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I am sorry.

It's all my fault.

I missed you.

I thought you would never forgive me.

Though your words were lies, I know...

your heart was sincere.

Do you know just how much I prayed that you would stay alive?

It became clearer to me only after we were apart.

The fact that...

I can never lose you.

Thank you for staying alive.

For staying alive...

What?

It is extremely plausible.

Lady Sung received more attention than others during the early stages of the Queen Selection process.

Then again, my daughter will...

Once the Forbidden Marriage Edict comes to an end,

the kidnappers will blend in with the people as if nothing has ever happened.

Then, it will become much more difficult to have them pay for their crime.

For that reason, we must make a sweeping arrest without fail this time.

Is there anything I can do?

Do not get involved, Hwa Yoon!

But he says this is the last chance to catch those culprits.

Chief.

I am the one those culprits are preying on.

If needed, I will even serve as live bait to hook them all by the mouth.

We told you not to get involved.

Then you can save me, Chief.

You owe our family for saving your life. Remember?

Well...

Drag her away.

Whoa...

- Open it. - Yes, sir.

Raise your head.

Whom did you expect to see? Why do you look that way?

Damn it!

Drop your weapons!

Gosh, I have to return this to Lady Sung in good condition.

[Episode 11]

I-I'm so sorry!

I see...

You want to scratch me with that and have me fail the Queen Selection, don't you, bitch?

There is no way. That is not so!

If it is a maneuver to reverse the results of the Queen Selection, that indeed is a call for high treason.

It is not so!

You are more beautiful than the moon goddess today, Lady Hyun Seon. No...

Your Highness the Queen.

You sure are quick to speak.

And what happened to that bitch Sung?

Why is there no news of her yet?

Since today is an important day, it is hard to meet with them and get a status report.

However, do not worry. Your mother is not one to put all the eggs in one basket.

Lady So Rang!

I have come as your maid, so please speak down to me, My Lady.

Okay, So Rang. Let us go.

She's good with talking down to me.

Why is Lady Sung coming from that direction?

My Lady entered the palace earlier last night and stayed overnight at one of the palace annexes.

That is not a fair thing to do.

Was it not an attempt to adapt to the palace by doing so?

I had my reasons.

Someone was preying on my life outside the palace.

Goodness, gracious.

This is why they say it is important to practice good virtue all the time.

Oh, you are referring to what you said that time.

Pretending to cover up a flaw for a friend during the Queen Selection.

But instead, you rubbed it in.

It is best for all of you to take caution in front of this Lady.

You never know what kind of flaw she will pick on.

It is not wrong to say to be careful.

This is a place of competition.

We must beat one another in order to go on to the next step.

That will happen as long as we are outstanding on our own accord.

Earning points by claiming someone else's work as yours, on the other hand is considered theft.

And to receive the protection of the palace ladies even so, it reveals the lowdown of this Queen Selection.

Gosh.

Let us go, My Lady.

They are all the same bastards.

They tried to harm So Rang, and... after plotting a case of the fake Crown Princess...

they killed the officer in charge of the King's army.

You said you captured the leader of the kidnapper gang.

Why are you suddenly looking for this montage?

There is something I need to confirm.

[Almost six-feet tall / Restless eyes, wrinkles on forehead / Scar on left cheek]

Someone who claims to have killed the Crown Princess has appeared.

[Almost six-feet tall / Restless eyes, wrinkles on forehead / Scar on left cheek]

How much longer must I stay here?

His Excellency is already aware that I am here.

I must meet His Excellency. Bring him to me.

What business would a mere kidnapper have with His Excellency?

Well... he should not... treat me like that.

Who knows what kind of things would spout out of my mouth?

Go now and tell him.

That I must meet him and tell him something.

What's this?

What is this?

Why, what is going on?

It seems to be scarlet fever.

- A very scary form of smallpox. - What did you say?

Dismiss this maiden immediately!

Take the tea table away, too!

Smallpox, how so...

The scariest thing is to bring in an infected outsider

and have the infection spread within the palace.

None of you behave rashly

and summon a female physician at once to come and assess this situation!

Yes, Your Highness.

My Lady... It is poison ivy.

What should we do?

My servant informed me earlier, but...

my tea table has been switched to yours.

