1 00:00:06,858 --> 00:00:07,927 (This program is a work of imagination...) 2 00:00:07,927 --> 00:00:08,958 (based on historical figures.) 3 00:00:08,958 --> 00:00:09,998 (It may include fictitious details and psychological description.) 4 00:00:58,353 --> 00:01:01,322 Leave the palace before the sunrise tomorrow. 5 00:01:04,123 --> 00:01:05,893 Get out of my sight. 6 00:01:08,493 --> 00:01:10,663 Do not appear before me again. 7 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,680 What are you saying? 8 00:02:00,311 --> 00:02:01,580 You are leaving the Palace? 9 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,410 You must leave right now? 10 00:02:03,781 --> 00:02:05,981 I dared to deceive the King. 11 00:02:07,091 --> 00:02:09,820 It is natural for the King to deceive a court lady, 12 00:02:10,390 --> 00:02:12,991 but it is unacceptable for a court lady to do so. 13 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:16,831 Go and beg. 14 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:18,561 Beg for forgiveness. 15 00:02:19,001 --> 00:02:20,331 Whatever it is you did, 16 00:02:20,331 --> 00:02:22,001 if you bow deeply and beg... 17 00:02:22,001 --> 00:02:23,301 I do not want to do that. 18 00:02:24,001 --> 00:02:26,170 I still resent the King. 19 00:02:31,081 --> 00:02:33,040 This might be for the better. 20 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,610 I cannot face him now... 21 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:37,651 as if nothing had happened. 22 00:02:45,890 --> 00:02:47,091 Take this book. 23 00:02:47,091 --> 00:02:48,160 ("Moral Education for Women") 24 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,061 I cannot take what belonged... 25 00:02:50,061 --> 00:02:52,200 to Royal Noble Consort Yeong out of the Palace. 26 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:55,301 Please keep it safe for me. 27 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:01,410 What about your friends? 28 00:03:02,110 --> 00:03:03,781 Will you not even say goodbye? 29 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:06,980 I do not wish to cry right now. 30 00:03:08,010 --> 00:03:09,781 It is not like we will never meet again. 31 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 (Episode 15) 32 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,670 My lady, have you seen Duk Im? 33 00:04:45,381 --> 00:04:46,480 She left. 34 00:04:47,081 --> 00:04:48,781 - Pardon? - My lady! 35 00:04:49,711 --> 00:04:50,951 My lady! 36 00:04:53,021 --> 00:04:57,050 My lady. I just got back from the King's Palace. 37 00:04:58,191 --> 00:05:00,790 He is on his way here. 38 00:05:00,790 --> 00:05:01,790 What? 39 00:05:06,230 --> 00:05:08,401 Come on down here. 40 00:05:08,571 --> 00:05:09,800 - What is going on? - Why? 41 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,000 Hurry. Gather down here. 42 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,841 Stand in line, quick. 43 00:05:13,841 --> 00:05:16,271 - What is happening? - Why would he come here? 44 00:05:17,071 --> 00:05:18,781 Get in line. Hurry. 45 00:05:18,781 --> 00:05:20,381 Be quick. 46 00:05:32,091 --> 00:05:35,990 Your Majesty, what brings you here so early in the morning? 47 00:05:37,060 --> 00:05:38,500 Is Sung Duk Im here? 48 00:05:40,771 --> 00:05:41,800 Is she here? 49 00:05:43,401 --> 00:05:44,771 Sung Duk Im... 50 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:48,740 did as you commanded and left the Palace. 51 00:05:52,381 --> 00:05:54,451 Lead me to her room. 52 00:05:57,211 --> 00:05:58,221 I will. 53 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:16,031 Your Majesty, she left already. 54 00:06:19,341 --> 00:06:20,401 Your Majesty. 55 00:06:21,670 --> 00:06:25,310 I only wanted to confirm for myself. 56 00:06:27,951 --> 00:06:30,511 I must be sure that she is... 57 00:06:33,081 --> 00:06:34,591 no longer anywhere here. 58 00:06:41,091 --> 00:06:42,591 ("Moral Education for Women") 59 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:44,860 That book. 60 00:06:45,461 --> 00:06:47,430 It belonged to Royal Noble Consort Yeong, 61 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,571 and she refused to take it with her out of the Palace. 62 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:52,841 So she left it behind. 63 00:06:55,271 --> 00:06:56,711 Leave me for a while. 64 00:06:57,381 --> 00:06:58,381 I will. 65 00:07:11,490 --> 00:07:15,031 ("Moral Education for Women") 66 00:07:25,670 --> 00:07:26,670 You... 67 00:07:28,211 --> 00:07:29,571 really have gone. 68 00:07:32,281 --> 00:07:35,581 Without begging or clinging to me. 69 00:07:40,281 --> 00:07:41,290 Yes. 70 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,261 That is typically you. 71 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:47,891 I have never met... 72 00:07:49,430 --> 00:07:51,360 such an insolent one as you. 73 00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:03,511 ("Moral Education for Women") 74 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:05,581 (Filial woman, Wise woman, Ordinary woman) 75 00:08:19,490 --> 00:08:21,430 (Your mother is a servant.) 76 00:08:22,660 --> 00:08:23,891 What is this... 77 00:08:24,961 --> 00:08:26,060 doing here? 78 00:08:46,051 --> 00:08:49,191 (One year later) 79 00:08:49,421 --> 00:08:52,561 - No. - Give me a discount. 80 00:08:52,561 --> 00:08:53,721 Come on. 81 00:08:53,721 --> 00:08:55,961 It is a rare book copied in palace font, 82 00:08:55,961 --> 00:08:57,431 so I want at least three yang. 83 00:08:57,431 --> 00:09:00,500 You charge more each time. 84 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,030 Leave it, then. 85 00:09:02,030 --> 00:09:04,441 No, wait. 86 00:09:04,441 --> 00:09:06,701 You were naive when we first met. 87 00:09:06,701 --> 00:09:09,110 You got much better at haggling. 88 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,880 Here you go. 89 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:19,850 ("Chunhyangjeon") 90 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:24,291 I will take this. 91 00:09:24,291 --> 00:09:25,921 You cannot... 92 00:09:26,961 --> 00:09:27,961 That is... 93 00:09:28,990 --> 00:09:30,230 My goodness. 94 00:09:36,630 --> 00:09:37,801 What does that say? 95 00:09:37,801 --> 00:09:39,870 - My gosh. - Is that true? 96 00:09:40,911 --> 00:09:43,110 - My gosh. - What a mess. 97 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,880 What is this about? 98 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,610 What is the matter? 99 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:52,380 Thank you. 100 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:58,221 It has been a while, my lady. 101 00:10:01,831 --> 00:10:03,191 It has been a year since we met. 102 00:10:03,191 --> 00:10:05,100 Do not give me such a wary look. 103 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,230 I have nothing to my name, 104 00:10:07,230 --> 00:10:08,870 and I have no connections either. 105 00:10:09,571 --> 00:10:11,201 Are we not much alike now? 106 00:10:12,541 --> 00:10:13,971 I heard about you. 107 00:10:14,370 --> 00:10:15,541 You got sent away. 108 00:10:15,911 --> 00:10:16,911 Yes. 109 00:10:16,911 --> 00:10:19,110 You did play a terrible hand. 110 00:10:19,811 --> 00:10:21,780 You got the queen dowager involved. 