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Episode 37

But that is all.

Do you really think my brother will implicate me?

Do you really think the South Faction would abandon me?

No, that will never happen.

They must protect me in order to protect themselves.

So if you're here to threaten me,

You better stop now.

We don't need their confessions, Your Majesty.

Not Lord Jang's confession. Not anyone's confession.

We don't need any of that.

You will confess your own crimes yourself.

What?

Do you remember, Your Majesty?

Many years ago,

I once saved you when you were framed for something you didn't do.

I never imagined that I would think about that now.

The difference is that you were innocent then.

But now you're guilty of the most horrendous crime.

What are you saying? What are you talking about?

How I prove your guilt will be exactly the same way.

Do you understand?

The way I saved you many years ago, will also be the way I incriminate you.

My Lady!

What happened? What did you find out?

Something has definitely gone wrong!

The Madam Chief Investigator has been arrested!

What?

What should we do, My Lady? What if things have gone wrong?

Inform the Councilor of this immediately!

Yes, My Lady.

What did you just say?

Madam Chief Investigator Yu has been arrested?

It's true, My Lord.

They said they had evidence of her...

...trespassing Lady Chun's residence and seized her and her girls!

Evidence? What evidence!

I'm not sure.

No, that's not possible! There is no such evidence!

- How is it going? - We've gathered the clothing.

Indeed? Is everything else ready too?

Yes, My Lady.

Bring Lady Yu into the interrogation room.

Yes, My Lady.

Things have almost come to a close.

I have come to see His Majesty. Please inform him that I am here.

All right.

What did you just say?

You have evidence incriminating the Queen?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Is it true?

Is the Queen really involved in all of this?

Please forgive us, Your Majesty.

What is it?

What is this evidence?

What did you mean by that?

How can you incriminate me using the same method you used to save me?

Didn't you hear me? I asked you a question!

Tell me!

Your Majesty!

We will be increasing security at the Queen's Palace.

Do you understand?

Yes, My Lord!

We will go to the Queen's Palace. Let's go!

Yes, sir!

Increase security at the Queen's Palace and the residences of the South Faction members!

Yes, sir!

Go to your formations!

- What is all this noise? - They are the Royal Guard, My Lady.

What...?

Your Majesty, the Royal Guard has surrounded your Palace!

They've surrounded us? Who has given them this order?

It was... it was His Majesty...

Are you behind this?

Did you use your favor with the King to put me into this trap?

It's all over, Your Majesty.

You can't hide your crimes anymore.

This is your hand, Your Majesty.

Your own hand will incriminate you.

What is this?

You wanted to us to show you evidence.

Do you recognize these items?

These are socks that belong to you and the girls.

This is the proof that you entered Lady Chun's residence!

Do you remember?

Many years ago, you were framed for attempting to kill the Queen.

You were accused of bringing in the poisonous Pinellia.

And I, believing in your innocence, proved them wrong by using vinegar.

It didn't change color! He didn't touch Pinellia at all!

I'm curious!

How did you prove that I didn't bring in the Pinellia?

This is how.

- And what is this? - Strong vinegar, Your Highness.

Vinegar?

Yes, Pinellia is so potent that it must be neutralized with ginger.

And ginger turns pink when touched with vinegar.

I applied this method.

Indeed?

If the herbalist had touched the ginger, his fingers would have turned pink.

I see.

That's how it happened. And although you were innocent then,

I doubt you are innocent now.

This is it, Your Majesty.

I found this in a secret place in her residence.

When you touched the book,

Did you not detect a strong smell of ginger?

- Is the ginger water ready? - Yes, My Lady.

Here you go, My Lady.

- Search the room carefully! - Yes, Madam Chief!

Do you understand now?

The proof of your crime is here.

- Show them. - Yes, My Lady.

Will you continue your denials?

- How can this be! - Madam Chief...!

We did the same thing to the Registration Archive.

So if you touched the book that was doused with the ginger water,

...your hands will be the proof.

