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Gu-cheon.

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Gu-cheon!

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You need to wake up. Come back!

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Gu-cheon!

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Are you all right?

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Gu-cheon! Gu-cheon!

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THE EAST PALACE

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So you managed to deal with
the 13 court ladies' spirits

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in the salt storehouse.

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You did very well. You may leave now.

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There is something I must ask.

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Did you have anything to do with
the salt storehouse seal getting broken?

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You have changed,

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seeing that you now have the bravery
to ask such questions.

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However, you must've seen by now

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the bloodshed that words
other people have said

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can unleash within the palace.

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Or have you forgotten about your mother?

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"I'll dry out the seed
of the East Palace."

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Those were the words
of the Most Favored Lady of the Court,

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who drowned in the pond 30 years ago.

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She is the pond spirit, is she not?

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Who was that woman, actually?

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And what was the reason for her death?

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Are you the only one who knows of this,

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or does Gu-cheon know as well?

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I am the only one who knows.

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Do not say anything about it to him.

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Who was the pond spirit
when she was alive?

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I can catch her if you can answer me that.

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I am only telling you this one more time.

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Stop digging into the pond spirit,

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and find a way to catch it
without uncovering its identity.

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Cease this incessant prying immediately.

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Anyone who tries to uncover
the palace disgrace dies.

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Even if they are

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a child of the royal lineage.

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I assume you are not better?

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You're recovering much slower than before.

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Well, sending 13 spirits
back to the afterlife

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took most of my yang energy out of me.

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I will never do such an amount again.

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All right.

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Can you explain what happened?

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Why did you strangle me back there?

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-I strangled you?
-Yes.

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It was

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like you were almost possessed.

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Down in that world…

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I lose a large amount of my yang energy
when I fight.

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And when I lose too much yang energy,
I end up in a spirit-like state,

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even after coming out of the water.

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At times, I lose consciousness briefly,
and I'm unaware of anything at all.

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That is why I must leave here
as soon as I'm able to.

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And that is the reason
I hate hunting spirits.

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Right.

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Now that I've revealed to you my secret,

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you should tell me…
what's really on your mind right now.

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Who is it that you want to kill
while you're here?

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The person who killed my mother.

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A cursed object filled with human remains
was found in the salt storehouse.

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You gave His Majesty only one princess,

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and then, because of that,
you were never seen again.

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Out of jealousy, you cursed the Queen
and the rest of the concubines,

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did you not?

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I am innocent.

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That was not my cursed object.

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I swear it's not mine.

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Enough.

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This is your doing.

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-Your Majesty.
-Keep going.

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Your Majesty!

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Ten years ago,

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it was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager
who framed my mother

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and forced her out of the palace.

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It is Mother. Please help her.

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Mother and the court maids are innocent.

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Oh, please, Father.
The Queen is hurting Mother.

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I know that it is all my fault because
I heard a strange voice, but I promise...

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Enough.

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She will be stripped of her station
for burying a cursed object

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and then banished.

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That is the only way she will live.

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But that cursed object was not Mother's.
It was not, Father.

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The spirit in the salt storehouse said,
"The serpent's shed skin..."

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It's best you hold your tongue.

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You must not tell me
that you hear such things.

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Not any child that bears my blood.

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Unless you wish to bring disgrace
to our name.

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Do not tell a single soul any of it.

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Do you understand?

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How foolish you are.

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How utterly foolish.

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You need to learn your place.

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Now, mind your tongue in the palace.

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You and your mother
shall be cast out at once!

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But, Father, please…

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How could you?

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After we were cast out of the palace,

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Mother was poisoned to death.

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All because she uncovered
the cursed object in the salt storehouse

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and drew close
to the secret of the pond spirit.

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The one who sought to protect
the pond spirit's secret

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is the one who killed my innocent mother.

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Are you sure you should be saying this?

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I need you to be able to unravel
my mother's secret.

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That's why I place my trust in you.

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Good heavens.

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What a life this is.

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You can leave now.

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We need to find the true identity
of the Most Favored Lady of the Court.

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Get ready and come out.

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I went to pay my respects
at the Queen Dowager's quarters

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and saw Saeng-gang walking by.

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She was dressed as a court lady
and accompanied by a man.

