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[Pyo Ye Jin]

[Yun Jong Seok]

[Lee Tae Seon]

[Our Blooming Youth]

[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, groups, places, and incidents have no connection to historical facts. The use of animals during filming was done with props or special effects.]

Have you been healthy and well?

There was a landslide here due to heavy rain,

and officials discovered a tombstone that has nothing to do with my family

that had ended up in my family gravesite.

A tombstone?

Does that not refer to a stone used to mark a grave?

Why would another family's tombstone

end up in my master's family gravesite?

It appears the location where the tombstone was buried was suspicious.

According to the feng shui expert, that land was where a king was to be born,

so it was already devoted to His Majesty.

Someone used such precious land secretly as a family shrine?

If they used the land where the king was to be born as a family shrine,

does that not show they were trying to make their child the king?

Who would dare...

to do such a thing...

Surprisingly, the owner of the tombstone

was a man named Song Soo Cheon

who died June 25th in the year of the Red Dragon.

Do you remember that name?

Is that not the name of Song,

who was hung in front of Sungnyemun Gate?

This is...

unbelievable.

Your Highness, did you know what happened

to the Governor of Gaeseong had to do

with the remnant of Byeokcheon?

Just as it is written in this tombstone,

there will be a son of Song who is alive by the name of Song Hyun,

who was born on March 9th in the year of the Red Snake.

How could this be...

This is unbelievable.

- What is the matter? - March 9th...

in the year of the Red Snake,

the son of Song...

Is it the birthday of someone you know-

If this is really true,

then what do we do?

[Episode 19] A long time ago,

a child named Hyun was born.

Hyun's father was a blacksmith,

and Hyun's mother was a courtesan.

What is this?

Did I not ask you to sharpen this into a blade?

Whom are you trying to slash with such a small blade?

You do not need to know, so take this back and sharpen it for me.

If you are thinking of killing yourself, forget it.

Mind your own business.

You must live.

No matter how much I entertain guests, I cannot decrease my debt.

So what is the point of living?

How much is your debt?

I heard your family managed to increase your wealth severalfold,

but do you really want to waste the wealth

your ancestors passed down to you to have a mere courtesan?

I have no plans of doing that.

I will pay for your debts, so keep living and leave this place.

I just want to see someone as beautiful as you

leave this place.

This is how I truly feel.

I am not...

someone that precious.

Even my father sold me at six for just 8kg of barley.

Do not do something so foolish

being intoxicated by a woman's beauty.

I know you are a kind person.

I do not want to see a world

where a kind person kills herself.

I want to save a kind person.

Oh, my goodness!

Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo!

Hurry up and catch that thing!

Whose house is this?

Aigoo...

It has been a while since we had something to celebrate like this,

so how could you try to just gloss over it?

These are chickens that have escaped from Scholar Park's house.

I need to sit them down safely here and return them safely.

Make sure you do not cause him any harm!

Aigoo, why would a bride lack such effort?

Will you jump into your husband's arms without making yourself look pretty?

Today is the best day of your life.

You should dress up prettily

and have a wonderful life being loved.

Aigoo, you are so pretty.

Here.

Congratulations on your marriage.

Aigoo...

If you look at these from far away, they look like chestnuts, too.

Aigoo!

Gosh, you people...

You cannot have a wedding without alcohol.

I saw you fill that with water from the well.

Be quiet!

Gosh, what are you guys doing?

The bridegroom must be getting impatient.

At this rate, when are they going to have their first night?

Here. Take this.

Then, the bridegroom and bride, bow to each other.

The name "Hyun" was chosen by the child's father and mother

by putting their heads together on the day

they found out he was in the womb.

They chose his name to be "Hyun" as in kind,

so that he would grow to be a kind person.

That is your name.

Why are you telling me about that child?

Is he a child that you know, Mother?

Next time, when the time comes,

I will tell you properly the story of that child

and his parents one day.

For now, just know about it.

If this is true,

would this not bring about another major bloodshed in the court?

Could the son of Song

really be him?

Was not the Grand Prince

born after only eight months in the womb?

Your Highness,

you must strengthen your resolve.

This is the last letter that Min Ho Seung left,

so there is no way this is false.

You should think first of the nation,

and abandon your personal feelings.

[And so, I am letting you know this secretly, so please look into it.]

[I dug a hole under the furnace and hid the tombstone there.]

