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The Moon That Embraces The Sun

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This drama is set during the Joseon Era under the rule of a fictitious king.

All characters and events are fictitious and have no historic basis.

Episode 14

Shaman Wol, although you have been cleared of false charges,

you have acknowledged using sorcery to seduce a member of the royal clan.

Therefore, you shall be exiled outside the capital to the western sick ward,

where you shall care for the sick and the nomads.

In order for you to never use wicked sorcery again,

the Euigeumbu* will watch your every move. (*Royal Investigation Bureau)

What do you think?

Doesn't the tea have a refined scent?

It does, indeed.

What tea is this?

Tea made with dried mandarin orange peel.

This tea is not only effective against colds,

but also has an intense attribute

that circulates warmth throughout the body, I hear.

I have heard that, as well.

Unlike other teas, this tea's effects are said to become stronger over time.

Doesn't it resemble you, Your Highness?

So, even though I age,

my capabilities don't fade.

I know you are just flattering me,

but I admit it's not a bad feeling.

I am not uttering empty words just to please you.

Because of your recent efforts,

I have been able to maintain my honor as monarch.

Do you sincerely think that, Your Majesty?

Yes.

Then Your Majesty

now owes this grandmother a debt.

Isn't that so?

Yes.

In the future,

if there is cause for me to make a request of Your Majesty,

then Your Majesty

must fulfill that request.

Could there be any doubt?

According to the forecast of Gwansanggam,

on the first of the month, there will be a solar eclipse.

This particular one will be a total eclipse and will completely obscure the sun.

Therefore, we request that you show caution and take part in an eclipse ceremony.

Thus, I have ordered Gwansanggam to prepare the eclipse ceremony.

Traditionally, this sort of phenomenon of nature has been considered

an admonition from the heavens for a grave mistake made by the King.

Therefore, with modest posture, you will need to denounce your own inadequacies

and restrain your actions with caution.

That is so, Your Majesty.

A solar eclipse is considered among extraordinary natural phenomena.

A vile energy blocks the sun,

while the sun's energy is clouded.

It is the heaven's warning that Your Majesty's wisdom and judgment are clouded.

The mere fact that a crafty shaman was kept beside him,

isn't that to be blamed on clouded judgment?

We ask that Your Majesty

humbly accept the Court's counsel.

Restrain your actions and continue to restrain your actions.

Restrain your actions.

If a monarch fears nothing, it shall lead to misgovernment,

and that shall bring forth calamity and disaster.

And now that a natural phenomenon comes to find us,

you must assent to its proper significance.

I will give the matter proper consideration.

Generally, disasters do not happen for no reason,

so this was the result of my unworthiness.

As such, I shall begin to show more restraint in my actions.

The imprisoned shaman

will be sent out of the province.

However, Prince Yang Myung, who has sullied the royal family's name,

must be subject to disciplinary punishment.

His innocence has already been established. Why should he be punished?!

In my opinion,

Prince Yang Myung should be confined to his home for the time being

and be cautious in his behavior.

I believe that is the proper course of action.

Therefore, The Ministry of Military Affairs has already sent over soldiers.

Who's path are you blocking right now?

Do you all truly want to die?!

There is a royal order prohibiting you from leaving your home.

Your Majesty,

it's not enough to shackle me with the title of King's kin

that now you must tie up my feet, as well?

Did you see His Majesty's face today in the royal palace?

He was completely subdued like a child facing a parent with whip in hand.

A phenomenon of nature as cause for introspection is a long held traditional view,

so how could His Majesty contradict?

However,

knowing full well the implied meaning, he kept quiet about it.

He must have been churning with anxiety within.

We must keep pushing forward with this momentum.

So that he can never again throw his weight about like a wild stallion.

Why are you smiling so lasciviously?

I daresay a spring breeze is blowing in my heart.

Spring breeze?

Ahh.

Which gisaeng* is it this time? (*female courtesan/entertainer)

It's not a gisaeng.

If it's not a gisaeng...

Even smeared and splattered with blood,

how could she be so pretty?

Then, are you talking about the butcher's daughter?

She's the first girl that ever spoke defiantly to me.

That haughty and righteous gleam in her eyes...

I can't forget it.

Isn't there a way I could take her and keep her at my side?

[Immoral]

Your Majesty.

Why have you come to this sordid place?

I came to ask one thing

and answer one thing.