111 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,980 Are you following me just so you can say that? 112 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:29,321 I was just pleased to see you. 113 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,890 The two people who served the King with all their hearts... 114 00:10:35,230 --> 00:10:37,061 were abandoned by him on the same day. 115 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,900 Would you not say that means something? 116 00:10:43,030 --> 00:10:45,870 Was involving the queen dowager really the only way? 117 00:10:48,471 --> 00:10:49,671 What do you mean? 118 00:10:52,110 --> 00:10:54,411 At the time, you were Royal Secretary... 119 00:10:54,411 --> 00:10:56,081 with a lot of power. 120 00:10:56,681 --> 00:10:59,750 What could I have done to beat you... 121 00:10:59,750 --> 00:11:00,921 as a lowly maid? 122 00:11:02,390 --> 00:11:04,360 I had to risk my life. 123 00:11:10,091 --> 00:11:11,431 You see, 124 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,571 you did not risk your life. 125 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 I suppose you racked your brain a little. 126 00:11:20,071 --> 00:11:22,270 "What will happen if I get Queen Dowager involved?" 127 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,640 "Will His Majesty take my life?" 128 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,640 "No, he will not be able to." 129 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:29,750 You swiftly finished your calculations... 130 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:31,480 and stepped in to obtain what you wanted. 131 00:11:33,421 --> 00:11:34,490 What do you say? 132 00:11:35,390 --> 00:11:36,551 Am I wrong? 133 00:11:38,107 --> 00:11:39,237 Do not... 134 00:11:40,490 --> 00:11:42,791 jump to your own conclusions on what others may be thinking. 135 00:11:43,030 --> 00:11:46,331 Do you still think that you are a mighty royal secretary? 136 00:11:47,730 --> 00:11:50,400 You always had a special place in His Majesty's heart. 137 00:11:51,870 --> 00:11:53,600 And you know that... 138 00:11:54,441 --> 00:11:56,411 better than anybody else does. 139 00:11:58,841 --> 00:11:59,941 However, 140 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,951 you no longer have that special place in his heart. 141 00:12:04,181 --> 00:12:05,551 What do you mean? 142 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:09,250 Do you wish to know what that notice is about? 143 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:12,591 All noble families must submit information... 144 00:12:12,591 --> 00:12:13,661 on their unmarried daughters. 145 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:16,630 One of them will be selected as a royal concubine. 146 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,431 A royal concubine? 147 00:12:22,270 --> 00:12:24,500 The King will remarry. 148 00:12:28,571 --> 00:12:30,171 Enough time has passed. 149 00:12:32,411 --> 00:12:34,010 For the King, both my sister... 150 00:12:36,581 --> 00:12:37,721 and you... 151 00:12:40,681 --> 00:12:42,221 are all in the past now. 152 00:13:19,821 --> 00:13:23,431 I am pleased with the results of the archery and spear drills. 153 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:27,630 The soldier who won may join the cavalry unit. 154 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,770 And the three troops are to receive prizes. 155 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,301 Yes, Your Majesty. 156 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:34,341 But I must tell you. 157 00:13:34,971 --> 00:13:37,370 I am not so pleased with the results of the ball striking drill. 158 00:13:37,571 --> 00:13:39,911 I will change the training method. 159 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:41,610 Do that. 160 00:13:53,020 --> 00:13:57,691 Your Majesty, you cannot return to the Palace in this heavy rain. 161 00:13:58,230 --> 00:14:01,701 Princess Cheongyeon's residence is not far from here. 162 00:14:01,931 --> 00:14:03,201 How about... 163 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,770 you spend the night there? 164 00:14:09,870 --> 00:14:11,010 Your Majesty? 165 00:14:12,441 --> 00:14:13,510 I will do so. 166 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,350 Send a messenger and inform Princess Cheongyeon. 167 00:14:17,681 --> 00:14:18,880 Yes, Your Majesty. 168 00:14:35,971 --> 00:14:38,471 Welcome, Your Majesty. 169 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,610 Hello. How have you been? 170 00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:42,941 Very well. 171 00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:52,181 What brings Your Majesty here? 172 00:14:52,181 --> 00:14:55,451 Hello. I went hunting, but it suddenly started pouring. 173 00:14:56,051 --> 00:14:57,120 Have a seat. 174 00:14:59,173 --> 00:15:01,144 Please continue. 175 00:15:01,390 --> 00:15:04,030 People say that he is still seen often at the market... 176 00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:07,507 and acts like he has lost his mind from time to time. 177 00:15:09,703 --> 00:15:11,473 Is this about Hong Duk Ro? 178 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,071 Is he still busy visiting royal relatives? 179 00:15:16,071 --> 00:15:19,380 I heard he visited Prince Euneon three days ago. 180 00:15:20,081 --> 00:15:22,750 Your Majesty will soon welcome a new royal concubine, 181 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,051 so I believe Hong Duk Ro... 182 00:15:24,736 --> 00:15:26,966 will have no choice but to give up his vain ambitions. 183 00:15:28,321 --> 00:15:30,950 I heard you have already selected your new royal concubine. 184 00:15:31,339 --> 00:15:32,670 Who is she? 185 00:15:33,461 --> 00:15:34,931 Her family is in the Soron faction. 186 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:37,227 She is the Chief State Councilor's niece. 187 00:15:38,514 --> 00:15:39,953 Her surname is Yoon. 188 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,089 Oh, no. Is it all wet, Duk Im? 189 00:15:47,816 --> 00:15:50,857 Your Highness, I found the book that you were looking for. 190 00:15:51,041 --> 00:15:52,841 Is this the right one? 191 00:15:52,841 --> 00:15:54,750 Yes, you managed to find this. 192 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,120 It is similar to the Story of Hong Gae Wol. 193 00:15:58,581 --> 00:16:01,890 A woman's adventures in the world disguised as a man... 194 00:16:16,466 --> 00:16:18,336 I forgot to tell you. 195 00:16:18,571 --> 00:16:20,770 His Majesty is here. 196 00:16:22,516 --> 00:16:23,886 Do you want to go and say hello? 197 00:16:23,971 --> 00:16:25,110 No, Your Highness. 198 00:16:26,411 --> 00:16:28,010 Since I am no longer His Majesty's personal maid, 199 00:16:28,010 --> 00:16:30,510 I am not allowed to see his face unless he asks for me. 200 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:33,150 Still, it is you. 201 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,520 I was banished from the Palace for I have sinned. 202 00:16:53,416 --> 00:16:55,987 Will my husband like this? 203 00:16:56,722 --> 00:16:58,722 I am sure he will be delighted. 