Supposedly, the Governor dug a hole

under the furnace and hid the tombstone there.

If that stone comes to light,

everyone will know who the son of Song would be,

and that is why they killed the entire family of His Lordship.

Do you not think that Shim Young was looking for this

when he was searching through the whole house?

Let us go to Gaeseong.

We must find and bring back that tombstone.

Yes, Your Highness.

Yes, Your Highness.

When you return from Gaeseong,

inside and outside the Palace will be chaotic.

When you return with the tombstone that would be corroborative evidence,

please give it to your father.

Yes, Your Highness.

Eunuch Go of the Eastern Palace is Min Jae Yi,

the daughter of Gaeseong's governor.

Why would the Queen give me this anonymous letter while saying it is merely

the prank of court maids?

Wait, this was a chest that opens?

- What was in it? - Your Highness.

Your Highness, you are here.

Why is this open?

What happened to what was inside?

Was there something inside that?

Just a while ago, when Eunuch Go barged in looking for you,

the chest was already open.

Soon Dol was looking for me?

Yes, Your Highness.

For some unknown reason, he was in a rush looking for you.

He was in shock after seeing the chest open

and said a preposterous thing that the Crown Princess was in danger, then ran off.

So he went to the Royal Villa?

Your Highness!

Your Majesty.

I am sorry to tell you this,

but the Crown Princess...

has been assassinated.

What do you mean, assassinated?

Are you saying she died?

What are you doing!

Your Highness...

Let go of him.

Do you not know that he is a eunuch of the Eastern Palace?

How could you mistreat a servant of the Eastern Palace like this?

Tell me what is going on right now.

Your Highness,

I was following the King's orders to arrest this man

and put him in the palace prison.

- What do you mean, arrest him? - Your Highness,

the Crown Princess has been assassinated.

Also, he has already confessed to murdering the Crown Princess.

That cannot be.

What do you mean he confessed to it?

Tell me the truth.

What do you mean you assassinated the Crown Princess?

Tell me the truth!

How could you give a false confession?

It is true, Your Highness.

I...

assassinated the Crown Princess.

All you who have ears, hear!

I am not Go Soon Dol!

Stop right there!

I am...

the murderer of Gaeseong,

Min Jae Yi.

I poisoned my family

and entered the Eastern Palace under disguise to assassinate the Crown Prince,

and I assassinated the Crown Princess with the dagger I kept.

I am the murderer.

Show them the dagger.

They will be able to confirm that the dagger that was used

to assassinate the Crown Princess was mine.

Show them the dagger that was used as the murder weapon.

It is this dagger.

It is his.

Your Highness, there are court maids who have witnessed the scene as well.

They said that this man suddenly barged into the Royal Villa,

assassinated the Crown Princess,

and they saw her holding the dagger that was used to murder her.

I am sorry,

but this person's arrest is the King's orders.

You cannot step in, Your Highness.

Bring me Court Lady Choi.

Since she was in charge of the Royal Villa to help the Crown Princess prepare for the ceremony,

tell Court Lady Choi to bring the court maids who witnessed what happened.

Yes, Your Highness.

The only Foundation of the Nation for me is

Crown Prince Ui Hyeon,

whom I served since his childhood.

The only thing I regret is dying before seeing Yi Hwan be dethroned

who caused his death.

Aigoo...

Have you changed her will?

Yes, I have done as you ordered.

I will pay with my life for not protecting the Crown Princess

from Go Soon Dol.

Seeing the will that Court Lady Choi left behind,

is it not clear that Eunuch Go assassinated

the Crown Princess?

What did you say?

Did I just mishear you?

She confessed to it herself,

so the entire palace is in an upr

Did she really kill So Eun...

Then where is the Maiden right now?

She has been dragged to the palace prison.

I will go to the palace prison.

No, Sir!

Things may become dangerous for you as well, Sir.

She entered the palace under the disguise of a eunuch

with plans to assassinate the Crown Prince,

and she is someone who assassinated the Crown Princess.

Right now,

you must cut ties with this girl!

You are so wicked.

From a eunuch uniform to a woman's clothes...

Geez, how unlucky I am to see something like this.

There is no way Jae Yi would have assassinated the Crown Princess.

Just a while ago, when Eunuch Go barged in looking for you,

the chest was already open.

He was in shock after seeing the chest open

and said a preposterous thing that the Crown Princess was in danger, then ran off.

