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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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Final Episode
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- Stop!
- No, Your Majesty!
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Let go! Let go of me!
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Protect His Majesty!
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Chief Royal Secretary!
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Clear the way! Clear the way!
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Your Excellency!
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Close the palace doors!
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Protect the queen!
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Your Highness! Your Highness!
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Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty.
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Chief Royal Secretary.
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How could you act so recklessly?
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I deeply apologize for not keeping my promise.
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Engrave this moment in your heart.
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No matter what danger arrives,
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I will never leave your side.
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I will protect you.
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I should be protecting you by your side.
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Save your words, please.
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When I die, hang my body on the palace doors.
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Show them that you made the right decision to punish a criminal.
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Comfort the anger of the people.
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No, I cannot do that.
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You are not a criminal to me. You are a loyal subject! How can I?
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Is that so?
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I am happy to hear those words.
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Chief Royal Secretary!
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Your Majesty.
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Chief Royal Secretary! Chief Royal Secretary!
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Move aside!
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Open the doors this instant.
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If it's not a royal order, we cannot do so.
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Clear the way!
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Do not stand aside!
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Hyungnim.
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Hyungnim.
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Hyungnim.
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Hyungnim.
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Hyungnim.
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Your Majesty.
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Please allow for his coffin to be sent out
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so that his last path can be spent with the people who care for him.
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Your Majesty, it is too dangerous to open the palace doors now.
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You could just be opening the way for the rebels.
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If you just give royal permission,
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I'll carry him on my back and leave.
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You said that right now at the doors of the Royal Investigation Bureau,
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Prince Jin Pyeong and Sin Chi Soo are facing the palace guards?
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Yes, Your Majesty. What should we do?
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I want to properly take care of
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Chief Royal Secretary's last path.
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Chief Royal Secretary's coffin will be sent out.
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For a quarter of a day, cease your attacks so that the funeral rites can be carried out.
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If you do not allow for the coffin to be sent out, Chief Royal Secretary's corpse will be hung on the palace doors
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and it will be shown that I dealt with a criminal in a proper way.
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If that happens, the people will find out that a rebellion had occurred without proper justification.
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If an order is sent to kill Prince Jin Pyeong and Sin Chi Soo, who acted rudely towards me during the court session,
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no one will oppose it.
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What will you do?
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Funeral rites?
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For a traitorous criminal?
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Your Highness, if I do not send a response within the hour,
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it was said that my master, Prince Jin Pyeong's throat would be slit.
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Please save my master.
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There is no need to cause trouble by hanging a traitor's corpse on the doors.
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Send the message that we'll follow his orders.
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I know for sure now.
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You are different from that man, Ha Seon.
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I chose you but I could not completely trust you.
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Trust is so important.
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I have come to that realization through you.
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Your Majesty.
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I will not be afraid any longer.
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I will protect my duty,
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and I will trust in you and serve you completely.
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Please forgive all of my faults from the past.
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Casket of Constitutional Reformer, Chief Royal Secretary, Lee Gyoo.
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If I asked you to come to the dangerous and secluded borders with me,
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would you come with me?
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I could have been completely with you, My Lord.
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You said for us to go together,
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but how could you leave like this?
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I need to go avenge him.
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- I will, too.
- Forget it.
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It won't be avenging his death.
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You'll just be killed in vain.
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Your words are true.
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Would Chief Royal Secretary have wanted you to sacrifice your lives?
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Your Highness.
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Prince Yeong Hwa.
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Prince Jin Pyeong, how are you feeling?
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This
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isn't anything at all.
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I'll be up as if nothing happened tomorrow morning.
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Do not worry.
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What a shame.
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If you had not coveted the throne,
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you would've enjoyed living out the rest of your life.
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This is such a shame.
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The 3,000 soldiers that you gathered,
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I will use them well when I succeed in restoring things the way they were.
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I will place Prince Yeong Hwa on the throne and plan for the future.
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Do not worry about the aftermath. Alright?
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You were so confident that you would be able to get the king to surrender after going to the court session.
