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Your Majesty.

May I ask why you are leaving without seeing His Royal Highness?

Please dethrone the Crown Prince!

-Please dethrone him! -Please dethrone him!

We beg of you to make the right decision!

-We beg of you, Your Majesty! -We beg of you, Your Majesty!

Please punish him accordingly!

-Please punish him! -Please punish him!

Your Majesty, I ask that you give us an answer.

-We ask for your answer, Your Majesty. -We ask for your answer, Your Majesty.

The Crown Prince…

shall be dethroned.

-What? -Lord Sangheon.

-How is this… -The Crown Prince is dethroned?

Please I beg of you, Your Majesty!

I ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

I ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

-Please, Your Royal Highness. -Please, Your Royal Highness.

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness.

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness!

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness!

-Please, Your Royal Highness! -Please, Your Royal Highness!

Your Royal Highness, this cannot be…

EPISODE 12

Did you decide to dethrone me

because of what happened with my uncle?

No.

Last night…

I was at your quarters.

I had known all along…

that you were a woman.

Since when…

You are very special.

Don't forget that.

My beautiful…

daughter.

Mother.

Mother.

Announce it.

The Crown Prince shall now enter.

Please protect

the Prince…

our child.

It does not matter now.

What has happened, has happened.

Then why have you not…

said anything all this time?

Do you resent me?

I pictured this day

for a long time

and wondered what would happen

if you were to find out.

I was afraid.

I have never resented you as the Crown Prince.

However…

I resented you as someone who had been born…

in this palace.

Because I was only a kid…

who wanted to be loved by her parents…

just like everyone else.

There is something I wish to ask.

If you could…

go back to the day I was born…

would you make the same decision?

If it were not for the late King's order,

could things have been different?

I would like to ask you that.

Leave the palace.

And live your own life.

I…

have never lived my own life.

If this is what you want for me…

I will accept it.

Are you really trying to get yourself killed?

You show up here after a month and demand to see His Royal Highness.

Don't you know no one dares to go near him?

He was dethroned! If you go see him, you could go down with him!

Leave me alone. I do not care.

You reckless fool.

Over there. Isn't that His Royal Highness?

Don't tell anyone I let you into the palace.

Leave me out of this.

YEON-SEON

Yeon-seon.

I was wrong.

I will never leave you alone again, Your Royal Highness.

Never.

What are you doing?

You must leave.

You cannot be here.

Your Royal Highness, I will stay by your side…

no matter what you say.

I will…

protect you, Your Royal Highness.

It's nice to be back here.

The flowers, the trees,

and the pond. Everything is as I left them.

But…

the air here is not as fresh as the air in Onyang.

Would you like to come with me?

We can sit together just like this

and admire the flowers blooming and withering away every year.

At night, we can stargaze.

On rainy days, we can listen to the rain

falling in our yard together.

I am afraid…

I cannot.

I had a dream.

A dream that I was in the distant future.

When I woke up from it,

my heart ached a bit.

My future has always

given me heartache.

It was painful

and burdensome.

Your Royal Highness.

I thought that you had changed.

But I'm relieved to see that you have not.

I am…

truly glad.

You ought to go on your path, Royal Tutor Jung.

For I…

will now go on mine.

I told you.

No matter what you say,

I will stay by your side, Your Royal Highness.

I…

want you to be happy.

In the same way…

that you hoped that I would be happy every day.

Please live a happy life.

This is…

the last favor

I ask of you, Royal Tutor Jung.

I am here, my lord.

So tell me. Did you look into what I asked you to?

I confirmed that Great Lord Changcheon's soldiers were at Mount Odae.

This ledger confirms that the military supplies were moved there.

To those who do not know how to wield a sword,

even the best sword can be dangerous.

It seems His Majesty was foolishly greedy.

His Royal Highness

is departing for Ganghwa today?

As soon as you hear from me,

you must bring His Royal Highness back to the palace.

It will not take long.

Yes, my lord.

How was your life outside the palace?

You will have to move into the palace soon.

You should get things ready one at a time.

