1 00:00:09,090 --> 00:00:10,420 (All people, incidents, and backgrounds...) 2 00:00:10,490 --> 00:00:11,720 (in this drama are fictitious and unrelated to reality.) 3 00:00:11,790 --> 00:00:13,060 (Also, children and animals were filmed under production guidelines.) 4 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:32,310 You have done well. 5 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:37,320 At dawn, I will interrogate the Left State Councillor myself. 6 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:40,080 So you should return to the palace as well. 7 00:00:40,590 --> 00:00:41,920 As you command, Your Majesty. 8 00:00:42,390 --> 00:00:44,090 The Royal Concubine must have been very frightened. 9 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,060 No, I am all right. 10 00:00:55,170 --> 00:00:57,970 Your Royal Highness, why the long face? 11 00:00:58,700 --> 00:00:59,840 It is all over now, 12 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:02,940 but I am worried that you still seem so upset. 13 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:07,140 His Majesty must have mixed feelings as well. 14 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:10,620 After all, he lost my mother because of the Left State Councillor. 15 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:14,690 Royal Mother 16 00:01:15,650 --> 00:01:16,650 Royal Mother 17 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:23,630 Your Highness. 18 00:01:24,860 --> 00:01:28,830 - I have been having these dreams. - Your Highness. 19 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,670 What are your orders regarding this woman? 20 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,010 You must leave before my father has you killed. 21 00:01:42,210 --> 00:01:43,680 Do not worry about your mother. 22 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:45,580 Just save yourself. 23 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,750 My mother's life is in the Left State Councillor's hands, 24 00:01:49,290 --> 00:01:50,420 so I am not going anywhere. 25 00:01:56,930 --> 00:01:57,930 I am sorry. 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,070 I apologise on my father's behalf. 27 00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:03,170 There is no need for that. 28 00:02:11,310 --> 00:02:13,410 - Not that pot. The other one. - Right. 29 00:02:18,250 --> 00:02:19,420 The Left State Councillor is jailed, 30 00:02:19,450 --> 00:02:20,850 and the Royal Investigation Office will investigate him. 31 00:02:23,190 --> 00:02:25,590 What has you so deep in thought? 32 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,430 I wonder what started this tragedy. 33 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:33,130 What drove the Left State Councillor to be so relentlessly evil? 34 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:35,430 I am just curious. 35 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,600 You know the saying. 36 00:02:37,970 --> 00:02:40,540 Good people cannot fathom true evil, 37 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,240 and evil people cannot fathom true goodness. 38 00:02:43,570 --> 00:02:46,510 There is a four-character idiom for it. "Good, evil..." 39 00:02:47,610 --> 00:02:51,320 My lord, you will never understand a man like him, not ever. 40 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:53,450 We should get going. We are running out of time. 41 00:02:58,960 --> 00:02:59,960 Let us go. 42 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:02,190 Get this out of the way. 43 00:03:28,350 --> 00:03:29,350 The Crown Prince's Concubine. 44 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:32,620 No. 45 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,830 Kill the Crown Princess. 46 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:41,500 (Chapter 10: The Calm Before the Storm) 47 00:04:11,630 --> 00:04:13,430 The Left State Councillor has been arrested. 48 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,000 I will take our men to the Royal Investigation Office. 49 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,900 - We have no orders from him. - But... 50 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:24,310 We have no orders from him. 51 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:28,850 Have you forgotten that we only act on his orders? 52 00:04:29,550 --> 00:04:30,550 My apologies. 53 00:04:31,780 --> 00:04:34,190 Leave me. I am busy. 54 00:04:44,460 --> 00:04:46,360 Do you think you can just borrow money and not pay it back? 55 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,230 Even Buddha has no mercy for wicked men like you. 56 00:04:50,470 --> 00:04:53,170 But I already paid back the principal! 57 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,010 You only paid back the principal. 58 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,440 - Who is going to pay the interest? - Darn it! 59 00:04:58,780 --> 00:05:01,580 Just kill me, you thief! 60 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,280 People have this misconception. 61 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:10,390 They think since life is precious, it must be valuable. 62 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,690 - You lot will never earn a dime. - You... 63 00:05:15,830 --> 00:05:18,300 Sell the older one as a slave and the younger one as a eunuch. 64 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,270 No! You cannot, you jerk! No! 65 00:05:24,470 --> 00:05:27,040 Your Highness, there is terrible news. 66 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,669 The Left State Councillor... 67 00:05:28,670 --> 00:05:30,779 has been jailed at the Royal Investigation Office. 68 00:05:30,780 --> 00:05:31,780 My father? 69 00:05:32,010 --> 00:05:35,310 Evidence was found at his residence, proving he is the Jimjo's master. 70 00:05:35,850 --> 00:05:37,820 Since the Jimjo attacked the palace, this is... 71 00:05:38,420 --> 00:05:39,420 considered an act of treason. 72 00:05:41,750 --> 00:05:42,750 What should we do, Your Highness? 73 00:05:43,090 --> 00:05:45,360 - If it is treason... - Then Your Highness could also... 74 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:48,790 be placed in confinement or even arrested. 75 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:00,200 I have to go to the Royal Investigation Office. 76 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:05,380 - I need to see my father in person. - Yes. I will handle it discreetly. 77 00:06:19,060 --> 00:06:21,990 Your Highness. This is not the way to the Royal Investigation Office. 78 00:06:24,830 --> 00:06:27,870 I think there is a pebble in my shoe. With my position, 79 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,500 I cannot very well take it out in the middle of the road. 80 00:06:30,970 --> 00:06:31,970 Of course, Your Highness. 81 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,320 Yeo Ri. 82 00:06:50,890 --> 00:06:51,890 Yes, Your Highness? 83 00:06:52,790 --> 00:06:53,790 What are you doing? 84 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:57,160 - Let go of me! Goodness. - Please hold still. 85 00:06:57,230 --> 00:06:58,230 Your Highness! 86 00:07:11,210 --> 00:07:13,440 The patrol will be here soon, so just stay put for a moment. 87 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:15,910 I am so sorry, my lady. 88 00:07:17,580 --> 00:07:18,580 I am sorry as well. 89 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,590 The day your father is arrested, 90 00:07:29,930 --> 00:07:32,230 pack light and meet me at the greenhouse. 91 00:07:32,730 --> 00:07:35,570 That day, we are going to run away together. 92 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,240 U Hui. 93 00:08:17,110 --> 00:08:18,110 You have been through so much. 94 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,150 - Here... - Go ahead. 95 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:25,780 Hurry. 96 00:08:26,350 --> 00:08:28,950 You two can catch up later, 97 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,320 but change into your disguises first. 98 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:31,720 Right. 99 00:08:43,070 --> 00:08:44,070 Well... 100 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,400 Yeo Ri, are you finished changing yet? 101 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:49,140 We are. He is certainly in a hurry. 102 00:09:51,070 --> 00:09:54,410 You seem upset you will not be able to visit the greenhouse anymore. 103 00:09:55,170 --> 00:09:59,480 After all, you always did love this greenhouse. 104 00:10:00,310 --> 00:10:01,650 It was you I loved. 105 00:10:13,390 --> 00:10:14,390 Gosh. 106 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,200 You can do that later. Let us go. We have a long journey ahead. 107 00:10:19,530 --> 00:10:20,530 Let us go. 108 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:32,140 Who forced you to a false confession? 109 00:10:32,510 --> 00:10:34,680 Grant my request, and I will tell you. 110 00:10:35,410 --> 00:10:36,780 I will even testify. 111 00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:40,079 Your lie almost killed the Royal Concubine, 112 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,090 and you dare to make demands? 113 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,350 How dare you? 114 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,360 First off, what is your request? 115 00:10:49,730 --> 00:10:52,530 If you promise to spare the life of the former Chief Royal Secretary, 116 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,370 I will tell you everything. Please save the Chief Royal Secretary. 117 00:10:56,570 --> 00:10:57,770 The former Chief Royal Secretary? 118 00:10:58,070 --> 00:11:00,000 You mean Han Seok Won, who was sent into exile? 119 00:11:01,210 --> 00:11:02,210 Do not tell me... 120 00:11:02,710 --> 00:11:03,810 You and that official... 