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Episode 13

Are you happy to see me?

Of course.

You know how hard I was looking for you.

Did you come here to see your brother?

You're saying that thing is my brother?

How can you be so cold?

To your brother who is suffering because of you.

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I can no longer bear to watch what you are doing because it's so vile.

Oh no.

I guess in the end, you are going to kill your own brother.

How sad will Her Highness the Queen Dowager be when she knows about this fact.

If one of us has to die,

don't you think that I, the one who survived, should live?

Don't talk about nonsense and give it up immediately.

I made you guys. Who lives and who dies is a decision I make.

You're probably going to use His Highness the Crown Prince to kill me again.

Because of your repulsive actions,

do you know how many innocent people got hurt or died?

Try me.

Do you think I won't be able to kill you because I don't have the Crown Prince?

Then,

I can just check if this is really the only way

that you can kill me.

Where is the Princess? Take me to her.

Your Excellency!

Your Excellency!

Your Excellency...

Your Excellency! Please!

Please come to your senses!

Are you already back from the royal tombs?

I changed my mind so I came back.

Did you call the Princess into the palace?

What if I did?

You will have to hide her very well.

We are the ones who went through the entire nation, to look for the Princess.

Do you think we won't be able to find a simple rat in a crucible?

The Princess is in the palace.

Are you sure?

For certain it is Her Highness the Queen Dowager, who is hiding her.

The Queen Dowager?

After finding out that the Princess was to be sacrificed for your cleansing ritual,

It seems that she's hiding the princess inside the palace.

She will attempt to block me, so we need to catch the Princess before then.

I'm so thankful that she came into the palace with her own feet.

I wanted to see the Princess so badly. Bring her here.

Her Highness the Queen Dowager will not just hand over the Princess so easily,

so it looks like we might have to hunt.

Hunt?

If you prepare a hunting dog and a justification to open a hunt in the palace,

- I will catch her. - No

Hunting is more fun if you do it yourself rather than just watching.

I'll do the hunting myself.

Then I will just watch.

Okay.

It will be better to let His Highness the Crown Prince go as soon as possible.

Father...

I will ask His Excellency Choi Hyeon Seo if he can perform the releasing soul to heaven ritual right away.

It's okay if we go slow.

Just a little later.

Then, until Your Highness readies your heart,

I will wait.

No.

Hong Joo probably has started moving to capture you.

I don't know if we can successfully hold the releasing soul to heaven ritual without any issue.

There is something you need to do, Your Highness.

You did well. Where the Princess is in the palace...

Now Your Excellency's body and soul are all mine.

You won't be able to abandon nor move the way you want to.

Look at me.

Don't fall into an abyss.

Aren't you living?

Just live like this as if nothing happened.

I will help you.

Please let me live as a person.

There are a lot of things that you need to do for me, Your Excellency.

- At Ban Village, back there for me— - You don't need to thank me,

because it was for Yeon Hee.

But still, I'm grateful for thankful things.

Thank you.

If you're done then please leave.

I'm not done yet.

On the day when Yeon Hee left, did you come to Ban Village with your subordinate?

With that girl named Sol Gae?

What about it?

I was just wondering if you just always go around with her.

Isn't that none of your business?

She looks loyal. Since when did she start working under you as your subordinate?

What is it that you want to know?

How strong is her loyalty towards you, Sir?

How much do you trust that girl, Sol Gae, Sir?

Her being my right hand that wields a sword

means that I am trusting her with my own life.

Since I've answered you, tell me why you asked.

I was just asking because you both were trying to catch Red Robes.

If... I were to catch Red Robes, what would you do?

I'm no longer the captain of the royal guard.

But, if it's for Yeon Hee and His Majesty,

then I will help you reveal the identity of Red Robes.

There is someone who I suspect of being Red Robes.

When I am certain, I will tell you.

Sir.

Why are you here? There's nothing to do here.

So until I tell you otherwise go home and rest.

Your complexion doesn't...

You have a fever. Are you sick?

No. It's because I'm just a little hot.

Even though there's nothing to do, I will follow you, Sir.

No, there's no need.

Red Robes.

Just like I told you, when I capture Red Robes, I'll turn that person over to you.

T-t-that is... Captain Choi Poong Yeon met his sister and I followed her

but she disappeared without a trace after stepping inside a palanquin...

I knew the person beside his sister, so I was monitoring him,

but that person also disappea...

Your Majesty! With all my loyalty,

I looked high and low each house in the capital,

from the registry of the nobles to even their personal servants.

I couldn't find her, Your Majesty!

It's fine.

Pardon?

Your grace is immeasurable!