Don't try to scare me!

How dare you threaten me with a book covered with ginger water!

It hasn't been a full day yet.

The ginger water absorbed by your hands...

...won't disappear until three days have passed.

Will you continue to deny it? Claim that you don't know anything?

- Stop this right now! - Your Majesty!

No! You aren't capable! You can't ruin me!

I am the Queen! I am the mother of the Crown Prince!

Do you really think you can threaten me with something like this?

Don't fool yourself!

You did all of this to return the deposed Queen!

It will be you and the deposed Queen who will be ruined because of this!

- Your Majesty! - It'll be you and the deposed Queen!

No, that will never happen, My Queen.

Your Majesty...!

Your Majesty...!

My Lady!

- My Lady, are you all right? - What happened?

Why is His Majesty here?

He seemed to know everything already.

What...?

Your Majesty! This is a plot against me!

- I swear I know nothing about this! - My Queen...

Lady Chun is determined to bring back the deposed Queen!

All of her followers too!

That is why they have made me their target!

You must believe me! I have fallen into their trap, Your Majesty!

Enough! Stop this!

Let's stop this, Ok-Jung.

Your Majesty...

Don't make me see you like this.

I cannot bear to see you changed like this.

Your Majesty...!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Is Lady Chun inside?

Yes, she is with Inspector Shim Woon-Taek.

- Inspector Shim? - Yes, sir.

Why did you tell His Majesty?

- We weren't going to tell him until... - Everything is already clear.

- There was no more need for delay. - But, sir...

Perhaps you were afraid, My Lady.

Of the shock this would bring to His Majesty.

That is why you wanted to delay this as much as possible, wasn't it?

I know what you must be feeling.

You might even have felt compassion for the Queen.

Sir...

But it is unavoidable. For His Majesty too.

And besides, it is His Majesty who will determine the outcome of everything.

Chief Eunuch!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Summon the Chief Secretary and Royal Guard Chief Suh Yong-Gi.

Evidence...? Did you just say evidence?

Yes, Your Excellency.

Lady Chun has proof of the Queen's involvement.

Everything was a trap.

And that trap has caught the Queen!

Your Excellency, this is not the time to ponder!

You must see the Queen right now!

Wait..!

What about His Majesty? Does he know about this?

You mean all the South Faction, Your Majesty?

That's right.

I will investigate all the members of the South Faction in government.

And anyone found to be involved in this incident as well as those of the past...

...will not be forgiven!

Do you understand?

I will use this opportunity to get rid of all the ministers...

...who use their positions for power and corruption!

What? Those were His Majesty's orders?

Yes, he said that he would punish all those involved and reform the government.

Chaos will soon befall the government, Dong Yi.

This is the man, Your Excellency.

- So you're Shim Woon Taek. - Yes, Your Excellency.

I am Inspector Shim Woon Taek of the Office of the Inspector-General.

Her Majesty is waiting for you. Come, let's go.

Your Majesty, the Minister will arrive soon.

Did you say the man who helped Lady Chun was Inspector Shim Woon Taek?

Yes, Your Majesty.

He is the son of the previous fourth State Councilor.

Your Majesty, the Minister is here!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

This is the man, Your Majesty.

He is the one who helped Lady Chun, Shim Woon-Taek.

I am honored to meet you, Your Majesty.

I heard about how you helped Lady Chun in Uiju.

You honor me, Your Majesty!

Thank you. I am glad that you are with Lady Chun.

All I did was help her a little.

But Your Majesty,

There will come a time when all of us need to gather our strength together.

Soon, everything will be restored to its place.

I refer to the place where you need to be, Your Majesty.

- Stop dallying and hurry! - Yes, sir!

Hurry along!

My Lord, they are here.

They are accomplices to Jang Hee-Jae.

Imprison them and prepare them for torture!

Yes, My Lord! Take them away!

- Yes, sir! Come with us! - Go, you wretches!

- What about the others? - The guards are bringing them in.

