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ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Wait. Hold on.

I am sorry.

I did terrible things.

But I did everything under Councilor Cho's orders.

I did not want to do it, I swear.

It is time for you to reveal the entire truth.

Reveal the orders you received from Councilor Cho,

and every single crime that you committed to bribe him.

Of course I will.

I will tell you everything.

So,

please spare me this once.

Please, Se-poong.

I mean, Lord Yoo.

I will tell you everything that he made me do,

and everything that I gave him.

I will tell you everything.

Just trust me.

I swear that I will tell you everything that Councilor Cho did.

It came from over there! Go!

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

Hey, Se-poong.

Here…

Do not speak. I need to stop the bleeding.

Take this.

My gold.

You cannot take them.

These are mine.

Councilor Cho must have used

the dan sedge to kill the King.

What are you going to do now?

Mr. Im must have recorded everything that he gave to Councilor Cho.

We must find that ledger.

Guess what?

I found the ledger.

Here.

He gave various things to Councilor Cho

that were tributes to the King, including marten pelts.

What does this line mean?

After he stopped sending the martens and tributes,

he sent vast amounts of money and gold.

He probably got that money through opium.

He sent in the gold according to the harvest cycles.

We can strike Councilor Cho with the needle and this ledger.

While I work against him in the palace,

I need you to look into the damage caused by the opium.

All right. I can do that.

Young Master.

Make sure to eat well.

-I will be back before you know it. -Yes.

Let us go.

Eun-woo. I think you should stay.

Come on, let us go.

I thought we were in a hurry.

Have a safe journey.

Go on.

Was she supposed to go with him?

No clue.

You have been performing acupuncture for me all this time,

and now you are getting involved in something dangerous.

I told you that I am not going to let you go off by yourself again.

Since we have come all this way,

I will stay with you until the very end.

Right. I am going to end everything.

I will

bring Councilor Cho to his knees.

That ledger shows that Councilor Cho was taking advantage

of your people for his own profit,

and that is the needle that was used on your father.

Are you saying we can use these

to throw Councilor Cho in jail?

It is not the right time, Your Majesty.

We must wait until

Councilor Cho destroys himself.

And when that happens,

he should be punished for killing your father.

But Councilor Cho has too many allies

in the Royal Court.

Even if we come up with more evidence,

Councilor Cho will cut off his tail like a lizard and escape.

Maybe you can burn his tail first

so that he cannot cut it off.

Burn the tail first?

Here.

Can you write down the food that was prepared on the day

when it says, "His Majesty's boils have gotten red?"

Sure.

Red ginseng was served as a late-night snack.

On another day, it was red bean soup.

Do you think Mr. Gye got here safely?

His Majesty's guards went to get him,

so he must be here by now.

Things will

work out, right?

You told me that bad things

come from unexpected places.

I am sure that you will be able to sort everything out.

If

something happens…

I will be all right.

It has been a while, Gwi-soo.

I thought you would be dead by now.

Yes, I am sure.

You killed everybody else, after all.

You probably want to kill me.

If you know that, then why are you here?

I am here to give you a chance.

You should be begging for your life right now.

A chance?

You think you can give me a chance?

Did you really hope to lead a normal life

after poisoning the King?

How dare you?

Watch your mouth. You have no proof of that.

His Majesty has the needle

that was used that day.

What?

Do you think I am lying?

We know that you are the one

who assassinated the previous King

under Councilor Cho's orders.

You killed your mentor and your friend to join forces with Councilor Cho.

How do you call yourself a physician

after poisoning another human being?

Do you only care about

becoming a royal physician?

What mentor? What friend?

Gyu-hyeong was no mentor of mine. He only cared about hypocrites like you.

Our mentor

treasured your skills as a physician.

His Majesty made me a promise.

If you confess,

then he will spare your family from getting executed.

Your children are innocent. Do you not want to save them?

This is your last chance to atone for your crimes.

Just think about it.

What do you mean, you did not find the needle?

It must have melted in the fire

when Im Soon-man died.

What about Yoo Se-yeop, then?

He disappeared

while I was handling Im Soon-man.

You useless brat.

You wanted a second chance.

Do not make me say this again.

I want that needle and Se-yeop

completely wiped from this world.

Yes, Father.

I will do that.

Gwi-soo became agitated

just as Mr. Yoo predicted.

What shall be done?

If I am correct, Your Majesty,

Mr. Shin will go to Councilor Cho right away.

Where is Councilor Cho?

Right at that moment,

your soldiers who are on standby

should arrest Mr. Shin right in front of Councilor Cho.

You must arrest the royal inspector

Cho Shin-woo as well.

What is all this ruckus about?

How dare you?

This is the house of the Left Councilor!

This is an order from His Majesty.