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If Chief Royal Secretary had not died,
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I would have never condoned your mistakes at the palace.
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If something happens to Prince Jin Pyeong, his soldiers will become dispirited.
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Do you have something to deal with that?
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Yes.
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I have already used my wealth to boost the soldiers' morale.
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Do not worry about it.
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Rather than that, do you still think
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that you need to find justification to restore the throne?
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What are you trying to say?
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If you let this night pass as you try to find the justification,
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your attempt at restoring the throne will fail.
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You have not received an edict for being deposed yet.
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You still come first before the king, Your Highness.
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If you use that as your source of authority and order for the traitorous tyrant to be deposed,
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I will immediately come forth and request a justification.
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We're going to go into the palace.
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Drag that clown
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down from the throne tonight.
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Your Majesty.
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The commander from Hamgyeong Province, Kang In Bok, has sent a message.
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Your Majesty, what is the matter?
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The situation at the borders has worsened suddenly.
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Later Jin could intrude at any moment.
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They have arrived at Yangju of Gyeonggi-do Province.
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But he is not sure if he can bring the soldiers to the capital in this situation.
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He is asking whether I will order them to return to the borders and have them defend against Later Jin.
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He is waiting for my order.
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This is all because Sin Chi Soo intercepted your confidential letter.
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Your safety comes first, Your Majesty.
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You must order them to come to the capital right away.
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Call Commander Kang. Protecting the throne is the right way.
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But if the borders crumble,
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the people will be trampled by the Later Jin soldiers and they will die.
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It would be meaningless to just protect the throne.
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How many rebels are there?
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Including those in Gyeonggi Province and the soldiers in the unit there,
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we have more than 3,000 people.
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If we combine the palace guards, soldiers,
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and the eunuchs, it will not be greater than 400 people.
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Your Majesty, I apologize, but even if we gather all the strength of the palace with these numbers,
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we will not make it more than two days.
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The rebels must know about this, as well. They will probably attack soon.
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Your Majesty, I will find a way to take you and the queen out of the palace.
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Please prepare for it.
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I cannot do so.
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The people in this palace are my people as well.
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How could I leave them here and leave?
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Stop.
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Stab the tyrant to death!
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There he is.
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Protect the king!
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Your Majesty!
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I will kill you and have you charged for stealing the confidential letter for your personal gain,
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putting the borders in danger, and for throwing the capital into confusion.
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If you let me go alive,
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I will bring the queen dowager's head.
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The queen dowager's head?
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Yes, Your Majesty. Her head.
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Not only her head, but I will bring the heads of all the rebels.
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Please forgive my sins.
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There is no forgiveness.
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The only thing that can pay for Chief Royal Secretary's death is death itself.
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You lowly clown!
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Your Majesty, I apologize.
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We were late because we were suppressing the rebels blocking the way to the capital.
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Do not worry. You came at the right time.
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Your Majesty!
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Commander Hwang Hae Do has arrived near the capital.
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He will be arriving by tonight.
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Commander Hwang Hae Do will be arriving soon?
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I have thought of a way to suppress the rebels.
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Your Majesty, you should order for the rebels to surrender and uphold your dignity.
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Please wait a moment.
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I have one last thing I must do.
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Water...
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How come it is as silent as a dead mouse?
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Go out and check what's happening.
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Yes, Your Highness.
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Your Highness, I bring back news of victory.
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The rebels have succeeded in entering the palace and capturing the king!
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Where did Sin Chi Soo go? Why are you here?
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He died in battle.
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The king has been cornered and confined at the palace.
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I received a letter. Please take a look.
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If Queen Dowager would agree not to hold my men accountable for their crimes, I will confess mine and hand over the imperial seal. Come to the palace at 7 - 9 a.m.
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If the queen dowager says that she will not ask for the crimes of my people,
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I will confess to my crimes and hand over the royal seal.
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Come to the palace at 7 - 9 a.m.
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Call for Prince Yeong Hwa.
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It is the first time seeing the throne with my very own eyes.
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Your father worked so hard to have my descendants to sit on the throne.