204 00:16:58,807 --> 00:16:59,947 What about you, Cheongsun? 205 00:17:00,739 --> 00:17:02,249 You will give it to Prince Consort Heung Eun, right? 206 00:17:02,767 --> 00:17:03,897 Yes, of course. 207 00:17:06,764 --> 00:17:07,863 What about you, Duk Im? 208 00:17:09,197 --> 00:17:11,137 I have not thought about it. 209 00:17:12,191 --> 00:17:14,090 I could just use it myself. 210 00:17:14,461 --> 00:17:15,691 Give it to His Majesty. 211 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:20,101 - Pardon me? - His Majesty came all the way here. 212 00:17:20,401 --> 00:17:22,631 You should beg for his forgiveness. 213 00:17:22,730 --> 00:17:25,340 Who knows? You may be able to return to the Palace. 214 00:17:25,340 --> 00:17:26,441 No, I cannot. 215 00:17:27,201 --> 00:17:29,711 I have dared to disappoint His Majesty, 216 00:17:30,343 --> 00:17:31,954 so I cannot be forgiven. 217 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:35,590 I am surprised that he was disappointed in a mere court lady. 218 00:17:36,329 --> 00:17:39,700 You cannot be disappointed without expectations. 219 00:17:39,944 --> 00:17:43,343 He was gravely disappointed. I am certain he will not forgive me. 220 00:17:47,784 --> 00:17:50,954 Then why did he send you to my house? 221 00:17:53,676 --> 00:17:56,116 She lived as a court lady for many years, 222 00:17:56,247 --> 00:17:57,947 so she does not know how the outside world works. 223 00:17:59,237 --> 00:18:03,106 I do not want her to suffer in any way. 224 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:07,913 I must ask you to accept her since you know her personally. 225 00:18:29,910 --> 00:18:33,120 He did not arrange this because it was you. 226 00:18:34,101 --> 00:18:36,941 His Majesty always makes sure court ladies would have... 227 00:18:37,010 --> 00:18:40,181 somewhere to stay when they leave the Palace. 228 00:18:43,010 --> 00:18:45,851 You had nowhere to go. 229 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:49,121 I... 230 00:18:50,020 --> 00:18:51,121 did not know... 231 00:18:52,191 --> 00:18:54,260 that His Majesty was the one who sent me... 232 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:55,631 to Princess Cheongyeon's residence. 233 00:18:59,161 --> 00:19:00,830 The day I was expelled from the Palace, 234 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,671 I intentionally told His Majesty... 235 00:19:03,671 --> 00:19:05,171 the harshest things I could think of. 236 00:19:06,171 --> 00:19:09,711 I wanted to hurt him. 237 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,111 Even if I was flogged and became a slave, 238 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:14,510 it would be nothing strange. 239 00:19:16,284 --> 00:19:17,484 Nevertheless... 240 00:19:18,454 --> 00:19:20,153 I was expelled, 241 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,050 but I am doing fine. 242 00:19:24,421 --> 00:19:27,090 And now that I know it was all thanks to His Majesty... 243 00:19:29,931 --> 00:19:31,961 For some reason, it makes me even more miserable. 244 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:34,871 It is all in the past now. 245 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:43,810 It is very good to see you. It has been too long. 246 00:19:50,553 --> 00:19:52,794 I got to see you today thanks to this rain, 247 00:19:53,093 --> 00:19:55,494 so these falling raindrops sound like music to my ears. 248 00:20:33,839 --> 00:20:35,069 I apologize, Your Majesty. 249 00:20:35,630 --> 00:20:39,231 I was ordered to light the lanterns for Your Majesty. 250 00:20:39,643 --> 00:20:42,784 I ordered you to never show yourself before me. 251 00:20:43,671 --> 00:20:45,040 I apologize, Your Majesty. 252 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,840 You disobeyed a royal order... 253 00:20:48,333 --> 00:20:50,064 as if it was nothing. 254 00:20:52,911 --> 00:20:53,980 But then again, 255 00:20:54,851 --> 00:20:56,980 I know that you were never afraid of me to begin with. 256 00:21:06,234 --> 00:21:07,633 I wish to ask you something. 257 00:21:10,361 --> 00:21:11,560 You left... 258 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,101 "Moral Education for Women". 259 00:21:16,201 --> 00:21:19,141 I saw something strange in the book. 260 00:21:24,010 --> 00:21:26,540 Why do you have that? 261 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:29,010 I beg your pardon? 262 00:21:32,121 --> 00:21:33,121 I beg your pardon? 263 00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:34,580 Never mind. 264 00:21:35,957 --> 00:21:37,187 Forget it. 265 00:21:38,901 --> 00:21:41,130 I have nothing to do with you anymore. 266 00:21:42,931 --> 00:21:43,931 You... 267 00:21:44,861 --> 00:21:46,131 or Hong Duk Ro. 268 00:21:49,671 --> 00:21:52,240 You said you never wanted to see me again. 269 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:54,740 Please forgive me to appear in front of you again. 270 00:21:55,371 --> 00:21:56,911 I am sorry to say this, 271 00:21:57,171 --> 00:21:59,211 but I need to ask you a favor. 272 00:22:01,381 --> 00:22:02,451 A favor? 273 00:22:05,181 --> 00:22:06,421 What is it? 274 00:22:08,290 --> 00:22:10,290 Since Princess Cheongyeon is your sister, 275 00:22:10,550 --> 00:22:12,760 you probably visit here from time to time. 276 00:22:14,590 --> 00:22:16,060 If you ever see me, 277 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:19,201 could you please pretend you did not see me and pass by? 278 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:22,300 If you could just pass me by like a stranger... 279 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:24,730 How dare you order me around? 280 00:22:27,641 --> 00:22:30,141 You should be reflecting on yourself, 281 00:22:31,371 --> 00:22:32,810 but you have only become... 282 00:22:33,980 --> 00:22:35,381 more arrogant and rude. 283 00:22:35,381 --> 00:22:37,181 Then punish me... 284 00:22:37,181 --> 00:22:38,820 for being arrogant and rude. 285 00:22:39,181 --> 00:22:40,250 Punish me properly... 286 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:43,250 without any toleration. 287 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:54,760 Then... 288 00:23:06,381 --> 00:23:08,480 I shall untie the string on your clothes. 289 00:23:11,010 --> 00:23:12,681 Once you spend the night with me, 290 00:23:15,851 --> 00:23:18,361 you cannot be an ordinary court maid anymore. 291 00:23:21,121 --> 00:23:22,461 If you do not become a concubine... 292 00:23:23,060 --> 00:23:25,131 even after we spend the night together, 293 00:23:27,330 --> 00:23:30,201 you will get stuck in the backroom and waste your time. 294 00:23:37,141 --> 00:23:39,181 You will rot as a worthless worm... 295 00:23:40,641 --> 00:23:42,510 despised by other court maids. 296 00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:49,121 That scares you more than death, does it not? 297 00:23:57,431 --> 00:23:58,861 Are you finally getting afraid? 298 00:24:46,540 --> 00:24:49,780 Ma'am. Why is he returning to the palace already? 299 00:24:50,411 --> 00:24:51,750 I do not know. 300 00:24:53,921 --> 00:24:54,921 Your Majesty. 301 00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:58,760 Your Majesty. It is late. 302 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,121 Rain has stopped. I shall go back. 303 00:25:01,121 --> 00:25:02,230 Your Majesty. 