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I am Kim Su-ran from Embroidery Bureau.

You can't go in. Go over to that side.

I did get permission from my superior.

All court ladies in your age are banned from leaving the palace.

Next.

PASS

-I work at the Crown Prince's palace-- -Hello.

Hello, sir.

He's my company.

Do you need any more confirmation?

No, sir.

I couldn't find any trace of her.

Did you notice anything

before she disappeared?

No, Your Highness.

Minister of Taxation.

Have you heard about fledgling legerdemain?

Fledgling legerdemain?

The term refers to how the government registered babies as adults

and levied tax on them.

They even keep the names of dead men on the tax rosters.

There were times when the tax was levied wrongly

because tax collectors made mistakes from time to time.

How could you blame your subordinates for this?

Come up with a way to compensate those falsely levied subjects right now.

Your Highness.

The financial condition of the government isn't so great at the moment.

Instead of compensation,

why don't you correct this corruption with punishment?

However, if the punishment leads to

a decreased number in tax,

the state coffers will face more danger.

I'm touched by how deeply you care about the nation.

Then

I'll take a special measure now that the nation is in crisis.

I'll reduce the salaries of the officials whose ranks are higher than third-rank.

Your Highness,

that can't be done.

It cannot be done.

The government has never reduced

the salaries of all those officials.

Please reconsider.

-Please reconsider. -Please reconsider.

Subjects

have to pay tax for the deceased because of the officials' corruption.

How could you make a fuss about this as the noblemen in this nation?

Do you think

you deserve to receive a salary from the nation?

-Eunuch Jang. -Yes?

You look terrible.

Don't get me started.

No wonder why he's like this.

The Crown Prince is so cold like an icicle in winter these days.

An icicle?

He's so cold and sharp

that it might hurt a lot if you get pricked.

I don't mind if I get hurt,

but His Highness focuses only on work all night long.

I'm so worried about his health.

It's killing me.

By the way,

where did Eunuch Hong go?

I have no idea.

He disappeared overnight without any trace.

He used to jump around here and there like a rabbit.

I miss Hong Sam-nom.

I'm upset about how he left without saying goodbye to us.

Eunuch Hong?

Your Highness, I didn't find

any movement of the rebellion from the dead assassins.

They must be waiting for things to calm down.

That may be the case,

but I've found something strange.

What is it?

Recently, Minister of Public Administration

sold a few official positions for gold bars.

I dismissed him for cornering the market not long ago.

I see.

However, it's suspicious where the gold bars

ended up.

Where is it?

The brother of the dead assassin went to gamble

with those gold bars.

The dead assassin received the gold bars

in exchange for something?

Yes.

Your Highness, the Lieutenant is here to see you.

Let him in.

What is the matter?

Your Highness.

While investigating the burglary of Jung Man-sik's house in Unjongga,

we caught someone suspicious.

She seems to be a teenager,

but we've found evidence that she's a member of Baekwoon Group.

Let's go.

I need to see her in person.

It's white egret flower, right?

So you remember.

My old friend always carried a handkerchief,

and it had this flower embroidered on it.

He said it was from his wife who parted from him.

"I miss you

even in my dream."

Do you think Father knew the meaning of this flower?

Perhaps.

Is it too hard for you?

No.

By the way, how did you get to meet Dad?

We were hometown friends.

He was one of those men who liked me.

The other men gave me

ornaments and wildflowers,

but he was a bit different.

What did he give you?

Barley.

Corns.

If he couldn't get them, he brought me wild greens or tree bark.

I thought he wouldn't make me starve,

so I proposed to him.

Father knew nothing about romance.

He had fields to work in.

Food to eat when he was hungry.

A house to sleep at night.

Those were all...

that he wanted.

Are you saying when you arrived

she had already disappeared?

Yes.

Of all occasion,

I cannot believe it happened before we transferred her to the headquarter.

I suppose she had to hide

since the palace guards closed in.

You said

that she knows nothing about her family history

related to the uprising

or Baekwoon Group, didn't you?

Well, yes.

She did not seem to know at all back then.

I see.

You may leave now.

However, keep one thing in mind.

Even if she knew her identity,

the safest place for her

would be Baekwoon Group.

Your Highness.

Did you want to see me?

Are you all right?

Are you worried about me?

You loved a woman enough to declare a war against me, and she's gone.

Why are you not curious about anything?

Such as whether she left a letter for me,

or if she told me

where she went?

Even if you know something,

you cannot share it with me anyway, can you?

That is your relationship with me, Your Highness.

That is why I am asking nothing.

I am not like that.

Even though it might be useless,

I want to ask you

if you know anything,

whatever it might be.

My apologies, Your Highness.

I'm sorry I couldn't not be of help to you.