Never mind. She says they were not switched.

Why all the commotion?

I am deeply overwhelmed to inform you, but...

this does not seem to be a case of smallpox.

What did you say?

The tea does not smell of Chamdanggui* but of poison ivy lacquer. (Angelica gigas medicinal herb)

That cannot be true.

How could someone bring a poisonous substance into this sacred place of Queen Selection?

Then, will you believe me if I drink this tea and my body blisters all over?

Stop! That's enough.

Whether it is smallpox or poison ivy,

the physician herself will decipher once she examines the maiden.

In that case, I would like to ask a question to Ye Hyun Seon.

All I simply said was that our tea tables were switched.

Yet what was all the fuss about as if her tea was poisoned?

I feel wrongly accused, Your Highness.

I was simply scared that I might catch smallpox.

Though I can see clearly who in her evil mind is plotting such a terrible deed,

but as a friend here under the same calling and heaven's will,

I will choose not to make spiteful remarks.

Then, this man is...

I believe he is the one responsible for the Crown Princess's death seven years ago.

That is not all.

In the case of impersonating the Crown Princess,

they were trying to cut ties by killing Kim Eui Joon with this knife.

Also, in the past, back home...

he tried to harm So Rang.

Your Majesty. Your Majesty!

Minister of Defense, Jo Sung Gyun.

Are you aware that the Investigation Bureau has now captured

the leader of the kidnapper gang, the most wicked one of the Forbidden Marriage era?

I have heard and am aware.

But upon investigating him, I learned something quite shocking.

What would that be?

I am at a loss for words, for it is so unbelievable.

Thus, I have something to request of you.

Please go ahead and give your command.

I would like you to interrogate the man as the officer in charge, Minister.

I will name the three ladies who hold the highest score.

Park Yoon Seo.

Hong Hye Bin. And...

Ye... Hyun Seon.

However, the grading does not end here.

This time around, the maidens will be evaluating one another.

Then I will add these points to the scores amassed thus far,

so be careful as you write your answers.

The ranking has been completely reversed.

The final... first place goes to...

Sung Hwa Yoon.

My Lady.

Wait!

All the servants, make your way back here.

Through the female physician's examination,

the cause for the blisters was confirmed to be poison ivy sap.

Then who put the poison ivy in the teacup?

Everyone, reveal your hands.

What exactly... have you done here?

No, Your Highness.

This happened because I was trying to smell the tea after the fact.

Had I known this was poison ivy sap, would I have dared to touch the tea?

No need for explanations!

Put her in prison immediately!

Your Highness! Your Highness, it is not so!

Your Highness...

Your Highness!

Your Excellency. Your Excellency!

Na Sang Joo keeps asking to see you.

What should we do?

Just how... could I manage to go there?

could I manage to go there?

We prepared some meaty soup in light of your final supper before death.

Why so suspicious?

It is ox-tail soup.

Is it not fitting for you, who also has been cut off like a tail?

I'm having ox had rice soup.

For me, it is more important to catch the head of the culprits.

If you are not going to eat it, leave it.

I will place it on your memorial ceremony table.

What do you mean, one who is about to die?

Then, do you think your superiors will leave you alone?

Once you go into prison, starve yourself of all food and water.

Also, you never know when you might get stabbed,

so always stand in the middle.

Since you have done that all the time,

you probably know better than I do.

Your Majesty, I hear So Rang is in prison right now.

She was personally imprisoned by the Great Queen Dowager herself.

If you release her, the matter will become even bigger, Your Majesty.

Wait here.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

What happened?

I am all right.

I cannot be at peace even for a day.

Open the door.

But Your Majesty...

I will be the one going inside.

Your Majesty, this is not a place for you to enter.

Your hands are too cold.

This is not a heated room but a prison cell.

If you stay in such a place, Your Majesty,

you will hurt your health.

What exactly happened?

When I found out you were a swindler,

I made a firm decision to punish you without fail

for deceiving the King and the royal family.

However, I left you alone because the King protected you as a King's Royal Chamber servant.

Yet what trickery are you scheming again to come into the place of Queen Selection?

I am not swindling, Your Highness.

Is it not already a swindle, claiming to be the servant of Sung Hwa Yoon?

Are you determined to disrupt the Queen Selection process?

