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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS

PORTRAYED IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

You must catch them

no matter what.

Yes, Your Majesty.

No, I should do it myself.

Nok-du, are you okay?

I am a bit late because I had to take your father outside the palace.

Is he okay?

-Yes, your father is okay. -What about you?

Are you okay?

Yes, this is nothing.

But is His Majesty really back?

You must escape with Hwang-tae and Dong-ju.

What about you?

I need to go somewhere.

Okay, bring her safely. Make sure you be careful.

No, let me go with you.

We have no time to lose. Hurry.

Let us go.

Oh, no.

Oh, dear.

I am okay.

But we must leave the palace.

What do you mean?

His Majesty has returned.

What?

How?

So are you being chased?

Yes.

There is a secret door in the back garden that leads the way out of the palace.

Court Lady Kim.

-Lead the way. -Yes, Your Highness.

Follow me.

Okay.

You should come with us, Mother.

No one is in the Crown Prince's palace.

I think I know where he is hiding.

Let us go.

What are you talking about?

Why can you not come with me?

This place is dangerous. How can I leave you here all alone?

His Majesty cannot kill me.

Because I am the only one

who is left by his side.

What about me?

I finally

got to meet my mother.

You have no idea

how much I do not wish to say goodbye to you.

Then why?

-Why-- -Because

I am the Queen of this country.

My husband may be cold-hearted and brutal.

Still, he is the king of this country.

If I also leave his side,

those shameless men will destroy his life in an instant.

And I must not let that happen.

Mother.

Nok-du.

Whatever they say,

you are my one and only

precious son.

Keep that in mind

and put behind all your hurtful memories.

Now, go somewhere far away

and live a free life.

Will you do that for me?

I promise we will meet one day.

I promise.

So

make sure you stay alive.

Stay alive no matter what.

You must come this way. Hurry.

You used to live here when you were the Crown Princess.

And you are not the only one who knows this place.

Where is he?

How long

are you going to keep being so brutal?

How dare you!

Your Highness.

If anyone moves an inch,

I will cut my own throat.

If you wish to kill me,

then go ahead.

Kill me first!

Then you can go kill your own son!

This is the exit. You must hurry up and go.

I hope you understand the Queen.

She decided to stay because she believes that is what she needs to do

in order to protect you two.

I hope you stay safe.

Where are they?

There they are.

The entire city is in chaos.

Get on board with Aeng-du.

But Nok-du is not here yet.

I told him to hide somewhere if things go bad, so I will check there.

You should go first with your father and Aeng-du, okay?

What...

Hey.

Thank you so much for your hospitality.

I am sorry I never got to repay you for your kindness.

You ladies should leave as well.

You are not safe here.

Hurry up. Get on the boat.

What...

What are you doing?

You think we can trust these weak men with a little kid?

No way. We will go with them.

Yes, let us go.

My goodness.

Get on board. Give me that.

Hurry up and get on board.

Go on.

Here.

Do... Do not go.

Hold this for me.

What are you still doing here?

You should go now. And be careful.

-Go on. -Okay.

-Nok-du. -Yes?

I am okay.

No, you are not.

Why do you always say you are okay?

Do I say that?

Okay then.

I am not okay.

It hurts a lot. It hurts so much.

You should have hugged me earlier.

I finally feel better now.

Do not fall asleep.

I will not fall asleep.

I will keep talking to you.

Talk about what?

Since when

did you start liking me?

Do you seriously want to talk about that right now?

You liked me ever since we started

living together at the widow village, did you not?

Why would I fall for a man who was dressed up as a woman?

Then if we go back in time,

will you not fall for me again?

It is a bloodstain.

He must have gone that way.

You see,

if I could turn back time to when we first met,

I will do everything I can to run away with you.

I will make sure you never find out anything.

I will not let you find out who I am.

I will just run away with you. It will be just you and me.

And...

Are you listening?

Are you?

Nok-du, no.

Please...

No...

Dong-ju.

-Nok-du. -Nok-du.

No, not this way.

What is the matter?

If you follow this path, you will find a river.

And when you get there, you will see a small boat.

Do you think you can take him there?

What are you talking about?

I will do my best to help you buy time.

So stay here and do as I say.

Oh, and one more thing.

This might be too much to ask.

But...

But when you meet Aeng-du--

I cannot take Nok-du there all by myself.

-What? -We will get caught on our way there.

You know you cannot fight them on your own.

Then all three of us will die.

Are you trying to...

I am only doing this to survive.

Please do your best

to save Nok-du.

He is dead.

Are you trying to buy him time with this cheap trick?

And did he send you to do this?

While he was on the run, you caught him and killed him with your sword.

That is what I want you to say.

If you do that,

I will stay by your side.

You will stay by my side?

Do you even know what that means?

