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[Episode 26]

Stop, Prime Minister!

What evidence do you have to arrest her?

You are just a lowly officer. Who are you to block my path?

Stand aside now.

You should have evidence if you are going to arrest someone!

How dare you?

Do you need to be beheaded to pull yourself together?

- Get him. - Yes, Sir!

Stand down.

Prime Minister.

Is this Dae Mok's will?

Let's go.

Dae Mok captured one of your people on purpose.

It is a warning to you so that you will select one of his candidates.

Your Majesty, you need to save Court Lady Han now.

If I act hastily, I could end up causing more trouble.

She is innocent.

I'm sure they will let her go after an investigation.

The Euigeumbu has taken her.

She will be tortured and her body will be injured.

Yet...

you say you will only sit back and watch?

Court Lady Han is one my people. I will take care of it.

You should not get involved.

What? The Euigeumbu took her?

Then we need to go save Young Miss Ga Eun now.

I will find the real culprit.

If we hand the real culprit over, they will let her go.

We cannot save Ga Eun like that.

The culprit behind the poisoning was the Dowager Queen.

She poisoned herself in order to fix the marriage selection to her liking.

The Dowager Queen would be more than able to do something like that.

I will resolve this.

Until then... I need you to buy time.

Did you use poison during the first round?

No.

How dare you lie to us? Tell the truth.

I will dare to ask you a question, Prime Minister.

With what evidence did you arrest me?

I looked into the information you provided about yourself.

The daughter of the Superintendent?

You do not have the status to be a part of this marriage process.

You thought you would have a chance if you killed the other girls.

Is that why you poisoned them?

Is that ridiculous theory your evidence?

- What? - Then, who?

Who would have committed such a grave crime?

I do not know.

You do not know who did it.

Then I suppose you will have to be the culprit.

You are the Prime Minister of this nation.

Is that the best you can do to falsely accuse someone of a crime?

What did you say?

You wench! You need some sense beat into you.

Once you feel your bones break and your flesh rip

then you will remember your crimes.

- Get started! - Yes, Sir.

Stop!

Your Majesty, what brings you all the way over here?

Are you possibly here to let her go?

You are not going to give us such a command, are you?

I would never do that.

The Dowager Queen was poisoned by her.

As a son...

I have the privilege to interrogate her myself.

Put those torture devices away now!

Yes, Your Majesty!

Will the criminal confess without torture?

I want to know the truth.

If she confesses to lies due to fear of torture

how can I hear the truth?

I will start my interrogation. Get everything prepared.

The King has stepped up to interrogate her himself.

What should I do?

That girl's name...

did you say it was Ga Eun?

She entered as the daughter of the Superintendent.

No matter whose daughter she is...

she is a good card for us to use.

That cunning fox drank poison to decide who becomes Queen.

She is now the only one who has a platform.

We will have to use that card, so the King has no choice.

Let's try to seize that platform.

I would like to see the daily logs of the court ladies.

You are too late if you are trying to investigate the poisoning.

The Euigeumbu has the logs from that day.

What I need are not the logs from that day.

I need the logs from 20 days ago.

20 days ago?

That's the day the Dowager Queen tried to kill you.

There was a court lady in the kitchen for the Dowager Queen.

She likely put a drug in my tea.

I am certain it was the same person who did the poisoning this time.

But, even if we find her and take her to the Euigeumbu

will they let Ga Eun go?

Yes, it was the Dowager Queen who was behind this.

The Prime Minister knows that too.

He took Ga Eun to keep the Dowager Queen from having her way with the marriage.

The Dowager Queen and Dae Mok have no interest in Ga Eun.

They see her as a piece on a game board.

Will they really let Ga Eun go?

I am not looking for the culprit to go to the Euigeumbu.

I am going to use the culprit to threaten the Dowager Queen.

I will force her to let Ga Eun go free.

I will put her in a corner.

Did you say Court Lady Jung from the kitchen?

Yes, Your Majesty.

The Prime Minister is going after her.

You should get her out now.

Why would he be after a court lady in my residence?

How did you find out about it?

I do not know why it is Court Lady Jung either.

Is there anything you can think of?

Of course, I cannot think of anything.

Whatever the reason may be, it is dangerous if the Pyeonsoo-hwe want her.

Did you ask for me, Your Majesty?

Your Majesty, this is...

You will be given the amount of money that is written there.

Accept that money and leave immediately.

Your Majesty, why are you doing this?

I have served you for 30 years.

I am sending you away alive because of those 30 years.

If you open that mouth carelessly...

no matter where you hide in Joseon, you will not remain alive.

I found out who the culprit is.

It is Court Lady Jung who works in the Dowager Queen's kitchen.

Has she confessed?

She is being stubborn and insists she doesn't know anything.

However...

as long as we have her, we can manipulate the Dowager Queen.

I will hand over Court Lady Jung to you.

Go to the Dowager Queen and tell her if she wants Court Lady Jung

she must make a deal with you to release Ga Eun.

I understand.

I will tell her that if she does not, I will give Court Lady Jung to Dae Mok.

I can threaten her in that way.

We must save Ga Eun.

Ga... Ga Eun.

Young Master.

Your face...

looks very tired.

What took you so long?

I was so scared on my own.

Were you very scared?

How unlike you.

When you saved me, you were so fearless.

You just jumped into the water.

That's because... you were in there.

If I am with you... I am fine with dying.

That is how I felt.

Ga Eun.

