1 00:00:03,810 --> 00:00:06,710 (All people, incidents, and periods in this drama are fictitious.) 2 00:00:28,869 --> 00:00:29,970 You are... 3 00:00:32,169 --> 00:00:33,669 Hold it back, Kang Eun Soo. 4 00:00:34,509 --> 00:00:35,970 Do not let him find out. 5 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,210 Let him consider that I am just a lookalike. 6 00:00:40,649 --> 00:00:41,810 I will hold out. 7 00:00:42,449 --> 00:00:43,680 Why are you... 8 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:45,680 Why are you here? 9 00:00:46,649 --> 00:00:47,790 How... 10 00:00:58,399 --> 00:00:59,500 Do not do that. 11 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,430 Eun Soo... 12 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:12,439 Eun Soo... 13 00:01:13,950 --> 00:01:15,349 Han Soo... 14 00:01:18,549 --> 00:01:19,750 I am sorry. 15 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,590 I am sorry, Han Soo. 16 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,420 - I am sorry. - Eun Soo... 17 00:01:26,929 --> 00:01:28,730 I am sorry, Han Soo. 18 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:39,269 What have you said to Eun Soo? 19 00:01:40,269 --> 00:01:42,510 What did you say to entice her, 20 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:45,280 and why did you use her like that? 21 00:01:50,179 --> 00:01:51,349 Actually, 22 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,019 it was not the former King's order to eliminate Officer Kang. 23 00:01:56,620 --> 00:01:58,620 It was the Queen Dowager, 24 00:01:58,620 --> 00:02:00,629 who wanted to subdue the fury of the subjects. 25 00:02:02,530 --> 00:02:04,700 It was also the Queen Dowager who enthroned the current King... 26 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,530 instead of the former, who suffered from a chronic illness. 27 00:02:09,700 --> 00:02:12,300 So technically speaking, 28 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:15,069 the Royal Family of Joseon is your enemy. 29 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,240 Will you get your revenge... 30 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:20,409 against the Royal Family? 31 00:02:33,659 --> 00:02:34,859 I hoped... 32 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:37,560 to forgive you, Father. 33 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:41,500 I am waiting for an opportunity... 34 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:43,470 to understand and forgive you. 35 00:02:45,669 --> 00:02:47,240 Do you not see that? 36 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:06,460 Do not cry. 37 00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:08,330 And do not worry either. 38 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:12,400 I will get you out of here. 39 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:13,830 Han Soo. 40 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,669 I will not condone... 41 00:03:17,939 --> 00:03:20,569 another wrongful death, so... 42 00:03:21,669 --> 00:03:22,970 It is not wrongful. 43 00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:26,609 I was not framed. 44 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:28,710 It is something I have done. 45 00:03:31,849 --> 00:03:33,080 So... 46 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,449 I will pay for my crime. 47 00:03:40,389 --> 00:03:41,629 No. 48 00:03:41,830 --> 00:03:44,159 No. 49 00:03:45,099 --> 00:03:47,300 Who decides what the price is for your crime? 50 00:03:47,930 --> 00:03:50,030 Do you really think there is justice here? 51 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:52,569 This kingdom of Joseon... 52 00:03:52,569 --> 00:03:54,240 is entirely rotten! 53 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:58,740 On top of that, the King wants to kill you. 54 00:03:59,180 --> 00:04:00,949 That is why I am trying to stop him. 55 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:02,509 So... 56 00:04:02,979 --> 00:04:04,180 Han Soo. 57 00:04:05,150 --> 00:04:06,319 So... 58 00:04:07,590 --> 00:04:08,720 Eun Soo. 59 00:04:18,159 --> 00:04:19,559 Let me save your life first. 60 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:21,830 Okay? 61 00:04:25,669 --> 00:04:26,799 Okay? 62 00:04:28,010 --> 00:04:29,340 Okay? 63 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:53,429 Yoo Je Se! 64 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:58,770 Get away. 65 00:05:01,109 --> 00:05:03,210 I will kill you! You... 66 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,309 Han Soo! 67 00:05:10,849 --> 00:05:12,849 No! 68 00:05:12,919 --> 00:05:14,119 Not Eun Soo. 69 00:05:15,650 --> 00:05:17,220 Not my sister! 70 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,320 You should not have exploited her! 71 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,960 I will kill you. 72 00:05:22,330 --> 00:05:23,630 I will... 73 00:05:23,999 --> 00:05:25,630 kill you! 74 00:05:25,929 --> 00:05:27,669 Let go of me! 75 00:05:27,929 --> 00:05:29,229 Let go! 76 00:05:30,570 --> 00:05:31,770 Let us go. 77 00:05:38,309 --> 00:05:40,179 I will kill you. 78 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,450 I will kill you. 79 00:05:54,729 --> 00:05:55,960 Dong Chi... 80 00:06:01,799 --> 00:06:06,539 Eun Soo... My Eun Soo... 81 00:06:16,010 --> 00:06:17,919 Dong Chi... 82 00:06:26,090 --> 00:06:31,729 (Episode 14: Falling Blossoms 2) 83 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,799 (Joseon Attorney: A Morality) 84 00:06:37,869 --> 00:06:38,970 What? 85 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:41,270 Kang Han Soo's sister? 86 00:06:42,409 --> 00:06:43,609 Yes. 87 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:47,450 She was also exploited by Executive Minister Yoo, 88 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:50,380 and she has been abandoned. 89 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,820 I see. 90 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:58,760 That is why. 91 00:06:58,989 --> 00:07:00,260 So please, 92 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:03,559 you must not create yet another innocent victim. 93 00:07:04,130 --> 00:07:05,799 - Please... - Innocent? 94 00:07:07,299 --> 00:07:08,530 She is not innocent. 95 00:07:09,799 --> 00:07:10,970 Sorry? 96 00:07:10,970 --> 00:07:12,599 I will make sure the subjects of Joseon... 97 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:14,539 will never be manipulated by a single woman again. 98 00:07:15,609 --> 00:07:17,239 I shall punish her as a warning to others. 99 00:07:18,179 --> 00:07:19,510 But Your Majesty. 100 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,450 A king's reward and punishment... 101 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:23,909 must be given according to the will of the skies, 102 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,289 and one must not reflect one's personal feelings. 103 00:07:30,119 --> 00:07:31,260 I do not agree. 104 00:07:34,059 --> 00:07:36,130 Is it personal to punish her... 105 00:07:36,130 --> 00:07:38,900 in order to punish Executive Minister Yoo? 106 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,830 Or is it more personal to show mercy because she is a sister of a friend? 