121 00:11:05,610 --> 00:11:06,840 are lovers? 122 00:11:10,710 --> 00:11:12,180 If that is your concern, do not worry. 123 00:11:12,550 --> 00:11:14,550 The Left State Councillor is arrested at the Royal Investigation Office. 124 00:11:14,620 --> 00:11:16,050 You think the Left State Councillor would do it himself? 125 00:11:16,650 --> 00:11:18,019 His underlings have their orders. 126 00:11:18,020 --> 00:11:19,390 They will be the ones to kill the Chief Royal Secretary. 127 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:33,540 What are you going to do? 128 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,510 She is a criminal who endangered you. 129 00:11:35,970 --> 00:11:37,440 Why should I grant her wish? 130 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,580 But she only did it to save her lover. 131 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:43,650 If her own lover is so precious, she should know others' are too. 132 00:11:46,350 --> 00:11:48,650 I am so furious at the Left State Councillor's actions. 133 00:11:49,490 --> 00:11:52,160 The Left State Councillor acts as if he is the Almighty... 134 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,760 or the Buddha, 135 00:11:54,390 --> 00:11:56,390 preying on people's weaknesses and toying with their feelings this way. 136 00:11:57,390 --> 00:11:59,660 How can anyone think straight when they are in his palm? 137 00:12:08,710 --> 00:12:11,180 Are you really just going to let this happen? 138 00:12:17,350 --> 00:12:19,420 You always find a way to make me feel ashamed of myself. 139 00:12:23,390 --> 00:12:26,020 Send former Secretary Han Seok Won to the Royal Investigation Office... 140 00:12:26,060 --> 00:12:27,260 and guard him closely. 141 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:30,359 Announce the reopening of the Sinjusa case as well. 142 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,460 Yes, Your Highness. 143 00:12:36,270 --> 00:12:37,270 Oh, my. 144 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Right now? 145 00:12:44,170 --> 00:12:45,340 I guess I am just hungry. 146 00:12:46,610 --> 00:12:48,250 You are hungry? 147 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:50,480 You should go get something to eat... 148 00:12:51,550 --> 00:12:52,550 Wait a minute. 149 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,820 They have not fed you yet? 150 00:12:55,790 --> 00:12:58,390 - Why those jerks... - I did eat, but... 151 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:00,160 Your Highness, you did not feed us either. 152 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,790 We were in no condition to eat, were we? 153 00:13:03,090 --> 00:13:05,030 The situation was extremely unusual and urgent. 154 00:13:05,460 --> 00:13:07,529 - Is that not right? - I am fine, Your Highness. 155 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:10,030 I am used to such harsh treatment. 156 00:13:12,140 --> 00:13:14,910 Honestly. Why would you do that? 157 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,780 Generosity comes from great wealth, loyalty from a full stomach. Right? 158 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,310 This will not do. I will treat you to great rice soup, 159 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:26,180 so my two loyal subjects, follow me. 160 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,020 Rice soup sounds delicious. 161 00:13:35,490 --> 00:13:37,130 Hey, buy me some too! 162 00:13:39,130 --> 00:13:40,130 I am hungry too. 163 00:13:41,670 --> 00:13:42,670 What? 164 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:46,769 Grand Prince Je Un and the Crown Princess Consort left? 165 00:13:46,770 --> 00:13:47,840 All of a sudden? 166 00:13:49,110 --> 00:13:50,970 It all happened so suddenly. 167 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:53,410 They did not even get to say goodbye to me. 168 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:55,180 Gang. 169 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,180 I will leave right after the Left State Councillor's arrest. 170 00:14:00,380 --> 00:14:02,120 What? Why so suddenly? 171 00:14:02,450 --> 00:14:03,750 Surely, you understand. 172 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,720 If the Left State Councillor is arrested for treason, 173 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,960 U Hui will be arrested as well. There is no time. 174 00:14:12,030 --> 00:14:15,470 Where will you go? Do you even have a plan? 175 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,340 Yes, I plan to go to Qing. 176 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,970 I heard a merchant ship is leaving for Qing from Jemulpo tomorrow. 177 00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:26,680 But still, how could he leave without a word? 178 00:14:27,810 --> 00:14:28,810 Gosh. 179 00:14:29,710 --> 00:14:30,710 What is this? 180 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:32,620 Are you seriously putting down your spoon... 181 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:35,120 in front of me because another man left? 182 00:14:35,490 --> 00:14:37,420 After all the time we spent together, 183 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,320 he left without a word. 184 00:14:40,060 --> 00:14:42,730 I just feel so empty inside. I have lost my appetite. 185 00:14:42,830 --> 00:14:46,160 Please. Just how close did you two get? 186 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,830 Hey, pick up your spoon now. 187 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:51,470 She finished the whole bowl. 188 00:14:51,770 --> 00:14:53,200 Yes, she scraped the bowl clean. 189 00:14:56,670 --> 00:14:57,670 I thought you lost your appetite. 190 00:14:59,180 --> 00:15:00,180 Oh, gosh. 191 00:15:42,250 --> 00:15:46,220 (Royal Investigation Office) 192 00:15:58,570 --> 00:15:59,640 Left State Councillor! 193 00:16:02,370 --> 00:16:05,540 What brings you here at this hour? 194 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,480 I deserve to die. The Crown Princess Consort... 195 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,550 has fled. 196 00:16:15,890 --> 00:16:17,850 Send out my men and find U Hui. 197 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:20,920 Distribute her sketch to all the taverns and inns. 198 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:24,800 Block all roads leading to the ports and the border. 199 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,960 Under no circumstances... 200 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:29,330 is anyone else to find out. 201 00:16:29,770 --> 00:16:30,770 Yes, my lord. 202 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:58,360 Gosh! 203 00:16:59,730 --> 00:17:01,160 I am so exhausted. I cannot go on. 204 00:17:01,260 --> 00:17:03,430 Yeo Ri, one might think you are the young lady. 205 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,470 How are you more exhausted than the Left State Councillor's daughter? 206 00:17:06,540 --> 00:17:08,810 What, were you raised like a princess? 207 00:17:09,310 --> 00:17:10,510 Actually, 208 00:17:10,870 --> 00:17:15,110 it is better to serve a rich family. I have never really had it rough. 209 00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:18,320 I served the Left State Councillor, and then I became a court lady. 210 00:17:18,350 --> 00:17:19,950 So what kind of hardship could I have possibly known? 211 00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:22,720 For crying out loud. You would think my lord was... 212 00:17:22,990 --> 00:17:26,690 just some low-ranking official. My lord is royalty! 213 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,120 He is a Grand Prince! 214 00:17:28,390 --> 00:17:29,430 Exactly. 215 00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:31,190 Grand Prince Je Un and his precious lady... 216 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,930 hit it off, and now we are the ones suffering for it, are we not? 217 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,440 For someone so tired, you sure have a loud mouth, Yeo Ri. 218 00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:39,540 Am I wrong? 219 00:17:40,170 --> 00:17:43,170 Well, it is getting too late, 220 00:17:44,070 --> 00:17:46,610 so let us stay at that inn. 221 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:47,839 - Yes, my lord. - Yes. 222 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,180 Please be careful. 223 00:17:49,710 --> 00:17:50,850 Watch your step. 224 00:17:51,620 --> 00:17:53,180 - Let me carry your... - No! 225 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:55,690 Just come on! Darn it. 226 00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:58,690 Unbelievable. Such a young thing, talking back so defiantly. 227 00:18:31,590 --> 00:18:32,590 U Hui. 228 00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:38,900 U Hui, are you asleep? 229 00:18:41,530 --> 00:18:42,570 U Hui. 230 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:48,970 Are you all right? 231 00:18:51,410 --> 00:18:52,440 Wait a minute. 232 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:54,810 Are you laughing right now? 233 00:18:56,750 --> 00:18:57,750 What a relief. 234 00:18:58,210 --> 00:19:00,720 The pain tells me this is not a dream. 235 00:19:05,590 --> 00:19:08,360 - What is this? - What? 236 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,890 There is nothing there. 237 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,880 Why do you have soot all over your face? 238 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:27,680 Oh, right. 239 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,810 I must have gotten it on my face while boiling water earlier. 240 00:19:33,550 --> 00:19:37,249 You boiled the water yourself? 241 00:19:37,250 --> 00:19:38,250 Yes. 242 00:19:38,990 --> 00:19:40,290 The innkeeper seemed to be asleep. 