You'd say you know nothing if that's true,

and you'd say the same even if you know something.

It seems like that to me.

Yes.

You are right.

That is what I would do.

Your Highness.

You are not greeting me even when you come across me by accident.

I did not see you.

I envy you.

For what?

I wish

I could miss you and walk away.

It would be better

if I could pretend I didn't see you and walk away indifferently.

Why do you look so depressed?

It breaks my heart.

Why do you have

such a look in front of me?

You said it's just business.

Well, between man and woman,

emotion other than love can exist.

We may have to make a deal for the rest of our life together.

Is it wrong if we get little friendlier?

So, I mean,

please do not walk so weakly.

Do not look like you lost everything.

The one you love

would have said the same thing

if she had seen how you look now.

Yes, I will leave.

However,

I will see you again, Your Highness.

CROWN PRINCE'S PALACE

The moon looks like that when it is seen from the palace.

It is the same moon.

What is different about it?

When I was young,

I went here and there with wandering performers.

I thought the moon looked different depending on where you were.

The moon was round in Yeongnam area,

and the moon was crescent in Honam area.

Did you move that much

between the places to stay?

Yes.

It is interesting, right?

Haven't you had such a wild thought?

No.

You find out about the sun, the moon, and 24 seasonal divisions

when you are only five years old.

How could you have such a silly idea?

All right, all right.

I was just kidding.

I have not told this to anyone.

I was even sillier than you.

When I was young,

I thought this palace was all of the world.

The highest, noblest, and narrowest well in Joseon...

is this palace, where I grew up.

So I am better than you.

Even though they were the lowest and pettiest places,

I hung around in only wide areas.

Ra-on.

Whether seen from the palace or the noble neighborhood,

the moon is just the moon.

Although I am the Crown Prince, whatever you are,

wherever we might be,

it is all right if we have the same thought

like the moon.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

-Your Highness. -Please pluck up.

Please brace yourself.

Please hang in there!

-Your Highness! -You should not stop!

Pull yourself together, Your Highness!

The due date is a month ahead.

How can this happen?

Your Majesty.

She will be all right.

Please do not worry.

Her Highness has finished the delivery already.

She is taking a rest.

She said you do not need to come.

Why have you not informed me earlier?

It just happened suddenly.

My apology.

The baby is coming out.

It's a princess, Your Highness.

Your Highness,

are you really

not going to see her face?

I don't need to.

Take her away.

She gave birth to a prince.

Congratulations, sir.

Congratulations.

Don't make a fuss about it.

Now, we should get things ready.

What do you mean?

The new Prince is born,

so the Crown Prince's palace needs a new owner as well.

Watch what you say.

It's because I'm bothered by Minister Cho's attitude.

I was worried the Crown Princess consort might come from his family.

This way, we just have to change the owners of the Crown Prince's palace.

There's no need to rush

whoever sits in that position.

That's right, sir.

Hold on.

All right.

Let's go. Goodness.

Cover it. Go now.

One, two, three.

Your Highness.

Oh, goodness.

I didn't know you were there.

Yes, Your Highness. Have you been well?

Yes.

I'm on my way for a walk.

Join me if you'd like.

I liked that groundless rudeness of yours.

It made me feel so relieved.

So how about we become friends and talk to each other casually like this

when we're alone?

Deok-ho.

I can't do that, Your Highness.

Why not?

It's because...

I don't even know your name.

My name is Myeong-eun.

Okay,

Myeong-eun.

How dare you!

This is too soon.

Right? My apology, Your Highness.

Wait, no. Myeong-eun.

But it hurts so much.

I got news from the Queen's palace just now.

The Queen has given birth to a prince.

Congratulations, Father.

I'm well aware that it's not something to be happy about

in your position as the Crown Prince.

The throne is hard to protect just as it's high and noble,

but he's my little brother who just came out to this world.

Please don't worry, Father.

The Crown Prince must be feeling so anxious.

He must be because his precious eunuch disappeared.

What? A eunuch disappeared?

Didn't you know?

The day when the palace was busy looking for Hong Gyeong-rae's daughter,

he disappeared like without a trace.

I see. That's suspicious.

Don't get me started. He got caught, running away on the first day.

Not long ago, he was taken to the Queen

because we found women's clothes in his residence.

It was crazy.

Like always, the Crown Prince saved him from there.

Women's clothes?

The Crown Prince saved him?

Yes. He adored that eunuch so much

because he worked at the Crown Prince's palace.

How interesting.

Your Highness.

The assassins attacked your residence, and your precious eunuch ran away.

My heart broke when I heard you were in agony these days.

That's right.

While I was interrogating the criminal the other day,

I discovered something very amusing.

Something amusing?

His family

had heavy gold bars

which came from your pocket.