107 00:07:47,710 --> 00:07:50,570 You are also trying to persuade me right now... 108 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,249 because of personal feelings. 109 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,530 Kang, who operated a bar in Namchon for middle-class women and widows, 110 00:08:11,229 --> 00:08:15,070 is the daughter of Kang Eon Jik, a former officer in the Royal Court, 111 00:08:15,970 --> 00:08:17,669 and the daughter-in-law of Nam Kyung Moon, 112 00:08:17,669 --> 00:08:19,369 a former governor of Siheung. 113 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:28,510 Kang Eon Jik? 114 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:33,349 Is he not a criminal who passed during interrogation for bribery? 115 00:08:34,489 --> 00:08:36,090 You are right. 116 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:39,759 His daughter must have inherited... 117 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:41,759 the unethical nature of her father. 118 00:08:50,229 --> 00:08:53,340 Kang was a woman of noble birth. 119 00:08:53,340 --> 00:08:55,340 State your crimes honestly! 120 00:08:55,340 --> 00:08:58,810 But she has not remained chaste and committed adultery with many men. 121 00:08:58,810 --> 00:09:01,979 You must interrogate her thoroughly and punish her accordingly. 122 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:04,820 I wish to ask the Ministry of Justice... 123 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:07,790 to interrogate Jang Myung Ki, Jang Yoon, Kim Young Jae, 124 00:09:07,889 --> 00:09:10,190 Seo Byung Ho, Choi Heung Seon, and Lee Geun Woo. 125 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,460 They must be interrogated. 126 00:09:12,660 --> 00:09:13,920 Listen up! 127 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:15,930 Strip them! 128 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:17,190 - Yes, my lord! - Yes, my lord! 129 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:22,670 (Eun) 130 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,009 When... 131 00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:30,369 will you expose my name? 132 00:09:36,649 --> 00:09:37,849 Are you afraid? 133 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:41,889 Did you approach me... 134 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,190 that night... 135 00:09:44,759 --> 00:09:47,290 to prepare for a day like this? 136 00:09:59,670 --> 00:10:02,739 I eavesdropped on the conversation between the Saheonbu officials. 137 00:10:04,580 --> 00:10:07,139 The King has given secret orders... 138 00:10:08,410 --> 00:10:11,249 to crack down on the illegal trades near the border. 139 00:10:12,349 --> 00:10:13,720 If this issue arises, 140 00:10:14,190 --> 00:10:17,859 who will Executive Minister Yoo put the blame on? 141 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,259 Who will be... 142 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:25,529 abandoned this time? 143 00:10:32,670 --> 00:10:33,999 What is your purpose... 144 00:10:35,369 --> 00:10:38,009 of telling me this? 145 00:10:42,580 --> 00:10:43,710 I thought... 146 00:10:44,879 --> 00:10:47,050 you were on Executive Minister Yoo's side. 147 00:10:48,690 --> 00:10:50,190 You are mistaken. 148 00:10:51,690 --> 00:10:55,160 As a matter of fact, if you ask me whose side I am on, 149 00:10:56,229 --> 00:10:58,800 I will tell you that I am the daughter of my parents. 150 00:11:00,759 --> 00:11:01,999 Your parents? 151 00:11:04,099 --> 00:11:07,470 Who are your parents? 152 00:11:07,609 --> 00:11:09,210 My father... 153 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,779 once went by the name of Kang Eon Jik. 154 00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:16,580 No way. 155 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,160 (Officer Kang Eon Jik) 156 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:30,690 You are... 157 00:11:32,729 --> 00:11:33,800 You are... 158 00:11:35,229 --> 00:11:37,300 Officer Kang's daughter? 159 00:11:41,269 --> 00:11:42,310 Yes. 160 00:11:42,810 --> 00:11:47,080 So, I have decided to give you a chance to apologize to my father. 161 00:11:49,210 --> 00:11:52,149 Tell me how I can defeat Executive Minister Yoo. 162 00:12:06,430 --> 00:12:07,999 There were no ledgers. 163 00:12:09,099 --> 00:12:11,269 Are you sure you did not tell me a lie... 164 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:13,599 to put me in a fix? 165 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:15,009 If I did... 166 00:12:19,109 --> 00:12:21,379 I would not have been foolish enough to prove my loyalty to you... 167 00:12:21,879 --> 00:12:22,910 (Eun) 168 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:24,820 by getting this. 169 00:12:37,489 --> 00:12:39,359 I pity you. 170 00:12:41,570 --> 00:12:44,340 Even with all that wealth and power, 171 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:47,369 what makes you so insecure? 172 00:12:49,570 --> 00:12:50,979 What will you do now? 173 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:53,440 You have just... 174 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:56,479 pushed your luck. 175 00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:16,670 What do you think you are doing here? 176 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:18,300 I have come to calm you down. 177 00:13:19,739 --> 00:13:20,840 Calm me down? 178 00:13:21,139 --> 00:13:23,910 You must be more cautious at a time like this. 179 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:26,340 Do not make me laugh. 180 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:28,279 Who could stay calm in this situation? 181 00:13:31,119 --> 00:13:34,889 So, what is it that you want to tell me? 182 00:13:36,950 --> 00:13:40,460 Eun Soo is negatively influenced by your late father's reputation. 183 00:13:41,330 --> 00:13:43,090 They criticize her and her family customs... 184 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:45,129 and say that she inherited an unethical nature. 185 00:13:46,029 --> 00:13:47,970 Unbelievable. Family customs? 186 00:13:48,670 --> 00:13:51,200 What about them messing with innocent people's lives? 187 00:13:51,369 --> 00:13:53,540 Is that part of the national customs? 188 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:56,470 Get off me! 189 00:14:05,180 --> 00:14:08,519 If you step up to tell them that you are her brother, 190 00:14:08,519 --> 00:14:10,489 things will get worse for her. 191 00:14:12,259 --> 00:14:13,519 You know better than anyone... 192 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,430 that no one in the Royal Court favors you. 193 00:14:17,129 --> 00:14:18,430 And you are an attorney. 194 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:20,560 They are even discussing... 195 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,499 whether to ban attorneys by law or not. 196 00:14:24,129 --> 00:14:26,570 Whether you are Eun Soo's brother or an attorney, 197 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:30,609 stepping forward to help her will only backfire. 