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[Episode 2]

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His Majesty will personally give it to Prince Milpoong.

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What is its content?

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He will unlock the chain fettering Prince Milpoong first.

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That way, he will be able to disentangle the complicated political situation with us Norons.

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I have decided to right the wrongs suffered by Royal Consort Kang, Prince Milpoong's great grandmother,

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and restore her status.

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Your Majesty!

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Accordingly, let Crown Prince Sohyeon's Royal Consort Kang's posthumous name be Minhoe

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and transfer and enshrine her mortuary tablet in Crown Prince Sohyeon's shrine.

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Your order will be carried out.

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Your Majesty, your royal grace is infinite!

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Your Highness! Your Highness Crown Prince!

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What do you mean by restoring Prince Milpoong's great grandmother's King's Royal Consort status?

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Your Majesty, what is your intention?

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You cannot mean to depose the crown prince?

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You cannot mean to put Prince Milpoong in that seat...

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It is not your place to intervene.

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However, Your Majesty...

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Are you saying I should just let the royal line of succession fall to pieces?

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Queen Inwon

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Hwon.

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Your Royal Highness Yeonryeong!

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Congratulations, Your Royal Highness.

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Your long-cherished desire has been granted.

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You will walk the royal road in the future.

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Isn't it a natural outcome? The nation's foundation has been regained.

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Your Royal Highness, make haste and leave the palace.

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I have contacted everyone in a hurry to discuss today's development.

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You don't need to worry about me.

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Hurry and go.

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To where should I escort you?

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Let's go to Jeong-dong.

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Yes.

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You are late. I thought you'd come right away.

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I stopped by the palace briefly.

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Oh, didn't someone come here—

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Who do you think you're daring to look me in the eye?

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Eyes... and then mouth...

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All right, then, should I rip that mouth of yours now?

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Would that be okay with you? Since I couldn't wash for days, it will smell rancid.

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You lowly thing! How has a filthy wench like you found its way to my house?

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If you want to talk about lowliness,

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who in Hanyang (capital) can beat me?

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In my opinion, this girl has found a perfect place for herself.

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Isn't that so, My Lady? In my veins, too, runs that low, filthy blood.

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All right, play.

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Play as you've been playing. No matter what is happening in the world, whoever becomes the next king,

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that's all you have to do.

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But you should have brushed off the dust outside of home.

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At least the royal clan and noble families of this country

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take gisaengs as their mistresses, not a lowborn like this one from the streets.

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Are you a prince?

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Be understanding.

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She's a daughter of a noble family, but had to marry a guy like me for political reasons.

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She suffered mental pain.

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She seems obnoxious, to begin with. I can tell at a glance.

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You're fine, from the way your mouth works.

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But you are a real prince?

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Just half.

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Because my mother was from the lowest class.

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I think I've heard about this.

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The current king became smitten by some slave girl in the palace and...

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Water maid. She fetched water in the palace.

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Oh, yeah, that's right, a water maid.

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But that had never happened before. They were just playthings,

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that a lowborn who's not even a court lady would never be made the king's mistress.

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- Not a mistress but a royal concubine.

- Eyes or eyeballs, the same thing.

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That is right.

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A prince or a bastard, the same thing. I am that lowly prince.

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Gross...

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So, I've heard that the lowly prince cannot get treated with much respect.

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Because he is neither a prince nor a subject, he cannot get acceptance anywhere.

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I see that I am rather famous.

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So, are you disappointed?

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No. It worked out well.

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Since you have nobody to play with, you'll seek out only me.

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That's why you didn't throw me away.

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Because I am a lowly wench, you pitied me.

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How long will this meeting last?

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Do these people catch criminals with their mouths rather than with their legs?

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Since there is an unusual development in the palace, their side will definitely make moves. More—

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Hyung-nim! Jeong Seok Hyung-nim! I am here.

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- Still?

- I've been waiting.

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Aigoo, what have I told you?

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He is a born dog. Once latched onto something, he won't let go.

