1 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:29,362 Your Majesty, Prince Iksang has arrived. 2 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,408 Has his son come as well? 3 00:00:34,617 --> 00:00:35,702 Yes, Your Majesty. 4 00:00:38,288 --> 00:00:40,457 How is Prince Yeongan's health? 5 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:41,980 There has been no improvement, 6 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,003 so he will not be able to attend at this time. 7 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:54,763 -You may leave. -Yes. 8 00:00:58,975 --> 00:01:02,604 It seems that Gu-cheon has failed his part, Your Majesty. 9 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:07,150 I've heard people say 10 00:01:08,109 --> 00:01:11,446 the reason I am able to sit on this throne is due to spirits. 11 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,990 Now they mock me, 12 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:19,287 saying that my position will be threatened because of spirits. 13 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:23,208 Which do you believe to be true? 14 00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:42,227 We will know which one when we get there. 15 00:01:45,855 --> 00:01:49,943 Kneel before the honored guest, straighten yourself, 16 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:53,404 and perform the four ceremonial bows. 17 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:00,537 Bow. 18 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,373 Straighten. 19 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:05,542 Bow. 20 00:02:06,251 --> 00:02:08,795 Straighten. 21 00:02:09,337 --> 00:02:11,548 Bow. 22 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:14,050 Straighten. 23 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:27,063 Next, the Crown Prince would present a ceremonial drink, 24 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,357 praying for your long life without illness. 25 00:02:29,858 --> 00:02:33,444 However, as the seat is vacant, I suggest you omit it. 26 00:02:33,528 --> 00:02:34,988 No. That's enough. 27 00:02:37,031 --> 00:02:38,950 This tired and old body 28 00:02:39,617 --> 00:02:43,037 cannot be certain any longer of another birthday to come. 29 00:02:44,038 --> 00:02:47,041 And what do you think of that, Your Majesty? 30 00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:53,506 Then you must do as you wish, Mother. 31 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:07,687 Prince Iksang's eldest son, will you step forward right now? 32 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:10,356 Prince Iksang, congratulations. 33 00:03:40,136 --> 00:03:42,805 This is the drink presented by Prince Inha. 34 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:46,935 Your Royal Highness, I pray for your well-being. 35 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:08,581 What is happening? 36 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:58,715 I can tell that something has arrived here. 37 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:28,869 All right. 38 00:05:30,621 --> 00:05:33,291 I knew that if I drove you far enough, 39 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:36,711 you would come to me with that resentment. 40 00:05:38,296 --> 00:05:39,505 Now, 41 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,050 what will you do? 42 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:03,946 Gu-cheon! 43 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:17,377 Get a hold of yourself! 44 00:06:18,836 --> 00:06:20,088 You'll become an ak-gwi. 45 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:22,340 If you kill, that's what's going to happen to you. 46 00:06:27,512 --> 00:06:29,680 You said that becoming an ak-gwi after death 47 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,558 was what you feared more than anything. 48 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:39,315 Gu-cheon! 49 00:06:40,191 --> 00:06:42,631 Your mother's death was not your fault. You must believe that. 50 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,618 You were possessed by the gwi-mae. 51 00:06:52,328 --> 00:06:54,497 If you still won't trust me, 52 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:57,166 then I'll get to the bottom of this. 53 00:06:58,251 --> 00:06:59,651 The second we can leave the palace, 54 00:06:59,710 --> 00:07:01,939 I will go find your mother's grave so we can uncover the… 55 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,014 Please, Gu-cheon. 56 00:07:13,474 --> 00:07:15,852 Let us make it out of the palace alive. 57 00:08:00,104 --> 00:08:05,026 THE EAST PALACE 58 00:08:22,084 --> 00:08:23,364 What is wrong with him? 59 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,506 What happened to him? Come on. Wake up! 60 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:28,674 Send for the physician! 61 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:30,468 Summon the physician now! 62 00:08:30,968 --> 00:08:32,136 Your Majesty. 63 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:38,726 This child is a little flawed. 64 00:08:43,272 --> 00:08:46,192 You must be disappointed with what you're observing, Mother. 65 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:49,695 In such a frail state, 66 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:54,242 how could he ever endure the palace's energy? 67 00:08:58,454 --> 00:09:02,041 I must say you need improving when reading others, Mother. 68 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:05,920 Resume the banquet at once. 69 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:08,548 Carry on the music! 