I am the murderer of Gaeseong, Min Jae Yi.

I am the murderer of Gaeseong, Min Jae Yi.

Jae Yi would have known that it was all a trap.

Also, if he came by here,

he would have known a long time ago that I was Min Jae Yi.

She realized that she could not hide it any longer,

so before my enemies could use this to attack me,

and before she ends up becoming my weakness,

she cut ties with me.

I entered the Eastern Palace under disguise to assassinate the Crown Prince,

and I assassinated the Crown Princess with the dagger I kept.

She confessed to

entering the palace under disguise by herself

while everyone was watching.

So that...

she could protect me.

Your Highness.

You must abandon me.

You must ignore me.

Please abandon me,

and plan your future.

Min Jae Yi,

I will find a way

to save you, no matter what!

Maiden Jae Yi is most likely not the murderer.

I have met her a few times while executing the orders of His Highness.

- She would not plan a risky and wicked thing- - Yes.

That child...

is not a murderer.

You already knew about

what happened with Maiden Jae Yi?

Your Majesty,

please remove the Crown Prince from his position.

The Crown Prince, who should set an example

to all the people as the Foundation of the Nation,

dared to bring in a woman, and

one who committed the crime of murdering her own family at that,

into the palace where the King resides

and broke the law.

Thus, how could you stay silent?

Your Majesty, she has already confessed to entering the palace

to assassinate the Crown Prince.

Did she not confess falsely in order to protect

the Crown Prince because she loves him?

Love?

Are you saying that a girl who committed the crime of murdering her own family

dared to have such feelings for the Crown Prince?

That is not all, Your Majesty.

There is no one in the palace who does not know

that His Highness is especially partial to

the Eunuch Go Soon Dol of the Eastern Palace.

Your Majesty, this is slander.

This is slander by those who want to misrepresent

the kindness and compassion shown by His Highness!

That is right, Your Majesty.

This could never have happened.

That is right. This should never have happened.

To think that the Foundation of the Nation would be blinded by his love for a woman

and break the laws of the palace!

Not only that,

- the woman has a fiance! - Right State Minister!

How could you try to damage the authority and dignity of the royal family

- with your suspicions without any evidence? - Thus!

please interrogate her personally and reveal the truth for all to see, Your Majesty.

Since we cannot keep a serious criminal in the palace prison,

please transfer her to the Royal Investigation Bureau

to have her be flogged while you interrogate her,

so that she would never say anything false from her lips again.

Also,

please expose and punish her for all of the crimes she has committed thus far,

so that everyone knows to fear and respect the laws of this land.

Please listen to our plea.

Your Majesty, that is not all.

For mocking the royal family by corrupting the crown princess selection, I wish to impeach

the Left State Minister, Han Joong Eon, for breaking the national laws.

Please listen to our plea.

Please listen to our plea.

Bring him in!

Your Majesty, he is a government slave of the Jangju Office,

where the dead Crown Princess's family home is.

Tell him.

Please spare me.

All I did was secretly bury the dead body of the wife of His Lordship

about a month ago.

I just did so under orders by His Lordship

that no one must know about it.

Your Majesty,

Left State Minister Han Joong Eon and the Han family of Yeongsan fabricated the selection criteria

and tried to place a daughter who was ineligible to become Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess has to come from the Han family of Yeongsan.

I cannot allow the Jo family of Seongju to become my in-law.

This is the Crown Prince's fortune reading.

Change the daughter of Han Joong Seop's fortune

so it is compatible with this.

Is this true, Left State Minister?

Your Majesty! Those who want to slander the Han family of Yeongsan and the Left State Minister

are probably behind this!

It is true, Your Majesty.

Your Excellency!

It was the decision I made for the good of this court trying to stop the Jo family of Seongju

from amassing power as consort kin.

A decision for the good of the court?

That is ridiculous!

Left State Minister Han Joong Eon

showed contempt for the court and this nation.

Punish criminal Han Joong Eon for his crime!

Punish criminal Han Joong Eon for his crime!

Your Majesty,

depose the Crown Prince, who broke the laws of the palace.

Depose the Crown Prince.

Punish criminal Han Joong Eon for his crime!

Depose the Crown Prince.

Your Highness,

did you manage to solve the mystery of the coded message?

Is that what should be important for you right now?