243 00:19:40,590 --> 00:19:42,690 Please. I will do that. 244 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:44,890 I do not want you to. 245 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:55,370 But why the sudden hot compress? 246 00:20:02,950 --> 00:20:04,110 Because you were limping. 247 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:08,750 You noticed? 248 00:20:10,220 --> 00:20:11,920 I tried so hard to hide it. 249 00:20:12,860 --> 00:20:14,060 Do not hide things from me. 250 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,460 When you suffer in silence, 251 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,160 that is what hurts me the most. 252 00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:23,700 I told you, did I not? I would be your brother, your friend, 253 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:26,840 your father, and your man. 254 00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:30,640 That is why I am here. 255 00:20:32,310 --> 00:20:33,640 So with me, 256 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:36,750 if you are angry, you can show it. 257 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:38,420 If you feel like crying, 258 00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:41,520 you can cry in my arms. 259 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:44,750 So please, 260 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:49,190 do not ever hold back again. 261 00:20:55,670 --> 00:20:58,900 I will even heat up the cauldron water for you tomorrow morning. 262 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,240 But... 263 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:09,410 - you lit a fire in the furnace? - I did. 264 00:21:09,450 --> 00:21:11,650 - In the middle of summer? - Yes. 265 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:13,580 Why? 266 00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:20,820 King Yeomra, it is so hot! 267 00:21:21,690 --> 00:21:23,230 It is so hot. 268 00:21:23,260 --> 00:21:24,390 Goodness. 269 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,470 Gosh! It is way too hot. 270 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,170 I cannot stand the fires of the fiery pit. 271 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,080 Sleep warm. 272 00:21:57,430 --> 00:21:59,100 Please take me to the palace. 273 00:22:00,030 --> 00:22:01,030 Please save me. 274 00:22:23,590 --> 00:22:25,460 Why do I keep having such dreams? 275 00:22:29,430 --> 00:22:31,359 Five years ago in winter, 276 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,430 a family from Hanyang arrived suddenly. 277 00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:36,000 Who are you? 278 00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:37,630 You fell into the water, 279 00:22:38,470 --> 00:22:40,340 and it seems you have lost your memory. 280 00:22:41,370 --> 00:22:43,870 The moment I woke up after losing my memory... 281 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:46,410 was five winters ago. 282 00:22:52,220 --> 00:22:53,220 Then... 283 00:22:53,950 --> 00:22:55,220 what is this memory? 284 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,040 Well done. 285 00:23:24,180 --> 00:23:26,120 Did you sleep well, my lady? 286 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,150 I dreamed I was a pig sizzling on a cauldron lid. 287 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:32,120 I am telling you, I thought my back was completely cooked. 288 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:35,360 I met King Yeomra in the fires of the fiery pit. 289 00:23:35,790 --> 00:23:37,560 My back was killing me, I am serious. 290 00:23:38,290 --> 00:23:40,400 Where is the innkeeper? Innkeeper! 291 00:23:40,730 --> 00:23:44,130 Why are the floors burning hot in the middle of summer? 292 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:50,270 You will miss Joseon's heated floors once we leave, 293 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:52,910 so think of this as one last fond memory. 294 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:57,910 Come on, U Hui. Let us go. 295 00:23:59,650 --> 00:24:01,890 - We should get going. - But my back is killing me. 296 00:24:01,950 --> 00:24:03,050 Just come on, hurry up. 297 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:06,189 Now that it has been revealed... 298 00:24:06,190 --> 00:24:07,520 that the Left State Councillor is the master of the Jimjo, 299 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,489 soon he will be exposed as the culprit... 300 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:10,660 of the Gyesa Year Incident, right? 301 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,160 The bodies of those killed with Jimjo poison... 302 00:24:14,530 --> 00:24:16,830 show the same symptoms as those who died in the Gyesa Year. 303 00:24:17,470 --> 00:24:19,640 It will be easier to get to the bottom of the incident now. 304 00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:22,170 You did well. 305 00:24:22,810 --> 00:24:24,410 You have really been through so much. 306 00:24:25,010 --> 00:24:26,180 This is just the beginning. 307 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,210 Now, I have to expose... 308 00:24:28,910 --> 00:24:30,950 every single evil thing the Left State Councillor has done. 309 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,320 Lift your arms for me. 310 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:41,260 On a day as important as this, 311 00:24:42,090 --> 00:24:45,060 you must look dignified, Your Royal Highness. All right? 312 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:48,060 Your attire must be impeccable. 313 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,300 Goodness. 314 00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:59,110 I need strength more than I need dignity. 315 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:02,410 What is the matter? It is not even time for the Morning Assembly yet. 316 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,380 Let us just stay like this for a moment. 317 00:25:04,650 --> 00:25:05,650 Let me draw some strength from you. 318 00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:07,520 Gosh. 319 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:11,350 That is nice. 320 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,330 Your Royal Highness, may I enter for a moment? 321 00:25:18,590 --> 00:25:20,400 No, you cannot. Do not come in. 322 00:25:20,660 --> 00:25:23,330 - His Majesty is looking for you. - What? 323 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,100 What do you mean? It is time for the Morning Assembly. 324 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:27,540 Right now? 325 00:25:44,990 --> 00:25:45,990 Your Royal Highness. 326 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:49,730 I trust you had a peaceful night. 327 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,160 No. 328 00:25:55,570 --> 00:25:56,900 Left State Councillor. What are you doing here? 329 00:25:57,470 --> 00:25:58,700 After a misunderstanding was cleared, 330 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:02,470 His Majesty the King personally granted my release. 331 00:26:02,810 --> 00:26:03,810 That is impossible. 332 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,880 Why would he do such a thing? 333 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,580 You should hear it from His Majesty yourself. 334 00:26:23,490 --> 00:26:25,030 What is the meaning of this? 335 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,260 We have proof that the Left State Councillor is the Jimjo's master. 336 00:26:28,530 --> 00:26:30,630 So how could you possibly set him free? 337 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:32,300 The Left State Councillor... 338 00:26:34,170 --> 00:26:36,640 possesses a secret pact that I wrote with my own hand. 339 00:26:37,010 --> 00:26:40,040 A secret pact? What kind of pact is it? 340 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:42,010 In the Gyesa Year, 341 00:26:43,110 --> 00:26:45,080 the Left State Councillor came to see me. 342 00:26:46,380 --> 00:26:48,250 (Gyesa Year) 343 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,250 (After the former king's death) 344 00:26:54,490 --> 00:26:58,630 This poison is colourless, odourless, and tasteless. 345 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,260 It also does not react to silver. 346 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:02,770 What is more, 347 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,500 the bodies of those killed by it do not decay or turn black, 348 00:27:07,670 --> 00:27:09,170 nor do they bloat. 349 00:27:12,610 --> 00:27:13,710 At most, 350 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,250 they might vomit a little blood. 351 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:32,460 Then... 352 00:27:33,460 --> 00:27:35,900 is that the poison that assassinated the King and the Firstborn Prince? 353 00:27:37,070 --> 00:27:38,070 Yes. 354 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:39,600 Have you found the killer? 355 00:27:40,770 --> 00:27:41,770 Who is it? 356 00:27:42,170 --> 00:27:44,810 Who would dare commit such a monstrous crime? 357 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,040 It was me. 358 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,880 What are you saying? 359 00:27:53,620 --> 00:27:55,420 Not just the Late King and the Firstborn Prince, 360 00:27:56,420 --> 00:27:59,890 but the Queen Dowager's two brothers who recently died as well. 361 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:03,030 I killed them all. 362 00:28:04,290 --> 00:28:06,230 I have already done the dirty work. 363 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,030 So you, Prince Geumseong, 364 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,130 all you have to do is prepare to take the throne. 