70 00:09:08,631 --> 00:09:11,551 What are you standing around for? Attend to Prince Inha at once! 71 00:09:49,130 --> 00:09:50,506 No, no. 72 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:02,977 Princess. 73 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:04,937 Princess! 74 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:28,544 Have you lost your mind? 75 00:10:29,378 --> 00:10:31,380 I told you to never set foot in there. 76 00:10:32,381 --> 00:10:34,300 You've never listened to me once. 77 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:37,273 I saved you, and this is the thanks I get. 78 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:42,433 Am I supposed to do nothing and just stand by and watch you become a gwi-sin? 79 00:10:42,516 --> 00:10:44,316 You are never to do something like that again, 80 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,103 whether I am a spirit or not. 81 00:10:47,396 --> 00:10:50,524 I never want to see someone die because of me again. 82 00:11:06,749 --> 00:11:08,042 I will never do it again 83 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:10,711 if you truly cannot bear it. 84 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:13,339 I, too, 85 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:17,134 cannot convince myself to go in again. 86 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:19,512 I was terrified. 87 00:11:22,890 --> 00:11:24,600 It must have been very difficult for you, 88 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,479 having spent all that time in there. 89 00:12:13,607 --> 00:12:15,669 Everyone who carries the King's blood is mad. 90 00:12:15,693 --> 00:12:18,028 There are no such things as spirits. 91 00:12:19,196 --> 00:12:20,239 Mother. 92 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,575 There are no spirits. 93 00:12:24,452 --> 00:12:25,995 There are no spirits. 94 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,373 Mother? 95 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:33,252 Your father is the palace entity. 96 00:12:58,569 --> 00:12:59,569 How are you? 97 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:06,952 What are you doing out there? 98 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:09,246 How is it? Your fever? 99 00:13:11,081 --> 00:13:13,209 Why would you open the window without asking? 100 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:17,922 At least you still have your temper. 101 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,697 Miss Saeng-gang, you're awake! 102 00:13:27,681 --> 00:13:29,183 How are you feeling now? 103 00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:31,852 What in the world is going on? 104 00:13:34,688 --> 00:13:35,898 I thought Gu-cheon was dead. 105 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,942 Now he's talking to you and walking around. 106 00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:40,861 And you, who are perfectly fine, slept for three days and nights. 107 00:13:40,945 --> 00:13:42,863 I mean, you basically slept like the dead. 108 00:13:43,447 --> 00:13:44,657 It was three days? 109 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:46,492 Yes! Have this first. 110 00:13:46,575 --> 00:13:49,453 I had to beg the female royal physician to brew this medicine, 111 00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:51,872 and I snuck some rice cakes to bring to you here. 112 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:54,250 You haven't eaten one thing for three days. 113 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:56,752 Here, please have these. 114 00:13:58,295 --> 00:13:59,547 I appreciate it. 115 00:14:08,055 --> 00:14:10,933 But, um, why did you bring me so many rice cakes? 116 00:14:12,059 --> 00:14:13,602 It's Gu-cheon. 117 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:16,063 I brought some for him also. 118 00:14:16,146 --> 00:14:17,273 But he just left. 119 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:20,192 He must have terrible luck with food. Is he not even hungry? 120 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:21,735 He has not eaten for three days. 121 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:27,532 Mmm. 122 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:39,587 After three days without food, it tastes better. 123 00:14:40,838 --> 00:14:41,838 Do you want some? 124 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:47,011 I don't have an appetite. 125 00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,554 Please help yourself. 126 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,225 You should eat too. 127 00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:56,604 You cannot work without it. 128 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,523 I found something at the guard's house. 129 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:02,443 I will handle all of that. 130 00:15:02,526 --> 00:15:04,987 You needn't be concerned, Your Highness. 131 00:15:05,821 --> 00:15:07,031 "Your Highness"? 132 00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:09,616 What? 133 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:11,242 What? 134 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:15,956 You have changed somehow. 135 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:29,219 So, anyway, 136 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:32,097 tell me what you have found at the house. 137 00:15:33,807 --> 00:15:37,311 I found what the Favored Court Lady made for the child she was carrying. 138 00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:43,776 Do you think this could ease her resentment? 