198 00:14:30,609 --> 00:14:31,680 Then... 199 00:14:32,180 --> 00:14:33,979 what do you expect me to do? 200 00:14:33,979 --> 00:14:35,479 What you want to do. 201 00:14:38,550 --> 00:14:39,720 Use me to do them. 202 00:14:47,729 --> 00:14:49,029 What must I do... 203 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,160 to save Eun Soo? 204 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:28,330 Dong Chi? 205 00:15:30,999 --> 00:15:32,070 Eun Soo. 206 00:15:36,170 --> 00:15:37,410 What happened? 207 00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:41,810 Princess Yeon Joo and Magistrate Yoo helped. 208 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,080 I am going to stay here and protect you for a while. 209 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:48,690 Just in case. 210 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,590 In case I kill myself? 211 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,560 No. Han Soo is worried sick... 212 00:15:58,599 --> 00:16:00,930 that someone might hurt you. 213 00:16:08,869 --> 00:16:10,310 I apologize. 214 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,009 Why would you? 215 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:16,210 I should have stopped you... 216 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:19,720 when you were getting married. 217 00:16:20,950 --> 00:16:22,649 I should have told you... 218 00:16:23,889 --> 00:16:26,019 how I felt about you and eloped with you. 219 00:16:26,590 --> 00:16:27,690 Then, 220 00:16:30,830 --> 00:16:32,999 you would not have ended up here. 221 00:16:36,869 --> 00:16:39,599 Why are you smirking? 222 00:16:39,869 --> 00:16:41,440 I mean it. 223 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,210 I am in agony here. 224 00:16:45,509 --> 00:16:46,879 I was not smirking. 225 00:16:48,310 --> 00:16:49,749 I smiled because I was glad. 226 00:16:50,950 --> 00:16:52,920 I was thinking it would have been better. 227 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:55,920 Had you done that, 228 00:16:57,859 --> 00:17:00,359 I would have been happier than now. 229 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,389 Because you are someone... 230 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:07,529 who makes me smile. 231 00:17:29,190 --> 00:17:31,890 According to the law, in the case of adultery, 232 00:17:31,890 --> 00:17:33,920 it is punishable by 80 floggings... 233 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,690 if it was by mutual consent, 234 00:17:35,890 --> 00:17:38,729 by 90 floggings if the woman was married, 235 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:42,700 and by 100 floggings if either of the party was tricked. 236 00:18:00,049 --> 00:18:01,319 What must I do... 237 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:03,850 to save Eun Soo? 238 00:18:04,019 --> 00:18:06,489 I am sure that everyone knows this case is a fight... 239 00:18:06,489 --> 00:18:07,620 between Executive Minister Yoo and His Majesty. 240 00:18:09,059 --> 00:18:10,989 Most people will want to stay quiet. 241 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:14,529 But a few officials, who want to be in the Kings' favor, 242 00:18:15,299 --> 00:18:18,440 will take a tough stance and say she must be put to death. 243 00:18:18,569 --> 00:18:20,200 Kang's lewd behaviors... 244 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,970 were as vulgar as a gisaeng. 245 00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:26,279 She must be sentenced to death, Your Majesty. 246 00:18:28,509 --> 00:18:29,549 First off, 247 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:33,249 emphasize the law against adultery. 248 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:35,519 But to sentence her to death, 249 00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:39,559 all men who were in a relationship with her must be punished the same. 250 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:42,329 How so? 251 00:18:42,759 --> 00:18:44,029 When a man and a woman... 252 00:18:44,430 --> 00:18:47,160 were both in a relationship by consent, 253 00:18:47,299 --> 00:18:48,829 or when one tricked the other to believe it, 254 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,370 they'd both get the same punishment. 255 00:18:53,069 --> 00:18:54,640 So, if Kang Eun Soo is sentenced to death, 256 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:58,110 the other men must also be sentenced to death. 257 00:18:58,339 --> 00:19:01,140 But it was one woman... 258 00:19:01,479 --> 00:19:04,479 who allured multiple men into adultery. 259 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,420 How should the men who were lied to... 260 00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:09,450 be punished the same as her? 261 00:19:16,630 --> 00:19:20,259 Of course, the arrested men will claim that they were lied to. 262 00:19:20,499 --> 00:19:22,200 The government officials are all men as well, 263 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,739 so they will take their words more than Eun Soo's. 264 00:19:24,839 --> 00:19:27,640 Still, it should not be punishable by death. 265 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:29,009 No. 266 00:19:29,809 --> 00:19:33,640 So, our best defense is... 267 00:19:36,210 --> 00:19:39,019 to punish it by the law. 268 00:19:43,819 --> 00:19:45,460 But once the law is established, 269 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:47,620 you cannot adjust the penalty as you see fit. 270 00:19:50,130 --> 00:19:52,960 If we do not execute the sinner who violated the rules, 271 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,370 how will we fix these obscene customs? 272 00:19:56,370 --> 00:19:59,700 The customs do not change overnight for one severe punishment. 273 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,069 Punishment is there... 274 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,410 to discipline the people. 275 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:06,180 If customs cannot be changed, 276 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:07,940 there will be no use of legal punishment. 277 00:20:25,759 --> 00:20:26,930 However, 278 00:20:27,529 --> 00:20:30,829 reaching a verdict recklessly without following the law... 279 00:20:31,569 --> 00:20:33,499 out of passing anger could set a bad example. 280 00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:38,680 Please reconsider, Your Majesty. 281 00:20:52,289 --> 00:20:53,489 How did it go? 282 00:20:56,860 --> 00:20:58,499 He still insists on executing her. 283 00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:04,999 But even His Majesty himself... 284 00:21:04,999 --> 00:21:07,600 will have to punish her within the lawful boundary. 285 00:21:13,309 --> 00:21:14,539 He can. 286 00:21:20,450 --> 00:21:22,120 If he changes his perspective. 287 00:21:34,299 --> 00:21:35,970 Since "Book of the Law" was promulgated, 288 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:40,170 no woman has been executed for adultery. 289 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,410 That is correct, Your Majesty. 