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Have you made her do something dangerous?

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You need not concern yourself with it.

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Mother,

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do you not remember?

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You need only attend to my son.

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That aside…

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The Queen Dowager
is harboring some ulterior motives.

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It seems she intends…

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To have Prince Iksang's eldest son named
Crown Prince.

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Well, even so,

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we must act for the sake of
the Jongmyo Shrine and good fortune altar.

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Are you saying that even though you know
what I had to endure for this seat,

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you still choose to come and tell me
to act for the sake of the shrine?

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Things will not unfold
as the Queen Dowager intends them to be.

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My son will take the throne,
and I will make sure that it does happen.

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It will be his.

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Yes.

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Even if I do have to conjure spirits.

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There.

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Why did we sneak
into Lady Jang's quarters?

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It's not as if we are thieves.

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Are you the sage of morality? Huh?

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Lady Jang has spent her entire life
by the Queen Dowager's side.

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She must know all of her secrets.

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So I'm trying to scare her into spilling
everything about the pond spirit.

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Then do it correctly, all right?

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And what is that?

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Madam.

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You're back earlier than usual.

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I was not feeling myself.
I came back to rest.

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Wait! Uh…

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Who… Who are you?

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Who gave you permission to come in here?

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The pond spirit is…

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Is right here, with you.

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Wait, are you not that feng shui man
who recently got here?

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-What are you doing in my quarters?
-Sh. Sh.

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Look at these footprints on the floor.

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What…

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This is not pond mud.

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Get out of here immediately,
or I'll call someone.

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-Hold on!
-I will!

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I can feel the pond spirit.
It's close to us.

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What?

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The pond spirit is over there.

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What… What is…

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Hey you!
You should earn your keep.

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-This bastard…
-Do what you do best. Now!

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-What do you think you are doing?
-Hey! Come on.

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What are you doing?
Explain yourself.

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-Hey.
-How dare you pull such an absurd stunt!

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Somebody come in here now!

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00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,108
Where is that crying coming from?

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I will dry out the seed
of the East Palace.

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It's the pond spirit.
The pond spirit has come.

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Did I not tell you when I went
to the Queen Dowager's quarters?

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A won-gwi seeks out the one
responsible for its death.

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Homage to Amitabha Buddha.
Homage to Amitabha Buddha.

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00:13:11,916 --> 00:13:13,667
Homage to Amitabha Buddha.

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You said you were a feng shui master?

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Do you also know how to deal with spirits?

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Speaking of which…

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The thing is, Lady Jang,

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this spirit will come looking for you
again any moment.

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It will?

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What should I do if it does?

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In order to keep
the pond spirit from coming in here,

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I have to know exactly how it lived
when it was alive.

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Do not worry, Lady Jang.
You can tell him everything you know.

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He will keep it a secret
from the Queen Dowager.

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He's capable of doing that.

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What?

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Of course.

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So, then,

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00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:09,181
who might that ghost be?

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00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:13,018
The spirit is…

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The late King's

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last Most Favored Court Lady.

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00:14:28,826 --> 00:14:33,163
A woman of the lowest birth,
nothing more than a menial labor maid,

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caught the late King's eye

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and received his favor

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and even conceived his child.

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But it later came to light
that the woman

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was in a relationship with a royal guard.

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When Her Majesty found out
about that fact…

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…she ordered the royal guard
to be tortured.

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Hold still!

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00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:06,113
But he did not readily confess.

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00:15:07,197 --> 00:15:10,492
So soldiers were sent out,
and they uncovered evidence.

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-And in the end, he admitted to the crime.
-Search it!

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00:15:14,788 --> 00:15:16,874
It turned out that the child

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was not the late King's at all.

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00:15:20,669 --> 00:15:22,838
It was the royal guard's.

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00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:25,174
After enduring torture,

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the Most Favored Lady miscarried

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00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:31,388
and died with resentment
for the royal family burning in her heart.

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00:15:31,472 --> 00:15:34,850
I will dry out the seed
of the East Palace!

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00:15:39,647 --> 00:15:41,398
Then what happened to her body?

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00:15:42,316 --> 00:15:43,442
Do you know?

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00:15:45,694 --> 00:15:48,364
It was secretly taken out of the palace.