- Hurry up, sir! - Slow down! What's the hurry?

We're going to be late! Come with me!

This is the residence of the Director and Assistant Director of the Bureau of Music!

- Search everything! - Yes, sir!

Hurry!

Why are you doing this? What's going on?

Why are you doing this? Oh no..!

Why are you doing this?

What do I do? Why are you doing this?

Are we too late?

Do you think they've been arrested already?

- Maybe. I don't see them. - That's why I wanted to hurry!

I wanted to see them get arrested!

They couldn't have gotten away. They're bound to get caught!

Where could they be?

- Sir! Over there! - Where?

They're over there!

Father, are you sure we should run? If we caught, we'll be executed!

Whether we get killed running away or by sentencing, it's the same!

Let's go!

The soldiers are over there too.

Let's go around.

I'm scared, Father! Oh, there's a dog hole on the other side!

- A dog hole? - Yes, I use it to leave the house secretly.

We'll be able to escape if we go there!

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Let's hurry!

Are you going somewhere?

You couldn't be running away, could you?

Look, Manager Hwang! Please turn a blind eye to us!

That's right! Please help us! Our lives depend on you!

Musician Bang! Manager Hwang!

- Is that how you feel? - Of course! Everything depends on you!

- Yes, it appears that way. - You can have that.

No!

They're here, sirs!

The Director and Assistant Director are here!

Oh Tae-Poong! Oh Ho-Yang!

- There they are! - Seize them!

You're such heartless people!

Farewell! Safe journey!

They're criminals! Punish them severely!

Your Majesty, you must endure this! You must not be shaken!

Things can get worse. But you must not be weak!

You must endure it, even if they take me away!

The South Faction will protect you. They supported you from the beginning.

They put you here!

Why isn't the Councilor here yet?

Are you certain you told him what happened?

Yes, I told him everything.

- Send him another message! - Yes, My Lady.

The Magistrate and Judge in Uiju who helped Lord Jang Hee-Jae and Lord Oh Yoon...

...as well as the Director and Assistant Director of the Bureau of Music...

...have all been arrested.

That's not all!

Some of the officials at the Tribunal have been summoned to the Royal Guard tomorrow!

So they're going to start from the lower ranks.

That's right, Councilor!

His Majesty plans to change the government.

- He is going to strangle us one by one. - Councilor!

This is only the beginning. The sword will soon be at our necks too.

What do we do, Councilor?

If the Queen falls, it'll be the end for all of us!

The Queen is already falling.

There are no longer any roots holding on.

- Councilor! - Councilor!

Councilor!

Are you certain this is what the Councilor wants?

That's right.

Your Majesty, the Councilor is here.

Send him in!

Why were you so late, Councilor?

The situation doesn't look good.

If we don't do something, all of us will fall into their trap!

Lady Yu from the Office of Investigations will endure everything for our sake.

She will deny my involvement to the end.

- You and the others must prepare... - Your Majesty...

Prepare? What can we prepare?

What?

Lord Jang Hee-Jae and the Assistant Director of the Tribunal...

...are both waiting for their executions.

Who can step forward now and risk His Majesty's wrath at this time?

Councilor!

Risking our lives for you is only possible when you are Queen.

You know that is the way with politics.

You're going to abandon me to save yourselves...

That's right.

So I regret that you will have to carry the burden yourself.

The South Faction has to be protected...

...so that we can create another opportunity for you.

Councilor!

But please don't worry. We won't abandon you forever.

No matter what happens,

You are still the mother of the Crown Prince.

Do you understand, Your Majesty?

This is the political game that we must play now.

Your Excellency, how can you do this?

How can you turn your back on Her Majesty?

Let's go.

No, Councilor, you can't do this!

Your Excellency!

Your Excellency!

How dare you abandon Her Majesty?

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! How could this happen to you...!

- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!

Risking our lives for you is only possible when you are Queen.

You know that is the way with politics.

The criminals are here, My Lord.

We did everything under the Queen's orders.

