All language subtitles for Sungkyunkwan Scandal E18

Did you say it'll be over
once we leave Sungkyunkwan?

Nothing will be over.

I will start anew every day.

Let's call it quits.

So you know?

Who was it?

I told you.

It's you whom I have faith in,
not the king.

You said you would find

who was behind it,

so that the new Joseon...

The prime minister

was behind the whole thing.

What?

Keep your voice down.

The prime minister

was behind everything?

Lee Seonjun's father?

Answer me.

Was it the prime minister
who was behind the plot

to destroy "Geumdeungjisa"'?

Keep your voice down.

What did you say, Yongha?

Who was...

behind everything?

I need you to tell me.

I'm sorry, Big Man.

We don't know for certain yet.

So, if we find out
whose deed this was...

we'll know for sure

who was behind it all, right?

May I

look into this?

Can you do it?

If my father was really
behind the plot...

am I not the ideal person
for the job?

Is it because of Big Man?

That's why you want
to call it quits?

You don't want Big Man
getting hurt over Lee Seonjun?

This is just great!

When did those two...

And

how did you know?

Lee Seonjun took off...

to see the prime minister

about the deed.

What is this?

I want...

an answer.

The person on this deed,
Baek Dongsu...

was our butler.

I see.

But

the real owner of the land
was you, father.

Why did this deed

end up in the hands of a government
soldier who was patrolling the city...

on that fateful night
ten years ago?

Stop it.

Stop everything
you're trying to do

right now.

Is it because you are ashamed

about what I may find?

Are you looking
for "Geumdeungjisa"'?

Never once did I think

that what befell
the king's father was wrong.

The responsibilities
of a father to his son

are not as important
as to this country and the royal court.

I still stand by that belief.

To defend a righteous cause,

fathers and sons
often become enemies.

And if there is a winner,

there is also a loser.

The king's father
was on the losing end,

nothing more and nothing less.

If that was the right thing to do...

why do you fear
"Geumdeungjisa" now?

I don't fear "Geumdeungjisa."

What I fear is filial piety.

The former king yearned
for the son he himself killed.

The present king

is still reeling from the memory
of his dead father.

They're both weak and emotional
and do not deserve to rule a nation.

If the power goes into
the hands of the king,

Joseon will find itself in turmoil.

History will recognize
my loyalty to Joseon.

So stop right now

your quest to find "Geumdeungjisa."

Your youthful idealism

may bring down the Lee family.

So was it...

for the prosperity of the Lee family,

that you killed Dr. Kim Seungheon
and Proctor Mun Yeongsin...

and destroyed "Geumdeungjisa"'?

No.

I wish...

I could take your word
at face value...

but this document in front me...

tells me otherwise.

Stop right there!

Are you turning your back
on your own father?

You said for a righteous cause,

fathers and sons
often become enemies.

Father...

I have decided...

to become your enemy.

The prime minister

was behind everything?

Lee Seonjun's father?

It's late.

If you read when you
should be sleeping...

you won't grow tall.

I found the "Geumdeung" story

in one of the books

I got at the bookstore.

I understand why
the Norons were afraid.

That's why they killed my father...

Let's slow down a bit.

One thing at a time, okay?

Let's go sleep.

I'm going to sleep in Yongha's room,

away from your tossing and turning.

Jaesin.

Do you think it's true?

Right?

Don't worry about it.

We'll find out
when Lee Seonjun returns.

Did you already unfold
secret instruction?

Why do you want to see me

in the night?

Would you withdraw

the command?

That is my order.

Is the reason for you to select me
for I am a son of Noron?

No...

Or because I am a son of criminal?

If you tell me to pay
for the crimes of my father,

Your Majesty...

I will take the punishment for all costs
in lieu of the secret mission.

I am also

a son of a criminal as Noron said.

But, the reason for me to select you

is that I was envious of your brave
and outspoken personality.

At the Grand Archery Contest,

I was envious of the fact
that you have good friends

and at Sundujeonggang,

I was envious of your courage.

But

you are right.

The reason for rendering
my secret mission to you is that,

you, Lee Seonjun,
are the son of the Prime Minister.

I want you to see everything
that your father did

to keep his wealth and power
and to live as the

dictator of nobility of Noron
with your own eyes.

I want you to live as a vassal of mine,

not the son of Noron.

