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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS

PORTRAYED IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

-Why? -What?

What is it?

Why are you avoiding my eyes? Why are you so restless?

Well...

I am just nervous.

After all we have been through?

You are right.

This is weird. Why am I nervous?

I am acting weird, am I not?

You are such a coward.

Do you not feel nervous at all?

I feel like...

As if my heart is about to...

I am totally fine.

-Really? -Yes.

Dong-ju!

We deserve to die, Your Majesty.

We had no idea that we had committed such a big crime.

When you were burying the corpses,

did you also bury the bodies of Yoo Yeon-gyeong and his family?

I think I just saw the young mistress who we used to serve.

Yes, they were all dead. Every single one of them.

From the mistress who ran away

to the young mistress,

we watched everyone die and buried them ourselves.

Yes.

Is that right?

Okay.

Where did you bury them?

I checked the kisaeng house that Hwa-su is staying.

She did not visit there, either.

-Shall I search outside the city-- -It is fine. Take a seat.

Sorry?

Seeing how we cannot find her after all this effort,

she must really hate me.

Maybe I should take comfort in knowing that she did not go to him.

We cannot go in like this. What if someone sees?

Did you not hear? You must rest.

Nobody will see us.

Who is going to be in the yard this early?

Whatever, just put me down.

-Stay still! -Gosh.

See? There is nobody...

-Let me down. -I guess I was wrong.

Dong-ju?

He came from the palace to see you.

From the palace?

I do not mind having one more servant,

-but why are you... -Asking you for such a favor?

She is the one who gave advice to His Majesty

on how to cure his insomnia when even the royal doctor gave up.

Please do me a favor.

Yes, Your Highness.

What matters is that we are together right now.

So why can you not

just follow your heart?

You see,

I just...

I just like everything about you.

-I hear you summoned me. -I have a task for you.

I will provide you with some men.

Yes, what is it?

Let them in.

I do not think they remember where it is.

We cannot search the whole mountain.

There was a rule,

that we had to stay indoors when we heard bells rattle.

When we stayed indoors,

Chancellor Heo secretly visited a remote house in the widow village.

A remote house?

You said you were not allowed to go outside. How did you find out?

Chancellor Heo killed my mate

who saw things that she should not have.

What do you mean?

Tell us what the dead widow saw.

There was a young man, she said.

A man of great importance in the future.

-Who is that? -Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, I have something to tell you about that man.

That man will testify.

Everyone may leave, except for these two.

You do not seem to remember anything, so let us go back.

-Yes. -Yes.

Whose graves are you looking for?

Sorry?

Well...

It is Lord Yoo's graveyard.

His family members were executed for treason,

but we had no idea that burying them was this great of a sin.

As you have said, we cannot remember where we buried them.

Why is His Majesty trying to dig up the graves now?

Well...

Everyone died.

Every single one of them died, but he does not believe us.

Even Eun-seo died.

I mean it.

I understand. You may go.

Let us go.

He is your son, Your Majesty.

The man who the Chancellor was hiding.

That is why he had to kill and burn

to get rid of his every trace.

No, Your Majesty.

He is lying to you!

When I lived on the island,

my brother once said that he will rise to the top.

I remember him saying that.

-What did you just say? -Your Majesty.

I thought he meant that he wanted to become a general...

But the Chancellor was trying

to enthrone...

Enough!

I worked so hard to get rid of him.

How dare you let him live,

and try to dethrone me?

How could you do this to me?

What are you so afraid of, Your Majesty?

Yes. I believed that you no longer deserve the throne.

-What did you say? -You cannot be the King

just by killing off your subjects and enemies.

How do you not know that the King must be a wise politician

who guards his people and is protected by his people?

Shut your mouth!

You have forsaken your people,

your old friend,

and even your newborn son...

For what?

I told you to shut your mouth.

Your Majesty...

What have I done?

No...

No, this cannot be!

20 YEARS AGO DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION

I learned that every choice has a consequence.

But where are those who must bear the consequences?

Why must the innocent and the powerless who cannot choose their country or King

meet such a wrongful death?

Your Highness...

I will be different.

Even if they cannot choose,

I will make sure everyone is happy to be my people

That is the world that I will build.

Your Majesty, for a very long time,

I have adored those tears.

Yun...

I wished

to create that world with you.

Do not speak.

Call the royal doctor!

No, you must not die! No!

No!

Yun!

No! Yun!

This cannot be!

Yun...

Yun...

Yun...

What are you going to do?

I must see Her Majesty.

How will you do that?

