1 00:00:05,180 --> 00:00:06,850 (Kang Tae Oh) 2 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:11,920 (Kim Se Jeong) 3 00:00:14,220 --> 00:00:16,520 (Lee Sin Young) 4 00:00:17,090 --> 00:00:19,390 (Hong Su Zu) 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,060 (Jin Goo) 6 00:00:26,730 --> 00:00:28,630 (Nam Gi Ae) 7 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:33,370 (And Kim Nam Hee) 8 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:42,049 (Moon River) 9 00:00:42,050 --> 00:00:43,380 (All people, incidents, and backgrounds...) 10 00:00:43,450 --> 00:00:44,680 (in this drama are fictitious and unrelated to reality.) 11 00:00:44,750 --> 00:00:46,020 (Also, children and animals were filmed under production guidelines.) 12 00:01:04,270 --> 00:01:05,270 You have done well. 13 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,280 At dawn, I will interrogate the Left State Councilor myself. 14 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:13,040 So you should return to the palace as well. 15 00:01:13,550 --> 00:01:14,880 As you command, Your Majesty. 16 00:01:15,350 --> 00:01:17,050 The Royal Concubine must have been very frightened. 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,020 No, I am all right. 18 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:30,930 Your Royal Highness, why the long face? 19 00:01:31,660 --> 00:01:32,800 It is all over now, 20 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:35,900 but I am worried that you still seem so upset. 21 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:40,100 His Majesty must have mixed feelings as well. 22 00:01:40,740 --> 00:01:43,580 After all, he lost my mother because of the Left State Councilor. 23 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,650 Royal Mother 24 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:49,610 Royal Mother 25 00:01:55,590 --> 00:01:56,590 Your Highness. 26 00:01:57,820 --> 00:02:01,790 - I have been having these dreams. - Your Highness. 27 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,630 What are your orders regarding this woman? 28 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,970 You must leave before my father has you killed. 29 00:02:15,170 --> 00:02:16,640 Do not worry about your mother. 30 00:02:17,540 --> 00:02:18,540 Just save yourself. 31 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,710 My mother's life is in the Left State Councilor's hands, 32 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:23,380 so I am not going anywhere. 33 00:02:29,890 --> 00:02:30,890 I am sorry. 34 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,030 I apologize on my father's behalf. 35 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:36,130 There is no need for that. 36 00:02:44,270 --> 00:02:46,370 - Not that pot. The other one. - Right. 37 00:02:51,210 --> 00:02:52,380 The Left State Councilor is jailed, 38 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:53,810 and the Royal Investigation Office will investigate him. 39 00:02:56,150 --> 00:02:58,550 What has you so deep in thought? 40 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,390 I wonder what started this tragedy. 41 00:03:01,990 --> 00:03:06,090 What drove the Left State Councilor to be so relentlessly evil? 42 00:03:07,390 --> 00:03:08,390 I am just curious. 43 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,560 You know the saying. 44 00:03:10,930 --> 00:03:13,500 Good people cannot fathom true evil, 45 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,200 and evil people cannot fathom true goodness. 46 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:19,470 There is a four-character idiom for it. "Good, evil..." 47 00:03:20,570 --> 00:03:24,280 My lord, you will never understand a man like him, not ever. 48 00:03:24,940 --> 00:03:26,410 We should get going. We are running out of time. 49 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 Let us go. 50 00:03:34,150 --> 00:03:35,150 Get this out of the way. 51 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:02,310 The Crown Prince's Concubine. 52 00:04:04,580 --> 00:04:05,580 No. 53 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,790 Kill the Crown Princess. 54 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:14,460 (Chapter 10: The Calm Before the Storm) 55 00:04:44,590 --> 00:04:46,390 The Left State Councilor has been arrested. 56 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,960 I will take our men to the Royal Investigation Office. 57 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,860 - We have no orders from him. - But... 58 00:04:54,430 --> 00:04:57,270 We have no orders from him. 59 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:01,810 Have you forgotten that we only act on his orders? 60 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:03,510 My apologies. 61 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:07,150 Leave me. I am busy. 62 00:05:17,420 --> 00:05:19,320 Do you think you can just borrow money and not pay it back? 63 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,190 Even Buddha has no mercy for wicked men like you. 64 00:05:23,430 --> 00:05:26,130 But I already paid back the principal! 65 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,970 You only paid back the principal. 66 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,400 - Who is going to pay the interest? - Darn it! 67 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:34,540 Just kill me, you thief! 68 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,240 People have this misconception. 69 00:05:39,780 --> 00:05:43,350 They think since life is precious, it must be valuable. 70 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,650 - You lot will never earn a dime. - You... 71 00:05:48,790 --> 00:05:51,260 Sell the older one as a slave and the younger one as a eunuch. 72 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,230 No! You cannot, you jerk! No! 73 00:05:57,430 --> 00:06:00,000 Your Highness, there is terrible news. 74 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,629 The Left State Councilor... 75 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,739 has been jailed at the Royal Investigation Office. 76 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:04,740 My father? 77 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:08,270 Evidence was found at his residence, proving he is the Jimjo's master. 78 00:06:08,810 --> 00:06:10,780 Since the Jimjo attacked the palace, this is... 79 00:06:11,380 --> 00:06:12,380 considered an act of treason. 80 00:06:14,710 --> 00:06:15,710 What should we do, Your Highness? 81 00:06:16,050 --> 00:06:18,320 - If it is treason... - Then Your Highness could also... 82 00:06:18,820 --> 00:06:21,750 be placed in confinement or even arrested. 83 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,160 I have to go to the Royal Investigation Office. 84 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,340 - I need to see my father in person. - Yes. I will handle it discreetly. 85 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:54,950 Your Highness. This is not the way to the Royal Investigation Office. 86 00:06:57,790 --> 00:07:00,830 I think there is a pebble in my shoe. With my position, 87 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,460 I cannot very well take it out in the middle of the road. 88 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:04,930 Of course, Your Highness. 89 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:23,280 Yeo Ri. 90 00:07:23,850 --> 00:07:24,850 Yes, Your Highness? 91 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:26,750 What are you doing? 92 00:07:27,020 --> 00:07:30,120 - Let go of me! Goodness. - Please hold still. 93 00:07:30,190 --> 00:07:31,190 Your Highness! 94 00:07:44,170 --> 00:07:46,400 The patrol will be here soon, so just stay put for a moment. 95 00:07:47,540 --> 00:07:48,870 I am so sorry, my lady. 96 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:51,540 I am sorry as well. 97 00:08:01,020 --> 00:08:02,550 The day your father is arrested, 98 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:05,190 pack light and meet me at the greenhouse. 99 00:08:05,690 --> 00:08:08,530 That day, we are going to run away together. 100 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:47,200 U Hui. 101 00:08:50,070 --> 00:08:51,070 You have been through so much. 102 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,110 - Here... - Go ahead. 103 00:08:57,740 --> 00:08:58,740 Hurry. 104 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:01,910 You two can catch up later, 105 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,280 but change into your disguises first. 106 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:04,680 Right. 107 00:09:16,030 --> 00:09:17,030 Well... 108 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:19,360 Yeo Ri, are you finished changing yet? 109 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:22,100 We are. He is certainly in a hurry. 110 00:10:24,030 --> 00:10:27,370 You seem upset you will not be able to visit the greenhouse anymore. 111 00:10:28,130 --> 00:10:32,440 After all, you always did love this greenhouse. 112 00:10:33,270 --> 00:10:34,610 It was you I loved. 113 00:10:46,350 --> 00:10:47,350 Gosh. 114 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,160 You can do that later. Let us go. We have a long journey ahead. 115 00:10:52,490 --> 00:10:53,490 Let us go. 116 00:11:03,270 --> 00:11:05,100 Who forced you to a false confession? 117 00:11:05,470 --> 00:11:07,640 Grant my request, and I will tell you. 118 00:11:08,370 --> 00:11:09,740 I will even testify. 119 00:11:10,780 --> 00:11:13,039 Your lie almost killed the Royal Concubine, 120 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,050 and you dare to make demands? 121 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:15,310 How dare you? 122 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,320 First off, what is your request? 123 00:11:22,690 --> 00:11:25,490 If you promise to spare the life of the former Chief Royal Secretary, 124 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,330 I will tell you everything. Please save the Chief Royal Secretary. 