Geumdeungjisa.

Is this purported to redress
the past of Joseon? Or...

To open up a new Joseon?

Do you think those were different?

Did you say that you want to pay
for what he had done?

Before the truth that will
unfold before you,

do not close your eyes
or turn away from it.

Then

bring "Geumdeungjisa" to me.

That is the punishment
that I render on you

as the son of the culprit.

I...

The hope that you have given us

for a new Joseon

to march forward ...

could I take it as

the compass to guide me?

I should wait for him outside.

It's almost time.

He'll be here.

The incident transpired ten years ago.

Just because

you wait for him outside
won't change the past.

Plus, there's someone else
waiting for him.

Hey.

We need to talk.

Don't do it.

Just say you didn't find out anything.

That deed has nothing to do with you.

Just tell them that.

The mission is to find
"Geumdeungjisa."

I'm going to stop looking

deeper into it.

Why?

We haven't cracked the code
of the secret instruction yet.

Finding out who was behind the plot

is the only way we can find
"Geumdeungjisa."

So why stop?

Plus, you have been in search

of the culprits all this time.

Yes, I have been.

It's cowardly to keep silent
in the face of the truth.

I despise cowards,

and yet I'm willing to keep silent.

If you're going to talk
about honesty and dignity

and act all high and mighty again,

don't even start.

Jaesin.

People become cowardly

because they have someone
they want to protect.

Isn't Kim Yunsik

someone you want to protect?

Do you think he'll
be able to forgive you?

Before asking for forgiveness,

the guilty party
must genuinely and openly

owns up to his sins.

And the thing is...

Kim Yunsik is not the only one...

I need to apologize to.

I will try my utmost
not to hurt Kim Yunsik.

What did you just say?

So...

I said the land deed that went
to the Hanseongbu official

was

in fact my father's.

So it was...

the prime minister...

who killed...

my father?

I thought it was only right
that I told you.

I don't know what to think.

Enough.

Asking me to listen
to any more of this...

is cruel, don't you think?

If it is at all possible,

I'd like to ask you for your forgiveness.

If you can't forgive me...

I will have to accept that, too.

But if you allow me,

I would like to fulfill my duty.

I will be with you

until we find "Geumdeungjisa"
and straighten everything out.

Straighten what out?
What can we do now?

Geumdeungjisa?

How will that change anything?

I...

I need some time.

I need some time to think
and digest all this.

Hey, Lee Seonjun.

When people are going
through a rough patch,

they need drinking buddies.

Although you don't drink,

you still need buddies,
don't you?

What you are saying is ...

perhaps, the prime minister might
not be behind this incident?

It is the mistake that my father
as I know him would never undertake.

If my father planned this incident
from the beginning,

he would have left
some traces behind

after ten years from its occurrence.

So, you want to believe
your father even now?

I am saying that my father is
a more persistent man that we think.

You are still very cold.

Yun Hyeonggu was...

Where is the man who guarded
Dr. Kim Seungheon on that day?

I have to check on the fact.

Perhaps he has new clues of the incident.

What can I do?
He must have some clue on it.

He has quit Hanseongbu and is not
showing up at the gambling house either.

Now that your hound's got
a juicy steak in his mouth,

he will disappear into the mountains, sir.

What a pity I can't say goodbye
to the prime minister.

Please tell him I hope I can see him
again under better circumstances.

You promised me.

You are being watched.

You have to leave the city
within the next few days.

Please tell me, mother.

It's a child's duty to know
how her father died.

I don't want you to turn against
the world over your father's death.

The world is powerful.

If you turn against it,

it makes sure that you

will come to regret it.

That's how I lost your father...

So

you won't get
anything out of me.

So mother,

you're saying father died unjustly,

unjust enough for him to have
turned against the world, right?

You should've told me sooner.

It would have been better.

I wonder what he was like.

Whenever...

I think of father...

I can't shake off
a sense of bitterness.

When he put you in his lap
and read to you,

my place was always
outside the door.

So when I try to think

of father's face...

it is always his silhouette

that pops into my mind first.

You...

really didn't know?

Father always read

at the top of his lungs.

Man-jang ask to

Sunwang went out to the field...

And he only read from difficult books

I couldn't even understand.

Father was not reading to me.

He was reading to you

sitting outside the door.

