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[Episode 35] This incident...

will be used as an opportunity to create a new Pyeonsoo-hwe.

We need a list of those who need to die.

Anyone who opposes the Pyeonsoo-hwe in any way will be wiped away.

That way...

a new world...

The Pyeonsoo-hwe's world will begin.

If things do not work out, the person who should be on that list...

is you, Dae Mok.

The real Crown Prince is alive.

What will you do if he tries to return as King?

I have already prepared for that in many ways.

The real Crown Prince...

will never be able to return as King.

I will always be your person.

Will you trust me, no matter what?

Your Highness, I am not saying I will be your woman or the Queen.

You may have whomever you choose by your side.

I will become the next Dae Mok and offer the Pyeonsoo-hwe to you.

Head Merchant Hwa Goon.

I owe you a great debt.

It is all on me.

You are still alive. Thank you.

My name is Hwa Goon.

Do not be in pain because of me.

Please... be happy.

Elder.

Elder, the Crown Prince needs to know how to make the antidote.

Why are you asking me?

I told you to forget everything and leave.

Why are you with the Crown Prince?

Young Miss Hwa Goon...

It was her dying wish.

Her dying wish?

She was a disobedient girl until the very end.

Lady, you cannot do this...

What is going on?

What are you doing? How can I become Queen?

I told you that I would not make you a royal concubine.

Did I not?

I restored the status of Elder Gyu Ho.

Why aren't you bringing that up?

Thank you for restoring my father's status.

But, Queen?

I cannot become Queen.

It is not that you cannot be Queen.

You just do not want to marry me.

If the real Crown Prince had asked, would you really not want to be Queen?

You...

Why are you being like this?

Are you really the Lee Seon that I knew?

Who was the Lee Seon that you knew, Young Miss?

He was a poor boy who would take a beating as if he were an animal.

He would have to do tasks noble people like you told him to do

even if his bones felt like they were shattering.

No matter how hungry he was

he was a lowly child who could only eat what his owner threw his way!

Lee Seon.

To a Lee Seon like that...

Young Miss...

what kind of person do you think you were?

The person in front of me right now...

what kind of person do you think you are?

You have joined forces with your father's enemies.

You mistreat the people of this nation.

You deceived your old friends and betrayed them.

You're a fake!

So, what?

What has that real one done for you?

The real one caused the death of Elder Gyu Ho.

But, I restored his status.

The real one...

has done nothing, but cause you pain.

How is it that you can't forget him?

Lee Seon.

I can do anything you want me to.

So, stay with me.

I do not know what I will do in order to have you.

So, do not ever leave my side.

Lee Seon.

What were you thinking selecting Young Miss Ga Eun as the Queen?

Why are you being this way too, Mother?

I'm so nervous. I cannot stand it.

Mother, look around.

I am the King of Joseon.

I even restored Elder Gyu Ho's status after he was unjustly killed.

Yes, I know. But, Young Miss Ga Eun...

Soon, there will be a wedding.

- Lee Seon! - Why? Why? Why can't I?

A caterpillar should live it's life eating pine needles.

It isn't enough to pretend to be King?

You have to be greedy and have Young Miss Ga Eun too?

- Are you really... - Why can't I be greedy?

Are you afraid because the real Crown Prince is alive?

Lee Seon, can't you come back with me?

Your mom doesn't need anything. Please, Lee Seon.

Why?

Why is it you and Young Miss whom I most want recognition from?

Yet, you both refuse to give me recognition. Why?

Still, it does not matter.

I will do as I wish.

Queen? Ga Eun?

Yes, they will hold a celebration soon and she will become Queen.

I should not have sent her to the palace.

I already knew about Lee Seon's feelings for Ga Eun.

11 days.

We only have to wait 11 days.

It takes longer than 11 days to organize a celebration.

Yes, you must go back before then.

Your Highness.

There is a person who could help you. Will you meet him?

What do you think Young Miss Ga Eun is looking for in the greenhouse?

It must be something to help the Crown Prince reclaim the throne.

Reclaim the throne?

Father, I need to speak to you.

It must be buried in one of the jars in here.

It's not here.

I dug through all the dirt.

Is it possible that someone took it?

No, no...

It is in the Crown Prince's greenhouse.

The ceramic jar is hidden.

Lady Youngbin said it was hidden.

What if it's not in the ground?

If it is hidden...

What are you doing here?

It is the middle of the night. Why are you dressed like that?

Lee Seon.

I thought it was strange.

You saw the Crown Prince.

So, why did you bother coming back to the palace?

What is it that you were looking for?

You knew that the Crown Prince was alive?

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Lee Seon.

It's not too late.

Return the throne to the Crown Prince now.

And if I do...

will you be mine, Young Miss?

As long as you are with me, Young Miss...

I am fine living as a water carrier.

Will you do that?

I had a small hope you might.

Just once, I hoped...

you might look back at me.

Just once, I hoped you might see me as a man.

- Lee Seon. - Soon...

I will become the real King.

What do you mean by that?

Just what I said. I will become the real King.

As for you, Young Miss...

you will become the Queen.

You are not the person I love.

It does not matter.

Whether you like it or not, you are my woman and I...

am the King of Joseon.

Lee Seon.

Please let go of things that do not belong to you.

Let go of them?

Let them go?

You gave me the name Lee Seon to live a different life and I became a King.

You told me to have dreams, and now you're telling me to let them go?

Young Miss, you made me into a King.

It was you who did it.

Lee Seon!

Now, you are mine.

I will never let you go.

Keep her in her residence and watch her her well.

Do not let her out at all until the wedding celebration.