Arrest the physician Shin Gwi-soo and royal inspector Cho Shin-woo.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

-Let go of me! -Councilor Cho.

Did you say that you have an order from His Majesty?

Yes, sir.

All right, then.

Carry out your orders.

Councilor Cho.

His Majesty should be well aware

of the consequences of imprisoning my men

without sufficient evidence.

There is no need to worry.

His Majesty cannot punish

his loyal subject who has done nothing wrong.

Do not be afraid.

Take them away.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

I have obtained

numerous pieces of evidence and witnesses.

How could you poison my father

as a royal physician?

Your Majesty.

I am always being supervised in the royal palace.

Every single thing I do is recorded in a journal.

The court ladies test dishes for poison.

How could you accuse me of such a thing?

I did nothing wrong, Your Majesty.

I see that you have not given up on your lies.

Does Councilor Cho

terrify you more than I do?

I will not be holding court today.

Yes, Your Majesty.

How long has this been going on?

His condition deteriorated after he talked with Gwi-soo yesterday.

But His Majesty does not trust the Royal Infirmary anymore.

Se-yeop. I cannot…

I cannot breathe.

You have developed palpitations from shock and anxiety.

You should rest, Your Majesty. I will brew some medication for you.

Will you not perform acupuncture on me?

Your needles have saved my life

numerous times.

I can no longer perform acupuncture, Your Majesty.

What do you mean by that?

I am not sure why,

but I can no longer hold a needle.

However, this female physician is assisting me.

Please allow her to perform acupuncture.

All right.

Your Majesty.

Councilor Cho requests to see you.

Will you be fine, Your Majesty?

This is not a good time.

Your Majesty, perhaps you should tell him to go back.

You can meet him next time.

No.

If I do not do this now,

I will not get a chance to talk with him again.

Your Majesty.

You are not looking well.

I have brought you some herbs from the medicine room.

That is not important right now.

I have found out

that my father…

was poisoned.

Your Majesty.

How could you say such a terrible thing?

After investigating this for the past year,

I found out that the royal physician Shin Gwi-soo

is the one who killed him.

Did you find the evidence to prove that, Your Majesty?

I would not be talking to you about this if I did not.

Gwi-soo must have been working with an accomplice.

I must thoroughly investigate to find this accomplice.

Do you not think so, Councilor Cho?

I shall look into it to the best of my ability, Your Majesty.

That reminds me.

Are you not curious about your adopted son?

Someone sent in a letter regarding the death of a court lady,

so he is under investigation right now.

Do not worry, for he will be released soon.

Father.

Does anybody else know

that you killed the court lady?

Is that why I have been imprisoned?

Since Soon-man is dead,

one of the assassins might have leaked the information.

That would be troublesome.

You will be released soon.

So just keep silent and wait for me.

-Do you understand? -Yes, Father.

Do not worry about me.

Do you think His Majesty will be all right?

Since you performed acupuncture on him, he will sleep for a short while.

We must give him cheongshimhwan and ondamtang when he wakes up,

but we cannot trust the Royal Infirmary.

Do not worry. I have prepared everything already.

Young Master! Lady Eun-woo!

Stop jumping around and get back to work.

Yes, get back to work.

We need to finish before sunset.

Why is it always me?

When did you guys get here?

I sent them a letter

since Sorak would be dangerous.

Thank you.

Jeez.

Councilor Cho should not be underestimated.

We might have shaken him up,

but we do not know what he will do.

Gwi-soo was completely certain that Councilor Cho would save him.

At this rate,

Councilor Cho might simply save himself.

How could he? The evidence is irrefutable.

We do not have a way to link Councilor Cho to the death of the previous King.

If he never admits that he was involved,

then only Gwi-soo will be punished.

How can we get Councilor Cho to admit that he was involved?

Is there no way?

Darn…

Excuse me.

Since we are all busy, let us eat some red bean soup.

I love red bean soup.

Eat up.

The sweet rice balls look good.

Red ginseng was served as a late-night snack.

On another day, it was red bean soup.

Red bean soup.

Red bean soup.

I have a great idea.

Last time,

I had a very bad cold.

I am sorry that you had to come all this way for nothing.

That is why

I have prepared a special tea table for you.

Go on, you may eat.

Go ahead and enjoy the food.

My father used to enjoy those.

After my most recent sickness,

I felt the need for a very proficient physician.

Therefore,

I am going to call a skilled physician back to the Royal Infirmary.

Come in.

I shall forgive the physician Yoo Se-yeop, who has previously been in exile.

He shall become the head acupuncturist again.

Your Majesty, that man killed your father--

Regarding that,

the royal physician Shin Gwi-soo is being interrogated

Soon, Se-yeop will be cleared of all charges.

Councilor Cho.

How come you did not take a single bite?

How dare you

run your mouth in this room?

I apologize, sir.