139 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:49,698 It might be possible, but the preparation will be complicated. 140 00:15:50,407 --> 00:15:52,284 Her spirit is not ordinary. 141 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,788 She killed people for 30 years as a won-gwi. 142 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:01,210 Oh! The lightning-struck jujube wood. Where did you get that? 143 00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:05,839 Ah! The jujube tree inside the palace was struck by lightning. 144 00:16:06,507 --> 00:16:08,634 -Oh. -Was that branch helpful at all? 145 00:16:10,386 --> 00:16:13,722 It helped a great deal having that wood, and it will continue to help. 146 00:16:14,223 --> 00:16:15,516 Well, 147 00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:18,686 I believe I have helped in more ways than one. 148 00:16:19,186 --> 00:16:21,313 The least you could do is say thank you. 149 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:25,526 You know, the second you brag, it makes all of your goodwill disappear? 150 00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:27,569 And how is that bragging? 151 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,947 It is simply the praise I am owed. 152 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:32,491 I nearly died dealing with your family's mess, 153 00:16:32,574 --> 00:16:34,034 and you want my thanks and praise? 154 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,412 What? You want recognition that badly? 155 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:42,876 Forget it. 156 00:16:44,211 --> 00:16:46,755 Fine. I do not need your thanks. 157 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,882 But you should be thanking the Ggeomeoksali. 158 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:52,803 The gwi-mae had you in the well, and it saved you. 159 00:16:53,971 --> 00:16:54,888 That saved me? 160 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:57,599 I did wonder why I had not seen it roaming around here. 161 00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:59,803 It fell into the well while helping fight the gwi-mae. 162 00:17:00,602 --> 00:17:01,854 How sad. 163 00:17:01,937 --> 00:17:03,147 Good riddance. 164 00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:07,860 Don't be cold about it! 165 00:17:07,943 --> 00:17:11,739 I don't make stupid decisions like getting attached to it like you do. 166 00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:14,867 Let's just focus on the pond spirit and how to get rid of it. 167 00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:28,464 Is something wrong? 168 00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:29,547 The truth is… 169 00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:38,891 …when I crossed over to the other side, I came face-to-face with the pond spirit. 170 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:44,229 It clawed my back and drained my spiritual energy. 171 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:48,776 But I was able to come back because you pulled the rope just in time. 172 00:17:52,112 --> 00:17:53,363 It clawed you? 173 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,042 What's the matter? 174 00:18:08,504 --> 00:18:09,504 Uh… 175 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:14,843 The spirit that consumed your soul down there… 176 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:19,598 Has likely begun to regain its strength from it. 177 00:18:20,808 --> 00:18:24,770 The curse that had briefly weakened will grow stronger again. 178 00:18:25,646 --> 00:18:26,814 Your Majesty. 179 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:29,483 The royal physician attending Prince Yeongan 180 00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:32,778 says you must prepare yourself for what is to come. 181 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:46,959 Why? 182 00:18:57,344 --> 00:19:01,723 Is confronting the spirit impulsively like this truly wise? 183 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:06,812 I believe Prince Yeongan won't make it through the night, most likely. 184 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:10,357 He's reached his limit after enduring the curse for so long. 185 00:19:11,692 --> 00:19:13,360 We cannot waste more time. 186 00:19:17,364 --> 00:19:18,574 Sh! 187 00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:21,618 Can you hear it? 188 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:23,245 That sound? 189 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:40,220 Be careful, please. 190 00:19:42,222 --> 00:19:45,142 I am not saving someone who will not say thank you. 191 00:19:45,225 --> 00:19:46,643 You're still on that? 192 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,228 My baby. 193 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:48,372 You know how to shoot a bow? 194 00:20:48,455 --> 00:20:51,166 Everyone tried to stop me because I'm a princess, 195 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,502 but I stubbornly insisted my father teach me. 196 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:55,905 So you have been peculiar since you were little. 197 00:20:56,546 --> 00:20:59,466 I will spin thread from the shirt made by the Favored Court Lady, 198 00:20:59,549 --> 00:21:01,134 and stain it with my blood. 199 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,638 If you wrap this thread around an arrow and hit the spirit, 200 00:21:04,721 --> 00:21:06,473 it can weaken its resentment. 