125 00:11:29,530 --> 00:11:30,730 The former Chief Royal Secretary? 126 00:11:31,030 --> 00:11:32,960 You mean Han Seok Won, who was sent into exile? 127 00:11:34,170 --> 00:11:35,170 Do not tell me... 128 00:11:35,670 --> 00:11:36,770 You and that official... 129 00:11:38,570 --> 00:11:39,800 are lovers? 130 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:45,140 If that is your concern, do not worry. 131 00:11:45,510 --> 00:11:47,510 The Left State Councilor is arrested at the Royal Investigation Office. 132 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:49,010 You think the Left State Councilor would do it himself? 133 00:11:49,610 --> 00:11:50,979 His underlings have their orders. 134 00:11:50,980 --> 00:11:52,350 They will be the ones to kill the Chief Royal Secretary. 135 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:06,500 What are you going to do? 136 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,470 She is a criminal who endangered you. 137 00:12:08,930 --> 00:12:10,400 Why should I grant her wish? 138 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,540 But she only did it to save her lover. 139 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,610 If her own lover is so precious, she should know others' are too. 140 00:12:19,310 --> 00:12:21,610 I am so furious at the Left State Councilor's actions. 141 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:25,120 The Left State Councilor acts as if he is the Almighty... 142 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:26,720 or the Buddha, 143 00:12:27,350 --> 00:12:29,350 preying on people's weaknesses and toying with their feelings this way. 144 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:32,620 How can anyone think straight when they are in his palm? 145 00:12:41,670 --> 00:12:44,140 Are you really just going to let this happen? 146 00:12:50,310 --> 00:12:52,380 You always find a way to make me feel ashamed of myself. 147 00:12:56,350 --> 00:12:58,980 Send former Secretary Han Seok Won to the Royal Investigation Office... 148 00:12:59,020 --> 00:13:00,220 and guard him closely. 149 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:03,319 Announce the reopening of the Sinjusa case as well. 150 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:04,420 Yes, Your Highness. 151 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:10,230 Oh, my. 152 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:11,760 Right now? 153 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:18,300 I guess I am just hungry. 154 00:13:19,570 --> 00:13:21,210 You are hungry? 155 00:13:22,070 --> 00:13:23,440 You should go get something to eat... 156 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:25,510 Wait a minute. 157 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,780 They have not fed you yet? 158 00:13:28,750 --> 00:13:31,350 - Why those jerks... - I did eat, but... 159 00:13:31,420 --> 00:13:33,120 Your Highness, you did not feed us either. 160 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,750 We were in no condition to eat, were we? 161 00:13:36,050 --> 00:13:37,990 The situation was extremely unusual and urgent. 162 00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:40,489 - Is that not right? - I am fine, Your Highness. 163 00:13:40,490 --> 00:13:42,990 I am used to such harsh treatment. 164 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,870 Honestly. Why would you do that? 165 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,740 Generosity comes from great wealth, loyalty from a full stomach. Right? 166 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:57,270 This will not do. I will treat you to great rice soup, 167 00:13:57,580 --> 00:13:59,140 so my two loyal subjects, follow me. 168 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,980 Rice soup sounds delicious. 169 00:14:08,450 --> 00:14:10,090 Hey, buy me some too! 170 00:14:12,090 --> 00:14:13,090 I am hungry too. 171 00:14:14,630 --> 00:14:15,630 What? 172 00:14:17,630 --> 00:14:19,729 Grand Prince Je Un and the Crown Princess Consort left? 173 00:14:19,730 --> 00:14:20,800 All of a sudden? 174 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:23,930 It all happened so suddenly. 175 00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:26,370 They did not even get to say goodbye to me. 176 00:14:27,140 --> 00:14:28,140 Gang. 177 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,140 I will leave right after the Left State Councilor's arrest. 178 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:35,080 What? Why so suddenly? 179 00:14:35,410 --> 00:14:36,710 Surely, you understand. 180 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,680 If the Left State Councilor is arrested for treason, 181 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,920 U Hui will be arrested as well. There is no time. 182 00:14:44,990 --> 00:14:48,430 Where will you go? Do you even have a plan? 183 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,300 Yes, I plan to go to Qing. 184 00:14:51,860 --> 00:14:54,930 I heard a merchant ship is leaving for Qing from Jemulpo tomorrow. 185 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,640 But still, how could he leave without a word? 186 00:15:00,770 --> 00:15:01,770 Gosh. 187 00:15:02,670 --> 00:15:03,670 What is this? 188 00:15:04,540 --> 00:15:05,580 Are you seriously putting down your spoon... 189 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:08,080 in front of me because another man left? 190 00:15:08,450 --> 00:15:10,380 After all the time we spent together, 191 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,280 he left without a word. 192 00:15:13,020 --> 00:15:15,690 I just feel so empty inside. I have lost my appetite. 193 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:19,120 Please. Just how close did you two get? 194 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,790 Hey, pick up your spoon now. 195 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:24,430 She finished the whole bowl. 196 00:15:24,730 --> 00:15:26,160 Yes, she scraped the bowl clean. 197 00:15:29,630 --> 00:15:30,630 I thought you lost your appetite. 198 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:33,140 Oh, gosh. 199 00:16:15,210 --> 00:16:19,180 (Royal Investigation Office) 200 00:16:31,530 --> 00:16:32,600 Left State Councilor! 201 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:38,500 What brings you here at this hour? 202 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,440 I deserve to die. The Crown Princess Consort... 203 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,510 has fled. 204 00:16:48,850 --> 00:16:50,810 Send out my men and find U Hui. 205 00:16:51,420 --> 00:16:53,880 Distribute her sketch to all the taverns and inns. 206 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:57,760 Block all roads leading to the ports and the border. 207 00:16:58,920 --> 00:16:59,920 Under no circumstances... 208 00:17:00,460 --> 00:17:02,290 is anyone else to find out. 209 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:03,730 Yes, my lord. 210 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:31,320 Gosh! 211 00:17:32,690 --> 00:17:34,120 I am so exhausted. I cannot go on. 212 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,390 Yeo Ri, one might think you are the young lady. 213 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,430 How are you more exhausted than the Left State Councilor's daughter? 214 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:41,770 What, were you raised like a princess? 215 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:43,470 Actually, 216 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:48,070 it is better to serve a rich family. I have never really had it rough. 217 00:17:48,510 --> 00:17:51,280 I served the Left State Councilor, and then I became a court lady. 218 00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:52,910 So what kind of hardship could I have possibly known? 219 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:55,680 For crying out loud. You would think my lord was... 220 00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:59,650 just some low-ranking official. My lord is royalty! 221 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,080 He is a Grand Prince! 222 00:18:01,350 --> 00:18:02,390 Exactly. 223 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,150 Grand Prince Je Un and his precious lady... 224 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,890 hit it off, and now we are the ones suffering for it, are we not? 225 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,400 For someone so tired, you sure have a loud mouth, Yeo Ri. 226 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:12,500 Am I wrong? 227 00:18:13,130 --> 00:18:16,130 Well, it is getting too late, 228 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:19,570 so let us stay at that inn. 229 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,799 - Yes, my lord. - Yes. 230 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,140 Please be careful. 231 00:18:22,670 --> 00:18:23,810 Watch your step. 232 00:18:24,580 --> 00:18:26,140 - Let me carry your... - No! 233 00:18:26,710 --> 00:18:28,650 Just come on! Darn it. 234 00:18:28,710 --> 00:18:31,650 Unbelievable. Such a young thing, talking back so defiantly. 235 00:19:04,550 --> 00:19:05,550 U Hui. 236 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:11,860 U Hui, are you asleep? 237 00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:15,530 U Hui. 238 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:21,930 Are you all right? 239 00:19:24,370 --> 00:19:25,400 Wait a minute. 240 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:27,770 Are you laughing right now? 241 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:30,710 What a relief. 242 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,680 The pain tells me this is not a dream. 243 00:19:38,550 --> 00:19:41,320 - What is this? - What? 244 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,850 There is nothing there. 