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Episode 13

Two people to Ganghwado, please.

I want at least five nyang for that.

I'll give you what'd you like for the fare. Just, please, take us.

Okay, then. Get in.

Oh, she hasn't finished her Buddhist prayer yet.

Even if she were doing the 108 bows (Buddhist praying ritual), she would've done it ten times by now.

How can she take the whole day!

Oh, no, you can't!

Lady, let's go. The sun will set soon.

Oh, yes.

You two...

It's not the lady!

In the north, all we could do was hunt. It's much better being on an island.

We can even fish.

I hear outsiders are not allowed here. I hope we're not too big a burden on you, Grand Prince.

Didn't you hear? They do allow some slaves.

Just tell them we are all your slaves.

Right, Gi Teuk?

We won't be here for long.

Let's get out of this place.

You'll escape?

We managed to escape from the jaws of the vicious Jurchens.

Couldn't we find a way in our land in our own country?

But, it took you three years.

Don't you think waiting is better?

When your exile ends, some time—

Would my older brother truly let me be free?

Can my mother alone block the attacks of my brother and my uncle,

and protect the throne of the young king?

But... What could you do if you escaped as a criminal?

I can't go there as a criminal. They'd just run after me.

Right?

I need to get my freedom.

You want to say that Grand Prince Eun Seong already tried to escape.

And that he died while on the run from the guards?

To do that, we will have to get him to leave the premises.

If we attack, he'll try to escape first.

We need to figure out his escape route and set a trap in between.

We get rid of him and report him as an escapee.

We will take care of the business in the capital.

Did Grand Prince Jin Yang approve of this?

Once this mission is complete, you'll be called to the capital.

If the son is able to fill the position vacated by his father,

would it not please the spirit of your deceased father who died in pain?

Did you help a woman cross the river today?

She's a young woman. Could be in a disguise.

There are so many customers coming and going.

How would I know who's who?

It's so dark that I can't go any further.

We can't stop. We are in a hurry.

People need to sleep at night.

It's too hard to be rowing deprived of sleep.

If you give me more for the fare, then maybe...

What I gave you earlier is all I have.

With that much, we can only go this far.

Get off. I know how to row.

I don't need you. Just get off.

We are on the water. How can I get off?

That's none of my business. Get off.

I thought you guys were customers, but you're thieves.

Why are you trying to steal my boat?

You...

Ow, ow!

Ouch!

- Oh, my. - Do you want to get off, or do you want to keep going?

Oh.

I'll take you there.

Oh, my.

Roo Si Gae, you're pretty good.

At Korean?

She wasn't even at the Mapo Ferry?

No, Your Excellency.

Her destination is most likely Gyodong Island.

- Go and bring her. - Yes.

If you lose her again,

you won't live.

Ja Hyeon went where?

Madame!

You're telling me she followed him all the way over there?

I'm sorry, Madame.

Why are you like this, Kkeut Dan?

This isn't like looking around a polo arena or out looking at flowers for a bit.

How could you go along with it?

I was afraid

that Lady would die.

I'm sorry, Madame.

Let's let go of her.

In this Seong household, let's let go of her.

Mother.

We can't do what she likes.

She can't live here.

We have nothing to do but to end our relations with her.

Lady will return!

She didn't say she'd be living there.

She said she'd return!

We don't have a daughter now.

Mother, I'll go and find her. She probably hasn't gotten far yet.

Don't concern yourself with her.

She's a stranger now.

Madame! Madame!

No one is here. I think he caught on and ran away.

He's there! Catch him!

How does one stay alive?

Hey, hey!

We will lure them away.

Follow them!

Did my brother send you here?

I will avenge the death of my father.

I cannot see anything. I'll have to confirm his corpse.

Since the tide is going out right now, when the tide comes in tomorrow morning, his corpse will be there on the beach.

If you must confirm right now, you can jump in and fish him out.

Wait here.

Found him!

It's hard to recognize the grand prince's face.

When the corpse was coming in to the shore, it was damaged.

It's the same spot where we pierced him.

The clothes are the same, too.

Take care of the body!

Yes, sir!

Stop.

Lady.

Do not look.

Whose corpse is it?

Where's the grand prince?

I heard that he was in exile on this island.

I need to see his face to make sure he's safe.

Who are you?

Who are you to be asking about the life of a criminal?

Grand Prince Eun Seong, Lee Hwi has died.