Lady Yu! What are you saying?

I don't know anything else. All I did was follow Her Majesty's orders!

I didn't even know that book was the Registration Archive!

- I swear it, My Lord! - Lady Yu!

Please hear us!

The Queen told us it was our duty as Lady Investigators!

Lady Yu, you wench! How dare you betray the Queen!

Do you want to die?

Who was it? Was it the Councilor? Did he tell you to throw her to the wolves?

- Take Jang Hee-Jae away. - Yes, My Lord. Let's go!

- Yes, sir! - I won't let you get away with this!

I will make you and Chun Dong Yi pay for this a million times over!

- Take him away! - Yes, sir!

All the prisoners are accusing the Queen?

Yes, Your Majesty. They confessed that they acted on the Queen's orders.

And that was not all.

A few of them confessed to bringing in poison in order to harm Lady Chun.

What? Poison to harm Lady Chun?

Yes, Your Majesty. Fortunately, Lady Chun is unharmed.

Their plot failed.

Your Majesty, all the evidence and confessions point to one person.

There is only thing left, and that is to investigate the Queen.

Dong Yi...

Chun Soo...

Dong Yi...

I don't know... I knew this would happen.

But it's difficult for me to watch.

I used to want to become like her.

When she was a Royal Consort,

I wanted to have a special dream with me like her.

But look what I have done to her...

Dong Yi, this isn't your fault.

It was the Queen who chose to close her eyes and ears in her quest for power.

She's now paying the price.

Chun Soo...

She won't be able to escape the consequences.

It's the same for you.

This may be what you were meant to do.

Maybe you were meant to stand against those in power...

...to protect that special dream within you.

Chun Soo...

But that may mean being troubled like you are now.

But you have to bury that in your heart.

Just like His Majesty, this is your duty now.

There is only thing left, and that is to investigate the Queen.

Cease your tears.

Your Majesty...

Inform the Grand Palace that I wish to see His Majesty.

Your Majesty, what will you say to him?

Your Majesty!

I gave the orders for everything.

It is as everyone says.

I knew about the Registration Archive.

And it was I who gave the orders for them to find it in Lady Chun's Residence.

Why did you do this?

I asked you why!

Do you really not know why?

Just like everyone else,

I used my power to try to keep my position.

Isn't that what everyone who has power does?

Was that position being Queen...

...important enough to lose yourself?

You used to be so confident.

You wanted to achieve your dreams using legitimate and proper methods.

Yes...

Perhaps I used to be such a person.

But a long time ago, I realized that I was wrong.

Is there a legitimate and proper way to achieve power, Your Majesty?

Those who have it are legitimate.

And those who don't are not.

That is power.

Don't you see that?

Do you know something, Your Majesty?

Even now, I will use all my power and means to try and keep my position.

What do you mean?

What are you saying, Ok-Jung?

- Sir! - What?

What is it? Are they... are they being exiled somewhere?

No, that's not it.

The Queen has confessed everything to His Majesty!

- What? The Queen? - That's right!

So what happens now?

What else? They'll either be executed or exiled.

And the Queen will be sent out of the Palace like the deposed Queen!

- What? Out of the Palace! - Isn't that obvious?

She's guilty of high treason! Do you think His Majesty will let her stay?

- What's wrong with you? - I'm just so flabbergasted, that's all.

Your Majesty, the Queen of our nation...

...tried to deal with a foreign state for her own benefit.

Furthermore, she framed the deposed Queen for the crimes she committed!

Not only that, the Queen and her brother Jang Hee-Jae,

...repeatedly tried to kill Lady Chun to cover up their crimes.

They must not be forgiven, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty...

Queen Jang must be deposed and sent away to pay for her crimes!

- Please heed our plea, Your Majesty! - Please heed our plea!

Your Majesty...

I know that the Queen cannot be forgiven.

But I can't seem to come to a decision.

Is it because of the Crown Prince, Your Majesty?

Your Majesty!

Is the Crown Prince inside?