If you hadn't met me...

you would have been much happier than you are right now.

I am happy right now.

You came here to see me, didn't you?

That, alone... makes me very happy.

All right.

I will come for you soon.

If we leave things like this, Ga Eun will be more in danger.

She needs to leave the Dowager Queen's side as soon as possible.

Please help me to get Ga Eun out of the palace.

Your Majesty.

I should have come earlier.

You must have been cold all night.

No, I was not.

You were very gracious to me. I was not tortured.

Tortured?

Do I seem like a man who could torture someone I love?

Why do you look surprised?

Didn't I tell you before?

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Forgive me.

I told you before.

I... cannot accept your feelings, Your Majesty.

You are a court lady.

Court ladies are the King's women and I am the King!

Doesn't that mean you are mine?

Your Majesty.

Do you know why...

I became a court lady?

It was because of you.

I considered you my father's enemy, so I came to get revenge.

However...

you say that you did not kill my father.

Please tell me.

Is it true?

Did you really not kill my father?

If that's true...

There is no reason...

for me to consider you my enemy.

If I am not your enemy...

this palace...

and me...

will you be leaving?

Is that what the pack carrier boss said? Did he ask you to go with him?

Your Majesty, that is not what I meant.

You will leave with him?

He has no right to want you!

He may not be of high status.

But, he is a good man.

Young Miss, even if you knew the entire truth...

would you still be able to love the Crown Prince as you do now?

Your Majesty.

The Dowager Queen cannot accept visitors.

Even if it is you, Your Majesty.

This is very uncalled for.

Everyone, leave.

What can I do for you?

There was a court lady who tried to leave the palace without my permission.

I came to report it to you.

Is this about Court Lady Han again?

She is in prison.

How could she possibly leave the palace?

Then who was it?

It was your kitchen court lady, Court Lady Jung.

I caught her trying to sneak out.

She is a court lady in my residence.

I will punish her myself.

Where is she right now?

Why don't we make a deal?

A deal between mother and son?

If there is anything you want, you only need to ask your mother.

I have asked.

I have gotten on my knees and bowed my head.

And I have asked.

You said you are here to make a deal?

Tell me the conditions.

Release Court Lady Han.

You were poisoned, so if you declare that it was not Court Lady Han...

she will be released.

Are you being this serious over a small request like that?

All right.

Your mother will get that child released.

I have another condition.

You are very greedy.

What if I were to decline?

You will not decline.

Because we will both gain something we want.

Minister, Minister!

They have made a decision in the poisoning case.

What happened?

They say it was not an intentional poisoning.

The tea leaves were incorrectly prepared with herbs.

It was a case of food poisoning.

Lee Seon must have faced off with the Dowager Queen.

Ga Eun? What about Ga Eun?

Will she be released?

Do not worry. She has been declared innocent.

She'll be released soon.

Ga Eun.

Now, you are a free person.

You were found innocent.

You're no longer a court lady.

No one will stop you from leaving the palace.

So, now...

let's go back home together.

Young Master, I...

Choi So Hyun.

I have received a royal command to escort you.

You mean me?

They will be announcing the results for the marriage finalists.

Follow me to the King's residence.

It will be announced at the King's residence and not the Dowager Queen's?

Yes, that is what I was told.

Boss, Boss!

Ga Eun, where is she?

The eunuch took her to the King's residence.

There is no time for this. You need to go there now.

What is it?

Look at this.

Now, I will announce the results.

One person whose name I call will have the honor of being the Queen.

The other two will be royal concubines to the King.

You will serve the King.

No, no!

No, no.

Daughter of the Minister of the Right, Choi Yeon Joo.

Move!

Daughter of Prime Minister, Joo Ja Young.

Daughter of the Superintendent.

Choi So Hyun.

What happened?

I asked you what happened?

Why are you getting angry at me?

It is up to the Dowager Queen to decide who to choose.

I told you to use Court Lady Jung.

I told you to give Ga Eun freedom in exchange for Court Lady Jung.

She was released, was she not?

Is Young Miss still in prison?

Do not discuss this with me. Go and talk to the Dowager Queen.

I do not know anything.

Ga Eun is to become my Queen.

Do you think I'll let her become some mere royal concubine?

Why is it that you still can't tell her the truth?

If you were on the throne, you could make her your Queen.

Yet, you still don't have the confidence

to tell her you are the real Crown Prince?

The boss of the pack carriers is the real Crown Prince.

"I am the one who caused your father's death."

Tell her now!

Guard.

Did you call for me, Your Majesty?

Was someone in here?

I have been standing guard and I did not see anyone.

All right, then.

You may go.

We are looking for an antidote to the deadly flower.

I will send it to you once we have one.

Also, about Ga Eun...

I will take her with me.

You have no right, Your Highness.

I cannot concede when it comes to Ga Eun.

I, too, cannot concede.

Lee Seon!

Do you want this mask? Take it.

Do you want the throne? I'll give it to you.

I'll give you everything that I can.

Except, one thing!

Not Young Miss Ga Eun...

I will never hand over Young Miss.

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[Ruler: Master of the Mask]

He called me a friend.

I believed those words.

Elder Dae Mok, the real Crown Prince is alive.

Young Miss Ga Eun has been kidnapped by Dae Mok.

I cannot even protect the woman I love.

How can I protect Joseon and all its people?

I have lured you into a trap, Your Highness.

Even if you get out alive, do not return ever again.