.

Beggars cannot be choosers.

What is it? Just tell me.

It is...

How about we recreate what happened that day?

That day?

The day we fell into the water.

My last memory from that moment was...

My last memory?

The kiss?

Yes. That is it.

I have no ulterior motives. Our bodies just switched that day,

so it makes sense to redo that day. That is all I am saying.

Do it.

- Do it? - Yes, do it.

Okay. Let us do it!

Let me repeat, I have no other intentions, okay?

Technically, this was your idea anyway.

I get it, just hurry up.

One, two.

Why did it not work?

I was so sure that would work.

Just do it properly this time. No holding back.

- Properly? - Yes.

Fine.

We will never get it to work if you come up for air so fast.

Your Highness.

What gives you the right to kiss me underwater?

I...

You said to do it properly, so I was recreating that exact day.

What is with him all of a sudden?

Here.

I know you are mad I kissed you three times without asking,

but here, cover yourself with this.

You will catch a cold.

I am not angry.

I was just a bit surprised, that is all.

Who said you could be so reckless with my body?

Let us go to my chambers. We still have things to discuss.

Oh, my.

Nothing sparks a fire between a man and a woman...

like a hot, confined space.

Truly, when it comes to romance, the classics never fail.

Where did this little godsend come from?

Your reign will begin again, Your Majesty.

Gosh. Oh, for crying out loud.

Now what are we supposed to do?

Gosh. A peck did not work, and a real kiss did not work.

Doing it underwater did not work either.

Why are you taking that out on me?

I came up with one solution. Is it not your turn to find one?

After all, this is all your fault.

If you had not nearly drowned that day,

or if you did not have that odd scar to begin with,

something this bizarre and outrageous...

would never have happened!

That is right.

The scar.

The scar!

What?

That day, the scar on my wrist was glowing.

We both fell in the water,

then we kissed. That was the order, right?

You have to end things the way they began.

We have to do exactly what we did that day.

Again?

You want us to fall in the water?

Hey. Do you have another solution? You want to keep living like this?

We cannot live like this.

But...

can we even get out to the bridge pier?

The Left Flank Guard and Eunuch Yoon would not let me go.

Then we need to find someone to help us.

- Eun Woo. - Goodness.

Oh, my. Your Highness.

- Goodness, Your Highness. - Hey!

Your Highness.

Have you been well?

- Get off me! What are you doing? - Where have I seen her before?

- Why are you here? - See? Did I not tell you?

I told you not to do anything you would regret. Right?

He is the one! He threw me out and told me to get lost.

- Eun Woo. - Yes? Yes? Oh, my.

Eun Woo! You are the hope of Joseon!

I am sorry? What?

- Gosh! - Your Royal Highness!

What are you doing? Hurry, go after him.

Hurry and follow him! You are going to lose him!

Come out, quick. Hurry up. We do not have time.

Hurry, we have no time.

Which way do we go? Where?

Your Highness.

- I am the only hope of Joseon... - Honestly.

I am the only hope of Joseon.

Hope, my butt. We are done for!

All right.

All right.

Hurry up and stretch, you hear? We will be done if you get a cramp.

Wait.

If we pass out like we did last time,

we will need someone there to pull us out.

Shin Won and Se Dol should be here soon.

Then why did we bother sneaking out?

We should have just come with them.

The Crown Prince nearly drowned.

He wants to go back to the bridge pier to jump in again.

If I had told them, would anyone have said, "Yes, Your Highness"?

Or, "Allow me to clear the way for you"?

I guess we will just have to wait then.

- For goodness' sake. - What are you doing?

Do not just sit anywhere. It is filthy.

Gosh. This is how things get an unfair reputation. See?

A king decides a fish is delicious and calls it a delicacy.

Then it is just a common fish again. It is a sad life for the fish.

Why are you suddenly talking about a fish?

You are the one who slept outdoors while on the run for your life,

but you are calling this very smooth bridge filthy?

Now this bridge has been wronged, too. See?

From now on, I will call you the Bridge of the Wronged. Okay?

"Sniffle. So wronged."

So wronged.

All right, you are right.

I am sorry, Bridge of the Wronged.

Do not feel wronged anymore.

Goodness.

And as for you...

- I am sorry. - What?

So suddenly?

You told me to say I was sorry.

You told me to admit it was my fault.

At a time like this, you should apologise.

You should admit you were wrong.

I am sorry.

For saying you were low-born,

and for being so cruel and careless about the hard life you have lived.

For all of it.

It is okay.

You were not wrong, though.

I just wanted to give you pretty clothes.

I wanted to give you all sorts of beautiful things.

I never saw you as a replacement for the Crown Princess,

or as some kind of doll. Never.