Will you answer first?

Or will you hear my answer first?

Dare I ask Your Majesty to make your statement first?

I said to you,

that until I put my confusion to rest,

that until I understand what it is I feel,

you were not to go far from me.

Do you remember when I issued such an order?

I remember.

Now,

I want to tell you that I've found the answer.

You were correct.

It was not you I was looking at.

I was just seeing...

that child through you.

Therefore now,

you may go far from me.

I shall follow your order.

Now,

will you answer?

Please ask your question.

Do you have any final words...

you'd like to say to me?

I do not have any.

Even if you have words of bitterness and resentment,

please say what you like.

Those,

I do not have, either.

Your Majesty.

To...

that girl who gave me warm words of solace,

I...

was unable to leave her a single word of tenderness.

However,

in your way,

you have protected her.

I have hurt her so deeply...

and this...

can this also...

be protecting her?

All of this

is my lot to endure.

I pray...

I pray you stand firm in your resolution.

I'm certain I have seen her somewhere.

I'm certain.

I have absolutely never practiced such sorcery.

You bastard!

You must have thought I was the only one that saw.

You must think it will end if you just get rid of me.

You're wrong, you bastard.

The heaven's moon was watching you.

That man's blood wasn't the only thing that was soaked into your blade that night.

Wait and see, you bastard!

There will be a day when that moonlight will certainly cut your lifeline!

Why are you acting like that again, Your Highness?

Do you not hear that strange sound of a girl crying?

Why do you keep doing this?

Court Lady Park.

Did you just hear something like the sound of crying?

The sound of crying?

I don't hear anything.

It's Eunweol Pavilion.

The sound is certainly coming from Eunweol Pavilion.

The bonds that were severed by people

are being reconnected by the heavens.

After this phenomenon of nature,

all creation will return to its proper place.

And, the winds will soon bring blood.

No one...

will be able to escape it.

As a matter of fact,

a man came by...

asking about the lady.

Oh, dear! Have you been frightened?

Now, you will be able to obtain what you want, Princess.

Princess.

Please wake up.

The Prince Consort...

What about my husband?

Has he been affected by some illness?

That's not the case.

He heard of His Majesty's illness while traveling

and has returned suddenly.

Where is my husband right now?

After he paid his respects to Madam, he has gone to his quarters...

What are you doing? You must not.

The Prince Consort is a dignified gentleman.

Please maintain your dignity...

Oh, my goodness!

Pri... Princess.

You came...

You came back so soon...

Why did you not come and let me see you?

I was going to come and see you after I had washed.

I missed you very much.

I missed you so very much...

Did you say the sound of crying?

That's right.

Crying, which has been heard from the closed Eunweol Pavilion.

It may be due...

to the eclipse coming in a few days.

The eclipse...

that's been forecasted for a long time now.

How is that connected to the strange rumors?

In an eclipse,

the yang energy of the sun is veiled by the yin energy of the moon.

Thus, the weak-minded begin to feel a sense of uneasiness.

Is that so?

Has Your Highness heard the sound of crying, too?

What a ridiculous thing to say!

Am I such a weak-minded person?!

For... forgive me, Your Highness.

Using this strange story as an excuse,

people are tittering about, saying things they should dare not.

That must be corrected.

What else could be my intent?

Th-then, you must make a plan with the High Shaman of Seongsucheong...

That cannot happen!

Excuse me?

Wh- why...

If Gwansanggam and Seongsucheong both step in,

the strange story gains power.

Therefore,

the Eunweol Pavilion situation must be addressed by Gwansanggam...

No...

Must be addressed by you,

alone, in secret.

If... if you insist,

what if we perform a dead spirit comforting ritual during the eclipse ceremony?

Dead spirit comforting ritual?

Then,

would the sound of the crying girl go away?

As the term implies, the ritual is for comforting the spirit of the dead.

The result depends on whether the spirit is readily comforted or not.

Isn't that Seongsucheong's competency?!

Is there no other way?

We... well,

there is one last resort.

What is that?

Th... th... that...

Ay, you sure are being a stickler.

You could just look away this once.

Ahjussi, I'm begging.

Just let us see our unni this once.

Seriously. I'm telling you it's impossible, it's not up to us.

Nothing is impossible!

Seol.

Really, I shouldn't do this.

All right, then just one of you and make it quick.

