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Episode 12

I'm asking you what you can offer me, Lady.

Every deal comes at a cost.

If you decide to accept a deal,

you can find me again at that time.

Your Excellency.

Your friend found me. Please send her back.

This doesn't seem like the best time.

You've come to the wrong person to implore.

The one who made your man die isn't His Excellency.

Didn't you know?

The one who reported Grand Prince Eun Seong's treason

was none other than your father.

Is he feeling okay?

After writing the report of treason and attempting suicide,

he was saved at the last moment, they say.

Are you slandering my father, too, now?

You're the only one who didn't know, I see. Ask about it when you get home.

It's no different from your father giving Grand Prince Eun Seong the poison tonic.

Remember this clearly.

Your household killed Grand Prince Eun Seong.

He'll die because of you!

Would you like to have a nightcap before you go to bed?

It's raining. The rice wine has also been fermented well.

Is Lady Ja Hyeon outside still?

She has gone back home.

She seemed to have walked here by herself. Did you get her a palanquin?

This isn't the time for us to treat her well.

It's raining so much in the middle of the night.

Are you saying that you sent her back without an umbrella?

It was what she wanted.

Ja Hyeon, what are you doing there?

Why are you getting hit by the rain here? Let's go in.

It's not true, right? What you did?

Let's get in first.

- Let's go. - Say it isn't true!

Say that it wasn't you who's going to make His Highness die.

I had to save you.

You have killed me.

Do you think I can live in a world without His Highness?

You aren't the only person in this household. Your mother and brother

are all people I need to protect in this family!

How thankful I am.

Since you have killed my lover to save me, your kindness

just cuts through me.

How ungrateful of you. It was a decision made to save our whole family.

After that, he was in such agony that he chose to attempt suicide.

Had the chief royal secretary not saved him,

you wouldn't have been able to act in such a wicked manner towards him like today.

Please stop, my wife. It is all my fault.

Is your love the only thing that's heartbreaking? Is your man the only one who is important?

Can you not even see your parents? Does your family not matter to you?

I will not see anyone make my man hurt.

Can you not see the feelings your father had when he took that path?

Can you not see his tears from suffering?

I can see them gushing out even now.

Come to your senses. What do we do with Hwi?

How are we going to save him?

In the north, I could save him.

Hwi also saved me many times, too.

But, here? I can't do that.

I can't even enter the palace.

You have to do it.

It was a deadly situation they came up with to remove you.

You already know how much I love her.

Why would I have filled the happiest and most beautiful day of my life with blood?

Why would I do that?

But, her father reported you for treason.

That report is evidence that has made it into an immovable truth.

He most likely wanted to save his family.

Someone most likely coerced Chief Scholar into his choice.

So he wanted to wash his own sins through death.

Your innocence is only based on your firm belief,

but the allegations of wrongdoing against you

has material evidence.

I must see Queen Regent.

She is the only one I can ask for a favor.

For now, I will let her palace ladies know.

And, what about a visit to the prison?

I am not in control of that.

Isn't there another path? If you tell us the way—

There isn't much I can do,

but doesn't money open all the paths in the world?

Tell one of the men in your household to take the lead.

- It isn't somewhere for women to be going in and out. - Your father would never.

Maybe Young Master?

You've arrived?

- I'll trust you. - Yes, yes.

Please follow me.

This way.

Keep it short. You will only have time to look at each other.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, it's me.

Ja Hyeon is here.

Ja Hyeon!

Are you okay?

Are you hurt anywhere?

Did you go through torture?

Even if they falsely accused me as a traitor,

they can't touch the kindred of the king so easily.

I feel wronged at heart, but my body is okay.

Why did you

come to this wretched place?

I didn't want you to see me like this.

Is your family alright?

What about Roo Si Gae? What happened to her?

I am keeping her with me.

Is your father safe?

Please forgive us.

No. Please don't forgive us.

My family placed you in this situation.

You must hate us and resent us.

Father is already living in hell.

I would've done the same.

If I could save you,

if I could protect my family,

I would've done even more terrible things.

Don't hate your father.

At first, I couldn't understand why he did it,

and I resented him for what he did.

But then I realized that it was a way for you

to avoid the misfortune of being labeled as a traitor's family,

and I couldn't be grateful enough.

He put his life at stake

to express his ardent fatherly love.

I cannot forgive him.

I will rectify his mistake

and save you.

Don't be like that.

I can't put your family in danger again

so that I can live.

Your Highness!

On our wedding day

you looked so beautiful.

But we ended up like this before we even exchanged our vows.

When I fall asleep

I dream of that day.

In the dream, I am a happy groom.

