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Episode 19

Will he... really come?

Eun Seong has promised me.

He promised me that he'll return Myeong to our embrace today.

If his uncle's plan fails—

Even if the worst were to happen, the king right now

cannot lay his hands on his nephew.

There were conditions for being approved by China. They want to see the abdicated king.

Once the Chinese envoys come and go again, won't his life be in danger again?

At the very least, we can buy time.

Within that time, we need to find out what we can do.

Would any boat stop here?

To go to grandfather's tomb we have to cross the river.

According to the information from the capital, this is where we can get across.

Soon, the daughter from the Seong household will enter the palace.

Go and wait for them at the gate, so as to avoid palace talk.

Yes, Your Highness.

Queen Dowager, could I go with her?

If you do, people will be more suspicious.

I will carefully bring him.

I'll trust you with it, Court Lady Jang.

This is carp stew that you mentioned from the kitchen.

Carp helps with getting pregnant and then protects the mother during pregnancy.

I prayed to the moon yesterday

and I prayed for the baby.

To the moon? Don't you know that the moon's energy brings a daughter?

Oh, I didn't know that.

We slept together on the day that the Office of Divination chose for us.

Since the doctor hasn't confirmed it, it doesn't mean that there's no possibility.

Yes, Your Highness.

Boo Deul, there is something you must do for me.

Please tell me, Your Highness.

Find the woman who gave birth to the most sons in this capital.

- Bring a kitchen knife from that place. - A knife?

They say it's a superstition, but we must do whatever we can.

Yes, Your Highness. I'll bring whatever they say is good.

You should enjoy your royal meal first.

Hasn't this gone bad?

Of course not. This is the best quality.

Your Majesty, today you will return to the palace again.

Will I be able to meet my mother?

She will be very happy and say that you have grown so much.

You know, if everything goes well today,

let's go hunting.

Do you want to?

Just us. Like the past.

In the past, it was because we had nothing to eat. It wasn't for fun.

Anyway, let's go.

You can do that for me.

You can go on a hunt with me.

Yeah. Let's go hunting.

You, Gi Teuk, and me. The three of us.

I'm sorry

for taking you from your hometown and making you suffer like this.

It's fine. I followed you because I wanted to.

Looking at it now, I never asked you

why would you have left your hometown and followed me. Followed us.

I didn't want to be alone.

People from Joseon thought I was dirty and would spit at me.

The Hulli people called me a mutt and didn't include me.

My father was the chief, but he wouldn't look my way.

I don't know if it's true, either.

Among all the people I met after being born, you have been the warmest, Hwi.

Being alone again was scary to me.

I will not let you be alone.

For the rest of my life, I'll have you as my younger sister

and after this all ends, I'll take responsibility and send you off to marry someone.

Please, get in.

Please stay safe.

When our people return, please hide them well.

After I see that His Majesty is safe, I will come back and help.

Thank you, for all this time.

This isn't the end.

You're acting like we'll never see each other again.

Okay.

We'll be going.

Let's go.

What are you doing?

Ae Rang, you should pack your things, too.

Prepare a swift and strong horse, too.

Go to the Seo River port and secure a boat on standby

so that we can leave the capital whenever.

Are you already fleeing?

If, by the smallest chance, the revolt fails, do you think we'll survive?

It'll be hard to survive in the capital. We will have to flee.

Your Majesty! Please escape!

It's the gang of traitors! Protect the king!

We must protect the king!

Your Excellency! Your Excellency!

Your Excellency!

Minister!

Your Excellency!

Take care of the royal carriage. Take the king to a safe place!

When I leave to follow the royal carriage, you will all have to fight your way out of here.

Go! Leave this place to me.

- Let's all leave. - Okay.

What is that?

What army is that?

Who are those people?

Are they on our side?

They're that way.

This wasn't a part of our plan.

Everyone, scatter! Run away!

What about you?

- Hwi is in danger. - Then, you should go with us.

If we go, we will die.

Gosh, I can't just go.

Leader, what Roo Si Gae is saying is right.

You're asking to die if you run into an elite troop!

I don't have any regrets now.

To whom do I owe my precious life?

If we die for His Highness, I'll have no regrets.

Are you two trying to act cool right now?

You're making me look bad! Leader!

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

Stop.

Brother, please come out.

It's a trap!

Grand Prince Jin Yang has caught on.

His Majesty! The palace is in danger!

Nice to see you, Grand Prince.

I was doubting it, but you really were alive.

Today, we will really send you to the other world, Your Highness.

