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[Episode 7]

I'm back.

I'm finally back...

[Name]

Who are you...

Are you Gil Dong?

I clearly felt a blade at my neck.

Then now...

Dae Chu, the sword.

Hyah!

Hyah!

Pointing a sword at someone

won't get you the answers you seek.

I disagree.

A sword is the quickest way to carve out a person's true intentions.

If you suspect I'm Gil Dong, report me to the Police Bureau.

That is all I have to say.

Had you been the type to confess your identity under a blade,

I might have truly beheaded you.

Why did you test me?

You won't be reported to the Police Bureau.

Come with me.

We need the name Gil Dong.

A name?

Hyah!

Hong Eun Jo.

Where is she?

Hong Eun Jo!

It's... it's really you, right?

The whole way here,

I prayed that even if my soul never returned to my own body,

please let you return to yours.

I waited until you came.

I was afraid if I left,

we might miss each other again, like last time.

Are you hurt anywhere?

No, I'm really fine.

Wait a moment...

I have no ulterior motive.

I'm just making sure this isn't a dream.

♫ You're my everything to me ♫

♫ That pulled me in ♫

♫ The great sunshine that is you, to me ♫

Wake up from this nightmare now.

I'm only saying this now,

but every night I was terrified

we might

never switch back.

Not like someone suddenly widowed, of course.

It's good to see you, Hong Eun Jo.

I was afraid every moment

that I'd never get to say this.

Then

who was it who pointed a sword at you?

Gil Dong refused outright on the spot.

She claimed she was entirely different from the rumors,

and that she didn't kill the former Chief Inspector.

[I'll speak to her myself]

You mean you'll meet her in person?

If I tell the truth, he'll only worry.

A bandit.

Bandit?

A Grand Prince like you, guarded all day, might never encounter them,

but for a commoner like me traveling alone,

running into bandits at night is like meeting wild beasts.

Are you sure you're not concussed?

How can you be so calm after encountering bandits?

The first time or two, I was startled as well.

And

isn't it odd for a thief to be shocked by bandits?

If you think about it, we're in the same line of work.

Are you joking?

I'm telling you not to worry.

Are you really okay?

Look, it's still attached, right? My neck.

Even if you don't say it, I can still see it.

What about my heart, shattered in utter panic?

How fortunate.

If you could feel that, then it's not my body.

Standing on my own feet,

speaking with my own mouth,

seeing with my own eyes.

Is it really something to be this happy about?

The hoofprints lead into that alley.

After him.

Yes.

- After him! - Yes!

Whoa.

Your Highness.

How did you two end up together in that short time?

We happened to run into each other.

- I secretly sent word. - What?

Administrator Im, this way.

The Royal Investigative Bureau is in close pursuit.

Already?

Come to think of it,

Royal Investigative Bureau soldiers had formed a blockade.

Why was that?

You speak as if you saw it yourself.

Because I heard it so vividly, as if I had.

Right?

Only His Majesty and the Chief Secretary can mobilize the Royal Investigative Bureau.

But His Majesty has no reason to break the pact he made with me in the Gyeongo Year.

Then it must be the Chief Secretary.

But why?

Dae Chu.

When was the last time I acted unlike myself?

When you punished the former Chief Inspector and saved the people?

Even you must admit that was an abrupt act of justice, huh?

Wait.

I need a word.

The secret document you once gave me as Gil Dong.

Was it found at the Chief Secretary's house?

No.

It was meant to be burned by former Chief Inspector,

yet I happened to get my hands on it.

The former Chief Inspector tried to burn the secret document?

Now the picture becomes clear.

What picture?

A portrait.

Why ask that suddenly?

I'll explain later.

Keep the promise you made me.

That you won't be caught by anyone but me.

Did something happen?

Answer me first.

Understood.

Don't worry about me.

Why would you say that?

Dae Chu.

- Yes, Your Highness. - Escort her.

If you meet any bandits on the way, smash them for me.

Hey, I'm here.

You must have urgent business elsewhere, huh?

Only I, as the Grand Prince, get to ask questions.

You're mistaken.

I'm currently conducting an interrogation.

Regarding Your Highness, accused of releasing the thief Gil Dong.

Gil Dong?

Oh, impressive.

How did you find out?

Are you admitting to the charge outright?

Is there a reason to hide it?

Take me to the Royal Investigative Bureau.

- As you command. - As you command.

