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[Episode 44]

Lord Yi and the viceroy?

But how could they...

I couldn't believe it either.

Doctor Baek said he had something to do.

Is this it?

What brings you here?

Where's Jinyong?

You cannot touch Jinyong.

She's out of your reach.

Servant or slave, she's gone.

Where no one can find her.

What?

There's nothing you can do now.

Nothing.

And I have proof of your guilt.

But it would cost your life.

I'd rather not use it.

What? Proof?

This is your last chance.

Stop what you're doing...

...confess...

...and pay for what you did.

Wait, come back here.

Well? Come back here!

He said go?

Kwanghyon said that?

Yes. He'll follow you.

That's what he said.

Why? Is something wrong?

Wrong? Not at all.

Then why now?

He didn't say anything to me.

He had some unfinished business.

He'll be here when he's done.

He's done with the court.

He plans to open a small clinic.

You've always wanted to do that.

But...

Don't worry. That's all there is to it.

Look after her ladyship.

Yes, sir.

I'd go with you if I could, but duty calls.

You'll be all right on your own?

Songha.

Be safe.

See you soon.

Jinyong.

Jinyong?

Your Highness.

Inspector Kang was here. Is something wrong?

Jinyong?

You said you would go anywhere with me. Remember?

Will you now?

Then let's go.

I'll finish my business and we'll go.

I was told it was a problem when she ran off.

Something happened here at the office...

Then you should find out what it was.

- Sir. - Now!

Here it is. That's right.

Something about a fire when she ran off...

Fire?

She fired the granary to avoid the men after her.

It was night. Torches were everywhere.

Slavery won't be enough, not for arson.

She'll get a different sentence.

Sir? How do you mean?

Nothing. Talking to myself.

- Back to work. - Sir.

He was talking about sentencing me to slavery.

What exactly is going on?

My lord.

Jinyong?

Not to worry. My men will take her away tomorrow.

Can't you leave my father to me?

This isn't right.

Covering up what he did...

Sparing his life...

But he's my father.

I have no choice.

My lord.

When this is over I'll resign and leave with my father.

Give me time to talk to him.

My lord.

My lord, it's nearly dawn.

You should get some rest.

Officer Kang? Any news?

...Oh...

Songha.

Songha, this is absurd.

Baek Kwanghyon attacking me?

Proof, he says.

He's just trying to trick me into confessing.

I will never...

Father.

It's over. Stop.

The death of Yi Hyongik. Framing Baek Sukgu.

And that's not all.

There's more.

What?

Songha, what are you...?

I saw it.

Doctor Baek's proof.

The evidence that you were involved in Prince Sohyon's death.

S-Songha...

Yi Hyongik kept detailed patient records.

His widow had them for years.

And that's not all.

There's Lord Ko.

And Her Highness.

Nothing can wipe clean what you've done, not even death.

But I can't...

...abandon my own father.

I'll do whatever it takes to save you.

Even if it means breaking the law.

But there is a condition.

Doctor Baek came to me.

He doesn't want your life.

He wants you to admit what you did for greed and ambition.

Stop now. Tell the King what you did.

It will mean exile for both of us.

But at least you'll be alive.

It's over, Father.

You have...

...nowhere to go.

So His Majesty assigned this to the Inquisitor's Office?

Yes. He ordered a special tribunal.

For you, Lord Yi, you, Doctor Baek, everyone.

My lord.

Yi Myonghwan...

What has he done?

It's come to this... What is he up to?

Lord Yi, the viceroy, both arrested.

The mountain was just a dung heap.

A stinking pile of dung!

Poor me...

My lord... My lord...?

Never mind.

Is there any way out of this?

Have you heard any...?

You think I'm a rat like you?

Jumping onto any ship?

Wait, why are you mad at me?

I'm just worried for Lord Yi.

Worried? Wake up.

Here, there, at least I'm loyal, see?

Why take it out on me? Am I a mutt?

Hang on... if he's saying that...

...then Lord Yi is finished for sure.

Ugh, this is harder than interpreting medical texts.

Not that I was any good at that.

Doctor Baek. Punish him.

He's attacking our Chief Physician and our Viceroy.

But he has no reason to slander them.

Oh? He has always born Lord Yi a grudge.

The guilty party in all this is Doctor Baek.

Your Majesty, I will handle this with great care.