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Even though Prince Kyeong In died,
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I have finally relieved him from his resentment.
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Confess to your crimes.
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You sided with Later Jin and showed contempt for the Ming Dynasty, our superior nation.
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Do you acknowledge your crime of ruining the loyalty and duty of this country?
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I have no crimes to confess.
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What did you say?
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Are you denying your crime of sending the confidential letter?
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The confidential letter was a choice and method to protect my country.
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If it means that I can protect my people, I will side with whomever without hesitation.
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That is my duty as a king.
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You bastard.
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You set up a trap by saying
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you would confess.
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I have called you to take the final step in deposing you.
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You have no power to depose me!
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Are you outside? All, come in!
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Prince Yeong Hwa.
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Your Majesty.
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Did you deceive me?
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I did not deceive you. I merely followed the king's orders.
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Since you have followed my orders well, I will not ask for your crimes.
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Your grace is immeasurable.
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I had planned to give you the throne. You are weak.
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Eunuch Jo.
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Imperial edict on the deposition of Queen Dowager Kim: The late king's heavenly match as his legal wife was Queen Dowager Kim and she became my stepmother. Since then, I have exhausted all effort
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to be respectful toward her. Yet, she harmed my queen with witchcraft, ordered an assassination on the late Minister Yoo, as well as led a rebel force in a revolt. Therefore, I order Queen Dowager Kim to be deposed and given poison.
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Through my power as king, I give an order as follows.
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Because you were the spouse of the previous king who was confirmed by the Chinese Emperor and my mother,
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up until now, I have fulfilled my filial duty to Queen Dowager Kim.
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She performed witchcraft towards the queen.
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She ordered the assassination on the queen's father and was the instigator of this rebellion.
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Depose Queen Dowager Kim and have her be given poison!
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He dares to act in such an unreasonable way towards me.
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What are all of you doing?
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Are you just going to stand there and watch?!
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If Prince Kyeong In had been here, I would not have been degraded like this.
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It was not enough for you to just kill your innocent brother and have the throne.
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You dare to try and tear me down by killing me?
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- Drag her out this instant.
- Alright!
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Go ahead. Try to depose me and give me poison.
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Even though I will vomit blood and die,
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I am not defeated by you, ever!
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If I die, you will never be able to reign peacefully.
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The later generations will remember you as a traitorous king who killed his mother.
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Even if I die, I am not truly dying.
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If you live, you are not truly living!
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I will take responsibility for my own crimes.
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Your crimes, however,
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you can carry them and leave.
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I bloodied my hands for the first time.
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But I do not regret it.
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I could take on things even more severe if it would mean that I could protect my country and its people.
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I will not be a beast who seeks bloodshed and uses the power of the throne to do so.
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I will not hesitate when I am dealt with what I must do just because I am afraid.
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Since you have discovered the cruel nature of the throne,
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you will be able to take another step forward.
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I will always be with you,
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but in the end, you must take the path yourself.
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If you get exhausted doing so and wish to rest momentarily,
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please come to me.
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I will always be in this position for you.
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Your Majesty, the Dae Dong policy has been expanded to the three southern provinces.
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You have done so much work this past year.
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Then, I apologize, but could you approve of my break?
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A break?
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- How about you go to Jeju during your break?
- Pardon me?
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Shouldn't the people of Jeju also enjoy the benefits of the Dae Dong policy?
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Oh, yes.
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I will arrange for that quickly.
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Your grace is... immeasurable...
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Jeju?
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The Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine was published well. (T/N: Book written by Heo Jun, a royal physician)
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I wish for the book to be published in Hangul as well,
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so that the people can read it.
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Your Majesty, it is too excessive for the people.
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Even though you wish to benefit them, they will not even understand your grace.
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Why does that matter?
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When the people try to make sweet rice cakes using azaleas,
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we could prevent them from getting stomachaches.
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Have you tried consuming azaleas?
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You could die from it.
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You are correct, Prince Ki Seong.
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I will have the farmer's handbook also written in Hangul to make sure that there are no starving people.
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Your Majesty.
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You don't look very well.