365 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,800 Are you telling me... 366 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,070 you poisoned my own brother? 367 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:23,150 I will go to the Royal Investigation Office right now, 368 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:25,520 and I will expose every one of your wicked crimes. 369 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,420 There is no need for that. 370 00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:32,160 The Royal Investigation Office is already on their way here. 371 00:28:33,590 --> 00:28:35,930 I hid this very poison... 372 00:28:36,730 --> 00:28:38,790 right here in your home. 373 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:40,330 That pathetic poison... 374 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,230 All I have to do is find it first and tell the Office the truth! 375 00:28:44,430 --> 00:28:46,400 How will you find a poison... 376 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,600 when you do not even know... 377 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,770 what you are looking for? 378 00:29:01,580 --> 00:29:02,820 The choice is yours. 379 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,460 Be escorted by the Royal Investigation Office's men... 380 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:08,760 to the throne, 381 00:29:09,630 --> 00:29:12,460 or be surrounded by them... 382 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,430 and be branded a traitor. 383 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 How dare you! 384 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,640 - Have you no fear of the skies? - I have no fear of the skies! 385 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,240 I have already resigned myself to the fiery pit anyway. 386 00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:49,100 You must protect what is yours. 387 00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:11,250 I, Lee Hui, Prince Geumseong, 388 00:30:12,790 --> 00:30:14,620 shall appoint Kim Han Chul, the Minister of War, 389 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:17,430 as the Left State Councillor... 390 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,300 and a meritorious subject of the Gyesa Year coup. 391 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:25,700 This I do solemnly promise. 392 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,390 To protect my family, 393 00:31:19,290 --> 00:31:23,330 I became a monstrous king who killed his brother and nephew. 394 00:31:24,030 --> 00:31:28,100 He said one pact would solve it all, making him a coup contributor. 395 00:31:29,230 --> 00:31:30,730 Since I was going to take the throne anyway, 396 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,970 I thought it would all end with just one signature. 397 00:31:35,970 --> 00:31:37,240 But that was just the beginning. 398 00:31:38,010 --> 00:31:40,040 I must become the King's in-law. 399 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,410 Give me the Crown Prince. 400 00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:45,180 You want me to depose the Crown Princess? 401 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,550 - How could you... - Your Majesty has already... 402 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:52,090 acknowledged the Gyesa Year incident... 403 00:31:53,020 --> 00:31:54,920 as a coup, have you not? 404 00:31:56,260 --> 00:31:57,660 Your Majesty and I... 405 00:31:58,530 --> 00:32:00,730 are already in the same boat. 406 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,770 One by one, I gave things away. 407 00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:13,510 - Royal Father! - Your Majesty. 408 00:32:16,150 --> 00:32:17,680 Your Majesty. 409 00:32:20,150 --> 00:32:22,350 Your Majesty. 410 00:32:24,420 --> 00:32:26,420 Your Majesty. 411 00:32:27,490 --> 00:32:28,790 Until I lost everything. 412 00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:45,370 You said I just had to make your daughter the Crown Princess. 413 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:48,240 So why? Why? 414 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:49,650 Why... 415 00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:51,850 did you have to kill the Queen as well? 416 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,150 I could not come up with a proper way... 417 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:58,490 to depose the Crown Princess. 418 00:33:00,590 --> 00:33:02,260 This was your plan all along, was it not? 419 00:33:02,930 --> 00:33:05,630 To kill everyone who could help me and the Crown Prince, 420 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,170 and turn us into puppets that you alone could control. 421 00:33:12,330 --> 00:33:13,340 Power... 422 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:16,740 is not something one shares. 423 00:33:19,010 --> 00:33:20,710 So, what are you going to do about it? 424 00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:23,710 With those feeble fists of yours, 425 00:33:24,310 --> 00:33:27,020 are you going to behead me? 426 00:33:27,950 --> 00:33:28,950 Or... 427 00:33:30,790 --> 00:33:32,490 will you reveal the secret pact... 428 00:33:33,060 --> 00:33:34,960 and prove that the coup was illegitimate... 429 00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:37,790 all by yourself? 430 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:50,910 That is right, Your Majesty. 431 00:33:51,410 --> 00:33:53,610 There is nothing... 432 00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:56,310 you can do. 433 00:33:57,380 --> 00:33:59,450 So just stay right where you are. 434 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:04,750 Do that, and you might just keep your life. 435 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:23,670 I was a prisoner of that secret pact. 436 00:34:24,910 --> 00:34:26,940 For years, my life was a living nightmare. 437 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,650 They took everything from me. 438 00:34:30,410 --> 00:34:31,710 But you are the one thing I managed to protect. 439 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:33,820 So, Gang... 440 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:36,290 You must survive. 441 00:34:37,390 --> 00:34:38,950 Live, even if you have to be disgraced and cowardly. 442 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,260 It was not enough that Mother and the Crown Princess... 443 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,870 were driven to their deaths. 444 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,100 Now, I will never be able to clear their names. 445 00:34:56,140 --> 00:34:59,040 I have to let them remain unjustly accused forever. 446 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,710 And you are telling me to live? 447 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:05,710 Can you even call that living? 448 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,120 I wanted to take down the Left State Councillor... 449 00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:12,120 and go back to the way things were... 450 00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:16,290 with you, Father. 451 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:20,700 But now, 452 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:28,270 I do not think we can ever go back to how things were. 453 00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:30,690 The Crown Princess Consort fled? 454 00:37:30,990 --> 00:37:33,300 Yes. I heard the court maids gossiping... 455 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,760 with my own two ears. 456 00:37:38,530 --> 00:37:40,700 - Let us go to the Detached Palace. - Yes, Your Majesty. 457 00:37:41,340 --> 00:37:44,610 Your Majesty, what brings you here? 458 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:46,280 Am I not allowed here? 459 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:48,340 Open the door. 460 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,809 It is just that the Crown Princess Consort... 461 00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:54,180 is in no condition to receive Your Grace. 462 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,280 Why not? 463 00:37:56,220 --> 00:37:58,290 Did she escape in the night? 464 00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:02,830 Your Majesty, how can you even suggest such a thing? 465 00:38:03,060 --> 00:38:04,090 Open this door! 466 00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:05,790 Your Majesty. 467 00:38:07,730 --> 00:38:09,700 - Get out of my way! - Your Majesty! 468 00:38:22,780 --> 00:38:24,380 Despite his power, the Left State Councillor... 469 00:38:24,580 --> 00:38:27,150 failed when it came to his own daughter. 470 00:38:29,350 --> 00:38:31,350 Call off the Royal Wedding at once, 471 00:38:31,850 --> 00:38:33,360 and punish the Left State Councillor. 472 00:38:35,860 --> 00:38:37,690 Why do you hesitate? 473 00:38:37,930 --> 00:38:39,529 The Crown Princess Consort... 474 00:38:39,530 --> 00:38:40,960 was not to go outside the Detached Palace, 475 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,130 and yet, she has escaped. 476 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:47,300 Rumours are spreading among the staff that she eloped in the night. 477 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,410 Are you really just going to let this slide? 478 00:38:52,270 --> 00:38:54,040 Nothing is certain yet. 479 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,510 I will act after we investigate further... 