290 00:21:45,380 --> 00:21:46,579 Thus, 291 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:50,579 it is unacceptable to punish the criminal against the law. 292 00:21:50,850 --> 00:21:52,579 Pardon me for saying this, 293 00:21:53,319 --> 00:21:55,350 but it will set a bad example. 294 00:21:58,089 --> 00:22:00,190 It needs to be handled according to the law. 295 00:22:01,829 --> 00:22:03,160 Your Majesty, 296 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:07,400 I, Right State Councilor Im, would like to speak to you. 297 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,400 Come in. 298 00:22:22,910 --> 00:22:24,579 What is the matter? 299 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,850 I have brought a way to lessen your concern. 300 00:22:46,239 --> 00:22:48,870 What is he trying to pull in the middle this time again? 301 00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:50,739 Again? 302 00:22:51,239 --> 00:22:53,539 Right State Councilor Im stole Officer Kang's letter. 303 00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:59,120 If we think about it, 304 00:22:59,650 --> 00:23:01,920 every tragedy started from him. 305 00:23:04,489 --> 00:23:06,960 I will look into what he is after. 306 00:23:22,309 --> 00:23:26,239 You have just pushed your luck. 307 00:23:28,479 --> 00:23:29,610 My lord. 308 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,019 My lord. 309 00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:36,350 Are you all right? 310 00:23:36,350 --> 00:23:38,049 Help me take him! 311 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:39,220 - Yes, master. - Yes, master. 312 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:48,729 What happened? 313 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,670 He seems to be poisoned. 314 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:54,200 - Poisoned? - Yes. 315 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,370 I think the scar on his arm caused it. 316 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,940 In some cases, 317 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:03,880 heat spreads poison all over one's body. 318 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,489 Then how should he be treated? 319 00:24:09,819 --> 00:24:11,390 I am afraid... 320 00:24:11,390 --> 00:24:13,259 he is hopeless. 321 00:24:16,029 --> 00:24:18,190 Should we step outside for a bit? 322 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,259 Sure. 323 00:24:28,809 --> 00:24:30,110 Shall I let the Princess know? 324 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,610 Yes. 325 00:24:34,410 --> 00:24:35,579 No. 326 00:24:36,150 --> 00:24:38,749 Bring Attorney Kang over first. 327 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,049 Yes, my lady. 328 00:25:01,739 --> 00:25:04,910 This is how he pays the price in the end. 329 00:25:07,610 --> 00:25:08,779 But... 330 00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:12,380 right before he died, 331 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,680 he spoke to His Majesty... 332 00:25:15,150 --> 00:25:17,549 and gave him the answer he was looking for. 333 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:47,220 I have brought a way... 334 00:25:47,220 --> 00:25:49,150 to lessen your concern. 335 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,960 A way to lessen my concern? 336 00:25:52,690 --> 00:25:53,989 Punish her according to the civil law... 337 00:25:54,589 --> 00:25:56,630 instead of the criminal law. 338 00:25:56,630 --> 00:25:58,329 (Regarding civilian life such as marriage and land) 339 00:25:58,329 --> 00:25:59,559 The civil law? 340 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:01,970 Yes, Your Majesty. 341 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:05,870 If you punish her for adultery according to the criminal law, 342 00:26:05,870 --> 00:26:09,210 the maximum sentence is 100 floggings and a 2,000-ri exile. 343 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,239 But according to the civil law, 344 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:15,380 she can be put to death by hanging... 345 00:26:16,049 --> 00:26:18,620 for abandoning her husband and getting remarried right away. 346 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:19,779 (Execution by hanging) 347 00:26:35,569 --> 00:26:38,539 (Death, Life) 348 00:26:38,539 --> 00:26:40,370 Is this the only way? 349 00:27:02,529 --> 00:27:03,789 Your Majesty. 350 00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:08,900 Are you really going to use that method? 351 00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:19,309 You refer to a similar law... 352 00:27:19,309 --> 00:27:21,309 only when there are no appropriate laws to apply. 353 00:27:21,479 --> 00:27:23,279 She is clearly charged with adultery, 354 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:24,979 so why apply another law? 355 00:27:25,979 --> 00:27:27,420 Do you think... 356 00:27:27,650 --> 00:27:29,720 the law can be applied differently... 357 00:27:30,420 --> 00:27:31,620 depending on how you perceive it? 358 00:27:32,190 --> 00:27:33,259 Then, 359 00:27:34,989 --> 00:27:36,989 are you telling me to stick to being a young puppet king, 360 00:27:37,729 --> 00:27:39,559 who gets used by Executive Minister Yoo? 361 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,430 If I spare her now, 362 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,839 then I will end up... 363 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:49,410 becoming an incompetent king who has lost my subjects... 364 00:27:50,370 --> 00:27:53,110 without even getting to handle Executive Minister Yoo's spy. 365 00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:54,940 Then, 366 00:27:55,210 --> 00:27:57,509 how would you call a king... 367 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,220 who supports constitutionalism only by words... 368 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:00,779 and applies the law as he pleases? 369 00:28:01,019 --> 00:28:02,420 A foolish king? 370 00:28:02,420 --> 00:28:03,450 Yeon Joo! 371 00:28:03,450 --> 00:28:06,220 This will be recorded in history forever. 372 00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:08,630 Will you ruin your great purpose... 373 00:28:09,460 --> 00:28:11,360 over immediate gains? 374 00:28:16,999 --> 00:28:18,870 This is for that great purpose. 375 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:20,039 Your Majesty. 376 00:28:20,039 --> 00:28:21,299 If I defeat a disloyal subject... 377 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:22,870 and straighten the royal authority, 378 00:28:23,809 --> 00:28:25,979 there will be much more I can do. 379 00:28:25,979 --> 00:28:27,079 Then, 380 00:28:28,110 --> 00:28:30,049 I will be able to make many more achievements. 381 00:28:32,150 --> 00:28:34,220 Reputations are bound to change in the future. 382 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:35,589 For now, 383 00:28:36,350 --> 00:28:38,089 seizing a chance comes first. 384 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:56,940 Please save her, my lord. 385 00:28:57,710 --> 00:28:59,479 I will give up on everything. 386 00:29:00,610 --> 00:29:02,910 Whatever it is, I will give up... 387 00:29:03,549 --> 00:29:05,319 and leave far away with Eun Soo. 388 00:29:06,249 --> 00:29:07,479 So please... 