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This is His Excellency, Hong Ki Ho, who will lend you his family name.

From now on, your name is Yeon.

Hong Yeon.

This is the daughter of Hong Ki Ho, the governor of Gyeonggi.

Eun Ki!

The queen is alive?

The Queen Dowager wants to see you.

Remember. You're your sister Eun Ki in front of her.

It was the queen. Didn't you see her?

It was definitely the queen!

You said you wanted to participate in the selection?

What's your motive?

I want to find the man who pointed a gun at me

and destroyed everything.

Congratulations!

You're living the good life now.

Because of your grandfather who was a traitor,

I heard you always had to go on outings discreetly.

How could you stand there and just listen to that?

You have to silence people like that even by tripping them.

He was right about everything.

Until this day, I'm still hiding.

Everyone hides.

Behind their name, family,

and tall fences.

Thanks to you, I made up my mind as well.

Kang Yi Soo's daughter is entering the first round of the selection, sir.

We'll have to make sure she's on our side

before sending her to the king.

How could she...

be still alive and be here?

Find out if there's a daughter of Hong Ki Ho, the governor of Gyeonggi among the candidates.

The daughter of the governor of Gyeonggi is indeed among them.

Here comes His Majesty!

I'll join you too, Great Royal Dowager Queen.

Continue.

This is the daughter of Hong Ki Ho, the governor of Gyeonggi.

You were...

What in the world...

You were...

Please let me go.

Your Majesty.

You were alive?

Let go of her, Your Majesty.

You need to think about what other people think.

That will be the end of the presentation.

Everyone, leave.

What are you doing, Court Lady Jung?

Escort the young ladies to the waiting room!

Yes.

Please follow me.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

What happened?

Since when...

Are you feeling okay?

Are you feeling ill at all?

Please stop for a second, Your Majesty.

Explain yourself.

Are you really Eun Ki?

I'm not sure what you mean.

What trouble will you cause this time?

- Mother. - Queen Mother.

Why are you here?

You should be dead and buried underground.

How could you be alive?

What are you doing?

What are you guys doing? Bring Queen Mother to her house right now!

What are you, a ghost or a monster?

Stop that, Mother!

Will you...

Will you endanger my son's life again?

Mother!

- Mother! - Your Highness!

- Queen Mother. - Mother!

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

- Your Highness! - Mother.

- Mother! - Your Highness!

Mother!

How is she?

She became weak momentarily since she was in a huge shock.

She'll be able to wake up soon.

That's a relief, Your Majesty.

Did you know by chance?

You saw the queen showing up to the selection today.

I'm asking whether you intended her to be there.

There's no way.

I was surprised as well.

Also, she said she's not the queen.

It was the queen.

If that young lady were really the queen,

why do you think she didn't reach you first?

Eun Ki.

Does she know His Majesty?

I know, right?

What's going on anyway?

Didn't his Majesty...

embrace her?

Eun Ki?

Who's Eun Ki?

Queen Dowager wants you to leave the palace.

The selection process will resume tomorrow.

Don't we deserve to know what's going on at least?

The king ordered to keep what happened today a secret.

I'll get the litters ready.

Please leave the palace now.

Excuse me.

His Majesty wants to see you.

I'm sorry.

Forget everything Mother said.

Please look at me.

It's just you and I now.

Forgive me, Your Majesty.

Before I came to the palace, I was told not to step on the shadow of the king

and not look at the king's face directly either.

But I behaved rudely since I was caught off guard earlier.

- Queen. - What do you mean, "Queen?"

How could you say something so unimaginable?

I'm just a woman who's participating in the selection.

Why are you doing this, Eun Ki?

My apologies, but I'm Yeon from the Hong family.

Raise your head.

It's an order.

Don't go away.

It's an order.

There's no way I wouldn't recognize you.

But I'm not the woman you think I am, Your Majesty.

That's a lie.

It's the truth.

Are you punishing me?

Are you punishing me like this

because I couldn't protect you?

Your Majesty.

Please don't put me in a difficult position anymore.

I beg you.

Please let me go.

Please help me.

Try making it to the last stage of the selection on your own.

I'll decide whether I'll help you or not then.

And...

even if you run into His Majesty,

don't try to reveal your identity.