I smile at you.

I take off your headpiece.

But...

♫ So I keep walking ♫

♫ till shadows disappear, one, two, three, ♫

♫ As I keep walking, I meet the moon ♫

Haven't we gone through worse in the past?

There were days that you thought I was dead.

We never gave up even back then.

Let's not give up. Let's not get weary.

Since we are alive, there's still hope.

No matter what happens... please believe me.

No matter what happens,

you cannot give up hope.

♫ When I get there, will I call out only then? ♫

♫ Following this path, following you, I'm wandering ♫

Be quiet! If we get caught, we'll be in big trouble!

You're going to meet the chief royal secretary?

He is the brother of the Queen Regent.

I'll tell him that father's report of treason wasn't true

and ask him to tell the Queen Regent of the grand prince's innocence.

Then we can clear him of the false accusations, can't we?

You fool. Then our father will end up dead!

Do you want to kill your father to save your man?

Do you want to ruin our entire family?

I did my duty as your brother by letting you see Prince Eun Seong.

Since I granted your wish, keep your promise and stop protesting to Father.

Ja Hyeon, if Father tries to hang himself again

will you be satisfied?

Your Majesty, the Chief Scholar's daughter is requesting an audience.

Will you see her?

For their own survival,

her family pushed my son to the brink of death.

Forget it! I never again want to

associate with that family.

Her Highness is not in good spirits right now.

It will be difficult to meet her today.

I will wait.

Lady!

It's okay if it gets late. It's okay even if I have to stay up all night.

I must see Her Highness.

If it's about settling Prince Eun Seong's case, you should meet

Prince Jin Yang, not Queen Regent.

Well, Prince Jin Yang is the Prime Minister, and his brother-in-law is the Minister of Defence.

Even if she wanted to save Prince Eun Seong,

she is helpless if the ministers oppose.

It's Prince Jin Yang's world now.

Then what will you give me?

Is there something grand that you wish to exchange for Eun Seong's life?

Since we are alive, there's still hope.

No matter what happens, do not give up hope.

Lady! Lady!

Ladyi Please wake up!

Lady! Oh, Lady!

Lady!

Lady, are you regaining consciousness?

The doctor was here.

He said that you haven't eaten for a few days.

You were standing all day in the sun on an empty stomach, so you collapsed from exhaustion.

Where am I?

Prince Jin Yang who was leaving the palace

escorted you here when you collapsed.

Bringing a noblewoman to a courtesan house

is an insult.

It's a different situation from the last time you came here.

So you recognize me?

courtesans have sharp eyes.

I will call a palanquin for you to travel home in.

I want to meet the grand prince.

Lady!

There should be one reason why you came to see me.

But, I cannot do anything about your wish.

My brother, Eun Seong

will be subject to this nation's laws.

Do you still want me?

I'm not sure.

I will offer you all of me.

Even if offered the entire country or the entire sky,

I do not regard it as

more precious than a person's life.

So, I will

throw away all of myself

to you, Your Excellency.

Please kill me and let His Highness live.

I believe that the path to my father's repentance for his sin

is a path where I am thrown away.

Do as you wish.

♫ Living and living ♫

Is coming to me

the same as dying to you?

You'd come to me

to die?

Even if he is young,

destabilizing the former King's chosen successor,

by raising the rebels

and murdering the Minister of General Affairs and others,

Prince Eun Seong Lee Hwi must be punished for bringing disrepute to the Royal Court.

Please restore the dignity of the Royal House.

He must be beheaded.

Please rescind Prince Eun Seong Lee Hwi's royal position,

thereby showing the tragic consequence of being a traitor

and to ensure there are no more royal family members who desire succession to the throne.

Grand Prince Eun Seong must be beheaded!

No matter how severe his wrongdoing is,

I cannot kill a grand prince, my son, with my own hands.

Instead of beheading him, we must exile him and give him a chance to repent.

No, Your Highness.

If you show empathy to a traitor, it will send the wrong message

to all others who might think of the same deed.

Please show your allegiance to the law of the nation.

He must be beheaded, Your Highness!

How can you be so cruel?

It hasn't even been a long time since the late king passed away.

Are you telling me to lose another son?

Do not personally think of him as your son,

but as a person who threatened the king's throne.

No, I cannot. Even if he has committed a wrongdoing,

we cannot behead a grand prince!

Please think of the Royal Court, Your Highness!

Please understand, Your Highness.

Even though my brother, Grand Prince Eun Seong, deserves to die,

with the continuing tragedies in the royal family, the morale of the people has fallen,

and Queen Mother's worries have reached the heavens.

It's embarrassing to be a member of the royal family and be seen by the people.