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00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:50,908
A grave would never have been an option.

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00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:52,910
And her belongings?

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00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:56,246
As a traitor to the Crown,
the body was burned.

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00:15:57,831 --> 00:16:00,709
So there is nothing left of her
besides her memory?

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00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:07,424
She had no family,
so it was to be expected.

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00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:13,222
So the Most Favored Lady of the Court
cursed the royal house

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after dying for her own wrongdoing?

223
00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:18,686
Surely that isn't everything.

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00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:21,313
A hidden palace disgrace lies behind this.

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00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:26,193
I will have to ask it myself, then.

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00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:28,696
Is there a way to summon the spirit?

227
00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,073
Then what will you do?

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00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:33,367
There's no way to send it
to the afterlife.

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00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:40,708
Lady Jang mentioned

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that everybody who entered
the royal guard's house

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seemed to have met an untimely death.

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00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:47,232
It appears the royal guard's spirit
has settled himself there.

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Exactly.

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00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:50,818
There's a reason the royal guard died
and remained in that house

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instead of moving on.

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Since they were lovers,
her belongings may still be there.

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00:16:57,307 --> 00:16:58,976
We must stop by his house immediately.

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00:16:59,059 --> 00:17:00,519
Have you lost your mind?

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00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:02,813
An untimely death is your big plan?

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00:17:02,896 --> 00:17:04,523
Have you made a plan?

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00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:08,110
I'm the one who can leave
and come back as I please.

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00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:09,862
I know of another way I can leave.

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00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:12,114
If I become a soul.

244
00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:18,829
Is that even… possible?

245
00:17:19,788 --> 00:17:21,790
It is, but also dangerous.

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00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:25,044
If the body and soul drift too far apart…

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00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:29,048
It will be difficult to return.

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00:17:30,257 --> 00:17:31,508
If I fail,

249
00:17:32,676 --> 00:17:34,511
my soul could lose its way…

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00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:38,682
And I will become a spirit.

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00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:43,896
If that happens,
I will surely become an ak-gwi.

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00:17:43,979 --> 00:17:45,814
And what is that?

253
00:17:46,774 --> 00:17:50,319
An ak-gwi is someone who died
but is burdened with great karma.

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00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:52,654
In life, you…

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00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:57,868
Are you all right?

256
00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:07,628
Do you see something
in that well over there?

257
00:18:15,844 --> 00:18:17,513
You do not look very well.

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00:18:18,305 --> 00:18:20,140
If you need my yang energy, I could...

259
00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,904
If you wanted to give me your yang energy,

260
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:24,603
then you would have to hold me close
and lend me your warmth.

261
00:18:24,686 --> 00:18:25,896
Can you do that?

262
00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:29,858
Forget it.

263
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,111
I have no intention of doing that either.

264
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,613
So are you going to stay like this?

265
00:18:34,696 --> 00:18:36,740
No. It will only get worse.

266
00:18:36,824 --> 00:18:38,826
Then from now on, I will go with you

267
00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,787
to that realm to help you.

268
00:18:41,870 --> 00:18:43,580
Two are better than one.

269
00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:45,207
Teach me how to go there.

270
00:18:47,251 --> 00:18:48,919
Let's be perfectly clear.

271
00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:52,256
You would like me to show you
how to die like me?

272
00:18:52,756 --> 00:18:55,092
I should be spending my days helping you.

273
00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:56,927
There is only one way you could.

274
00:18:58,011 --> 00:18:59,930
Go and tell the King what you know.

275
00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:03,600
Tell him we can't capture
the pond spirit any longer

276
00:19:04,268 --> 00:19:07,271
and that I may lose my mind
and start killing people,

277
00:19:07,354 --> 00:19:08,522
so he must let me go.

278
00:19:14,194 --> 00:19:15,779
That is not possible.

279
00:19:16,905 --> 00:19:18,198
You have to find a way.

280
00:19:18,282 --> 00:19:22,661
And do not naively believe
that he will let you leave the palace.

281
00:19:26,957 --> 00:19:29,751
Then I must choose
to leave here in death after all.

282
00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:37,384
If I die within these walls,

283
00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,888
I will return
as an intensely ruthless ak-gwi.