201 00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:08,976 Here. 202 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:14,982 When the baby's crying stops, that is when you shoot. 203 00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:20,779 We must release the resentment born of being falsely accused, 204 00:21:20,862 --> 00:21:23,198 as well as the grief of losing her child. 205 00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:02,362 Killing those of royal blood 206 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:04,543 will not bring you your child back to you. 207 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:08,869 So release your resentment now, and go to the afterlife. 208 00:22:08,952 --> 00:22:12,414 Free yourself from this hell of a palace, now! 209 00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,661 Your Royal Highness, Prince Yeongan has awakened. 210 00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:53,121 What? 211 00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:57,542 Are you saying he's shown signs of improvement? 212 00:22:57,626 --> 00:23:01,505 Not merely signs of improvement. He is said to have recovered completely. 213 00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:04,591 It seems that the feng shui master His Majesty had brought in 214 00:23:04,674 --> 00:23:06,718 has eliminated the pond spirit. 215 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,223 Your Majesty. 216 00:23:16,978 --> 00:23:19,856 Father. I am better, Father. 217 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,446 You are. 218 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:39,418 So he finally put an end to the curse that lasted 30 years? 219 00:23:43,713 --> 00:23:44,756 But… 220 00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:49,553 That feng shui master… 221 00:23:50,637 --> 00:23:53,432 How did he prove that the pond spirit is gone? 222 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:57,227 I am not sure, Your Royal Highness. 223 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,438 In the process of eliminating the spirit, 224 00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:03,275 he must have learned what the spirit's true identity was, 225 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,528 and now that man knows the secret. 226 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:10,031 He knows the truth behind how that lowly wench turned into a won-gwi. 227 00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:14,369 That man must be silenced at once. 228 00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:24,395 The pond spirit has finally been eliminated, Father. 229 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:27,632 Yes. 230 00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:31,303 It does seem that way. 231 00:24:31,386 --> 00:24:33,597 I have now completed your orders. 232 00:24:34,097 --> 00:24:36,016 So I am entitled to a reward. 233 00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:45,567 Before that… 234 00:25:03,710 --> 00:25:04,836 Father. 235 00:25:05,712 --> 00:25:07,380 The palace frightens me. 236 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:08,673 Frightens you? 237 00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:11,593 And who would ever dare to frighten a princess? 238 00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:15,555 I keep hearing strange sounds everywhere I go. 239 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,893 Saeng-gang, come over here. 240 00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:24,439 Here. Carry this with you. 241 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,609 And if you do, this bell will drive away 242 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:30,737 all of those strange sounds you are currently hearing. 243 00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:41,081 He lives because of you. 244 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:43,333 Thank you. 245 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:51,508 I did not do this to be praised like a child by you. 246 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:55,679 Very well. 247 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,224 Then the reward you desire. 248 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:01,017 What would you like? 249 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:03,436 Allow Gu-cheon the honor of leaving the palace immediately. 250 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,565 Of course I will allow it. Yes. 251 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:08,024 And do not harm him at all. 252 00:26:08,858 --> 00:26:11,736 That is my humble request to you, Your Majesty. 253 00:26:21,496 --> 00:26:23,582 Why are you not packing your things? 254 00:26:24,124 --> 00:26:27,210 I, uh, have nothing worth packing. 255 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:28,920 I only need the jujube wood. 256 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,553 For someone leaving the palace, you do not look very cheerful. 257 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:38,680 It's just… 258 00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:43,143 Something feels wrong. 259 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:45,928 What do you mean? 260 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,732 Has Prince Yeongan truly recovered? 261 00:26:48,815 --> 00:26:50,150 Is he completely well? 262 00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:52,235 That is what I was told. 263 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,739 How about your wound? How is that? 264 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:58,658 The pain is gone at least. 