If he knew that you came back to life,

do you think he'd let you remain as a candidate?

Your plan to catch the culprit yourself

- would go to waste. - Yes.

I'll follow your order.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

You can't step out of the palace like this.

You know that, Your Majesty.

Han Mo.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Protect that girl.

So she won't be put into danger or disappear.

Tighten the security at the house.

Yes.

By the way, Your Highness...

Why are you telling His Majesty that she's Hong Yeon?

His Majesty would probably try to get her reinstated immediately.

The queen's family is a family of a traitor.

We haven't even caught the culprit.

I can't let the palace to be in disturbance again.

I ran into the king during the selection.

You mean the king was there?

So? Did you deal with it well?

I said I'm Hong Yeon according to the Queen Dowager's order.

But it didn't seem like he bought it.

You did well.

You can't win this battle without the Queen Dowager's help.

You need to follow her orders and turn her into your ally.

Yes.

So are you sure about this decision?

I read the Theory of Enlightenment.

If that's the path Father chose,

I'll follow his footsteps.

But...

I need to find the culprit who killed my sister first.

The revenge on the king comes afterward.

You mean she's really the queen?

I even passed out. Isn't that enough to tell?

We need to come up with a solution.

She faked her identity and entered the selection.

She'll seduce His Majesty again.

I confirmed with the coroner.

What he saw was a cold body without a doubt.

The soldiers who dumped the body outside the palace

said the same thing as well.

Seriously...

This must be the end of the world.

How could the dead keep coming back to life?

What if Kang Yi Soo comes back to life too?

Hey!

Don't say stuff like that in this situation.

You're scaring me.

Nothing serious would happen yet.

You should look into it further and deal with it afterward.

I'm worried about the Queen Mother's nagging.

She's freaking out so much.

Looks like you haven't heard the news yet.

Father.

There's a woman who has the Queen's face!

His Majesty saw her too.

Is that why you're shaking so much?

Would you like to go back home with me then?

Do you want to move back to the annex and regret it for the rest of your life?

I don't want to.

If so...

stop shaking, Sweetheart.

If the queen really came back to life,

I'll find the evidence and get her out of your sight.

She's the daughter of a traitor.

Not only that she'd get disqualified from the selection,

but also she'd have to get killed immediately.

I'll look into the Hong family thoroughly.

You have to be strong.

You just need to do as I say.

Just smile innocently no matter who you compete with for now.

So no one would think of you as a threat.

That's what you have to do.

Understand?

Father.

That's the woman.

Let's go.

She has the dead queen's face?

I've only heard about how huge the palace is.

If I didn't have beef jerky, I would've fainted while walking.

There's no way I could live here.

I felt tempted when I saw him today.

Didn't you see his face today? He's totally handsome.

He's my type.

We got to see his handsome face because of you.

Should I thank you for that?

By the way,

who's Eun Ki anyway?

Am I the only one who's curious?

Right! Come to think of it, I've heard that name before.

She's the tragic queen who died unexpectedly.

Am I wrong?

Thank you for telling me.

I was curious about that too.

But this is such a pity.

You went against the king's order by telling everyone.

I think you'd receive a penalty.

Ms. Kim.

You're receiving a penalty.

She's the daughter of a traitor.

Not only that she'd get disqualified from the selection,

but also she'd have to get killed immediately.

Why are you keep looking?

Just smile innocently no matter who you

compete with for now.

Well, it's nothing.

Your Majesty.

It's getting late.

You should go to bed now.

How strange.

What I dreamt about happened in reality.

That can happen sometimes.

Don't worry about it so much.

Your Majesty, it's Han Mo.

Come on in.

The soldiers are guarding the guest house securely.

- How about her? - She's safe.

Your Majesty.

What are you worried about so much?

I can't possibly forget that face.

So as that voice.

But her eyes...

Her eyes felt somewhat different.

Your Highness.

She's the one who endangered my son's life. Your Grandson's life.

She's an evil and wicked thing.

She deserves to get kicked out!

Yes, Sister.

I mean, Your Highness.

I agree with her too.

If she's really the queen who came back to life,

she's the daughter of the traitor!

That's probably the left state minister's opinion, not yours.

Stop fussing over it.

She's not the dead queen.

Even if that were true,

I have a bad feeling about it.