304 00:25:17,473 --> 00:25:18,473 Look. 305 00:25:19,374 --> 00:25:22,084 How dare you look at the King's face without his permission? 306 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,511 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 307 00:25:33,481 --> 00:25:35,481 I have disrespected you... 308 00:25:35,781 --> 00:25:37,551 for not knowing the royal customs. 309 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:39,690 Who are you? 310 00:25:39,890 --> 00:25:41,821 I am Yeon Joo of the Yoon's family. 311 00:25:45,430 --> 00:25:46,761 I know who you are. 312 00:25:48,501 --> 00:25:52,700 I have always imagined what you would be like. 313 00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:56,301 You are more... 314 00:25:56,301 --> 00:25:57,301 Royal Guard. 315 00:25:58,001 --> 00:25:59,041 Yes, Your Majesty. 316 00:25:59,041 --> 00:26:01,011 It is too late for a woman to walk around. 317 00:26:01,011 --> 00:26:02,081 Walk her home. 318 00:26:02,481 --> 00:26:03,481 Yes, Your Majesty. 319 00:26:12,220 --> 00:26:13,351 Well... 320 00:26:15,291 --> 00:26:16,761 What should I do? 321 00:26:28,541 --> 00:26:30,001 If you do not become a concubine... 322 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:31,470 even after we spend the night together, 323 00:26:34,071 --> 00:26:35,410 you will get stuck in the backroom... 324 00:26:36,481 --> 00:26:38,680 and waste your time. 325 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:47,551 You will rot as a worthless worm... 326 00:26:49,061 --> 00:26:50,920 despised by other court maids. 327 00:26:53,591 --> 00:26:56,601 That scares you more than death, does it not? 328 00:27:00,831 --> 00:27:03,170 That will be the real punishment. 329 00:27:07,610 --> 00:27:08,680 Duk Im. 330 00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:10,410 Duk Im. 331 00:27:12,610 --> 00:27:13,610 My lady. 332 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:15,650 Are you heading back to the palace? 333 00:27:16,420 --> 00:27:17,481 That is not it. 334 00:27:17,981 --> 00:27:20,321 I have a message from the palace. 335 00:27:20,321 --> 00:27:23,091 You can go back to the palace. 336 00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:25,561 What do you mean? 337 00:27:25,561 --> 00:27:28,460 Anyways, let us go back to the palace. 338 00:27:53,551 --> 00:27:55,390 What brings you to my house? 339 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:00,190 Have you decided to forgive this poor man? 340 00:28:00,561 --> 00:28:02,200 I am here to say goodbye. 341 00:28:03,101 --> 00:28:06,101 I am going back to the palace. 342 00:28:13,370 --> 00:28:14,811 So that is what happens. 343 00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:18,811 You are going back to His Majesty, 344 00:28:21,650 --> 00:28:22,821 and I am abandoned. 345 00:28:27,351 --> 00:28:28,660 Why the long face? 346 00:28:30,660 --> 00:28:32,360 Do you not want to go back to the palace? 347 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:34,460 No. 348 00:28:34,660 --> 00:28:35,660 My. 349 00:28:37,761 --> 00:28:39,571 I want to go back... 350 00:28:42,101 --> 00:28:43,400 even if I have to cut my stomach... 351 00:28:45,170 --> 00:28:46,970 and remove my liver. 352 00:28:49,910 --> 00:28:53,180 I have something I want to say. 353 00:28:54,410 --> 00:28:56,851 I once told you... 354 00:28:58,180 --> 00:29:00,890 Queen Wonbin would have been alive... 355 00:29:00,890 --> 00:29:02,291 if she had not become the concubine. 356 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,360 I have always regretted saying that. 357 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,400 She could have had a son... 358 00:29:11,601 --> 00:29:13,571 and lived a happy life. 359 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:15,970 She just... 360 00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:18,970 happened to be very unfortunate. 361 00:29:20,571 --> 00:29:22,940 Our lives are determined by the deity, 362 00:29:23,710 --> 00:29:25,581 and we cannot do anything about that. 363 00:29:27,950 --> 00:29:28,950 So, 364 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:33,821 her death is never your fault. 365 00:29:36,021 --> 00:29:38,091 I cannot forgive you... 366 00:29:38,091 --> 00:29:39,390 for what you have done to my friend, 367 00:29:40,591 --> 00:29:42,761 but I have always wanted to say this to you. 368 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:56,281 Did you mean it... 369 00:29:56,281 --> 00:29:57,640 when you said you do not wish to go back to the palace? 370 00:29:58,650 --> 00:30:00,281 I can make that happen. 371 00:30:02,180 --> 00:30:03,650 You should come with me. 372 00:30:07,291 --> 00:30:08,491 We should leave. 373 00:30:09,321 --> 00:30:11,960 I will take you wherever you wish to go. 374 00:30:13,591 --> 00:30:15,301 Shall we tour Mount Geumgang? 375 00:30:16,301 --> 00:30:18,001 Or we can sail to Tamra Island. 376 00:30:19,271 --> 00:30:22,700 We can freely go anywhere we want. 377 00:30:24,601 --> 00:30:25,710 What do you say? 378 00:30:26,271 --> 00:30:27,640 Are you not interested? 379 00:30:30,981 --> 00:30:33,311 That is something not even the King can do for you. 380 00:30:37,450 --> 00:30:41,390 You still have the bad habit of teasing court ladies. 381 00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:44,720 I will pretend I did not hear that. 382 00:30:46,130 --> 00:30:48,831 I always felt angry whenever I saw you. 383 00:30:57,140 --> 00:30:59,470 Part of me knew exactly why, 384 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:01,880 and that made me angrier. 385 00:31:05,811 --> 00:31:07,851 When we met again outside the Palace, 386 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,620 for the first time, I did not feel angry. 387 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:12,950 What are you saying? 388 00:31:13,450 --> 00:31:16,860 If I were to go with you, you can forget the pain of your dismissal... 389 00:31:17,061 --> 00:31:18,591 and be happy? 390 00:31:19,231 --> 00:31:20,690 Is that it? 391 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:22,700 Could that be it? 392 00:31:24,460 --> 00:31:26,870 You overestimate yourself. 393 00:31:30,470 --> 00:31:32,370 I lost everything. 394 00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:37,581 I must suffer in pain for the rest of my life. 395 00:31:40,150 --> 00:31:41,380 What you offer me... 396 00:31:44,351 --> 00:31:46,291 is enough to barely keep me alive. 397 00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:50,321 Enough to barely let me breathe. 398 00:31:52,531 --> 00:31:54,291 Just that much consolation. 399 00:31:56,761 --> 00:31:58,970 Perhaps I can take comfort... 