This isn't the time to intervene.

I understand your concern, but there's nothing you can do.

He said he has no reason to hide the allegations.

He likely wishes to preserve royal dignity.

It could have become quite an embarrassment.

So the disgrace that you, a noble man, would reveal about royalty

is simply that he freed a righteous thief who helped the people?

It seems my work here is done, so I will take my leave.

This is a fight

I can't support on either side.

The Royal Investigative Bureau is in close pursuit.

Regarding Your Highness, accused of releasing the thief Gil Dong.

Take me to the Royal Investigative Bureau.

Did you hear terrible news in the meantime?

Such as

the Grand Prince being imprisoned by the Royal Investigative Bureau.

I have nothing more to add.

Why the sudden respectful tone?

Oh.

Are you scared now?

Afraid I'll reveal everything?

There's nothing to fear. Your revelations change nothing.

I'm considering the perfect timing.

When it would be most devastating.

Had I known it was the Grand Prince, you could've given me a heads-up.

Then I wouldn't have given such foolish advice

like saying no king would come to save Sim Cheong.

Mock me all you want.

I'll endure it a million times.

But don't speak carelessly about that person.

Not for a single moment

has he ever done anything worthy of mockery.

Is that truly so?

First wipe that worry from your face.

Abandon any hope that His Highness will save a normal lady.

His Highness will soon fall into the abyss.

I've escorted her to the main gate.

- How did she look? - She seemed very startled.

By the way.

Where was I going on horseback tonight?

Have you forgotten already?

You said you were going to fetch Hong Si from Im Jae Yi's house.

I said that?

Why are you suddenly being like this?

Lately half of what you say is

"Huh? I said that?"

"Ah, yes I did."

Those two sentences.

I almost became the heroine saved by a prince on a white horse.

But I missed my chance.

What do you mean by that?

Your Highness, at this point it's not memory loss,

it's as if your memories were revoked.

Dae Chu, I must have been unusually kind lately.

Do you have a way to break this situation?

Well obviously.

The "handsome-man" ploy?

There's no chance it'll work.

My apologies.

I have orders, so I can't give you much time.

Insist it was a mistake.

That's the only move left.

Since the opponent has played their hand,

shouldn't we respond in kind?

Who?

You're saying the Grand Prince has been detained by the Royal Investigative Bureau?

And the one who arrested His Highness happens to be your...

Hae Rim!

Young lady, we've arrived...

Go and relay this message.

Our young lady wishes to see His Highness Prince Do Wol.

He is currently under confinement.

Tell her it is not possible.

It will be, at most, a quarter of an hour.

Hmm, I'm not sure this will quite cut it.

Have you counted how much that money is?

Administrator Im.

It'll soon become your funeral money, so be sure to take plenty.

Ah.

Consider it split in half.

It's the price for those two heads, after all.

Young lady.

Since you're with the Royal Investigative Bureau,

you must know His Highness' situation.

Who on earth arrested the Grand Prince and caused all this?

I don't even need to know.

It must be an utterly ignorant and misguided person.

You've seen him many times already,

you are looking at him right now.

You got a very good look just now.

Since I'm playing the villain.

You were with the Grand Prince at the palace last time as well.

How close are the two of you?

In terms of family relations,

since His Majesty is my maternal uncle by marriage,

so in a way, the Grand Prince and I are in-laws.

Not on paper, emotionally.

A noble lady who's never even brushed against illegality

trying to meet her so-called in-law

by bribing a Royal Investigative Bureau soldier?

Is this an unexpected scandal?

Or a meaningful affection?

It's not like that.

Go to the palace.

The Grand Prince should be heading to the main hall by now.

Though the engagement is soon to be broken,

as your officially recognized betrothed,

I must say I support

your affection

wholeheartedly.

His Highness will soon fall into the abyss.

Hey!

Oh my, Eun Jo.

You haven't taken a single bite.

Are the men's quarters empty right now?

Yes, they left this morning, and no one's there now.

Then I should step out for a bit as well.

His Highness asked me to tell you there's no need for you to worry...

How naive.

That lowly thief insulted an official by killing him.

Do you think the officials and scholars of this nation will stand idly by?

[Gwanghwamun Gate] Please grant your wise judgment.

- Please grant your wise judgment. - Please grant your wise judgment.

I instructed them to agitate just enough to establish justification.

A royal prince siding with a thief

is unheard of in this world.

Your Majesty.