Are you saying
you never knew that?

I learned that Sunwang went out

to the field

If earned that...

but I did not know that he cried out to

the heaven and his parents.

It is painful to see my daughter
advancing in the letters.

Any teacher would want
to take her talent under his wings.

But is it right to teach a daughter
the desire to learn,

when learning
is not permitted to her?

I am a pathetic father who cannot give
his daughter the opportunity to learn.

I listen to her read

and

weep with my heart.

There's something I'd like to know,
professor.

My father left a coded instruction
on the location of "Geumdeungjisa."

So did he know his end was near?

Did he know he would be killed
by those after "Geumdeungjisa"'?

Probably.

The former king initially kept
"Geumdeungjisa" in Jongmyo.

But it was Professor Kim Seungheon
who had it taken to Mount Wolchul,

away from those seeking to destroy it.

If he knew, why...

He believed "Geumdeungjisa" was

the key to realizing the Joseon
envisioned by his majesty.

He wanted his talented daughter
to get a chance to learn.

And "Geumdeungjisa" may have been...

his only hope.

Prime Minister.

Permit me to enjoy this scent
of Chrysanthemum flower tea.

When it does start the transfer
of the capital to Hwaseong,

there are pleas of people who

could show their
literary talent of Bukchon.

Your Majesty.

Haven't you forgotten
the last will of the king's father?

Perhaps the nobles of this country
have so much concerns.

Since it was the last will
of the king's father,

No one may say about the matter

of the king's father
and no one can hear about it,

and no one can see it.

If disobeying the last will
of the king's father,

it would be the treason
even for the king.

How about the possibility of having

another will?

The false name in having

the king's father missing his son so much
as to unable even to breathe.

Prime Minister,

isn't it right to render
the crime of treason against

those who demanded
my father with the death?

Don't forget.

The last will of the king's father that has
been handed down is just one.

It will be seen as it is now

Let's wait and see.

Geumdeungjisa is in Sungkyunkwan.

What? Sungkyunkwan?

If you look at the coded instruction,

two lines, in particular, stand out.

They are not

normally found

in letters of resignation
or poetry.

So...

"sung"

"Kyun"

The first characters spell out
"Sungkyunkwan."

How did you figure this out?

How did it suddenly occur to you?

My father wanted Sungkyunkwan

to become the foundation of Joseon's
learning, culture, and heritage.

He expressed this desire
in his lecture notes.

Everything makes sense now.

There's a place in Sungkyunkwan

where learning leads
and where a nation begins.

That's where "Geumdeungjisa" is.

We should find Sungkyunkwan's
blueprints first.

I have to do this.

I...

thought

my father never cared

about me.

But it was me who never cared
to find out who my father really was.

I want to find "Geumdeungjisa"

because I want to know why
my father was so intent

on safeguarding it.

This may be my first and last chance

to understand my father.

I...

made my father very lonely
for so long.

So I...

I get it.

You don't need to explain.

I understand.

I promise you.

We'll do whatever it takes

to find "Geumdeungjisa."

We need not worry about Yun
any more, prime minister.

So I was thinking,

now that things are wrapping up,

the marriage...

Tell...

your son.

Yes.

Tell him what?

About "Geumdeungjisa"...

The king must be giving false hope

to the young students
at Sungkyunkwan.

There are students looking
for "Geumdeungjisa"'?

Your son's the proctor.

He can keep an eye on them.

But your son can do that, too.

Do you mean to say
your son is...

What did I tell you?

We should've hurried up with the
wedding and got him out of there.

Did you say "wedding", war minister?

Do you have no idea

why all this came to be
in the first place?

Sir...

Don't you ever mention
the wedding again.

I have no plans for us
to become related.

But prime minister...

That is my final decision.

Need I say more?

He doesn't seem to remember

who put him where he is now.

Me?

My daughter?

It's time he finds out

what I'm capable of.

I must first get to the source

of all this trouble.

There's something you need to do.

- Me?
- Did you call for me, father?

Lee Seonjun.

I will teach him how the world turns.

Talk of marriage for Hyo-eun
is broken off by me.

I will no longer roll over
in the mud before the Prime Minister.

The son of the Prime Minister is
seeking for "Geumdeungjisa".

You mean Lee Seonjun?

Catch him.

But,

don't hurt him.