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You barely slept last night.
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You should sleep early tonight.
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No, I have a mountain of reports to look through today.
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I will look through these a bit longer. You should go and sleep for a bit.
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Classic of Poetry: Ode of Shang Dynasty - Black Swallow; an ode in praise of Emperor Wu Ding of Shang Dynasty;
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of his descent into the mortal world like a black swallow; and of him being sent by Heaven to govern the country.
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Look at those honorable people who are spreading seeds and working the fields.
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Our country would only be a truly good one if I stepped down from the throne and gave my seat to one of them,
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and the country's affairs continued with no problems.
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I think the same way, Your Majesty.
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The king only gives royal permission for the court's discussions and takes responsibility for the results.
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He cannot play around with his power.
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He cannot be played around by his disloyal subjects either.
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If only that were so, would the people not suffer and live happily.
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Your Majesty.
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Hope for the future has helped you have a peaceful reign.
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The country is peaceful.
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However, we worry that you do not have an heir.
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I apologize for giving you concern.
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Since you are still young,
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you should allow in a new concubine to quickly bear a son.
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The queen herself will not oppose this.
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Your Majesty.
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Do not worry about me and accept a new concubine.
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You already know that I will not do so.
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Why are you telling me this?
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I am telling you this because I cannot give you a son.
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You need a line of succession for your reign to be secure.
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My queen, if that is the issue, do not worry.
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I already have chosen someone in the line of succession.
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Pardon me?
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Who is that?
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Prince Ki Seong.
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I plan on giving him my throne while I am still alive.
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With my bloodline, I do not plan on staying as the king.
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I have watched the royal family members during this time.
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So that I can find someone to leave this country to.
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Prince Ki Seong will lead this country well.
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How long have you had those thoughts?
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After the rebellion,
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I realized that I owe my life to many.
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During that time, I was in pain.
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Is that the only reason for why you will step down from the throne?
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This throne is not completely mine.
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I just borrowed it momentarily.
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People should not want the throne for their personal gain.
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Hence when it feels the heaviest,
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I plan on standing up from this position in the lightest of ways and leave it.
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I am the king, but I am also a citizen.
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I plan to return to being a citizen. Is that alright?
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You have already done so much, Your Majesty.
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I will follow you.
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My queen.
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Then, Your Majesty, please remove me from my position first.
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If you leave the throne,
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I will become the queen dowager and I cannot leave the palace.
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Therefore, I will leave first and wait for you.
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Imperial edict on abdication of throne: Lord Ki Seong is richly blessed by Heaven with integrity, courage, and intelligence. He is an extremely fine man whom the nation can depend on
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and is suitable to be my successor to unify the country. I hereby abdicate the throne to Lord Ki Seong.
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You should go ahead.
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I will follow you after the palace affairs are settled.
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I will be waiting for you near the zelkova tree in the capital.
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There is something I must give you.
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Do you remember the promise you made to me then?
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Yes.
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Yes, you made me promise you that I wouldn't harm myself again.
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Yes.
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The reason why I am returning this is so that you can protect yourself.
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Do not worry.
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I will keep my promise.
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My beloved, even if we are apart for a millennium, my faithful heart will remain steadfast.
[So Ak Bu / Minor Odes by Yi Jeyeon (Goryeo)]
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Your Majesty.
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Can I not follow you, as well?
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No, you cannot.
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00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:18,650
Actually, I have recommended for you to be Chief Eunuch.
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When I first came to the palace, you watched over me warmly.
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Please assist the new king as you did with me.
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Your Majesty.
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However, even if you are promoted, you will always be Eunuch Jo to me.
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Please take this.
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What is this?
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Summer Celestial Being
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A while ago,
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you wanted to make me laugh and drew me something.
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Eunich Jo, thank you.
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As a reply,
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I drew something using your name.
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I have never thought about my name in Chinese characters.
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Ha (Summer) Seon (Celestial Being)
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You have attached such an undeserved excessively good meaning.
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Undeserved?
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You are already such a person, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty, you are like summer.
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You shone on all of the people fairly and equally, like the sun,
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and you have made all things vibrant with life.