In the hopes that you may receive a position?

I am...

only here to stop the person who must never be selected as queen.

You are already aware of

who that person is as well, Your Highness.

Our internal decision is also a part of the Queen Selection.

It is not something you should be involved in.

Then, what explains the poison ivy at the Queen Selection that is only a formality

to accuse another maiden of having smallpox?

The things that are happening surrounding the Queen Selection...

Your Highness is already aware.

Because you knew they were covering your eyes and ears

and that is why you had the maidens evaluate one another.

Moreover, I am well aware of why you have imprisoned me.

Rather than suspecting those who have served you for a long time,

by sending me to prison,

perhaps you were hoping they would eventually repent themselves of their wrong deeds.

How shrewd of you.

Therefore, I will remain in prison as Your Highness has commanded.

That is the one thing I can do

to protect Your Highness's interests.

It is possible I may never release you

and lock you up in prison forever.

Sometimes, you have to put your life on the line

to reveal the truth.

Put your life on the line, you say?

If the Queen Selection process were to continue as a result,

just what importance would my life hold?

Are you saying you entrusted your life to the Great Queen Dowager?

Are you not even scared of this place?

I, too...

am scared.

Previously when I was locked up in prison,

I was so scared that...

I tried to escape by means of

deception and lies.

However, I cannot do so this time around.

It is not the right thing to do, either.

Will you continue to remain here, then?

Do not worry, Your Majesty.

Once the culprit of this case has been revealed,

the corruption behind the Queen Selection

will be exposed in every detail.

Still, So Rang...

♫ On this night, where even the moon is asleep ♫

♫ Where are you headed in such a rush? ♫

♫ A night where you're headed on a long journey, without even a word ♫

♫ Where are you going in such a rush? ♫

It puzzles me...

why I must be the one

to take upon such a task.

Please understand.

If one is involved in the kidnapping case even by a little bit,

would he not try to downscale the situation or defend the culprit?

Let us go.

So are you a remnant of the kidnapping gang?

How determined you were...

to scorn this nation's royal family and kingdom!

I will ask you one more time.

Did you kidnap young women and sell them off?

Minister of Defense.

If he is the one exposed as the leader of the kidnappers,

what punishment do you think is appropriate?

Decapitation...

would probably be the case.

And what if this man...

is the one who killed

the Crown Princess seven years ago?

What punishment would you deem appropriate, then?

The destruction... of his entire family seems appropriate.

His entire family, you say?

In that case, anyone who is blood-related to this man

will no longer remain alive.

The blood from all of his clan members will overflow into a bloody river.

Of course, you should take upon administering that punishment, Minister.

Without a doubt, Sire.

Ask him again.

Are you... a remnant of the kidnapping gang?

a remnant of the kidnapping gang?

That word "remnant"...

is a bit regrettable.

I am...

the very leader of the kidnapper gang.

Struggling to survive,

I took to kidnapping women.

Your crimes are those of a ruffian.

You are right.

I kidnapped women who were unable to marry due to the Forbidden Marriage Edict

and sold them off to whoever gave me money.

Younger the age, the higher the price.

I thoroughly ransacked secluded women's quarters to find young girls

- to kidnap and sell them off. - You wretch!

Even after such a shameless deed!

You dare to live?

This is...

nothing compared to other deeds I did.

This year, I hung a woman who pretended to be the Crown Princess in the palace.

And by killing the Captain of the Royal Guards,

I cut off the tail so the person behind the scenes would not be revealed.

And just like that, every year...

I hung women in the Crown Princess's palace!

And even seven years ago,

upon receiving a commission,

I killed a person within this palace.

And that person...

was...

the deposed Crown Princess.

Ahn Ja Yeon.

How dare you speak her name.

Answer me truthfully.

Who ordered you to commit such deeds?

Please withdraw...

your sword, Your Majesty.

You better confess now and speak.

Please withdraw your sword, Your Majesty.

I am planning on taking care of this based on national law.

National law?

Then I will ask you a question.

For the one who ordered this man to do all these things,

how should we punish him for his crime?

The national law seems to say this.

Find the one who is responsible for the crime

and execute him by tearing him into pieces.

Sit down.

You are pressuring me, are you not?

That I should do the investigation on the selection of the queen properly?