When the interrogation is held soon, you will go through a torture

as terrible as the crime you have confessed to, with blood and flesh

spattering, and your bones crushed.

How could you confess to a crime that you did not commit!

Do you really...

not know the reason?

You have something you must do, Your Highness.

Another innocent person died.

Why do you think

the Crown Princess died?

"Hwan Yi No Saeng. Dok Yi Woo Sa."

"You will grow old alone without a wife

and will die lonely without any children."

It was so that they could fulfill the ghost's letter.

"The people will drag you down and depose you.

Everyone will turn their backs on you, and you will be alone."

They will not stop until they fulfill that curse.

You must stop them, Your Highness.

If you die,

if you are not by my side,

what meaning would all of this

have for me?

You should expose everything, Your Highness.

The injustice that my family and I faced...

Only you can do so, Your Highness.

Also,

you should eventually rise to the throne,

and become a benevolent king to be remembered

just as my father had believed you would be.

Strengthen your resolve, Your Highness.

Do not look back on what is past,

and continue to forge forward.

That is all...

that I want for you.

I am sorry...

that I am departing alone like this

after giving you such a burden.

What do you mean, you will depart!

Do not say things like that.

I am not a bit afraid of dying.

My father, my mother, and my brother...

Since I am going to where those whom I miss are.

However,

there is one thing...

that I would regret...

departing before I get to confess my love.

Were you not curious all this time

about who I was in love with?

I will only tell you, Your Highness.

The person I love is...

The one...

I keep...

in my heart...

is...

you, Your Highness.

How...

How could you tell me this only now?

I loved someone whom I should not love,

so I needed to keep my feelings to myself forever.

However,

I wanted to...

tell you...

in the end, Your Highness.

I wanted to tell you

that while being able to meet

and love you...

that my heart was full...

and overwhelmingly happy.

I am sorry.

Do not forgive me...

for being disrespectful...

and rude to the end.

Your Highness...

If Lady clears her name,

do you think she will return here?

I do not know.

Do you think she will want to return here?

What will you do?

You cannot return here.

- Why not? - Did you not swear to me?

That you will be with your master forever?

I, Myung Jin, will make Joseon even better.

I will accompany you.

I will remain your student forever, Master.

Yes!

Wait, how is that swearing an oath?

- That is swearing an oath! - That was just...

If your master says it was a sworn oath, then it is!

- Gosh... - Where is the kitchen?

We must find that tombstone first.

It is not on that side, but over there.

Oh, right. There is no way it is here.

Let us go.

Come now.

I was the one who received the secret mission from His Highness.

Pardon?

How dare you step in?

- I mean... - All right, move aside.

Let us clear this out first...

All right.

Okay, you just sit there

and watch while I carry out the secret mission.

My gosh!

You have to push your hand in deeper.

Since it is something that he hid secretly,

he would have hidden it deeper.

Gosh...

Push your hand in much deeper!

Think that you were going in all the way deep inside!

- It will be all the way deep inside. - Geez...

I am sure I got it...

"The Yi family will perish,

and a true man of the Song Family will soon appear

and start a new dynasty."

"Song Soo Cheon, Deceased June 25th in the year of the Red Dragon."

All right.

"Born on March 9th in the year of the Red Snake, Song Hyun."

Follow me.

Go to your private residence.

I will call for you again soon.

Kang,

if your twin has been frequenting the palace pretending to be you,

he must know where you live, too.

If your twin visits you

and you happen to hear something from him,

could you tell me what he said?

Yes, Your Highness. I will do that.

Kang.

I wish I could just tell you I am happy you are alive.

Is it true?

Did you really shoot an arrow at His Highness,

kill the governor of Gaeseong's family,

and release the red letter that curses the royal family, too?

You have been frequenting the palace looking just like me,

and did you really, Hyungnim...

Is it true that you did all that?

I just followed the order to go back to my hometown.

The people you killed were innocent!

The people of Byeokcheon who died 10 years ago were innocent, too!

You have no idea...

how the Byeokcheon people died that day.

Tell His Highness.

If you tell him what happened in Byeokcheon that day,

- he certainly will- - I do not trust men in uniform.

Come to Gaeseong with me.

There is a place where the remaining people of our hometown live in.

I will go to Naean Village.

It is not easy to find that place since it is deep in the valley.

When the full moon rises,

come under the Zelkova tree halfway up Mt. Songak.