As a son, I am deeply ashamed.

Although the rebellion was evil, the king is safe.

Since Queen Regent is suffering greatly,

if we send him to a place where he can reflect on his actions,

the generosity of the royal family will be known far and wide.

While rebels have confessed,

the accused prince is denying all allegations.

We should keep him alive so that we will have the wherewithal

to search for an unjust reason that may exist.

Let us accept

Queen Regent's wish.

Out of his desire for personal gain, he waged a rebellion.

Grand Prince Eun Seong, Lee Hwi,

will lose his title of Minister of Defense along with all its attendant privileges.

He deserves to die for the crimes he committed,

but considering his military service in the North and being a direct relation of the king,

he will be sent to Gyodong Island in exile.

Live your whole life being sorry and reflecting on yourself.

- Your Highness. - Our lives were spared.

We should be thankful to my mother and the king.

Oh, I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

Your Highness!

♫ It's because my chest feels tight ♫

♫ I feel frustrated because my chest feels tight ♫

♫ No matter how much I hit until I get bruised, ♫

♫ You spread across my heart ♫

Your Highness.

♫ Love is so mean ♫

Why would you come here? The wind is cold due to the river.

I wanted to at least see your face once.

This isn't the last time.

This can't be the end for us.

Wait a little longer.

I will return to you. I will.

Take me. I want to go, too.

Protect the lady.

It's a favor I'm asking of you.

Still, unlike the past, I know where you will be.

I will know that you're alive.

Unlike the time when you were out in the war,

I will be in less agony.

I will send you letters.

I should be able to send letters from there.

I will respond to you.

You must get on the ship.

Even if you leave now, it takes two days.

Your Highness.

♫ No matter how much I hit until I get bruised, ♫

I'll trust the lady with you. ♫ You spread across my heart ♫

♫ Love is so mean ♫

♫ Why do you keep shaking up my heart? ♫

♫ I always get hurt because I cannot have you, but ♫

Your Highness! ♫ Today, I love you ♫

Do not worry.

Your Highness. ♫ I'll love you forever ♫

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

You have made a mistake.

You should've removed Eun Seong during this opportunity.

Did you become weak because he was your family?

The chief of security for Gyodong Island is

the son of Doh Yeon Soo, who was killed by the rebels.

The enemy who killed his father has fallen into his hands.

Do you think he'd leave him alone?

Even if I cannot do it directly myself,

if we send someone from here, he'll acquiesce.

Making Queen Regent into an enemy was burdensome as well.

After the rebels confessed and Chief Scholar reported treason,

Eun Seong, who miraculously survived in the north,

has become a mythical human to the people.

Since he usually had a gentle nature,

there are those who question why he would have done something like that. Half believing and half not.

Then, what will you do?

Eun Seong won't simply be peacefully painting things on the island.

He'll be planning a comeback. He might escape the island

or make contact with someone from the capital city. When he does, we will attack.

Out of his own foolishness if Eun Seong engages in a risky activity,

the superiors will have no choice but to deal with him.

Send Eo Eul Woon right away.

It is necessary to immediately start discussing this with the governor over there.

Yes, Your Excellency.

Once Eung Seong is taken care of in his exile,

we will have to push aside my uncle, Chief Royal Secretary

who's not on my side

My love, my Hwi.

When I say your name, it becomes a whistle.

By saying your name, I started to fall in love.

We became fated.

The life we dreamed of having together was very simple.

Living in one house, eating together at one table,

we'd sit side by side and draw things.

But, I know now.

That short dream is hard to make come true.

It's nearly impossible.

Fate has blocked me from going to you in this life,

but death cannot block me.

I will go first and wait for you.

Hopefully, after a long time has passed,

please come to me.

I will become a flower and wait for you.

Lady, a palanquin was sent from the grand prince.

You're not going, right? Should I send it back?

Listen carefully.

Keep these two letters, and if something happens to me—

Lady!

If by some chance it ever does happen is what I'm saying.

The blue one is for Mother.

The red one... Send it to Gyodong Island.

To Grand Prince Eun Seong?

What are these?

They're just letters.

But, why would you give a letter to elders who live in the same house as you?

Just in case.

Keep them well.

Don't go, Lady. Why are you going there?

I told you I have things to discuss with him about our house.

Then, why can't I follow you?

I'll just go and come back on this palanquin, anyway.

Don't worry. Stay home.

Lady.

Welcome.

This is where you will dwell, Your Highness.

What are you doing?

Even if he is in exile here, he is this country's prince.

You cannot let him stay here.

Gi Teuk.

Find a better place that His Highness can reside in.