I am sorry.

Do not apologize.

I just…

thought I should.

How nice it feels to have a cup of tea with you.

I have been scared for nothing all this time.

I pushed you away

because of my feelings of inferiority.

Do not cry.

You cannot be weak.

In the palace,

you must always be confident

and act with assurance.

I am sure you will do well.

And you must.

Gyeom…

you are my only brother.

GANGNYEONGJEON

Your Royal Highness.

I am afraid we should leave now.

I will leave the palace now.

May you…

stay healthy, Father.

Your Majesty, this is Commander Yoon.

I have prepared everything as you ordered.

Look after

my child.

I had kept the truth from you.

I will sacrifice my life for your forgiveness, Your Majesty.

Thank you…

for keeping

my child's secret all these years.

You should be careful too.

GWANGHWAMUN

I shall leave now.

Please have a safe trip, Your Royal Highness.

Make sure that His Royal Highness is safe.

Your Royal Highness. May you stay in good health.

I have not seen the bodyguard, Kim Ga-on, for some time now.

You don't think he ran away by himself, do you?

Stop worrying about nonsense. Focus on serving His Royal Highness.

Where did he go?

Let's go.

The flowers have bloomed beautifully.

He never listens.

Pardon?

Go and bring that to me.

Yes, Your Royal Highness.

Stop them from chasing His Royal Highness

until I escort him to a safe house. Do you understand?

Everyone, stop.

We will have a rest here.

Let us have a rest here.

Here?

I told them to prepare a spot over there. Please wait a bit.

Hold on.

I want you to bring some water and a fresh set of clothes

for His Royal Highness.

-Pardon? -Pardon?

-Yes, Lord Jaeun. -Yes, Lord Jaeun.

We will soon arrive at a valley where we can drink water.

We can rest there.

His Royal Highness is tired.

I can have someone go and fetch some water for him.

We will rest here.

The terrain here is rough. Many bandits are spotted here.

So I suggest you take my advice and rest somewhere else.

I am in charge of the procession. Not you.

I am a member of the royal family.

I would never put His Royal Highness in danger.

I will lead the procession.

The Inspector will not be able to stop me as I am a member of the royal family.

It is me, Commander Yoon. Come with me, Your Royal Highness.

It's His Majesty's order.

Protect His Royal Highness!

Hold on. What…

What is going on?

I think something must have happened to His Royal Highness!

Oh, no!

-Your Royal Highness! -Your Royal Highness!

-His Royal Highness is safe. -What?

-What… -What do you mean?

I do not have time to explain.

I need you to come with me now.

-Wait. What… -What on earth…

-Hurry. -Yes, Lord Jaeun.

What…

What are you doing here?

Who is the man that took His Royal Highness?

I do not know.

All I know is that they are trying to save His Royal Highness.

Get out of my way. He must return to the palace!

What do you mean?

Unless you want to be framed for abducting him, get out of here now.

Someone saw a group of suspicious men.

Search the other side.

-Yes, Inspector. Let's go! -Yes, Inspector.

Please change your clothes first.

What on earth is going on? His Majesty is behind this?

You told me that you are willing to sacrifice your life for me.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Now, you will owe your life to the Crown Prince.

You will

have to keep my child's secret to the end.

His Majesty wishes for you to have this.

By the time you are reading this letter,

the palace will be in an uproar.

As I knew you would not want this,

I could not tell you in advance.

Even to the end, I remain a father

who denied your wishes.

Leave the palace.

And live your own life.

I…

have never lived my own life.

I thought this would be better

than losing you forever.

As long as I can keep you safe,

I will gladly put up with any resentment you have for me.

You want to appoint Prince Jehyeon as the Crown Prince?

How much sway does the Queen have over you?

Has your judgment been clouded?

I was against appointing you as the Crown Prince

for this very reason.

However, I was wrong to worry about you.

You were much stronger than I thought.

Great Lord Changcheon shall gain more power.

So when the Crown Prince becomes the King,

Lord Sangheon shall no longer have any sway over him.