Seol, you take Jan Shil back to Seongsucheong.

I don't want to. I'm going in.

Go on. Do you not hear me?!

[Immoral]

Child.

How do you feel?

Is it bearable?

I'm sorry to have worried you.

Seol and Jan Shil are also very worried because of me, aren't they?

Who are you worrying about at this moment?

Mistress, are you crying?

A long time ago,

I had a very close friend.

She was a pitiable and honest friend.

The last time I saw her...

was right here.

And that friend's last request to me

was to take care of you.

To protect you in her place.

To protect you no matter what happened.

She asked me in utmost earnest.

Was she perhaps my mother?

But, I was shortsighted.

I was trying to protect you,

but rather, I put you in more danger.

Mistress, you have always protected me.

You accepted me,

abandoned by my own parents,

raised me, and protected me up to now.

Do you remember?

When I said I didn't want to be a shaman

and was going to kill myself,

that time I made such a ruckus?

It was then you said to me,

if the gods chose me,

that there must be a reason why.

And, whether I felt pain or misery,

they have given me the ability to bear it.

Ever since then I've believed this,

that there is no pain without meaning.

The pain I'm feeling right now, too...

there must be a reason why the gods have brought it to me.

Mistress.

I knew that wench would get into some big trouble.

She has some nerve.

How could she have set her sights on His Majesty's kin?

Still, thanks to that grand family, she managed to avoid death.

Death would have been better.

Wearing the symbol of immorality on her chest, she was exiled to the sick ward.

Could that really be considered living?

Hey!

Say one more word. Just one more.

I am ready to wreak proper havoc today!

Miss, you will be confronted with yet another heartbreak.

Why are you acting this way, Mistress?

What do you mean "Miss"?

What is it you need to protect and what is it you need to cast aside?

The only one who knows the answer to that is you, Miss.

Therefore, do not look for answers externally.

Rather, you must find the answers within yourself.

What are you saying?

Can you explain?

Whatever truth you come face to face with,

please keep one thing in mind.

You are stronger than anyone.

Your wisdom will lead you to the right decision.

The strength of your will shall prevail.

Mistress.

Therefore, just have faith in yourself

and follow your instinct.

And also,

ultimately,

you must not forgive me.

Are you really going to just leave her like that?

I'm asking you if you're going to just give up and leave her!

Lower your voice.

Why should I?

I've trusted you and did as you directed up to now.

You've told me to keep quiet to save her life, so I did!

Every time the poor miss asked about her past,

I lied as naturally as if I were eating.

But, what is this?

The sick ward?!

It's not enough she had to act as a human talisman,

now she has to go to the lowest of the low places, the sick ward!

I can't even stay by her side and protect her anymore!

It is her destiny.

What?

Just because it's not happening to you, is it right for you to speak of it so lightly?!

Even if there is darkness all around,

if a moon emerges from the darkness, there is no way to block its light.

Until it can emerge and shine its light on its own, all we can do is wait.

What does that mean?

Speak in a way I can understand!

The truth will be revealed soon.

So, all we can do is await her response.

Everything is in her hands now.

In half an hour,

they are taking her to the sick ward.

Your Majesty.

Why do you call me?

I shall...

make a snowman.

However,

this will be the last time.

When spring comes,

the snow will melt away.

But,

right now I shall gather only clean, white snow that has not been tread upon,

and make for you one last snowman.

Tell me right now!

Why did you send away our girl in the King's quarters without my permission?!

I didn't think it was something that Your Highness should be subjected to hear.

Shall I call her here myself and ask her directly?

That...

His Majesty, in the middle of the night last night,

said he was taking a walk and left his bed chambers.

He ordered all to stay

and asked only Swordsman Woon to accompany him...

Asked Swordsman Woon to follow him and?

He headed for the *Eigeumbu prison. (*Royal Investigation Bureau)

He was probably just going to confirm the prisoners.

So, please do not get angry...

The girl should not have been allowed to live.

She should not have been allowed to live.

The ph-physician...

call the physician! Quickly!

The physician!

Where are you hurrying to?

That is...

The Queen...

The Queen...

I told you not to let anyone in!

Give it to me.

Is it only your love that is agonizing?

Is my love insignificant?

Your Majesty

was my first love.

Your Majesty knows better than anyone...

how it feels to lose someone you love.

So, how can you be so cruel?