284
00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:42,639
And when I do come back…

285
00:19:44,892 --> 00:19:47,227
The first person I will kill is the King.

286
00:19:49,730 --> 00:19:50,856
I'm sorry.

287
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,735
Are you daring
to threaten His Majesty's life?

288
00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:56,153
Why does it matter to you?

289
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,864
You hate him as much as I do.

290
00:19:58,947 --> 00:20:01,783
Yes, however, he is this country's King.

291
00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,536
Those of royal blood are all the same.

292
00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:08,415
They use whoever they please
to get what they want,

293
00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:11,919
and they don't blink
over the death or life of others.

294
00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,964
You're just the same as the rest.

295
00:20:21,678 --> 00:20:22,721
Miss?

296
00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:31,188
Royal Noble Consort Sukbin
wishes to see you.

297
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:35,234
It has been a while, Grandmother.

298
00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:37,110
His Majesty told me everything.

299
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:41,490
How could you think to disguise yourself
as a court lady and enter the gates?

300
00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:44,159
And why are you back
in these walls again, Grandmother?

301
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,204
It was you who hated coming in here
more than anybody.

302
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,998
You will not be answering my question,
will you?

303
00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,167
Predisposed to change the subject.

304
00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:56,088
I am exhausted.

305
00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:58,966
-Oh.
-Goodness gracious.

306
00:21:03,136 --> 00:21:04,221
Saeng-gang.

307
00:21:06,181 --> 00:21:08,976
I hope you do not get swept up
in palace strife again,

308
00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:11,311
like you did when you were a child.

309
00:21:13,981 --> 00:21:15,565
In the end, Grandmother,

310
00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:18,735
only you worry about me.

311
00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:24,741
After Mother and I
were driven out of here forever,

312
00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:27,536
you were the only person
who took care of us,

313
00:21:28,078 --> 00:21:29,621
no matter what went on.

314
00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,499
And how is that man?

315
00:21:32,582 --> 00:21:35,377
I have heard that he is strange
and rather dangerous.

316
00:21:37,671 --> 00:21:39,631
He is strange, I must admit.

317
00:21:40,215 --> 00:21:42,676
But he is the one
I need most in this moment.

318
00:21:44,094 --> 00:21:45,929
He can be dangerous as well.

319
00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:51,310
But I do not care, as long as
I do not begin seeking his friendship.

320
00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:56,857
The palace is a place
where the healthy become ill.

321
00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:01,820
And people with darkness in their hearts
will end as ak-gwi.

322
00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:05,699
So you see, you must take care.

323
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:13,707
Gu-cheon.

324
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,337
Gu-cheon?

325
00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:22,507
My baby.

326
00:22:24,217 --> 00:22:26,053
Let me hold you just once.

327
00:22:28,388 --> 00:22:31,016
You have missed me, have you not?

328
00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:35,687
Come here.

329
00:22:54,247 --> 00:22:57,125
This is an ill omen.
People have died here before.

330
00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:58,710
That is why the well was sealed.

331
00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,171
And now
another menial labor maid has died.

332
00:23:01,254 --> 00:23:04,549
A menial labor maid carrying wash water
walked by the well at dawn

333
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,176
and saw a man was by it.

334
00:23:06,259 --> 00:23:07,969
-Is that so?
-Yes.

335
00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:11,556
The maid said it was the feng shui master
staying at the East Palace.

336
00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,601
Shall I turn him over
to the State Tribunal for questioning?

337
00:23:14,684 --> 00:23:17,687
No. The Queen Dowager's
70th birthday banquet is drawing near.

338
00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:19,314
This must be handled discreetly.

339
00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:21,733
We must not make a fuss.

340
00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:23,110
Yes, madam.

341
00:23:53,557 --> 00:23:54,683
Gu-cheon.

342
00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,734
Explain this bloodstain.

343
00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:09,739
What is this?

344
00:24:10,782 --> 00:24:13,243
Explain to me why you were
wandering around at midnight.

345
00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:15,495
Whose blood is this?

346
00:24:16,788 --> 00:24:18,206
What do you mean "whose"?

347
00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:22,554
Are you telling me
that I have hurt someone?

348
00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:27,841
Then it must be your blood.