245 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,840 Why do you have soot all over your face? 246 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,640 Oh, right. 247 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,770 I must have gotten it on my face while boiling water earlier. 248 00:20:06,510 --> 00:20:10,209 You boiled the water yourself? 249 00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:11,210 Yes. 250 00:20:11,950 --> 00:20:13,250 The innkeeper seemed to be asleep. 251 00:20:13,550 --> 00:20:15,650 Please. I will do that. 252 00:20:16,850 --> 00:20:17,850 I do not want you to. 253 00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:28,330 But why the sudden hot compress? 254 00:20:35,910 --> 00:20:37,070 Because you were limping. 255 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:41,710 You noticed? 256 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:44,880 I tried so hard to hide it. 257 00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:47,020 Do not hide things from me. 258 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,420 When you suffer in silence, 259 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,120 that is what hurts me the most. 260 00:20:53,220 --> 00:20:56,660 I told you, did I not? I would be your brother, your friend, 261 00:20:57,190 --> 00:20:59,800 your father, and your man. 262 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:03,600 That is why I am here. 263 00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:06,600 So with me, 264 00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:09,710 if you are angry, you can show it. 265 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,380 If you feel like crying, 266 00:21:13,310 --> 00:21:14,480 you can cry in my arms. 267 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:17,710 So please, 268 00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:22,150 do not ever hold back again. 269 00:21:28,630 --> 00:21:31,860 I will even heat up the cauldron water for you tomorrow morning. 270 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,200 But... 271 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:42,370 - you lit a fire in the furnace? - I did. 272 00:21:42,410 --> 00:21:44,610 - In the middle of summer? - Yes. 273 00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:46,540 Why? 274 00:21:49,710 --> 00:21:53,780 King Yeomra, it is so hot! 275 00:21:54,650 --> 00:21:56,190 It is so hot. 276 00:21:56,220 --> 00:21:57,350 Goodness. 277 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,430 Gosh! It is way too hot. 278 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:08,130 I cannot stand the fires of the fiery pit. 279 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,040 Sleep warm. 280 00:22:30,390 --> 00:22:32,060 Please take me to the palace. 281 00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:33,990 Please save me. 282 00:22:56,550 --> 00:22:58,420 Why do I keep having such dreams? 283 00:23:02,390 --> 00:23:04,319 Five years ago in winter, 284 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,390 a family from Hanyang arrived suddenly. 285 00:23:07,690 --> 00:23:08,960 Who are you? 286 00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:10,590 You fell into the water, 287 00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:13,300 and it seems you have lost your memory. 288 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:16,830 The moment I woke up after losing my memory... 289 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:19,370 was five winters ago. 290 00:23:25,180 --> 00:23:26,180 Then... 291 00:23:26,910 --> 00:23:28,180 what is this memory? 292 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Well done. 293 00:23:57,140 --> 00:23:59,080 Did you sleep well, my lady? 294 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,110 I dreamed I was a pig sizzling on a cauldron lid. 295 00:24:02,180 --> 00:24:05,080 I am telling you, I thought my back was completely cooked. 296 00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:08,320 I met King Yeomra in the fires of the fiery pit. 297 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,520 My back was killing me, I am serious. 298 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:13,360 Where is the innkeeper? Innkeeper! 299 00:24:13,690 --> 00:24:17,090 Why are the floors burning hot in the middle of summer? 300 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,230 You will miss Joseon's heated floors once we leave, 301 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:25,870 so think of this as one last fond memory. 302 00:24:29,610 --> 00:24:30,870 Come on, U Hui. Let us go. 303 00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:34,850 - We should get going. - But my back is killing me. 304 00:24:34,910 --> 00:24:36,010 Just come on, hurry up. 305 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:39,149 Now that it has been revealed... 306 00:24:39,150 --> 00:24:40,480 that the Left State Councilor is the master of the Jimjo, 307 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,449 soon he will be exposed as the culprit... 308 00:24:42,450 --> 00:24:43,620 of the Gyesa Year Incident, right? 309 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,120 The bodies of those killed with Jimjo poison... 310 00:24:47,490 --> 00:24:49,790 show the same symptoms as those who died in the Gyesa Year. 311 00:24:50,430 --> 00:24:52,600 It will be easier to get to the bottom of the incident now. 312 00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:55,130 You did well. 313 00:24:55,770 --> 00:24:57,370 You have really been through so much. 314 00:24:57,970 --> 00:24:59,140 This is just the beginning. 315 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,170 Now, I have to expose... 316 00:25:01,870 --> 00:25:03,910 every single evil thing the Left State Councilor has done. 317 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,280 Lift your arms for me. 318 00:25:12,150 --> 00:25:14,220 On a day as important as this, 319 00:25:15,050 --> 00:25:18,020 you must look dignified, Your Royal Highness. All right? 320 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:21,020 Your attire must be impeccable. 321 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:27,260 Goodness. 322 00:25:29,270 --> 00:25:32,070 I need strength more than I need dignity. 323 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:35,370 What is the matter? It is not even time for the Morning Assembly yet. 324 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,340 Let us just stay like this for a moment. 325 00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:38,610 Let me draw some strength from you. 326 00:25:39,010 --> 00:25:40,480 Gosh. 327 00:25:42,150 --> 00:25:44,310 That is nice. 328 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,290 Your Royal Highness, may I enter for a moment? 329 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,360 No, you cannot. Do not come in. 330 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:56,290 - His Majesty is looking for you. - What? 331 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,060 What do you mean? It is time for the Morning Assembly. 332 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:00,500 Right now? 333 00:26:17,950 --> 00:26:18,950 Your Royal Highness. 334 00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:22,690 I trust you had a peaceful night. 335 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:26,120 No. 336 00:26:28,530 --> 00:26:29,860 Left State Councilor. What are you doing here? 337 00:26:30,430 --> 00:26:31,660 After a misunderstanding was cleared, 338 00:26:32,260 --> 00:26:35,430 His Majesty the King personally granted my release. 339 00:26:35,770 --> 00:26:36,770 That is impossible. 340 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,840 Why would he do such a thing? 341 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,540 You should hear it from His Majesty yourself. 342 00:26:56,450 --> 00:26:57,990 What is the meaning of this? 343 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,220 We have proof that the Left State Councilor is the Jimjo's master. 344 00:27:01,490 --> 00:27:03,590 So how could you possibly set him free? 345 00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:05,260 The Left State Councilor... 346 00:27:07,130 --> 00:27:09,600 possesses a secret pact that I wrote with my own hand. 347 00:27:09,970 --> 00:27:13,000 A secret pact? What kind of pact is it? 348 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:14,970 In the Gyesa Year, 349 00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:18,040 the Left State Councilor came to see me. 350 00:27:19,340 --> 00:27:21,210 (Gyesa Year) 351 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,210 (After the former king's death) 352 00:27:27,450 --> 00:27:31,590 This poison is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. 353 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,220 It also does not react to silver. 354 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,730 What is more, 355 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,460 the bodies of those killed by it do not decay or turn black, 356 00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:42,130 nor do they bloat. 357 00:27:45,570 --> 00:27:46,670 At most, 358 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,210 they might vomit a little blood. 359 00:28:04,420 --> 00:28:05,420 Then... 360 00:28:06,420 --> 00:28:08,860 is that the poison that assassinated the King and the Firstborn Prince? 361 00:28:10,030 --> 00:28:11,030 Yes. 362 00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:12,560 Have you found the killer? 363 00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:14,730 Who is it? 364 00:28:15,130 --> 00:28:17,770 Who would dare commit such a monstrous crime? 365 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 It was me. 366 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,840 What are you saying? 