- Please grant your wise judgment. - Isn't that Dae Il?

I ordered him.

Since we're feeding him,

- he should earn his keep. - Please grant your wise judgment.

We must hurry.

- The ministers are waiting in the main hall. - Please grant your wise judgment.

Please grant your wise judgment.

Your Highness.

You look pleased.

Is it because your target is right before you?

The only people who would dare do this to me, a Grand Prince,

are you and His Majesty, right?

Why does he suspect me immediately, not the King?

Chief Secretary.

His Majesty merely keeps me in check, but he doesn't attack outright.

In that bloody Gyeongo Year,

we brothers made a blood oath.

With blood thicker than stagnant water.

You misunderstand.

How could I, lowly as I am, dare to do such a thing to Your Highness...

But I think I know

the reason.

Threats, extortion, obedience.

Whatever the reason,

you handed that secret document to the former Chief Inspector,

and then of all times,

I picked it up, and gave it to His Majesty.

So basically, it looks like I got played here, right?

I wondered who the true owner

of that vast trove of secret documents was,

and now I see it clearly.

I do not

understand what you mean.

Of course, up until now, that was mere speculation.

From this moment on, it is an order.

From this moment forward,

you are off any case related to Gil Dong.

And in return,

will Your Highness refrain from speculating about the secret document from now on?

Deal

accepted.

I obey, Your Highness.

Oh.

You should teach your two sons proper manners again.

The apple not fall far from the tree, huh?

The Chief Secretary had Yeol arrested?

He arrested him without my approval?

They say it was an emergency at dawn.

Is this not an act of loyalty, meant to ease Your Majesty's worries?

It's your chance to eliminate a lingering problem.

Your Majesty, the Chief Secretary has arrived.

Bearing good news already, I suppose?

Maybe it's bad news.

Doesn't his face show he got an earful from my brother?

I deeply apologize.

Regarding Grand Prince Do Wol,

it seems the Royal Investigative Bureau made a mistake.

Chief Secretary, your loyalty went too far.

Do not act without my command.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The efficacy of the medicine improves daily.

My body and mind feel light, for the first time in a while.

Prepare for a hunt at the temporary palace.

Understood.

The winning move became self-destruction.

We brothers made a blood oath.

Do not act without my command.

Only now do I realize that they share the same blood,

at least in part.

I will seek new justification.

This time, I will strike Prince Do Wol properly.

Until the water's clear, this is the time to lie low.

Until His Majesty's blood

fully belongs to our family.

Halt the investigation?

No, wait a moment.

If this happens, what becomes of you who arrested His Highness?

If I were him, I'd punish myself for arresting him rashly,

or have myself executed outright.

Of course, he will!

Show proper respect!

It's Her Majesty the Queen Dowager.

Your Majesty, I am Seung Baek of the Kim family.

I am Jae Yi of the Im family.

The second son of Chief Secretary Im Sa Hyeong, are you?

I will remember you and your father for threatening my son.

They say His Highness the Grand Prince is heading to his residence.

Is there something worth seeing at my residence?

Your Highness.

- Grim Reaper? - Pardon?

Ah, yes.

Have you been released from the Royal Investigative Bureau?

As you can see.

That's fortunate.

Just passing by?

Oh...

I was worried, so I came to your residence to see.

It seems we've become people who worry about each other.

Perhaps I overstepped.

That's not what I meant.

Just a procedural check, perhaps.

Are you alright?

Do I not look alright?

My beauty couldn't possibly be damaged.

It overflows abundantly.

Well, anyway, I appreciate the concern.

Head Court Lady Kim.

Find out secretly who that woman is.

Yes.

This is the only way.

Because the blame is mine to bear.

You look like you're about to turn yourself in.

Yes.

I will confess honestly...

So hasty.

Don't worry.

That matter won't cause any more problems.

Really?

Thanks to my status

as a Grand Prince, and my sharp mind.

I suppose so.

I was too hasty.

I warned you so clearly, yet you almost confessed.

You'd walk right into the Police Bureau?

As a thief, no less?

Pretending ignorance just doesn't suit me.

You weren't frantic because you were worried about me?

Absolutely not.

Common sense, really.

It's just...

A petty thief is about to drag Your Highness into trouble, and you expect me to watch?

You don't look like you could take a punch.

Me?

Like a prince would ever get whipped!

It's easier on my conscience to take the heat myself.

