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The Crowned Clown
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The characters, organizations, locations, and events in this drama are fictional and have no relation to historical facts.
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Episode 15
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What... What is that?
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Donuimun Gate (also known as The West Gate)
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Sir, a huge problem has occurred.
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I believe a war has started.
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What did you say?
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I'll look into it, so you can—
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- Open the palace gate!
- Yes, sir.
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Have there been any problems?
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No particular movements.
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Who are you?
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Stop where you are!
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Who is it?
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Say the military password.
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Sir, the four main gates...
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The four main gates have been broken through!
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The rebels are coming...
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Hey, come to your senses!
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Hey!
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Close the palace doors.
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Close the palace doors!
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Let's go to the West Palace.
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Zhao Yun was fighting alone
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and sped through the early morning,
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and as he saved Liu Bei's wife, Lady Gan's,
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son...
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Oh, this!
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Your Majesty, do you know this story?
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When I was on the streets, I heard a joker tell this story.
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Liu Bei was initially happy that his son was rescued by Zhao Yun,
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but he realized he had almost lost a loyal subject and threw out his son.
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Isn't it that famous story?
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Yes.
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If you had been Liu Bei, would you have chosen your son or your loyal subject?
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If it were me...
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Your Majesty! Your Majesty.
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There's a rebellion!
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The rebels are intruding right now!
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Your Majesty.
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Eunuch Jo, please calm down.
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Rebels? What do you mean?
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I apologize.
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The thing is... Prince Jin Pyeong led the rebels
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and they have entered the capital.
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Prince Jin Pyeong?!
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Your Majesty.
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How are things looking outside of the palace?
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We looked at the direction the torches were moving
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and it seems that the rebels have turned back towards the West Palace.
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The West Palace? They went to the queen dowager?
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It seems the queen dowager will become their leader.
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Where is Chief Royal Secretary?
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He doesn't seem to be in the palace.
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However, he sent you an urgent letter.
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Your Majesty, I am very sorry.
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As a result of my negligence,
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the confidential letter sent to the emperor of Later Jin disappeared.
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I am determined to find the letter.
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Just in case, in the future,
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it would be best if you pretended not to know of the letter.
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Please burn this letter as soon as you receive it.
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Your Majesty, what is the matter?
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It is nothing.
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Officer Jang, do you know of a general we can trust?
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The commander of Central Division in Hamgyeong Province, Kang In Bok,
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has been handling the border matters with Chief Royal Secretary for a long time.
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If he hears of the revolt that has occurred, he will give you his support.
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Your Majesty, please ask for help from Commander Kim Ki Joon of Hwanghae Province.
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He was a longtime friend of my father.
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He will surely stand by your side.
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I'll give you the pass to move the military, so send a messenger.
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If I sent it now, when will the soldiers arrive at the capital?
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Even if we gather all of our power, it will take time for the soldiers to arrive.
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It will at least take four days.
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Four days?
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Do we have enough manpower and weapons to last us four days against the rebels?
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We do not have enough manpower and weapons.
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We will give it our best. Do not worry.
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The eunuchs and officials will also use their strength in protecting the palace.
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I will make sure the court ladies and the people in the palace are fed.
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Thank you all.
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Chief Royal Secretary must come quickly.
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Shall we go save the scared queen dowager?
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Did the king's hunting dogs come to kill me?
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Your Highness.
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Your Highness.
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Prince Jin Pyeong, why did you come so late?
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I am very sorry and honored.
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Your friend, who came to save you, is outside.
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Have them come in.
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Your Highness.
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Seeing your healthy state makes me feel relieved at last.
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Prince Jin Pyeong, what is this?!
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Please do not say anything to Prince Jin Pyeong about this.
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I came here myself to see you, Your Highness.
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How dare you think of showing yourself before me?
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It must be true that you've lost your mind.
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I have something I have prepared for you.
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Please look at it first before speaking further.
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What a great sight to see.
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I thought I would never see you punished by the heavens.
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But, the heavens did not let me down.
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They're allowing me to avenge my son.
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Your Highness. Avenge the prince? What do you mean?
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This man poisoned Prince Gyeong In.
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He's the true culprit!
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You were my father's enemy,
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but you helped me avenge my son.
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I'll let you live.
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Your Highness, your grace is unlimited.
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But the reason why your father was killed,
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that was due to the king's orders.
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From now on, I will take the lead in overthrowing the tyrant
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and escort you back into the palace.
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Please give me the opportunity to correct my mistakes.
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Alright.
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He got fooled by traitor Lee Gyoo and killed his innocent brother.
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It wasn't enough for him to usurp the throne,
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so he carried out the unfilial act of deposing his mother.
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Remove that rebellious king, Lee Heon, from the throne.
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Why do you laugh?