So you're saying you know Poong Yeon's sister's face, right?

Yes. I saw her clearly with my own two eyes.

Her face looks so cold-hearted and her body looked weak like a willow branch.

Her eyes were so moist like a cup brimming with a deep-flavored ume alcohol. She was that kind of a woman.

It seems that you have looked at her carefully.

Yes. Well, ever since I was little your lowly subject had heard that I had extremely good eyes—

- There's something you need to do. - Pardon?

It's something that you do very well.

Your Highness

What is it?

Former Royal Guards Captain Choi Poong Yeon requests to meet you.

What's the reason you came to see me?

I have a favor to ask, Your Highness.

What is it?

I know that Yeon Hee is in the palace.

I have got some clothes for Yeon Hee, but I want to give them to her directly.

I heard that your brother-sister relationship was very close...

But, because Yeon Hee can't meet you right now,

leave it here. I will give it to her.

Your Highness. There's someone in the palace who is trying to catch Yeon Hee in the palace,

so until when are you going to keep her here?

I will take Yeon Hee.

Don't you know that Yeon Hee is a princess?

There's something Yeon Hee needs to do for the royal family,

so don't worry and go back.

Do you not even care about Yeon Hee's safety, Your Highness?

What?

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Highness!

Have you thrown me away and are stuck to the Queen Dowager's side?

What are you doing here?

How dare you bring soldiers and intrude upon the Queen Dowager's chambers without prior permission!

It's not intruding.

I heard that there is something bad in the Queen Dowager's quarters, so I am here to protect you.

- Report what you have seen. - Yes, yes.

T-That... Well... For a long time, t-there's been a panic-driven rumor g-going around the capital about a witch.

I, as the captain of the royal guard, have been chasing after that witch

out of concern that she may harm the country,

but that person went into Queen Dowager's chambers.

I was greatly surprised so I ran to His Majesty the King to report it. Yep.

You saw that witch with your own two eyes, right?

Yes. She has white hair,

but she took the form of a girl to hide in the Queen Dowager's quarters.

Are you trying to use that ridiculous nonsense to get rid of me completely?

Your Majesty! Just say it's a treason plot!

Give me a reason that the all of the citizens will be able to agree with.

What will I do by pulling you down,

since you won't be holding the throne forever?

When my illness gets better, you will step down anyway.

I'm just worried for you so I dragged my sick body and came here.

So are you telling me to cry tears of gratitude?

You cannot intrude upon the Queen Dowager's quarters for such a ridiculous reason.

Immediately remove the soldiers and leave this place!

Your Highness the Queen Dowager, is this something to be angry about?

I was worried for Your Highness's safety so I stopped by just to confirm if a filthy thing is hiding here.

- Search! - Yes!

Uh there might be something hidden behind that folding screen...

Your Majesty!

The ministers have assembled in the court and are awaiting Your Majesty.

For what reason?

What's going on?

Has there been some kind of change?

Who are you?

She's Crown Prince Sunhoe's sister, Princess Yeon Hee.

I give you my greetings, Your Majesty the King.

I am Yeon Hee.

A princess all of a sudden? Please explain.

The princess who we thought was dead when she was born,

was alive according to a rumor I recently I heard.

So I followed the rumors and found her.

Today, here in this place, I will instate Yeon Hee with the title of Princess.

Then, it seems to be true,

the rumor about Your Majesty the Queen Dowager giving birth to twins through evil ways.

Having twins is already ominous but evil ways?

Your Majesty the Queen Dowager, is what His Majesty said true?

Evil ways in the Palace? The King should not slander the royal family.

If you say that having twins is ominous, I have nothing to say

since it was decided by the heavens.

The princess that Your Highness the Queen Dowager bore as a twin...

Because of this princess, the calamities of this country are unending and the royal family has been cursed.

I heard that a rumor is circulating that I am suffering from a disease with an unknown cause.

What do you think about this?

If that rumor is true, I will take responsibility.

Even if that means dethronement,

will you handle it?

If you want to dethrone me,

you have to confirm that the princess is the root cause of the calamities and curse you speak of, Your Majesty.

If it is true, without having to confirm it, the curse will be fulfilled.

Your Highness the Queen Dowager, I can just dethrone you when that time comes.

Before you pick on my mistake,

since the princess came back alive, isn't this a joyous event for the royal family?

Aren't you happy, Your Majesty?

Yes.

My joy knows no bounds.

I also so very much wanted to see the rumored princess.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Right now, your safety is more important. So only worry about that.

I congratulate you on coming back to the palace, Your Highness the Princess.

Always put your head down in front of the princess and pay your full respects in front of her.