367 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:28,380 Not just the Late King and the Firstborn Prince, 368 00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:32,850 but the Queen Dowager's two brothers who recently died as well. 369 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:35,990 I killed them all. 370 00:28:37,250 --> 00:28:39,190 I have already done the dirty work. 371 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:40,990 So you, Prince Geumseong, 372 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,090 all you have to do is prepare to take the throne. 373 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:46,760 Are you telling me... 374 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,030 you poisoned my own brother? 375 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,110 I will go to the Royal Investigation Office right now, 376 00:28:56,370 --> 00:28:58,480 and I will expose every one of your wicked crimes. 377 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,380 There is no need for that. 378 00:29:02,110 --> 00:29:05,120 The Royal Investigation Office is already on their way here. 379 00:29:06,550 --> 00:29:08,890 I hid this very poison... 380 00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:11,750 right here in your home. 381 00:29:12,220 --> 00:29:13,290 That pathetic poison... 382 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,190 All I have to do is find it first and tell the Office the truth! 383 00:29:17,390 --> 00:29:19,360 How will you find a poison... 384 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,560 when you do not even know... 385 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,730 what you are looking for? 386 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:35,780 The choice is yours. 387 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,420 Be escorted by the Royal Investigation Office's men... 388 00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:41,720 to the throne, 389 00:29:42,590 --> 00:29:45,420 or be surrounded by them... 390 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,390 and be branded a traitor. 391 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:48,960 How dare you! 392 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,600 - Have you no fear of the skies? - I have no fear of the skies! 393 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,200 I have already resigned myself to the fiery pit anyway. 394 00:30:20,490 --> 00:30:22,060 You must protect what is yours. 395 00:30:42,580 --> 00:30:44,210 I, Lee Hui, Prince Geumseong, 396 00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:47,580 shall appoint Kim Han Chul, the Minister of War, 397 00:30:48,690 --> 00:30:50,390 as the Left State Councilor... 398 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,260 and a meritorious subject of the Gyesa Year coup. 399 00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:58,660 This I do solemnly promise. 400 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,350 To protect my family, 401 00:31:52,250 --> 00:31:56,290 I became a monstrous king who killed his brother and nephew. 402 00:31:56,990 --> 00:32:01,060 He said one pact would solve it all, making him a coup contributor. 403 00:32:02,190 --> 00:32:03,690 Since I was going to take the throne anyway, 404 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,930 I thought it would all end with just one signature. 405 00:32:08,930 --> 00:32:10,200 But that was just the beginning. 406 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:13,000 I must become the King's in-law. 407 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,370 Give me the Crown Prince. 408 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:18,140 You want me to depose the Crown Princess? 409 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,510 - How could you... - Your Majesty has already... 410 00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:25,050 acknowledged the Gyesa Year incident... 411 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:27,880 as a coup, have you not? 412 00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:30,620 Your Majesty and I... 413 00:32:31,490 --> 00:32:33,690 are already in the same boat. 414 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,730 One by one, I gave things away. 415 00:32:44,030 --> 00:32:46,470 - Royal Father! - Your Majesty. 416 00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:50,640 Your Majesty. 417 00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:55,310 Your Majesty. 418 00:32:57,380 --> 00:32:59,380 Your Majesty. 419 00:33:00,450 --> 00:33:01,750 Until I lost everything. 420 00:33:15,430 --> 00:33:18,330 You said I just had to make your daughter the Crown Princess. 421 00:33:18,740 --> 00:33:21,200 So why? Why? 422 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,610 Why... 423 00:33:22,970 --> 00:33:24,810 did you have to kill the Queen as well? 424 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,110 I could not come up with a proper way... 425 00:33:28,180 --> 00:33:31,450 to depose the Crown Princess. 426 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:35,220 This was your plan all along, was it not? 427 00:33:35,890 --> 00:33:38,590 To kill everyone who could help me and the Crown Prince, 428 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,130 and turn us into puppets that you alone could control. 429 00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:46,300 Power... 430 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:49,700 is not something one shares. 431 00:33:51,970 --> 00:33:53,670 So, what are you going to do about it? 432 00:33:54,940 --> 00:33:56,670 With those feeble fists of yours, 433 00:33:57,270 --> 00:33:59,980 are you going to behead me? 434 00:34:00,910 --> 00:34:01,910 Or... 435 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,450 will you reveal the secret pact... 436 00:34:06,020 --> 00:34:07,920 and prove that the coup was illegitimate... 437 00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:10,750 all by yourself? 438 00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:23,870 That is right, Your Majesty. 439 00:34:24,370 --> 00:34:26,570 There is nothing... 440 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,270 you can do. 441 00:34:30,340 --> 00:34:32,410 So just stay right where you are. 442 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,710 Do that, and you might just keep your life. 443 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,630 I was a prisoner of that secret pact. 444 00:34:57,870 --> 00:34:59,900 For years, my life was a living nightmare. 445 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:02,610 They took everything from me. 446 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:04,670 But you are the one thing I managed to protect. 447 00:35:05,780 --> 00:35:06,780 So, Gang... 448 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:09,250 You must survive. 449 00:35:10,350 --> 00:35:11,910 Live, even if you have to be disgraced and cowardly. 450 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,220 It was not enough that Mother and the Crown Princess... 451 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,830 were driven to their deaths. 452 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,060 Now, I will never be able to clear their names. 453 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:32,000 I have to let them remain unjustly accused forever. 454 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:34,670 And you are telling me to live? 455 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:38,670 Can you even call that living? 456 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,080 I wanted to take down the Left State Councilor... 457 00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:45,080 and go back to the way things were... 458 00:35:47,220 --> 00:35:49,250 with you, Father. 459 00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:53,660 But now, 460 00:35:58,060 --> 00:36:01,230 I do not think we can ever go back to how things were. 461 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:03,650 The Crown Princess Consort fled? 462 00:38:03,950 --> 00:38:06,260 Yes. I heard the court maids gossiping... 463 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,720 with my own two ears. 464 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:13,660 - Let us go to the Detached Palace. - Yes, Your Majesty. 465 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:17,570 Your Majesty, what brings you here? 466 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:19,240 Am I not allowed here? 467 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:21,300 Open the door. 468 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:24,769 It is just that the Crown Princess Consort... 469 00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:27,140 is in no condition to receive Your Grace. 470 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:28,240 Why not? 471 00:38:29,180 --> 00:38:31,250 Did she escape in the night? 472 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:35,790 Your Majesty, how can you even suggest such a thing? 473 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:37,050 Open this door! 474 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:38,750 Your Majesty. 475 00:38:40,690 --> 00:38:42,660 - Get out of my way! - Your Majesty! 476 00:38:55,740 --> 00:38:57,340 Despite his power, the Left State Councilor... 477 00:38:57,540 --> 00:39:00,110 failed when it came to his own daughter. 478 00:39:02,310 --> 00:39:04,310 Call off the Royal Wedding at once, 479 00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:06,320 and punish the Left State Councilor. 480 00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:10,650 Why do you hesitate? 481 00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:12,489 The Crown Princess Consort... 482 00:39:12,490 --> 00:39:13,920 was not to go outside the Detached Palace, 483 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,090 and yet, she has escaped. 484 00:39:16,490 --> 00:39:20,260 Rumors are spreading among the staff that she eloped in the night. 485 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,370 Are you really just going to let this slide? 