265 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:01,328 What is the matter? 266 00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:05,707 It should not have been destroyed so easily. 267 00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:08,335 It was a won-gwi that had killed the princes 268 00:27:08,418 --> 00:27:10,170 of the East Palace for 30 years. 269 00:27:10,253 --> 00:27:13,632 Four of the late King's sons, and three of the present king's sons. 270 00:27:14,507 --> 00:27:16,509 For a won-gwi that killed seven, 271 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,596 its power was far too weak. 272 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:22,974 Are you really sure 273 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,312 that the princes were killed by the pond spirit alone? 274 00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:31,775 If it wasn't the actions of the spirit, what's responsible? 275 00:27:35,945 --> 00:27:36,945 I don't know. 276 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:40,325 I mean, I thought it would be a life-or-death struggle. 277 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:45,205 But seeing how easily it was resolved is making me doubtful. 278 00:27:46,456 --> 00:27:47,666 I must be out of my mind. 279 00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:49,584 Completely out of my mind. 280 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:54,089 Since you are departing, will you go to the temple? 281 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:55,799 As if I would. 282 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,718 I'm honestly still thinking about where to go. 283 00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:02,305 And what will you do, Your Highness? 284 00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:04,724 Have you found the one responsible for your mother's death? 285 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,397 There is just one person it could be. 286 00:28:33,002 --> 00:28:37,048 Are you not the daughter of the banished Third Senior Consort Han? 287 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:39,467 What brings you all the way here? 288 00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:42,595 I have brought a gift to celebrate Your Majesty, 289 00:28:42,679 --> 00:28:44,305 for your 70th birthday. 290 00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:48,351 It's quite modest compared to the other offerings. 291 00:28:49,185 --> 00:28:51,438 You came all this way for nothing, then. 292 00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:56,651 I never once permitted you to enter the palace. 293 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,778 It was Father that granted permission. 294 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:02,407 If that's true, he did so without my consultation? 295 00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:05,243 Your mother was sent away for committing a crime. 296 00:29:05,326 --> 00:29:07,006 You mean you framed my mother 297 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:09,164 and drove her out to cover up the court maid incident 298 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:10,331 in the salt storehouse. 299 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:13,042 Because you feared that if that incident were to be revealed, 300 00:29:13,126 --> 00:29:15,670 the death of the Favored Court Lady would come to light. 301 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,714 It's the matter tied to the pond spirit. 302 00:29:17,797 --> 00:29:19,924 One Your Majesty may wish to keep concealed. 303 00:29:26,347 --> 00:29:30,810 So you barge in spouting nothing but absurd nonsense in front of me. 304 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:32,896 Your mother was banished. 305 00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:35,774 She was banished for burying a cursed object 306 00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:37,334 and because she refused to confess... 307 00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:39,778 Is that why you had my mother killed back then? 308 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:45,825 Was her begging my father for help over and over before she died 309 00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:49,120 what brought up the fear of exposing your buried sins? 310 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:52,665 And that poor woman's curse of the serpent's shed skin. 311 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:55,335 Is it because you were raised so lowly outside the palace, 312 00:29:55,418 --> 00:29:57,712 or your mother's origins perchance? 313 00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:00,632 You have truly lost your mind, child, 314 00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:04,010 sitting there, daring to slander me with such delusions! 315 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,306 You may open the gift. 316 00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:22,779 I have recreated the hangwa she received from the palace the day before she died. 317 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:33,790 Not only the taste, but also the ingredients are the same. 318 00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:35,834 You may try it. 319 00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:02,735 Who on earth told you lies about such a story? 