The Inquisitors are investigating Lord Yi, the viceroy and Doctor Baek.

They will act without bias.

The Inquisitors? You handed Lord Yi and the viceroy over to them?

Your Majesty, this is out of your hands.

Let me handle it.

Sire.

Escort Her Majesty to her pavilion.

Sire.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Please. You'll make yourself sick.

No. I won't sit back and let this happen.

Your Majesty.

A horse doctor... a quack... attacking our nobles?

How dare he?

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

Move it along, let's go.

The Inquisitor's are preparing a tribunal.

Talk to the King before this gets any worse.

Songha, is there no other way?

It's not for me.

But you...

What will happen...

...to you?

I'll follow you into disgrace.

It's only right.

Everything you gave to me...

...rightfully belonged to Doctor Baek.

My lady.

Enter.

We should go.

The boat is leaving.

All right. I'm coming.

What? In the capital?

Yes, I just heard about it.

Lord Yi and the viceroy are under investigation.

Lord Yi is Lady Jinyong's foster father.

I know. And Doctor Baek is involved.

But how...?

Your Highness.

Jinyong.

Your Highness? What is it?

The boat is ready?

Sir.

Guard the perimeter until she's safely aboard.

My lady, it's time.

My lady.

My lady! My lady!

Find her ladyship. Move!

Sir.

Something is going on. I can feel it.

Master, master!

What is it now?

He's up. Choi Hyongik is awake.

What?

His fever broke, the danger is passed.

I saw it with my own eyes...

M-master, master!

Stubborn. Go ahead, don't hear me out.

Here.

Well? Feeling better?

Stubborn. Even after this close call.

You know what I am. Why save me?

Huh.

I deserve to die like a dog.

Leave me be.

At least you're back to your old self.

If you can, get away.

They may try again.

- Also... - No.

I can't.

I have to see this through.

I won't have it said I ran off.

You see?

Hyonguk.

A tribunal?

Yes. I have to appear before them.

Will you be all right?

What if Lord Yi holds out?

Kwanghyon, come quick. Hurry.

You there!

You're after Lord Yi, aren't you?

Not me at all.

This is all a misunderstanding.

I had nothing to do with it.

Lord Yi asked a favor of me, that's all.

As you know...

...the Chief Physician's chair will be empty after this.

First you'll be appointed a royal physician, then after...

Then I'll be chief physician, is that it?

That's it exactly.

Your surgical talent alone qualifies you.

I've always though...

Enough.

Please leave.

Anything else you have to say...

...you can say at the tribunal.

Look here.

You could have dealt with it then.

Instead you framed a weak and helpless man.

Now you have to pay for what you did.

For all you've done to the weak and helpless.

Today is the day you pay.

- Let's go. - Sir.

My lord.

No...

See? What are you orders?

This business of saving you was all talk.

Why else would he and the viceroy be meeting?

He reassures you and sneaks off to the viceroy.

He has proof and won't use it? That's ridiculous.

He doesn't have any proof.

Songha is in on it.

It's time to act.

I'll find a way, my lord.

But the tribunal is coming.

What can we do?

My lord.

Have all the parties involved here by 4 o'clock.

We act on the King's orders.

Do your duty.

Sir.

My lord.

What brings you here?

Her ladyship asked to see you right away.

Eunso.

Hello.

What is it? Why did you...?

Lady Kang...

My lady.

You know what's going on.

I know the men Songha sent to me were inquisitors.

They don't act without your orders.

I need to know what's going on.

Why Songha and Doctor Baek want me gone.

And what they're hiding.

I don't have all the details.

Only that Doctor Baek requested...

Requested what?

Whatever it is, it concerns me.

So I need to know.

Please.

Here.

The record of an incident in 1777.

That's all.

Three years ago he found this.

He came back a while ago to check something.

That's all I know, my lady.

‘Baek Sukgu.'

But this...

Jang Inju...?

Why would she care for the body?

How did she know Kwanghyon's father?

Nothing from Lord Yi yet?

Nothing.

Is he going to hold out?

Suppose he reveals the truth about you and Jinyong?

That's why I had Jinyong taken away.

She was born a slave.

If this comes out, the law will require...

...she be made a slave again.

Just as her father Sukgu was.

You have position now.

But if the truth comes out, you can't help her.

That's why this has to end soon.

Before it gets out of hand.

- Princess. - Your Majesty.