486 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:27,000 Nothing is certain yet. 487 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,470 I will act after we investigate further... 488 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:31,270 I will not beat around the bush. 489 00:39:32,210 --> 00:39:36,080 The Late King, the Firstborn Prince, and all who died in the Gyesa Year. 490 00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:40,220 Did you kill them all, Your Majesty? 491 00:39:40,380 --> 00:39:43,419 Your Majesty! How can you say such a treasonous thing? 492 00:39:43,420 --> 00:39:46,990 The Late King was in perfect health, and he had the Firstborn Prince. 493 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,660 There was no way you could have taken the throne. 494 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:53,100 And yet, 495 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,700 how is it that an opportunity that should never have arisen... 496 00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:58,630 went to you? 497 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:04,640 And why is the Left State Councilor now holding all the power? 498 00:40:07,410 --> 00:40:08,740 How come the Left State Councilor... 499 00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:11,680 is already a free man... 500 00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:13,820 when he was arrested only a few hours ago? 501 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:24,960 If that secret pact is revealed, 502 00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:27,760 His Majesty will be killed. 503 00:40:29,830 --> 00:40:30,970 And it is all my fault. 504 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,140 My father signed that pact to protect me. 505 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,310 The Crown Princess and Royal Mother died because of me. 506 00:40:52,190 --> 00:40:53,420 But you did not know. 507 00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:55,930 You did not know a single thing. 508 00:40:56,890 --> 00:40:58,430 So why are you blaming yourself? 509 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:02,030 How can I ever atone for this? 510 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,040 How can I possibly repay this crime? 511 00:41:09,070 --> 00:41:10,070 You are right. 512 00:41:10,910 --> 00:41:11,970 You have to repay them. 513 00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:14,280 Not with penance, 514 00:41:15,210 --> 00:41:17,010 but with revenge. 515 00:41:17,450 --> 00:41:18,450 Revenge? 516 00:41:20,420 --> 00:41:22,050 Because the coup was a success, 517 00:41:22,790 --> 00:41:24,850 the Gyesa Year incident is no longer a treason, 518 00:41:25,590 --> 00:41:27,190 nor is it the Left State Councilor's weakness. 519 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,730 Unless my Royal Father abdicates in favor of Grand Prince Je Un... 520 00:41:30,330 --> 00:41:32,660 and reveals the pact himself. 521 00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:36,700 There is no other way to bring down the Left State Councilor. 522 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,900 Besides, Grand Prince Je Un has already left. 523 00:41:41,940 --> 00:41:43,870 We cannot just drag him back and force him onto the throne. 524 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,480 Even if we could, Je Un is the type to just walk away. 525 00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:55,180 But... 526 00:41:56,020 --> 00:41:57,519 the Crown Princess Consort ran away, 527 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:58,990 so is that not a crime in its own right? 528 00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:02,490 Normally, that would be considered treason. 529 00:42:05,660 --> 00:42:06,700 Wait a minute. 530 00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:10,700 Why is the Left State Councilor so calm? 531 00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:11,970 Exactly. 532 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:16,070 He was released last night. He must know she has fled by now. 533 00:42:16,570 --> 00:42:17,570 The Left State Councilor will never give up... 534 00:42:17,571 --> 00:42:18,940 being the King's in-law. 535 00:42:19,610 --> 00:42:21,410 He will bring her back no matter what, 536 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:23,410 and there is no way he will leave Grand Prince Je Un alone. 537 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,350 If the Left State Councilor catches him... 538 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,150 or if the Queen Dowager finds out, 539 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,490 Grand Prince Je Un will be in deep trouble when he is caught. 540 00:42:34,420 --> 00:42:38,029 - Come take a look over here. - Hello, there. 541 00:42:38,030 --> 00:42:39,430 Do you have any fish? 542 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:44,200 - We have fresh ones in the back. - Are you okay? 543 00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:45,270 I am fine. 544 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,010 This one is really nice and plump. 545 00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:51,870 They are delicious! Come and take a look. 546 00:43:21,470 --> 00:43:22,470 Your Highness! 547 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:26,740 We are here to escort you. 548 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:28,980 What are you doing here? 549 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:31,950 You never move without an order from my father. 550 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:34,450 I gave the order. 551 00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:44,160 I have come to retrieve what is mine. 552 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,000 It is time you handed her over. 553 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:51,930 - U Hui does not belong to you. - Yes. She is mine. 554 00:43:53,140 --> 00:43:57,410 My most useful possession. 555 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,950 I will not allow anyone to use her as a pawn. 556 00:44:12,820 --> 00:44:15,090 - Seize him! - Household Man. 557 00:44:31,540 --> 00:44:32,540 No! 558 00:44:47,690 --> 00:44:49,190 - No! - Darn it. 559 00:45:13,850 --> 00:45:16,550 - Grand Prince! - My lady! 560 00:45:17,620 --> 00:45:18,790 My lord... 561 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:36,240 You are nothing like the Late King, Grand Prince Je Un. 562 00:45:37,010 --> 00:45:40,840 The Late King was never this recklessly brave. 563 00:45:41,580 --> 00:45:43,250 He had many things he held more dear... 564 00:45:44,450 --> 00:45:46,920 than your mother. 565 00:45:48,380 --> 00:45:49,690 He was quite the coward too. 566 00:45:50,490 --> 00:45:52,960 As if assassinating my Royal Father was not enough, 567 00:45:53,590 --> 00:45:57,760 now you dare insult his honor as well! 568 00:45:57,830 --> 00:46:01,860 Honor? Did the Late King ever have any to begin with? 569 00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:03,800 Left State Councilor! 570 00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:07,000 Left State Councilor! 571 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,670 Going after family is a low blow, is it not? 572 00:46:20,750 --> 00:46:22,650 And going after a royal is high treason. 573 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,720 Back off. Unless you want to lose your heads. 574 00:46:44,270 --> 00:46:48,280 You are too bold for a cornered man, Left State Councilor. 575 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,980 Do I seem cornered to you? 576 00:46:52,180 --> 00:46:54,019 The Crown Princess Consort eloped at night with a man. 577 00:46:54,020 --> 00:46:55,780 I would say that is a big problem. 578 00:46:56,490 --> 00:46:58,190 It is all over for you. 579 00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,620 The palace must have realized by now... 580 00:46:59,820 --> 00:47:02,390 the Crown Princess Consort has run away. 581 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:06,360 Even if you drag her back, can she still become the Crown Princess? 582 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,730 Even if you go back, both you and your daughter... 583 00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:12,030 will just be throwing your lives away. 584 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,470 Throwing our lives away? 585 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:19,110 So can you not just let them be happy together? 586 00:47:19,610 --> 00:47:22,810 She is your daughter, after all. 587 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:27,280 That is precisely why... 588 00:47:29,850 --> 00:47:32,450 I cannot tolerate this. 589 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,260 The fact that something of mine... 590 00:47:36,990 --> 00:47:39,730 dared to turn its blade on me. 591 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:44,800 U Hui. 592 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:48,870 If my daughter were to die here, 593 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:51,410 no one would know... 594 00:47:52,980 --> 00:47:55,280 whether she eloped... 595 00:47:56,010 --> 00:47:58,380 - or if Prince Je Un kidnapped her. - Left State Councilor! 596 00:47:58,450 --> 00:47:59,750 You know very well... 597 00:48:01,020 --> 00:48:04,390 that I still wield that much power, do you not? 598 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:07,590 The Left State Councilor... 599 00:48:08,190 --> 00:48:10,590 possesses a secret pact that I wrote with my own hand. 600 00:48:33,820 --> 00:48:34,820 I... 601 00:48:37,090 --> 00:48:38,650 will be the one to accept punishment. 602 00:48:41,820 --> 00:48:42,820 Gang. 603 00:48:44,030 --> 00:48:46,130 I will take the punishment. 604 00:48:48,730 --> 00:48:50,600 U Hui must not die. 605 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,840 She cannot die because of me. 606 00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:56,310 Please... 