A beggar could not be more wretched than me!

It is too cruel and sad, is it not?

Myself,

the Queen,

Hyungnim,

and

that child.

Yeon Woo.

Madam. Madam!

Madam, why are you doing this?

Madam, Madam!

- Yeon Woo! - Please, Madam.

Please move out of the way.

Yeon Woo.

Aigoo. Aigoo. Just a moment, please.

- Oh Madam, please. - Please move. Please.

Yeon Woo!

Please watch out! Move out of the way!

Oh, Madam! Madam!

Madam.

Please move away.

Madam, Madam.

Oh, Madam.

Aigoo, Madam. Aigoo.

From here on, follow those people.

Was I not to go to the sick ward?

Take her.

Just a moment.

What?!

Where are you going to take me?

You'll know when we get there.

Are you going to break strict royal law?

I'm abiding by a law more frightening than royal law.

Follow me!

Did you just say the prisoner disappeared on the way?

I went to the sick ward as you ordered,

and that is what I heard.

Where?

Which direction did they say she went?

Well,

they must have taken side roads because people were heckling her so much.

It is presumed that they then ran into a band of burglars.

Lord! Lord!

What are you doing here?

Where are you planning to go?

I have asked why you are here.

Shouldn't you remain cautious still?

Please go back inside.

Have you come as a friend?

Or have you come by royal order?

These days,

I often hear the crying of this sword.

It may feel stifled as it has not been unsheathed for quite some time.

It cries so sorrowfully.

So, I fear I may swing this sword recklessly and make a mistake.

My skills are not what they once were.

Lord.

If you cross swords with me,

my forgotten swordsmanship may return to me.

Will you accept?

Ah,

you are Swordsman Woon who protects His Majesty.

I suppose you cannot swing your sword at will without a royal order.

At times, a false wicked act is more dangerous than a false virtuous one.

What are you going to do?

Are you going to wait for a royal order?

A sword held out of anger is dangerous.

A sword held out of love is even more dangerous.

Who is that anger directed at?

If I knew that,

I probably would not have even leapt at you like a mad man.

Why can you not consider what His Majesty is feeling?

Then, why can you not consider...

what your friend is feeling?

Are you going to report it?

Report what?

Since I brandished a sword at Swordsman Woon who came on a royal order,

I suppose it's tantamount to treason.

Here today,

neither Swordsman Woon...

nor His Majesty's kin stood in this spot.

It was just...

two long-time friends...

that were here.

This is the palace, is it not?

We use a receptacle for the soul.

A receptacle for the soul?

Yes.

Just as the term implies, one receives the soul with one's entire body.

But,

it is only possible with one who's body can take in the gods, a shaman.

A spirit, a soul is taken in by a human?

It is a sort of sacrificial offering.

The person is locked in with the soul at the place where a grudge is held,

and takes in that grudge into her body.

Is that really possible?

It is.

On top of that,

there will be a total eclipse.

At the point when the moon veils the sun and the yin energy is strong,

if we bring in a receptacle for the soul as a sacrificial offering,

the effect will be doubled.

Then,

will the sound of crying vanish from Eunweol Pavilion?

It will.

However...

However?

If a shaman becomes a receptacle for the soul,

her own soul may be driven out in order to receive a strange soul,

and grave danger may follow.

Danger?

Could she die?

If the soul's grudge is strong,

I have heard eight or nine times out of ten, the soul embeds itself,

and the shaman either faints or loses her life.

So, there will likely be no shaman willing to be the sacrificial offering.

How timely.

A girl that is perfect for this job...

comes to mind.

You probably know,

that this is a closed building.

There is no use in screaming,

so don't waste your energy and just quietly carry out your duty.

I will return tomorrow.

[Talisman]

Have you taken her there?

Yes, Your Highness.

Did you explain in a way she could understand?

I told her it was her duty to comfort the soul in Eunweol Pavilion,

so that is what she thinks.

This...

must never get out.

Particularly,

the King must never know.

Yes, Your Highness.

I knew I'd be using her someday in a big way,

but I didn't know I'd be using her like this.

If her life is spared, take her to the sick ward for the time-being.

There will be another need to use her later.

I will carry out your order.

[Talisman]

[Talisman]

[Talisman]

Even now, at night,

from Eunweol Pavilion that was used by the Crown Princess,

they say you can hear the crying of a ghost.