While being a criminal, he pushed his luck trying to escape this island.

He ended up like this.

Reveal your identity.

Are you on his side? Did you plan in advance to take him off the island?

Stop. I will take care of her.

Is this really Hwi?

The clothes that His Highness wore...

Lady!

Your Highness! In the food, this poison...

Inform her that I have arrived. I need to speak to Queen Mother.

Your Highness, Grand Prince Jin Yang has arrived.

Inform her again.

- Your Highness. - Let him come in.

Your Majesty!

What are you doing? The king!

Protect the king! Protect him!

Look around!

What's the matter, so early in the morning?

Do not be shocked, please.

I came here myself because I was worried about you.

We have received a report from Gyodong Island.

Is Eun Seong ill?

He died.

He acted unreasonably rashly and tried to escape

and died from an arrow shot by one of the guards.

They say he fell into the water and drowned.

Queen Mother.

No, this happened before, too.

Eun Seong, who had supposedly died, came back after three years.

He's not someone who can die that easily.

There was a corpse.

It's a different case this time around.

Eun Seong's death

is an unmistakable truth.

No it's not! My son...

My son has not died!

You and I made great efforts to try and save his life.

My young brother could not even stay still on that island where he went into exile.

He brought tragedy upon himself.

Were you waiting for this?

You waited for your older brother to die

and you killed your younger brother.

Queen Mother!

Now, all that's left is for you to kill me, your mother.

Then, you can do whatever you want with the eight regions of Joseon!

Grand Prince Eun Seong

has died?

Please compose yourself, Your Highness.

Who is even alive anymore?

Who will protect my son and me?

Are you thinking of Grand Prince Eun Seong?

I will

not think of anyone.

I will not miss anyone.

I will not regret anything.

Please stop.

It's the grand prince.

Is it okay for the funeral of royalty to be done in this manner?

He isn't royalty. This is the funeral of a criminal.

It's a custom to bury an exiled person at the place of their exile.

Use a coffin, at least.

I will prepare a coffin.

- Put him in! - Yes, sir!

You can't! You can't!

Don't look. Let's go.

I won't watch this.

That's not Hwi. It can't be.

You must leave. The boat will leave soon.

Even though Grand Prince Eun Seong died, we lost the rest of them.

We need to catch them all.

We'll deal with that ourselves.

It's an island. Without a boat, there's no way for them to leave.

With their leader dead, if they surrender, we will make them slaves.

- If they continue on, we can slay them. - Gi Teuk.

Don't you worry about it and go back to the capital.

What happened to the barbarian girl?

Find her!

Please give it all to Grand Prince Jin Yang, Queen Mother!

I lost my brother and my father.

But I was hanging on.

But, I cannot live if I lose my child.

The king is not just your son.

He is the one and only royal line of this country.

He is a king who has already risen to the throne.

Please give the throne to his uncle!

I am scared.

Please save my son and me.

Your Highness!

The king's royal meal had poison in it.

A tile fell from the path that the king was walking through.

Uncle's spies are everywhere.

I do not feel safe about what he dresses in, what he eats and drinks...

Living like this isn't living.

I'm sorry to say this to you, who have lost your children.

I do not want to suffer through the same things as you, Your Highness.

I have seen too many deaths already,

and I have lost too many relatives.

Please save my son!

Don't you know that he would be in more danger

if he vacates the throne?

I'll have to ask a favor of his uncle.

I'll give him the throne, so I'll ask that he protects my son's life.

Come to your senses!

Do you think your position is like every other mother?

I lost my husband, too.

I lost two of my sons.

Do you think I don't know what sadness is?

Do you think I was never in pain?

Queen Mother!

Rather than the pain of a mother,

the spot as the queen came first.

I suppressed my feelings

and thought of my duty as I lived.

I am not you, Your Highness.

I cannot do that.

Your Highness!

I am just a mother.

I could not even be a proper daughter or younger sister.

I made them all die!

I must at least be a proper mother.

Please take away my spot as the mother of the nation (queen).

I dislike the throne of a queen and queen mother!

I will only be a mother to my child!

Have a safe return.

Let's go.

Is he really the person whose younger brother died?

Why's he like that?

He's sad.

Even if he's happy, he doesn't know how to enjoy it.

When he's sad, he doesn't know how to cry.

He's crying with his whole body like that.