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You call me a traitor,
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and even if you try to remove the king from the throne using that,
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if you try and remove the king who has earned the trust of his people and the entire country,
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that is just an act of treason with no justification.
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In the end, you have just become another traitor, Your Highness.
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You say you will get revenge on me,
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and yet you are on the road to self-destruction.
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How can I not laugh at that?
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Your Highness, it is not unjustified treason.
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The king threw away his duties and joined hands with a barbarian from the North in secret.
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There is evidence that proves it.
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What is the evidence?
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Sin Chi Soo, show Her Highness the letter right away.
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What are you doing? Show her the letter right away.
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I cannot do so.
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It's not in my hands right now.
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What did you say? Then, where is it?
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About that...
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I cannot tell you.
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You bastard!
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Prince Jin Pyeong, Sin Chi Soo killed your brother and father,
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and you're trying to take the throne with his help?
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Are you foolish or just innocent?
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You should've just told me instead.
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I would've felt sorry for you
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and had mercy on you as I helped you sit on the throne.
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One more word and I'll cut your tongue off.
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To think that such a lowly worm dreams of being king.
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Isn't that so funny?
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- Prince Jin Pyeong.
- Die, you bastard!
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Prince Jin Pyeong, stop it!
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Your Highness, I'm trying to avenge Prince Gyeong In by killing this man.
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Why are you stopping me?
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Do you truly not know?
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This man plans on provoking you into killing him.
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But that won't do.
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If you kill him, the king will not surrender.
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Do not worry about that.
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If you give me the order, I will barge into the palace,
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kill the king, and bring you the royal seal!
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I cannot give you that order.
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Like he said, I cannot return to the palace as a traitor.
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We'll have to restore the throne and establish legitimacy.
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First, get the king to surrender.
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How dare you deceive me?
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Where is the king's confidential letter?
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When we go to the palace and get the king to surrender, I'll tell you then.
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You dare test me as an opponent?
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Four days. We only have four days.
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What are you saying?
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Right now, the king has most definitely sent someone for reinforcements.
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Then nine times out of ten, he will have sent for commanders whom Chief Royal Secretary is close to.
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In four days, the soldiers will come to protect the king.
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We'll have to succeed in restoring the throne in four days, then.
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Yes, but we do not have the time to fight amongst ourselves right now.
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Four days.
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Four days.
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Bring the royal seal to me in four days.
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Of course.
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I have nowhere else to go now.
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My Lord.
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The queen dowager is calling for you.
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I heard you were the one who put up the posters showing contempt for the king. Is that true?
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It is true that I put the posters up,
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But it is not true that I was showing contempt.
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How is calling that clown what he truly is showing contempt?
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Court Lady Kim's words were true.
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Then, where is the king?
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I do not know myself.
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But if the king is alive,
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would he have allowed that lowly clown to dirty the throne like that?
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The king is dead, then?
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Wow. If we could've had them together in one spot,
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the king could've been removed for monopolizing matters of State.
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What a shame.
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Do not worry.
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I will take responsibility and have that fake king surrender.
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You don't even have the confidential letter. How will you get him to surrender?
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It makes no difference if I have the letter in my hands.
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I ask that you believe in me and grant me full authority.
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Full authority?
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Tell me exactly what you want.
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More than anything else, it is important that the new owner of the throne
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should give you his utmost loyalty, Your Highness.
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You do not wish for it to be Prince Jin Pyeong?
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Well, if I am to act as regent,
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it would be better to have a younger member of the royal family.
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I understand.
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When I am choosing the next person to take the throne, I'll ask for your opinion.
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Since I will be doing that, bring the royal seal
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and the head of the fake king.
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It'd be even better if you brought the head of the queen, too.
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Can you do it?
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Your grace is immeasurable.
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Arrest Joo Ho Geol and bring him to me.
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Yes, Your Excellency.
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Official letter with a personal message from faux King Yi Heon to Nurhaci, the First Khan of Manchu, Later Jin Dynasty:
To notify...
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Nurhaci that Joseon is forced by the Ming to deploy 10,000 soldiers against Later Jin, but he will block and delay it. (Historically, this is known as The Liaodong Campaign.)
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I don't know what to do.
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Even though I wish to follow my uncle's orders,
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I wonder if I must show this to His Majesty.
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What would you do if it were you?
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Shouldn't your uncle's orders come first?
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That's true.
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The king does not even care for me.
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But, my uncle fed me poison.
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Who must I trust?
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The official letter is stamped with an imperial seal.
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Your Majesty, does it worry you that Chief Royal Secretary has not shown up yet?
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He should've come by now, but since he hasn't arrived, it worries me.
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Do not worry.
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It's probably taking him a long time because he's finding a way to oppose the rebels.
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Your Majesty, I, Eunuch Jo, am entering.
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Did Chief Royal Secretary arrive?