You should talk to your son instead...

Nok-du

must not know the truth until the end.

Her Majesty is the only one who can protect him until the end.

I will find a way.

No, I will take care of it. You should get going.

Lord Heo ordered me to protect you until the very end.

Officer Baek.

Are you hurt?

No, I am fine.

Did you find the graves?

They do not remember the location.

-It was a long time ago and-- -Send them back now.

The graves are no longer important.

What do you mean?

Well...

Send them back and come to me. I will go and wash up.

-Thank you, my lord. -Thank you.

-Thank you. -Thank you so much.

It is not me. His Majesty must have ordered to let you go.

So...

Thank you so much, my lord.

I am sorry.

-Let us get going. -Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Why did you start working as a servant when you are still unwell?

Why start today?

Gosh.

Just give it to me. I will do it.

You can go sit and rest. Or, you can watch me.

Gosh.

What brought you to the palace?

To see you.

And snatch you up after work.

What are we going to do after work?

Well...

You have no plans.

No, I just have too many.

I am trying to think of what we should do first.

Should we go on the swing?

Sure.

And tomorrow,

there will be a wrestling match at the market.

Let us go watch that.

The day after tomorrow, we will...

Why?

Nothing.

Sure, let us do everything that we can.

Sounds good.

See you at the back door. I will wait for you there.

Go back before someone sees you.

Fine.

I am leaving now.

Perfect.

What is this?

I picked it up on my way here.

That is what Master Hwang told me to say.

But to be honest, they were so pretty and I thought of you.

I should go now.

Go.

I am leaving now.

Officer Yeon.

Your Majesty.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Now that I think of it,

you have never looked at ease,

from the moment I first met you until now.

And that is considering the fact that

I felt the most at ease

when I went out in disguise and met you.

Did you hear about what I have done today?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I see.

Is it because of the man Officer Baek and I are after?

-Is it because he hid that man, or-- -It is not.

It is all because of me.

Everything is.

That day...

That was when it all went wrong.

Since that day...

If you are aware of that,

then there must be a solution.

I dream about that day

over and over again.

It is absolutely terrifying.

But do you know what scares me the most?

Even if I were to go back to that day,

I...

do not have the courage to make a different choice.

Your Majesty...

In your memory of that day, do you...

Your Majesty!

In your memory of that terrifying day,

am I...

a part of it?

Open the door!

Is anybody there?

The power of the King is coming down from above.

Repeat what you have said.

The son of the King born on November 19

will become the next King.

What did you just say?

What is that nonsense?

I am right here,

fighting in the war for Father.

I am breathing right here

and you are saying that the son born in a few days will be the next King?

Sure, that is what His Majesty wanted.

Had it not been for the war,

I would not have become the Crown Prince.

But I have become the Crown Prince.

I have at last become the Crown Prince!

So, cut the nonsense and tell me.

What should I do?

What must I do?

You cannot change

nor stop God's plan,

Your Highness.

Do you understand

the weight of your own words?

I cannot lie about God's will

to save my own life, can I?

I will change it.

I will stop it!

I will become

the King of this country!

Your Majesty!

Shall I call the royal doctor, or the royal chef?

Why

are you crying?

No, I am not crying.

Your Highness,

he is the Prince.

He is your son.

I wish

that you will never find out

what kind of person I am.

You must have all heard what happened to Chancellor Heo.

Yes.

It is good that you have gotten involved at the right timing.

Otherwise, we would have all been in danger.

The revolt will take place on the 15th next month.

We will invade the palace, where His Majesty will be absent

and away to visit the royal graves.

I will take an army from Changuimun Gate at 10 p.m. to the palace,

so keep the North Gate open.

Yes, I will take care of that.

Chief Secretary, take the Royal Seal, arrest the King, and return to the palace.

Deputy Chief, take the Queen Dowager and receive her orders.

Everything will go smoothly, then.

Yes. He committed a heinous crime of killing his younger brother

and imprisoning his mother

so we will not face much opposition.

We have enough reasons to revolt.

I could add something else,

something even worse than all of that.

Because I know one more.

That was all Prince Neungyang?

He burnt down the widow village for sure.

As for Madam Chun,

we do not have any evidence.

But seeing how he tried to remove Chancellor Heo by forcing you to lie...

What do we do?

Chancellor Heo died because of us.

We must kill Prince Neungyang!

If we make rash decisions out of anger,

our efforts will go in vain.

The three of us cannot defeat Dan-ho.

Lie low until we find a way.

I will keep in touch with you.

Dong-ju!