How did you know?

I am still searching constantly, so do not worry.

How poison ivy got into the selection chamber...

Lady Hwa Yoon was probably quite frightened, right?

She probably was.

I heard...

about how you dressed up as a woman.

It is a shame that I was not able to see that.

It was probably best for your eye health that you did not see it.

How are you able to laugh?

I told you...

that I will take you to a place where you can laugh.

Just a bit longer.

Hold on for just a bit longer.

Yeah.

So Rang...

Court Lady Won...

What have you been doing

that you have not contacted me once?

Then what have you done

that you are here?

It is a long story.

Well, so...

is it nice to be outside of the palace?

Did you find your husband?

Yeah, it would be weird for him not to have remarried.

From afar,

let me just see his face once and then go back.

Aigoo...

Hey! What are you doing with that heavy thing! I will carry it.

- I will do it. - Mother!

Oh, Bum Sang!

- Yeah, you have worked so hard. - Yeon Shil!

- Let us eat. - Bum Sang, let us eat.

Today is soybean paste stew again.

- It is always soybean paste stew! - There are other dishes, too!

Geez, complaining about food...

- You are hungry, right? - Yeah.

Aigoo.

Let us go inside quickly.

My younger sister

raised my son...

It is quite the cruel fate, is it not?

Then...

what happened after that?

I returned to Affection Village and stayed there.

For all this time,

I have been thinking much about fate.

Perhaps fate did not bridge my husband and me

but my younger sister and my husband...

and I was only the means by which they met.

It is possible

that my fate may not be much different.

My half-sister...

I heard the story as I was brought here.

That there is a maiden who is receiving massive support from the Inner Court.

You are in here because of their slander.

You have to leave now.

I will hear the details of your story later.

However, I will not sit idly by and let you meet the same fate as me.

I shall help you, So Rang.

Have you all been well?

I heard that you have been looking for me quite earnestly.

Let me take a look at the jade hairpin in question.

I have never seen those before.

No!

Court Lady Won definitely gave us the jade hairpin,

saying that she had a big favor to ask later.

It is clear she was trying to put in a candidate request for the Queen Selection process.

Why would I have done such a thing?

You probably were bought over by someone.

From what I can see, you all are the ones who were bought off and conspired to say the same thing.

And that thing is the evidence of that.

I never imagined that you all would do something like this in my absence!

Seol Hwa, it has been a long while.

Court Lady Won...

Why are you here?

When you first entered the palace, you asked

to give you just one chance.

You needed to become a court lady to provide for your family, who was deep in debt.

And when your youngest sibling came back to life after nearly starving to death,

you said that I saved not just one life but eight lives.

So then...

is this also for your family's sake?

Court Lady...

The tables have turned,

and my life is in your hands now.

If you do not tell the truth,

I will die.

I will ask you one more time.

Did Court Lady Won really give you the jade hairpin?

That is...

Then who is the one who gave you the jade hairpin?

There were those who received jade hairpins,

but some also received farmland to provide for their families outside of the palace.

It is they...

who have entered the reselection process.

By chance,

do you know their names?

You have been through a lot.

His Majesty is waiting for you.

♫ I only think about you all day long ♫

♫ I wonder if you know the way I feel ♫

♫ Because I am curious about you, because I miss you ♫

♫ Because I always want to see you ♫

♫ Could you hear me? ♫

Of all the places,

why did you wait for me here?

I cannot do it today.

I am too tired today.

What a shame.

I was going to cover your cold body.

You cannot tempt me like that, either.

If you do, I cannot help but fall for you.

So you are saying that he confessed all the things he did?

After all these years I have cared for him,

he dare bite me?

What are you going to do?

How could I let a dog that bit an owner live?

By chance, he would not have rambled on about everything yet, right?

Even for things that are clear as day,

when I tell them that it is not true,

people accept what I say as truth.

That is power.

The one who planned the seven years of the Forbidden Marriage Edict was me.

Now, it is time to come up with the next plan.

During this Queen Selection process, Hyun Seon will become the head of the Inner Court,

so the next royal power

will also be in our hands.

If that happens,

then everything else

will come to an end unbelievably easily

that would even make you wonder.

We must do whatever it takes

to make my Hyun Seon the owner of the Queen's Palace.