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I apologize.
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Chief Royal Secretary did not arrive, but Joo Ho Geol has.
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Joo Ho Geol?
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The rebels should've been blocking the path. How did he...?
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How did you come here?
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Your Majesty.
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Sir, report what happened to Chief Royal Secretary to the king.
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Chief Royal Secretary.
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What happened to him for you to be like this?
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Your Majesty.
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He was captured by Prince Jin Pyeong and Sin Chi Soo.
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Sin Chi Soo was captured by the Royal Investigation Bureau. How did he escape?
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Sin Chi Soo asked for this to be sent to you, Your Majesty.
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Chief Royal Secretary, Lee Gyoo's official badge.
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This belongs to Chief Royal Secretary.
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To Ha Seon: Within two hours, open the palace gates and approve the beheading of a treacherous court official, Lee Gyoo. Only then will the rebellion cease.
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They're asking for the opening of the palace gates and the approval to behead traitor Lee Gyoo.
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Only if we do that will they cease the rebellion.
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Oh, my Hyungnim!
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Your Majesty, please save the life of Chief Royal Secretary.
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He isn't someone who should die in vain like this!
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The world he dreamt of... it has only just begun.
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Your Majesty, please,
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save Hyungnim's life.
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Please stop.
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To save the life of Chief Royal Secretary
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is what we all want too.
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Your Majesty, in four days, the soldiers will have come to protect you.
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Please, stand firmly until then. That is what you must do for the future.
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Please give me time to think for myself.
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Yes.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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My Queen.
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Your Majesty, I heard what happened to Chief Royal Secretary.
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Are you okay?
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I'm not sure.
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Whenever I struggled because I didn't know the answer, Chief Royal Secretary was next to me. And he's not here anymore.
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I'm not sure what the right thing to do is.
279
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Your Majesty, do you remember what I told you a while back?
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What was it?
281
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Are you talking about the story between Zhao Yun and Liu Bei?
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Yes.
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I asked you if you had been Liu Bei,
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whom would you have chosen between the son and the loyal subject?
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Please answer me.
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If I had been Liu Bei, I wouldn't have given up on anyone.
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If an innocent person, my person, or my people get hurt, that's unpardonable.
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Yes, that's the kind of man you are, Your Majesty.
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When you feel as if there is no answer, you find one.
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When others say it can't happen, you say that it can.
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This time, too, you'll find the answer again, Your Majesty.
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I believe in you, Your Majesty.
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Thank you.
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Seon Hwa Dang.
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Your Majesty, there is something I must tell you.
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Please send everyone away.
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Go on.
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Your Majesty, even though my uncle committed a treasonous crime, he did not stop there, and
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I apologize for the fact that he has joined forces with the rebels.
300
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It bothers me to think that I might have to leave this palace.
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If you tell me to leave, I will, but if you tell me to stay, I will.
302
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Please tell me your will.
303
00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:28,120
Seon Hwa Dang, what do you wish for?
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I wish to remain in the palace.
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Then, you may.
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It was not your crime, so you may stay at the palace.
307
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I was so worried that you would tell me to leave.
308
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Now, with such a happy heart, I will tell you the news.
309
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To be honest, before my uncle was imprisoned by the Royal Investigation Bureau, he entrusted me with a letter.
310
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I looked and the letter had your royal seal on it.
311
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Where is that letter?
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I have hidden it well at my palace.
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Bring it right away.
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Yes, Your Majesty
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I wanted to make you happy at least once. I am so relieved.
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This is the letter with my order written on it.
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Go to Sin Chi Soo and Prince Jin Pyeong tomorrow
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I will be holding a court session with all of the military and civil officials. Tell them to prepare.
319
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Your Majesty, you're going to let those men in the palace?
320
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Yes.
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Even if you say it is a court session, they will think it dangerous and will not enter the palace.
322
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They will surely come into the palace.
323
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When they attend, I have written the condition that they must bring in Chief Royal Secretary.
324
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You should receive a definite answer from them about that.
325
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Yes, Your Majesty.
326
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Whether Chief Royal Secretary Lee Gyoo is guilty of a crime or not, that is a matter for the cabinet ministers
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to discuss and decide during a court session. Come and attend the session tomorrow morning.
328
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What is the matter?
329
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Have a look yourself.
330
00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:44,640
Whether Chief Royal Secretary Lee Gyoo is guilty of a crime or not,
331
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that is a matter for the cabinet ministers to discuss and decide during a court session.
332
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Come and attend the court session tomorrow morning.
333
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I had a feeling the king would do something like this.
334
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He just wants to stall by having a useless court discussion.
335
00:31:58,370 --> 00:32:01,840
Still, we have to go into the palace.
336
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,760
What? The king is being protected by palace guards.
337
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,810
How could we go in without our soldiers?