One who knows the feeling of the queen regent

is you, Royal Secretary.

Eun Seong died while in exile.

The queen goes to the queen regent's palace daily

to make a fuss about giving up her son's throne.

Isn't it good for everything to flow the way it was meant to?

Natural flow?

Hasn't it been following the natural flow all along?

Listen to what the people are saying.

To have a baby king after the previous king who was ill?

It hasn't been long since the unrest in the north was settled.

Don't you hear the concern of the people who worry about another rebellion?

Do you not hear it?

When you have someone who's prepared to be the king,

what's the point of taking the rough road?

If you, the chief royal secretary, give your power and support to Jin Yang,

won't it be an honor to carry on with your power through the maternal side of the family?

What do you mean power through the maternal side of the family?

I was just worried about the future of the country.

Think back to Kim Chu's last days.

While supporting the wrong king, he had a violent death.

Think about it carefully.

A momentary decision can mean life or death,

honor or humiliation.

Lady!

Lady!

Where are you going?

Madame.

Since the moment you left without my permission,

you couldn't care less about all my organs shriveling (from worrying).

Ever since you started to follow that man around,

you haven't been a daughter of this household.

We are not accepting you here.

Mother, scold her inside.

Listen well, everyone.

If anyone lets Ja Hyeon into the home,

you'll be sent away, too!

She is greatly shocked right now. Let her come in.

Grand Prince Eun Seong has died on the island of his exile.

Lady confirmed it herself.

Why did you go there?

Why would you go and see such a harsh sight?

How will you live now?

How will you live with that memory?

Is that true?

Is it true that Grand Prince Eun Seong died while in exile?

Instead of repenting over there,

he was shot by an arrow while escaping with his treasonous mind.

Had he lived quietly, he would've been pardoned eventually and could return.

A person who gets a treasonous mind once does not know how to give up.

Grand Prince Eun Seong is your nephew, just as Grand Prince Jin Yang is.

How come you only protect Grand Prince Jin Yang?

How could you be so harsh to his younger brother Grand Prince Eun Seong?

Even his mother and father favored the eldest and the youngest son only and isolated Jin Yang.

I, at least, must treat him warmly.

Are you satisfied?

A nephew who has grown up to be a monster, and his younger brother who died a violent death.

Are you satisfied watching all of that now?

Did you think the king's throne is for a mere human being?

That spot was once mine,

but I could see it when I lost it.

A mere human spirit cannot fulfill the role,

so I raised him to be strong,

to give sympathy to the dogs (throw away feelings).

He needs a cold heart and burning ambition.

That's the only way.

Grand Prince Eun Seong or Grand Prince Jin Yang, they are not the treasonous ones.

You are the treasonous one, Grand Prince Yang Ahn.

Absolutely not! What do you mean, treasonous?

I am returning things to where they should be.

It is my long-held loyalty.

You have helped to make things turn out this way too.

Everything is all my wrongdoing.

I should have told the truth even if I were to disappear like the morning dew at an execution.

I made the wrong judgment due to their relenting pressure.

What do I do about my wrongdoing?

It's too late.

Queen Regent and I alone

cannot protect the young king.

Then, are you saying that we should just

let Grand Prince Jin Yang take the throne?

Had the king been older than ten years, we could have endured.

But, he is too young.

Time is not on our side.

As the long time passes, Grand Prince Jin Yang will strengthen his power.

If things don't work out as he planned, blood will be shed.

Could the queen regent, who's lost two sons already, endure it?

I don't have the confidence.

Then, what do we do with the courtiers?

Who do we give our loyalty too?

Let's choose the king who can bring peace

and stabilize the north and south.

Lady.

Eat slowly and have water.

You should just cry.

Or you could shave your head and enter the temple.

Why are you doing this?

Ja Hyeon.

Young Master.

Is she still like this?

For a few days, she just continuously took baths.

Now, she's been constantly eating.

She's pretty much living in front of the food table.

Grand Prince Jin Yang rose to the throne.

After Grand Prince Eun Seong died, petitions came in from everywhere

expressing anxiety over the fact that the king was too young.

Finally, Queen Regent issued an edict, relinquishing the throne.

Now, the king of Joseon is Grand Prince Jin Yang.

Lady, Lady!

Lady, have water.

Oh, Lady!

The day after you left, or two days afterward,

the laborer at the boat ferry brought it.