This body is tempered by grueling training and royal martial arts.

You should know that well.

Your Highness!

Even if you weren't imprisoned,

you've been through a rough place.

We must burn away all that impurity.

Are you planning to burn me too?

Actually, it's my fault.

I handed over all the documents without realizing

the Royal Investigative Bureau was targeting Your Highness.

How is that your fault?

The fault lies with me, the Grand Prince.

Were you always such a benevolent person?

Royal aide Kang!

Mugwort here!

- Oh, yes. - Here.

I brought more.

Give it here.

That's enough, really.

We've burned away impurity that didn't even exist.

Shall we burn future impurity too, just in case?

Enough already.

Still, you worked hard, Physician Hong.

Ah, there was something I was curious about.

What exactly is your relationship with Gil Dong?

Pardon?

What? Why?

It seems... we haven't burned enough impurity. Fire, fire!

We need to burn more, right?

Put it in, fire, fire!

Fan it, fan it!

Is it just me, or are you trying to change the subject with fire?

What's the point of this question?

I'm asking because Physician Hong examined Gil Dong's body last time.

Ah.

I did that, right?

Gil Dong's identity still hasn't been confirmed.

It seemed like you knew him.

No, he was a complete stranger to me.

Then why did you act like your world was crumbling when you saw Gil Dong's body?

Um.

Did I

do that?

Let's not talk about such pointless...

Her eyes were moist,

so I thought they must have been close.

Watch your mouth...

I'm talking to Physician Hong.

Oh.

Well, I wonder why I did that.

That wasn't tears, it was sweat.

I was running.

I see.

Running makes you hot.

And when you're hot, you sweat.

It feels like you just switched roles.

That day,

I was rather emotional.

Like with other citizens, Gil Dong felt like a neighbor.

Almost like an older brother.

Right, neighbors are practically family.

Of course, naturally.

I know you have a kind heart.

I'm afraid I can't be of help. I'm sorry.

Not even a moment passed since I cleared the aiding-a-fugitive charge,

and now I've committed the crime of hiding him too.

Sorry for dragging you into this,

but my suspicion came from holding a fake Gil Dong while tears filled my eyes.

And that, strictly speaking, is thanks to you.

Ah.

So it's my fault?

Well, letting Gil Dong go in the first place was wrong.

When I first saw him, I should have

ripped off that butcher mask and confirmed his face.

Then we could have avoided

this entire mess and protected him from the start.

The conversation is veering off-topic.

I guess it's back from the detour now.

We haven't even started the conversation we actually need to have.

Follow me.

So let me say this in advance.

From now on, I won't hold back,

and I won't hesitate for a single moment.

[Liquor] Are you heading to the capital?

It might be better to stay the night and go tomorrow.

I received a letter asking me to come quickly.

I'll stop by on my way down.

You and me.

Why do you think we suddenly switched back?

Did you do anything special?

Uh... no. What about you?

Same here.

Could it be that...

It's not as if we did something to cause our bodies to swap.

Don't overthink it. Just accept it.

That's what I'm trying to do.

Was there any trouble while you were using my face?

If there are any precautions I need to take, tell me now.

There were clumsy mistakes, but no major incidents.

What about you?

I have one precaution for you.

It's the latch.

A wolf was spotted near the annex.

A wolf?

Not a wild boar? Where did it come from?

Seems to be from the valleys of Bukaksan Mountain.

Anyway, lock your door tight when you sleep.

I'm telling you this out of sentiment, remembering when I lived in that body.

Thank you.

And I'm sorry.

Because of Gil Dong, you even got chased.

I was so sorry,

so I couldn't even bring myself to apologize.

Let me make it clear.

The whole incident started

when some petty thief got tangled up

with a bored constable at the Police Bureau,

and became a political pawn.

What?

Because that constable happens to be a Grand Prince of this nation.

So all you can do is

curse and complain about why you got

tangled up with me in this mess.

Shall we return to our own lives now?

Is that all you have to say?

Do you have more to say?

No, I don't.

The only thing driving me mad right now

is that this isn't my body,

so I can't even storm in there and drag you out.

He said all sorts of things with my face.

And he must have experienced all kinds of things while living as me.

By now, he should know.

With me,

that's only natural.

Stay quiet until the matter is resolved.

You're not the type to back down so easily.

Looks like Prince Do Wol has found a weakness of yours?

I'll just prostrate myself and await my punishment.