I will...

- be waiting for you. - Hyungnim.

You do not have to come right away.

Just remember that I will always be waiting

for you there.

Your Majesty, Bureau of Archives, Office of Inspector General,

and Office of Special Advisors jointly

sent you a letter to make an appeal to you.

If you do not accept their appeal,

they are even considering protesting in front of the palace.

Your Majesty, the Royal Secretaries are here!

Let them in.

Your Majesty, these are public appeals from the Confucius scholars.

Your Majesty,

Sungkyunkwan sent public appeals, too.

Naean Village?

They were living in Gaeseong, as I expected.

Were you not worried about your twin

when you were on your way to tell me about it?

You gave me an order.

I am just following your order.

The crime your twin committed

is quite serious.

He committed murders of innocent people.

He committed libel for framing an innocent person as a murderer.

He cursed the royal family and planned to start a rebellion.

He even committed treason.

He deserves to...

pay for all of his crimes.

No matter what punishment Hyungnim receives,

it will be fair.

I have no doubt that you will judge fairly, Your Highness.

If so, would you trust me and

do as I say?

Of course, Your Highness.

How many people can you count on in Royal Bodyguard Unit?

Will you leave Maiden Jae Yi like that?

You know that she is innocent!

Will you really just sit and watch?

There are already tons of appeals asking to depose me.

I cannot even secure my position.

What power do I have?

Your Highness.

Do you not...

love Maiden Jae Yi?

Do you not know that she

loves you also?

Your Majesty.

I understand how disappointed you are as a father,

not to mention the leader of the country.

How could I not feel any pain telling you to

depose the Crown Prince?

However, this is not a matter of personal feelings.

The appeal letters

will keep flooding in.

I, Jo Won Bo, the Right State Minister is

asking you out of a strong sense of

loyalty and desire to strengthen the country's future

by maintaining discipline and choosing

someone faultless as the crown prince.

Your Majesty!

Please...

depose the crown prince.

Please depose the crown prince

and choose the new crown prince

and strengthen the court and the nation!

Your Majesty.

Father!

Please depose me!

Father.

Please depose me.

I knew that Eunuch Go Soon Dol

was a woman.

My teacher's daughter asked me to let her prove her innocence.

So I kept her by my side.

However...

how could I not know that

it was a particularly disruptive crime to ethics and customs?

I already am...

disqualified as the crown prince.

Father, please stop forgiving me

and depose me!

Father!

Please depose me!

I am a sinner!

Father!

Please depose me!

I am a sinner!

He is trying to give up on being

the crown prince for a mere woman?

Does Crown Prince...

truly love that woman?

Father.

Please depose me.

Please depose me.

Father.

Please depose me!

I made up my mind by listening to the people's voices

that is as important as Heaven's will.

I will depose Crown Prince Yi Hwan.

How dare you try to stop us?

Move aside.

I will see my brother.

Hyungnim!

Hyungnim! Please do not leave the palace!

You cannot, Hyungnim!

Hyungnim!

His Highness the Crown Prince!

His Highness!

His Highness the Crown Prince!

Crown Prince colluded with Min Jae Yi, the murderer

and committed a sin by making her enter the Eastern Palace

by disguising her as a eunuch.

Your Highness!

This disrupts the moral principles

and it is a sin that the Heavens and the country cannot forgive.

The deposed crown prince will leave the palace immediately

and live quietly on Ganghwa Island.

Left State Minister, Han Joong Eon

hid the fact that Han So Eun's mother passed

and applied for the selection, which is a major crime.

He deserves to be punished by exterminating his whole family,

but considering the fact that he recognizes his sin

and he did it for his loyalty to the court and the nation,

he will be removed from his position,

imprisoned in his house, not allowed to leave the house,

and soldiers will be assigned to keep him imprisoned.

Min Jae Yi confessed to killing her parents,

her brother, and the Crown Princess.

Since the evidence is clear,

she will be beheaded.

If so, what will happen to his son, Sergeant?

It says right here.

His family is not implicated.

Implicated? So I am asking, what does that mean?

His son, the Sergeant, will not be punished and

the father is the only person to be punished for his crime. That is what it means.

I see!

Rice and soup separated?

It is like the rice and soup are separated.

I think he means they will be punished individually.

My gosh...

Okay.

Crown Prince.

Now,

the whole world will turn its back on you

and you will be left alone.