If anything were to ever happen to the Princess, there's no doubt it will be your doing.

Do you understand me?

I can't just sit here and be wronged, like that.

Soon at the Taoist Temple, there'll be a releasing soul to heaven ritual to pay tribute to the soul of His Highness the Crown Prince Sunhoe,

so I hope that you, the Palace Shaman Council's Head Shamaness, will help me with it.

How about it?

Of course, Your Highness.

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Have you told Red Robes?

Yes. As you ordered, I told her to keep herself and the ceramic urn hidden.

She has to bring it back here on the day of the rooster, in the hour of the pig (between 7 and 9 pm)

Hey, Red Robes. I really wanted to see you.

What kind of greeting is so harsh?

Why don't you put this down first? I feel sorry then.

Did you not put on the ointment?

Sol Gae. Who gave you that name, the leader of the slums or Hong Joo?

If you reveal my identity to Sir (Poong Yeon), I will kill you.

Be as strongly confident as you wish, Your Highness the Princess.

Not too long from now, you'll be ashamed of yourself for all of you've done with something fake.

Crown Prince Sunhoe

You're here?

We were about to begin.

Since you're also of close relation with the Crown Prince,

shouldn't you say your last farewell?

You had cherished him so.

How can it compare to the sadness of Your Majesty the Queen Dowager?

Still, my heart is in great pain as well.

Is your heart truly hurting?

Yes, Your Highness the Princess.

Then, why did you smuggle out the real ceramic urn?

Your Highness the Crown Prince.

What are you doing? Not saying your farewell?

I genuinely wish for Crown Prince to pass easily and peacefully into the afterlife.

This is not the end.

Since I said I will pay for my sins,

you too will also come to bear the consequences of your evil actions.

Are you okay?

I will come back shortly, after some fresh air.

If we send off His Highness the Crown Prince, then that person cannot harm you?

- Seo Ri. - Taoist.

Nothing happened?

That's good.

What about Father? I haven't been able to see him.

Where is he?

About that...

Father.

Your Excellency.

Are you alright, Your Excellency?

Yes, I am alright.

That is good.

You brought him back safely.

Then without delay, I believe it is best to go ahead with the releasing soul to heaven ritual.

Please bring Her Highness the Queen Dowager.

Yes.

Please go together with Yeon Hee.

Ah...Y-Yes. Let's go.

Your Excellency.

Are you really okay?

Please don't worry about that.

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Do I have to call you Your Highness the Princess from now on?

This... is just like a safety net

to protect myself from Hong Joo.

So don't find me difficult.

What do you mean difficult? You're scary.

I'm scared of being separated from you once again.

- Older Brother? - What is it?

Do not follow. I have something to tell Yeon Hee in private.

Change into this and come out. Let's get out of here.

I know that you are doing this because you're worried that I will be in danger.

- But— - Not only Hong Joo, but even the King is trying to kill you.

How could you walk to your own death with your own two feet?

Because the people trying to kill me are here.

I'm going to watch, with my own eyes, what they are planning and trying to do.

That way, I can stop them and light the candles.

I am only thinking about this.

I cannot afford the luxury of understanding your feelings, Brother.

I did not try to avoid your changed self.

I tried to overcome my fears.

I...

wanted to protect you as a man, from now on.

Why are you not trying to give me a chance?

The only reply that I can give you is...

Just this.

Don't ever turn your back on me again.

Please let go. Yeon Hee will be hurt.

This is not something for you to meddle in.

I said to let go.

Let go of that hand.

Let him go. Hurry.

Brother, please let me go.

I will go with this person here.

If I let go of your hand here...

You will never see me, your brother, again.

Your Majesty the Queen Dowager.

Sal eh do heo deu... Go da ban geol... Om mani padme hum.

Sal eh do heo deu... Go da ban geol... Om mani padme hum.

Sal eh do heo deu... Go da ban geol... Om mani padme hum.

Sal eh do heo deu... Go da ban geol... Om mani padme hum.

Sal eh do heo deu...

Taoist!

What happened?

I was attacked suddenly, so I don't know what happened.

What about Father?

It's a relief that he had left for a bit when all this happened.

Crown Prince Sunhoe

You did well.

Crown Prince Sunhoe

The ceramic urn disappeared.

You are at it again, wench!

No matter how hard Your Majesty the Queen Dowager struggles,

you can't stop destiny.

Between His Highness the Crown Prince and Her Highness the Princess,

your destiny, Your Majesty the Queen Dowager, is to choose which one of them to save.

Since I see you have chosen Her Highness the Princess, I will do as I please with His Highness the Crown Prince.