Track down Gil Dong secretly by ourselves?

But he's dead.

The Grand Prince is alive.

It seems the Grand Prince has a deep connection with that thief.

So?

That's it.

Didn't he tell you to keep your hands off the Gil Dong case?

The one who gave that order was your father.

That's why.

'That's why'?

Investigating this case will likely lead to the ruin of one of them.

If both fall, that would be even better.

I heard it's Im Jae Yi.

I will severely discipline this insolent son of the Chief Secretary.

I hate it all, but I hate the look in his eyes most.

The look in your eyes is wavering terribly.

He was staring at me so intensely.

What are you talking about?

Shall I use this excuse to exile him tomorrow?

For the crime of insulting royalty,

I will behead him.

That would avoid any complications, right?

From the perspective of eliminating a political rival.

Is that so?

Your Majesty, please do not stain your hands with blood.

I will handle this matter.

What are you planning?

A single latch won't hold.

A latch?

He's certain to be prowling around the annex like a wolf even now.

A wolf is appearing near the annex.

What? Is it real?

Goodness!

These are the herbs for Mother. Please pack them generously.

Oh dear, do you think I wouldn't fill it generously?

Jeez.

Out of the way! Everyone, move aside!

Here, this way, come on.

- Move aside! - Move aside!

Here, this way!

Move aside!

What's happening at Hyeminseo?

[Hyeminseo]

Hurry, look at this!

Jeom Baek!

Eun Jo.

Why is everyone wearing masks?

Is it a plague?

Yes, it seems the plague has spread outside the city.

It's chaos because of all the hypochondriacs

claiming they are infected.

I'll help too.

But I need permission from the Chief first. Where is he?

What respectable family's son

would take a liking to a woman who was rejected?

You must've heard that the Chief Secretary's second son recently captured Prince Do Wol?

Whose tyranny does this represent?

It's the Chief Secretary.

If His Majesty's lost his temper,

Chief Secretary could be cast out like in the Gyeongo Year, even tomorrow.

Should we send Hae Rim to that dangerous family?

I will inform them.

Brother.

You said Hyeminseo is overwhelmed due to the plague outside the capital?

I'll go and assist too.

We don't need your help.

As Your Highness anticipated, Gil Dong's corpse has vanished.

Who on earth...

Actually...

Well,

on the day we buried Gil Dong's body,

I saw a suspicious person nearby.

Huh?

I know. I saw him too.

- What? - What?

What I just heard was so vivid, it felt like I saw him.

Why are you reporting that only now?

My apologies.

I dismissed it, thinking it was unimportant.

I had a suspicion, but it was indeed him.

Find the warrior with this injury.

If you find him, report to me secretly instead of arresting him.

Are you pursuing the fake Gil Dong?

Yes.

I'd feel better knowing who it is...

A fake Gil Dong?

Isn't Hong Si the real Gil Dong?

Hong... Hong Si?

What kind of nonsense is this?

She's a woman, a woman!

Is it even possible for a woman to be a thief in Joseon?

I couldn't believe it either.

Regarding Your Highness, accused of releasing the thief Gil Dong.

I let it slide when Hong Si's face went pale

at the mention of the name 'Gil Dong.'

What exactly is your relationship with Gil Dong?

Pardon?

What? Why?

Even when she was flustered and panicking? I dismissed it as impossible.

Then why?

When I probed, you didn't ask why,

but you went straight to the point, which confirms it.

You're not going to report her, are you?

I'm very law-abiding, after all.

Dae Chu, think carefully.

If she's captured, I'll be dragged off too, your lord and master.

Then you'll lose your job, won't you?

Your parents would be furious, wouldn't they?

They both passed away when I was ten.

They'd be sad in heaven then.

Let me ask you one thing.

What do you plan to do about Hong Si from now on?

Since we're partners in crime now, we share the same fate.

You seem thrilled to be an accomplice.

Thrilled?

I'm just annoyingly tied down.

You seem excited about being tied down.

Excited?

I feel heavy and exhausted to death.

If Your Highness dies,

I lose my job, and my parents grieve in heaven...

Shall I deal with her myself?

Before that,

shall I deal with you

myself?

I've been tipped off that I can meet you at the Police Bureau.

I've been waiting anxiously for the decision,

and since there's been no order for days, I came.

It was your father's order, and the sin was his as well.

So the punishment isn't for his son.

I can't pettishly punish the son, right?