480 00:38:56,580 --> 00:38:58,310 I will not beat around the bush. 481 00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:03,120 The Late King, the Firstborn Prince, and all who died in the Gyesa Year. 482 00:39:05,220 --> 00:39:07,260 Did you kill them all, Your Majesty? 483 00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:10,459 Your Majesty! How can you say such a treasonous thing? 484 00:39:10,460 --> 00:39:14,030 The Late King was in perfect health, and he had the Firstborn Prince. 485 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,700 There was no way you could have taken the throne. 486 00:39:19,130 --> 00:39:20,140 And yet, 487 00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:22,740 how is it that an opportunity that should never have arisen... 488 00:39:23,810 --> 00:39:25,670 went to you? 489 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:31,680 And why is the Left State Councillor now holding all the power? 490 00:39:34,450 --> 00:39:35,780 How come the Left State Councillor... 491 00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:38,720 is already a free man... 492 00:39:39,590 --> 00:39:40,860 when he was arrested only a few hours ago? 493 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,000 If that secret pact is revealed, 494 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:54,800 His Majesty will be killed. 495 00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:58,010 And it is all my fault. 496 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,180 My father signed that pact to protect me. 497 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,350 The Crown Princess and Royal Mother died because of me. 498 00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:20,460 But you did not know. 499 00:40:21,060 --> 00:40:22,970 You did not know a single thing. 500 00:40:23,930 --> 00:40:25,470 So why are you blaming yourself? 501 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:29,070 How can I ever atone for this? 502 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,080 How can I possibly repay this crime? 503 00:40:36,110 --> 00:40:37,110 You are right. 504 00:40:37,950 --> 00:40:39,010 You have to repay them. 505 00:40:40,180 --> 00:40:41,320 Not with penance, 506 00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:44,050 but with revenge. 507 00:40:44,490 --> 00:40:45,490 Revenge? 508 00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:49,090 Because the coup was a success, 509 00:40:49,830 --> 00:40:51,890 the Gyesa Year incident is no longer a treason, 510 00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:54,230 nor is it the Left State Councillor's weakness. 511 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,770 Unless my Royal Father abdicates in favour of Grand Prince Je Un... 512 00:40:57,370 --> 00:40:59,700 and reveals the pact himself. 513 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:03,740 There is no other way to bring down the Left State Councillor. 514 00:41:05,870 --> 00:41:07,940 Besides, Grand Prince Je Un has already left. 515 00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:10,910 We cannot just drag him back and force him onto the throne. 516 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,520 Even if we could, Je Un is the type to just walk away. 517 00:41:21,220 --> 00:41:22,220 But... 518 00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:24,559 the Crown Princess Consort ran away, 519 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,030 so is that not a crime in its own right? 520 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,530 Normally, that would be considered treason. 521 00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:33,740 Wait a minute. 522 00:41:36,310 --> 00:41:37,740 Why is the Left State Councillor so calm? 523 00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:39,010 Exactly. 524 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,110 He was released last night. He must know she has fled by now. 525 00:41:43,610 --> 00:41:44,610 The Left State Councillor will never give up... 526 00:41:44,611 --> 00:41:45,980 being the King's in-law. 527 00:41:46,650 --> 00:41:48,450 He will bring her back no matter what, 528 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,450 and there is no way he will leave Grand Prince Je Un alone. 529 00:41:52,150 --> 00:41:53,390 If the Left State Councillor catches him... 530 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,190 or if the Queen Dowager finds out, 531 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,530 Grand Prince Je Un will be in deep trouble when he is caught. 532 00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:05,069 - Come take a look over here. - Hello, there. 533 00:42:05,070 --> 00:42:06,470 Do you have any fish? 534 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:11,240 - We have fresh ones in the back. - Are you okay? 535 00:42:11,310 --> 00:42:12,310 I am fine. 536 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,050 This one is really nice and plump. 537 00:42:17,110 --> 00:42:18,910 They are delicious! Come and take a look. 538 00:42:48,510 --> 00:42:49,510 Your Highness! 539 00:42:52,610 --> 00:42:53,780 We are here to escort you. 540 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,020 What are you doing here? 541 00:42:56,690 --> 00:42:58,990 You never move without an order from my father. 542 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:01,490 I gave the order. 543 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,200 I have come to retrieve what is mine. 544 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,040 It is time you handed her over. 545 00:43:14,740 --> 00:43:18,970 - U Hui does not belong to you. - Yes. She is mine. 546 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:24,450 My most useful possession. 547 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,990 I will not allow anyone to use her as a pawn. 548 00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:42,130 - Seize him! - Household Man. 549 00:43:58,580 --> 00:43:59,580 No! 550 00:44:14,730 --> 00:44:16,230 - No! - Darn it. 551 00:44:40,890 --> 00:44:43,590 - Grand Prince! - My lady! 552 00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:45,830 My lord... 553 00:44:58,540 --> 00:45:03,280 You are nothing like the Late King, Grand Prince Je Un. 554 00:45:04,050 --> 00:45:07,880 The Late King was never this recklessly brave. 555 00:45:08,620 --> 00:45:10,290 He had many things he held more dear... 556 00:45:11,490 --> 00:45:13,960 than your mother. 557 00:45:15,420 --> 00:45:16,730 He was quite the coward too. 558 00:45:17,530 --> 00:45:20,000 As if assassinating my Royal Father was not enough, 559 00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:24,800 now you dare insult his honour as well! 560 00:45:24,870 --> 00:45:28,900 Honour? Did the Late King ever have any to begin with? 561 00:45:29,140 --> 00:45:30,840 Left State Councillor! 562 00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:34,040 Left State Councillor! 563 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,710 Going after family is a low blow, is it not? 564 00:45:47,790 --> 00:45:49,690 And going after a royal is high treason. 565 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,760 Back off. Unless you want to lose your heads. 566 00:46:11,310 --> 00:46:15,320 You are too bold for a cornered man, Left State Councillor. 567 00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:19,020 Do I seem cornered to you? 568 00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:21,059 The Crown Princess Consort eloped at night with a man. 569 00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:22,820 I would say that is a big problem. 570 00:46:23,530 --> 00:46:25,230 It is all over for you. 571 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:26,660 The palace must have realised by now... 572 00:46:26,860 --> 00:46:29,430 the Crown Princess Consort has run away. 573 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,400 Even if you drag her back, can she still become the Crown Princess? 574 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,770 Even if you go back, both you and your daughter... 575 00:46:37,270 --> 00:46:39,070 will just be throwing your lives away. 576 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:41,510 Throwing our lives away? 577 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:46,150 So can you not just let them be happy together? 578 00:46:46,650 --> 00:46:49,850 She is your daughter, after all. 579 00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,320 That is precisely why... 580 00:46:56,890 --> 00:46:59,490 I cannot tolerate this. 581 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,300 The fact that something of mine... 582 00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:06,770 dared to turn its blade on me. 583 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:11,840 U Hui. 584 00:47:13,940 --> 00:47:15,910 If my daughter were to die here, 585 00:47:16,540 --> 00:47:18,450 no one would know... 586 00:47:20,020 --> 00:47:22,320 whether she eloped... 587 00:47:23,050 --> 00:47:25,420 - or if Prince Je Un kidnapped her. - Left State Councillor! 588 00:47:25,490 --> 00:47:26,790 You know very well... 589 00:47:28,060 --> 00:47:31,430 that I still wield that much power, do you not? 590 00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:34,630 The Left State Councillor... 591 00:47:35,230 --> 00:47:37,630 possesses a secret pact that I wrote with my own hand. 592 00:48:00,860 --> 00:48:01,860 I... 593 00:48:04,130 --> 00:48:05,690 will be the one to accept punishment. 594 00:48:08,860 --> 00:48:09,860 Gang. 595 00:48:11,070 --> 00:48:13,170 I will take the punishment. 596 00:48:15,770 --> 00:48:17,640 U Hui must not die. 597 00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,880 She cannot die because of me. 598 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:23,350 Please... 599 00:48:24,750 --> 00:48:26,480 just put down the sword. 