338
00:32:10,690 --> 00:32:17,430
The confidential letter that shows that the king sided with the Jurchens is in the palace.
339
00:32:18,430 --> 00:32:21,770
If we get our hands on that letter,
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we can have his head based on that evidence itself.
341
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,570
You wish to give up here?
342
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:54,710
Let His Majesty know that we will attend tomorrow with Chief Royal Secretary.
343
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But, however many palace guards the king may have,
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we will bring just as many. Tell him that he must accept this condition.
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If he insists on bringing their soldiers, tell him our condition of having all the officials attend, as well.
346
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Have the number of military allowed be reduced.
347
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Are you listening to me?
348
00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:20,540
His Majesty will have all the court officials attend, as well.
349
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He ordered for no more than ten soldiers to be brought in.
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What will you do?
351
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,270
Then, the court session must be held in the courtyard of the palace.
352
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The king should only have ten palace guards, as well, then.
353
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If the king does so, then so will we.
354
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Tell him.
355
00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:02,000
Your Majesty, I have returned.
356
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,880
Yes, did they accept my proposal?
357
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,470
Yes. They did as you predicted.
358
00:34:08,470 --> 00:34:10,970
How did you know?
359
00:34:10,970 --> 00:34:15,280
They have a reason why they must enter the palace.
360
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:20,290
The evidence that they could use to take down Chief Royal Secretary and I is in the palace.
361
00:34:20,290 --> 00:34:23,390
Then, shouldn't we prevent them from entering?
362
00:34:23,390 --> 00:34:28,090
I have the evidence they want. Things will not go the way they want.
363
00:34:28,090 --> 00:34:30,070
What is the evidence?
364
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Seon Hwa Dang said that she would bring it to me.
365
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She is late.
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Your Majesty. Please hurry over to Seon Hwa Dang.
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Officer Jang!
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Scour the palace and find the person who killed Seon Hwa Dang.
370
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,590
Start interrogating the court ladies at Seon Hwa Dang's residence.
371
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:29,930
Yes, I will carry out your order.
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Let's go.
373
00:35:58,060 --> 00:36:01,420
You must look through Seon Hwa Dang's residence
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and find me a letter.
375
00:36:03,670 --> 00:36:07,520
What kind of letter are you speaking of?
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00:36:10,290 --> 00:36:13,360
It's a confidential letter with the royal seal on it.
377
00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:39,530
How did it go?
378
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:41,710
We searched Seon Hwa Dang's residence
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and the court ladies that worked for her.
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00:36:46,890 --> 00:36:49,970
But we couldn't find the letter.
381
00:36:51,580 --> 00:36:53,800
Did you find out who killed Seon Hwa Dang?
382
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,430
We interrogated the court ladies around her,
383
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but Court Lady Jo, who came with her from her home, seems to be the key suspect.
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Receive the land documents and find the confidential letter.
385
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,650
You must find the confidential letter before the court session.
386
00:37:08,650 --> 00:37:10,350
Yes, Your Majesty.
387
00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:22,210
I told you to bring me his surrender. Who told you to go to a court session?!
388
00:37:23,070 --> 00:37:27,320
You assured me that you could get me that clown's surrender.
389
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:34,010
I apologize, but I have a plan. Please trust me.
390
00:37:34,010 --> 00:37:36,250
I don't want to listen to it.
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00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:39,720
I'll see that clown myself.
392
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,130
Send that confidential letter to the palace, and tell him to come at once!
393
00:37:49,050 --> 00:37:53,590
Your Majesty, you cannot leave like this.
394
00:37:53,590 --> 00:37:57,990
It is surely a plan for those who want to hurt you.
395
00:37:57,990 --> 00:38:00,720
I cannot let Chief Royal Secretary die.
396
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,010
But...
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00:38:02,010 --> 00:38:04,540
I will take His Majesty there.
398
00:38:05,890 --> 00:38:10,020
I'll bring the palace guards. I'll trust you with the defense of the palace.
399
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:12,390
Your safety is the most important.
400
00:38:12,390 --> 00:38:15,490
I'll leave the defense of the palace to the commander of the Royal Army.
401
00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:17,730
Do not worry.
402
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,590
I understand. You may leave.
403
00:38:23,590 --> 00:38:27,600
Your Majesty, must you leave?
404
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,030
Do not worry. I'll return safely.
405
00:39:25,860 --> 00:39:28,720
You lowly clown.
406
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,350
Show your respect.
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00:39:35,150 --> 00:39:40,650
You have been deposed and are now a private citizen. I no longer have to show my respect.
408
00:39:41,890 --> 00:39:45,930
I believed that there was no man in the world crazier than the king.
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00:39:45,930 --> 00:39:48,610
But Chief Royal Secretary found a crazier one.