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His biggest issue is that his intellect is also that of a dog.

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Wow, Park Moon Soo, what kind of person, on earth, are you...

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Surely he is a repeat offender.

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With the money he got paid, that gigolo-looking guy bought and rides around on a frightfully expensive horse.

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His excuse for failing the exam this time around is this, a gigolo.

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He does look off-putting, though.

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You already reported him to the Office of Inspector General and made a facial composite as well.

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It will be assigned to the right inspector tomorrow.

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By then, he will have run off all the way to Pyeongyang.

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If you're really busy, Hyung-nim, at least show me the family register.

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I've seen as far as Noh Tae Pyeong, 52 years old, from Hanyang...

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That's an abuse of power and is illegal. How many times have I told you?

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Going by due process, we will lose the criminal, Hyung-nim.

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I know your aspirations are uncommon.

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That's why I cherish you.

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However, pursue those aspirations when you become an officer of the Office of Inspector General by fair means.

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Hyung-nim!

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I better go now.

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Oh, your wife was looking for you.

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She seemed like she'd prepare you some repast. So drop by home one of these days.

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But, Hyung-nim, that food is not important...

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After calling you a cherished hoobae (junior), he is cruel to you.

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Telling a person who's failed the exam 11 times to pass it first... Such cruelty.

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It's been 10 times only, so far.

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Do you have to taste pooh to know it is pooh?

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Isn't there a way?

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Can't you two help me out?

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Aigoo, we have no leftover energy.

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Don't you know our Inspector's case is awfully big?

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Jang Dal, where is big or small when it comes to a case?

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That's right! Yeo Ji!

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Huh?

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Why is Yeo Ji, the macho man, not showing her face?

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Whatever the case, she will go at it with fire in her eyes.

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The alcohol bottle grows ever smaller when you're paying the same money.

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Small? These are small?

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Oh, I see... This size is considered small.

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I've never taken an interest in this before.

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Is the size very small?

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They must be as least that big,

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so I will be allowed in that room.

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What is it?

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Nothing.

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I was just drinking. Really.

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Drink, then, alcohol.

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Ah, I should steal a few tangerines from somewhere.

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His Excellency Min ordered the girls out? Why?

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Since they will talk about something important, he ordered them out today.

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So particular.

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Why come to a gisaeng house then? They should've just exchanged letters.

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Your Excellency.

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This way.

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Here...

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If redressing Royal Consort Kang's wrongs has been confirmed,

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doesn't that mean His Majesty has made up his mind?

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He will hand down the throne to Prince Milpoong.

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But will it go without any problem?

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As you know, the inspectors of the Office of Inspector General gathered at my house last night and did Yadasi...

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I know. I've heard that a cocky inspector from the Office

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is investigating a few murder cases,

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and he is suspecting Prince Milpoong.

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I pressured the police to stop it and

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am suffering this humiliation at the hands of the inspectors of the Office.

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There is a limit to how much I can rein in the Office of Inspector General.

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But suspicion is just suspicion.

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Nothing has been proven yet.

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That is right. Prince Milpoong is the worst son of a bitch and scoundrel under the sun.

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He also has many weak points. However, weak points are not necessarily bad.

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Because of those, Prince Milpoong will become

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a king who speaks the same language as we.

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Distressed, so distressed...

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Why? Who's here?

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Minister of Personnel.

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About that case...

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Of course I don't believe it was Prince Milpoong, but

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the vibe is somewhat...

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So?

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As the head of the Office of Inspector General, I have face to save.

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I can't keep on stalling them.

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There is an inspector called Wi Byeong Joo at the Office of Inspector General.

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Wi Byeong Joo? That Namin (Southern Faction member), you mean?

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Appoint him the Master Inspector.

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He will take care of headaches for us.

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Prince Milpoong? Are you saying the substitute exam taking I did was at the order of Tan?

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That is what I am saying!

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Why would Prince Milpoong do it, though? Who was the person he had to make pass the exam?

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How would I know the reason by which a crazy bastard does a crazy thing

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when I am normal?