600 00:48:40,530 --> 00:48:41,730 Do you really wish... 601 00:48:43,530 --> 00:48:45,670 for blood to be spilled here? 602 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:48,670 Whether I live or die, 603 00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:52,510 both sides stand to lose something precious. 604 00:48:54,910 --> 00:48:58,380 Let us put this behind us and call a truce for now. 605 00:48:58,910 --> 00:48:59,910 U Hui. 606 00:49:02,250 --> 00:49:03,420 What do you say? 607 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:14,200 We will do as she says. 608 00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:23,840 Escort the Crown Princess Consort. 609 00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:29,080 U Hui. 610 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:31,810 I suppose what you held in your hands... 611 00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:35,180 was not the key to my father's downfall... 612 00:49:38,290 --> 00:49:39,990 but simply a foolish dream. 613 00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:41,620 U Hui... 614 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:55,040 U Hui. 615 00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:08,320 The Left State Councillor... 616 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:11,750 How was he released? 617 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,490 Why on earth was he let go? 618 00:50:17,790 --> 00:50:19,060 I will explain everything. 619 00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:30,970 So, you are saying... 620 00:50:31,540 --> 00:50:34,010 the Gyesa Year incident was a coup, 621 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:35,810 and since it succeeded, 622 00:50:37,050 --> 00:50:40,280 the Left State Councillor is free of any crime or weakness. 623 00:50:40,450 --> 00:50:41,580 Is that what you are telling me? 624 00:50:43,950 --> 00:50:45,050 I am so sorry. 625 00:50:45,690 --> 00:50:47,120 He may have been coerced, 626 00:50:48,090 --> 00:50:50,330 but it was cowardice for our Royal Father to ignore... 627 00:50:51,130 --> 00:50:52,690 the Left State Councillor's crimes... 628 00:50:53,860 --> 00:50:55,060 and a great sin against you. 629 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,930 How could that be your fault? 630 00:51:01,340 --> 00:51:02,340 It is just that... 631 00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:06,810 I cannot bring myself to say that it is all okay today. 632 00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:10,680 I told her not to hold back anymore, 633 00:51:11,780 --> 00:51:14,250 but U Hui could not show any anger in the end. 634 00:51:14,950 --> 00:51:16,650 She could not even cry in my arms. 635 00:51:19,690 --> 00:51:21,760 She just held it all in as she left. 636 00:51:43,750 --> 00:51:46,410 Why are you so obsessed with becoming the King's in-law? 637 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:48,920 You already have everything. 638 00:51:49,380 --> 00:51:51,690 So why do you covet that position so desperately? 639 00:51:53,290 --> 00:51:54,360 I am just curious. 640 00:51:54,890 --> 00:51:56,360 Because I want to be powerful. 641 00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:57,860 How much more powerful? 642 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,300 To allow anyone to be more powerful than me... 643 00:52:01,100 --> 00:52:04,100 is to be prepared to give up everything I have. 644 00:52:06,170 --> 00:52:07,500 I wanted power, 645 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:10,410 so I placed first in the military service examination. 646 00:52:12,540 --> 00:52:14,910 Even when I thought I had become powerful enough, 647 00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,880 I was still weak in the presence of the King. 648 00:52:18,410 --> 00:52:19,780 And even that powerful King... 649 00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:23,380 was rendered powerless by the Queen's Family. 650 00:52:24,620 --> 00:52:26,890 So you decided to become one of the Queen's Family? 651 00:52:28,290 --> 00:52:29,590 To become the most powerful of all? 652 00:52:29,890 --> 00:52:30,960 Power... 653 00:52:32,930 --> 00:52:35,830 is harder to keep than it is to seize. 654 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,340 So, it is time to wake up from this foolish dream... 655 00:52:44,870 --> 00:52:46,240 and live like a flower. 656 00:52:47,380 --> 00:52:48,940 You will take root in this palace. 657 00:52:49,540 --> 00:52:53,250 You will bloom when I tell you to, and you will wither on my command. 658 00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:55,780 If you do just that, 659 00:52:57,790 --> 00:52:59,620 that will be a life well-lived. 660 00:53:12,970 --> 00:53:14,339 Bar the gates to the Detached Palace... 661 00:53:14,340 --> 00:53:16,540 and confine the Crown Princess Consort until the Royal Wedding. 662 00:53:17,010 --> 00:53:18,269 If Crown Princess Consort ever steps foot outside... 663 00:53:18,270 --> 00:53:19,610 the Detached Palace, 664 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,680 for every step she takes, 665 00:53:23,650 --> 00:53:26,980 one of the palace's court attendants will be beheaded. 666 00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:29,750 Yes, Left State Councillor. 667 00:53:39,930 --> 00:53:43,670 Grand Prince Je Un must be heartbroken. 668 00:53:46,170 --> 00:53:50,040 I did not even know my Royal Father made such a secret pact, 669 00:53:51,810 --> 00:53:54,080 and I was running my mouth about us getting revenge together. 670 00:53:55,340 --> 00:53:56,980 I must look like a complete fool. 671 00:53:57,410 --> 00:54:00,720 But you did not know. Why are you blaming yourself again? 672 00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:03,020 I want to take down the Left State Councillor, 673 00:54:06,390 --> 00:54:08,090 but I just do not know how. 674 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:27,780 You need to get a grip. 675 00:54:29,140 --> 00:54:32,050 Open your eyes and see who your real enemy is. 676 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:36,750 See exactly where you need to aim your bow. 677 00:54:38,350 --> 00:54:40,350 Do not get bogged down by all this useless guilt... 678 00:54:41,590 --> 00:54:43,890 and let it eat you up inside. 679 00:54:44,790 --> 00:54:46,390 You must be strong. 680 00:54:47,230 --> 00:54:50,300 If the path is blocked, you force your way through. 681 00:54:51,300 --> 00:54:54,900 And if there is no path, who cares? Just build a new one. 682 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,040 And most importantly, do not ever forget... 683 00:54:58,510 --> 00:55:01,840 that I, your swallow, will always be by your side. 684 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:03,680 Right? 685 00:55:10,650 --> 00:55:11,650 Do you understand? 686 00:55:14,660 --> 00:55:17,090 And who said you could just grab the Crown Prince's face like that? 687 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,030 My apologies. 688 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,600 But did you not say I was the exception? 689 00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,000 What, are you a mind reader now? 690 00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:34,710 You know exactly what I am thinking without me saying a word. 691 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:37,410 Mind reading? 692 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:39,280 That is right. 693 00:55:39,610 --> 00:55:43,990 Go on then. Keep reading my mind. 694 00:55:48,860 --> 00:55:50,220 Mind reading. 695 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:09,080 Your Royal Highness. I heard you were feeling unwell. 696 00:56:09,810 --> 00:56:11,950 Are you fully recovered now? 697 00:56:12,610 --> 00:56:14,750 Yes, more or less. 698 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:16,549 Your Highness, as the misunderstanding... 699 00:56:16,550 --> 00:56:18,850 with the Left State Councillor has been cleared, 700 00:56:18,990 --> 00:56:22,920 it is time to close the case on the Jimjo incident. 701 00:56:23,660 --> 00:56:24,690 The Jimjo... 702 00:56:25,230 --> 00:56:28,900 was raised by the former Chief Court Lady Jo alone. 703 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,570 As for her niece who framed the Royal Concubine, 704 00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:33,770 she will be exiled and made a government slave. 705 00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:35,240 And with that, the Jimjo incident... 706 00:56:38,710 --> 00:56:40,010 is hereby closed. 707 00:56:40,740 --> 00:56:42,680 - Yes, Your Royal Highness! - Yes, Your Royal Highness! 708 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,620 Your Royal Highness, this prolonged drought... 709 00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:50,220 is causing our people immense suffering. 710 00:56:50,550 --> 00:56:54,160 This drought persists because yin and yang are unbalanced. 711 00:56:54,420 --> 00:56:56,620 Proceeding with the Royal Wedding without delay... 712 00:56:57,830 --> 00:56:59,760 is the correct course of action. 713 00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:01,400 Yes, Your Highness. 714 00:57:01,430 --> 00:57:04,670 The Royal Wedding must go on to stabilize ancestors and state. 715 00:57:05,030 --> 00:57:08,270 And appease the skies. 716 00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:26,119 They say a puppy will not fear a tiger. 717 00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:27,289 And that fits him perfectly. 718 00:57:27,290 --> 00:57:28,620 I knew he would tuck his tail and run. 719 00:57:29,220 --> 00:57:33,530 How dare he arrest the Left State Councillor? 720 00:57:35,660 --> 00:57:37,430 You can rest easy now. 721 00:57:38,270 --> 00:57:40,600 The Royal Wedding is right around the corner. 722 00:57:41,140 --> 00:57:45,210 This is a day to celebrate your win. Why are you so quiet? 