In fact, because of you...

Because of you,

there were days I did not even think about the Crown Princess.

What? What are you blaming me for now?

It is because of you.

I knew it.

If it were not for you...

I would not have stopped the mat-rolling punishment...

like a madman...

or held a knife to the Minister of Personnel's throat.

But because it is you, I am finding...

that I do not mind this divine punishment.

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

- Your... - Your Highness!

Looks like they are here. Get ready quickly, okay?

Okay?

Okay, on the count of three, we jump.

One,

two,

three!

- I cannot. - What? What are you talking about?

He must be scared.

- Why? - Just close your eyes tight.

Do not worry, I am a great swimmer.

I will protect you this time too.

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

What do we do?

Your Highness!

What are we going to do now?

Do not cry with my face.

Would I not look like a lunatic if I started laughing right now?

And watch your language.

Your attire must also be proper.

Hey, why are you getting so formal all of a sudden?

From now on, you have to truly become...

Lee Gang, the Crown Prince of Joseon.

Your Highness, I have prepared your new royal robes.

Do not shy away from luxury.

The red lining matches Your Highness's personal colour,

which we have determined is the "Summer Ice" colour type.

Personal colour, my butt!

My people are poor and have to wear hemp clothes in the dead of winter.

They cannot wash or eat, so sunburnt they cannot tell...

their own skin tone,

so why are we wasting money on the darn lining?

Coastal villages cannot catch fish because of the rough seas,

and the rice paddies have dried up and turned yellow from the drought.

This meal does not reflect reality of the country at all, does it?

- Your Highness, what do you mean? - Ignoring your people's suffering.

The reason we serve local specialties on the royal table...

is to stay informed of conditions in those regions.

But from this table, you would think the country is a field of flowers.

This is basically propaganda.

Hey! Can you not do something about that accent?

You speak the capital dialect well.

Is the Crown Prince dissing people with regional accents right now?

It is not that I am dissing them.

But if I, a capital native, suddenly speak with an accent,

would people not get suspicious?

But there is something I have been wondering.

Why are we hiding the fact that we have switched bodies?

Should we not tell everyone we have switched bodies so that...

it would be much easier to find a way...

to switch back with everyone's help.

What you want to go around telling everyone...

is that the Crown Prince has gone mad? Is that it?

"Everyone, I have switched bodies overnight with a peddler woman."

"What should I do?" Do you think any minister will go, "Is that so?"

Then say, "We will form a plan." You really think they would do that?

Why keep using that brilliant mind of mine like this?

Okay, I get it.

- I get it. - That is better.

To recap,

be extravagant, ignore the people's welfare,

use the capital's accent, and keep it a secret.

That is everything, right?

- Is that it? - We are not done yet.

Pretend you do not know anything.

"Things have root and branch."

"Affairs have an end and a beginning."

"To know what comes first and last is to be near the way."

Gosh, since these men feast on dust instead of rice,

it is no wonder all they talk is stale nonsense.

Enough of this.

Does anyone here know the price of rice or salt?

Your Highness, why concern yourself with such trivial matters?

Ancient sages spoke of governing to bring peace to the world.

Your Highness should look forward and cultivate a ruler's virtues.

Gosh, Judas Priest.

- Did he just... - Pardon?

I said, "Justice and Duty."

"Principle and Esteem."

Those are the virtues I will realise through the Great Learning.

Compared to books for the nobility, the people's plight...

is always met with a "Who cares?"

And the people are the only ones who get ruined.

However, I will simply "suck it up"...

and, as my teachers taught me, get back to my studies.

(To absorb knowledge through diligent study)

And be cold to everyone.

This morning greeting is unexpected.

Is it not a son's duty to ensure his father is well?

But why are you playing Go by yourself?

Would you like a partner?

The Crown Prince seems odd lately, do you not think?

It started with the eunuch who looks just like the late Crown Princess.

Be quiet. He even bathes with the eunuch...

because he cannot get over her.

- With a look-alike eunuch? - That is it. That is totally it.

You are right.

What has gotten into you, being so affectionate so suddenly?

A son must naturally show respect to his father.

Here, should I place my stone here?

Consider your move carefully.

- It is a picnic ko. - What is a picnic ko?

One side has nothing to lose,

but the other side must win...

to avoid a major loss. That is the situation.

I almost lost the game with that one move.

It is said the world is but a single Go board.

Human affairs are just one long game of Go.

The Left State Councillor's daughter was chosen today, was she not?

From now on, you cannot make a single mistake in any move.

You are finally the Crown Princess.

You are the master of this quarters.

Do not pay any mind to the rumours around the palace.

You did not think saying that would make me think of them more,

did you?