It's a bad sign!

The first round of selection already started.

We can't damage our dignity as the royals anymore.

But Your Highness...

If she means bad luck as Queen Mother said,

she'd get eliminated during the first round of selection.

This selection will...

be unique in its methods.

This selection will...

be consisted with Gwansang, Shimsang, Haengsang.

That would be three parts in total.

Gwansang is about the face, Shimsang is about the heart,

and Haengsang is about the attitude. That would be the criteria.

Before we examine your faces,

we'll check if you're wearing any makeup.

If you broke the rule and wore rouge on your lips,

you'd receive a penalty.

Your Majesty.

Pull yourself together, Your Majesty.

Don't be confused.

Me pulling myself together won't be enough.

Whether she's the queen or not,

everyone will manipulate her in front of me from now on.

That'd include you too, Grandmother.

Don't try to take advantage of her no matter what.

I'd keep on eye on you.

And...

if that young lady turns out to be the queen,

I'll protect her no matter what it takes...

this time.

What's it about?

It's nothing. I'll get going.

- So that man woke up? - Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, I'll send a notorious torturer along so he confesses.

- I'll visit him myself. - Pardon?

You want to do this on your own?

Yes.

Get ready.

Right now?

Never mind.

I think it'd be better if you went after the sunset.

I'll say that I'm leaving to inspect public offices.

- Han Mo, you'll be the only one to come with me. - Yes, Your Majesty.

I'm planning to put you on an important duty.

Don't be so pouty.

Did you say "an important duty?"

Keep an eye on that woman.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, by the way, the thing is...

Am I spying on her or guarding her?

- It's both. - Both?

Yes, Your Majesty.

How did it go?

I don't know what that old hag is plotting.

I managed to make myself a judge at least.

I planted one of my court ladies as a judge as well.

Well done!

What should I do then?

Things would get too loud if you get involved.

Song and I will take care of this.

So just step aside.

Passed.

Passed.

A penalty for Ms. Hong.

Hold on a second.

I'm not wearing rouge.

It definitely smudged.

Please check one more time.

Please check again.

What's going on?

I already checked, but...

Ms. Hong will receive an extra penalty.

One's attitude toward the process and the result

is also a part of the evaluation.

Hurry up with the rest.

I'll do it.

Passed.

A lot of you didn't pass the makeup test.

Please remove everything on your face.

What's wrong?

I've smelled wolfsbane before.

Wolfsbane?

It's poisonous. It itches your skin

and turns it red too.

Ms. Hong!

Could you lend me your towel if you're done?

You want the one I already used?

But your hands are...

It'd be disadvantageous for me if I make a fuss now.

Do you recognize me?

He apparently hasn't fully recovered yet.

He can't talk normally.

Your Majesty.

A lot of people died because of you.

They were guarding me

and they were at your gunpoint. They were my men.

Everyone who died that day

were my men who I cared about.

The only way for me to send them off

is to punish the one who's behind you.

So you'd better open your mouth!

Tell me who you're working for.

And you'll have to...

You'll have to be punished for your sin no matter what.

Your Majesty.

Have you noticed anyone looking for him?

No, not yet.

Move to a different shelter at night

and find out who he is first.

Yes, Your Majesty.

See you later.

Look who's back.

Did you hear about the owner of the Buyong Agency yet?

We don't know either.

Whether they're dead or alive.

By the way...

Who are you? Why do you keep looking for them?

I'll be back.

Let me know if you hear about them.

I already talked to the face reader about this.

Give it to her when you get a chance.

Yes, Your Highness.

[ Gwansang ] We'll start the Gwansang test now.

Since all three parts of your face are weak,

your spirit is weak and timid.

You don't have the face of a queen.

You're destined to acquire what's not yours.

What does that mean?

Please refrain from asking questions.

He's not a shaman.

Your forehead is big and eyelashes are long.

Your destiny will be determined by your father.

Your stance resembles a mountain,

but you lack yang energy which is important to a queen.

Your lips are usually red

and your lick them often.

I can sense that you're sexually frustrated.

You have an exceptional face.

You look just like a phoenix.

Your pupils are strong

and your eyebrows are smooth.

Your ears resemble fans

and your lips are plump.

You definitely have the face of a queen.