So just live.

Being told to live feels more torturous than being told to die.

Then live in torture.

Hong Eun Jo is a woman who has already married.

You seem to understand nothing of the situation.

Unaware of what?

The one who will be branded by this affair is the woman.

She will be mocked for life,

tricked by royalty.

It's sheer mockery, the way your family took her in as a bride

to stand beside an old man on the threshold of the afterlife.

You knew that, right?

So it must be undone.

This is water for brewing the patients' decoction?

Yes.

Are you the new court physician?

Oh.

- I'm... - Hae Rim!

I mean, Lady Hae Rim.

You know me?

You're Chief's sister.

I think I've seen you a few times passing by.

We met at the palace recently, didn't we?

Huh? You were definitely wearing court lady attire.

Ah.

That day...

There were circumstances.

I see.

But why are you wearing court physician robes, my lady?

I have my own circumstances.

So you were the one who broke off with the second son of Chief Secretary.

If you were the deceased's concubine,

wouldn't you be like a grandmother to Young Master Jae Yi?

Goodness.

Concubines aren't even recorded in the family register.

I was just there as a caretaker.

You may think it sounds like

a spoiled daughter from a noble family whining,

but a woman's marriage is truly a difficult affair.

Though each has different hardships, isn't it the same in nature?

Strangely, even though it's our first meeting, it doesn't feel like it.

You may not understand.

But perhaps I understand more than you know.

Also strangely, it feels like we've known each other for a long time.

That might not just be a feeling either.

Actually, with my recent broken engagement,

I was upset about losing a companion.

Don't be upset.

Sometimes misfortune drives out misfortune.

Will you be my companion?

Hasn't he arrived yet?

What are you doing?

You're early today, young master.

Why do you call me 'young master'?

I came to meet His Excellency Hong Min Jik.

My father is currently away in the provinces.

He won't return until next year.

He'll be back within a few days.

I'll come again then.

Wait...

What is this?

Why are you peeking into someone else's house?

You?

Given our history, I'll say this nicely.

Let go.

No.

What are you doing?

Oh, Eun Jo.

Report him to the Police Bureau.

There's been a break-in at the house.

What?

This rascal was spying on our house.

- Rascal? - Hey!

You clearly look like a thief with a guilty conscience.

I don't think that's me, right?

Young master.

Would a thief even do a reconnaissance just to steal something?

Even our entire household isn't worth what he's wearing.

True.

I really had to exercise patience today.

My apologies.

I was on edge because of rumors of a thief running around the city.

What was his name? Gil Dong?

Yes.

That thief.

I know him well.

What a world we live in!

They say even the Grand Prince took that thief's side?

Does he have nothing in that head...

Ah.

What?

[Patience]

Just remember I saved your life, young master.

As I said before,

our young master isn't a cruel person.

Not cruel, just stupid.

Does my appearance look like a thief?

Then why were you spying on our house?

I mean, why did you come, then?

Could it be

you were waiting for me?

It's troublesome when you appear out of nowhere.

I have a family.

Don't get the wrong idea. I was just passing by.

I'll start a family too.

So my house happened to be on your way, huh?

Is everyone in that household well?

Living under one roof with enemies made me grow attached.

Suddenly I find myself wondering about their well-being.

Who?

Steward?

Seok Sam?

No.

Im Jae Yi.

How kind of you.

You even ask about the administrator who tried to capture you?

Such is the magnanimity of a Grand Prince.

What should I do? I can't relay your greetings.

I haven't seen him for days.

Is that so?

If you're truly curious, I'll try to meet him today.

Curious, my foot!

I'd rather exile him to a deserted island.

I don't want to be petty, so I'm barely restraining myself.

You've locked the latch properly, right?

The Sin family sent a notice breaking off the engagement.

Was this your doing?

I don't want to be sold off like a stallion to feed petty pride,

and I can't give up the name,

wealth, or honor given to me.

So what now?

Plead with my kind-hearted fiancée and hang on to her for life?

Ultimately,

you're nothing but blood unfit to be human.

Since you acted like a beast,

I'll treat you as one.

- He'll die like this! Die! - Hurry.

- Quickly, find the eldest young master! - Hurry!

- Come quickly! - Oh, no.

Hurry!

- Ma'am. - Oh, Eun Jo.

Where is everyone going?

There's absolute chaos in the main quarters.

Ah, eldest young master.

I'll be back.