723 00:57:46,570 --> 00:57:48,180 We should at least go to Eunwol Pavilion. 724 00:57:49,380 --> 00:57:51,509 Goodness. Why is it always... 725 00:57:51,510 --> 00:57:53,550 the courtesan house with you, Minister Ja Gyeong? 726 00:57:55,050 --> 00:57:57,050 Do you think I am suggesting it for no reason? 727 00:57:57,820 --> 00:57:59,390 The other day, at Eunwol Pavilion, 728 00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:01,660 I saw Hong Nan. 729 00:58:03,090 --> 00:58:05,930 - The gisaeng from Eunwol Pavilion? - Yes. 730 00:58:06,090 --> 00:58:08,100 Did she not suddenly disappear a few years ago? 731 00:58:08,230 --> 00:58:11,130 See? I knew you would be interested. 732 00:58:11,470 --> 00:58:13,530 Maybe she got kicked out of her concubine's position. 733 00:58:13,970 --> 00:58:17,270 - She was back at Eunwol Pavilion. - A concubine? 734 00:58:18,110 --> 00:58:20,070 Were she and the late deposed Crown Princess's brother... 735 00:58:20,370 --> 00:58:22,040 not madly in love with each other? 736 00:58:22,410 --> 00:58:26,350 After he died, she sold everything, left the registry, and vanished. 737 00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:30,020 What? She turned down my offer for some worthless guy? 738 00:58:30,580 --> 00:58:31,590 Unbelievable. 739 00:58:32,090 --> 00:58:33,090 Wait. 740 00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:36,220 Did you just say the deposed Crown Princess's brother? 741 00:58:37,090 --> 00:58:38,260 Yes. 742 00:58:38,530 --> 00:58:39,790 What is it? 743 00:58:41,230 --> 00:58:42,300 This could be... 744 00:58:43,030 --> 00:58:45,830 something much bigger. 745 00:58:46,770 --> 00:58:48,640 Something that gives us leverage over the Crown Prince. 746 00:58:50,370 --> 00:58:51,370 Something huge. 747 00:58:56,940 --> 00:58:59,850 Find out all you can about a gisaeng from Eunwol Pavilion named Hong Nan, 748 00:59:00,180 --> 00:59:01,320 and find out where she's staying. 749 00:59:01,850 --> 00:59:02,850 Yes, sir. 750 00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:07,520 Do you have something to report? 751 00:59:08,190 --> 00:59:10,660 It is about the Royal Concubine's neighbours from Boryeong. 752 00:59:13,590 --> 00:59:15,960 - I have taken care of them. - Good. 753 00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:17,370 You may go. 754 00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:24,910 If... 755 00:59:25,340 --> 00:59:27,410 the Royal Concubine is actually the deposed Crown Princess, 756 00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,380 then there is only one person who could have gotten her out. 757 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:36,420 This is absurd. 758 00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:38,250 The Crown Princess Consort ran away. 759 00:59:38,420 --> 00:59:40,290 Her whole family should face annihilation for this. 760 00:59:40,390 --> 00:59:41,660 And you are telling me there will be a Royal Wedding? 761 00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:44,689 The King has confined the Crown Princess Consort... 762 00:59:44,690 --> 00:59:46,190 to the Detached Palace until the Royal Wedding. 763 00:59:46,490 --> 00:59:49,330 He also ordered her to be cut off from all outside contact. 764 00:59:51,270 --> 00:59:53,169 By law, the Crown Princess Consort is not allowed to leave... 765 00:59:53,170 --> 00:59:56,200 the Detached Palace to begin with. 766 00:59:56,370 --> 00:59:59,810 Are you trying to deceive me? What is the meaning of this? 767 01:00:00,170 --> 01:00:02,110 Your Majesty, you seem to have misunderstood. 768 01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:05,080 The Crown Princess Consort did not run away. 769 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:06,850 She collapsed. 770 01:00:08,180 --> 01:00:11,520 And she just had to collapse outside of the Detached Palace? 771 01:00:12,050 --> 01:00:14,990 - For that long? - When her father was arrested, 772 01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:19,260 I let her go, fearing she would be sick with worry over her father. 773 01:00:19,490 --> 01:00:22,660 She collapsed in shock on the way, recovering at a private house. 774 01:00:22,830 --> 01:00:24,169 The story must have been distorted. 775 01:00:24,170 --> 01:00:25,530 You create a problem to fix it? 776 01:00:26,570 --> 01:00:28,470 It was you who ordered the Left State Councillor's arrest, 777 01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:30,370 was it not? 778 01:00:33,310 --> 01:00:34,640 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 779 01:00:38,950 --> 01:00:40,610 What in the world is going on? 780 01:00:40,780 --> 01:00:42,450 Why are His Majesty and you... 781 01:00:42,780 --> 01:00:44,890 so helpless against the Left State Councillor? 782 01:00:45,250 --> 01:00:47,050 What kind of leverage does he have on you... 783 01:00:47,660 --> 01:00:51,030 that makes you continue with this absurd charade? 784 01:00:53,830 --> 01:00:55,230 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 785 01:00:56,260 --> 01:00:59,170 If you will just keep repeating "forgive me" like a parrot, 786 01:01:00,030 --> 01:01:01,070 then get out. 787 01:01:04,570 --> 01:01:05,610 Then, 788 01:01:06,170 --> 01:01:07,580 I shall take my leave. 789 01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:16,750 Crown Prince. 790 01:01:19,790 --> 01:01:22,320 We have both lost people, have we not? 791 01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:24,530 People we held dear. 792 01:01:29,660 --> 01:01:31,730 Are you going to let fear paralyse you... 793 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:33,900 and walk right back into... 794 01:01:34,470 --> 01:01:36,540 that fiery pit again? 795 01:02:00,860 --> 01:02:02,000 The Left State Councillor... 796 01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:05,500 Why on earth was he let go? 797 01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:09,940 I was a prisoner of that secret pact. 798 01:02:11,140 --> 01:02:12,970 For years, my life was a living nightmare. 799 01:02:14,210 --> 01:02:17,080 Royal Mother! What is happening? 800 01:02:18,050 --> 01:02:19,050 Royal Mother. 801 01:02:26,150 --> 01:02:28,590 We have both lost people, have we not? 802 01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:30,990 People we held dear. 803 01:02:32,230 --> 01:02:34,330 Are you going to let fear paralyse you... 804 01:02:35,130 --> 01:02:36,200 and walk right back into... 805 01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,570 that fiery pit again? 806 01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:46,310 You must be strong. 807 01:02:47,210 --> 01:02:48,480 If your path is blocked, 808 01:02:49,010 --> 01:02:50,280 you force your way through. 809 01:02:51,250 --> 01:02:54,780 And if there is no path, who cares? Just build a new one. 810 01:03:05,530 --> 01:03:07,330 Abdicate the throne to Grand Prince Je Un. 811 01:03:07,660 --> 01:03:11,170 Then, Your Majesty, you must reveal the secret pact yourself. 812 01:03:11,570 --> 01:03:13,870 Do you have any idea what will happen if I do? 813 01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:15,970 It would not be an abdication. You would be dethroned. 814 01:03:16,300 --> 01:03:17,940 And not just Your Majesty, but I, too, 815 01:03:18,740 --> 01:03:20,210 will be dragged down into the abyss. 816 01:03:20,370 --> 01:03:22,180 You know that, and you still dare say such a thing? 817 01:03:23,610 --> 01:03:25,909 You think I like having the Left State Councillor around? 818 01:03:25,910 --> 01:03:27,250 If he falls, 819 01:03:27,580 --> 01:03:29,850 then I, who led a coup without just cause, 820 01:03:30,380 --> 01:03:32,620 and you will have no one left to protect us. 821 01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:34,890 They will all be scrambling to tear us down. 822 01:03:35,290 --> 01:03:39,460 If Je Un takes the throne, he will claim to avenge the Late King. 823 01:03:39,690 --> 01:03:41,460 Which means he will have to kill both you and me. 824 01:03:41,660 --> 01:03:45,630 So you will just sit there, weighing the consequences, 825 01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:47,100 and do absolutely nothing? 826 01:03:48,700 --> 01:03:50,570 Did you not say it yourself, Your Majesty? 827 01:03:51,310 --> 01:03:52,940 That you have been living in a nightmare since that day. 828 01:03:53,970 --> 01:03:56,010 Anything has to be better than nightmare, right? 829 01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,010 We should return what we took unjustly... 830 01:03:59,310 --> 01:04:01,620 and take back what was stolen from us. 831 01:04:02,250 --> 01:04:05,520 I will prove you signed the pact under duress, 832 01:04:06,390 --> 01:04:08,060 and I will destroy the Left State Councillor! 833 01:04:10,260 --> 01:04:12,460 This reckless path you are on. 834 01:04:14,460 --> 01:04:15,930 Is it because of the Royal Concubine? 835 01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:17,830 I am doing this for myself. 836 01:04:19,570 --> 01:04:21,740 I failed to protect my mother, and the Crown Princess. 837 01:04:23,070 --> 01:04:24,100 If I... 838 01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:26,940 lose the woman I love again, 839 01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:29,840 I will die. 840 01:04:33,150 --> 01:04:35,950 My mind is made up. So, 841 01:04:37,450 --> 01:04:39,520 I ask that you make yours, Your Majesty. 842 01:04:46,490 --> 01:04:49,230 If the Crown Prince confronts the Left State Councillor, 843 01:04:51,500 --> 01:04:53,729 the Left State Councillor will target the Royal Concubine first, 844 01:04:53,730 --> 01:04:54,800 seeing her as his weakness. 845 01:04:57,600 --> 01:04:58,970 That is the kind of man he is. 846 01:05:02,780 --> 01:05:04,240 I must see Hong Nan. 847 01:05:14,620 --> 01:05:16,790 The Crown Princess, whom I thought dead, 848 01:05:18,660 --> 01:05:20,330 has returned as the Royal Concubine. 