Soon, you will go crazy and roam around the eight provinces alone.

You will roam around this chaotic world alone and disappear.

Nothing will fix this.

Do not try to do anything.

Your destiny has to end

with death only.

It was almost complete.

Why was Sergeant left out-

Why do I find this annoying?

It will not be bad for us.

You are right.

The sergeant is Min Jae Yi's betrothed.

His family was ruined because of Crown Prince, too.

How could he have a good feeling toward the Crown Prince?

None of that matters.

Before Crown Prince arrives on Ganghwa Island,

I will kill him.

I heard you would be taking Crown Prince

to Ganghwa Island.

Yes.

Please give it to him when you get to Ganghwa Island.

What is this?

I prepared medicinal tea

since I thought he would get thirsty during his travel.

I am hoping that as Crown Prince leaves here,

he forgets all of his pain

and finds peace.

It is a tea that reflects my heart.

Right State Minister wishes to see you.

I am so sorry about

what happened to your family.

But as someone who works for the country,

I know there is no one as good as your father.

So I am even considering reinstating Left State Minister.

You are not planning to stay as a sergeant, are you?

Is there something you want from me?

You...

will be escorting the deposed Crown Prince.

Before the deposed Crown Prince arrives on Ganghwa Island,

I want you to end his life.

As for my father, he is already getting punished by the King.

How could I turn that around?

The Crown Prince's seat is left empty.

Who will end up sitting there?

It will be Grand Prince Myeong Ahn.

As long as you follow my order,

I will make sure to keep the promise.

I will...

follow your order.

But how can we just verbally promise something so important?

Please write a statement that we are in this together

and sign it.

Your Majesty! Chief Royal Secretary is here!

Your Majesty,

the deposed Crown Prince and his entourage just left the palace.

Father, will you really drive out Orabeoni like this?

You cannot!

"Dong Ja Bae Do Woo Ja Hyang Gum."

"Your friend will turn his back and point a sword at your back."

"Man Ok Dang Ying Yeo Ji Hyo."

"Many will be killed

as a result of your foolishness.

Protect the deposed Crown Prince!

Run!

Did you forget?

He left the life of the deposed Crown Prince, Yi Hwan, in my hands.

Did you forget?

He left the life of the deposed Crown Prince, Yi Hwan, in my hands.

Please forgive my rudeness, Your Highness.

You must run away quickly.

Protect the woman, Your Highness.

You should also find a way to protect your position.

Do you not resent me?

That woman came to me...

but I did not send her to you.

I did resent you.

If you had told me about her sooner,

your heart would have felt much lighter.

You would not have had to carry all the burden on your own.

Do you really think that way?

Did you forget?

I told you that I never stopped being your friend.

For you,

I will risk my life to save Maiden Jae Yi and protect your position.

Let go!

Let go, you bastard!

Put me down! Let go!

Let go of me!

You do not even know me! Where are you taking me to?

Let go! Let go of me!

Let go of me!

It is me, Guardian Warrior.

It is His Highness' order.

He told me to bring you to him.

His Highness sent you to me?

Then...

did you really think he would let you die like this?

You did not even know I came to save you.

That temper of yours...

You should have said so.

A stranger came to me with a sword.

How could I do nothing? I could...

- I could never- - I could never put up with it!

Yes, I know you cannot put up with anything.

It is really you, Guardian Warrior.

Oh, my! What an eyesore!

I have never seen a woman who does not suit-

women's clothes.

I have never seen one.

How about His Highness? What happened to him?

I deposed the Crown Prince as they wanted.

Are there more letters of appeal?

Your Majesty, it is truly upsetting

that the crown prince's seat is empty.

Are these the appeals demanding Grand Prince to become the crown prince, then?

Father, I would like to see you and Left State Minister

in private at my library tomorrow night.

Your Majesty, please depose Crown Prince

and remove me.

How could I remove you

and depose Crown Prince?

It is to trick them.

I will beg in front of your quarters

asking you to depose me tonight.

Please remove me

from my position as they want, as well.

Before we find out about the Jo family of Seongju's crimes,

you must save the people from Byeokcheon.

You must let them know that you wish to hear their complaints of injustice

and relieve their resentments.

I will go to Naean Village

without them noticing.

We must let them live as good people in this country again.

Are you saying the deposed Crown Prince and Sergeant disappeared?