These are all traitors.

Catch them!

Did you already know such a situation would occur today?

How could the Minister of Defense know and bring an army?

Do not worry about it. The king will be safe.

Since the Minister of Defense and the Captain of Royal Guards already prepared for this,

wouldn't that be on king's orders?

He's probably somewhere safe.

Then, we should all return to the palace.

Even if something happens outside, we should be figuring it out inside.

Your Excellency, get up!

Right, right, right.

Go! Go and protect His Majesty.

Hurry! Hurry!

Go to the palace, quickly! Quickly!

You go first.

I'll be right behind you.

Roo Si Gae!

Roo Si Gae!

♫ Believing and believing ♫

Deok Man.

Ho Chi!

♫ Living and living ♫

♫ In eternal darkness ♫

No!

Let's go.

How come you did not join the royal ancestral rites procession?

Because I was informed that there was a conspiracy to kill me.

If so, you should have canceled the royal procession and arrested the traitors.

Why did you just send an empty royal carriage?

Who's most likely to be made the next king after they've killed me?

Wouldn't they bring our dear nephew back to the palace?

Are you trying to catch Prince Seung Pyeong?

I plan to round up all the rebels red-handed,

and at the same time catch Prince Seung Pyeong when he comes back here.

You really are wise, Your Majesty.

We can't greet the Chinese envoy empty-handed.

When that young thing comes here, you take care of him because I can't trust Queen Mother.

Nor can I let him go to his mother.

Leave it to me, Your Majesty.

I will not let anyone take him away.

What's going on? Why is the king in the palace?

Looks like they sent a fake king in the royal procession.

Looks like the first stage has failed.

So we have no choice but to make the next move like we were instructed.

Why are you all so surprised?

Why wouldn't we be, when the king who should be in the royal ancestral rites procession is in the palace?

What's wrong? Did you come back halfway because you were ill?

Because I was informed that there would be treason.

In order to catch the rebels on site,

I sent out the royal procession and stayed behind to protect the palace.

Why didn't you inform me of such an important matter?

The counterattack should be done as secretively as the mutiny.

If the report of treason is true,

the rebels are going to die today.

Did you know of this?

That the traitors are plotting to kill me?

I'm sure you would've told me if you knew, right?

Since no parent in the world would ever want to kill their own child.

I'm someone who put her life on the line for her child.

Are you speaking the truth?

Therefore, you too should strive to save your bloodline.

Since there's treason, it's dangerous both inside and outside the palace.

Guard Queen Dowager's Palace with your life

and keep the two ladies safe.

I wish to see Queen Dowager.

An insignia for permission to pay respect to royalty.

Who's inside the palanquin?

He's a child from Queen' Dowager's private house.

Because Queen Dowager is feeling lonely,

she wants to spend time with the children from her private home.

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I didn't expect to see you here today.

It seems you didn't expect to see me here either.

Move.

My lady.

Welcome, my dear nephew.

I was waiting for you.

Don't startle His Majesty.

Can't you see he's trembling in fear?

Thank you for bringing Prince Seung Pyeong to me.

I never expected you to give me such a big present.

Do you think I brought him here for you?

I know you've been deceiving me for the sake of today.

But look what happened in the end.

Thanks to you, I was able to find Prince Seung Pyeong, whom I wanted desperately.

Ultimately, this uprising was to my benefit.

Just wait.

I will catch all the rebels

and show you their wretched end.

It's not over yet.

Today will be a very, very long day.

Escort Prince Seung Pyeong to the queen's quarters.

My queen will be waiting for him.

Take the lady from the Seong family and Eunuch Park to the Secret Pavilion.

There are still more things I need to hear from them.

Yes, Your Majesty!

Let go of me! I will go to my mother!

Where is my mother? Let go!

Welcome, my nephew. We have been very much waiting for you.

What was your plan?

Were you trying to kill me while I was in the royal procession

and restore Prince Seung Pyeong?

Or, is Eun Seong still alive as the rumors suggest,

and you are wishing to install him as the new king?

Who in the palace knew about this?

Even in Queen Dowager's palace,

did they know?

It has been a long time since Grand Prince Eun Seong died.

We were just

trying to get back at the late Grand Prince Eun Seong's enemy.

We wanted to follow through with Grand Prince Eun Seong's will.

We were trying to return the throne back to the abdicated king, who had been treated unjustly.

You want the queen to be dethroned and take her place,

and deceive me like this?

Do you feel like you were wrongfully treated?