Before Grand Prince Eun Seong died, he wrote it while in exile.

Your home is in the capital,

and my home is now in Ganghwa province.

Even if we miss each other, we cannot see each other.

When it rains on the paulownia tree,

our longing hearts will be no longer.

Your Majesty, how could you pass away before me?

Afterward, it has made my life very difficult.

After receiving the instructions you left behind after your death,

I have scarred my children.

Was what I did a good thing?

With my own hands, I brought my grandson down.

I have placed Jin Yang on the throne.

Will you scold me?

Eun Seong...

Is Eun Seong doing well?

Does he not

resent me, his mother?

With the grace of this royal court,

and the wise decision of the merciful queen regent,

while being strengthened by the prolonged loyalty from all of you,

I, who am very inadequate, have risen to a position much bigger than myself.

I will serve the former king who's still very young

and straighten the affairs of the nation that's been in chaos.

So that we can fulfill the dream of the founding fathers

for a strong and beautiful nation, which is also my wish,

please help me with this important task

in building the new era of our nation.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I wish to fill the prime minister's position, which is vacant because of my ascension,

with a member of the royal family who's been with me,

from the frontline to this court, Grand Prince Yang An.

What is your opinion?

Do Jeong Gook, the son of the loyal subject Do Yeon Soo,

will be put in charge of the Royal Investigative Agency.

Uh Ul Woon, who's been devoted to me will become

the head of the royal palace guards,

so that he can continue to protect the royal family.

While it's a beautiful act to place the right people in the right places,

there is a process for doing this type of thing.

Please follow the procedure for appointment—

After rising so quickly to the throne,

I have not had the chance to follow the process myself.

Do you have a problem with the process of my ascension too?

It is not that.

If you have differing opinions, speak up.

You who are my true servants,

I am curious about your opinions.

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Queen Mother, now I am doing my duty as a daughter-in-law.

While I was married, I lived outside of the palace until now.

The fact that I was undutiful by not being close to you was distressful to me.

Now that I can greet you in the morning and night and serve you within the same household,

my happiness is limitless.

Even though I am lacking, I will do best by you. Please teach me many things.

Are you happy?

Is winning the queen's palace

such a joyous experience to you is what I'm asking.

Queen Mother, what I am happy about is not the spot as a queen

but the fact that I can serve you close by.

You should try experiencing

how heavy and painful that spot as a queen is.

Please look after the former queen more than me.

You might be sisters-in-law in private homes,

but in the palace, she is your superior by far.

Make sure to pay her greetings in the morning and night and treat her with a devoted heart.

I will keep that in mind.

The old ladies of the backroom are going to make me go through the daughter-in-law ritual?

Do they still not know who has the lifeline?

It's been a long path indeed.

It was my spot in the end.

And things happened the way they did.

Where should we serve you tonight?

Will you rest at Gangnyeongjeon (the king's chamber)

or Gyotaejeon (the queen's chamber)?

Bring the lady from the Seong family.

Your Majesty, it's your first day of ascending to the throne.

If I want to make the lady from the Seong family my royal concubine,

would Queen Mother approve of it?

Would my wife go along with it?

It's an impossible act, Your Majesty.

You must allow her no time for excuses or delay.

I intend to take care of the deed before the queen is formally installed.

I will request that she be my concubine once I've bedded her.

I don't want to report and ask for permission beforehand.

This is not something that could work like that. Bring the lady from the Seong family.

If the lady doesn't come along easily—

Force her to come, then.

Even though she did not get wed, she was engaged to his younger brother.

Even with the unlimited power of the king, what kind of beastly conduct is this on his first night?

If he really wants my daughter to be his royal concubine,

tell him to formally ask and have a wedding before doing so.

If he's the king, he should be treating her with respect.

How can he call a lady from a noble family in the middle of the night like a stray cat?

The lady and His Majesty have already made a promise about these matters while the king was still in his private home.

What kind of nonsense?

The whole capital knows that my daughter and the late Grand Prince Eun Seong were deeply in love.

What kind of promise would a woman like that have made with another man?

Stop cajoling without regard to basic manners and please leave.

Leave my house right away!

Lady, what do we do?

Grand Prince Jin Yang... I mean, the new king

has called for you at this time of night.

Lady Na Gyeom... I mean,

the new queen, you know what kind of person she is.

You don't know what she'll do to you.