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You know Prince Milpoong's personality.

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If things go wrong, we are dead.

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Prince Milpoong does not know that you are the substitute exam-taker.

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How, on earth, can you mismanage things this way!

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Umm, you have heard the rumor, too, right?

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About Tan's "Record of the Dead."

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You know, how dead bodies pile up around Prince Milpoong Tan!

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"Record of the Dead"? He kills people

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and records the number of dead bodies.

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Is that what it means?

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It's a rumor. It could be just a tale told among gossipmongers.

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However, that notably many people died around Prince Milpoong

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is definitely a fact.

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What do I do?

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I have to hold it in. Holding it in is the right thing to do.

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Dear Bodhisattva of Great Compassion...

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Prince Milpoong's estate steward was the first one, four years ago.

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It was right after he visited the police

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to expose Prince Milpoong's wrongdoings.

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After that, a bodyguard of Prince Milpoong and that bodyguard's wife...

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The policeman investigating the case committed suicide.

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A little while ago, a young widow raped and pregnant by Prince Milpoong died.

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Even her elder sister...

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Look here!

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The police officer pursuing the case also lost his life in the end.

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Practicing the profound Prajna Paramita, Avalokiteshvara illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they are all empty.

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O Shariputra, form is not separate from formless, formless is not separate from form...

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(continuing to chant the Heart Sutra)

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Aish...

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But I am no Buddha.

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How can I hold it in?

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When insects crawl up on you if you talk to them nicely!

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They say there is no ghost who's died after getting everything off their chest.

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But here is one bastard.

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I will overlook your murder of my niece,

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but please help me pass the civil service exam.

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Thinking it over, I need to receive some money, too.

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When his widowed child niece died, carrying a baby no less,

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a sad excuse of an uncle comes to me asking for a government position in return for silence,

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asking me for money...

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What a son of a bitch he is.

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If I told him that I would let him pass the exam, that ought to have been enough. Why did he keep whining for more? So unscrupulous...

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Hey, what was this jackass's name again?

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Noh... schmo or something?

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Tae Pyeong?

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The reason you are telling me this...

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- Are you warning me?

- If it is true,

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that means Prince Milpoong wipes out anything in his path.

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In his path... Do you mean the throne?

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Palace politics is none of my business.

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However, I am in charge of this case.

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I will look out, too, but Your Royal Highness must be vigilant yourself.

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You have not called it a day yet?

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You must be a tea lady belonging to Inspector Han?

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Your name is...?

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I am Yeo Ji.

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Are you here to see My Lord Inspector?

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I stopped by to have a drink with him, but he must have been one step ahead of me.

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I will tell him that you came by.

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I'd appreciate it. Work hard.

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By the way, your hairdo...

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I just tried wearing it up.

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Women wearing their hair up looked so pretty.

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Please overlook it.

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All right.

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"Record of the Dead"?

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But knowing how crazy that bastard is...

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But Noh Tae Pyeong's substitute exam taking...

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For what?

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Here you are.

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But why a bow, all of a sudden?

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Milpoong is holding a hunting match in Yangjoo today.

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What?

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Why?

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He means to celebrate Royal Consort Kang's restoration and show off his political might.

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He is ever so anxious to brag.

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That is not what I mean. Why would Your Royal Highness go there?

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You never go to such events.

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Because I'm curious

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about that bastard Tan's ulterior motive, what he's scheming.

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You must be worried about His Royal Highness Yeonryeong.

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- And you're worried about me?

- You must not put yourself in harm's way.

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I've done that all my life. Such nagging...

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Help me with this.

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Yes.

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Nothing to nitpick. She puts up a hair knot better than any man.

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Just one more stroke to "Yeo Ji" ( 여지 ) will make it "Yeo Ja" ( 여자 ; Korean meaning woman ).

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What a shame that she lacked that one stroke.

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Yeo Ji, are you all ready?

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Yes, Sir. All the preparations have been made.

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Danger lurks in every corner. Will you be all right?