389 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:09,789 spare her life. 390 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,489 It was arrogant of me. 391 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:17,789 I had a stupid dream of getting my revenge with the law. 392 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,299 But now that my sister is in danger, 393 00:29:22,069 --> 00:29:24,069 I have realized that it is much faster... 394 00:29:24,069 --> 00:29:26,400 to rely on power than the law. 395 00:29:30,910 --> 00:29:32,809 You are the only one... 396 00:29:36,410 --> 00:29:38,049 who can save Eun Soo. 397 00:29:43,989 --> 00:29:47,289 Are you suggesting a deal... 398 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:49,729 just by going on your powerless knees? 399 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,970 What will I get in exchange... 400 00:29:57,470 --> 00:29:59,870 for saving Eun Soo? 401 00:30:01,170 --> 00:30:02,670 He wants something from me. 402 00:30:03,710 --> 00:30:04,839 What could it be? 403 00:30:09,749 --> 00:30:11,710 I will bring what you want. 404 00:30:21,059 --> 00:30:22,759 What did you just say? 405 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:24,489 I asked where the ledgers were. 406 00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:28,559 I thought you had offered them to Executive Minister Yoo, but no. 407 00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:30,970 Then it is obvious, is it not? 408 00:30:32,170 --> 00:30:35,710 Lord Chu would not have taken those with him to the fiery pit. 409 00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:40,910 I will bring them. 410 00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:47,650 No, you will not. 411 00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:55,160 If I hand them over to you right now, 412 00:30:56,089 --> 00:30:57,489 what will happen to me? 413 00:30:58,930 --> 00:31:00,600 You will seize a chance. 414 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:03,370 A chance to fulfill your duty as a human. 415 00:31:03,870 --> 00:31:06,940 A chance to act according to your conscience, not wealth. 416 00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:10,739 And a chance to ask for my forgiveness. 417 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,950 I saw you that day. 418 00:31:18,049 --> 00:31:19,350 At the back alley. 419 00:31:50,779 --> 00:31:52,319 Get ready to go to the palace. 420 00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:54,180 - Yes, my lord. - Executive Minister Yoo. 421 00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:58,120 What are you planning to do? 422 00:32:00,289 --> 00:32:02,890 Why is it that you visited me? 423 00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:07,499 Because you believed I could solve... 424 00:32:07,729 --> 00:32:10,299 what you could not with your method, right? 425 00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:18,110 Executive Minister Yoo came to the Ministry of Justice? 426 00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:19,910 Yes. 427 00:32:24,049 --> 00:32:25,079 Do not tell me... 428 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,220 Your Highness? 429 00:32:29,450 --> 00:32:30,450 Your Highness! 430 00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:34,920 According to the law, 431 00:32:35,690 --> 00:32:37,190 you should live. 432 00:32:38,430 --> 00:32:41,100 But the one who establishes law... 433 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:42,670 and administers justice... 434 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:45,370 wants you to die. 435 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,239 You mean the King. 436 00:32:48,769 --> 00:32:49,839 Yes. 437 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,739 To save you, 438 00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:56,279 we need to devise a scheme and not rely on the law. 439 00:32:57,749 --> 00:32:59,920 And so your brother... 440 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,450 came to see me, not the King. 441 00:33:07,059 --> 00:33:11,130 I am going to save you once more. 442 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,529 After sneaking you away to a safe place, 443 00:33:18,839 --> 00:33:22,509 I will have a different person executed. 444 00:33:29,710 --> 00:33:31,880 According to the national law, the prisoner who escaped jail... 445 00:33:32,479 --> 00:33:34,650 and the one who had known but did not report it... 446 00:33:35,690 --> 00:33:37,220 must be beheaded. 447 00:33:37,819 --> 00:33:39,720 Roughly ten people, 448 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,259 including the lieutenant of Ministry of Justice, 449 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,489 the prison guard, and the executioner, 450 00:33:44,829 --> 00:33:47,259 will lose their lives because of me. 451 00:33:50,370 --> 00:33:53,940 Han Soo will surely not agree to such a plan, either. 452 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:55,769 Will you... 453 00:33:56,970 --> 00:33:58,539 truly not regret it? 454 00:33:59,509 --> 00:34:01,309 Did you not already predict my answer... 455 00:34:03,150 --> 00:34:04,910 before coming here? 456 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,230 Eun Soo. 457 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,839 What did Executive Minister Yoo say to you? 458 00:34:33,279 --> 00:34:34,540 It was nothing important. 459 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,730 Your Majesty. 460 00:34:56,870 --> 00:35:00,100 Did you come to see what happened to the girl... 461 00:35:00,839 --> 00:35:02,339 you abandoned? 462 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,310 Kang Han Soo paid me a visit, 463 00:35:09,980 --> 00:35:11,750 asking to save Eun Soo. 464 00:35:14,620 --> 00:35:17,250 He must have thought only I... 465 00:35:17,250 --> 00:35:19,989 could save that child in the entire nation. 466 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,560 And not the King. 467 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:51,720 Your Majesty. 468 00:35:59,799 --> 00:36:01,830 I heard you went and begged Executive Minister Yoo. 469 00:36:08,939 --> 00:36:11,009 If you were to beg, you should have done it to me. 470 00:36:12,169 --> 00:36:13,609 The one you should have begged... 471 00:36:15,850 --> 00:36:17,279 and persuaded is me. 472 00:36:19,350 --> 00:36:22,989 The answer was already decided, was it not? 473 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:24,790 The verdict... 474 00:36:25,919 --> 00:36:27,489 can change anytime. 475 00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:32,899 Were you not the man... 476 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:35,970 who taught me that? 477 00:36:39,299 --> 00:36:40,339 But... 478 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,209 it is too late now. 479 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:04,959 Come watch the trial tomorrow. 480 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,160 I made a mistake. 