What else can we do?

Jeez.

What's happening?

The master has been beating the second young master all day.

No one in the household dares to stop him.

I'll go check on them.

No, Eun Jo...

Get lost.

Lock Jae Yi in the storeroom and don't give him a drop of water.

It's medicine.

Yes.

Goodness.

He's asking you to come out.

Are you alright?

Thanks to you.

If you want to say thanks, say it to Eun Jo...

Say that to the lady of the annex.

She brewed the herbal medicine all night, without the master knowing.

She has been diligently brewing it since morning.

What are you doing?

How are you feeling?

I said, what are you doing now?

If you move around so much already, your wounds will reopen.

Pitying me?

Why are you so twisted up?

I'm just worried...

Don't pity me or worry about me.

Do you think you're actually family?

I have absolutely no intention of pretending to be your family.

Then why are you doing this?

Anyone

who's hurt or in pain deserves care.

There's nothing to do with love or hate.

If you don't like the medicine I'm brewing,

I'll ask the steward to take over.

What a waste...

What exactly are you?

I want to ask you.

What exactly is your problem?

Let go.

Can't you hear me telling you to let go?

I'm warning you.

Don't try to build warmth in this house.

Even if you're staying here,

don't worry about me

or do things like that.

Don't make me want to

grow fond of this darn place.

What do you mean?

Eun Jo.

What's going on?

I accidentally spilled it.

I'll buy more herbs.

Grand Prince will guard the palace well,

so we can depart with peace of mind.

It will take at least a full month.

- Move out! - Move out!

Wait.

The Chief Secretary and his eldest son are heading for the temporary palace,

so Hong Eun Jo will be alone with him in that residence?

I will join the royal procession at the palace gate.

Wouldn't it be better for me to go too?

You stay here and handle the tasks I instructed.

Understood.

It seems you're going on a long trip.

Yes.

I'll be going to the Onyang temporary palace.

Have a safe journey.

Let's go.

Ah.

Your Excellency.

I wasn't expecting you.

I came after receiving a letter from Eun Jo.

Eun Jo?

She didn't mention sending any letter when I saw her yesterday.

It arrived the day after the wedding.

She said it was urgent. What's the matter?

Are you sure Eun Jo sent it?

This is for you.

My grandfather passed because of your lack of virtue,

so you should accept this gladly.

And this is

your father's share.

I'll repay you very generously.

How dare you!

Let go!

I can take quite a few hits,

but I won't accept even one blow to disgrace His Excellency's honor.

You wench have gone mad!

Your Highness.

Oh.

My hand slipped.

My mistake.

I meant to strike the back of your head.

Why are you doing this?

Get up.

I won't make a mistake twice.

Stop it.

That's enough.

I was going to give this to you when you left this house,

but I changed my mind.

♫ I clasped my hands and hoped ♫

♫ When that moment finally found me ♫

♫ Longingly treasured ♫

♫ I'll call out your love ♫

This...

What is it?

It is the declaration I should've made

the moment my soul returned.

My resolve for the arduous struggle to come

against the twin foes of ancient privilege and status divide.

The one and only justification I have

to save you from this darn Chief Secretary's house.

I'm marrying you.

This is my

proposal.

[Marriage Proposal]

♫ My heart calls out to you ♫

♫ Once again, we are again ♫

I'm a widow.

- I know. - You are the Grand Prince of this nation.

- So what? - People will curse

and mock you for being immoral.

Let them.

♫ You're my everything to me ♫

♫ The moment I saw you again ♫

Let's go.

Don't take his hand.

You can't go.

Not until you die

in this house.

♫ I want to hold you, loving you ♫

♫ I don't want to let you go for even a moment ♫

♫ Staying just like that dreamlike image ♫

♫ Will you stay forever, even as time passes ♫

♫ Now, come to my side, loving you ♫

♫ If you come one step closer ♫

♫ Every day filled with you and me ♫

♫ Will shine beautifully, I believe ♫

The duel isn't over.

Bring it.

Strip away your rank, discard your status. Drop the formal speech.

You chose the wrong opponent.

Prince Do Wol?

Don't come here anymore.

So I don't end up hurting Eun Jo too.

Please help me.

Why are you laughing?

Why do you keep laughing?

Because I just want to keep laughing with you.

I plan to do just that to my heart's content today.

An order came to execute the patients here and close this place.

I can't forget her in this lifetime.

This is my answer.