849 01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:25,200 Was this your doing? 850 01:05:25,630 --> 01:05:26,730 Her Highness... 851 01:05:27,230 --> 01:05:29,600 threw herself into the icy water five years ago. 852 01:05:31,310 --> 01:05:33,370 She lost all of her memories then. 853 01:05:34,540 --> 01:05:35,540 So I... 854 01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:38,510 made everyone believe she was dead. 855 01:05:39,250 --> 01:05:40,650 She lost her memories? 856 01:05:41,650 --> 01:05:43,450 Why would the Crown Princess make such a choice? 857 01:05:43,850 --> 01:05:45,990 - I distinctly... - You gave her a letter. 858 01:05:46,820 --> 01:05:48,689 A letter to fake her death and flee... 859 01:05:48,690 --> 01:05:50,560 the day before she would be poisoned. 860 01:05:51,690 --> 01:05:53,429 You knew exactly how the Crown Prince... 861 01:05:53,430 --> 01:05:55,060 and the Crown Princess felt for one another, 862 01:05:55,630 --> 01:05:58,670 yet what you gave her that day was not a letter. 863 01:05:58,730 --> 01:06:02,170 It was to ease your pathetic guilt. And that... 864 01:06:03,700 --> 01:06:05,110 was a death sentence, 865 01:06:06,270 --> 01:06:09,540 - not a chance to live! - You insolent wench! How dare you? 866 01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:13,280 Fine. Since I am already insolent, I will say what I have to say. 867 01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:16,620 Did you truly wish for Her Highness to escape... 868 01:06:17,220 --> 01:06:19,220 and live on safely? 869 01:06:20,150 --> 01:06:23,320 Or were you just hoping she would take her own life for you? 870 01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:30,400 Your Majesty. 871 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:35,000 This time, 872 01:06:38,270 --> 01:06:39,970 you must save Her Highness. 873 01:06:41,980 --> 01:06:43,440 It has been ages since we had meat! 874 01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:44,650 Eat up. 875 01:06:48,420 --> 01:06:49,480 Hong Nan. 876 01:06:50,050 --> 01:06:51,320 Come have a bite. 877 01:06:51,990 --> 01:06:53,150 I am fine, thank you. 878 01:06:53,820 --> 01:06:57,120 More importantly, after you eat, you need to pack your things. 879 01:06:57,420 --> 01:06:58,860 We are leaving for Qing. 880 01:07:05,630 --> 01:07:08,200 Technically speaking, to the Crown Prince, 881 01:07:08,270 --> 01:07:10,300 we are his parents-in-law. 882 01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:12,710 Sorry to bring this up while we are eating. 883 01:07:13,210 --> 01:07:15,609 When you buy a house, you get the outhouse too. 884 01:07:15,610 --> 01:07:17,010 They just took our Dal, 885 01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:20,980 and now they are exiling us to Qing. That is not right. 886 01:07:21,450 --> 01:07:23,420 - Just eat. - All right. 887 01:07:24,350 --> 01:07:25,550 Well... 888 01:07:26,820 --> 01:07:27,820 But why? 889 01:07:28,620 --> 01:07:31,190 Is it because we are a runaway court lady and eunuch? 890 01:07:31,630 --> 01:07:34,230 Are we a burden to Dal? 891 01:07:34,830 --> 01:07:36,760 Dal is coming with us. 892 01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:38,370 What? 893 01:07:39,270 --> 01:07:41,070 Are you still half asleep? 894 01:07:41,700 --> 01:07:44,670 She is the Royal Concubine. Why would she go to Qing? 895 01:07:53,450 --> 01:07:54,550 The truth is, Dal... 896 01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:57,550 is the supposedly... 897 01:07:58,320 --> 01:07:59,790 the deceased Crown Princess. 898 01:08:04,020 --> 01:08:05,030 My goodness. 899 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:18,270 I heard that your family... 900 01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:21,780 is staying at Unjeong Palace. 901 01:08:22,440 --> 01:08:23,610 My apologies, Your Majesty. 902 01:08:25,150 --> 01:08:26,650 I did not summon you here to reprimand you. 903 01:08:27,810 --> 01:08:29,320 However, it is against palace protocol, 904 01:08:30,280 --> 01:08:31,950 so I will arrange a separate residence for them. 905 01:08:32,620 --> 01:08:34,190 Go and discuss it with your family. 906 01:08:34,620 --> 01:08:35,690 Thank you, Your Majesty. 907 01:08:37,060 --> 01:08:38,690 However, we must be mindful of prying eyes, 908 01:08:40,090 --> 01:08:41,460 so be discreet. 909 01:08:41,730 --> 01:08:42,830 Yes, Your Majesty. 910 01:08:45,070 --> 01:08:47,330 Then I shall take my leave. 911 01:08:52,310 --> 01:08:53,370 My dear. 912 01:09:00,450 --> 01:09:01,550 In a commoner's home, 913 01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:05,220 is that not what they call a daughter-in-law? 914 01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:09,020 I just wanted to call you that once. 915 01:09:12,660 --> 01:09:13,790 You may go. 916 01:09:22,270 --> 01:09:23,700 For your thoughtfulness, 917 01:09:24,470 --> 01:09:25,870 I am sincerely grateful. 918 01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:55,400 The Crown Prince's Concubine. 919 01:09:56,140 --> 01:09:57,170 No. 920 01:09:58,970 --> 01:10:00,270 Kill the Crown Princess. 921 01:10:03,140 --> 01:10:04,910 Set fire to the Royal Concubine's quarters... 922 01:10:05,780 --> 01:10:07,710 and place a body of a similar build inside. 923 01:10:08,580 --> 01:10:11,250 I must make the Crown Princess dead to the world once more. 924 01:10:38,680 --> 01:10:39,950 Welcome, Your Highness, the Crown Princess. 925 01:10:40,610 --> 01:10:43,980 Goodness. My apologies. Welcome, Royal Concubine. 926 01:10:46,290 --> 01:10:47,490 It is all right. 927 01:10:48,260 --> 01:10:50,390 But do I really look that much like her? 928 01:10:50,760 --> 01:10:52,960 Why is everyone so shocked when they see me? 929 01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:58,430 With a mole on your nose, you would be her spitting image. 930 01:10:59,070 --> 01:11:00,270 A mole? 931 01:11:05,540 --> 01:11:07,140 Once every 3 months, for 15 minutes, 932 01:11:07,510 --> 01:11:09,010 you must cover the mole on your nose. 933 01:11:09,410 --> 01:11:12,350 No one should ever recognise you. 934 01:11:14,210 --> 01:11:17,020 Hong Nan has stepped out for a moment, 935 01:11:17,080 --> 01:11:18,590 so please come inside for now. 936 01:11:19,020 --> 01:11:22,020 - The sun is scorching. Come. - Sure. 937 01:11:40,340 --> 01:11:41,840 Are you upset about... 938 01:11:42,440 --> 01:11:44,010 what the servant said earlier? 939 01:11:45,410 --> 01:11:46,410 No. 940 01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:49,880 What do you mean, "no"? It is written all over your face. 941 01:11:50,720 --> 01:11:51,890 I told you, I am not. 942 01:12:01,060 --> 01:12:03,700 Yeon Sim, I bet your first love is going to come true. 943 01:12:04,930 --> 01:12:06,900 Are you praying for my execution? 944 01:12:07,170 --> 01:12:09,770 If a court lady's first love comes true, she loses her head. 945 01:12:10,070 --> 01:12:12,640 Gosh. That is not what I meant. 946 01:12:13,670 --> 01:12:15,910 In that case, may you live a long and single life. 947 01:12:17,310 --> 01:12:19,650 - Is that meant to be a blessing? - Of course it is. 948 01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:23,750 But what do flower petals have to do with first love, anyway? 949 01:12:24,620 --> 01:12:25,720 You do not know? 950 01:12:26,090 --> 01:12:29,760 - Catch a petal, your first love... - Do you know the saying? 951 01:12:32,130 --> 01:12:34,130 If you happen to catch a falling flower petal, 952 01:12:34,630 --> 01:12:35,859 do you know what happens? 953 01:12:35,860 --> 01:12:37,600 If you catch a falling petal, 954 01:12:39,930 --> 01:12:41,300 your first love will come true. 955 01:13:01,690 --> 01:13:02,890 This one thing... 956 01:13:03,590 --> 01:13:04,790 is mine. 957 01:13:21,510 --> 01:13:22,510 Mangdeok. 958 01:13:28,950 --> 01:13:29,950 Your Highness. 959 01:13:40,930 --> 01:13:41,930 Come here. 960 01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:44,560 Gently piling up. 961 01:13:44,870 --> 01:13:47,330 It is as if little blessings are piling up like snow. 962 01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:50,840 Does it not feel like a promise of happiness? 963 01:14:00,410 --> 01:14:01,410 My lord! 964 01:14:04,380 --> 01:14:05,990 Your small blessing for today. 965 01:14:09,860 --> 01:14:11,290 It is so beautiful. 966 01:14:13,560 --> 01:14:14,730 It truly is. 967 01:14:25,940 --> 01:14:28,210 Your Highness. Are you all right? 968 01:14:28,410 --> 01:14:29,840 You are the sole exception. 969 01:14:32,310 --> 01:14:33,480 This one thing... 970 01:14:35,050 --> 01:14:36,220 is mine. 971 01:14:43,960 --> 01:14:44,960 Your Highness. 972 01:14:45,490 --> 01:14:46,490 Your Highness. 973 01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:53,770 The King will order you poison. You must flee now, Your Highness! 974 01:15:00,070 --> 01:15:01,610 Hong Nan... 975 01:15:06,350 --> 01:15:08,150 Why did you deceive me? 976 01:15:16,590 --> 01:15:17,660 Why? 977 01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:33,570 (Moon River) 978 01:15:48,890 --> 01:15:51,290 Have your memories returned? 979 01:15:51,620 --> 01:15:55,060 The memories are back, but I am completely lost. 980 01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:57,029 You want me to overthrow you and His Majesty... 981 01:15:57,030 --> 01:15:58,800 and take the throne for myself? 982 01:15:58,930 --> 01:16:01,600 Look at this mess the Left State Councillor has caused. 983 01:16:01,740 --> 01:16:03,939 The Left State Councillor is a scary man. 984 01:16:03,940 --> 01:16:05,870 He will harm the Crown Princess, no matter what. 985 01:16:05,940 --> 01:16:07,770 What are you talking about? 986 01:16:08,070 --> 01:16:10,780 There is no time. You have to escape. 987 01:16:10,840 --> 01:16:12,609 I despise the royals who killed my family. 988 01:16:12,610 --> 01:16:13,980 And I despise you too, Your Highness. 989 01:16:14,210 --> 01:16:17,280 I never want to see you again, Your Highness. 990 01:16:20,649 --> 01:16:22,649 Dramaday.me