400 00:31:59,670 --> 00:32:02,670 in the fact that I have what the King could not. 401 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,041 If you hear the news that I have died, 402 00:32:11,380 --> 00:32:12,481 remember this. 403 00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:16,321 That the one to kill me... 404 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,091 was you. 405 00:32:24,390 --> 00:32:27,390 Why would you tell such a joke? 406 00:32:46,081 --> 00:32:48,581 If you hear the news that I have died, 407 00:32:50,021 --> 00:32:51,120 remember this. 408 00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:54,591 That the one to kill me... 409 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,291 was you. 410 00:33:00,491 --> 00:33:03,301 He spoke as if he really were going to die. 411 00:33:07,301 --> 00:33:10,340 Your Majesty, if I may say, 412 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,240 the Royal Secretary position has been vacant for too long. 413 00:33:13,910 --> 00:33:17,180 You must select someone soon to fill the vacancy. 414 00:33:22,651 --> 00:33:24,351 Minister of Personnel is right. 415 00:33:25,651 --> 00:33:27,820 The Royal Secretary has an important duty. 416 00:33:27,990 --> 00:33:30,191 You cannot put off the selection any longer. 417 00:33:30,191 --> 00:33:33,561 Please select someone from the Royal Secretariat... 418 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,660 and appoint him Royal Secretary. 419 00:33:35,831 --> 00:33:37,061 I will think about it. 420 00:33:37,530 --> 00:33:39,271 If I may say so, 421 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:43,441 you should not make the mistake of appointing... 422 00:33:43,570 --> 00:33:47,510 someone disloyal like Hong Duk Ro again. 423 00:33:48,111 --> 00:33:52,180 Because he was your friend since childhood, 424 00:33:52,311 --> 00:33:54,510 you favored him over others, 425 00:33:54,851 --> 00:33:56,921 and that is what caused a problem. 426 00:33:56,921 --> 00:33:57,981 Second Drafter. 427 00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:00,751 You are out of line. 428 00:34:01,490 --> 00:34:03,760 - His Majesty... - The Second Drafter is correct. 429 00:34:07,791 --> 00:34:09,300 Royal Secretary Hong's mishap... 430 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:12,070 was my fault. 431 00:34:15,901 --> 00:34:17,240 I will soon select... 432 00:34:18,570 --> 00:34:20,240 a new Royal Secretary. 433 00:34:21,111 --> 00:34:23,840 Thank you, Your Majesty. 434 00:35:04,907 --> 00:35:06,046 No. 435 00:35:07,077 --> 00:35:10,747 I will not make the same mistake again. 436 00:35:12,517 --> 00:35:13,816 I will forget about you... 437 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,716 and find another woman to keep close. 438 00:35:18,356 --> 00:35:20,657 I will do my best to her. 439 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:25,767 Though no one... 440 00:35:26,926 --> 00:35:29,066 can replace you. 441 00:35:41,747 --> 00:35:46,086 His Majesty the King is entering. 442 00:35:56,457 --> 00:35:58,756 Welcome, Your Majesty. 443 00:36:00,896 --> 00:36:03,167 I wish to say something to everyone. 444 00:36:08,937 --> 00:36:10,676 This is for everyone to hear. 445 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:15,747 Some of you already worked in the Palace, 446 00:36:16,816 --> 00:36:19,486 and some of you followed your lady here. 447 00:36:21,347 --> 00:36:24,557 Now Royal Noble Consort Hwa is a member of the royal family. 448 00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:27,687 You must serve her with utmost care. 449 00:36:27,756 --> 00:36:30,327 - Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty. 450 00:36:32,466 --> 00:36:34,796 To see you care so much about me, 451 00:36:34,997 --> 00:36:36,966 I am so touched and grateful. 452 00:36:37,097 --> 00:36:39,836 You may call yourself my wife now. 453 00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:42,236 Yes, Your Majesty. 454 00:36:45,646 --> 00:36:46,707 I hope that... 455 00:36:47,907 --> 00:36:50,276 you settle in to live here well. 456 00:36:50,816 --> 00:36:53,517 I will cherish you with all my heart. 457 00:36:54,486 --> 00:36:56,017 Thank you. 458 00:36:58,387 --> 00:37:00,026 You may all look up. 459 00:37:02,196 --> 00:37:03,926 The personal maids... 460 00:37:03,926 --> 00:37:06,126 are to be in close touch with the Royal Infirmary. 461 00:37:06,997 --> 00:37:09,937 If your mistress requires medicine, you will report to me. 462 00:37:11,137 --> 00:37:12,167 And... 463 00:37:20,606 --> 00:37:23,847 Your Majesty. Do you remember that court maid? 464 00:37:24,417 --> 00:37:28,117 I heard she used to be your personal maid. 465 00:37:33,926 --> 00:37:35,086 You are back. 466 00:37:35,926 --> 00:37:37,657 Yes, Your Majesty. 467 00:37:37,957 --> 00:37:41,026 I am not well-versed in the ways of the Palace, 468 00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:45,736 so she was assigned to me by one of my elders. 469 00:37:51,606 --> 00:37:55,276 I will rely a lot on you. I hope you will assist me. 470 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:57,546 I will do my best, Your Highness. 471 00:37:59,417 --> 00:38:01,816 Can you go inside and lay out my bedding? 472 00:38:01,917 --> 00:38:02,986 I will. 473 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,907 Because she served you for many years, 474 00:38:57,437 --> 00:38:59,407 she is very thorough. 475 00:39:01,247 --> 00:39:02,617 You can leave. 476 00:39:02,617 --> 00:39:03,917 Yes, Your Highness. 477 00:39:16,926 --> 00:39:18,026 Lady Sung. 478 00:39:19,097 --> 00:39:20,167 It is good to see you. 479 00:40:02,776 --> 00:40:05,336 Your Majesty, I am sorry to inform you that... 480 00:40:05,437 --> 00:40:07,847 the queen dowager just got up from... 481 00:40:07,847 --> 00:40:09,176 I do not mind. 482 00:40:09,176 --> 00:40:10,747 The King may enter. 483 00:40:24,453 --> 00:40:25,853 Welcome, Your Majesty. 484 00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:29,094 What brings you to my chamber at this early hour? 485 00:40:29,323 --> 00:40:33,294 Why did you bring Sung Duk Im back to the Palace? 486 00:40:35,364 --> 00:40:37,203 She was expelled as per my royal order. 487 00:40:37,203 --> 00:40:38,904 Why did you bring her back? 488 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:41,873 You are taking your anger out on the wrong person. 489 00:40:42,643 --> 00:40:46,114 I did not order her return to the Palace. 490 00:40:46,774 --> 00:40:48,614 Then who was it? 491 00:40:48,614 --> 00:40:50,114 Not I... 492 00:40:50,413 --> 00:40:51,783 or you. 493 00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:54,283 Then who could it be? 494 00:40:59,253 --> 00:41:01,983 Lady Sung, I have a favor to ask of you. 495 00:41:05,323 --> 00:41:07,323 Would you submit this to the King's Palace for me? 496 00:41:08,153 --> 00:41:09,463 May I ask what it is? 497 00:41:10,122 --> 00:41:11,492 The ideal date for the first night together... 498 00:41:11,492 --> 00:41:12,863 selected by the Royal Observatory. 499 00:41:13,532 --> 00:41:15,492 I was told that I should receive the date... 500 00:41:15,492 --> 00:41:16,803 and submit it to His Majesty. 501 00:41:17,162 --> 00:41:21,303 Yes, Your Highness. I will submit it in your stead. 502 00:41:25,713 --> 00:41:27,312 Do it now. 503 00:41:28,273 --> 00:41:29,282 Pardon me? 504 00:41:29,412 --> 00:41:32,312 Why? Is there a reason you cannot? 505 00:41:33,682 --> 00:41:35,753 His Majesty has to visit the Jongmyo Shrine tomorrow, 506 00:41:35,753 --> 00:41:38,983 so His Majesty must be taking a bath at the moment. 