410
00:39:48,610 --> 00:39:53,190
To be fair, the lowest of the low has tasted the king's power. How could you not?
411
00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:55,070
Is Chief Royal Secretary safe?
412
00:39:55,070 --> 00:39:57,630
Are you afraid that your owner might die?
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00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:58,930
Do not worry.
414
00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:03,300
I'll give him the proper punishment for showing contempt for the royal family and the court of this country.
415
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:07,740
I won't kill him before I get my revenge on you.
416
00:40:08,730 --> 00:40:14,700
If a stranger heard you, they'd definitely think you treasured your stepson.
417
00:40:18,030 --> 00:40:23,440
It's true that for a long time, I prayed for the king's death.
418
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Even if he was only half, he was still continuing the line of royal descendants from the former king.
419
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:33,280
But how could one be indifferent to Chief Royal Secretary's crime
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of putting a clown on the throne and monopolizing the affairs of State?
421
00:40:35,190 --> 00:40:38,630
You've engaged in rebellion just to give Chief Royal Secretary his punishment?
422
00:40:38,630 --> 00:40:41,120
Who would believe that?
423
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,330
You should just say that you wish to avenge your son.
424
00:40:44,330 --> 00:40:50,820
Even if you say that, you cannot hide your impure intentions and desire for the throne.
425
00:40:50,820 --> 00:40:54,580
Even if you try your best to act as king,
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00:40:54,580 --> 00:40:57,360
you can't hide your lowly origins.
427
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,790
If Chief Royal Secretary disappears,
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you will be taken down in an instant.
429
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,330
Your only crime is that you received Chief Royal Secretary's orders
430
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and acted upon them.
431
00:41:09,540 --> 00:41:11,740
If you take issue with Chief Royal Secretary's crimes,
432
00:41:11,740 --> 00:41:14,510
then I'll forgive you of your crimes.
433
00:41:14,510 --> 00:41:17,360
So you should obediently surrender and hand over the royal seal.
434
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:21,170
What right do you have to be asking me about my crimes
435
00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:23,960
and telling me you'll forgive them?
436
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:28,730
The person who should confess their crimes and receive punishment is standing in front of me!
437
00:41:28,730 --> 00:41:30,220
You bastard!
438
00:41:30,220 --> 00:41:35,730
I'm going to expose the fact that you are a lowly clown playing a king to your citizens!
439
00:41:35,730 --> 00:41:37,680
Let them know!
440
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,260
How will you prove that I am fake?
441
00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:44,190
Would the people listen to a traitor?
442
00:41:44,190 --> 00:41:48,220
The queen was obedient to a lowly clown like you as if you were her father.
443
00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:52,030
What if they knew she had fooled everyone?
444
00:41:52,030 --> 00:41:55,760
The rumors say that the queen is wicked and lacks virtue.
445
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,130
It will be recorded in history and your descendants will know of it.
446
00:41:59,130 --> 00:42:04,390
Could the queen live in her right mind if she held onto such indignity?
447
00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:11,890
Do as you wish.
448
00:42:11,890 --> 00:42:16,490
Whenever a single tear is shed from my queen's eyes,
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I'll make your eyes shed blood.
450
00:42:20,650 --> 00:42:24,920
Whenever sighs leave my queen's mouth,
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00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,780
I'll make screams leave yours.
452
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:34,990
You bastard. You are wicked and impertinent.
453
00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:39,580
You are merely a clown. What do you have that you are so impertient?
454
00:42:39,580 --> 00:42:41,740
Are you not even afraid of the heavens?
455
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:46,190
Will you truly sully the sacred royal throne with your lowly blood?!
456
00:42:46,190 --> 00:42:49,090
Do not speak such nonsense!
457
00:42:49,090 --> 00:42:53,480
People do not decide what is precious or lowly. The heavens do.
458
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:58,210
Your position determined from birth does not matter. Your heart and your actions do.
459
00:42:58,210 --> 00:43:00,170
You do not even know about that.
460
00:43:00,170 --> 00:43:05,740
How dare you speak about royal descendants in such a way? Are you not even embarrassed?
461
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:06,750
Shut up.
462
00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:11,150
Then again, the only thing you have is your royal blood.
463
00:43:11,150 --> 00:43:14,020
I guess you have no choice.
464
00:43:42,690 --> 00:43:46,520
Do you have the confidence to reveal the crimes of Chief Royal Secretary
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00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,880
and bring me the royal seal of the clown?
466
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,580
I will be fully ready for it.
467
00:43:55,580 --> 00:43:58,060
You do not need to worry.
468
00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:25,010
I've come to apologize to you.
469
00:44:25,810 --> 00:44:30,070
For a while, I believed that you were spotless and aloof
470
00:44:30,070 --> 00:44:36,340
as you hid behind the king and queen's father, while you were really a schemer.