You're still recuperating.

Why are you out and about?

I'm worried about Her Majesty's health.

And I'm fine.

Let's go inside.

I'm looking in on Her Majesty myself.

All right.

Announce us.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, the Queen and the Princess.

She may be napping.

If you will pardon me.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

Wake up.

Please, it's Sukhwi. Your Majesty.

Lady Nam, get the doctor, move!

Right away.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

Open your eyes...

What? Her Majesty?

Yes, they've sent for you.

You have to go.

Kwanghyon!

Kwanghyon!

Oh, Doctor Baek... Where is he?

Getting ready for the tribunal.

Why? Dork Two, the bakery on fire?

What bakery? Kwanghyon!

Kwanghyon, it's bad. At the palace.

What's bad? The palace?

Come quick, c'mon.

My Lady...

Sire, the Queen Mother...

Dragon decoction for the lesions.

Yes, doctor.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

Sire.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The throat lesions are getting worse.

She was fine this morning.

How..?

She wasn't herself then either.

But she insisted on seeing you.

What? As ill as she is?

It's her emotional state, I'm afraid.

It has inflamed her condition and the lesions.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

What? Throat lesions?

That's one of the five deadly lesions.

Five what?

Pssh, ignoramus.

Head, ear, eyes, chin, back.

Of these five, the most dangerous...

...are throat lesions at the back of the head.

Oh no, what if Her Majesty...

Watch it. Careful.

Lord Yi knows his stuff. He'll take care of her.

So the tribunal is postponed?

Right. Lord Yi and the viceroy's tribunal was about to start.

Of course it's postponed.

And Her Majesty was against it anyway.

Am I right?

Am I right? Think about it.

I know I am...

It can't be stopped.

At this point, the inflammation will have spread to her inner throat.

The sores will be three inches in diameter at least.

Exactly.

Then shouldn't they be removed quickly?

She may not survive otherwise.

But Her Majesty won't allow surgery.

She hates it above all things.

What should we do?

For this to happen now of all times.

We need an anti-inflammatory and dragon decoction.

To relieve the toxicity.

But it's already progressed too deeply.

Surgery is the only sure way.

Surgery.

Absurd.

For throat lesions?

Doctor Baek knows this procedure better than anyone.

If we send for him...

Enough of that. He's been dismissed.

This isn't about which doctor is which.

We can't worry about that now.

No, my lord. Not so.

The decision rests with Lord Yi.

No. Lord Yi will look after me.

I won't have anyone cutting me up.

Your Majesty.

Please... I hate surgery.

Your Majesty...

Will acupuncture and medicine be enough?

Answer me.

Can you do it?

I can, Sire.

Leave it to me.

If I cannot cure her, my life will be forfeit.

I'll save Her Majesty, Sire.

Your Majesty.

Well, enjoy.

Welcome.

What's that again?

Lord Yi is doing what-now?

You didn't know? He's treating Her Majesty.

Everybody knows it.

And the tribunal?

Her Majesty is dying. Who cares about that?

Chef.

Always something. The meal's ready and we give it to dogs?

What will happen now?

A postponement is bad, right?

That Lord Yi will weasel out of it somehow.

Ugh.

The tribunal is postponed till after she's better?

Yes. We just got the word.

Father.

Milkwort and firethorn for the inflammation.

Gamdutang for the toxicity. Move.

Doctor.

We will use garlic moxibustion.

We're preparing it now.

My lord, the lesions are getting worse.

Chinese ash... no, no...

It's too deep.

Angelica. Use angelica.

Yes, doctor.

The tribunal will be delayed till she's better.

He has to be dealt with before then.

Find Jinyong. Get your hands on that evidence.

Whatever it takes.

My lord.

This is your last chance.

Stop what you're doing, confess...

...and pay for what you did.

No, he was wrong.

I make my own chances.

Come in if you're done.

Coming.

Kwanghyon?

Inside.

Whatever it is, he's got that look.

Whew.

What now?

You were leaving after this was over.

You going to wait?

Kwangyong... Something isn't right.

Why are you leaving?

And why did you send Jinyong away?

Kibae, that's...

This isn't just about your father, is it.

I think and think on it.

You're holding back your proof about Lord Yi.

Is Lady Jinyong involved somehow?

Kwangyon.

My lord.

I need to see my father.

I'm afraid that's impossible with Her Majesty ill.