What are you going to do with the Crown Prince?

It has nothing to do with you, does it?

I'll either have him sit on the throne or make him a vengeful soul, wandering in the netherworld.

His Highness the Crown Prince is no longer your child anyway.

You wench! What are you saying right now?

The Crown Prince is my child. I said he is my son!

Wasn't it you who threw away His Highness the Crown Prince?

I have never, not even once, deserted my Boo!

Then you should have let me kill the Princess to bring the Crown Prince back to life.

You shouldn't have called the Princess to go against me!

If Crown Prince had still been alive, none of this would have happened at all!

If you had killed the Princess properly the first time, back then, Boo would have still been alive!

Do you now know...

the reason to save not you, who is alive, but to instead revive the dead Crown Prince?

Boo!

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Your Majesty may have thrown Yeon Hee away,

but Yeon Hee has protected you, Your Majesty.

Never bother my children ever again.

Are you okay?

It's a happy-dream drink.

In your dreams, you'll be able to meet the one you have missed.

You'll have difficulty falling asleep tonight, so take this before you go to sleep.

Happy dream drink

It is curious, isn't it?

That doll over there looks like you, Crown Prince.

That one?

- That one looks like me? - Yes.

I have never noticed that.

Queen Mother, your head has been tilted.

To this side.

Yes, that will do.

On my way, if I were to take one day out of my life which has been lived,

I would take a day like today, which we spent laughing away at nothing and talking about everyday matters.

Enduring the long years with this one day, I will wait until the day we meet again.

May that day come slowly.

happy dream potion

Now...now the only thing that is left for me is Your Excellency.

Since only with Your Excellency's power can the Princess be killed.

On that day, at any cost, you must help me burn with the internal spiritual force.

That's the last page of the Book of Demon Banishment.

Only the sacrifice of someone who genuinely loves Yeon Hee

can light the last candle.

If Hong Joo happens to find that out,

Heo Jun will also be in danger.

Your Excellency.

Yo Gwang.

If I turn into an evil monster being once again,

please do kill me then.

I can't. I don't want to.

I'm begging you.

If I become any sort of danger to Yeon Hee,

you must not hesitate. You must save Yeon Hee at all costs.

Before Poong Yeon and Yeon Hee see me as an evil spirit...

Please kill me.

Hey.

What is it that you want?

If I want an apology from you, would that make me crazy?

The thing is that when you stabbed me it did hurt me a lot.

People who are looking for me, are mostly

either threatening or requesting. There are two kinds.

Which one are you?

There is something I'm curious about.

If the girl you made stick to Yeon Hee's brother

hadn't found Yeon Hee, what were you going to do then?

It's you who smuggled away the Crown Prince.

Well, I...

I am thinking hard on how am I using this great card that I obtained?

What should I do?

What is it that you want?

Stop bothering Yeon Hee and stop killing people.

That is just all I want from you.

Whether to make your small wish come true,

I need to think hard on it.

I will give you some time.

- Hey! - Yes!

That guy has Sol Gae. Follow him.

This house slaughtered a cow today.

Today the soup is really...

a work of art!

As expected, when people are feeling weak, there is nothing better than Korean beef and rice stew.

Look at this meat. Take a look at it.

It is melting inside my mouth.

Hey, you!

It is. The soup is really good, isn't it?

I think I should supplement my energy with this stew.

There, have a look at the beef.

What's it to you?

- Eat quietly. - What? What's with you?

Hunting...

I underestimated the Queen Dowager.

Now that the Princess has been revealed to the world, for the time being it will be hard for us to capture her.

If we don't sacrifice the Princess,

the thorns will continue to sprout out from your body.

How about dealing with the thorn called the Queen Dowager, who protects the Princess?

Are you telling me to

kill Her Highness the Queen Dowager?

Do you think that I will allow that to happen?

I will just pretend that I didn't hear such a thing.

If anything happens to Her Highness the Queen Dowager,

I don't know about it.

I'm sure it's difficult for you to forget His Highness the Crown Prince, right?

I will send you to the side of His Highness the Crown Prince.

With your black magic,

could I have that person's heart?

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Do I only have to return Yeon Hee to you?

What the truth you believe in really is, I will show you.

She was such a smart girl. What a pity!

Unless we can find the talisman to break the curse,

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager won't be able to make it past tomorrow night.

- Kill them all immediately. - Please stop!

If you can't kill her, I will kill her instead.

She is simply a cursed monster.

This is all from Hong Joo's scheming. We need to save Yeon Hee.

There is nothing you can do.

Father!

Now light the fire by the internal spiritual force in this place.