I will never let you go anywhere.

I will keep you hidden for the rest of your life.

Go ahead.

I do not care.

This is not the way. Let us leave.

I found his body after he fell into the river and got swept away.

He got stabbed by your sword

and got swept away by the river?

Yes, Your Majesty.

You really brought me his body.

That is not necessary.

I will not be able to recognize him

since he was in the river for days.

And I know you will never

lie to me.

Would you like to try it?

Never mind. If you do not want to...

Is it good?

Yes, it is.

You promised to do anything.

I did.

I will wait

until you truly love me.

I said I do not need your love, but that was a lie.

You can take as long as you need

to truly open up to me.

That is all I ask.

I can lie

and promise you that I will.

But

you and I both know too well

that sincerity

and love

cannot be forced.

Stop.

You may go now.

Dong-ju.

I told you not to.

It is fine as long as they cannot see from the outside.

What do you think?

Even ghosts with good eyes will pass by our house.

Now, stop whimpering and go to sleep. You are so loud.

What are you doing?

Why did you not light the candle?

You were alive?

You were alive.

Of course.

I promised that I will...

I am sorry I came so late.

You and I both know too well

that sincerity

and love

cannot be forced.

My lord, if we do not go now, we will lose them.

-Should we go after them? -No, let them leave.

My goodness.

I did not know my daughter-in-law could run so fast.

My precious son died after he married you!

So you should have done as you were told!

How dare you run away?

You are unbelievable.

My goodness!

My goodness.

What? My nose is bleeding.

How dare you!

My goodness.

What...

She is not my daughter-in-law.

Who... Who are you?

-My lord! -My lord!

You must have been startled.

Everything will be okay now.

It was nice

when he first offered to help us.

He is having fun.

He likes pretending to be a widow so he could beat up their fathers-in-law.

He is worth ten good men during other missions.

So let him have his fun.

She says she has nowhere to go.

You should come with us to the village.

You can share a room with Lady Jang.

Who are you to decide?

Thank you so much.

I will forever be grateful.

Well, I should go now.

I will see you at the wedding.

We will be sailing there tomorrow,

so just stay the night and go with us.

-No, I cannot! -Why not?

Because I miss him.

You cannot eat because you miss him?

It has only been three days since he left.

He was supposed to come back yesterday.

The waves were too strong yesterday,

so I bet he could not sail.

I know, but that does not change the fact that I miss him.

I did not think this before,

but she has no respect for widows.

She gets on my nerves every time she waits for him to come back.

He is here!

My goodness.

Be careful.

Nok-du must be back.

Nok-du!

You will fall! Slow down!

-I will kill them. -No, just let them be.

My goodness, let them be.

I got myself in this mess.

Why did you buy something so expensive?

I was going to wear it at our wedding.

I wanted to surprised you. Why could you not just wait?

Why do you always spend so much money?

Do you know how much you spent on our wedding?

Why do you have no sense of romance?

We only get one wedding.

What is wrong with spending a little money? We make money to spend it.

Look. These are all the things you have bought so far.

Do you call this a little? Seriously?

I could not help it. They would all look pretty on you.

Okay, fine. I am sorry.

So let us put this away and do...

Do what?

Let us carry on with what we were about to do earlier.

No way!

Why not?

Everyone is busy getting ready for our wedding.

Hurry up and help them out. I need to clean the room.

I said we should break up out of anger,

but she instantly agreed to it, packed her stuff, and just left.

My goodness.

These rings are pretty.

She seriously has no sense of romance.

How could she be so indifferent to my feelings?

I married her and moved all the way to this island just for her.

My goodness.

I should not have fallen for her beautiful eyes at that dock.

Then I will not have had to go through this darn...

This darn what?

What are you doing here? I thought you wanted to break up.

Stop complaining and follow me. Let us go home and talk.

Okay.

I will count to three.

One, two, three. I am here.

My goodness.

-Come here. -Here.

What are you doing?

You make me feel like a baby every time you do this.

Neh!

What an eyesore. What are they doing?

You are one to talk. You are the biggest fool in love on this island.

What happened? Did she scold you again?

I did not get scolded.

I got angry at her and left.

What?

I am happy

that we are living together again.

Me too.

I am happy I get to live with you and Dad again just like the old days.

And

I feel especially grateful to you. I also feel sorry.

Really?

Then how about you cancel the wedding

so you can keep living with me and Dad just like the old days?

Stop being absurd.

Hwang-tae, you should get married, too.

What do you think about Lady Lee?

What about Lady Kim?

Cut the nonsense.

-You are being weird. -Stop being absurd.

What is this reaction? I think you like her.

Will you stop it?

Smile.

You look pretty.

You must be really happy.

Yes, I am very happy.

Were you not the one who told me

that I should not marry a good-for-nothing guy like him?

