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[Episode 29]

You...

are a person who must carry the lives of all the people of Joseon.

Professor...

I understand what you are saying.

However, I will still go.

If I turn my back on Ga Eun in order to protect my own life...

I will no longer...

be the same person.

But Your Highness...

If I cannot protect the woman I love

how can I protect the people of Joseon?

I was not sure if he would.

He showed up to save you.

Put your swords away. We have a guest.

I tried so many times to kill you and failed.

Yet you show up because of a mere girl.

You kidnapped a helpless girl in order to get me.

It seems out of character for the great Dae Mok.

I am here just like you wanted.

So, let this girl go.

I will acknowledge your guts.

Take this girl back to the room.

Yes, Elder Dae Mok!

Let go. Let go of me now!

Treat her with respect.

She is not someone you should treat in such a manner.

Dae Mok kidnapped Young Miss Ga Eun?

Yes, it seems that way.

Why would he take her?

I believe he is using her as bait to catch the real Crown Prince.

After the Crown Prince escaped from the Shimumun last night

Dae Mok decided to do this instead.

Why not let Dae Mok get rid of the Crown Prince?

Is it not better for you, Your Majesty?

Get ready to leave the palace.

Dae Mok is not hurting Young Miss Ga Eun. Why don't we wait...

I cannot leave Young Miss Ga Eun with Dae Mok for even one more moment.

I must go get her now.

What kind of flower do you want to bloom?

It has been outside the palace and experienced much snow and wind.

Is it not time for flowers to bloom?

It could not grow any flowers because it was in a warm greenhouse.

Is that not quite strange?

I suppose a flower that blooms after enduring snow and wind...

is the true flower.

My flower will bloom after Dae Mok and the Pyeonsoo-hwe are gone from Joseon.

That is when it will bloom.

A Joseon without me and the Pyeonsoo-hwe...

What is it that you want after destroying me?

The power of a King? The fame of a millennium?

If it's not that...

Mere revenge for your parents?

I will destroy the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

And begin a new era.

A new era?

You have the same goal as I do.

What kind of country is Joseon to you?

To me, it is a poor nation.

A poor nation with a few nobles and a King who live lives of abundance.

A poor nation.

A nation like this cannot be a good one.

At this rate...

how long can Joseon last?

How much longer can the destitute people live?

Join forces with me.

Become a good King to make Joseon strong and prosperous.

A strong and prosperous Joseon.

Your goal is no different than mine.

However, the problem is the process and result.

You do not take responsibility for it.

The Joseon you dream of, young children die for it.

You exploit the people of this nation for your own personal profit.

All you do is hide behind the scenes.

You do not take responsibility for anything you do.

Power you take no responsibility for is more terrifying than war.

As long as you stay hidden...

you have no right to speak of a new era.

Right?

You speak about right?

I have to hear about right from a kid lucky enough to be born a prince.

You have no right to be on the throne or speak about a new era.

What are you talking about?

Do you really not know anything?

Your father and I were originally allies.

We joined forces.

We killed his predecessor, the King, at the time.

Yes, I killed that King.

I made your father the new King.

However, your father was not thankful and he betrayed me.

Now, you tell me.

Who has the right and who does not?

Who is the real traitor and who should be avenging whom?

Dae Mok! I do not believe you.

Killed the predecessor?

My father would never do that.

You look like him.

The traitor who stole his throne.

You look just like him.

I tried so many times to kill you and failed.

Yet you show up because of a mere girl.

I am here just like you wanted.

So, let the girl go.

He is my father's enemy.

Whether he dies or not...

it has nothing to do with me.

In order to change the world, you need to make compromises.

Join forces with me.

If you marry Hwa Goon and join forces with me

I will make you King.

If you do...

my dreams and future will become yours.

In the North...

do you know how they catch wolves in the winter?

They freeze a sword covered in blood.

Then it is planted in the path of a wolf.

The wolf is enticed by the smell of the blood and starts licking.

The wolf's tongue gets numb.

It does not realize its tongue has been cut and continues to lick.

In the end, the wolf dies.

Is my offer...

like a blood-covered sword?

If I get close to bait like power

I assume the same will happen to me.

So, you will decline my offer.

Now...

will you kill me?

No, first it will be Ga Eun, right in front of you.

I will kill her.

I will put her through the worst torture a human can bear.

Then I will kill her.

Then I will kill you.

No, Grandfather!

Go back to your room!

Grandfather, please save His Highness.

Chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

Who is this?

Who do you think he is?

He is the late King's son, the Pyeonsoo-hwe's biggest enemy.

You still tried to protect him.

He refuses to become a Pyeonsoo-hwe member.

He refuses to marry you or join forces with me and become King!

He says no to it all.

Then what shall I do?

Grandfather.

Grandfather.

All right, then. I will give you one last chance.

You try to convince him.

If it still fails...

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Your Highness.

The Pyeonsoo-hwe has a longer history and tradition than Joseon.

It is not possible to get rid of it.

So, don't try to destroy it, but take it instead.

Take the money from the Pyeonsoo-hwe as your support.

Use the power from the Pyeonsoo-hwe to control your Joseon.