507 00:41:38,983 --> 00:41:41,253 That is all the more reason why you should go. 508 00:41:41,693 --> 00:41:43,323 You were His Majesty's personal maid, 509 00:41:43,323 --> 00:41:45,162 so I am certain that you are used to it, 510 00:41:46,992 --> 00:41:49,503 whereas my maids are not. 511 00:41:58,073 --> 00:42:02,142 I knew you would do it for me. You are the only one I can trust. 512 00:42:05,343 --> 00:42:07,553 Even so, you should have come a little later. 513 00:42:07,812 --> 00:42:10,023 Gosh, why did you have to come now? 514 00:42:11,753 --> 00:42:15,653 I will just wait here until His Majesty is finished. 515 00:42:16,222 --> 00:42:19,492 His Majesty will leave for the Jongmyo Shrine right away. 516 00:42:22,032 --> 00:42:24,233 You know, we should just do it now. 517 00:42:24,702 --> 00:42:26,173 If we fail to find the right time, 518 00:42:26,173 --> 00:42:27,303 you will have an even bigger problem. 519 00:42:28,403 --> 00:42:29,403 Okay. 520 00:42:29,503 --> 00:42:32,242 It is odd that the Royal Observatory would do this. 521 00:42:32,673 --> 00:42:35,073 They never release these dates at such a late hour. 522 00:42:35,412 --> 00:42:38,682 Was there a delay because Royal Noble Consort Hwa did not know? 523 00:42:53,162 --> 00:42:55,262 You need not do everything by yourself in such a hurry. 524 00:42:56,503 --> 00:42:57,562 If you need help, 525 00:42:58,503 --> 00:43:00,372 I give you permission to let others in today. 526 00:43:00,372 --> 00:43:02,903 No. It is okay, Your Majesty. 527 00:43:02,903 --> 00:43:05,673 Lady Seo will be here soon. 528 00:43:05,673 --> 00:43:07,312 Do as you wish. 529 00:43:08,213 --> 00:43:09,912 Yes, Your Majesty. 530 00:43:10,812 --> 00:43:12,182 Your Majesty. 531 00:43:12,182 --> 00:43:13,352 Royal Noble Consort Hwa's maid... 532 00:43:13,352 --> 00:43:15,852 is here with the date for your first night together. 533 00:43:16,122 --> 00:43:17,852 If Your Majesty would allow it, 534 00:43:17,852 --> 00:43:20,653 she will submit it right away. 535 00:43:22,523 --> 00:43:24,062 Royal Noble Consort Hwa's maid? 536 00:43:25,122 --> 00:43:26,492 Who? 537 00:43:26,762 --> 00:43:29,332 Sung Duk Im, Your Majesty. 538 00:43:33,233 --> 00:43:35,673 Sung Duk Im may enter. 539 00:43:35,673 --> 00:43:36,673 Pardon me? 540 00:43:38,472 --> 00:43:40,343 Yes, Your Majesty. 541 00:43:43,343 --> 00:43:45,483 Do not worry. I will enter with you. 542 00:43:50,952 --> 00:43:52,923 My lady, why did you come out? 543 00:43:52,923 --> 00:43:54,553 I am following His Majesty's order. 544 00:43:55,392 --> 00:43:57,863 You are to wait outside with me. 545 00:43:59,262 --> 00:44:00,562 You may enter. 546 00:44:07,133 --> 00:44:08,133 Wait, but... 547 00:44:22,412 --> 00:44:23,622 So you have returned. 548 00:44:24,523 --> 00:44:25,852 Yes, Your Majesty. 549 00:44:26,492 --> 00:44:28,423 To show me that? 550 00:44:29,693 --> 00:44:31,262 Is that why you returned? 551 00:44:35,432 --> 00:44:38,062 You seemed completely unbothered. 552 00:44:41,372 --> 00:44:42,702 Are you happy to be back? 553 00:44:43,872 --> 00:44:44,872 Or... 554 00:44:46,312 --> 00:44:49,043 were you forced to return against your will? 555 00:44:49,582 --> 00:44:51,142 I must confess that the latter is true. 556 00:44:53,412 --> 00:44:55,352 Being expelled was not a punishment to you. 557 00:44:57,782 --> 00:44:59,992 Then you shall stay here for the rest of your life. 558 00:45:01,222 --> 00:45:03,562 As a court lady who must devote herself to the King. 559 00:45:04,562 --> 00:45:06,062 Only look at me, whom you do not even love, 560 00:45:06,062 --> 00:45:07,992 and rot here in the Palace for the rest of your life. 561 00:45:10,562 --> 00:45:12,403 That will be an adequate punishment for you. 562 00:45:18,773 --> 00:45:20,972 Please allow me to leave, Your Majesty. 563 00:45:22,412 --> 00:45:24,983 I am no longer one of your court maids. 564 00:45:25,883 --> 00:45:29,053 I now serve Royal Noble Consort Hwa. 565 00:45:29,423 --> 00:45:31,452 You are no longer mine? 566 00:45:33,753 --> 00:45:36,423 Were you ever mine? 567 00:45:39,662 --> 00:45:40,992 Leave at once. 568 00:46:43,622 --> 00:46:45,193 Bring her to her knees. 569 00:46:45,193 --> 00:46:46,193 - Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness. 570 00:46:47,492 --> 00:46:48,492 Your Highness! 571 00:46:49,293 --> 00:46:50,762 Why are you doing this? 572 00:46:50,762 --> 00:46:52,903 You must think I am a complete fool. 573 00:46:53,903 --> 00:46:56,602 You went to see His Majesty and tried to seduce him. 574 00:46:58,073 --> 00:47:00,943 His Majesty ordered the other court ladies to leave... 575 00:47:00,943 --> 00:47:03,012 to spend time with you alone. 576 00:47:03,012 --> 00:47:04,642 How do you know... 577 00:47:04,843 --> 00:47:06,713 what happened in the King's Palace? 578 00:47:07,582 --> 00:47:09,053 Bring the switch. 579 00:47:20,693 --> 00:47:22,332 I thought it was odd from the very beginning. 580 00:47:24,702 --> 00:47:26,303 The way His Majesty was looking at you... 581 00:47:26,303 --> 00:47:27,872 told me there was something. 582 00:47:30,043 --> 00:47:32,273 Thank goodness I checked. 583 00:47:42,012 --> 00:47:46,622 Now, you must have learned to fear your master. 584 00:47:57,736 --> 00:47:59,906 Your Majesty, the Chief Commander of the Royal Guard... 585 00:47:59,906 --> 00:48:02,546 would like an urgent audience with you. 586 00:48:03,015 --> 00:48:04,116 He may enter. 587 00:48:13,256 --> 00:48:14,325 What is the matter? 588 00:48:15,495 --> 00:48:18,595 Your Majesty, I regret to be the bearer of this news. 589 00:48:19,325 --> 00:48:20,526 The former Royal Secretary, 590 00:48:21,665 --> 00:48:22,765 Hong Duk Ro, 591 00:48:27,136 --> 00:48:28,705 passed away. 592 00:48:59,665 --> 00:49:00,665 Your Majesty. 593 00:49:01,705 --> 00:49:04,836 Hong Duk Ro left this letter for you. 594 00:49:25,725 --> 00:49:29,196 (Your Majesty.) 595 00:49:29,196 --> 00:49:30,296 Your Majesty. 596 00:49:31,095 --> 00:49:35,106 This will be the last earnest letter from me. 597 00:49:37,475 --> 00:49:39,676 I thought over and over... 598 00:49:40,875 --> 00:49:44,415 about where it went wrong, 599 00:49:46,345 --> 00:49:48,086 and I finally realized it. 600 00:49:50,555 --> 00:49:53,685 That everything was wrong from the beginning. 601 00:49:55,285 --> 00:49:57,426 Do you remember the time when you were a young Crown Prince, 602 00:49:58,325 --> 00:50:01,495 and I was a young friend of the Crown Prince? 603 00:50:02,125 --> 00:50:03,765 The book was ripped. 604 00:50:04,966 --> 00:50:08,866 It is the part my grandfather told me not to read. 605 00:50:10,236 --> 00:50:11,736 Did you rip it? 606 00:50:12,606 --> 00:50:15,075 I deceived you from the beginning. 607 00:50:16,216 --> 00:50:19,046 Yes, it was me. 608 00:50:19,685 --> 00:50:23,285 I was afraid His Majesty would be mad at you. 609 00:50:23,586 --> 00:50:24,986 The person who ripped the forbidden book... 610 00:50:25,955 --> 00:50:28,185 and saved you from the crisis... 611 00:50:30,026 --> 00:50:31,555 was not me. 612 00:50:34,796 --> 00:50:35,895 (The person who saved you...) 613 00:50:35,895 --> 00:50:37,265 The person who saved you... 614 00:50:39,106 --> 00:50:40,906 was a small... 615 00:50:41,836 --> 00:50:42,975 and young maid... 616 00:50:42,975 --> 00:50:43,975 ("Records of the Grand Historian") 617 00:50:44,336 --> 00:50:46,705 who never pays attention to. 618 00:50:49,475 --> 00:50:53,386 For a very long time, I had forgotten about the young maid. 619 00:50:55,756 --> 00:50:58,256 I told myself... 