Are you angry?

You have deceived the people and betrayed the royal family,

not to mention numerous court officials under you.

And yet, you are angry about me deceiving you once?

Now, tell me the truth.

Is Eun Seong alive?

Lady, I am okay.

Do not worry about me!

Eunuch Park!

Is this okay?

Lady, do not give in.

He threatens people by bringing pain to those who are close to them.

Do not let his cruelty bring you down.

I will die happily!

Eunuch Park!

Okay, if dying is your wish, I'll grant it to you.

Isn't it me whom you want to kill?

Lady!

What is it that you want to know?

Alright, I'll tell you everything.

Do you wish to know the truth?

I will have to tell you the truth myself.

Whether Eun Seong is alive or not,

the traitors who caused an incident during the royal procession would have died.

The Minister of Defense took an army with him to get rid of all the traitors.

The people will rise up again.

Even if they all die,

the wishes of those who lost their lives today are not going to die.

You are a king who sold our land to barbarians and killed your relatives.

The people will not serve a king who kills his own nephew.

Everyone will kneel in front of me.

I will see them begging for me to spare their lives!

Everything between the sky and the earth is mine.

You are just insisting stubbornly while keeping your eyes and ears closed.

Your Majesty! A messenger from today's rebellion has arrived.

Your Majesty, we were attacked by the rebels just before the river crossing,

but with the help of Minister of Defense and Chief of Palace Guards, we were able to overcome them.

Chief of Palace Guards is on the hunt for everyone who got away.

Increase the security in and out of the palace and bring me the head of the rebel leader.

Yes, Your Majesty!

You will become fearful,

since there are survivors.

There's been a rebellion. When the head of the investigation agency comes with his troops, please open the gate for him.

My job is to secure the gates. Tell him to look after the security outside of the palace.

He needs to add extra strength inside the palace.

When he arrives, I will send the message inside and wait for a royal order.

The king sent Prince Seung Pyeong to the queen's quarters

and took the lady of the Seong family to the Secret Pavilion.

Your Highness, what about my Myeong? What happens to him?

I have to meet with the king. The lady from the Seong family,

who was protecting Prince Seung Pyeong, cannot get hurt.

Your Highness, I will also go with you.

Please wait. I will bring Myeong.

Your Highness, you cannot leave your quarters today.

I need to meet the king.

I will send a message saying you are looking for him.

- I will go myself. - No, Your Highness.

Move aside. Do you dare try to harm the mother of the king?

I am in a hurry, so do not block my path.

The king is still inside the palace. What happened?

- Our plan was leaked. - Our plan to get the king away from the palace

and restore the former king to the throne has failed.

It's time for all-out war.

We tried to get the king away from here to reduce military casualty.

I understand your desire not to kill your own blood relatives,

but we have to put our lives on the line if you want to clear a path for the future.

Let's go. There will not be a failure for us.

What is your choice now?

The conspiracy has failed and all the traitors are dead.

Our choice was already made last night.

We did not have the certainty of success when we entered the palace.

Even if we were to fail, it was a path we had to take.

Did you really have to get involved in this?

If only you had waited quietly, even if you were caught up in the conspiracy,

there could've been a way for you to escape.

A person like you will never understand

people who would rather die with others than survive by themselves,

or the desire of one heart willing to die in order to keep her love alive.

I am the one who has succeeded!

History will record victories.

The winner in history is not determined by one generation!

In a day long after our days, the people will find out

that you were the one who killed his brother and pushed your nephew from the throne

and that there were those who did not give up until the end, and made no compromises!

Those who tried to correct the dynasty.

Is the path Eun Seong walks on the only right path?

What exactly is the love between you two anyway!

Walking together on the right path.

We don't love so that only we can eat and live well.

Did you think your protest to be loved by others is love?

When I thought Eun Seong had died

I thought that leaving you alone was my punishment.

Now I understand.

Killing you first and giving you as a present to Eun Seong

would have been the greatest pain for him!

Lady.

I wanted to kill Eun Seong

and keep you alive.

Killing you and leaving Eun Seong alive

will be the greatest punishment for both of you.

Stop it right now!

The lady is blameless. I asked her to bring Prince Seung Pyeong.

Did you know about it?

Did you know about all of it?

Eun Seong didn't plan your assassination.

So what you are saying is you knew Eun Seong was still alive?

While you were out with the royal procession,

he wanted to come to the palace and restore the former king.

That's a way to kill me, is it not?

Without the throne, is there only death for you?