In any case, Your Highness.

From now on, do not worry about anything else,

and please live a long and happy life with the Crown Prince.

- All right? - Yeo Ri.

Did you know?

Until the royal wedding is held,

a woman is not the Crown Prince's yet,

even if she has been chosen.

What do you mean?

Have you been well?

I have not been doing so well myself.

But you, my lord,

will remain handsome forever, will you not?

(Memorial tablet of the beloved Kang Han Seong)

My lord!

What is going on?

Assassinating the Queen? Treason?

Do not cry.

(Kang Han Seong, Yeon Wol's brother)

- You will ruin your beautiful face. - My lord...

Can I ask you for a favour?

- A favour? - I know it is a lot to ask,

but please take care of the Crown Princess.

When my father and I are gone...

I cannot bear the thought of my dear sister all alone.

No matter what happens,

I will protect the Crown Princess, my lord.

I am sorry it has taken me so long to say this.

That I...

hoped you would be my one and only.

My...

Hong Nan.

My lord...

My lord...

Do not worry, my lord.

The Crown Princess.

I will protect her with my life.

That...

is the only reason I chose to live...

instead of following you.

We eunuchs, who protect the royals, must, in an emergency,

carry His Majesty and our superiors on our backs and run.

That is why maintaining our physical strength is essential.

All of you, carry a sack of flour and run ten laps.

If your sack bursts and spills, you get three extra laps.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

(Eunuch Physical Fitness Test)

Even rice sacks tear easily.

But flour sacks? Darn it.

Then complain to His Royal Highness.

What does His Highness have to do with this?

Hello?

Well, now, look at that.

I do not know which palace he serves,

but that eunuch's master's head just burst.

What? What an outrageous thing to say.

Just because it is hard, they would drop the King or master?

Hey! Change those to flour sacks.

And add three laps every time a sack leaks.

Darn it. I should have become a court lady.

First place.

So hot.

- First place! - Gosh, what is his problem?

I should have just become a court lady.

Hey, you.

You there. Which department are you with?

Let me see your face.

Hey, newbie!

You little punk! I told you to clean up that flour.

How dare you try to run off?

Did you think I would not find you just because you were hiding?

My lord, my apologies.

But did you have business with our rookie?

- Not at all. - I see.

He can be a bit of a slacker,

but he is definitely not a suspicious person.

Why are you standing there?

Go and clean up that flour! Hurry!

- Yes, sir. - Right.

My lord, you have some flour on your beard...

What do you think you are doing?

Take care, my lord.

Goodness.

That was the greatest achievement of my 19 years.

You there. Are you not Dal?

- Who is it now? - It is me, Master Heo.

What, you do not recognise me in my official robes?

Fancy meeting my daughter's saviour here.

So this is why I could not find you. I waited for days in Boryeong.

Your daughter's saviour...

Are you Inspector Kim's father-in-law?

Gosh, do not even mention that scum.

Seriously, what were you thinking?

She is a fragile kid who is not even supposed to be in Hanyang,

and you ordered her to kidnap your widowed daughter?

Says the one who should not be in Hanyang.

You are not even a court lady.

So, have you become a eunuch?

That is just how it worked out.

Did that lowly inspector really try to kill a high official's daughter?

I cannot believe the Kim clan is that powerful.

You even know the officials' ranks too?

If he is Lord Heo, a high-ranking military official in Boryeong,

then he must be Lord Heo Ok, the former Naval Commander.

Your Highness!

- You are hurting my ears. - You must listen to me now!

That peddler.

The woman who came to Sinjusa.

She is a eunuch now.

Where is she?

It is not poisoned. You can drink it.

Why did you bring me here instead of reporting me to the Eunuch Office?

You must be scared.

I suppose if it were discovered that a woman posed as a eunuch,

you could be put to death.

Do not worry.

I will not report you.

For now.

What do you want?

I plan to fight against my father.

My father is using the Crown Prince to control the King,

and I will use you to control the Crown Prince.

And like that, I...

will take Joseon for myself.

She is going to use Dal as my weakness.

Spoken like the Left State Councillor's daughter.

Gosh, how many people are holding my life for ransom now?

My goodness!

I help out one person, and this is what I get?

There is a limit to repaying a favour with betrayal.

I saved his life, and now my own is being held for ransom,

while he gets to sleep soundly and orders me to make his bed.

- Goodness. - "He"? Did you say "he"?

Did you just refer to me disrespectfully?

When we are all about to die, what can I not say?

Do not worry.

You will be staying in my quarters for the time being.

As long as you are here, the Crown Princess cannot touch you.

What?

- You do not care what others say? - Have you forgotten?

To everyone else, you are a man.