320 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:04,696 I had no hand in your mother's death, 321 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:06,823 nor in the death of the Favored Court Lady. 322 00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:10,618 How could you possibly know events from long ago? 323 00:31:13,246 --> 00:31:16,875 Was it that feng shui master Gu-cheon who told you all of this? 324 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:21,546 I should have taught that bastard the palace's lesson sooner. 325 00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:25,800 That those who dare to spread lies, here within these very walls, 326 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,928 will soon be dead. 327 00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:39,606 Tell me about the pond ghost and what you've learned about it. 328 00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:40,899 A ghost? 329 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:42,567 In a pond? 330 00:31:42,650 --> 00:31:45,695 Are you talking about your grandfather who drowned in the bath? 331 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:51,618 Throw him into the wooden chest. 332 00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:02,086 Death is the only fate for liars in this strict palace. 333 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,047 Just like your mother in the end. 334 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:05,757 She was put to a stop. 335 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:09,636 I remit 336 00:32:10,803 --> 00:32:12,639 those very words to you. 337 00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:22,315 This is the baby shirt made by the Most Favored Lady of the Court. 338 00:32:22,815 --> 00:32:25,902 You gave it to the royal guard and forced him to falsely claim 339 00:32:25,985 --> 00:32:27,528 the child as his own. 340 00:32:28,237 --> 00:32:30,157 -What is this? -Your Royal Highness. 341 00:32:30,198 --> 00:32:33,660 I know the Favored Court Lady was smeared by your lies 342 00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:37,747 and how you managed to have the royal bloodline all but eliminated. 343 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:40,583 The late King's bloodline, you say? 344 00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:43,127 That lowly maid who decided she wanted to dance 345 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:44,253 with a mere royal guard? 346 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:45,497 Why go that far? 347 00:32:45,546 --> 00:32:48,299 Unlike the other concubines who received the King's favor, 348 00:32:49,175 --> 00:32:50,468 why did you frame and kill her? 349 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:51,803 Could it be that you were… 350 00:32:55,223 --> 00:32:56,849 Jealous of a mere maid, Your Highness? 351 00:33:03,022 --> 00:33:04,357 Jealous? 352 00:33:11,239 --> 00:33:13,074 Did you say I was jealous? 353 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:17,245 That I harbored jealousy toward such a lowborn girl? 354 00:33:20,039 --> 00:33:22,125 She once lived as my family's servant. 355 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,544 I was the one who allowed her to serve in the palace 356 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:28,131 as a menial labor maid, and you think I was jealous? 357 00:33:28,214 --> 00:33:30,008 Is that what you're saying? 358 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:40,768 Unlike you, I hail from a noble lineage spanning generations! 359 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:43,354 For years on end, 360 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:46,899 I endured the late King's scorn and neglect 361 00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:49,777 for failing to bear a child for him. 362 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:53,114 The fact that a lowly maidservant received His Majesty's love 363 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:57,076 and could carry his child, I could not accept it! 364 00:33:58,494 --> 00:34:00,371 I could allow daughters of the noble households 365 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:03,291 and their children, but I could never allow 366 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:07,128 for that lowly, feeble woman to carry his child. 367 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:12,133 She had to be eliminated by any means necessary at all. 368 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,554 Is that why you made all those false claims then? 369 00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,389 Yeah! 370 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:24,937 I had that slut tortured, then I myself killed the filthy blood 371 00:34:25,021 --> 00:34:27,356 that continued to grow inside her! 372 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:33,780 Your Majesty. 373 00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:41,162 I heard you clearly. 374 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:45,208 Your confession that you killed the Favored Court Lady 375 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:47,585 and eliminated the King's son. 376 00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:51,631 What? What? 377 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,884 I will make this public before Father and all the other ministers. 378 00:34:57,011 --> 00:34:58,721 You stated to me earlier 379 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:02,058 that liars meet their timely death in the palace. 