Tell him it's urgent...

My lord, pardon me, but no one can see him.

Songha.

What's going on?

You men, you should be on the way to Yosu.

My lord, her ladyship...

Her ladyship what? Spit it out.

Jinyong. What are you doing here?

So Jinyong is in the capital?

She talked to you?

What did she say?

Well?

She saw the case file on Doctor Baek's father.

What could I do? It involves her. And she's so stubborn.

Kwanghyon, you hurt?

If fine.

Fine, huh? You're bleeding.

It's just a scratch. I'm fine.

Wait here, I'll get a bandage.

Doctor Baek.

My lord.

Something isn't right.

I couldn't leave.

Jinyong.

Officer Kang was digging into my past.

Talking about my being a slave again.

And Kwanghyon wants to send me away.

Why is that?

Another thing.

Your name was on a police record.

You took care of the body of Kwanghyon's father.

How did you know him?

Have you always known Kwanghyon?

Why didn't you ever tell me?

Jinyong, listen...

Tell me, please.

What's going on? What do you know?

Jinyong, please...

Please stop asking questions.

It's for you. It's all for you.

If you care for Doctor Baek...

...leave the capital.

If you won't tell me, I'll ask my father.

He'll tell me.

Why Officer Kang said that.

And what I need to know.

Jinyong, don't.

You can't see him.

Jinyong.

Nurse Jang.

She's in the capital.

I'll look at home.

I'll look in her usual haunts.

Jinyong, please. Jinyong...

What...

What are you saying?

It's not my inheritance?

Switched at birth?

My father is someone else?

Nurse Jang, what...?

Ma'am.

I'll try.

Maybe we can save the baby.

Listen, can you hear me?

The baby is coming. Hang on for your child.

I'm sorry. I don't know if you'll make it.

But your child will.

She's a girl. Prettiest girl I've ever seen.

I'm sorry. If I had treated her that day at the ferry, this might not have happened.

No. My little girl is alive because of you.

What are you saying?

Say Kang Dojun suspects an assassination.

Kang Dojun will be tried for high treason.

Find them all.

Spare no one. All of them!

If it's a girl, she'll go into service. A boy, he'll be killed.

No... Not my baby... Not my boy...!

My lady.

My lady... My lady!

- No! - Stop!

The baby... is a girl.

He's right. She's a she.

Here he is.

What did you do? You didn't...

Yes. I switched them.

My girl for the young lord.

It was all so complicated. There was no other way.

We had to switch the two of you to protect Kang Dojun's heir.

Your destinies were reversed.

So he...

...was my real father?

I'm not the heir, Kwanghyon is...

...and I've...

...been in Kwanghyon's rightful place?

I took what was his?

Jinyong.

It's not your fault.

Fate has been cruel to both of you.

You're not to blame.

How long have you known?

How long has Kwanghyon known?

Three years.

When Lord Ko passed on.

When he left Joseon.

And he kept it a secret?

If he only told he would have been spared so much.

Spared all if it, if not for me?

Jinyong.

How...?

How could he?

How?

Jinyong.

Please, keep this to yourself.

For you, for all Kwanghyon endured...

...pretend you don't know.

He doesn't want his rank and title.

He wants to protect you.

Jinyong...

Jinyong, please...

How can I?

Keep what's his?

Keep it for myself?

How could I do that?

Jinyong... Jinyong!

She hasn't been here?

No.

What's this about anyway?

Baek.

I saw her at the clinic.

Coming out of Nurse Jang's office.

Jinyong.

Jingyong, you...

Is it true?

I took what's...

...rightfully yours?

Of all people...

...yours...?

Your position.

Everything...

Translated by D. Bannon Subtitles provided by MBC

First we must control the pain.

Or the treatment will be ineffective.

But if she gets worse...

She won't if she's cured quickly.

Jinyong?

She acted strangely.

I was the only one that didn't know.

Kwanghyon lost everything for me, is hurting even now.

Jinyong thinks…

…it’s all her fault.

Her Majesty has to recover.

Or we're finished.

No! How could I put myself in his power?

So she’s getting better?

She's on the mend.

They're refusing to consult on her condition?

What exactly does he have to hide?

Pus. Doesn't that mean she's getting worse?

Keep quiet.

They won't allow Doctor Baek anywhere near the palace.

We can't afford to wait.

No… no, Jinyong…