-Nok-du! -Hey!

Why did you scare me from the back like that?

I wanted to see you surprised. Happy now?

Gosh.

Is it not amazing?

I am injured, but I still look amazing, do I not?

Yes.

You look so handsome.

But also beautiful.

When you pretended to be a widow, you were prettier than a woman.

Why are you suddenly being so kind?

You cannot even take a compliment, so why do you keep showing off?

Come. We have lots of things to do.

This one looks the prettiest.

This mirror?

No, this.

Stop it! Gosh...

She does not realize how beautiful she is.

How much is this?

Come and get some fireworks!

I have imported these from Ming myself.

Here you go.

Let us buy the whole basket.

Please give us the whole basket.

-This whole basket? -Yes.

-Could you give us these sweets as well? -Yes.

Here you go.

You were adorable when you had these before.

You look like a bunny!

Buy me a pair!

-No. -Why not?

No!

Why? These are pretty. Buy me a pair.

You are going to run away in them, are you not?

-No. -Why would I run away?

Just buy me a pair.

I will buy you everything other than shoes.

Just not shoes.

I can make those as well.

Come and take a look.

Why would you buy what you can make?

-Be quiet! -Come to think of it,

I think I spent way more money than you.

They are

such a beautiful couple. Darn it.

My goodness! What was that?

You...

Vice-Curator Yeon!

What do you think? I will make you a robe with it.

I am very crafty, as you know.

Bok-nyeo?

Bok-nyeo?

Hey!

-Ladies! -Lady Kim!

What brings you all here?

Have some of this.

Goodness.

I only gave lotus roots for side dish!

You are so mean!

Sorry, that was mean of me.

It must have been hard for you.

You had to stay in the well for two days.

Not at all. You ladies must have gone through a lot, too.

Do not get me started.

Two days?

You did not eat anything for two days?

For two whole days?

Yes, that is why I am starving now.

Have some food!

Nok-du,

why are you serving food all of a sudden?

You worked so hard to cook all of this.

Is that right?

-Enjoy. -Yes.

Have a seat.

This is nice.

Stop!

Put your spoon down.

What is wrong, Aeng-du? You should eat.

Yolk!

Gosh.

A fried egg.

This is a fried egg!

There was just one left...

The doctor told me to feed her well.

-You jerk. -You have to eat lots of eggs and meat.

Dig in.

-You can have it. -No!

You have to eat it.

-Gosh. -My goodness.

Gosh.

-I cannot watch this. -This is too much.

You are making us widows very sad.

Where are your manners when we are having a family dinner?

Look at you.

What a sweet meal we are having.

Very sweet, indeed

Very, very sweet.

I forgot!

I will bring the scorched rice tea now.

I know how to eat fried eggs, too.

I will make some for you next time.

Aeng-du, have some meat instead.

Eat a lot of it.

Yes, go ahead.

Let us keep eating.

I may be able to get inside,

but I do not think I can see her myself.

Just delivering the note will be enough.

Please give it to me.

Thank you.

Please be careful.

By the way,

when you are in the palace,

do you think you will be able to find out what happened to Lord Heo?

I was meaning to tell you...

You cannot sleep here when there are so many eyes on us!

-Are you insane? -Yes, I am.

Can I go over?

What if someone opens the door?

Who will open your door this late at night?

You are crazy.

I am speechless.

That is because you know I am right.

I am going over.

I am tired, so do not try to chat and just go to sleep.

Fine.

Good night.

You really are asleep.

You really listen well, do you not?

You are not sleeping?

Are you an idiot? How can I sleep?

-Why not? -Do you really need to ask?

Seriously?

You can sleep, I do not see why not.

When I see you, I forget about everything.

I am struggling,

and I cannot smile, but you make me smile.

Weird, is it not?

I guess so.

Why do I love a scamp like you?

I had my eyes closed.

You woke me up.

The widows all have terrible sleeping habits.

I could not sleep at all.

Hey, Aeng-du.

-Did you see? -See what?

How you two were stuck together like glue and kissing each other?

Or rolling away from each other as if you were caught on fire?

Which one?

You saw everything.

I have given it some thought,

and I do not think you can be my husband.

What use is a man who has no principles?

A dungeon?

He practically lives there.

His robe is always stained with blood.

Goodness!

I hear that someone died there yesterday.

I hear that it was a man of high rank.

That is what it is for, anyway.

What are you doing?

Right.

Why do you look so sunken?

A man died

because I lied.

Did you think that it would be a smooth ride?