- The king saw her face? - Yes.

Apparently nothing happened thanks to the Queen Dowager.

The Queen Dowager's plotting against her grandson

turns out to be beneficial to us.

Tell her to be careful so they don't find out who she is.

Yes, sir.

She finally decided to be on our side.

Is that so?

I'm curious

to see what kind of woman she is.

Well...

Here's another one who has a queen's face...

What are you talking about?

Which one has a queen's face anyway?

The thing is...

The thing is...

This young lady has a queen's face.

How impressive.

You have a queen's face.

That means you made the first place in the Gwansang test.

- Don't you think? - You're right.

Congratulations.

You're so loud!

Be quiet.

Are you the only people around here?

I'm sorry.

You didn't like how loud we were.

By the way, are you frustrated about things in general?

Is that why you're sexually frustrated?

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That's a barracks that serves the Kim family.

If it's a barracks,

there must be a ledger of the hunters.

Find out his name and address.

And find everything that can be evidence.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Aigoo, sir. You came.

You act like this is your house.

Welcome.

It's all thanks to your generosity, sir.

It's making me tear up...

- I saw you stretching. - Did you?

You should've said so then.

Something smells smoky.

- Do I smell gunpowder? - Hey!

You're normally a happy man.

But you look kind of upset today.

Did something happen while you were out?

Did someone trip you or...

slap you or something...

The rent.

- Give it to me now. - Pardon?

Where can I see her?

Lady Hong Yeon.

Who?

Right!

So she's over yonder...

What are you doing?

- Let's go right now. - Hold on!

My stomach. My stomach hurts all of a sudden.

I had a seaweed salad for lunch...

I think it came out a bit...

Excuse me. I need to use the bathroom...

I know I'm crafty,

but there's no way I can get someone who's in the palace.

I'll run away for now!

Everyone hides.

Behind their name, family, and tall fences.

They hide themselves.

How could you be...

as secretive as I am?

My goodness!

It's Wal!

- Do you know how much I missed you? - Look who's here!

Everyone says the owner of the Buyong Agency disappeared.

But you were alive and well!

Someone came here looking for you.

Me?

Go away somewhere.

- You only like Cheo Yong. - Go away!

Who was looking for me?

What do you mean? It was your client.

I find you clients all the time.

I'm not sure, but I think he could be a pretty big client.

A client? I thought it was...

You said, "big?"

How big?

The thing is...

No, no, no! No. It's okay.

Buyong Agency is closed for a while.

Anyway,

Do Kim's men frequent this brothel these days too?

You said you're closed.

What information do you need now?

Here comes another one.

He's Kim's man.

Hey, Cheo Yong.

Why don't you go find out whether there's

something going on at Kim's house and the barracks.

- Right now? - Right now, right now.

But we didn't get to catch up.

Let's catch up after you're done.

Go right now.

- Hurry up. - What's wrong with you?

Are you the same playboy I used to know?

You used to drool whenever you see a woman's skirt...

That's why my name is Wal.

How could you say something so vulgar?

- Leave right now! - That's why...

When did I drool?

- Let's go, Wal! - Seriously...

What did you want to see me privately for?

What will you do with that dragon's scale?

The dragon's scale?

The scale on the dragon's neck.

I'm talking about the woman, the king's Achilles' heel.

I don't know.

Why are you asking me about that?

When you took the book I handed to you,

we've been on the same boat ever since.

At least that's what I thought.

Will you take this?

You'll find it very helpful.

[ Theory of Enlightenment ]

What is it that you want?

The young lady from the Kim family will become the queen anyway.

We'll have to see about that.

But first,

you'll have to share information with me.

That woman who looks like the queen.

What are you planning to do with her?

The Queen Mother...

will take care of her.

The second part of the selection

is a Q&A conducted by the Queen Mother.

Let me ask a question.

Let's say there's a precious treasure here.

Who would you give it to?

I'll give it to His Majesty as a Jinsang.

- To His Majesty? - Yes.

"Jin" of Jinsang means "forward" and "upward."

But it also means "energize."

I'd like to energize His Majesty since he works hard for the people.

What a flawless response.

I'd like to...

Just take it easy.

I think I'd give it to my parents.

If I see my parents happy,

I think I'd be happy too.