620 00:51:00,455 --> 00:51:03,625 I am the one who saved you, 621 00:51:05,625 --> 00:51:07,196 so I deserve your trust. 622 00:51:07,926 --> 00:51:09,895 ("Moral Education for Women") 623 00:51:10,768 --> 00:51:13,708 However, the deity watches all the lies. 624 00:51:16,147 --> 00:51:17,877 The young maid probably... 625 00:51:19,147 --> 00:51:22,788 still has the pages ripped from the forbidden book. 626 00:51:23,087 --> 00:51:25,857 (Your mother is a servant.) 627 00:51:25,857 --> 00:51:27,087 Perhaps... 628 00:51:27,518 --> 00:51:30,688 I think I know who that young maid is. 629 00:51:33,328 --> 00:51:36,467 I am now leaving to protect my sister. 630 00:51:39,467 --> 00:51:41,797 Your disloyal subject is informing you for the last time. 631 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:46,237 Your Majesty, please... 632 00:51:48,337 --> 00:51:50,777 do not lie to your heart. 633 00:51:50,777 --> 00:51:53,047 (Please do not lie to your heart.) 634 00:52:04,328 --> 00:52:07,228 His last name was Hong. 635 00:52:08,397 --> 00:52:09,828 His first name was Guk Young. 636 00:52:11,098 --> 00:52:12,667 And his courtesy name was Duk Ro. 637 00:52:14,197 --> 00:52:15,967 He was my subject, 638 00:52:16,938 --> 00:52:18,308 family, 639 00:52:19,607 --> 00:52:21,337 and my only friend. 640 00:52:24,908 --> 00:52:27,518 In East Palace that was lonely, 641 00:52:28,978 --> 00:52:31,447 he always stayed by my side. 642 00:52:33,357 --> 00:52:35,458 What you did yesterday is too dangerous. 643 00:52:35,757 --> 00:52:36,987 You should refrain from it. 644 00:52:37,688 --> 00:52:41,228 If you knew how to use the sword, I would have taken you with me. 645 00:52:43,368 --> 00:52:44,697 Did I... 646 00:52:45,697 --> 00:52:47,567 do my best for him? 647 00:52:49,507 --> 00:52:50,967 In the end, 648 00:52:53,377 --> 00:52:55,107 it is me who killed him. 649 00:53:35,748 --> 00:53:37,748 I am glad you are here, Your Majesty. 650 00:53:37,917 --> 00:53:39,188 I am sorry, Royal Noble Consort Hwa. 651 00:53:40,188 --> 00:53:42,757 I am leaving after seeing your face. 652 00:53:43,688 --> 00:53:45,388 I hope that does not hurt your feelings. 653 00:53:46,697 --> 00:53:50,027 Your Highness. His Majesty... 654 00:53:50,428 --> 00:53:51,797 heard about the former First Royal Secretary... 655 00:53:52,297 --> 00:53:55,038 Hong Duk Ro's death. 656 00:53:55,038 --> 00:53:56,208 (A message about someone's death) 657 00:53:56,438 --> 00:53:59,237 He was kicked out after committing a crime. 658 00:54:06,317 --> 00:54:08,047 I had forgotten. 659 00:54:08,777 --> 00:54:10,717 He was Queen Wonbin's brother. 660 00:54:11,947 --> 00:54:15,158 It is understandable for you to care about it. 661 00:54:15,788 --> 00:54:18,987 I have heard a lot about him. 662 00:54:19,188 --> 00:54:21,897 I have always wondered what kind of person he was. 663 00:54:22,828 --> 00:54:26,567 Do you think you can tell me about him? 664 00:54:27,397 --> 00:54:28,837 I will, later. 665 00:54:31,507 --> 00:54:33,478 Where is Duk Im? 666 00:54:34,438 --> 00:54:36,547 I have a question for her. 667 00:54:38,848 --> 00:54:40,978 I sent her on an errand... 668 00:54:41,217 --> 00:54:43,047 to my parents' house. 669 00:54:43,788 --> 00:54:46,018 She will be back in the morning. 670 00:54:46,788 --> 00:54:48,917 Never mind then. I will ask her later. 671 00:54:49,188 --> 00:54:50,428 Your Majesty. 672 00:54:51,127 --> 00:54:53,458 You should come in even for a short moment. 673 00:55:06,678 --> 00:55:08,038 That is nothing serious. 674 00:55:08,478 --> 00:55:11,248 I ordered a court maid to do some laundry. 675 00:55:12,607 --> 00:55:14,717 Why did you make her work in the middle of the night? 676 00:55:15,478 --> 00:55:18,848 The rule says doing the laundry is permitted only in the daytime. 677 00:55:20,458 --> 00:55:22,587 - Court Lady Seo. - Yes, Your Majesty. 678 00:55:22,688 --> 00:55:24,257 Tell her the custom of the palace. 679 00:55:25,627 --> 00:55:28,627 After Thanksgiving and near winter, 680 00:55:28,627 --> 00:55:31,027 court maids do not do the laundry at night. 681 00:55:31,297 --> 00:55:33,337 Because court maids might become ill... 682 00:55:33,337 --> 00:55:35,368 if they put their hands in cold water. 683 00:56:18,947 --> 00:56:20,478 Why is Duk Im... 684 00:56:21,877 --> 00:56:24,087 doing such petty work? 685 00:56:26,788 --> 00:56:29,688 Queen Hong has sent her especially for you. 686 00:56:30,728 --> 00:56:33,357 Why on earth is she doing such low work? 687 00:56:37,228 --> 00:56:40,297 How dare you treat the court maid Queen Hong has sent you? 688 00:56:42,038 --> 00:56:43,167 Royal Noble Consort Hwa! 689 00:56:46,978 --> 00:56:49,607 Are you looking down on Queen Hong and me? 690 00:56:49,607 --> 00:56:51,348 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 691 00:56:51,607 --> 00:56:54,248 - I should have known better... - How dare you... 692 00:56:54,248 --> 00:56:55,777 Please calm down, Your Majesty. 693 00:56:55,877 --> 00:56:59,018 Duk Im is Royal Noble Consort Hwa's maid. 694 00:56:59,487 --> 00:57:00,587 So? 695 00:57:01,518 --> 00:57:03,788 Are you saying it is up to her owner to treat her any way she likes? 696 00:57:03,958 --> 00:57:05,728 That is not what I meant. I only... 697 00:57:19,438 --> 00:57:21,638 - Royal Noble Consort Hwa. - Yes, Your Majesty. 698 00:57:21,808 --> 00:57:23,908 Queen Hong has assigned her to you. 699 00:57:25,848 --> 00:57:27,447 Do not treat her carelessly. 700 00:57:29,018 --> 00:57:31,987 I will bear that in mind. 701 00:57:33,487 --> 00:57:36,087 Your Majesty. Are you going to the King's Palace? 702 00:57:52,438 --> 00:57:53,978 How dare you... 703 00:58:14,627 --> 00:58:16,967 I kicked her out of the palace myself. 704 00:58:19,538 --> 00:58:21,797 You have ignored my command. 705 00:58:22,397 --> 00:58:23,607 If it was someone else, 706 00:58:24,538 --> 00:58:26,507 I would never tolerate it. 707 00:58:28,308 --> 00:58:29,578 Sung Duk Im. 708 00:58:31,147 --> 00:58:32,877 Do you know... 709 00:58:34,447 --> 00:58:37,087 what she has shown me after coming back to the palace? 710 00:58:39,018 --> 00:58:42,357 That is not why I sent her away. 711 00:58:42,788 --> 00:58:43,928 Do you know... 712 00:58:45,027 --> 00:58:47,797 why you are mad at her? 713 00:58:50,998 --> 00:58:53,837 Because you could not control her. 714 00:58:54,638 --> 00:58:56,438 That is why you are mad. 715 00:58:57,337 --> 00:58:58,967 That is why you kicked her out of the palace... 716 00:58:59,308 --> 00:59:01,438 and keep her out of your sight. 717 00:59:04,769 --> 00:59:06,539 Just because you are mad now, 718 00:59:07,093 --> 00:59:09,464 are you going to give up on her? 719 00:59:11,163 --> 00:59:14,634 She is the only way for you to be happy. 720 00:59:18,381 --> 00:59:20,352 Love someone... 721 00:59:22,052 --> 00:59:23,361 from the bottom of your heart... 722 00:59:24,992 --> 00:59:26,361 and make a family. 723 00:59:28,361 --> 00:59:31,702 The only path to live like a human. 724 00:59:35,702 --> 00:59:36,771 Mother. 725 00:59:40,311 --> 00:59:42,341 No one in the world... 726 00:59:42,742 --> 00:59:46,711 tells you to live like a human and be happy. 727 00:59:48,452 --> 00:59:50,452 As long as you're the King, 728 00:59:51,981 --> 00:59:53,921 everyone will be satisfied. 