380 00:35:03,851 --> 00:35:06,437 Tell me, Your Royal Highness, 381 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,065 what would death mean to you? 382 00:35:09,148 --> 00:35:12,276 It would be losing the palace and everything that defines you. 383 00:35:14,987 --> 00:35:17,091 The home you have lived in all your life. 384 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,826 The power you've enjoyed for many years. 385 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:21,911 I'll make sure it's all gone. 386 00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:24,622 Your Majesty. 387 00:35:25,873 --> 00:35:29,627 And what could someone like you 388 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,629 possibly do? 389 00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:37,135 Who would ever believe the words of a lowborn expelled from the palace? 390 00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:38,344 Who?! 391 00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:41,514 That much I know. 392 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,101 Who would listen to the mere words 393 00:35:45,726 --> 00:35:47,019 of the lost princess? 394 00:35:56,487 --> 00:36:00,825 Your Majesty, I believe your voice was loud enough for everyone to hear. 395 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:03,368 Now, 396 00:36:05,037 --> 00:36:06,414 the time has come 397 00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:10,293 for you to kill these women the same as you did before. 398 00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:15,798 You will need a lot of jars for their bones. 399 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,259 Let us go. 400 00:36:33,441 --> 00:36:35,067 Your Majesty! 401 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:37,361 Your Majesty! 402 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:45,870 I cannot keep my eyes off you for a second. 403 00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:48,164 Why are you lying in there, beaten to a pulp? 404 00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:01,969 What trouble did you cause today 405 00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:04,972 to make Her Majesty want you dead? 406 00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,684 Was it not ordered by the King? 407 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:12,188 To see if I'm capable of keeping my mouth shut or not? 408 00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:15,816 Since you believe that, 409 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,070 it would be pointless to mention that is not true. 410 00:37:22,698 --> 00:37:24,533 Then why do you spare me? 411 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:31,290 The princess earnestly… pleaded with His Majesty 412 00:37:31,374 --> 00:37:33,334 to let you leave the palace unscathed. 413 00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:37,129 She must have foreseen something like this. 414 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:46,764 This is your pass to leave the palace. 415 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,352 And your compensation. 416 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:54,939 Watch your mouth out there. 417 00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:58,192 All eight provinces of Joseon lie in the hand of His Majesty. 418 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,303 They do not let me go easily. 419 00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:30,349 Still, it's over now. 420 00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:36,229 Ah… 421 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,137 I saw nothing. 422 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,222 Nothing at all. I did not see anything. 423 00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:19,398 Ah no! 424 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:34,872 Whoa, whoa. 425 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:44,799 I have repaid the debt I owed you for saving me. 426 00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:47,134 So take care. 427 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:11,325 I'll give you a bit of my yang energy. 428 00:40:11,992 --> 00:40:14,120 Just enough for your body to recover. 429 00:40:21,710 --> 00:40:22,711 Get off! 430 00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:23,879 Let go! 431 00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:26,173 Don't take too much, damn it. That's enough! 432 00:40:53,033 --> 00:40:54,410 You do not look well. 433 00:40:55,744 --> 00:40:56,787 Perhaps you are ill? 434 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:02,168 It's been hard on me, I think, working alongside Gu-cheon lately. 435 00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:04,795 And considering the part you played 436 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,298 at the Queen Dowager's quarters last night, 437 00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:09,675 it makes perfect sense. 438 00:41:09,758 --> 00:41:13,179 And the Queen Dowager, do you plan to do anything about her? 439 00:41:14,346 --> 00:41:17,349 Is that why you wanted to talk this early in the morning? 440 00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:18,350 No. 441 00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:21,187 I wanted to make sure Gu-cheon made it out all right 442 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:22,897 and is free of the palace. 443 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:28,527 You fret too easily. 444 00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:34,283 He will have left the palace by now and surely will have traveled far already. 445 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:36,911 After all, he saved my son. 446 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:41,415 I have no desire to hurt Gu-cheon. 