Is something wrong?

- What happened? - Your Majesty...

The Crown Prince may be young,

But how can he be oblivious to the tension within the Palace?

He was worried that Her Majesty may be sent away from the Palace.

He's been crying for the past few days, and finally collapsed from exhaustion.

It is our fault for not serving His Highness well!

Please have us executed, Your Majesty!

My son...

Do you know something, Your Majesty?

Even now, I will use all my power and means to try and keep my position.

What do you mean?

I'm talking about the Crown Prince, Your Majesty.

I am the mother of the Crown Prince, the future King of our nation.

Will you really pull me down from my position?

Will you really shake the Crown Prince's standing with your own hand?

Your Majesty, I am the Crown Prince's mother!

Don't forget that, Your Majesty!

Let's turn back.

What? Without seeing His Majesty?

Yes, I think it's better that way.

What can I say to him now?

But he is said to be in conflict about what to do with the Queen.

He can't give his order to depose the Queen because of the Crown Prince.

Will you just watch it happen?

If the Queen maintains her position,

...both the deposed Queen and you will be in danger!

Even so, that cannot compare to the pain His Majesty must be going through.

My Lady...!

This is a decision he has to make. And no matter what that decision is...

...he will be the one who suffers most.

It may be difficult for His Majesty to make his decision.

What do you mean by that?

Don't you understand that deposing the Queen...

...will put the Crown Prince's status in peril?

His Majesty puts the nation's stability and the Crown Prince's welfare above all else.

He may even decide to turn a blind eye to everything.

Are you there, Chief Eunuch?

Did you summon me, Your Majesty?

Summon the Chief Secretary and prepare for a Grand Assembly tomorrow morning.

Yes, Your Majesty.

- You're here, Councilor! - Here you are, Your Excellency!

His Majesty has called a Grand Assembly.

Yes, Your Excellency.

He is going to announce his decision regarding the Queen!

My Lady!

- What is happening? - His Majesty has entered the Grand Hall!

Your Majesty, you are the Crown Prince's mother!

The King won't forget that!

Your Majesty, you must be resolute!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty...!

His Majesty the King!

The reason I have called for an assembly...

...is to declare my decision regarding these past events.

But before that, I will give you a word of caution.

No matter what reason you give me,

The decree and the punishment will remain unchanged.

- Chief Secretary, read out the decree. - Yes, Your Majesty.

In the year 1694, on the 2nd day of the 4th month,

The criminals insulted the King...

...with their heinous crime of conspiring with foreign states.

Furthermore...

They framed the deposed Queen in order to hide their crimes,

...and used their means to harm Lady Chun Dong Yi.

How can these heinous crimes be forgiven?

Therefore, His Majesty will strip all those involved of their titles and positions.

Uiju Magistrate Nam Hyun Shik and Pyongyang Judge Lee Jung-Woo will be executed.

The Chief Jang Hee-Jae of the Bureau of Hospitality,

Assistant Director of the Tribunal Oh Yoon,

Tribunal Lieutenant Hong Tae-Yoon and...

...3rd Finance Minister Chung Tae-San will be stripped of their titles,

...and exiled to Hwanghae Island, Heojae Island and Hogil Island respectively.

In addition,

Personnel Minister Yu Jong-Ho, Finance Minister Cho Yong-Shik,

Rites Minister Kim Dae-Sung, Third State Councilor Han Ju-Tae,

...and Councilor Oh Tae-Sung's positions and titles will be stripped from them.

There is one more sentence left.

It is regarding the Queen.

Despite the fact that the Queen's position is to support the King and the nation,

Queen Jang lacked virtue...

...and committed an unforgiveable crime against the throne and the nation.

Queen Jang is no longer worthy of her position.

Therefore, today on the 12th day of the 4th month...

I will remove Queen Jang from her crown,

...and strip her of her title.

My Lady!

What happened, Sanghee?

She's going to be deposed!

His Majesty has ordered her to be stripped of her crown!

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