A Crown Prince studying all night, with his eunuch grinding the ink.

Is there anything strange about that?

Just because other people see a man, does that make me one?

How are we supposed to share a room?

I think I know...

what you were expecting,

but I am sorry, all right?

I have too much royal work to do to be sharing a bed with you.

What? I was not expecting anything.

I was just thinking what a relief that is.

That is why I killed Her Majesty, the Queen,

and framed the former Crown Princess for the crime.

That is why...

you chose death instead of getting revenge.

How pathetic.

Were you having a nightmare?

My heart...

My heart aches.

It is like I am underwater.

I feel like I am suffocating.

It is okay.

Why are we out for a walk this late?

If you lie down now, you will have that nightmare again.

Walking for a bit should help.

Do you have nightmares often?

Pretty often.

It must be your nightmares, Your Highness.

Actually, ever since we switched bodies,

I have been having dreams almost every night.

Dreams about the Crown Princess.

But they do not feel like just dreams.

I think they are your memories.

As if taking my body was not enough,

now you have taken my nightmares too.

Are you blaming me for taking your nightmares?

Those nightmares...

were the only way I could still see her.

But ever since we switched bodies,

I have not been able to have even those nightmares.

I just realised that now.

It is probably because you are in my body.

I fall asleep the second my head hits the pillow.

There is nothing for me to remember, anyway.

Nothing to remember?

The thing is...

My parents... They are not my birth parents.

When I was five, I lost my parents while running from slave hunters.

I was left an orphan, all alone. My aunt was the one who took me in.

Oh, my. What?

- You never told me any of this. - At the time,

I never thought we would be so tangled up like this.

Besides, this palace...

is a vicious place, you know?

My parents and my aunt's only crime was raising a poor orphan.

What if the Left State Councillor or the Queen Grand Dowager...

end up hurting my parents because of me?

You must have been so cold.

It was like a winter night.

A winter's night?

They say I was chased by slavers when I lost my memories.

When I opened my eyes,

my mind was completely blank,

but my memory was just a black void.

When I came to and went outside,

the sky was also pitch-black,

and the deep snow I was sinking into was stark white.

As I walked aimlessly,

I thought to myself, "Perhaps..."

"this can be my first memory."

"Then..."

"are these my first steps?"

"In that case, today will be my birthday."

"From now on, my season will be the winter night."

That is what I decided.

How can you be so calm?

After everything you went through.

What other choice do I have?

I do not have any good memories.

It only hurts me to dwell on the bad ones.

And it is my loss if I just cower and blame my awful fate.

What is awful about your fate?

- You are incredibly lucky. - I would not say I am that lucky.

No, you are very lucky.

To be so fatefully entangled with the Crown Prince.

So tell me.

Your dreams, your wishes, anything.

"Dream" is too grand a word for it.

Other than straw shoes,

I want one in silk shoes.

Silk shoes? I will buy you over a hundred pairs of them.

I will buy you enough to fill an entire room.

No, the "silk shoes"...

It is a metaphor.

Forget it.

There are two things that really annoy people.

One is when someone stops talking mid-sentence,

and the other is...

And the other is?

- What is it? - See?

Now you know how curious I am to hear what you were saying.

Gosh.

Not a life of constant wandering,

wearing out your straw shoes.

But a life where I wear silk shoes...

and walk at a leisurely pace.

That is the life I want.

Where I do not have to run anymore,

and I do not have to live in hiding.

A life where I can settle down...

and make a real family of my own.

What is it?

It may sound as foolish as a fish trying to swallow the moon,

but I am still allowed to dream, are I not?

Your heels are not scraped up today, are they?

What?

No.

Good.

- Your Highness! - Your Highness.

Wait...

Just wait here for a moment.

But I...

Do not come in.

What was that about? What is with this elaborate ditching?

I waited all night.

You cannot just mess with someone in the middle of the night.

No.

You were not supposed to come in yet.

Black and white...

do not just belong to the cold winter nights.

So from now on, your season...

will be a spring night.

And from now on, the path you walk...

will be a path of flowers.

Should I make it snow?

Do not stray too far.

Am I still dreaming?

Or was last night the dream?

Why is my face...

Goodness, what was that?

Why? What?

No. That is... It is not that. It is just...

(Moon River)

Young people these days play tug-of-war in love.

They pretend to push you away,

but the moment you drift apart, they pull you right back in.

The tug-of-war in love.

I am saying that if His Highness has other intentions,

what guarantee is there...

that the Gyesa Year Incident will not happen all over again?

I heard Dal went to the capital. I will take her and leave Joseon.

That he is in love.

The Crown Prince loves Park Dal.

(Moon River)