349
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,761
Where were you hurt? Why were you hurt?

350
00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:34,306
My nose must have bled
after I had nodded off.

351
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:37,809
After fighting the court ladies,

352
00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:40,145
I lost my strength.

353
00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:43,607
And that Ggeomeoksali
is still draining my yang energy.

354
00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:48,487
I have already told you

355
00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:51,531
that I lose my yang energy
in the other world.

356
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:21,603
Prince Yeongan.

357
00:25:24,064 --> 00:25:26,066
You must regain your strength,
Prince Yeongan.

358
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:29,945
It was not this severe before,
Your Majesty,

359
00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,197
but his condition suddenly worsened.

360
00:26:05,313 --> 00:26:06,648
Coming here,

361
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:11,861
it brings me back to the days when
I lived in the East Palace as a young boy.

362
00:26:12,862 --> 00:26:15,907
This place still sends chills
down my spine.

363
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:19,703
So what brings you
to such a dreadful place?

364
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,708
How much longer do I have to wait?

365
00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:27,877
I came in person to hear your answer.

366
00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:30,213
First of all,
allow me to leave the palace.

367
00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:31,673
If I stay here any longer,

368
00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,801
then all of the palace's yin energy
will kill me.

369
00:26:36,052 --> 00:26:37,637
If you let me leave here,

370
00:26:37,721 --> 00:26:40,348
I will find a way
to capture the pond spirit.

371
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:47,522
Tomorrow is the Queen Dowager's
70th birthday banquet.

372
00:26:48,523 --> 00:26:51,693
Eliminate the pond spirit
and restore Prince Yeongan.

373
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,820
You will have until noon.

374
00:26:54,863 --> 00:26:56,323
Your Majesty, I just...

375
00:26:56,406 --> 00:26:58,325
Your life means nothing to me.

376
00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:03,246
The day you will leave here
is the day that I no longer draw breath.

377
00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:08,168
If my son cannot walk directly
into the Queen's banquet

378
00:27:08,251 --> 00:27:10,837
on his own two feet tomorrow,
I promise I will kill you

379
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,006
and bind your soul to this palace
for all time.

380
00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:14,966
Do you understand?

381
00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:17,260
Do you understand?

382
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:50,335
Wait. Are you not the feng shui man
who has been staying in the East Palace?

383
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:52,879
Why are you in a place
reserved only for women?

384
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:56,299
-Where is the owner of these quarters?
-Pardon?

385
00:27:56,383 --> 00:27:58,885
I may be younger than you,
but I am still a court lady.

386
00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:00,136
Watch how you speak to me.

387
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:02,430
This will not do. You should be helping.

388
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,599
Wait, what? I… I mean… What?

389
00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:07,894
The order came from Miss Saeng-gang.
Hurry.

390
00:28:08,395 --> 00:28:09,646
Uh, oh…

391
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,324
What is he doing?

392
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:27,455
Wait. What are you doing?

393
00:28:42,512 --> 00:28:45,557
What exactly
did Miss Saeng-gang order you to do?

394
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,960
Place this brass basin

395
00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:49,769
near the residence
of the royal guard's house in Jungchon.

396
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,105
Mark my words.

397
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:54,899
You must not spill this water.

398
00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,154
I have no choice

399
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:03,658
but to become a soul and seek out
the royal guard through my blood.

400
00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:21,217
What is going on?

401
00:29:21,301 --> 00:29:25,054
It looks like some lightning
struck the jujube tree just now.

402
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,723
This does not bode well.

403
00:29:26,806 --> 00:29:30,143
What calamity is this
on the Queen Dowager's 70th birthday?

404
00:29:30,643 --> 00:29:32,604
Good heavens. What should we do?

405
00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:35,523
Have you heard of
lightning-struck jujube wood?

406
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,066
I have not.

407
00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:41,029
At this rate, every peach tree
in the palace will be stripped bare.

408
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:44,032
That is exactly what I am saying.

409
00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,284
This stuff rots away
the moment I cut a spirit with it,

410
00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:47,367
unlike jujube.

411
00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:48,787
Jujube wood.

412
00:29:49,370 --> 00:29:50,455
How's it different?