You're a young lady from the Hong family, correct?

How about you?

- I'll sell it. - What did you say?

If I give the treasure to one person,

it'd just remain a treasure for just that person.

But if I get money for the treasure

and provide food and clothes to a hundred people,

that'd become a treasure to a hundred people.

By "a hundred people," you mean...

I mean the people who are hungry and naked.

Okay.

How about you, Ms. Jo?

Since the owner might claim it later,

I'd just leave it where it is.

What does that mean?

You didn't say the treasure belongs to me.

If the owner claims it later,

it might be a problem.

That's a good point.

Yes, I never said that I'm giving you the treasure.

But giving it to His Majesty means loyalty toward the king

and giving it to parents means filial piety.

But...

deciding to sell it as you said

means you're greedy since you're giving yourself credit using the people.

I understand what your heart stands for now.

You may go away now.

Have you been watching her closely?

Yes, Your Majesty.

She's done with the test for today, but...

What is it?

She apparently received the lowest score for the Shimsang test.

I'll announce the last mission of the selection at the guest house later.

I tried to be strict as you ordered,

but will you not help her at all?

Both Kim and Jo family already hired court ladies

to plot on something.

She said she'd catch the culprit on her own. But if she gives up because of something like this,

I won't be able to use her.

Just wait and see.

His Majesty wants to see Ms. Hong.

Please follow me.

Your day must've

been very tiring.

I wasn't there, but I can assume.

It will get worse from now on

and you might be put into danger.

So if you're Eun Ki...

I beg you.

Please tell me.

That it's you.

I'll protect you.

Why do you say you'll protect me?

I already told you that I can't answer your question.

How could it not be you?

Everything I see in front of me is you.

Please stop, Your Majesty!

You're agonizing me

by continuing to do this.

Agonizing?

Do you know how my day was?

I was happy thinking it's you and felt devastated thinking it isn't you.

I felt guilty thinking it's you

and felt miserable thinking it's not you, but...

I was happy

thinking it might be you.

But you're saying you're not her.

You can't possibly be her?

I'm not.

♫ I miss you every day ♫

♫ My deseprate... ♫

You can leave now.

Chief Eunuch Hwang.

Yes, Your Majesty.

See her off.

♫ If only you and I could ♫

♫ get close to each other and stay ♫

♫ in that moment as one ♫

She keeps denying like that, but why can't I believe her?

She looks too much like her. She looks just like her.

Am I the only one who thinks she's the queen?

Your Majesty.

Please calm down first.

Since she's so determined...

If she's really the queen,

she wouldn't behave that way.

♫ Please stop time ♫

- Search! - Yes.

Open it.

You came, Officer Han.

We'll move him to a shelter. Get ready to go.

His name was Young Koon.

We found this in his lodging.

That's the gun that was used for the assassination.

Those coins were probably a reward for it.

Was it just this one?

How about the rest?

We couldn't find any more there.

But we couldn't relocate Young Koon, Your Majesty.

We saw a shadow in front of the doctor's office.

Are you sure?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Keep him at the doctor's office for now.

I was happy thinking it's you and felt devastated thinking it isn't you.

I felt guilty thinking it's you and felt miserable thinking it's not you.

But...

I was happy

thinking it might be you.

Was the king...

deeply in love with my sister?

Eun Ki.

No.

Eun Ki.

No!

This is the third test, the Haengsang test.

Every pouch has pocket money from the royal family.

The amount varies from 100 nyang to 1 nyang.

It all varies, but

all of it should be used for the people.

Two days later at five o'clock,

we'll gather the people in front of the guest house.

Please prove that

you have the generosity and benevolence

as the candidate to become the queen.

Whether you were being truthful or not

will be determined by the people's votes.

We'll start with the one who has the highest score so far.

Ms. Kim may choose the pouch first.

Next is Ms. Jo.

Next is Ms. Park.

Next is Ms. Lee.

Next is Ms. Ha.

Next is Ms. Bang.

Next is Ms. Hong.

Your Majesty, you don't look so well.

Did you have trouble sleeping last night?

I had a dream again.

A horrible dreeam.

Your Majesty, you know I'm a eunuch, right?

But I dreamt that I had a child.

My belly started growing big

and when you saw me like that,

you praised me a lot unlike usual

and you even named my child.