481 00:37:37,330 --> 00:37:41,600 Despite being friends, I did not fully trust the King. 482 00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:48,370 Having become blind at the thought of saving Eun Soo, 483 00:37:50,739 --> 00:37:52,209 I made the wrong move... 484 00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:55,580 of pleading to power, 485 00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:00,020 not to the law. 486 00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:16,799 All because of me. 487 00:38:56,509 --> 00:38:57,569 According to the criminal law, 488 00:38:58,609 --> 00:38:59,910 all adultery... 489 00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:02,950 must be by all means caught in action... 490 00:39:02,950 --> 00:39:04,580 for the crime to be convicted. 491 00:39:05,410 --> 00:39:08,819 But Kim Young Jae, Choi Heung Seon, and Lee Geun Woo, 492 00:39:09,149 --> 00:39:12,350 who were arrested for committing adultery with Kang, 493 00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:14,319 were not caught at the scene. 494 00:39:14,689 --> 00:39:15,989 Nor were there any witnesses. 495 00:39:15,989 --> 00:39:18,489 They were simply the names in the statement... 496 00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:20,560 made by Heo Joong Sik, who was arrested for murder. 497 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:22,459 It was likely... 498 00:39:23,069 --> 00:39:26,399 a false accusation in order to lessen his sins. 499 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:27,839 Therefore, 500 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,209 Kim Young Jae, Choi Heung Seon, 501 00:39:31,739 --> 00:39:33,410 and Lee Geun Woo cannot be questioned. 502 00:39:34,810 --> 00:39:36,350 Release them all. 503 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:38,149 - Thank you... - Thank you... 504 00:39:38,149 --> 00:39:41,319 - for your boundless generosity. - for your boundless generosity. 505 00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:45,520 Nonetheless, 506 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,890 adultery is an act of secrecy. 507 00:39:49,189 --> 00:39:50,790 There was a precedent where one got punished... 508 00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:53,330 with clear evidence despite not getting caught red-handed. 509 00:39:53,730 --> 00:39:55,859 Those who are found guilty by having the same tattoo... 510 00:39:55,859 --> 00:39:57,230 as the woman, 511 00:39:57,230 --> 00:39:59,640 Jang Myung Ki, Jang Yoon, and Seo Byung Ho... 512 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,000 are to get 100 floggings and be exiled 2,000 ri away. 513 00:40:15,549 --> 00:40:16,750 Lastly, 514 00:40:18,089 --> 00:40:19,359 a word for Kang. 515 00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:24,759 A conjugal relationship is strictly protected... 516 00:40:24,759 --> 00:40:26,529 under the three basic bonds. 517 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,730 It is not any different from relationships... 518 00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:31,330 between a subject and his King and a parent and their child. 519 00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:32,569 However, 520 00:40:32,770 --> 00:40:34,899 Kang has destroyed this basic principle. 521 00:40:35,739 --> 00:40:37,370 She must be punished accordingly... 522 00:40:39,609 --> 00:40:41,080 and placed under capital punishment. 523 00:40:54,819 --> 00:40:57,390 If you interfere now, your sister will be brutally killed. 524 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,310 Announce the verdict. 525 00:42:35,290 --> 00:42:36,589 "Kang's crime..." 526 00:42:38,330 --> 00:42:43,370 "of committing adultery with many different men..." 527 00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:47,739 "is considered a violation..." 528 00:42:50,169 --> 00:42:52,569 "of the Family Law, which prohibits her..." 529 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:55,509 "from betraying her husband..." 530 00:42:57,950 --> 00:43:00,720 "and running away to be remarried right away." 531 00:43:12,060 --> 00:43:13,299 "She is sentenced..." 532 00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:17,669 "to death by hanging." 533 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,830 Please help me save Eun Soo. 534 00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:28,540 I will pay you a fortune if that is what you want. 535 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,140 You must be the Princess. 536 00:45:05,439 --> 00:45:06,609 Do you know me? 537 00:45:10,180 --> 00:45:12,080 Right, you worked for Executive Minister Yoo. 538 00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:15,049 You must know me as his political opponent. 539 00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:19,450 I know you as someone... 540 00:45:20,359 --> 00:45:22,290 who is cherished by those whom I love. 541 00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:25,989 I've always wanted to know... 542 00:45:27,060 --> 00:45:28,959 what you were like. 543 00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:32,029 And what do you think now that we met? 544 00:45:35,669 --> 00:45:37,640 I wish to be you. 545 00:45:39,109 --> 00:45:40,379 If I were you, 546 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,609 I could remain... 547 00:45:44,049 --> 00:45:46,080 by those whom I love. 548 00:45:47,450 --> 00:45:49,819 I take that as your wish to live. 549 00:45:51,620 --> 00:45:52,850 Is that correct? 550 00:46:09,439 --> 00:46:11,040 I must see His Majesty. 551 00:46:11,140 --> 00:46:12,569 This decision was wrongful. 552 00:46:14,580 --> 00:46:18,049 Think of how he must have felt as he made the decision... 553 00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:19,680 knowing that it is wrong. 554 00:46:20,049 --> 00:46:21,720 What a loyal subject you are. 555 00:46:22,649 --> 00:46:26,290 Princess Yeon Joo will save Eun Soo. 556 00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:35,830 I will persuade Eun Soo again. 557 00:46:36,430 --> 00:46:40,200 She will be switched out by another dead body. 558 00:46:41,399 --> 00:46:42,600 In that case, 559 00:46:42,899 --> 00:46:44,970 she might get caught. 560 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:46,739 I do not care if the act is caught. 561 00:46:47,140 --> 00:46:49,750 All I need is enough time to let Eun Soo escape. 562 00:46:50,149 --> 00:46:52,810 And I will take responsibility for everything. 563 00:46:59,919 --> 00:47:05,029 Do you have any idea what you are saying right now? 564 00:47:05,230 --> 00:47:06,459 Of course. 565 00:47:06,730 --> 00:47:10,029 I will be punished severely for helping a felon escape. 566 00:47:10,730 --> 00:47:12,529 I may even get deposed. 567 00:47:12,529 --> 00:47:14,069 (Deposed: Losing one's social status) 568 00:47:14,069 --> 00:47:15,669 I must take things that far... 569 00:47:15,669 --> 00:47:18,239 for His Majesty to realize his mistake. 570 00:47:19,009 --> 00:47:20,180 Above all, 571 00:47:21,910 --> 00:47:23,779 I cannot condone... 572 00:47:24,180 --> 00:47:26,480 your attempt to pay back everything you did to that family... 573 00:47:27,580 --> 00:47:29,950 over a matter like this one. 574 00:47:31,919 --> 00:47:34,959 You will face a more severe punishment... 