447 00:41:42,708 --> 00:41:44,793 He saved my child from death. 448 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,088 Do not be worried. 449 00:41:50,299 --> 00:41:52,259 I must say, though, 450 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:56,013 I did not expect him to deal with the pond spirit so easily. 451 00:41:58,265 --> 00:42:01,310 Indeed, Father. Even Gu-cheon felt strange about it. 452 00:42:01,393 --> 00:42:04,688 He questioned whether it was truly the pond spirit that killed the princes. 453 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,025 Father… 454 00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:13,113 …I want to know about the late King's first son, the Crown Prince. 455 00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:14,657 How exactly did he pass away? 456 00:42:20,246 --> 00:42:21,830 Your Royal Highness! 457 00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:24,542 Your Royal Highness! 458 00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:26,961 Summon the physician! 459 00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:28,087 The physician! 460 00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:32,091 The Crown Prince… Your Royal Highness. 461 00:42:38,472 --> 00:42:39,765 A curse. 462 00:42:43,978 --> 00:42:46,522 He passed away because a spirit had cursed him. 463 00:42:48,023 --> 00:42:49,942 What of the late King's second son? 464 00:43:08,168 --> 00:43:09,837 A spirit killed him. 465 00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:13,966 The third and fourth brothers as well. All four of them. 466 00:43:18,721 --> 00:43:20,472 Are you really sure 467 00:43:20,556 --> 00:43:23,475 that the princes were killed by the pond spirit alone? 468 00:43:29,857 --> 00:43:31,275 What is the matter? 469 00:43:35,237 --> 00:43:38,824 Your Majesty. The hunting preparations are complete. 470 00:43:38,907 --> 00:43:40,909 Prince Yeongan is waiting for you. 471 00:43:41,493 --> 00:43:42,494 Very well. 472 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,501 We will continue this later. 473 00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:42,471 We cannot allow him to learn the truth of the pond spirit. 474 00:44:42,554 --> 00:44:45,700 -Stop. I don't wanna hear it. -You do not need to know either. 475 00:44:45,724 --> 00:44:48,435 I do not want to know any more. 476 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:49,520 Please, someone… 477 00:44:49,603 --> 00:44:50,979 …admitted to the crime… 478 00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:53,440 -Help me. -Your father is the palace entity. 479 00:44:59,363 --> 00:45:00,698 Why are you crying? 480 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:03,045 More importantly, why haven't you left yet? 481 00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:04,952 There's one thing I didn't see. 482 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:07,788 The spirit that cursed Prince Yeongan 483 00:45:07,871 --> 00:45:09,665 was not the Favored Court Lady. 484 00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:13,252 The one that tore your body and soul was not her. 485 00:45:13,335 --> 00:45:14,670 There's got to be another. 486 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:16,213 Then, um… 487 00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:20,384 …who was the one that tried to kill. 488 00:45:21,176 --> 00:45:22,553 Crown Prince Yeongan? 489 00:45:37,192 --> 00:45:39,194 I will have my revenge. 490 00:45:40,112 --> 00:45:41,196 The King 491 00:45:42,656 --> 00:45:45,659 must pay for the sins that he has committed. 492 00:45:49,288 --> 00:45:52,291 The secrets of the royal house will be revealed. 493 00:45:52,791 --> 00:45:53,791 And I… 494 00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:57,379 I will become the real one. 495 00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:04,219 I will wipe out the royal bloodline! 496 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,302 Prince Yeongan. We need to go find Prince Yeongan! 497 00:47:27,803 --> 00:47:28,803 Wait. 498 00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:30,305 It's already too late. 499 00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:48,031 Is there a royal physician back there? 500 00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:50,617 Send for the royal physician! 501 00:47:51,660 --> 00:47:52,536 Take formation. 502 00:47:52,619 --> 00:47:55,956 Stay calm, everyone. Don't break formation. 503 00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:58,030 Secure the perimeter. 504 00:47:58,083 --> 00:48:00,210 -What's happening? -Protect His Majesty! 505 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:05,714 Then you should leave the palace through this path. 506 00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:06,633 You must run away now. 507 00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:08,927 Since you were unable to save his son, 508 00:48:09,428 --> 00:48:11,555 he will find you and kill you immediately. 509 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:13,473 But if I leave you behind, 510 00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:16,727 you will die the same as Prince Yeongan. 511 00:48:20,772 --> 00:48:23,191 -That is a matter beyond your concern. -It does concern me. 512 00:48:23,775 --> 00:48:25,277 You saved my life. 513 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,821 You risked everything coming to the other realm to save me, 514 00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:31,325 and now this time, I'll be the one who is going to save you.