Is he here as a tourist?

How rude of you!

If he's here as a criminal, he should suffer and repent.

But he expects to be treated differently as soon as he arrives here. How pathetic.

Finished talking? I'm talking about the protocol you need to keep for a royal family member.

Enough. It's enough.

To these people, I am not royalty but just a criminal.

It was just a false accusation. You haven't done anything wrong, Your Highness.

I'm Chief of Security, Doh Jungkook. Hello, Your Highness.

If you're Doh Jungkook...

Yes, that's true.

The Minister of General Affairs Doh Yeon Soo, who was beheaded on the day of the rebellion.

That person is my father.

I resigned so that I could work on getting revenge,

but I put it aside and waited, after hearing you'd be here.

Aren't you looking forward to your days of exile?

We will make sure you don't feel uncomfortable here.

Give criminal Lee Hwi rice, salt, and soy sauce.

Other than the servant he brought, don't let anyone else onto the premises.

Yes, sir!

Grand Prince Jin Yang intentionally sent you here.

To someone who believes you've killed his father,

he handed us over to someone who wants revenge.

Let's not do this. Let's clean up.

It has a roof and walls. What more could we ask for?

We are used to sleeping in slumber, this is a palace.

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

Nice to see you again, Madame.

Why are you here? The grand prince isn't here.

Today, I came to see you.

I thought you'd need to know the reason why

His Highness let Grand Prince Eun Seong live instead of dying by drinking poison tonic.

After being severely scolded by you,

I realized that I needed to offer you and any person belonging to Grand Prince Jin Yang

my loyalty.

If you have something I don't know, please tell me.

The daughter of Chief Scholar Seong Eok, Lady Ja Hyeon.

What about Ja Hyeon?

She has made a deal with His Excellency.

To save Eun Seong's life,

she said she'd do whatever he wanted. What would that mean?

Sure enough, as soon as Grand Prince Eun Seong was sent off on exile,

Ja Hyeon was called to the home she was to live after she got married.

I see.

If you need to confess things in the future, come find me whenever.

For a lowly person like me to live unscathed,

I know that I shouldn't mess with people who have tempers like you, Madame.

If there are more things you must be aware of in the future, I will let you know.

If you know your place, you will not step outside of it.

I understand your praiseworthy intentions.

Excuse me, Madame, but keep this a secret from Grand Prince Jin Yang.

If he finds out, it will be hard to tell you this and that.

I understand. Don't worry.

What would I gain from opening this? I can't even read the letters.

Roo Si Gae!

Do you know how to read Chinese characters?

I'm illiterate (using a slang).

Where'd you learn that phrase?

Gi Teuk always teased me for being illiterate.

Illiterate Roo Si Gae, I have a favor to ask you of.

Can you go to her old house? I'm worried that something happened to the lady.

You can just go yourself.

My role is different from yours.

How so?

I use my head.

You use your body.

I'll have scorched rice ready for you at dinner tonight.

- Two lumps. - I'll even spread rice syrup on them.

Be careful!

Of course. No one's been able to resist scorched rice.

Among the servants, scorched rice has absolute authority.

I thought of the past.

When we first met,

you were pouring me tea.

Today, will you make me a cup of tea?

Hasn't his room changed a bit?

I once wondered if you'd be spending your days here.

How can you be so cruel?

It's a house that was designed in order for me to live here daily with Grand Prince Eun Seong.

Just looking at the wall makes my heart crumble.

Passing the doorsill makes me unable to breathe.

How could you touch this place and call me over?

How do you think I felt?

I had to pick out a house for you to live in with Eun Seong.

My feelings when I had to hand this house over while smiling.

With what feelings and what resolve, did you get into the palanquin to come here today?

I came here to keep my promise.

Feeling greed over my brother's lover...

this was not the first time.

Should I tell you the story of Eun Seong's first love?

When I was living outside of the palace and entered the palace for the first time,

there was a young maid called Yeon Hee who was at his palace-pavilion.

With an injured arm in a brace, she wiped his shoes.

What great loyalty she had.

It was affection.

A deep affection for sure.

No matter where Eun Seong went, she followed him.

All day long, she'd look at him like a sunflower.

When Eun Seong smiled,

she was happy as if she had everything in the world.

When Eun Seong was angry, she was hurt over it as if her world had crumbled down.

I wanted her.

I wanted her to be mine.

What happened to her?

She died.

I could've treated her well.

I would have

treated her as well as any other.

What do you think I'll do with you?

Go back and wait.

I'm not going to go after you like some lowly guy on the street.

I will wait for the time.

I will follow the protocol when I come to you.

Do not have any nonsensical thoughts.