471
00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:38,260
From what I see now,
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00:44:38,260 --> 00:44:40,720
you are far ahead.
473
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:44,240
What is it that you wish to say?
474
00:44:46,210 --> 00:44:50,960
I will request that the queen dowager save your life.
475
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,800
Instead, convey a single message to that clown.
476
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,520
Tell him to step down from the throne and surrender.
477
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,570
He might not listen to others, but he'll listen to you.
478
00:45:02,570 --> 00:45:04,710
You have misjudged him.
479
00:45:04,710 --> 00:45:07,730
The king only does as he wishes.
480
00:45:07,730 --> 00:45:11,660
He is not the type to be swayed by words without his own say.
481
00:45:11,660 --> 00:45:15,230
Are you still unaware after what you've been through?
482
00:45:15,230 --> 00:45:21,910
Will you truly throw away your life because of that lowly, fake king?
483
00:45:23,170 --> 00:45:26,780
What is lowly and what is fake?
484
00:45:26,780 --> 00:45:30,810
Everything that man did was for the country and its people,
485
00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:35,460
so you cannot call that lowly or even fake.
486
00:45:35,460 --> 00:45:38,580
Just like what that clown says,
487
00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:41,000
this is nonsense.
488
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:45,310
Nonsense. That's true.
489
00:45:46,580 --> 00:45:50,850
People do not look at the heavens, and only look at the ground, at their own feet, and where they go.
490
00:45:50,850 --> 00:45:57,050
People like you and Prince Jin Pyeong can never understand.
491
00:45:57,050 --> 00:46:01,370
I feel sick, so I can't listen to this any longer.
492
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:11,980
That clown asked that you attend tomorrow's court session, as well.
493
00:46:12,980 --> 00:46:16,840
His Majesty opened a court session?
494
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,330
He's fearless.
495
00:46:19,330 --> 00:46:22,060
He doesn't even know what a court session is.
496
00:46:22,060 --> 00:46:25,720
The more you threaten the king,
497
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,240
the more daring he gets.
498
00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:31,730
He has decided to fight the rebels.
499
00:46:31,730 --> 00:46:33,340
Alright.
500
00:46:33,340 --> 00:46:40,560
Then, we'll see if that clown wins or if the king's blood wins.
501
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:52,950
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502
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:02,860
You bastard! Get out of the way!
503
00:47:06,590 --> 00:47:09,020
What is this fuss?
504
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,680
Prince Jin Pyeong, I have come to greet the queen dowager.
505
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:16,990
Why are you blocking the way?
506
00:47:27,340 --> 00:47:31,180
If you don't want to die, just leave.
507
00:47:46,540 --> 00:47:49,990
Why did you block Prince Yeong Hwa from entering?
508
00:47:50,670 --> 00:47:53,060
I didn't want to see his face.
509
00:47:53,060 --> 00:47:55,000
What?
510
00:47:55,860 --> 00:48:01,480
Do you believe I don't know why you're meeting with the royal family members?
511
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,520
Be careful.
512
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:10,140
The only reason I am here is to get rid of the king and sit on the throne myself.
513
00:48:10,140 --> 00:48:12,070
Of course.
514
00:48:12,710 --> 00:48:18,080
There is no one else I have thought about to take the throne beside you, Prince Jin Pyeong.
515
00:48:21,140 --> 00:48:26,890
You must follow through on what you just said.
516
00:48:52,660 --> 00:48:54,700
It's cold. Why are you out here?
517
00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:57,860
Why are you out here, Your Majesty?
518
00:48:57,860 --> 00:49:00,850
I cannot deceive you, My Queen.
519
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:07,130
I cannot sleep thinking about what's to happen tomorrow at the court session.
520
00:49:07,130 --> 00:49:09,740
Do you feel the same?
521
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:15,990
I need to offer you my support,
522
00:49:15,990 --> 00:49:20,220
but I actually feel anxious for some reason.
523
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:25,620
To think that you have to confront the others on your own,
524
00:49:26,590 --> 00:49:30,510
I worry that something might happen to you, Your Majesty.
525
00:49:36,660 --> 00:49:39,160
Nothing will happen to me.
526
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,170
I apologize.
527
00:49:47,170 --> 00:49:49,960
I should be firm in my support for you, but...
528
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,030
It is alright.
529
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,480
Just as the locust trees become intertwined and firmer,
530
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:03,140
it will be alright if you lean on me, and I lean on you.
531
00:51:34,790 --> 00:51:38,020
Today there will be a court session in the courtyard of the palace.
532
00:51:38,020 --> 00:51:40,080
It is different from other occasions.
533
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:45,360
No matter what happens, you cannot leave His Majesty.
534
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,380
Yes, Eunuch Jo.
535
00:51:49,750 --> 00:51:53,840
Make sure you convey what I said to the palace officials.