I will take all of the blame.

Do not expand the deaths of the innocent

by brandishing your sword about.

I even killed my uncle with my own hands.

How can you be so cruel

to push your son into a corner?

Are you asking me to kill my own mother with my own hands?

This is Chief of Royal Investigation Agency, Do Jeong Gook. Open the gates!

Please protect the palace from outside.

Because of the attack of the royal procession by the rebels,

we've been placed on the highest security order. We must keep the gates closed.

Chief of Palace Guards would have issued an order. Open the gates!

Unless you get an order from me, do not open the palace gates.

I will send someone to the king's quarters to receive a royal order.

Open the gates! I said it's the king's order!

It's the standard procedure to keep the gates closed in a state of alert. I will not move without a royal order.

Heaven's order is the royal order!

Do not open the gates. They are traitors!

Open the gates! Real traitors are inside the palace.

You take half of the troops.

You take the rest and protect the gates.

Chief of Palace Guards and the Minister of Defense will be coming with their men.

Yes, Your Highness.

- What happened to the former king? - He's been moved to the queen's quarters.

Chief Scholar's daughter would have brought him into the palace.

Grand Prince Jin Yang took the lady to the Secret Pavillion along with Eunuch Park.

Please go ahead. We will take Grand Prince Jin Yang and recover the former king from the queen's pavilion.

I am leaving it to you.

Even if you are a mother, if your son is a king,

you cannot do things as you wish.

The crime of attempting to dethrone a king

is something I cannot forgive even if you're my mother.

- Please understand. - Your Majesty.

- Take her away! - Yes, Your Majesty!

I will take Lady Seong with me.

Do you still not grasp the situation?

You are no longer in a position to give me orders.

She holds contempt for me and sided with the traitors in order to get rid of me.

Even if this woman gets sliced by this sword,

she cannot say anything.

- Your Majesty. - Slay me first.

Your Highness!

He even killed his own brothers. What couldn't he do to his mother?

First, kill your mother.

Say that you're sorry.

Say that you did wrong!

Why aren't you giving me the chance to become a good king?

It isn't your position to take!

Ever since you started being greedy for that place, your life got messed up.

You have messed our whole royal family up!

Mother!

I know of your talents that could've made you a king.

Had you been born as the first son, everyone would've looked up to you

and you would've become a strong, healthy king.

But! The lieges and the people

do not treat you as a king even on the throne.

It's because you rose to the throne in an improper way.

So you were alive?

Since I have people to protect, I couldn't die.

So this is how it is going to turn out.

If I don't kill you myself, this fight will never end.

♫ Believing and believing ♫

♫ In a life together ♫

Give up, young brother.

You have never once won against me.

This time will be different

since you have made me stronger!

- Give up? - Give up what?

The throne? Or your woman?

You can't have either of them!

You can't slay me. You will just hesitate until the end!

You cannot win over me by practicing at a shooting range or learning in a hunt.

That is not good enough.

I have cut down countless enemy troops in actual battles.

You cannot stop my bloody sword!

Stop!

♫ Believing and believing ♫

♫ In a life together ♫

Take him to the Secret Pavilion.

♫ Living and living ♫

♫ In eternal darkness ♫

Your Highness, you must escape. It's a rebellion.

What about the king?

Grand Prince Eun Seong is alive.

He is fighting with the king as we speak!

Come here. You need to be with your aunt.

Come here!

Just kill me.

I never wanted to hurt you

not even for a moment.

Repay your sins by living. That is your punishment.

Aren't you trying to be the king now?

Do you believe everyone's living like you?

To wriggle when being stepped on.

To have a desire to rise up when being looked down on.

To have greed towards what you want. These are what make someone a person!

I have tried to understand you.

I thought about it again and again.

It's normal to have a grudge when hurt and become ambitious when humiliated, but still.

A person makes their own choices in the end.

When Yeon Hee died at a young age—!

That was an accident!

You should have acknowledged your wrongdoing and begged for forgiveness!

When Uncle was encouraging improper behavior by your side,

you should have stayed away from him and protected your family!

When our dying older brother trusted you with the young crown prince,

you should've paid great, genuine attention to his will!

Even if you coveted your brother's lover, you should've restrained yourself and suppressed it!

That's what it means to be a human.

Do you not have desires inside of you?

Is there nothing dirty inside of you?

I can see everything clearly.

I can see your true self underneath all of your hypocrisy and your act.

You are right.

I have envy and jealousy inside me.

I am fearful of people finding out about the many ugly sides of me.