But now, it looks like that was just part of your big picture.

-I bet that was what it was. -Is that true?

My goodness, no way.

Aeng-du, that is not true.

Anyway, please take good care of Nok-du.

He may be a little immature,

but he is a good man, so I hope you have a happy marriage.

Always love each other, okay?

Okay. Thank you.

Wait. Where are the rice cakes?

Wait! You forgot the rice cakes!

-Oh, gosh. -Oh, my goodness.

-My gosh. -I am okay, everyone.

-My goodness! -I cannot believe that just happened.

Okay, everyone. I am okay.

I am okay. Come here, Bok-nyeo. I am okay.

-My gosh! -What is going on?

-My goodness. -Everything is fine.

-My gosh. -The wind is so strong.

The bride is here.

Goodness, she looks beautiful.

Okay, everyone. We will now begin the wedding ceremony

of Jeon Nok-du and Dong Dong-ju.

"The groom and bride must love each other at all times.

But in order to do that, they must..."

-Oh, gosh! -My goodness!

Go get that! It took me all night to write that!

My goodness, I need that!

-Why is it so windy today? -My gosh.

-My goodness. -What is going on?

-My gosh. -It is okay.

Do you think they picked the wrong date?

Why would you say that?

I have to say, the weather is amazing today.

You should make a congratulatory speech.

-My goodness, no. -That is a good idea.

Then before the wedding ceremony begins,

I would like to say a few words to the couple.

Marriage is when two different people meet

and live together for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, you must respect and cherish each other.

And if you endure the hardships and continue to make efforts,

you will build the strength

to overcome whatever obstacle that may come your way.

Therefore, I trust that the two of you

will always be happy with each other

and rely on each other

for the rest of your lives

regardless of how difficult things might get...

-My goodness. -Oh, gosh!

My goodness, what is happening?

My gosh.

My goodness.

What in the world is this mess?

-What a waste. -Everything is on the ground.

My goodness, will you look at her?

My gosh.

Stop being so upset.

I do not care about the wedding ceremony.

I wanted to give you everything.

I wanted to do everything we never got to do

and everything we had to give up.

I wanted to give you a lot of happy memories

so you would not remember what hurt you.

I wanted to give you a ring and promise in front of everyone

that we are going to live together for the rest of our lives.

-We can do that now. -What?

Nok-du.

I do not think our time together

will always be full of sunshine and rainbows.

Some days will be windy like today.

And some days will be sad and full of tears.

But you see,

as long as I am with you,

I am more than willing to endure all those hardships.

I will endure anything.

Okay.

So will I.

I will do so willingly and with joy.

I think flower rings are the prettiest.

You see,

there is something I did not get to do at the wedding.

What is that?

What are you doing?

I am writing a letter to my mother saying we got married.

MOTHER, DONG-JU AND I ARE MARRIED

9 YEARS LATER

Go!

Get a move on!

You are here.

I thought you were smarter than me.

But I guess not

seeing that you are willing to enter

the gates that lead to misery.

You should not have let me live.

If I did not let you live,

I would have become a father who killed his innocent son twice.

Did you know

I was born during the Japanese invasion?

November 19th.

That is

the actual date of my birth.

I was born on the same day as your son.

The royal offspring born on November 19th

will become the next king.

Had my father not heard that, I would have died as well.

But as you can see, I am alive.

And just like the prophecy,

I will become the king today.

And you will not

get to die a king.

Will you do me a favor?

I will gladly die

and accept my fate.

If I must live the rest of my life in fear,

I will do so.

But

let me be the only one

who has to pay for my wrongdoings.

Please let the Queen

leave the palace

without anyone knowing about it.

I will grant you that favor.

You will be lonely.

You will be

extremely lonely.

You will be lonely.

You will be extremely lonely.

PRINCE NEUNGYANG SUCCEEDED IN REVOLT

Nok-du.

I do not know

how I should be feeling right now.

I feel like crying, but I am not quite sure.

Come here.

Pardon?

You may cry.

And it is fine even if you do not.

I also feel the same way.

Are you nervous?

-A little. -I am very nervous.

-Why? -Because

I do not know what she will think of me.

I do not know if she will like me or not.

How could she not like you?

Right? I am too pretty to dislike.

You saved my life.

-Stop it. -I am serious.

You told me that you wish to live a happy life with me

and promised that you will wait.

What you said that day

made me hold on to my life so many times.

I still feel the same way.

And I will keep living happily with you for the rest of my life.

So if you have a hard time, you can cry on my shoulder.

And let us enjoy happy moments together just like we are doing right now.

-Promise. -My goodness.

The boat is here.

Let us go.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK SON BYEONG-HO FOR MAKING A GUEST APPEARANCE

Subtitle translation by Ja-won Lee