Keep yourself safe.

It isn't following the protocol if you want your brother's lover.

That kind of manner feels more like hell.

Do you think I am not genuine?

Even after having ninety-nine, wanting one more, isn't that greed?

That isn't even loving.

That's just an obsession.

Do you not think obsession is love?

It's the same feeling of suffering when you don't get what you want.

My feelings, my greed.

Okay, let's say it isn't love.

But, why is it this hard?

I know

what you're thinking.

You want to die.

But, Eun Seong is still alive.

You can't even throw away your hope, so it must be hard to die.

You can return. At least for today.

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There should be a palanquin outside of the main gate.

♫ Believing and believing ♫

♫ In a life together ♫

♫ Living and living ♫

♫ In eternal darkness ♫

Assign someone who can keep an eye on things at Chief Scholar's house.

She's someone who may run away at any point.

Yes, sir.

Will you live as a concubine in my household?

I don't expect anything like friendship from you at this point, but this isn't it.

Did you decide to be a beast?

What is this?

If I can make sure the grand prince lives,

I can be worse than a beast.

Think who is worse than the beast.

Grand Prince Jin Yang who threatens his brother's life and covets his brother's woman.

You who abandons her friends and family in the name of ambition.

Who's the one who just got out of a house after being with someone else's husband?

Do you think I wanted to? Does it look like I came here because I wanted to?

Grand Prince Eun Seong will die in the end.

To save him,

even if you throw away your body,

he will die anyway.

What are you saying? Grand Prince escaped death.

He was exiled to an island!

You think the world will keep a traitor alive?

He wasn't given the chance to live because of your tears and pleas.

The deal that you had with His Excellency, that promise

you were trying to keep. He wasn't given the chance to live because of those things, either.

So, listen carefully.

Don't linger around my man.

I can tolerate a courtesan but not you.

You sacrificing yourself to save Grand Prince Eun Seong,

that kind of nonsense out of ignorance of the reality nauseates me.

I have no intention of bringing you into the house as a concubine.

Don't come near my flower garden (my life) again.

My lady!

Let's go, Lady.

Get out.

Good work, everyone.

Keep an eye on her.

They're stuck to us. How annoying.

Why'd you speak politely to me and call me lady earlier?

Because we were in front of an annoying woman.

I need to go to Gyodong Island.

His Highness is in danger.

You can't go because of the people watching you.

I'll go alone.

I'll go. You can't speak our language very well.

What if you can't find where His Highness is?

Ja Hyeon

I'm living by the river... missing you endlessly...

Gi Teuk?

General!

If it's because of the grudges you have against me due to your father,

alright, then. Cut me down.

But, the culprits who made your father die

will be buried in history forever.

Shut up. The greed to become a king

- made you humiliate the young king and kill the ministers. - That was not me!

Then, you held onto your life based on the fact that you were royalty.

I'll take this as the Heaven's will for me to pass judgment on you.

I'm angry for being accused of a crime I didn't commit.

If the loyal servant's sword in the hands of his filial son,

kills me, I will take that as an honorable death.

Your Highness, are you alright?

- Ho Chi. - I'm sorry.

- Let's go. - Let's go!

Your Highness!

- Your Highness. - Look who it is!

Your Highness!

What is this? Why are you doing things you didn't do before?

Hyung-nims!

Gi Teuk! Gi Teuk!

Why are you all the way over here? How did you know?

When you were in the capital city, we thought we'd be a bother so we could come find you.

But, after knowing that you were suffering,

we couldn't just do nothing about it!

What kind of person would charge you for such a heinous crime?

They have no idea what kind of person His Highness is.

He risked his life to save his people.

Right, right! Gi Teuk!

Guests are here.

The son of the late Minister of General Affairs Doh Yeon Soo.

Chief Security Do Jungkook, right?

I'm Doh Jungkook.

We have come from the capital city.

We have something to tell you, Chief.

Stop where you are.

Where are you going?

The lady is going to offer a Buddhist prayer in the mountains.

We will accompany you.

We will go by ourselves.

I was ordered by the grand prince to accompany her wherever she goes.

Let's go.

♫ If I just keep walking like this endlessly ♫

♫ It feels like I'll be able to see you ♫

♫ So I keep walking till shadows disappear, one, two, three, ♫

♫ As I keep walking, I meet the moon ♫

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Give it to his uncle! Please, save my son and me.

Grand Prince Eun Seong has passed away.

The lady has confirmed it.

Now, Joseon's king is Grand Prince Jin Yang.

What is this beastly conduct the day before the ascension to the throne?

If the king calls for me, I must go.

♫ But wherever I look ♫

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