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Having served a person like you as my master,
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I have been blessed for life.
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Your Majesty.
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I will never forget you.
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I will do the same.
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Your Majesty.
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Thank you for all this time, Eunuch Jo.
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Officer Jang!
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You scared me.
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Were you planning on leaving me behind?
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00:53:51,490 --> 00:53:56,870
You've really fallen for me, haven't you?
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Even if Eunuch Jo remains at the palace,
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I will follow you, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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00:54:22,470 --> 00:54:25,820
We've come to avenge the queen dowager!
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Do not be like that. Just tell me.
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00:55:42,090 --> 00:55:44,480
What is your wish?
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00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:46,860
It isn't my wish,
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but there is something I set my heart on.
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00:55:49,790 --> 00:55:51,890
What is that?
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00:55:51,890 --> 00:55:55,750
My wish is that after I serve you with all that I have,
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that I shall die in a profound way.
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Two years later
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A long time ago, when tigers smoked,
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a benevolent king was alive.
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00:57:11,620 --> 00:57:15,010
But, wow, this king's looks!
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He was as handsome as I am.
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He could dance and sing.
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00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,420
There was nothing he couldn't do!
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00:57:26,890 --> 00:57:30,580
But among those things, there was something he was best at.
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It was his heart for his people.
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He received taxes only from those with land.
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00:57:38,690 --> 00:57:41,400
He gave relief to the people without anything.
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00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:48,410
I have finally implemented the Dae Dong policy even in Jeju.
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00:57:50,690 --> 00:57:53,600
My seasickness was so severe.
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00:57:54,310 --> 00:57:56,260
You have done well.
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00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,170
I'll be off, then.
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- "Cheon" for sky, "ji" for ground.
- "Cheon" for sky, "ji" for ground.
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- Black hyeon, yellow hwang.
- Black hyeon, yellow hwang.
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- Part ji, house joo.
- Part ji, house joo.
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What is lowly and what is precious?
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It is enough for just a world to be made where everyone can live together.
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00:58:22,710 --> 00:58:26,720
Wow!
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00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:32,290
Your Highness, it seems that the clowns have come.
430
00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:38,730
The clowns?
431
00:58:38,730 --> 00:58:44,830
There are so many people who wish to see the king again.
432
00:58:44,830 --> 00:58:49,170
And so the winter passes, the spring comes.
433
00:58:49,170 --> 00:58:50,970
Manure must be scattered.
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00:58:50,970 --> 00:58:53,590
So that white sprouts may bloom.
435
00:58:53,590 --> 00:58:57,950
The peacefulness these days are all due to the king, is it not?
436
00:58:57,950 --> 00:58:59,690
That's true!
437
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:04,800
What is all of this screeching about?
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Did someone speak of me?
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00:59:35,890 --> 00:59:40,590
Oh my, how can you give me such a precious item?
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One coin and a handful of barley will be plenty.
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Take it.
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I was able to hear of someone precious to me for the first time in a long while.
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I was happy.
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00:59:54,420 --> 00:59:57,350
I am truly grateful.
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01:00:05,180 --> 01:00:08,960
Derivation of the Great Learning by Zhen Dexiu, Philosopher/Politician, Southern Song Dynasty.
446
01:01:28,950 --> 01:01:32,510
But where are you trying to go by yourself?
447
01:01:32,510 --> 01:01:34,460
Do not worry.
448
01:01:34,460 --> 01:01:38,890
I'm going to see the world, traveling through all eight provinces of this country.
449
01:01:38,890 --> 01:01:41,620
I plan on enjoying the scenery.
450
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:45,520
Alright. You've been mourning for three years,
451
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:49,400
so it's okay to just travel around elsewhere.
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01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:52,130
He would've understood.
453
01:01:53,310 --> 01:01:54,870
It's not like that.
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01:01:54,870 --> 01:01:58,010
Alright. We'll just say it isn't.
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01:01:59,250 --> 01:02:03,760
No matter where you go, keep in touch.
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01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:07,270
Yes, I will.