I don't know what you're talking about.

That's what I want to ask.

In exchange for what did you give that gold bar

to the assassin who attacked my palace?

Who knew that the gold bars had numbers engraved on them?

This is going to be a headache.

I gave a huge amount of money to someone who attacked his palace.

I can't cover the fact from being revealed as high treason.

The Queen gave birth to a prince, but he's still so stubborn.

I thought he was only a baby.

What if Premier Kim gets implicated in this?

It could be horrible then.

Premier Kim.

My apology.

Don't even start anything that you'll apologize for.

It's so pretty.

I mean, the moon.

Do you want to look at it more closely?

What is that?

It's called binoculars.

It enables you to look at faraway objects more closely.

Like this.

You are right.

My eyes are filled with the moon.

Whether seen from the palace or the noble neighborhood,

the moon is just the moon.

Although I am the Crown Prince, whatever you are,

wherever we might be,

it is all right if we have the same thought

like the moon.

Is it that amazing?

You must be missing someone

who is far away now.

No, I am not.

The moon is so big like a basket,

so I kept my eyes open wide in awe.

Premier Kim is waiting for you.

Please come inside.

The eunuch from Crown Prince's palace is the daughter of Hong Gyeong-rae?

My goodness.

How can a woman become a eunuch?

At that, in a palace,

by the Crown Prince's side as a spy.

Don't we have to arrest her right away?

It is too late.

She must have run away already.

What did you

just say?

Her name as a child was Hong Ra-on.

That was why he was so pale that day.

If she ran away, we can catch her.

Do you know where she is hiding by any chance, sir?

Shame on Minister Kim.

Within a month, for the same reason,

he might be discharged from your office.

About the gold bars,

I need a clear explanation.

Do you know what information Minister Kim tried to buy

with such a huge amount of money?

What is it?

Hong Ra-on.

The spy from Baekwoon Group who sneaked in by your side.

She gave help for attacking Crown Prince's palace.

What is the evidence?

She is the clear evidence.

I am sure you are furious enough to shudder.

Do not worry.

I will bring her in front of you

even if I have to cut off her limbs.

By any chance,

were you already aware of it?

Is there an insider from that night

who opened the gates and allowed your entry?

There is

a Baekwoon Group spy within the palace.

It does not make sense.

What kind of Crown Princess consort are you going to be?

I will just love,

love, and love him.

Only the loving heart can enable the perseverance

and sacrifice for the Crown Prince.

That is what I believe.

Your Highness.

You will stay here

while you are being educated.

Why have you taken so much work like this again?

It's good to make much money when I have much work to do.

People might be getting nice clothes to get married.

I heard it on my way here.

The marriage prohibition is over.

What?

The spouse for the Crown Prince is decided.

Only the wedding ceremony is left now.

The Crown Princess consort is the daughter of Minister of Rites.

That is nice.

I will help you with this.

That's all right. I can do it.

You need something to put these in.

I will bring one for you.

Why are you so surprised, Your Highness?

Shouldn't you be at your own palace?

Did you hear that?

That you are selected as the Crown Princess consort?

Yes, I did.

I will do my best to assist you.

It is just business.

You do not have to do so.

If you can reign peacefully,

that is a good thing to my family.

As the one doing the business,

I will do my best for my duty.

Instead,

promise me one thing.

What shall I promise?

Do not come in here,

ever again.

I told you not to come.

You starved all day again, didn't you?

-Stand up. Let's-- -Well...

It's too hard for me to see you.

I keep wanting to ask about how the Crown Prince is.

I have to forget,

and I shouldn't know, but I keep wanting to know...

whether he eats and sleeps well.

Whether he's sick or not...

You're so good to me,

but I keep wanting to ask you about these things,

and I hate it so much.

So please don't come.

Please.

It's all right.

I think of

shameful things in mind every day as well.

I think once these hell-like days go by,

you might...

start to like me.

Go ahead and cry.

I will neither be hopeful...

nor be mistaken.

I wasn't going to cry,

but my heart aches so much.

If...

you have to let go of something

in hard times,

it should not be me.

Can you promise me that?

Yes, Your Highness.

I have one request.

Would you allow me

to be right by your side all day long?

Whom are you looking for?

I'm here to see Eunuch Hong Sam-nom on an errand for Chief Eunuch.

Are you here from the palace?

"I have things which I couldn't tell you in the palace.

It's about your father.

I'll send you the location and time to meet."

Do you know where that wench is?

We should bring her right now then.

We have her in our hands already,

so we should use her

for a bigger plan now.

Then are you saying you'll have the Crown Prince involved in this?

If it's said that the Crown Prince

has met secretly with the daughter of the traitor,

what will happen then?

I will

never forgive you.