How about that wench?

What happened to the woman who was sent to the execution site?

Send someone to Royal Investigation Bureau immediately and find out where she is.

Did she disappear, too?

Thank you for coming all the way here.

Are you all right, Your Highness?

Where should we go now?

We will go to...

Naean Village now.

What were you doing, exactly?

Looks like you do not need money for your daughter's medicine anymore.

Do you want to die with your daughter?

- Is that it? - Your Excellency!

Please spare me!

Hyungnim! Hyungnim!

Hyungnim! We are in trouble!

That man! S-Sungnyemun Gate!

That Hong Je Yong!

I was wondering where I have seen him and...

I am Hong Je Yong.

I led the rebellion!

Kill me!

- Other people are innocent. - Hit him!

That Hong Je Yong from Byeokcheon!

I saw him in Jangtongbang!

Go to Jangtongbang and bring him over immediately!

Yes, His Excellency!

He looks like a garlic bulb.

He ran into me before, so I am sure someone saw him in the market!

There must be someone who knows where he lives!

Go! Go!

Hey... Is it you, Man Deok?

Do you know the people who used to do business here?

Yes.

I have not seen them in a few days.

He suddenly disappeared overnight with his wife and their children.

Do you know his name?

Why are you suddenly asking me his name-

Just answer my question!

Were there people who were close to them?

O-O-Over there...

[Manyeondang]

One!

One!

Two!

Two!

Three!

Three!

Is this Naean Village?

Will we be living here from now on?

People of Byeokcheon hid out here

and named this place Naean Village.

"Naean."

Which means "Come and go."

Naean Village is a temporary place.

We will make sure to return to our hometown!

Two!

Two!

So the couple at the tavern were from Byeokcheon?

They mentioned that the people of Byeokcheon

shipped a lot of products to Gaeseong.

When I heard that,

I remembered that they shipped stuff to their hometown!

I stopped by the tavern when I was delivering the tombstone.

But they were already gone with Dal Rae and Meo Roo.

They must have gone to Naean Village, too.

The real culprit who killed Crown Princess

must be one of the twins...

He did not return to the palace since then.

It is Court Lady Choi of the Eastern Palace.

How could Court Lady Choi do that...

Was she from Byeokcheon, too?

Court Lady Choi served my late brother for a long time.

She should have left the palace long ago,

but I requested that she stay at the Eastern Palace.

If so, she must have believed the rumor

that you gave a peach to Crown Prince Ui Hyeon

to assassinate him.

The enemies must have approached her

because they recognized her resentment.

So the one who delivered the ghost's letter was also-

The ghost's letter? What is that?

I received this three years ago.

What a horrible curse...

Hong Je Yong and his wife of Byeokcheon

apparently were close with

the people from Manyeondang that I told you about before.

So, when I searched Manyeondang,

I found those things.

Y-You mean the people of Byeokcheon

were behind all this?

I think the deposed Crown Prince and the Manyeondang people were after them.

Also, this was found at Manyeondang.

That pinwheel letter you wrote.

If the pretty scholars and the people from Manyeondang find it,

they would come here to see us, right?

Be quiet!

Father and Mother said that this place was a secret.

We are leaving for a place called Naean Village.

The people from our hometown live by Mt. Songak in Gaeseong.

We will miss you a lot.

Please visit us at Naean Village someday.

The deposed Crown Prince and that woman must have gone to Naean Village, too.

H-Hyungnim!

If the Crown Prince finds out the truth about Byeokcheon, we will...

Do you remember what Park Han Soo said once?

He said the woman of the Song family is alive.

He said she left this house and went inside a carriage.

Do you have...

any idea who that might be?

W-What kind of bizarre nonsense is that now?

H-How did a woman from the Song family...

c-come out of Hyungnim's house...

and why would she get inside a carriage?

[Gab Dol, Yeon Hee, Yong Goo, Dong Shik, Chil Goo...]

That bitch is...

That bitch dared to...

You...

You bitch!

[Our Blooming Youth]

Grand Prince must become the Crown Prince

and rise to the throne.

Stop! The new Crown Prince needs to rise to the throne,

so the people of Byeokcheon can return to their hometown!

How can we possibly relieve...

our resentments of ten years?

One's heart needs to be expressed by their actions.

You understand my heart, too.

I am the Crown Prince of Joseon.

Do you think things will work out the way you want?

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