That is all you need to do.

- Head Merchant. - Your Highness.

Have me... to have the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

It is not for the Pyeonsoo-hwe's sake, but for your sake, please.

Join forces with my grandfather and become King.

I will be by your side and help you.

Head Merchant.

I already...

have a woman I love.

So, do not...

do all this for me.

Your Highness.

I'm not asking to be Queen.

I am not asking to be your woman either.

You can have the woman you want next to you, Your Highness.

I will become the next Dae Mok and I will give the Pyeonsoo-hwe to you.

So, you only need to say you will accept me.

All you need to say is that you will join forces with my grandfather.

I am sorry.

I cannot do that.

I am not asking for your heart!

Just say the words that you will do as I ask.

Don't you see?

I am loving you with everything that I have, Your Highness!

That is why.

You are giving me your sincere heart.

I cannot return it with a lie.

My grandfather...

Do you think he will let you live?

Hwa Goon.

Chief, Elder Dae Mok has given his orders.

It's all your fault.

What do you think you are doing?

The Crown Prince will lose his life because he tried to save you.

Is that man... dying?

That man?

The Crown Prince risked his life for you and you call him "that man"?

That man is my father's enemy.

Whether he dies or not has nothing to do with me.

You really do not know a single thing.

Because of a thing like you, the Crown Prince is...

What are you saying that I don't know?

You say that the Crown Prince is the enemy who killed your father?

Yes, you can believe that forever and hate him.

What are you saying...

If it was not the Crown Prince who killed my father...

then who was it?

Your Highness.

Was it not you who killed my father?

You could not convince him.

Grandfather, please spare the Crown Prince.

If he goes through the initiation, I will allow him to live.

Get the initiation for the Crown Prince ready.

Yes, Elder Dae Mok.

Grandfather.

What if he refuses to do the initiation ceremony?

Then he will have to give up his life.

Hwa Goon.

Your grandfather has compromised as much as he can.

Do not worry.

Your father has a plan.

After the initiation ceremony

the Crown Prince will end up becoming one of our Pyeonsoo-hwe members.

Your father will help free him of his addiction to the drug.

But only Grandfather knows how the antidote works.

Do you think I have only been playing and eating as the Chief all this time?

Trust your father.

You have no right to be on the throne or speak about a new era.

Your father and I were originally allies.

We joined forces.

We killed his predecessor, the King, at the time.

Father.

I am here to get you out.

Why are you here for me and not the Crown Prince?

He asked me to save you, Young Miss.

Young Miss, we have no time to delay.

Let's go.

I cannot escape by myself.

Young Miss!

There is something I must hear from the Crown Prince myself.

I need to ask you for a difficult favor, Chung Woon.

Even if I go to Dae Mok

he will not let Ga Eun go so easily.

Ga Eun is bait to catch me.

She is also bait to keep Lee Seon in line.

Then, why?

Chung Woon.

It will be difficult for me to escape alive from the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

However, it is different for Ga Eun.

Once they have me, they will have less guards on her.

That is when you must save her.

- Your Highness. - Please.

Chung Woon.

Once I get you to safety, I will return to save the Crown Prince.

You need to escape now.

Just one thing... please answer me.

My father...

who killed him?

The person who executed Elder Gyu Ho...

was me.

I put on the Crown Prince's mask.

And I killed him.

It was you?

You killed my father?

His Highness fought until the end to save your father.

I should have told you earlier.

His Highness told me not to tell you.

I'm asking for forgiveness much too late.

For that, I apologize.

Elder Dae Mok, why have you taken my woman?

I will do whatever you wish.

Please return my woman to me.

You are too late.

The Crown Prince has already come to save her.

He will take part in the initiation ceremony in return for her freedom.

He has promised to become a member of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

If he becomes part of the Pyeonsoo-hwe, what will happen next?

I do not know...

I suppose you will not need to wear that mask for much longer.

That cannot be.

Are you kicking me out?

Are you putting the Crown Prince on the throne again?

Elder, have I not done everything you have asked me to?

How could you kick me out?

My granddaughter likes the Crown Prince.

If he marries my granddaughter...

it would not be so bad to return him to the throne.

Elder Dae Mok is asking for you.

The fake has something to say.

He will be a loyal King to Pyeonsoo-hwe if he could get his woman back.

Then should I return that girl with him right now?

Why aren't you responding?

Don't you want to save her?

Does it not matter if she is in danger or not?

Is it that you do not want me to take her?

Lee Seon.

She must have run away already!

Just as I thought.

No matter how much you run, you are in the palm of Dae Mok's hand.

Chung Woon, Chung Woon!

I am sorry, Your Highness.

We have locked up the girl again.

While you were buying time here

your guard planned to help the girl escape.

Did you think you could fool me for a second?

Chung Woon!

Dae Mok!

You hesitated again.

So, you will lose another loyal subject.

Elder Dae Mok!

I will do the initiation ceremony.

I will join the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

I will do whatever you want, so please...

Please let my friend live.

No! No, you cannot.

Your Highness!

Please let Ga Eun go.

As for Ga Eun, she may go once the initiation is over.

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