Is that the crying of the late Maiden Heo?

Why? What would she be so upset about?

Anyhow, after a healthy Crown Princess died suddenly,

some people conjectured whether it could have been poisoning or murder.

Inside the palace, it was a hot topic for a while.

The soul I am to comfort

is none other than the girl so dear to His Majesty?

As you all know,

in the courtyard of the Throne Hall today, there will be an eclipse ceremony.

Therefore,

security must be taken more sternly than ever.

If you notice anything suspicious, immediately...

Where is Hong Gyu Tae?

Ah, really!

Where has that no-good Hong Gyu Tae gone now?

Hey.

Hey.

Hong Gyu Tae.

You derelict.

What are you doing?

You derelict.

Have you finally gone mad?

Is that it?

Hyungnim.

Is there a situation where one dies,

but one's temperature doesn't drop?

What?

If you hold a dead person for a long time,

can his temperature be maintained like a living person?

How can a dead person have the same temperature as a living person?

That's why I'm asking!

Hypothetically, what if there were such a situation?

If there were such a situation,

the person's not dead, yet.

Not dead, yet?

According to the physician that frequented the late Chief Scholar's home,

he could not fathom the exact illness,

but that the patient complained of difficulty in breathing and pain in her chest.

In the Royal Secretariat's records, as well,

it is only referred to as an unknown illness.

What about the possibility that she was murdered?

According to the physician, there were no traces of poison or assault.

No possibility of murder.

Were there any other particular peculiarity?

Well...

The fact that after she had ceased to breathe

the body was warm for over 2 hours

is extremely peculiar.

The physician at that time was certain that her pulse was gone.

There was no trace of murder,

but maintained her body temperature.

After I probe further into that detail, I shall report to you.

Your Majesty, it is me, Hyung Sun.

Come in.

Your Majesty, the eclipse ceremony will begin soon.

So you must hurry and get properly dressed.

I understand.

You may leave.

Investigate in detail the actions of those around the late Chief Scholar,

including the actions of each party inside the palace, and report.

I will carry out your command.

You've come?

Your Majesty, Gwansanggam's professor of astronomy is here.

Are the preparations complete?

Yes.

As the ceremony begins in half an hour,

please come out to the palace courtyard in 15 minutes.

I shall do so.

What was it that caused you to cry so?

Were...

you crying because you longed for His Majesty?

Is there a message...

you want to relay to His Majesty?

Please tell me.

I shall listen.

I shall cry

together with you.

So, whatever the situation is,

please tell me.

The sun shall wane.

We supplicate...

We pray thee...

merge together, show your will.

The sun shall wane.

We kneel.

The sun shall wane.

We kneel.

We pray thee...

merge together, show your will.

At the sound of the pounding on the door to the next world,

the sun and moon shall meet,

and the bonds severed by people,

will be reconnected by the heavens.

So, after this phenomenon of the heavens happens,

may all of creation return to its rightful place.

An illness of an unknown source.

A killing that leaves no trace.

A spell.

The lady...

has a divination illness from the gods.

Mistress.

Yeon Woo, please get up.

It's time to take your medicine.

Yeon Woo?

Yeon Woo!

Yeon Woo, my child! Yeon Woo.

Father.

Mother.

Mother...

Mother.

Have you...

ever met me before?

Do you really not know me?

You're cutting off all memories and bonds from the past?

Do you recognize me?

In your previous life, am I...

am I not there?

It doesn't matter.

As long as I recognize you, that's enough.

Then could you relay this to that girl?

That I truly,

very much,

loved her.

Sorcery.

If it was black sorcery, then anything is possible.

At long last, she has figured it out.

I suppose another hurting will begin now.

I pray

you watch over them.

Hyung Sun.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Secretly summon the High Shaman of Seongsucheong at once.

Excuse me? Why the High Shaman of Seongsucheong?

What are you doing? Did I not tell you to summon her at once?!

Yes, I shall carry out your command.

Could it be possible to kill someone with sorcery?

The High Shaman Jang,

whose divine powers are unmatched in all of Joseon,

can certainly give me the answer.

We shall determine if she is dead or alive,

and if she is no longer breathing,

then you will have to take her out the refuse door without anyone knowing.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

Go check to see if she is dead or alive.

R... r... right.

Did you comfort the soul?

Yes.

That maiden...

shall never cry again.