Come on now! I told you that I could not!

How could I leak the secrets of the heavens so recklessly?

Everyone in the nation knows that two maidens are left from the tripartite Queen Selection process.

We are asking you to tell us who you think will be the one out of the two.

Is that difficult?

- Yeah! - If you do not know, forget it.

Hey! Who said I did not know?

Let me see. The maiden who will be selected as queen this time is...

From the family of Sung.

- Sung? - Or...

- From the family of Ye? - Geez!

I heard you got really sick. Did your spiritual power die?

It is dead. It died!

All right. So what is the important thing here?

Once the Queen Selection is over,

the Forbidden Marriage Edict will be repealed.

- Then what do we need to do? - What?

What else would it be?

You all should come here to get your compatibility readings, of course!

Are you not going to marry off your children?

True, true.

Just wait and see.

In the upcoming torrent of wedding ceremonies,

there will be a temporary boom in the wedding business.

I heard that the linen shops and wedding gift shops are busy with customers these days.

You should hurry up and get your things ready before it is too late!

Really?

A business boom will come upon us soon!

Aigoo, I am so happy!

Hae Young.

Did you not say that we need to fix the eaves over there?

Go and get a price for the repairs.

But what if someone does get selected as queen?

What about our So Rang unni?

She will live according to her fate, then.

But what if the Queen Selection process goes wrong this time as well?

Then there will be civil unrest across the nation.

Y-Yeah. Especially... what was that again?

Will Born Sul Ro Group sit idly by?

I heard that it was a group of disgruntled people from all over the nation.

That's right.

There will surely be trouble.

Gosh, oh, no...

That cannot happen.

If this Queen Selection goes wrong as well,

who knows how much longer they will extend the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Deok Hoon, we do not know that for sure.

The Queen Selections have been canceled several times in the past seven years.

We must somehow deliver our message to the royal family and the royal court.

The desperate wishes of the Born Sul Ro.

Our desperate wishes, yes.

However, if things go wrong, we might be misunderstood.

All we want is to deliver our wish, hope, and desire to meet a partner and get married,

but what if it looks like a rebellion against the nation?

It is not like we are plotting treason.

We might be accused of being traitors.

- There is a way. - What is it?

What are you going to do with that?

What is this?

So did the two of them get together or not?

What am I supposed to do if they end it here!

If you want Born Sul Ro to meet their fated lover,

come to the front of the city gate on the day of the tripartite Queen Selection.

The prisoner has escaped!

Search everywhere for him!

Yes, sir!

What did you say?

The one named So Rang, who was released from prison,

disappeared without a trace from the palace.

She could not have left the palace yet.

Search everywhere

- with no exceptions. - Yes, Sire.

Your Majesty.

Supposedly, there is someone who saw So Rang's movements last night.

However, the place she was headed...

What do you think?

If we do this, we look pretty cute, so they will not arrest us.

Wow, we definitely do not look dangerous.

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

My Lord, are you all right?

Just hold on for a bit longer.

Today is the glorious day that our Hyun Seon becomes the queen of this nation.

Is that not why the Great Queen Dowager

called us in privately since we will become the King's father and mother-in-law?

You should wait here, Honorable Lady.

We will escort the His Excellency inside.

Do you not know who I am?

All the court ladies who know you are at the interrogation site right now.

The Great Queen Dowager has requested a one-on-one meeting with His Excellency Ye.

Step aside.

It has been a long time.

I heard that your health was not good since you retired from your position.

I am sorry, Your Highness.

The reason why I asked to meet with you

despite you not being physically well

is because of your daughter, who became a candidate for the Queen Selection.

You must have worried a lot since you sent her off to such a big test, right?

All the preparations were done by my wife,

so I did nothing.

I see.

I, too...

met your wife often.

In order to be duly cautious with the Queen Selection,

I received all the candidates' information from her,

but I did not think that she would meet with the Inner Court's relatives

and even with the court ladies.

Is that so?

Tell me more about your eldest daughter.

Tell me what kind of child she is.

My eldest daughter...

was a troublemaker and a tomboy,

but she was a wise child.

Was not the daughter who is participating in the Queen Selection your eldest daughter?

Pardon?

O-Oh, yes, she is...

My eldest daughter is Hyun Seon.