That name was "Silly Dream."

So you mean...

my dream is a silly dream?

You're mistaken.

Dreams are normally bizarre. I was trying to tell you not to worry.

So I made a little joke. Wasn't it funny...

I'll tell the doctor to make medicine that'd help you sleep.

Hurry up and leave.

Yes, Your Majesty.

My robe got caught.

You get two days. Prepare everything in two days.

You're free to leave the house during the day.

Welcome, my lady.

I'll have this and this too.

My lady.

What will you do with all this food?

I have a plan.

It seems like Ms. Kim is planning to have a party.

What would I do with just 10 nyang?

Food isn't the only thing that fulfills people.

What else does then?

You only have one nyang left?

What did you buy?

All I got is one nyang.

Oh...

How about you? What did you prepare?

I...

I don't have much.

Aren't you tired? We should go to bed.

Your Majesty.

Officer Han checked several times.

Nothing happened to her.

Please stop worrying.

Yes.

It was just a dream.

It has to be.

My lady.

It's time now.

According to other servants, other ladies already

prepared cotton clothes and hired a prominent acupuncturist.

Welcome.

What's the cheapest paper you have?

This is it. How much would you like?

Just give me one nyang worth.

One nyang.

When it's past five o'clock,

there will be jars with numbers on them in front of this door.

Today, you'll be

choosing a young lady who was the most giving to the people

and put a card inside the jar that has the same number

as the number that's written on her clothes.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Go ahead then.

Come this way.

I have a lot of food.

I'm No. 6.

Keep yourself warm.

Seriously, stop fighting!

All of you will be treated, okay?

Where are they?

My lady, here they come!

Let's go.

- Just a moment, my lady. - Okay.

They're giving away food! Let's go check it out!

- We need to hurry! - That's right!

- Can we go too? - It's a party!

I'm sure we'll get something.

What's going on?

The thing is...

The candidates for the selections are having a party for the people.

- What are you doing? Let's go! - Yes, let's.

A party?

What are you doing anyway?

This is Shinmoongo.

Shinmoongo?

- You mean the drum you hit when you have a complaint? - Yes.

I'll write down what people always wanted to say and send it to the palace.

I see.

Instead of a complaint,

can I say that I want to eat stuff like this every day?

Have a seat over there.

So you mean you were framed as a thief and got kicked out by your master?

Yes.

Let's go.

They're apparently having the last mission of the selection outside the palace right now.

Outside the palace?

How could the selection happen outside the palace when it's against the law?

I don't know the details,

But apparently the candidates are having a party for the people in front of the guest house.

- Find out more details about it. - Yes, Your Majesty.

It really does speak badly about my family.

How dare you?

But making a fuss about it now won't be good for either of us.

Lead the way.

My lady.

Don't worry.

My lady?

As you can see, I have a hand too.

How dare you...

Do you want to see who's stronger?

You'll lose.

That's why you shouldn't have gotten in my way.

I'm annoyed with that girl from Jo family too,

but you're no competition for me.

Keep quiet and go back to the countryside you come from.

Behave yourself.

Put her somewhere until the selection ends.

Tie up her servant too.

Yes, my lady.

You can't come in here.

This is a part of the palace. Please go back.

Well, didn't a young lady come this way?

- I'm sure she went in there. - I said go back!

That's the end of the mission.

Please meet me at the front yard of the guest house.

Please put the cards in the jars now.

Why is my lady taking so long anyway?

How come I don't see Ms. Hong?

Look for her.

If I don't see her before the announcement, Ms. Hong will be...

eliminated.

Your Majesty, it's Chief Eunuch Hwang!

Your Majesty, Ms. Hong apparently went missing!

What are you talking about?

She went missing?

Your Majesty, Ms. Hong apparently went missing!

What are you talking about?

She went missing?

[ Queen: Love and War ]

Look everywhere around the guest house! You must find her!

Did my dream turn out to be true again?

Ms. Hong will be eliminated since she broke the rule...

Ma'am, ma'am!

I think my lady got into trouble.

You're a servant of a candidate of the selection?

Why don't we start an army in the court with you in the center?

We need to take the king's life.

That b**** is tempting the king again!

If something scandalous happens during the selection,

I won't select the queen.