536
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:56,280
Do not worry.
537
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:23,230
Did you find the letter?
538
00:52:23,230 --> 00:52:28,150
I apologize. Court Lady Jo has still not confessed.
539
00:52:28,150 --> 00:52:32,830
Your Majesty, don't you have to postpone the court session?
540
00:52:32,830 --> 00:52:34,460
No.
541
00:52:34,460 --> 00:52:38,620
If not today, there is no chance to save Chief Royal Secretary.
542
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,650
Your Majesty!
543
00:52:44,130 --> 00:52:47,350
Have they arrived? When will the soldiers arrive?
544
00:52:47,350 --> 00:52:51,610
Commander Kang In Bok from Hamgyeong province saw the soldiers starting to depart,
545
00:52:51,610 --> 00:52:56,010
so he quickly came by horse. The soldiers will arrive tomorrow.
546
00:52:56,010 --> 00:52:59,160
Alright. You did well.
547
00:53:26,250 --> 00:53:28,150
Your Excellency.
548
00:53:30,350 --> 00:53:31,820
What is the matter?
549
00:53:31,820 --> 00:53:36,590
I thought about your proposal all night.
550
00:53:37,850 --> 00:53:39,730
What proposal do you mean?
551
00:53:39,730 --> 00:53:43,390
I told him to personally meet with the king and make him surrender.
552
00:53:43,390 --> 00:53:46,920
Please allow me to meet with the king.
553
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:50,400
That won't do.
554
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,080
If you two get together and get your stories straight,
555
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:57,720
then there's no point in me putting myself in danger to attend the court session.
556
00:53:58,890 --> 00:54:03,620
You can come with me. Just allow me to meet the king.
557
00:54:57,260 --> 00:55:02,570
Have you been well, Your Majesty?
558
00:55:05,870 --> 00:55:09,730
Your lifeline is quite long.
559
00:55:09,730 --> 00:55:13,490
It wasn't enough for you to be imprisoned, so you joined forces with the rebels?
560
00:55:13,490 --> 00:55:18,820
Are you speaking of me, Your Majesty?
561
00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:22,130
That is nonsense.
562
00:55:22,130 --> 00:55:25,270
If I had thought of causing a rebellion,
563
00:55:25,270 --> 00:55:28,330
I would've forced myself in with my military.
564
00:55:29,170 --> 00:55:32,760
Why have you asked to see me before the court session?
565
00:55:33,690 --> 00:55:38,360
This man said he had something to tell you.
566
00:55:39,820 --> 00:55:41,720
Your Majesty.
567
00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:49,160
Do you remember when I said there were two ways to survive in the palace?
568
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,820
There are two ways to survive in the palace.
569
00:55:51,820 --> 00:55:56,690
You either completely step on them and kill them,
570
00:55:56,690 --> 00:55:58,750
or you completely ignore them.
571
00:55:58,750 --> 00:56:00,760
I remember.
572
00:56:03,750 --> 00:56:06,230
Today,
573
00:56:06,230 --> 00:56:10,290
you need to just choose the second method.
574
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,590
Do you have anything else to say?
575
00:56:15,590 --> 00:56:22,030
The only things you should consider important are this nation and its people, Your Majesty.
576
00:56:22,030 --> 00:56:27,370
Anything else besides that, you must be willing to throw away.
577
00:56:27,370 --> 00:56:29,920
Including me.
578
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,720
I cannot agree with that. Throw you away?
579
00:56:34,550 --> 00:56:38,450
Is that not the same as telling Liu Bei to throw away Zhao Yun?
580
00:56:38,450 --> 00:56:45,760
To think that you are comparing me to the great commander and loyal subject, Zhao Yun,
581
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:50,050
it is such a great honor that brings tears to my eyes.
582
00:56:50,050 --> 00:56:52,850
Since I saw you last,
583
00:56:52,850 --> 00:56:57,270
you seem to have formed a talent in making your loyal subjects laugh, like a clown, Your Majesty.
584
00:56:57,270 --> 00:57:01,640
No. I was born with it.
585
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:18,970
Yes. You were born with it, Your Majesty.
586
00:57:18,970 --> 00:57:23,010
I forgot that.
587
00:57:25,590 --> 00:57:33,570
Your Majesty, I was met with such immeasurable grace in serving you.
588
00:57:33,570 --> 00:57:36,170
I have no regrets.
589
00:57:38,030 --> 00:57:40,820
It is not right to say that you have no regrets.
590
00:57:40,820 --> 00:57:43,110
You have so many days ahead of you.
591
00:57:43,110 --> 00:57:46,320
Yes. That's true.
592
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:50,160
I also wanted to say the same to you.
593
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:54,520
Even if it is for this country and its people,
594
00:57:54,520 --> 00:58:01,330
please firmly protect the throne for the rest of your days.