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Considering how hard it has been for you to get to this point,

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I must catch Prince Milpoong without fail.

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From what I've eavesdropped on at the gisaeng house last night,

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Norons seem to know about Prince Milpoong's crimes too.

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Even though they know, they are busy covering them up for him.

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It's so obvious. Who can deny it?

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That's why they are trash.

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Such a ruffian is about to become this nation's king.

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We must sneak out his "Record of the Dead."

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You must take caution.

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Brother! Brother Moon Soo!

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Ah Bong!

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Over here!

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Did you bring it?

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You know I'm dead if I get caught, right?

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I know.

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This is illegal. This won't do.

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- Wait.

- Brother!

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If you don't hand it to me, you'll die first by me.

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Give it, punk!

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Here.

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Punk.

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You should put that spirit to studies and you would've passed the test as top roster a hundred times by now.

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There you are, 52-year-old Noh Tae Pyeong.

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My deep condolences to you first, you punk!

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You are indeed Prince Milpoong!

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A hunting entourage of this grand magnitude is a first!

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But our Prince Milpoong is someone who only does the best in anything he does.

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Since he's the future king, what else do you expect!

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It's true! True!

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Whoever it is, the one who catches the biggest animal

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will get a special gold toad with my name engraved.

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Here, let's go!

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Crazy punk.

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He pays money to hire a substitute test taker when he lives in these conditions?

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Did he sell his wife?

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What? He's run off already, after getting caught by me!

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It's gone. Gone.

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Well, not everyone who hires a substitute test taker makes it.

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He got caught by me red-handed so he took off.

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If I can't catch Noh Tae Pyeong, then what about the pimp?

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It's so great!

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Right?

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Prince Milpoong is now . . .

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Just.

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Often.

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Try this.

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Great!

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It's delicious.

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Pardon me.

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Here you go.

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What is it?

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Nothing. I was just drinking wine.

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Honestly.

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It's fine. Continue on your way.

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Look here.

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By chance, is Prince Milpoong over there in the tent below?

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What is it?

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What is it? What happened?

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The poster. The roster of those who passed the state exam.

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Already?

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Wait. Let me see it.

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Wait.

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Please. It's fine if it's last place too, so please just put my name once.

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First place: Noh Tae Pyeong.

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It's there.

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It's here.

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Noh Tae Pyeong.

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First place?

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You're reckless.

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No matter what an idiot Prince Milpoong is, he's not that extreme.

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You can't open it with just a thing like that, I mean.

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It's better to just take the whole thing away.

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I'm curious too, about what's in it.

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Move aside, please.

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If it's money you need, I'll give it to you so put that down.

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Am I a beggar?

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Is it uncomfortable? It's better than being a thief.

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Fine.

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Your effort is admirable.

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So about, 20 nyang?

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Thirty nyang?

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And not 200 or 300 nyang?

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Why . . . trying to fix your life altogether is a bit . . .

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It'll cost quite a bit to treat that so supplement it with that.

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You'll need your male part working so I went easy. Be thankful.

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What are you?

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What are you to be walking out of there?

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Catch him! Now!

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You punk!

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How strange.

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Rats should live in fields but a pretty-looking rat lives on the mountain.

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Right?

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The boy's so cute.

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So little. How can I catch you with you so pitiful?

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Then let her go since he's not a boy.

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You have pride too, right?

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Twisting a girl's wrist is a bit much.

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A girl?

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Come, Tan. Go at it with me instead.

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Catch those things!

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Both of our goals is that item, it seems.

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Following Prince Milpoong's trail

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is because you are aware of his crimes, isn't it?

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You are His Majesty's second son, Prince Yeoning, right?

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Really?

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Indeed you are a bold girl.

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You will support Prince Milpoong, after all?

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Stop protecting Prince Milpoong!

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Where exactly is the likes of an informant with an unknown source?

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Can you not show the world the same as what I know?

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Whether to be drunk on liquor or to be drunk on dreams. I am faltering on that.