Eo Eul Woon brought his soldiers and is insisting that this was all promised.

What do we do, Lady?

If you go to the storage room, you will find

castor powder drained of all oil.

Bring that to me.

Why?

I need to use it somewhere.

It's a royal order.

If you don't follow the order, then I'll take that to mean something else.

- If it's a royal order, we have to follow even if it's a beastly order? - My wife.

Why do you only know one thing and not the other?

His Majesty wants to save the lady for the sake of Seong family.

Hell is already the fate of our family.

We have no greed to escape or to reclaim former glory.

Just go back.

Our household will just live quietly as though we don't exist.

I'll go.

Ja Hyeon.

What he's saying is right.

This is something that's already been promised.

Ja Hyeon.

I was the loved one of Grand Prince Eun Seong,

but he isn't here anymore.

I'm a bride who's never gone through even the first night.

If the king calls, I must go.

I'll go.

I'll go in your stead and tell him of the unfairness of his request.

Father, please do not violate

your principles for the sake of your family anymore.

Doing what you don't wish to in order to save your daughter...

Once was enough.

Ja Hyeon.

Now it's my turn.

I'll do it.

I will do it.

What are you going to do?

Ja Hyeon. Ja Hyeon! Ja Hyeon!

There will be an order appointing her concubine by tomorrow.

It is an honor, so don't worry. Just wait here comfortably.

You jerks! You jerks! Give me my daughter!

Ja Hyeon! Ja Hyeon! Ja Hyeon!

Is he not coming to Gyotaejeong (the queen's quarters) tonight?

No, Your Highness.

- He says he has a lot to do so he will rest in his chamber but... - But...

According to the servants, they are preparing everything as though they are receiving a new bride.

They don't have a bride yet, but the way they're preparing the royal bedding and

the way the royal kitchen is preparing an evening snack the size of a feast,

it seems like something isn't right.

On this historic night of my entrance to the Gyotaejeon,

what tramp is disturbing the peace of the mother of the nation?

I'll go and see for myself.

You cannot wear a dress from a private home.

You have to be bathed and put on new clothes.

Give it here, please.

It's something I will decorate myself with.

It's very expensive, so I will keep it with me.

Have a seat.

I thought you might not come.

A promise is a promise.

Since the security collateral I had is no longer alive,

even if you broke the promise, there was nothing I could do.

That's what I thought.

As you said, that person is not living anymore.

What can we do about someone who isn't alive in this world?

Have your feelings changed since

I became a king from a grand prince?

Do my feelings have any meaning to you?

I am sorry that I cannot follow the formal process.

Tomorrow, the world will change.

If you did, it would have made me more uncomfortable.

Will you pour me a drink?

Before that,

can you send the servants away?

There are too many eyes and ears in a place of sleep.

This is the law of the king's bedchamber.

Send them away.

Have the servants leave the premises.

Your Majesty, that is impossible. For your safety—

Just go for today.

Neither she nor I are used to the rules

so step away for today.

In that case

we will step away a little.

This is the first night on the throne, but he's not asking for the queen.

I came to ask if His Majesty is all right. Let me see him.

Please go back, Your Highness.

It's different in the palace. You cannot see the king whenever you want to.

You dare to look down on me because

I'm new to the palace, Court Lady Hong?

I'm the queen of this nation.

How dare you block the path of the mother of the nation?

You are not the queen yet, Your Highness.

You've come to the palace but you have not been installed as a queen yet.

On a day like this, if you bother him,

then you may be in danger.

Adhere to the rules of the palace, please.

I'm the one and only wife of the king.

If it's not me, who in the world is receiving the king's grace?

You must not do this, Your Highness!

Move aside!

With what heart

and thinking did you come into the palace?

To want someone so badly, but

now that I see it up close it doesn't seem real.

Is the person in front of me really Ja Hyeon?

Hwi had to die.

Hwi had to disappear

for you to come to me?

Even if he died.

Even if he is no longer in this world,

I could not go to anyone else.

Then why?

Because I've become the king now?

Do you want to hear my answer?

In order to wreak my revenge!

I came here in order to kill you myself.

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You've even dared to come to the palace.

Who ordered it? The queen?

What resentment would the lady of the Seong family harbor?

You've become like this for picking a flower you should not have.

You must punish Ja Hyeon as a traitor.

The only way to settle all this turmoil is for her to kill herself or get married.

Just kill me.