But I am trying hard to suppress it.

I hide it because I am human.

Does it disappear just because you suppress it?

Does it disappear just because you try to cover it up?

If you got everything you wanted

do you think you'd have become a different person?

There was a time when I was tricked by your sophistry.

I also wrongly had sympathy for you.

Your life! Your place!

You alone made it come to this.

Arrest all servants and officers who worked under my brother

and replace them all with our own people.

The Minister of Defense will be here shortly.

Yes, Grand Prince.

Have you prepared the declaration you will announce to the ministers?

Please go to the queen's quarters and protect the former king.

I will give you military escort.

I understand.

Please send Chief of Royal Investigations at the queen's quarters to the palace gate.

What about the others? Where is Roo Si Gae?

Please stay with Queen Mother.

As soon as things are under control I will come there.

You are to go to the palace gates.

I will take the former king to Queen's Mother's quarters.

I understand.

I'm Chief of Palace Guards, open the gates.

We're under the royal order to keep the gates closed due to a rebellion.

We are here after suppressing the rebellion.

We have to go inside and protect the king. Open the gates.

Once the gates have been ordered closed, no one can go inside.

Go and get another royal order.

I am the Minister of Defence and the brother-in-law of the king.

I want to go inside with the Chief of Palace Guards.

What is the reason for you not opening the gate?

What happened to the palace guards? Why are the gates being guarded by the military officers?

Are you not the rebels?

Open the military storage room and bring out the equipment.

What do you mean military equipment?

Are you going to attack the palace or something?

The rebels got into the palace.

Even if we have to demolish the gate, we have to protect the king.

Hurry and go!

Yes, sir!

With what authority would you open the military storage?

You move one step and we will slay you all.

Grandmama!

Your Majesty!

Please give back my grandson.

The king gave me the responsibility of protecting Prince Seung Pyeong.

The era of Grand Prince Jin Yang is over.

You think this is your time now that Grand Prince Eun Seong has come back alive?

The world has changed.

The throne has been restored to the former king. You will have to vacate the queen's quarters.

Where is the king? My king?

Are you finally ruining the path of the king?

Your and Grand Prince Jin Yang's greed has brought about your ruin.

Until we decide on the punishment for the king,

you are under house arrest in the queen's quarters.

Queen Mother, you cannot do this to the king and me.

Do you get it now?

The queen's quarters you've loved so much for so long is now your jail.

Grand Prince Eun Seong.

How in the world.

I've come back to the palace with the former king.

All of you listen to the declaration from the queen dowager.

I hearby declare

Grand Prince Jin Yang, Lee Kang, has been revealed to have risen to the throne by entering into a traitorous agreement with the Orangkae (derogatory term for the Jurchens) tribe,

the former king, Lee Myung will be restored to the throne.

All ministers should attend the court and restate your loyalty to the restored king.

Anyone who sides with Grand Prince Jin Yang will be labeled a traitor and will be ruined for three generations

and punished in the harshest manner possible.

Who are you calling traitors?

That Grand Prince Eun Seong is

the traitor!

Y-Your Excellency.

This is something that has come about with reason at the queen dowager's quarters.

We will be receiving an envoy from China.

We have to stabilize the throne as soon as possible

and show the power of unity to them.

That Chief Secretary...

You sly bastards, who lived a high life under the shadow of our king.

Will you side with traitors overnight?

Who's the traitor?

As someone who wrote the traitorous declaration, caused a rebellion and destabilized the country,

and entrapped innocent people,

are you still so shameless?

Roo Si Gae!

Don't touch her. She is my person!

I understand your obedience but this is not loyalty.

The king has already been adjudged by history and dethroned.

He's been confined and is awaiting punishment.

Bring the king here, if you don't want to see her die.

Put away the sword now!

Let go of Roo Si Gae.

Bring the king here!

- Get them! - Slay them!

Roo Si Gae. Roo Si Gae. Roo Si Gae!

Roo Si Gae.

Roo Si Gae. Roo Si Gae!

♫ In a life together ♫

♫ Living and living ♫

Roo Si Gae. Roo Si Gae! ♫ In eternal darkness ♫

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Even if I die, win or lose, I have to finish it in the palace.

We got the Minister of Defense, but lost the queen.

You must have been upset with me about a lot of things.

I will pay you back one by one.

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He is waiting for you at the main hall.

He escaped from the Secret Pavilion?

He's looking for blood in the end.

Step down from the throne.

It is no longer your place to be.

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