575 00:47:35,890 --> 00:47:37,459 after this. 576 00:47:57,379 --> 00:47:59,250 Get changed and follow Dong Chi. 577 00:48:00,549 --> 00:48:02,819 Nobody will dare to stop the Princess. 578 00:48:12,430 --> 00:48:14,359 I cannot make Han Soo... 579 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:18,830 live as a fugitive for life just to save myself. 580 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,870 His life was already ruined... 581 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,410 when our father was framed and killed. 582 00:48:27,879 --> 00:48:30,350 I cannot make him live in hiding for the rest of his life. 583 00:48:33,819 --> 00:48:36,250 I will gladly receive the price for my crime, 584 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:39,689 and I received a promise from His Majesty too. 585 00:48:40,790 --> 00:48:43,390 A promise? From His Majesty? 586 00:48:46,290 --> 00:48:47,700 Your Majesty. 587 00:48:47,700 --> 00:48:50,930 A soul that suffered a wrongful death... 588 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:52,799 wanders around this world... 589 00:48:53,439 --> 00:48:55,839 to harm the living... 590 00:48:55,839 --> 00:48:57,839 or cause natural disasters. 591 00:48:58,439 --> 00:49:00,279 That is why for generations, 592 00:49:00,810 --> 00:49:04,350 kings always paid attention to the chagrin of their people. 593 00:49:04,609 --> 00:49:06,549 Are you threatening me right now? 594 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:08,720 I mean you are solely in power... 595 00:49:10,020 --> 00:49:12,089 to decide if this virtueless woman... 596 00:49:12,689 --> 00:49:13,959 will pass away... 597 00:49:15,319 --> 00:49:17,529 in spite or not. 598 00:49:18,529 --> 00:49:21,100 So Your Majesty, 599 00:49:21,859 --> 00:49:24,299 please become a strong and benevolent King... 600 00:49:25,730 --> 00:49:28,169 and push out treacherous subjects such as Executive Minister Yoo... 601 00:49:29,299 --> 00:49:31,640 and resolve the deep sorrows of your people... 602 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:33,980 who suffered because of them. 603 00:49:36,879 --> 00:49:38,649 If you give me that promise, 604 00:49:41,879 --> 00:49:43,149 I will... 605 00:49:45,419 --> 00:49:47,959 gladly go yonder to the other world. 606 00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:21,489 I understand your intention. 607 00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:23,959 But I cannot back down this time. 608 00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:29,529 Your parents were wrongfully killed. 609 00:50:30,899 --> 00:50:32,430 If you leave like this, 610 00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:36,569 how will Han Soo... 611 00:50:38,810 --> 00:50:40,910 live the rest of his life? 612 00:50:42,580 --> 00:50:44,049 I will do whatever I can... 613 00:50:44,750 --> 00:50:46,819 to protect you and your brother. 614 00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:50,290 Even if it means killing Executive Minister Yoo. 615 00:50:55,489 --> 00:50:56,830 Princess Yeon Joo, 616 00:50:58,859 --> 00:51:01,600 you must love my brother from the bottom of your heart. 617 00:51:04,770 --> 00:51:06,029 I get it. 618 00:51:06,839 --> 00:51:10,140 But I have a favor to ask you. 619 00:51:11,009 --> 00:51:12,169 What is it? 620 00:51:12,470 --> 00:51:14,939 Please bring something from my house. 621 00:51:16,109 --> 00:51:17,879 It is for Han Soo, 622 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,720 so can you deliver it to him? 623 00:51:23,180 --> 00:51:24,589 I will not take long. 624 00:51:44,270 --> 00:51:47,410 My men will set fire to the scaffold and in the market... 625 00:51:47,410 --> 00:51:50,379 to scatter their forces and cause confusion. 626 00:51:50,609 --> 00:51:53,149 Dong Chi and Chu Sal will subdue the executioner in the meantime, 627 00:51:53,379 --> 00:51:54,750 and I will rescue Eun Soo. 628 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:57,649 Han Soo! 629 00:52:06,390 --> 00:52:08,629 Eun Soo! 630 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:11,069 No, Eun Soo. 631 00:52:30,819 --> 00:52:34,520 Get a physician! Now! 632 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:41,230 No. 633 00:52:41,899 --> 00:52:43,129 - Han Soo. - Yes? 634 00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:45,629 It was great... 635 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,370 to see you again. 636 00:52:51,169 --> 00:52:53,739 No, stop speaking. 637 00:52:53,879 --> 00:52:55,140 Don't say anything. 638 00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:57,009 Stop speaking. 639 00:52:58,350 --> 00:52:59,609 You look... 640 00:53:02,850 --> 00:53:04,950 so lovely. 641 00:53:05,549 --> 00:53:07,720 No, Eun Soo. Stop speaking. 642 00:53:08,459 --> 00:53:11,230 What are you doing? Get a physician! 643 00:53:11,290 --> 00:53:12,560 Okay. 644 00:53:16,870 --> 00:53:18,129 Young Master. 645 00:53:24,509 --> 00:53:26,040 Thank you for everything. 646 00:53:29,209 --> 00:53:30,509 You were there for me... 647 00:53:32,149 --> 00:53:34,020 during the hard times, 648 00:53:37,020 --> 00:53:38,549 and I could... 649 00:53:39,149 --> 00:53:40,589 breathe for once. 650 00:53:47,459 --> 00:53:50,270 No, Eun Soo. Don't go. 651 00:53:53,770 --> 00:53:56,470 Eun Soo. Hang in there. 652 00:54:05,279 --> 00:54:08,450 I leave you this letter for one reason. 653 00:54:10,989 --> 00:54:12,189 It is because... 654 00:54:14,189 --> 00:54:17,589 I do not want my death to be another grudge of yours. 655 00:54:21,259 --> 00:54:22,399 Han Soo. 656 00:54:23,870 --> 00:54:25,470 Do you remember... 657 00:54:26,730 --> 00:54:29,799 what we said the day before I got married? 658 00:54:40,009 --> 00:54:41,750 What is your dream, Han Soo? 659 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:46,020 You already know. Being rich. 660 00:54:46,790 --> 00:54:47,819 You? 661 00:54:49,359 --> 00:54:50,930 To live like a human being. 662 00:54:53,230 --> 00:54:55,330 What is living like a human being? 663 00:54:55,730 --> 00:54:58,600 You respect your parents, love your siblings, 664 00:54:58,669 --> 00:55:00,200 and be loyal to your king. 665 00:55:00,939 --> 00:55:02,839 Do you mean the Three Bonds in Confucianism? 666 00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,209 It would be nice to abide by all of them. 667 00:55:07,279 --> 00:55:10,649 But I will keep this one word in my heart. 668 00:55:12,049 --> 00:55:13,080 What word? 669 00:55:13,919 --> 00:55:14,950 "Repay." 670 00:55:17,149 --> 00:55:19,720 I want to be a person who knows how to repay kindness. 671 00:55:21,319 --> 00:55:23,989 That is why I stepped up to marry... 672 00:55:23,989 --> 00:55:25,489 a complete stranger. 673 00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:30,230 The first kindness I want to repay... 674 00:55:32,069 --> 00:55:33,899 is from my parents. 675 00:55:36,399 --> 00:55:38,410 It was the same for Executive Minister Yoo. 676 00:55:42,310 --> 00:55:44,180 I was indebted to him, 677 00:55:44,980 --> 00:55:46,750 so I wanted to repay him. 678 00:55:47,419 --> 00:55:48,720 That is why I believed him. 679 00:55:50,450 --> 00:55:51,950 I know that I was foolish. 