729 00:59:55,392 --> 00:59:57,722 However, I want to tell you as your mother. 730 00:59:59,091 --> 01:00:00,091 Your Majesty. 731 01:00:02,262 --> 01:00:03,932 Please be happy. 732 01:00:12,202 --> 01:00:13,211 San. 733 01:00:14,972 --> 01:00:16,341 I hope you become happy. 734 01:00:35,832 --> 01:00:37,361 I want to be alone. 735 01:01:06,832 --> 01:01:10,401 So what do you expect me to do? 736 01:01:11,802 --> 01:01:13,702 She does not want me. 737 01:01:17,472 --> 01:01:20,041 I have never loved you. 738 01:01:20,671 --> 01:01:23,211 You were never a man to me. 739 01:01:24,711 --> 01:01:26,282 And you... 740 01:01:27,151 --> 01:01:28,981 never will be. 741 01:01:32,352 --> 01:01:33,952 I have always fought... 742 01:01:34,921 --> 01:01:36,791 fiercely in my whole life. 743 01:01:37,961 --> 01:01:40,191 I overcame any obstacles. 744 01:01:42,492 --> 01:01:43,561 However, 745 01:01:45,401 --> 01:01:47,202 you are too hard. 746 01:01:59,782 --> 01:02:00,782 Bok Yeon. 747 01:02:03,552 --> 01:02:04,651 Duk Im. 748 01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:07,191 Why are you crying? 749 01:02:07,751 --> 01:02:08,852 What happened? 750 01:02:12,162 --> 01:02:14,131 Master Hong Duk Ro... 751 01:02:15,032 --> 01:02:16,302 passed away. 752 01:02:17,202 --> 01:02:18,262 What? 753 01:02:19,162 --> 01:02:20,271 But... 754 01:02:21,532 --> 01:02:23,202 I cannot cry... 755 01:02:23,202 --> 01:02:25,001 in front of Kyung Hee. 756 01:02:26,611 --> 01:02:29,811 I will just cry here in secret. 757 01:02:30,242 --> 01:02:31,912 Pretend you did not see me. 758 01:03:07,021 --> 01:03:08,351 Why are you crying? 759 01:03:11,768 --> 01:03:13,208 Why are you crying here... 760 01:03:14,308 --> 01:03:15,838 alone? 761 01:03:17,177 --> 01:03:19,378 What are your great friends doing? 762 01:03:21,918 --> 01:03:22,978 Your Majesty. 763 01:03:24,018 --> 01:03:25,788 What brings you here alone? 764 01:03:27,188 --> 01:03:28,518 Are your hands okay? 765 01:03:31,558 --> 01:03:32,887 I am okay. 766 01:03:35,998 --> 01:03:37,827 Did Royal Noble Consort Hwa harass you again? 767 01:03:39,398 --> 01:03:40,697 Is that why you cried? 768 01:03:41,737 --> 01:03:43,208 That is not it. 769 01:03:46,007 --> 01:03:47,907 You should rather cry because of me. 770 01:03:50,777 --> 01:03:52,708 You should cry only in front of me. 771 01:03:57,447 --> 01:03:59,117 When I cannot see you, 772 01:04:00,458 --> 01:04:01,858 when I do not know you are crying, 773 01:04:04,188 --> 01:04:05,558 do not cry alone. 774 01:04:07,998 --> 01:04:09,297 This is an order. 775 01:04:10,955 --> 01:04:14,455 Your Majesty. It is not because of Royal Noble Consort Hwa. 776 01:04:17,824 --> 01:04:19,864 I heard Hong Duk Ro died. 777 01:04:22,534 --> 01:04:23,935 While I was thinking about him, 778 01:04:25,234 --> 01:04:26,935 I just started crying. 779 01:04:28,574 --> 01:04:31,404 Everything is changing rapidly. 780 01:04:33,714 --> 01:04:37,145 Once changed cannot be undone. 781 01:04:38,815 --> 01:04:40,114 I am not sure why. 782 01:04:42,185 --> 01:04:43,625 But I just became tearful. 783 01:04:45,054 --> 01:04:47,025 Is it really impossible to undo? 784 01:04:47,895 --> 01:04:48,895 I beg your pardon? 785 01:04:49,594 --> 01:04:51,265 The dead does not come back. 786 01:04:54,034 --> 01:04:55,594 However, as long as he is alive, 787 01:04:57,565 --> 01:04:59,634 there will be a chance. 788 01:05:01,734 --> 01:05:03,034 As long as... 789 01:05:04,844 --> 01:05:06,245 he is alive in front of me. 790 01:05:10,545 --> 01:05:12,015 I have a question for you. 791 01:05:13,554 --> 01:05:14,915 Please go ahead, Your Majesty. 792 01:05:15,915 --> 01:05:16,984 When I was young, 793 01:05:17,984 --> 01:05:19,855 I read the forbidden book... 794 01:05:19,855 --> 01:05:21,395 the Late King forbid. 795 01:05:23,295 --> 01:05:25,565 Someone ripped the pages in the book... 796 01:05:26,835 --> 01:05:28,295 and saved my life. 797 01:05:30,964 --> 01:05:32,404 Were you... 798 01:05:33,775 --> 01:05:34,904 the young maid? 799 01:05:40,275 --> 01:05:42,714 - Duk Im. - What difference does it make... 800 01:05:42,714 --> 01:05:44,384 whether it was me or not? 801 01:05:46,384 --> 01:05:49,355 Time has passed and everything has changed. 802 01:05:50,300 --> 01:05:52,671 I am no longer the Crown Prince's maid. 803 01:05:53,341 --> 01:05:55,470 And you are no longer the Crown Prince... 804 01:05:55,470 --> 01:05:57,041 whose life is at stake. 805 01:05:58,970 --> 01:06:00,981 What is the point... 806 01:06:00,981 --> 01:06:02,541 of talking about the past now? 807 01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:06,080 It was you. 808 01:06:09,521 --> 01:06:11,021 It was always you. 809 01:06:17,661 --> 01:06:18,661 Duk Im. 810 01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:22,901 I cannot feel bad for you. 811 01:06:23,901 --> 01:06:24,901 I beg your pardon? 812 01:06:25,430 --> 01:06:27,670 I did what I had to do as a king. 813 01:06:28,871 --> 01:06:30,210 So I do not regret it. 814 01:06:32,140 --> 01:06:34,210 Even if I have to deceive you again, 815 01:06:35,710 --> 01:06:37,411 even if it hurts you, 816 01:06:40,451 --> 01:06:42,281 I will do it if I have to. 817 01:06:43,691 --> 01:06:46,720 I know you will. 818 01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:47,861 But that does not mean... 819 01:06:48,890 --> 01:06:51,090 it did not affect me at all. 820 01:06:53,191 --> 01:06:54,861 Do not take it that way. 821 01:06:59,571 --> 01:07:00,840 It breaks my heart... 822 01:07:03,271 --> 01:07:04,771 to see you cry. 823 01:07:08,140 --> 01:07:10,151 It is unbearable. 824 01:07:19,350 --> 01:07:20,420 I cannot say... 825 01:07:21,991 --> 01:07:23,991 I am sorry, 826 01:07:26,031 --> 01:07:27,831 but I can say something else. 827 01:07:33,340 --> 01:07:34,470 Thank you. 828 01:07:39,540 --> 01:07:41,510 For saving my life repeatedly. 829 01:07:44,714 --> 01:07:46,884 Even when I did not know you, 830 01:07:48,954 --> 01:07:50,324 you protected me. 831 01:07:54,824 --> 01:07:55,855 Thank you, 832 01:07:57,324 --> 01:07:58,365 Duk Im. 833 01:08:21,254 --> 01:08:22,284 Is it... 834 01:08:24,555 --> 01:08:26,185 too late? 835 01:08:29,924 --> 01:08:31,895 Once changed... 836 01:08:35,235 --> 01:08:37,405 can never be undone? 837 01:09:26,985 --> 01:09:28,555 I missed you, 838 01:09:32,824 --> 01:09:33,954 Duk Im. 839 01:09:56,345 --> 01:10:00,555 (Episode 16 and 17 will air next Saturday at 9:50pm.) 840 01:10:18,510 --> 01:10:21,475 (The Red Sleeves) 841 01:10:21,905 --> 01:10:24,975 I will not lose you ever again. 842 01:10:25,244 --> 01:10:27,115 I love you. 843 01:10:27,645 --> 01:10:31,445 Duk Im spent the night with His Majesty. 844 01:10:31,914 --> 01:10:33,454 Why are you smiling? 845 01:10:33,454 --> 01:10:35,954 We have become family. 846 01:10:36,855 --> 01:10:38,985 "Cold North wind is blowing..." 847 01:10:38,985 --> 01:10:41,095 "and the snow falls heavily." 848 01:10:41,454 --> 01:10:45,624 Precious people keep leaving us. 849 01:10:46,065 --> 01:10:49,134 When spring comes, flowers will bloom again. 850 01:10:50,704 --> 01:10:53,134 I went against the deity... 851 01:10:53,305 --> 01:10:55,004 to love you. 852 01:10:55,334 --> 01:10:57,475 Why me of all people? 853 01:10:57,905 --> 01:10:59,744 No one else... 854 01:10:59,845 --> 01:11:01,574 can replace you.