-That is not what I meant-- -If you are

going to be like this in front of His Majesty, do not come.

I will meet him alone.

You do not have work to do?

I am here to do something.

I am sleeping at the palace from today.

-Why? -I have to. It is for work.

You do not have to.

It is better that way. I am just giving you a heads-up.

What do you think you are doing?

Let me go. We will talk after you let go.

Please let her go, Prince Neungyang.

Are you out of your mind?

Please excuse him, my lord.

I do not know what happened,

but there are many eyes on you here.

Do you know how hard I searched for you?

And you are at the palace? Why are you here?

It is complicated.

You think you can change things by working in the palace?

-Follow me. -No!

Dong-ju!

Here comes Her Majesty!

I came to see who was making such loud noises in the palace.

Was it you, Prince Neungyang?

I apologize.

You must be Dong-ju, who works for Court Lady Kim.

Yes, Your Highness.

I do not know what is going on,

but she works for my subordinate,

which means she is one of my people.

Please do not mistreat her like that.

You are excused.

You may go as well, Prince Neungyang.

I wish to talk to you for a moment.

Yes, Your Highness.

Look at you! Why do you look so sunken?

-Mind your own business. -How can I?

You can stop now. Then I will--

No, there is no going back.

I have come too far.

So stop wasting your time.

What do you mean?

Is he blackmailing you?

No, he is not.

Just do not follow me.

-We are out of tea. -I will get some.

Get the best kind as it will be served to Her Majesty.

A revolt?

-Chancellor Heo? -Yes.

That is why he was jailed and died there.

How can His Majesty's closest friend do such a thing?

Is there any proof?

Who was with him? Who were they trying to enthrone?

I was told to keep it confidential.

I am sorry, Your Highness.

That day,

he certainly had something to tell me.

Sorry?

Nothing. You are excused now.

Your Majesty,

Chancellor Heo's corpse is still in the palace.

We cannot find his family, either.

So we do not know what we should do.

Throw the body out through the door for the dead.

Sorry?

Yun...

abandoned me long ago.

I will abandon him, too.

-Yes, Your Majesty. -Your Majesty.

How is your wrist?

You must have been scared.

I wish I could knock him out.

I am fine.

Nok-du.

Yes?

I cannot go home from today.

Why do you keep repeating such bad news?

It is fine, I can come visit you.

Head inside and get some rest.

Yes.

I will be back. See you tomorrow.

-Excuse... -Goodness!

Are you going to keep startling me like this every time?

I apologize.

You have heard what happened to Chancellor Heo, right?

Will you leave Prince Neungyang to be?

No.

I am thinking about what I should do.

How about we help each other out?

Not only did His Majesty kill Lord Heo,

he just threw the corpse out.

How could he possibly do that?

I must go see Yun.

You must go and meet Her Majesty.

I will take care of Lord Heo.

Then let us go together.

You know that it will be dangerous.

Is it any less dangerous for you?

Let us go.

I almost died of a fever as a child.

I was a nobody that even my mother gave up on.

But Lord Heo brought me to the doctor and saved my life.

Lord Heo cried and begged his father to save me.

Back then,

I was not only cured of fever,

but became

human for the first time in my life.

I must go, as I became human thanks to My Lord.

I apologize for not protecting you until the very end.

Your Majesty,

would you like me to call Officer Yeon to join you?

I must look pathetic to you.

It is not that.

Sure.

Call him.

Where is Jung Yun-jeo?

He ran far away. Do not look for him.

I will cut your head off next.

Answer me quickly.

You will cut my head off even if I do answer.

I do not need to live,

for my master is right here.

What I am saying is

that I will never do anything you want me to.

I came here

to walk with My Lord to death, anyway.

You were alive all along?

Your Highness.

20 years ago,

do you remember

how I buried His Majesty's son?

Yes, and then you fell--

I did not die then.

And I am not the only one who survived.

What do you mean?

His Majesty's son

is still alive, Your Highness.

Please protect the child.

What do you mean, protect him?

Where is he?

Where is he now?

You must protect him

from His Majesty.

I asked where he is!

I will protect him with all I have.

Tell me.

Please.

Your Majesty!

Who is there?

My lord.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

You were right. There was an oath.

How can we steal that?

I am Lady Kim, who stole Lord Park's elephant statue.

You are going to stop the revolt?

Are you okay, my lord?

-And you will bring Hwang-tae back? -You must help me.

Here comes the Prince.

There is no point in doing this.

It will be all over for Prince Neungyang tonight.

Subtitle translation by Min-sun Kim