595
00:58:01,330 --> 00:58:04,120
- Chief Royal Secretary.
- Your Majesty.
596
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:07,590
We cannot keep listening to such a lengthy talk.
597
00:58:07,590 --> 00:58:10,960
Let us proceed with the court session.
598
00:58:14,260 --> 00:58:16,320
Alright.
599
00:59:07,260 --> 00:59:12,120
Your Majesty, we are supposed to pay our respects
600
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:16,110
in accordance with the court session. But because of the recent rebellion,
601
00:59:16,110 --> 00:59:19,580
things have been so chaotic.
602
00:59:19,580 --> 00:59:22,610
We will bow just once.
603
00:59:22,610 --> 00:59:27,590
Your Majesty, please lay down your command.
604
00:59:38,870 --> 00:59:41,810
Release Chief Royal Secretary from his bindings.
605
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:48,230
Your Majesty. Criminal Lee Gyoo is someone who has come here as a traitor.
606
00:59:48,230 --> 00:59:50,280
It is unreasonable to free him.
607
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:53,420
Sin Chi Soo and Prince Jin Pyeong,
608
00:59:53,420 --> 00:59:56,230
you two are both traitors, just the same, to me.
609
00:59:56,230 --> 01:00:00,880
The matters of Chief Royal Secretary have not been settled yet. It is not correct to treat him as a criminal.
610
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:04,110
Loosen his bindings right away!
611
01:00:35,250 --> 01:00:39,090
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.
612
01:01:01,780 --> 01:01:08,030
Your Majesty. I will inform you of criminal Lee Gyoo's crimes.
613
01:01:08,030 --> 01:01:11,360
Come forth and show the evidence.
614
01:02:01,660 --> 01:02:05,340
This is a confidential letter that Chief Royal Secretary sent.
615
01:02:09,330 --> 01:02:14,820
"Joseon's king and the royal court do not wish to fight with Later Jin."
616
01:02:14,820 --> 01:02:17,660
"We will not release our soldiers to the Ming Dynasty."
617
01:02:17,660 --> 01:02:20,540
"Even if Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty cause a war,"
618
01:02:20,540 --> 01:02:23,320
"we will not attack."
619
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:26,190
"Joseon is on neither side."
620
01:02:26,190 --> 01:02:31,660
"Emperor of Later Jin, please believe this."
621
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,060
He has forgone the hierarchy to power.
622
01:02:57,060 --> 01:03:00,400
Criminal Lee Gyoo, who communicated secretly with the Jurchens,
623
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:03,760
come forth and confess to your sins.
624
01:03:05,750 --> 01:03:08,390
Confess? That's unreasonable.
625
01:03:08,390 --> 01:03:12,080
I am not even embarrassed about what I did.
626
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:16,700
The ones who should truly be embarrassed are not me, but you two.
627
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:22,770
How long will you keep serving the Ming Dynasty, who has nothing to do with us,
628
01:03:22,770 --> 01:03:26,070
and continue to be submissive to them?
629
01:03:26,070 --> 01:03:28,500
Why is it alright to serve the Ming who are our supposed superior nation?
630
01:03:28,500 --> 01:03:31,430
What does it matter if we are friendly with Later Jin, who are Jurchens?
631
01:03:31,430 --> 01:03:36,620
The most important thing is to protect the people of this country.
632
01:03:46,350 --> 01:03:49,340
How touching.
633
01:03:49,340 --> 01:03:51,060
But...
634
01:03:51,980 --> 01:03:57,650
Your Majesty, in this confidential letter, your royal seal is stamped.
635
01:03:57,650 --> 01:04:02,180
Were you truly unaware of this letter?
636
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:17,780
If you did not know, Chief Royal Secretary took your power and laid down a royal command.
637
01:04:17,780 --> 01:04:22,430
If you knew, then you were communicating secretly with the Jurchens.
638
01:04:22,430 --> 01:04:25,560
What is the truth?
639
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:40,930
- That...
- Your Majesty!
640
01:04:40,930 --> 01:04:44,310
I assumed your command by using your royal seal.
641
01:04:44,310 --> 01:04:48,040
That is my own crime.
642
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,030
Chief Royal Secretary.
643
01:04:51,910 --> 01:04:54,850
- Do not say that.
- Your Majesty.
644
01:04:54,850 --> 01:05:00,270
Please consider my words for you to protect your remaining days.
645
01:05:31,260 --> 01:05:32,670
Stop!
646
01:05:32,670 --> 01:05:34,360
Let go! Let go of me!
647
01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:36,640
Protect His Majesty!
648
01:06:48,380 --> 01:06:50,940
Chief Royal Secretary!
649
01:06:54,820 --> 01:06:57,990
The Crowned Clown
650
01:06:57,990 --> 01:07:09,980
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