413
00:29:50,538 --> 00:29:53,208
Since it's a jujube tree
struck by lightning, it's sturdy,

414
00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,168
and it sinks in the water as I do.

415
00:29:59,881 --> 00:30:03,343
It drives away evil spirits,
so it's ideal for striking them down.

416
00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,305
Heaven is on our side.

417
00:30:16,272 --> 00:30:17,941
Gu-cheon.

418
00:30:32,705 --> 00:30:34,499
This is exhausting.

419
00:31:18,918 --> 00:31:21,379
You cannot take it.

420
00:31:21,462 --> 00:31:23,548
I must protect it.

421
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:32,092
Stop it!

422
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:37,974
What are you trying to protect,
even in death?

423
00:33:38,057 --> 00:33:40,268
It's my crime.

424
00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:42,770
I have to return it.

425
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:44,856
It is

426
00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:48,192
my crime.

427
00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:51,738
I did it.

428
00:33:51,821 --> 00:33:53,197
I did it!

429
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,040
This is the sword
stained with your blood. Take it!

430
00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,055
I killed her.

431
00:35:00,556 --> 00:35:04,477
After she became the King's woman,
I framed her and

432
00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:07,355
betrayed her as well.

433
00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:12,985
They said

434
00:35:13,694 --> 00:35:16,697
that if I made a false confession,

435
00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:20,034
the Queen Dowager would at least

436
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:23,663
spare my family from extermination.

437
00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:36,467
I… buried the baby shirt
that she had made with all her heart.

438
00:35:40,388 --> 00:35:43,558
I buried it beneath this tree.

439
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:51,440
Therefore,

440
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:55,695
until she returns, I must protect it here.

441
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:00,074
I have to.

442
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,661
I must beg for her forgiveness.

443
00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:49,289
Huh?

444
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:51,667
What are you doing?

445
00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:54,837
Miss Saeng-gang! Miss Saeng-gang!

446
00:37:02,261 --> 00:37:04,847
-No!
-Hey, Gu-cheon. Gu-cheon!

447
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,893
Uh, is… is he alive?

448
00:37:10,853 --> 00:37:13,522
This madman went into the other realm
without a tether.

449
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:15,691
Now I can't pull his soul back.

450
00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:18,110
Come on! Where is your soul being held?

451
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,529
Hey! Gu-cheon!

452
00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:22,198
Are you on your way back?

453
00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:57,149
If the body and soul
drift too far apart,

454
00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,360
it will be difficult to return.

455
00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:02,071
-If I fail, my soul could lose its way.
-Come on! Gu-cheon!

456
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:04,699
And I will become a spirit.

457
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:09,370
If that happens,
I will surely become an ak-gwi.

458
00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,586
I will not let you
wander the realm as a spirit alone.

459
00:38:18,754 --> 00:38:21,257
I will come and find you, Gu-cheon.

460
00:38:22,842 --> 00:38:24,302
Please wait for me.

461
00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:25,886
Please.

462
00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,473
Gu-cheon.

463
00:39:58,104 --> 00:39:59,730
Come to me.

464
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,034
Over here.

465
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:13,869
Mother.

466
00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:19,417
Gu-cheon!

467
00:40:21,168 --> 00:40:22,753
Do not go any closer!

468
00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,557
-Gu-cheon.
-That gwi-mae lures people to their death.

469
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:27,591
We have to leave this place now.
Follow me out.

470
00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:30,136
-You missed me, did you not?
-Gu-cheon!

471
00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:33,222
-Please take a closer look!
-Come on.

472
00:40:37,726 --> 00:40:39,478
Gu-cheon!

473
00:41:09,216 --> 00:41:10,634
Mother.

474
00:41:32,865 --> 00:41:34,325
Mother.

475
00:41:37,411 --> 00:41:39,663
I died because of you!

476
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:46,003
Let go of me!

477
00:43:00,494 --> 00:43:02,580
Gu-cheon!

478
00:43:10,629 --> 00:43:13,424
Then I must choose
to leave here in death after all.

479
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:17,261
If I die within these walls,

480
00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:20,222
I will return as
an intensely ruthless ak-gwi.

481
00:43:20,306 --> 00:43:21,890
And when I do come back…

482
00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,186
The first person I will kill is the King.

483
00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:29,189
Did he plan…