It will be a treat for us to see

a father punishing his own son.

Excuse me.

Is this the house of Inspector
Yun from Hanseongbu?

Yes, it is.

Do you know where
Yun Hyeonggu is?

- I don't know.
- Have a drink.

- More wine.
- Yes, sir.

- Let's drink.
- Hey, there!

I don't know.

- I asked for more wine!
- It's coming, sir.

- Hurry up with it.
- Yes, sir.

Welcome.
Please sit here.

I don't know.

- Do you know Inspector Yun?
- I don't know him.

Enjoy.

Lee Seonjun's never late.

I guess it's not going well.

Let's give him
another 15 minutes.

He's not one
to break a promise.

But the promise
was quite a tall order.

The king's cause is noble,

but it can't be easy
uncovering your father's crimes.

Lee Seonjun has my sympathies.

So Lee Seonjun and his friends
are poring over blueprints

of Sungkyunkwan?

It seems as though

they're looking for something.

Where learning leads...
Any place of study is a candidate.

Here's the main lecture hall.

He said...

And the library.

Don't forget
the Grand Shrine.

The thing is, what next?

All the places we mentioned

can be where "learning leads"

but we can't dig them all up.

That would be counterproductive.

We have another clue.

Where a nation begins...

The shrine to Confucius.

Ancestral tablets.

There are some
in the main lecture hall...

some in the library...

and even some in the Grand Shrine,

to which access is highly restricted.

But exactly where can we find
"Geumdeungjisa"'?

Where learning leads

and where a nation begins...

We're going to have to search

every single
ancestral tablet on campus.

We should just get
all the students...

This is a secret mission.

I'm just saying...

I was just trying
to lighten up the mood, okay?

You're making me feel bad.

The coded instruction

is not to hide "Geumdeungjisa"

but to direct us to it.

I'm going to search
through the books again.

Somewhere in Sungkyunkwan

lies the answer

to my father's coded riddle.

Why are you so startled,
Yeorim?

Were you being naughty?

What are you up to?

Stealing? Chasing girls?

Or boys?

Shut up.

You must still be having fun hanging out
with Lee Seonjun and Mun Jaesin.

It's getting

more fun by the day.

I hear you're poring over books

and blueprints
related to Sungkyunkwan.

So, is there a treasure hunt
going on?

Let me give you
a piece of advice.

This doesn't suit you.

You're not like them.

It's still not too late.

I think...

Do you know that I'm
Joseon's fashion trendsetter?

Let me share with you
a little fashion secret.

For pieces that don't go well together,
go all out with color coordination.

Don't forget.

Your sense of fashion

is rather sad, you see.

That twerp!

Should I teach him
a lesson, proctor?

Leave him alone.

This is the last night
he can act up anyway.

Let's consider it
his farewell performance.

- Put that away!
- Put that away!

What do you think
you're doing?

What the hell?

Where do you think you are?

Crazy Horse! Crazy Horse!

Lee Seonjun

got into trouble.

Are you

the Lee Seonjun I know?

You were looking
for Inspector Yun?

I couldn't just sit back,

simply relying on the coded instruction
we're struggling with.

So you took action
without careful planning?

It's not like you.

Why did you go through all this
to find Inspector Yun?

Was it to find "Geumdeungjisa"

or to prove your father's innocence?

All I want to know is

what happened on
that fateful night ten years ago.

Let me ask you something.

If we find "Geumdeungjisa"
you may no longer be able

to lead a comfortable life
as the prime minister's son.

Is that okay with you?

The life I end up leading...

will still be better than living

as the son of the murderer

of my friends' father and brother.

If this is for me,

you can stop.

I barely remember

my father's face

and yet I am in so much pain.

But your father means

so much to you.

So...

just stop.

You can stop now.

I can't stand

to see you like this.

I...

wanted to be forgiven.

You wandered the city
in men's clothing

to support your family.

You went through so much hardship
to get medicine for your ailing brother.

I want to make up
for all those years...

of hunger...

and of pain.

In the meantime,

I sat in a comfortable room
reading books.

I can't forgive myself.
I feel terrible.

If I could...

I'd like to turn back time
and let you have...

all that I had.

So...

please forgive me.

That's what I want to say.

Lee Seonjun's

something else, isn't he?

He turned his back against his father
who used to be his hero.