607 00:48:57,710 --> 00:48:59,440 just put down the sword. 608 00:49:13,490 --> 00:49:14,690 Do you really wish... 609 00:49:16,490 --> 00:49:18,630 for blood to be spilled here? 610 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,630 Whether I live or die, 611 00:49:23,030 --> 00:49:25,470 both sides stand to lose something precious. 612 00:49:27,870 --> 00:49:31,340 Let us put this behind us and call a truce for now. 613 00:49:31,870 --> 00:49:32,870 U Hui. 614 00:49:35,210 --> 00:49:36,380 What do you say? 615 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:47,160 We will do as she says. 616 00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:56,800 Escort the Crown Princess Consort. 617 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,040 U Hui. 618 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,770 I suppose what you held in your hands... 619 00:50:06,380 --> 00:50:08,140 was not the key to my father's downfall... 620 00:50:11,250 --> 00:50:12,950 but simply a foolish dream. 621 00:50:13,580 --> 00:50:14,580 U Hui... 622 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,000 U Hui. 623 00:50:40,180 --> 00:50:41,280 The Left State Councilor... 624 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,710 How was he released? 625 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,450 Why on earth was he let go? 626 00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:52,020 I will explain everything. 627 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:03,930 So, you are saying... 628 00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:06,970 the Gyesa Year incident was a coup, 629 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:08,770 and since it succeeded, 630 00:51:10,010 --> 00:51:13,240 the Left State Councilor is free of any crime or weakness. 631 00:51:13,410 --> 00:51:14,540 Is that what you are telling me? 632 00:51:16,910 --> 00:51:18,010 I am so sorry. 633 00:51:18,650 --> 00:51:20,080 He may have been coerced, 634 00:51:21,050 --> 00:51:23,290 but it was cowardice for our Royal Father to ignore... 635 00:51:24,090 --> 00:51:25,650 the Left State Councilor's crimes... 636 00:51:26,820 --> 00:51:28,020 and a great sin against you. 637 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:32,890 How could that be your fault? 638 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:35,300 It is just that... 639 00:51:36,260 --> 00:51:39,770 I cannot bring myself to say that it is all okay today. 640 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:43,640 I told her not to hold back anymore, 641 00:51:44,740 --> 00:51:47,210 but U Hui could not show any anger in the end. 642 00:51:47,910 --> 00:51:49,610 She could not even cry in my arms. 643 00:51:52,650 --> 00:51:54,720 She just held it all in as she left. 644 00:52:16,710 --> 00:52:19,370 Why are you so obsessed with becoming the King's in-law? 645 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:21,880 You already have everything. 646 00:52:22,340 --> 00:52:24,650 So why do you covet that position so desperately? 647 00:52:26,250 --> 00:52:27,320 I am just curious. 648 00:52:27,850 --> 00:52:29,320 Because I want to be powerful. 649 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:30,820 How much more powerful? 650 00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,260 To allow anyone to be more powerful than me... 651 00:52:34,060 --> 00:52:37,060 is to be prepared to give up everything I have. 652 00:52:39,130 --> 00:52:40,460 I wanted power, 653 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,370 so I placed first in the military service examination. 654 00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:47,870 Even when I thought I had become powerful enough, 655 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,840 I was still weak in the presence of the King. 656 00:52:51,370 --> 00:52:52,740 And even that powerful King... 657 00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:56,340 was rendered powerless by the Queen's Family. 658 00:52:57,580 --> 00:52:59,850 So you decided to become one of the Queen's Family? 659 00:53:01,250 --> 00:53:02,550 To become the most powerful of all? 660 00:53:02,850 --> 00:53:03,920 Power... 661 00:53:05,890 --> 00:53:08,790 is harder to keep than it is to seize. 662 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,300 So, it is time to wake up from this foolish dream... 663 00:53:17,830 --> 00:53:19,200 and live like a flower. 664 00:53:20,340 --> 00:53:21,900 You will take root in this palace. 665 00:53:22,500 --> 00:53:26,210 You will bloom when I tell you to, and you will wither on my command. 666 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:28,740 If you do just that, 667 00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:32,580 that will be a life well-lived. 668 00:53:45,930 --> 00:53:47,299 Bar the gates to the Detached Palace... 669 00:53:47,300 --> 00:53:49,500 and confine the Crown Princess Consort until the Royal Wedding. 670 00:53:49,970 --> 00:53:51,229 If Crown Princess Consort ever steps foot outside... 671 00:53:51,230 --> 00:53:52,570 the Detached Palace, 672 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:55,640 for every step she takes, 673 00:53:56,610 --> 00:53:59,940 one of the palace's court attendants will be beheaded. 674 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:02,710 Yes, Left State Councilor. 675 00:54:12,890 --> 00:54:16,630 Grand Prince Je Un must be heartbroken. 676 00:54:19,130 --> 00:54:23,000 I did not even know my Royal Father made such a secret pact, 677 00:54:24,770 --> 00:54:27,040 and I was running my mouth about us getting revenge together. 678 00:54:28,300 --> 00:54:29,940 I must look like a complete fool. 679 00:54:30,370 --> 00:54:33,680 But you did not know. Why are you blaming yourself again? 680 00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:35,980 I want to take down the Left State Councilor, 681 00:54:39,350 --> 00:54:41,050 but I just do not know how. 682 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:00,740 You need to get a grip. 683 00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:05,010 Open your eyes and see who your real enemy is. 684 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:09,710 See exactly where you need to aim your bow. 685 00:55:11,310 --> 00:55:13,310 Do not get bogged down by all this useless guilt... 686 00:55:14,550 --> 00:55:16,850 and let it eat you up inside. 687 00:55:17,750 --> 00:55:19,350 You must be strong. 688 00:55:20,190 --> 00:55:23,260 If the path is blocked, you force your way through. 689 00:55:24,260 --> 00:55:27,860 And if there is no path, who cares? Just build a new one. 690 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:31,000 And most importantly, do not ever forget... 691 00:55:31,470 --> 00:55:34,800 that I, your swallow, will always be by your side. 692 00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:36,640 Right? 693 00:55:43,610 --> 00:55:44,610 Do you understand? 694 00:55:47,620 --> 00:55:50,050 And who said you could just grab the Crown Prince's face like that? 695 00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:52,990 My apologies. 696 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,560 But did you not say I was the exception? 697 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,960 What, are you a mind reader now? 698 00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,670 You know exactly what I am thinking without me saying a word. 699 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:10,370 Mind reading? 700 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:12,240 That is right. 701 00:56:12,570 --> 00:56:16,950 Go on then. Keep reading my mind. 702 00:56:21,820 --> 00:56:23,180 Mind reading. 703 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:42,040 Your Royal Highness. I heard you were feeling unwell. 704 00:56:42,770 --> 00:56:44,910 Are you fully recovered now? 705 00:56:45,570 --> 00:56:47,710 Yes, more or less. 706 00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:49,509 Your Highness, as the misunderstanding... 707 00:56:49,510 --> 00:56:51,810 with the Left State Councilor has been cleared, 708 00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:55,880 it is time to close the case on the Jimjo incident. 709 00:56:56,620 --> 00:56:57,650 The Jimjo... 710 00:56:58,190 --> 00:57:01,860 was raised by the former Chief Court Lady Jo alone. 711 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:04,530 As for her niece who framed the Royal Concubine, 712 00:57:05,060 --> 00:57:06,730 she will be exiled and made a government slave. 713 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,200 And with that, the Jimjo incident... 714 00:57:11,670 --> 00:57:12,970 is hereby closed. 715 00:57:13,700 --> 00:57:15,640 - Yes, Your Royal Highness! - Yes, Your Royal Highness! 716 00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,580 Your Royal Highness, this prolonged drought... 717 00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:23,180 is causing our people immense suffering. 718 00:57:23,510 --> 00:57:27,120 This drought persists because yin and yang are unbalanced. 719 00:57:27,380 --> 00:57:29,580 Proceeding with the Royal Wedding without delay... 720 00:57:30,790 --> 00:57:32,720 is the correct course of action. 721 00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:34,360 Yes, Your Highness. 722 00:57:34,390 --> 00:57:37,630 The Royal Wedding must go on to stabilize ancestors and state. 723 00:57:37,990 --> 00:57:41,230 And appease the skies. 724 00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,079 They say a puppy will not fear a tiger. 725 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:00,249 And that fits him perfectly. 726 00:58:00,250 --> 00:58:01,580 I knew he would tuck his tail and run. 727 00:58:02,180 --> 00:58:06,490 How dare he arrest the Left State Councilor? 728 00:58:08,620 --> 00:58:10,390 You can rest easy now. 729 00:58:11,230 --> 00:58:13,560 The Royal Wedding is right around the corner. 730 00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:18,170 This is a day to celebrate your win. Why are you so quiet? 