457
01:02:48,830 --> 01:02:51,720
Where is His Majesty?
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01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:59,310
Your Highness, it seems the king has died.
459
01:02:59,310 --> 01:03:02,780
Please kill us.
460
01:03:04,380 --> 01:03:07,020
That cannot be.
461
01:03:07,020 --> 01:03:11,730
I told him that I'd meet him here.
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01:03:11,730 --> 01:03:14,340
He'll come here for sure.
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01:03:15,490 --> 01:03:17,230
Is this, by any chance,
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His Majesty's?
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01:03:36,050 --> 01:03:37,880
Your Majesty.
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01:03:40,620 --> 01:03:43,190
It was discovered on the corpse of Officer Jang, who was supposed to be protecting him.
467
01:03:43,190 --> 01:03:45,240
However, we could not find His Majesty.
468
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:47,700
I apologize, Your Highness.
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01:03:51,140 --> 01:03:53,060
Your Highness.
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01:03:53,060 --> 01:03:57,960
No, there is no way.
471
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,060
If you didn't find His Majesty,
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01:04:01,060 --> 01:04:03,880
then he must be alive.
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01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:06,720
He'll return!
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01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:49,910
Your Highness, I slept in.
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01:04:49,910 --> 01:04:53,230
I'll prepare breakfast right away. Please wait a bit.
476
01:04:53,230 --> 01:04:54,840
It's okay.
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01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:57,900
I feel like taking a walk.
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01:04:57,900 --> 01:05:00,220
You can take your time.
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01:05:01,210 --> 01:05:03,380
Then, please do not stray far.
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01:05:03,380 --> 01:05:05,860
You must only walk around once.
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01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:07,700
Alright.
482
01:05:22,430 --> 01:05:25,250
I am in love with you, my queen,
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01:05:25,250 --> 01:05:28,020
to the point where my heart may burst.
484
01:05:28,020 --> 01:05:30,560
To the point where it would be alright if it did.
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01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:33,670
I love you.
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01:05:36,780 --> 01:05:42,120
Even if I live for a day, I want to live it with you.
487
01:05:42,860 --> 01:05:45,670
I want to live by your side.
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01:05:47,030 --> 01:05:49,640
I want to hear your laughter
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01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:54,330
and live with you for a long time.
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01:05:57,660 --> 01:06:00,980
In the spring, let us go and see the flowers.
491
01:06:00,980 --> 01:06:04,400
In the summer, we will experience the rain showers.
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01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:09,630
In the fall, we will go to the mountains to pick hazelnuts.
493
01:06:09,630 --> 01:06:14,030
In the winter, let us make beautiful snowmen.
494
01:06:14,030 --> 01:06:16,560
You promise me?
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01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:18,620
Of course.
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01:06:34,740 --> 01:06:37,750
To the goblin that protects our home,
497
01:06:37,750 --> 01:06:41,320
please allow for spring to arrive quickly.
498
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:44,520
We will make sweet rice cakes with azaleas
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01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:49,470
and so that we can make grass puppets.
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01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:10,370
Child, who taught you how to make a wish that way?
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01:07:10,370 --> 01:07:15,440
Earlier, some person was passing by and taught us.
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01:07:16,050 --> 01:07:17,900
Where did that person go?
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01:07:17,900 --> 01:07:20,500
That way.
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01:08:59,690 --> 01:09:07,490
♫ The flower that blooms in the deepest of nights ♫
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01:09:07,490 --> 01:09:15,220
♫ Like a love that no one knows ♫
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01:09:15,220 --> 01:09:22,730
♫ On the road that feels further than it is ♫
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01:09:22,730 --> 01:09:29,100
♫ Only now do you shine ♫
508
01:09:30,650 --> 01:09:38,510
♫ I'm going closer little by little ♫
509
01:09:38,510 --> 01:09:45,350
♫ It gets further again ♫
510
01:09:56,280 --> 01:10:03,890
♫ In the far days ahead, to you ♫
511
01:10:03,890 --> 01:10:11,290
♫ I have something I need to tell you ♫
512
01:10:11,290 --> 01:10:22,390
♫ All of your steps and hesitation ♫
513
01:10:23,900 --> 01:10:30,350
♫ To me they were all dreams ♫
514
01:10:51,850 --> 01:10:54,970
I have dreamed about this countless times.