This must be so hard for him.

You should know.

It's pure hell

hating your own father.

I...

have decided

to become your enemy.

Do you think the kids
are making progress?

I believe so, given that they
haven't yet

turned to me for help.

I cannot shake off the feeling

that the coded instruction

is Dr. Kim Seungheon's final lesson.

Lesson?

Do you mean his academic legacy?

Where learning leads

and where a nation begins...

I am curious

what he meant to teach...

those kids, Dr. Jeong.

This is the place where the masters
of the lyceum nationwide

that I have to go there and give a speech
as the director of Sungkyunkwan.

The students have
no event today and tomorrow...

I trust you, Proctor.

Don't forget , Proctor.

I just can't stand the noise ones.

I just hate to be late in meeting time.

Good luck, everyone!

Lady Luck is never far away!

Look carefully!

Inspector Yun
must have struck gold.

He paid off all his gambling debts
and is heading to the county.

Why do you walk so fast?

I thought I'd never catch up.

They got me.

You were indeed Choseon.

Where learning leads

and where a nation begins...

That night,

they passed through Yeongin Gate
from Dogap Temple.

The former king

originally kept "Geumdeungjisa" in
Jongmyo to safeguard it against.

Jongmyo?

Where a nation begins...

Jongmyo...

where the ancestral tablets
of Joseon's kings

are enshrined.

Where learning leads...

The former king kept "Geumdeungjisa"

under the ancestral tablets in Jongmyo
in case his majesty

might need to strengthen
the power of the throne.

Where learning leads
and where a nation begins...

Where a nation begins
is not Sungkyunkwan.

It was Jongmyo,

where "Geumdeungjisa"
was originally kept.

Proctor,

Kim Yunsik bolted off
all of the sudden

while leafing through
a map of the city.

Jongmyo?

Spit it out!

What happened on
that fateful night ten years ago?

This is interesting.

Who gave you the order
to kill Dr. Kim Seungheon

and Proctor Mun Yeongsin?

What a shame.

I'm a hunting hound.

I don't open my mouth

until I have what I want.

You could've been killed!

Think about why Choseon
from the Peony Pleasure House

might want to kill you.

Choseon?

Wow!

This is quite interesting.

Who gave him the money
to settle his gambling debt?

Well...

Scram.

He did meet
with the minister of war.

War minister?

It was the present prime minister

who told me to escort the two men.

Did the prime minister

really order you
to kill them in exchange...

for the title to the land?

Tell us.

I don't do well being threatened,
so let go of me.

It was the minister of war
who ordered me to kill them...

regardless of the prime minister's wishes.

The prime minister gave me the deed
to the land later to shut me up

once he learned
what had happened.

May I be excused?

So the minister of war

is out to get me, eh?

How interesting!

So

it was the minister of war
behind the whole plot.

Han Insu and
the war minister's men

are headed toward Jongmyo?

Why?

You haven't found Kim Yunsik yet?

We need to find him.

He has to know

it was the war minister.

Jaesin.

What a relief for you

and for me.

It would've been very tiring
spending my entire life

hating someone like you.

Big Man isn't here?

Jongmyo?

Has he gone to Jongmyo?

Ha Insu and the war minister's men
were headed toward Jongmyo.

So what?

Ha Insu knows.

He's after Big Man.

He might get killed
if they catch him there.

Geumdeungjisa is

under the ancestral tablets.

This is the last chance
to destroy "Geumdeungjisa."

Then use whatever means necessary

to destroy it!

Yes, sir.

You promised

you would make sure
Kim Yunsik wouldn't get hurt.

Jaesin.

I'll deal with the soldiers.

It's the Red Writer!

Catch him this instant!

- Yes, sir!
- Yes, sir!

You go to Jongmyo!
Right now!

- Yes, sir!
- Yes, sir!

This is

where the former king
first kept "Geumdeungjisa."

Where learning leads

and where a nation begins...

Where the ancestral tablets

of Joseon's kings are enshrined.

Right here.

Take him down!

If you're worried about me,
don't be.

I've gotten enough already.

Thanks to you,

I've been able to do
so many things

I never thought I could.

People become cowardly

because they have someone
they want to protect.

Did you say it will be over
once we leave Sungkyunkwan?

Nothing will be over.

I...

will start anew every day.

I love you.