- Do you understand? - Yes, Your Majesty.

I will escort you.

What was she looking for in there?

Are they not coming?

Thank you for coming, Eunuch.

You are very resilient.

First, I should thank you.

Thank you for saving me and my friend last time.

A Crown Prince is bothering to be courteous to a lowly person like me?

Do you feel like a person who is drowning and grasping at straws?

That's right.

I heard you have been around for the past two regimes of Kings.

Also, you are the leader of the palace servants.

I need your help and that is why I asked to meet you.

I came to tell you that you should throw out all expectations.

That is the only reason I came.

Do not expect our help.

Do not do anything.

Do not think you will be any different than other greedy government ministers.

If you make a rash move

there will be a wave of bloodshed in the palace again.

We do not take sides.

We will not be manipulated by anyone.

I am not...

trying to manipulate you.

I am giving you a chance to choose.

I am the son of a man who committed high treason.

Still, I plan on becoming King.

I will correct my father's wrongs by becoming King.

You will repent by becoming King, so I should help you become King?

I will make a promise to you.

Only for the people... I will become King with that goal.

Go ahead and do that.

Eunuch.

How long will you turn away and stay silent?

How long will you just watch?

You follow any and all orders.

You do not fix things, even though you know they are wrong.

You are afraid and you merely wait.

You are partly responsible for the fact that the government is the way it is.

Even with the nation a mess, the King dying, and citizens dying...

you did not do a single thing.

You have a chance to repent, as well.

Will you do nothing again?

Will you stand idly by and watch?

Or will you think of Joseon's future...

and fight with me?

Join me for the sake of Joseon's future.

Eunuch.

I heard you saved some children from the deadly flower fields.

I did.

You intend on being King of all the nation's people.

You risked your life for just 10 children?

If you were in that situation again...

would you still save those children?

Please answer me.

If you were in that situation again...

would you choose the lives of a handful of children?

Would you choose to return as King to a whole nation of people?

Saving the lives of a handful of children...

is the same as saving the nation.

Isn't that so?

If you take the lives of a handful of children lightly...

that kind of a ruler...

cannot become the father of an entire nation of people.

Those children all have mothers and fathers.

As well as siblings.

Will you stay strong until the end?

Do you have the confidence to fight the Pyeonsoo-hwe?

What can I help you with?

Elder Eunuch.

If I get caught letting anyone in, it will be very dangerous.

What are you thinking?

Why do you think I assigned you to the Dowager Queen?

Hurry before it gets light. Go on.

Yes, Elder.

Please follow me.

Dowager Queen.

Will you bring the real one and seat him in this throne?

Do you think I cannot?

Try it if you like.

The real one is dead.

How can you be here?

I heard you were dead.

Dowager Queen, have you been well?

Boss, you are...

You know who I really am.

Yes... Crown Prince.

What business do you have with me?

Have you come to see me confined to my residence?

The Pyeonsoo-hwe's deadly flower fields have been burned down.

Therefore, there are no more deadly flower pills.

If you do not come up with a plan, you and all your people...

will die in 10 days.

75 people will die.

Did you think I would believe you?

I have no reason to deceive you.

I... tried to kill you.

I know that.

The first time was as soon as I was born.

The next time...

It was in the Hyupkyungdang.

Yet, you are trying to save me?

If that is the truth and you are trying to save me...

did you think I would thank you?

No! Even if I die, I would never say...

Mother!

A child...

is trying to save his mother.

Do I need a reason why?

I... am your mother?

Besides you... who else would I call Mother?

The only parent I have left in this world...

is you, Mother.

You are the only one.

No!

I... I have no children.

That's why...

Lady Youngbin took all of the late King's affection from me.

All because I could not bear a child.

I endured and endured through those years.

I suffered so much.

Mother?

If only you had not existed...

If only you had never been born...

All this time...

I...

did not know of your pain and sadness.

I could not ease your pain.

I am sorry for that.

I am sorry.

I...

have nothing left now.

No power or people.

So, why are you doing this?

You are the one and only.

You are this nation's Dowager Queen.

Please help me.

Mother.

Listen up, all officials and ministers.

I was born with a serious illness.

I am sure you all know that is why I wear this mask.

I had always had many worries because of that.

I received good news from the physiognomist.

He read the stars in the heaven.

Soon, I will be cured of my illness.

Why don't we make a deal?

You will take everything from the Crown Prince?

How will you do that?

I will take off my mask.

You will become the real King straight from the root.

Nobody actually...

knows what the real Crown Prince looks like.

The moment I face the world and take off my mask...

it will be my face...

that becomes known as the King's face.

Fine, take off your mask and stop the Crown Prince.

If I am healed by the heavens

I will take off this mask in three days during the exorcism rites.

I will brush my hair and wash my face in front of all of you.

I believe you will be cured, Your Majesty.

You will be able to remove your mask.

- Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Congratulations, Your Majesty!

During the exorcism rites?

Lee Seon will take off his mask that day?

Yes, he will take off his mask in front of everyone.

Then he will wash his face in front of them all.

If that happens, his face will become the King's face.

Isn't that a big problem?

Your Highness, this is not a light matter.

If everyone believes the fake is real

you could lose your throne forever.

Your Highness.

My father and I will do what we can to stop the exorcism rites ceremony.

The exorcism rites are not important. It's the washing of the face.

Once Lee Seon takes off the mask, everything will be over.

Then what should we do?

I will start a revolt on the day of the exorcism rites.

All military and government officials will be at the palace on that day.

That day, in front of them...

I will prove to them that I am real.

I will return to my throne.

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