731 00:58:19,530 --> 00:58:21,140 We should at least go to Eunwol Pavilion. 732 00:58:22,340 --> 00:58:24,469 Goodness. Why is it always... 733 00:58:24,470 --> 00:58:26,510 the courtesan house with you, Minister Ja Gyeong? 734 00:58:28,010 --> 00:58:30,010 Do you think I am suggesting it for no reason? 735 00:58:30,780 --> 00:58:32,350 The other day, at Eunwol Pavilion, 736 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,620 I saw Hong Nan. 737 00:58:36,050 --> 00:58:38,890 - The gisaeng from Eunwol Pavilion? - Yes. 738 00:58:39,050 --> 00:58:41,060 Did she not suddenly disappear a few years ago? 739 00:58:41,190 --> 00:58:44,090 See? I knew you would be interested. 740 00:58:44,430 --> 00:58:46,490 Maybe she got kicked out of her concubine's position. 741 00:58:46,930 --> 00:58:50,230 - She was back at Eunwol Pavilion. - A concubine? 742 00:58:51,070 --> 00:58:53,030 Were she and the late deposed Crown Princess's brother... 743 00:58:53,330 --> 00:58:55,000 not madly in love with each other? 744 00:58:55,370 --> 00:58:59,310 After he died, she sold everything, left the registry, and vanished. 745 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,980 What? She turned down my offer for some worthless guy? 746 00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:04,550 Unbelievable. 747 00:59:05,050 --> 00:59:06,050 Wait. 748 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,180 Did you just say the deposed Crown Princess's brother? 749 00:59:10,050 --> 00:59:11,220 Yes. 750 00:59:11,490 --> 00:59:12,750 What is it? 751 00:59:14,190 --> 00:59:15,260 This could be... 752 00:59:15,990 --> 00:59:18,790 something much bigger. 753 00:59:19,730 --> 00:59:21,600 Something that gives us leverage over the Crown Prince. 754 00:59:23,330 --> 00:59:24,330 Something huge. 755 00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:32,810 Find out all you can about a gisaeng from Eunwol Pavilion named Hong Nan, 756 00:59:33,140 --> 00:59:34,280 and find out where she's staying. 757 00:59:34,810 --> 00:59:35,810 Yes, sir. 758 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:40,480 Do you have something to report? 759 00:59:41,150 --> 00:59:43,620 It is about the Royal Concubine's neighbors from Boryeong. 760 00:59:46,550 --> 00:59:48,920 - I have taken care of them. - Good. 761 00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:50,330 You may go. 762 00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:57,870 If... 763 00:59:58,300 --> 01:00:00,370 the Royal Concubine is actually the deposed Crown Princess, 764 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:04,340 then there is only one person who could have gotten her out. 765 01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:09,380 This is absurd. 766 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:11,210 The Crown Princess Consort ran away. 767 01:00:11,380 --> 01:00:13,250 Her whole family should face annihilation for this. 768 01:00:13,350 --> 01:00:14,620 And you are telling me there will be a Royal Wedding? 769 01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:17,649 The King has confined the Crown Princess Consort... 770 01:00:17,650 --> 01:00:19,150 to the Detached Palace until the Royal Wedding. 771 01:00:19,450 --> 01:00:22,290 He also ordered her to be cut off from all outside contact. 772 01:00:24,230 --> 01:00:26,129 By law, the Crown Princess Consort is not allowed to leave... 773 01:00:26,130 --> 01:00:29,160 the Detached Palace to begin with. 774 01:00:29,330 --> 01:00:32,770 Are you trying to deceive me? What is the meaning of this? 775 01:00:33,130 --> 01:00:35,070 Your Majesty, you seem to have misunderstood. 776 01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,040 The Crown Princess Consort did not run away. 777 01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:39,810 She collapsed. 778 01:00:41,140 --> 01:00:44,480 And she just had to collapse outside of the Detached Palace? 779 01:00:45,010 --> 01:00:47,950 - For that long? - When her father was arrested, 780 01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:52,220 I let her go, fearing she would be sick with worry over her father. 781 01:00:52,450 --> 01:00:55,620 She collapsed in shock on the way, recovering at a private house. 782 01:00:55,790 --> 01:00:57,129 The story must have been distorted. 783 01:00:57,130 --> 01:00:58,490 You create a problem to fix it? 784 01:00:59,530 --> 01:01:01,430 It was you who ordered the Left State Councilor's arrest, 785 01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:03,330 was it not? 786 01:01:06,270 --> 01:01:07,600 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 787 01:01:11,910 --> 01:01:13,570 What in the world is going on? 788 01:01:13,740 --> 01:01:15,410 Why are His Majesty and you... 789 01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,850 so helpless against the Left State Councilor? 790 01:01:18,210 --> 01:01:20,010 What kind of leverage does he have on you... 791 01:01:20,620 --> 01:01:23,990 that makes you continue with this absurd charade? 792 01:01:26,790 --> 01:01:28,190 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 793 01:01:29,220 --> 01:01:32,130 If you will just keep repeating "forgive me" like a parrot, 794 01:01:32,990 --> 01:01:34,030 then get out. 795 01:01:37,530 --> 01:01:38,570 Then, 796 01:01:39,130 --> 01:01:40,540 I shall take my leave. 797 01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:49,710 Crown Prince. 798 01:01:52,750 --> 01:01:55,280 We have both lost people, have we not? 799 01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:57,490 People we held dear. 800 01:02:02,620 --> 01:02:04,690 Are you going to let fear paralyze you... 801 01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:06,860 and walk right back into... 802 01:02:07,430 --> 01:02:09,500 that fiery pit again? 803 01:02:33,820 --> 01:02:34,960 The Left State Councilor... 804 01:02:35,460 --> 01:02:38,460 Why on earth was he let go? 805 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:42,900 I was a prisoner of that secret pact. 806 01:02:44,100 --> 01:02:45,930 For years, my life was a living nightmare. 807 01:02:47,170 --> 01:02:50,040 Royal Mother! What is happening? 808 01:02:51,010 --> 01:02:52,010 Royal Mother. 809 01:02:59,110 --> 01:03:01,550 We have both lost people, have we not? 810 01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:03,950 People we held dear. 811 01:03:05,190 --> 01:03:07,290 Are you going to let fear paralyze you... 812 01:03:08,090 --> 01:03:09,160 and walk right back into... 813 01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:11,530 that fiery pit again? 814 01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:19,270 You must be strong. 815 01:03:20,170 --> 01:03:21,440 If your path is blocked, 816 01:03:21,970 --> 01:03:23,240 you force your way through. 817 01:03:24,210 --> 01:03:27,740 And if there is no path, who cares? Just build a new one. 818 01:03:38,490 --> 01:03:40,290 Abdicate the throne to Grand Prince Je Un. 819 01:03:40,620 --> 01:03:44,130 Then, Your Majesty, you must reveal the secret pact yourself. 820 01:03:44,530 --> 01:03:46,830 Do you have any idea what will happen if I do? 821 01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:48,930 It would not be an abdication. You would be dethroned. 822 01:03:49,260 --> 01:03:50,900 And not just Your Majesty, but I, too, 823 01:03:51,700 --> 01:03:53,170 will be dragged down into the abyss. 824 01:03:53,330 --> 01:03:55,140 You know that, and you still dare say such a thing? 825 01:03:56,570 --> 01:03:58,869 You think I like having the Left State Councilor around? 826 01:03:58,870 --> 01:04:00,210 If he falls, 827 01:04:00,540 --> 01:04:02,810 then I, who led a coup without just cause, 828 01:04:03,340 --> 01:04:05,580 and you will have no one left to protect us. 829 01:04:05,880 --> 01:04:07,850 They will all be scrambling to tear us down. 830 01:04:08,250 --> 01:04:12,420 If Je Un takes the throne, he will claim to avenge the Late King. 831 01:04:12,650 --> 01:04:14,420 Which means he will have to kill both you and me. 832 01:04:14,620 --> 01:04:18,590 So you will just sit there, weighing the consequences, 833 01:04:18,660 --> 01:04:20,060 and do absolutely nothing? 834 01:04:21,660 --> 01:04:23,530 Did you not say it yourself, Your Majesty? 835 01:04:24,270 --> 01:04:25,900 That you have been living in a nightmare since that day. 836 01:04:26,930 --> 01:04:28,970 Anything has to be better than nightmare, right? 837 01:04:30,040 --> 01:04:31,970 We should return what we took unjustly... 838 01:04:32,270 --> 01:04:34,580 and take back what was stolen from us. 839 01:04:35,210 --> 01:04:38,480 I will prove you signed the pact under duress, 840 01:04:39,350 --> 01:04:41,020 and I will destroy the Left State Councilor! 841 01:04:43,220 --> 01:04:45,420 This reckless path you are on. 842 01:04:47,420 --> 01:04:48,890 Is it because of the Royal Concubine? 843 01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:50,790 I am doing this for myself. 844 01:04:52,530 --> 01:04:54,700 I failed to protect my mother, and the Crown Princess. 845 01:04:56,030 --> 01:04:57,060 If I... 846 01:04:58,200 --> 01:04:59,900 lose the woman I love again, 847 01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:02,800 I will die. 848 01:05:06,110 --> 01:05:08,910 My mind is made up. So, 849 01:05:10,410 --> 01:05:12,480 I ask that you make yours, Your Majesty. 850 01:05:19,450 --> 01:05:22,190 If the Crown Prince confronts the Left State Councilor, 851 01:05:24,460 --> 01:05:26,689 the Left State Councilor will target the Royal Concubine first, 852 01:05:26,690 --> 01:05:27,760 seeing her as his weakness. 853 01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:31,930 That is the kind of man he is. 854 01:05:35,740 --> 01:05:37,200 I must see Hong Nan. 855 01:05:47,580 --> 01:05:49,750 The Crown Princess, whom I thought dead, 856 01:05:51,620 --> 01:05:53,290 has returned as the Royal Concubine. 857 01:05:56,760 --> 01:05:58,160 Was this your doing? 858 01:05:58,590 --> 01:05:59,690 Her Highness... 