515
01:10:56,190 --> 01:11:01,110
When I got close enough to hold onto you, you would disappear.
516
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:05,460
They are such sorrowful and wicked dreams.
517
01:11:06,130 --> 01:11:11,970
If this is a dream, as well, I will not approach you any further.
518
01:11:13,770 --> 01:11:16,950
Please just stay where you are.
519
01:11:18,570 --> 01:11:21,080
Just watch me from where you are.
520
01:11:23,150 --> 01:11:25,300
This is not a dream.
521
01:11:27,570 --> 01:11:30,440
I have walked within dreams
522
01:11:31,750 --> 01:11:34,590
just to get to you.
523
01:11:35,650 --> 01:11:37,880
I have had dreams that I hoped I would not wake from
524
01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:44,860
in order to just see you.
525
01:11:47,660 --> 01:11:50,570
How come you have arrived only now?
526
01:11:52,190 --> 01:11:54,090
I apologize.
527
01:11:54,990 --> 01:12:00,250
When I woke up, time had passed by like this.
528
01:12:01,490 --> 01:12:04,570
I wanted to run to you like the wind,
529
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:09,660
but I walked so slowly.
530
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:28,550
You should have called for me.
531
01:12:29,700 --> 01:12:33,050
I could have run to you.
532
01:12:37,060 --> 01:12:40,590
I apologize for making you wait for so long.
533
01:12:59,880 --> 01:13:02,790
Even if you wandered,
534
01:13:02,790 --> 01:13:05,630
even if you take long roundabout paths,
535
01:13:05,630 --> 01:13:09,650
I knew that you would come to me someday.
536
01:13:10,830 --> 01:13:15,450
You will no longer have to long for me.
537
01:13:16,150 --> 01:13:20,210
Nothing can keep us apart anymore.
538
01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:30,060
Thank you to our Chief Segmenter: bjohnsonwong
539
01:13:30,060 --> 01:13:37,850
Thank you to our segmenters:
Pilar_velasquez, marykarmelina, Kitty100, bjohnsonwong
540
01:13:37,850 --> 01:13:45,120
Thank you to our segmenters:
hana_860, shms, sosoeali, Dudie, andamp; Lil1508.
541
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:52,010
Thank you to our Chinese Expert Translator: Jadecloud88
542
01:13:54,110 --> 01:13:58,680
That January, the king suppressed the rebels and ruled wisely.
543
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:03,470
The country's people all praised the king's flourishing virtues.
544
01:14:04,530 --> 01:14:10,500
He died suddenly after removing the queen from her position.
545
01:14:11,330 --> 01:14:19,390
There were rumors that there was a clown who looked like the king, but it had not been proven.
546
01:14:25,450 --> 01:14:29,630
The Crowned Clown
547
01:14:29,630 --> 01:14:38,050
Thank you to Yoon Park who made a special appearance.
548
01:14:38,050 --> 01:14:46,970
Thank you to Korean-English translators: sune1004, dramadramaok, Happyclouds, Leejigeum, Surrealspace
549
01:14:46,970 --> 01:14:54,580
Thank you to Korean-English translators: Bunnyhunbuns, Gaaloellog, Imashl3y, Aerichoi, Rebornangil, Yuki1997, Yoobinnie
550
01:14:54,580 --> 01:15:02,590
Thank you to Korean-English translators:
Annieswn, Earthna, Bwcatnyc and sorrynotsorry.
551
01:15:02,590 --> 01:15:09,950
Thank you to our Translation Editor: Lavender4276
552
01:15:09,950 --> 01:15:17,790
Thank you to our Generals Editors: Kristensgem and Asiane
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553
01:15:17,790 --> 01:15:24,970
Thank you to our Channel Manager: Anna79_9
554
01:15:24,970 --> 01:15:32,920
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