It has been a while since I have seen you, Your Highness, so I got a bit nervous...

No. No.

Then, where is your other daughter?

I heard that you had two daughters.

Well-

W-Well, the thing is...

Both of you managed to get to this point after going through many difficulties.

Once the tripartite Queen Selection is finished today,

I will immediately declare the results of the Queen Selection to everyone.

The final question that I have prepared is...

about why you need to become the queen of this nation.

The two maidens here, answer me.

I am sorry to say this...

but I...

do not have a reason why I need to become

the queen of this nation.

Your answer is always shocking, Lady Sung.

Then, do you desire Lady Ye Hyun Seon to become queen?

Yes. That is right.

Tell me clearly.

Are you saying that you will withdraw from this?

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

I thought that the reason why I could not have a lover

was because I was born lowly and pathetic.

However, no matter how lowly I was born,

I am still a human being,

so would I not have the desire to love?

Would I not have the desire to marry?

That is right! That is right!

That is right! That is right!

Why is the nation making me live as a Sul Ro that cannot marry

and a dishonorable son who breaks his parents' hearts,

and a castrated man who cannot bear children!

The royal family must finish the Queen Selection process as soon as possible

and repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Is trying to love someone a crime in this nation?

Now, let us make our own paths!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal it! Repeal it!

What is this noise?

I hear that the people have gathered like a cloud

in front of the palace to hear the results of the Queen Selection.

However, we are going to turn them away for safety sake,

so they say it may be a bit noisy for a moment.

No.

All of them

must have desperately longed for this day.

I shall personally

declare the results of the Queen Selection.

Since you, the Great Queen Dowager, would deign to go out to the people personally,

how could I not be present?

Chief Royal Secretary,

tell them to just go ahead and open up the palace gates.

But, Your Majesty...

Do you know...

whose name is written here?

Regardless of whose name it is,

it was the decision of the most esteemed Inner Court,

so would it not be my duty to follow it?

Ending the Forbidden Marriage Edict that has lasted for so long like this

would be the way I can respond to the loud voices of the people.

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Repeal the Forbidden Marriage Edict!

Open the gates.

Soon, the royal family will declare the results of the Queen Selection process.

The King, His Majesty, has said that he will hear it with his people.

What are you all doing?

Everyone, come in.

Why are we being let in?

Is it okay for us to go inside?

We should go!

We should go!

Hurry up! We should go.

We should go.

Go, go.

O-Over there.

Repeal!

Oh, my goodness, what in the world is going on?

Wow, we get to look around the palace!

The Forbidden Marriage Edict-

Show your respect to the King, His Majesty, by bowing your heads.

Everyone, lift your head.

I also know.

Seven years!

What a long time it has been for the people...

How much pain you have all suffered from the long-lasting Forbidden Marriage Edict...

However,

there is something that I did not get to tell everyone.

The reason why the Forbidden Marriage Edict lasted this long

was because of horrific murders.

Starting with the Crown Princess, who passed away seven years ago,

horrific murders were committed every year inside the palace.

So that no one could be selected as queen,

so that no one could rise to the position of queen,

each one of them

was hung as a dead body.

Even for this Queen Selection process,

there was an attempt to kidnap the most likely candidate, but fortunately,

we were able to prevent that from happening.

And thus, we were finally able to select a queen.

- Is that not good? - Right.

All of this was thanks to you all, who endured the pain with me.

And thus, it is only right that I share this joy with you all.

And so, the Great Queen Dowager, who is the matriarch of the royal family,

will declare who will be the new queen.

The new queen...

is...

Ye Hyun Seon.

Lord, it has happened!

Our daughter has become the queen!

The maiden who has been selected, please come up.

Wait, that is...

I called one person's name,

and yet two people have come up.

Who among you two is the real Ye Hyun Seon?

♫ On this night, where even the moon is asleep ♫

[The Forbidden Marriage Edict]

I am standing here to reveal the truth.

You know, right?

My daughter is the real Hyun Seon.

I am sorry. Please forgive this terrible father of yours.

Father...

Can I keep calling you So Rang?

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

I am planning on making the newlywed bride a widow.

What are you thinking about so intently?

That we could just be happy now. Something like that...

The commotion from the other day feels like it was all a dream.