That is why it was more painful

and I was tormented even more.

To me, seeing you

was the hardest thing in this world.

If you could…

go back to the day I was born…

would you make the same decision?

If it were not for the late King's order,

could things have been different?

I would like to ask you that.

I regretted the decision I made that day

for a very long time.

Therefore…

I will not repeat the same mistake.

YI HWI

Yi Hwi.

It was your brother's name.

But to me,

it is now your name.

You were the Crown Prince of Joseon.

The Crown Prince shall be dethroned.

And you were my only daughter.

I just want you to live.

And I hope to never hear about you.

Have you had a good night's sleep?

As you had driven your son into danger,

you must have been too troubled to fall asleep.

You had to pay a big price to keep your son safe.

You had to abandon your daughter

to keep your son.

That is why

I do not like you, Lord Sangheon.

You were the one who forced me to make that decision.

So what do you plan to do now?

Naturally, Prince Jehyeon will have to take the Crown Prince's place.

How unfortunate.

I can only imagine how much you must miss your glory days with the late King.

The wind is chilly.

May you stay healthy.

Go and search up on the hill.

Yes, Inspector.

We should part ways from here.

The soldiers know my face.

If I accompany you, it will be more dangerous for you.

Will you be all right?

Do not worry.

Go on without me. I will follow you soon after.

I knew it was you.

The woman you were with…

The Crown Prince must have disguised himself.

Unfortunately for you, you are too late.

I am on my way back to the palace after escorting him to a safe place.

Go and check all the women's faces.

If you find anyone suspicious,

bring them to me without delay. Do you understand?

-Yes, Inspector. -Yes, Inspector.

He has already been dethroned.

Allow him to at least keep his life.

I am doing this to save His Royal Highness too.

Let me see your face.

Allow me to see your face.

Let me see your face clearly.

Let me see--

My lady, are you that upset?

You walked away so quickly.

I told you I was not looking at other ladies.

Thank you for your service,

but how dare you try to look at my wife without permission?

She is so stunning…

that her beauty will blind you.

Well, you see. I was not trying to see--

Right. Why do you have to look at her face?

She's married. Stop bothering her.

-Quiet down. -They're right.

All right. If everyone is ready, we should get going.

-We, lovebirds, have a long way to go. -Let's go!

-We're all busy. -Let's go.

Be quiet! Let's go.

What happened?

I was following your procession and I saw you leave with Commander Yoon.

I knew that you would be in disguise.

But it looks quite good on you.

But why are you all alone?

Well…

We are not alone here. Let us talk after we get off.

Then His Majesty sent Commander Yoon to save you, Your Royal Highness?

Yes. My father had already prepared a place for me.

Then…

it means all you have to do now is leave.

You only lived at the palace all your life.

I wonder how you will survive in this harsh world.

You leave me no choice.

I will have to take care of you.

Wait. Are you looking down on my medical practice?

You should have been there in Onyang.

People gave me potatoes, sweet potatoes,

all kinds of grains, and even meat to pay for the treatments.

I can assure you I will be able to satisfy your picky palate, Your Royal Highness.

Royal Tutor Jung.

Yes?

I need to make a confession.

A confession?

There is something I have not told you.

What is it that you must tell me?

You seem very anxious.

Well, I…

I am…

Over there! Get them!

-Yes, Inspector! -Yes, Inspector!

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm all right.

I said he must be kept alive!

No!

Hurry.

They are not here.

Let's go.

Your Royal Highness. This is serious. I should treat your wound first.

I am fine…

Your Royal Highness.

Your Royal Highness.

Please hang in there.

Stay here for a moment. I will go get herbs to reduce your fever.

Please don't go.

You will be all right.

I will not take long.

You must stay awake, Your Royal Highness.

Thank you…

for being by my side.

Please do not talk.

Your wound will make talking more painful.

I said I had a confession to make.

Are you not curious to find out what it is?

The wound must be infected. I need to see it.

I…

I will do it myself.

Your Royal Highness.

This is…

my secret.

Subtitle translation by: Won-hyang Son