680 00:55:53,020 --> 00:55:54,489 But Han Soo, 681 00:55:58,830 --> 00:56:00,200 I do not regret it. 682 00:56:02,259 --> 00:56:04,200 I merely feel sorry for you. 683 00:56:24,319 --> 00:56:25,850 This is not right. 684 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:38,899 Eun Soo... 685 00:57:15,970 --> 00:57:17,109 Han Soo. 686 00:57:19,770 --> 00:57:23,140 Do you remember the magnolia tree in our backyard? 687 00:57:25,879 --> 00:57:27,580 We used to say that the flowers in full bloom... 688 00:57:28,450 --> 00:57:30,720 looked like the stars in the night sky. 689 00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:34,489 They say that you become... 690 00:57:35,489 --> 00:57:36,890 a star when you die. 691 00:57:38,660 --> 00:57:40,299 I will be a magnolia flower instead. 692 00:57:41,399 --> 00:57:43,100 I will blossom like a star every year... 693 00:57:45,529 --> 00:57:47,169 to come and see you. 694 00:57:49,770 --> 00:57:51,370 So, Han Soo, 695 00:57:53,879 --> 00:57:55,609 do not cry for me. 696 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:03,520 For we will meet every spring. 697 00:58:09,859 --> 00:58:11,259 Han Soo! 698 00:58:11,730 --> 00:58:12,830 There you are. 699 00:58:12,830 --> 00:58:15,859 What took you so long? We are all waiting for you. 700 00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:17,700 What are you waiting for? Come on in. 701 00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:20,700 Mom made noodles with anchovy broth, your favorite. 702 00:58:20,739 --> 00:58:21,799 Hurry! 703 00:58:33,180 --> 00:58:34,379 You must be hungry. 704 00:58:34,879 --> 00:58:36,020 Hi, son. 705 00:58:38,319 --> 00:58:39,350 Mom. 706 00:58:40,390 --> 00:58:43,620 Why are there egg garnishes only in his bowl? 707 00:58:44,759 --> 00:58:48,029 Your brother is a poor man. He is still a bachelor. 708 00:58:48,899 --> 00:58:51,799 That is because of his bad temper. 709 00:58:52,569 --> 00:58:54,270 No way. Let me have them. 710 00:58:54,270 --> 00:58:55,799 All right. 711 00:58:56,140 --> 00:58:58,810 You can have mine. Happy? 712 00:58:59,410 --> 00:59:01,810 You are the best, Dad! 713 00:59:01,810 --> 00:59:02,910 Of course. 714 00:59:03,850 --> 00:59:06,379 Han Soo, why are you standing there? 715 00:59:06,379 --> 00:59:08,350 Let us eat already. I am hungry. 716 00:59:08,450 --> 00:59:10,020 Come on! 717 01:02:03,459 --> 01:02:07,230 I guess you adored her very much. 718 01:02:07,730 --> 01:02:08,930 Yes. 719 01:02:09,259 --> 01:02:12,569 She was very smart and beautiful. 720 01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,569 She was obedient too. 721 01:02:19,140 --> 01:02:20,939 Did you not already predict my answer... 722 01:02:22,180 --> 01:02:23,910 before coming here? 723 01:02:25,509 --> 01:02:26,609 Then, 724 01:02:26,609 --> 01:02:30,649 you better make a decision yourself... 725 01:02:31,489 --> 01:02:33,959 before your brother acts recklessly. 726 01:02:38,689 --> 01:02:40,660 You left this in my house. 727 01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:49,870 Please... 728 01:02:50,399 --> 01:02:54,839 comfort her soul so that she can rest in peace. 729 01:03:21,239 --> 01:03:25,270 "Kim Young Jae, Choi Heung Seon, and Lee Geun Woo were..." 730 01:03:25,270 --> 01:03:29,609 "all testified to have committed adultery with the same woman." 731 01:03:30,310 --> 01:03:33,680 "But as no evidence could prove it," 732 01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:36,180 "Kim Young Jae will be reinstated as a minor inspector of Saheonbu," 733 01:03:36,180 --> 01:03:38,549 "Choi Heung Seon will be reinstated as a section chief of Taxation," 734 01:03:39,089 --> 01:03:40,250 "and Lee Geun Woo will be reinstated..." 735 01:03:40,250 --> 01:03:41,419 "as a third minister of Public Works. " 736 01:03:41,419 --> 01:03:44,189 "Fulfill your duties with dedication." 737 01:03:47,060 --> 01:03:48,899 Entrusting a person with a duty... 738 01:03:49,100 --> 01:03:50,430 cannot be done lightly. 739 01:03:51,500 --> 01:03:55,540 And if a person corrects their faults to turn over a new leaf, 740 01:03:56,040 --> 01:03:57,609 they can be trusted again. 741 01:03:57,939 --> 01:04:02,080 If they are abandoned for good due to their small past mistakes, 742 01:04:02,410 --> 01:04:04,350 they will be bound to complain. 743 01:04:04,950 --> 01:04:06,310 Small mistakes? 744 01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:09,350 The woman involved lost her life. 745 01:04:09,350 --> 01:04:10,580 But these men... 746 01:04:11,220 --> 01:04:12,620 can be spared... 747 01:04:12,620 --> 01:04:13,919 and even reinstated? 748 01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,560 This is utterly unreasonable. 749 01:04:17,259 --> 01:04:18,890 Please reconsider, Your Majesty. 750 01:04:21,459 --> 01:04:22,660 I will not. 751 01:05:29,399 --> 01:05:33,230 You were there for me during the hard times, 752 01:05:34,839 --> 01:05:38,410 and I could breathe for once. 753 01:05:46,750 --> 01:05:51,790 How come she is not recovering for this long? 754 01:05:54,419 --> 01:05:55,720 No wonder. 755 01:05:58,259 --> 01:05:59,660 It is all my fault. 756 01:06:00,259 --> 01:06:01,430 I... 757 01:06:02,399 --> 01:06:05,899 failed to take good care of her. 758 01:06:09,169 --> 01:06:10,470 Please... 759 01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:13,370 get through it, Your Highness. 760 01:06:13,540 --> 01:06:14,680 Please... 761 01:06:16,239 --> 01:06:17,649 get better soon, Your Highness. 762 01:06:22,450 --> 01:06:23,980 All right. 763 01:06:25,020 --> 01:06:27,919 Han Soo, let us eat. 764 01:06:56,049 --> 01:06:57,419 Han Soo... 765 01:07:40,290 --> 01:07:41,500 Your Highness. 766 01:07:41,500 --> 01:07:44,930 You still have a fever. Rest a little more... 767 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:46,299 I am all right. 768 01:07:46,470 --> 01:07:47,899 I should get over it now. 769 01:08:29,780 --> 01:08:30,909 Your Highness. 770 01:08:34,419 --> 01:08:35,980 An auspicious day is out. 771 01:08:38,749 --> 01:08:40,020 Will you... 772 01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:43,289 marry me? 773 01:09:11,919 --> 01:09:15,490 (The animal scenes were filmed under protection and safety.) 774 01:09:19,890 --> 01:09:21,530 (Joseon Attorney: A Morality) 775 01:09:24,129 --> 01:09:28,900 I am happy to deliver such delightful news. 776 01:09:29,199 --> 01:09:31,610 - Congratulations. - Congratulations. 777 01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:35,240 I know this is not what you want. 778 01:09:35,539 --> 01:09:36,709 But I... 779 01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,280 truly love Her Highness. 780 01:09:39,980 --> 01:09:43,249 It is not your fault to love her. 781 01:09:44,249 --> 01:09:47,789 Princess Yeon Joo found out about what happened to Officer Kang. 782 01:09:49,259 --> 01:09:50,789 I believe... 783 01:09:52,259 --> 01:09:54,499 all of you will join me this time again. 784 01:09:54,730 --> 01:09:55,930 Your Highness. 785 01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:57,999 Your Highness. 786 01:09:57,999 --> 01:09:59,369 This is for the better. 787 01:09:59,930 --> 01:10:01,270 Use me... 788 01:10:01,970 --> 01:10:03,270 in any way you can. 789 01:10:04,570 --> 01:10:06,009 (Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)