859 01:06:00,190 --> 01:06:02,560 threw herself into the icy water five years ago. 860 01:06:04,270 --> 01:06:06,330 She lost all of her memories then. 861 01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:08,500 So I... 862 01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:11,470 made everyone believe she was dead. 863 01:06:12,210 --> 01:06:13,610 She lost her memories? 864 01:06:14,610 --> 01:06:16,410 Why would the Crown Princess make such a choice? 865 01:06:16,810 --> 01:06:18,950 - I distinctly... - You gave her a letter. 866 01:06:19,780 --> 01:06:21,649 A letter to fake her death and flee... 867 01:06:21,650 --> 01:06:23,520 the day before she would be poisoned. 868 01:06:24,650 --> 01:06:26,389 You knew exactly how the Crown Prince... 869 01:06:26,390 --> 01:06:28,020 and the Crown Princess felt for one another, 870 01:06:28,590 --> 01:06:31,630 yet what you gave her that day was not a letter. 871 01:06:31,690 --> 01:06:35,130 It was to ease your pathetic guilt. And that... 872 01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:38,070 was a death sentence, 873 01:06:39,230 --> 01:06:42,500 - not a chance to live! - You insolent wench! How dare you? 874 01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:46,240 Fine. Since I am already insolent, I will say what I have to say. 875 01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:49,580 Did you truly wish for Her Highness to escape... 876 01:06:50,180 --> 01:06:52,180 and live on safely? 877 01:06:53,110 --> 01:06:56,280 Or were you just hoping she would take her own life for you? 878 01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:03,360 Your Majesty. 879 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:07,960 This time, 880 01:07:11,230 --> 01:07:12,930 you must save Her Highness. 881 01:07:14,940 --> 01:07:16,400 It has been ages since we had meat! 882 01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:17,610 Eat up. 883 01:07:21,380 --> 01:07:22,440 Hong Nan. 884 01:07:23,010 --> 01:07:24,280 Come have a bite. 885 01:07:24,950 --> 01:07:26,110 I am fine, thank you. 886 01:07:26,780 --> 01:07:30,080 More importantly, after you eat, you need to pack your things. 887 01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:31,820 We are leaving for Qing. 888 01:07:38,590 --> 01:07:41,160 Technically speaking, to the Crown Prince, 889 01:07:41,230 --> 01:07:43,260 we are his parents-in-law. 890 01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:45,670 Sorry to bring this up while we are eating. 891 01:07:46,170 --> 01:07:48,569 When you buy a house, you get the outhouse too. 892 01:07:48,570 --> 01:07:49,970 They just took our Dal, 893 01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:53,940 and now they are exiling us to Qing. That is not right. 894 01:07:54,410 --> 01:07:56,380 - Just eat. - All right. 895 01:07:57,310 --> 01:07:58,510 Well... 896 01:07:59,780 --> 01:08:00,780 But why? 897 01:08:01,580 --> 01:08:04,150 Is it because we are a runaway court lady and eunuch? 898 01:08:04,590 --> 01:08:07,190 Are we a burden to Dal? 899 01:08:07,790 --> 01:08:09,720 Dal is coming with us. 900 01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:11,330 What? 901 01:08:12,230 --> 01:08:14,030 Are you still half asleep? 902 01:08:14,660 --> 01:08:17,630 She is the Royal Concubine. Why would she go to Qing? 903 01:08:26,410 --> 01:08:27,510 The truth is, Dal... 904 01:08:28,880 --> 01:08:30,510 is the supposedly... 905 01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:32,750 the deceased Crown Princess. 906 01:08:36,980 --> 01:08:37,990 My goodness. 907 01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:51,230 I heard that your family... 908 01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:54,740 is staying at Unjeong Palace. 909 01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:56,570 My apologies, Your Majesty. 910 01:08:58,110 --> 01:08:59,610 I did not summon you here to reprimand you. 911 01:09:00,770 --> 01:09:02,280 However, it is against palace protocol, 912 01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:04,910 so I will arrange a separate residence for them. 913 01:09:05,580 --> 01:09:07,150 Go and discuss it with your family. 914 01:09:07,580 --> 01:09:08,650 Thank you, Your Majesty. 915 01:09:10,020 --> 01:09:11,650 However, we must be mindful of prying eyes, 916 01:09:13,050 --> 01:09:14,420 so be discreet. 917 01:09:14,690 --> 01:09:15,790 Yes, Your Majesty. 918 01:09:18,030 --> 01:09:20,290 Then I shall take my leave. 919 01:09:25,270 --> 01:09:26,330 My dear. 920 01:09:33,410 --> 01:09:34,510 In a commoner's home, 921 01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:38,180 is that not what they call a daughter-in-law? 922 01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:41,980 I just wanted to call you that once. 923 01:09:45,620 --> 01:09:46,750 You may go. 924 01:09:55,230 --> 01:09:56,660 For your thoughtfulness, 925 01:09:57,430 --> 01:09:58,830 I am sincerely grateful. 926 01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:28,360 The Crown Prince's Concubine. 927 01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,130 No. 928 01:10:31,930 --> 01:10:33,230 Kill the Crown Princess. 929 01:10:36,100 --> 01:10:37,870 Set fire to the Royal Concubine's quarters... 930 01:10:38,740 --> 01:10:40,670 and place a body of a similar build inside. 931 01:10:41,540 --> 01:10:44,210 I must make the Crown Princess dead to the world once more. 932 01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:12,910 Welcome, Your Highness, the Crown Princess. 933 01:11:13,570 --> 01:11:16,940 Goodness. My apologies. Welcome, Royal Concubine. 934 01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:20,450 It is all right. 935 01:11:21,220 --> 01:11:23,350 But do I really look that much like her? 936 01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:25,920 Why is everyone so shocked when they see me? 937 01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:31,390 With a mole on your nose, you would be her spitting image. 938 01:11:32,030 --> 01:11:33,230 A mole? 939 01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:40,100 Once every 3 months, for 15 minutes, 940 01:11:40,470 --> 01:11:41,970 you must cover the mole on your nose. 941 01:11:42,370 --> 01:11:45,310 No one should ever recognize you. 942 01:11:47,170 --> 01:11:49,980 Hong Nan has stepped out for a moment, 943 01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:51,550 so please come inside for now. 944 01:11:51,980 --> 01:11:54,980 - The sun is scorching. Come. - Sure. 945 01:12:13,300 --> 01:12:14,800 Are you upset about... 946 01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:16,970 what the servant said earlier? 947 01:12:18,370 --> 01:12:19,370 No. 948 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,840 What do you mean, "no"? It is written all over your face. 949 01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:24,850 I told you, I am not. 950 01:12:34,020 --> 01:12:36,660 Yeon Sim, I bet your first love is going to come true. 951 01:12:37,890 --> 01:12:39,860 Are you praying for my execution? 952 01:12:40,130 --> 01:12:42,730 If a court lady's first love comes true, she loses her head. 953 01:12:43,030 --> 01:12:45,600 Gosh. That is not what I meant. 954 01:12:46,630 --> 01:12:48,870 In that case, may you live a long and single life. 955 01:12:50,270 --> 01:12:52,610 - Is that meant to be a blessing? - Of course it is. 956 01:12:54,040 --> 01:12:56,710 But what do flower petals have to do with first love, anyway? 957 01:12:57,580 --> 01:12:58,680 You do not know? 958 01:12:59,050 --> 01:13:02,720 - Catch a petal, your first love... - Do you know the saying? 959 01:13:05,090 --> 01:13:07,090 If you happen to catch a falling flower petal, 960 01:13:07,590 --> 01:13:08,819 do you know what happens? 961 01:13:08,820 --> 01:13:10,560 If you catch a falling petal, 962 01:13:12,890 --> 01:13:14,260 your first love will come true. 963 01:13:34,650 --> 01:13:35,850 This one thing... 964 01:13:36,550 --> 01:13:37,750 is mine. 965 01:13:54,470 --> 01:13:55,470 Mangdeok. 966 01:14:01,910 --> 01:14:02,910 Your Highness. 967 01:14:13,890 --> 01:14:14,890 Come here. 968 01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:17,520 Gently piling up. 969 01:14:17,830 --> 01:14:20,290 It is as if little blessings are piling up like snow. 970 01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:23,800 Does it not feel like a promise of happiness? 971 01:14:33,370 --> 01:14:34,370 My lord! 972 01:14:37,340 --> 01:14:38,950 Your small blessing for today. 973 01:14:42,820 --> 01:14:44,250 It is so beautiful. 974 01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:47,690 It truly is. 975 01:14:58,900 --> 01:15:01,170 Your Highness. Are you all right? 976 01:15:01,370 --> 01:15:02,800 You are the sole exception. 977 01:15:05,270 --> 01:15:06,440 This one thing... 978 01:15:08,010 --> 01:15:09,180 is mine. 979 01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:17,920 Your Highness. 980 01:15:18,450 --> 01:15:19,450 Your Highness. 981 01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:26,730 The King will order you poison. You must flee now, Your Highness! 982 01:15:33,030 --> 01:15:34,570 Hong Nan... 983 01:15:39,310 --> 01:15:41,110 Why did you deceive me? 984 01:15:49,550 --> 01:15:50,620 Why? 985 01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:06,530 (Moon River) 986 01:16:21,850 --> 01:16:24,250 Have your memories returned? 987 01:16:24,580 --> 01:16:28,020 The memories are back, but I am completely lost. 988 01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:29,989 You want me to overthrow you and His Majesty... 989 01:16:29,990 --> 01:16:31,760 and take the throne for myself? 990 01:16:31,890 --> 01:16:34,560 Look at this mess the Left State Councilor has caused. 991 01:16:34,700 --> 01:16:36,899 The Left State Councilor is a scary man. 992 01:16:36,900 --> 01:16:38,830 He will harm the Crown Princess, no matter what. 993 01:16:38,900 --> 01:16:40,730 What are you talking about? 994 01:16:41,030 --> 01:16:43,740 There is no time. You have to escape. 995 01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:45,569 I despise the royals who killed my family. 996 01:16:45,570 --> 01:16:46,940 And I despise you too, Your Highness. 997 01:16:47,170 --> 01:16:50,240 I never want to see you again, Your Highness. 998 01:17:06,930 --> 01:17:11,000 (Moon River)