However, everybody else has eaten the food.

But you have not even touched it.

Why is that?

The two dishes that you just ate

were served to the previous King

right before he passed away.

Somebody slipped poison into the food.

The previous King passed away after eating this food.

Perhaps you did not touch the food

because you knew about that fact.

How preposterous.

You are the one who killed the King.

How dare you try to blame it on me?

You gave the dan sedge to a court lady

saying it was a spice from Qing.

You put the dan sedge in the sweet rice balls

to slip it past the court ladies who were tasting the food.

Councilor Cho, you are the one who assassinated the King.

Do you have evidence?

Everything that you just said

is a product of your imagination.

Evidence?

Do you know what this is?

You stole the goods that were meant to be for His Majesty,

allowed the sale of opium, which was forbidden by the King's Court,

and received gold in secret. This ledger is evidence of that.

This proves that you stole your country's money

and made the people suffer.

Your Majesty.

I am being framed.

We will see about that.

What are you waiting for?

Arrest Councilor Cho.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Councilor Cho.

Sir, are you all right?

What is Councilor Cho doing?

I do not know if I can endure this for much longer.

It seems like His Majesty already knows.

Do not worry, Mr. Shin.

My father talked with His Majesty.

He told me that we will be released very soon.

All right.

Come out.

I guess it is my turn.

Why did you do it?

Why did you kill Wol?

Just why?

Did you kill my father as well?

Follow me, sir.

Goodness.

I told you I could do it.

Our wise Lady Eun-woo, you can eat all you want.

I had no idea that he used the sweet rice balls in the red bean soup.

Still, if the royal physician does not change his mind,

it will be hard to punish Councilor Cho.

Gwi-soo has been backed into a corner.

He will make up his mind soon.

The ministers will also change their attitudes.

Come on. Eat up.

I think the food tastes a lot better

because we cooked it in a nobleman's house.

Actually, I cannot tell the difference.

I like scorched rice better.

Jang-goon knows his stuff.

It is not like this is your house.

You just cannot be quiet about how nice it is.

Do you really like your old house so much?

How on earth did you stay at Gyesu Infirmary?

You ate so much more at the infirmary. And you like this place better? You pig.

You pig.

Do you think there is any alcohol around here?

Are you kidding me?

My Young Master is a weirdo, but his father loved to drink.

Give it to me.

The baekchulju that was for my father should still be there.

I know how to make baekchulju too.

Really? But you cannot even drink.

You are a good son.

Run! Take the others and go.

Mr. Gye.

Mr. Gye.

Mr. Gye.

Dad.

Dad.

I have taken care of his wound.

I will use herbs to regenerate his blood and watch him.

Please prepare some medication with Jang-goon for blood regeneration.

Yes.

I hope he does not get a fever.

I will prepare some paedoktang.

I need to stop the bleeding.

No. I need to replenish his blood supply.

No. I need to treat his physical injury.

Mr. Yoo.

You tried your best.

It will be fine.

I will go and brew all of the herbs.

Lady Eun-woo, can you stay with Dad since you know how to perform acupuncture?

I will brew the medicine with Jang-goon.

I wish I could perform acupuncture too.

Maybe I should not have started this.

I cannot even protect the people I love. Why…

-Mr. Gye. -Mr. Gye.

Why the long face?

Did somebody die or what?

Do not talk.

You know, your father…

was a good man.

Do not run away like I did.

I think I might have been waiting

for somebody like you to appear

and set everything right.

I am sorry for always telling you

to run away,

and that it was all useless.

Mr. Gye.

Mr. Gye.

I think he momentarily lost consciousness.

I am going to bring them to justice,

and make things right.

You will.

We are almost there.

It is all right.

It will all be fine.

I want the head acupuncturist's report.

The maid of honor, Gwak Gyo-yeong,

was murdered by a poison that cannot be detected by silver.

But this needle

was specially made to change color when it touches that kind of poison.

Gyo-yeong's blood

changed the color of the needle.

On top of that, the corpse had very distinct purple blisters.

Those blisters are caused by the dan sedge.

However,

this needle also changed colors in the same way.

I used this needle

to treat the previous King for the last time.

It looks just like the needle that I used on the maid of honor.

Why do you think that happened?

Councilor Cho murdered my father

using the dan sedge.

-He poisoned the King? -Councilor Cho?

-How did this happen? -Poison?

I swear that I did nothing wrong, Your Majesty.

I am not the person who is the expert on the dan sedge.

The person who killed the previous King

is Yoo Se-yeop himself.

His father, Minister Yoo,

must have died while he was leaving the city

in order to get rid of the evidence.

Your Majesty, I believe that Councilor Cho is speaking the truth.

There are numerous witnesses right here who saw Se-yeop perform acupuncture

on the previous King.

You were there too, Your Majesty.

So you think that I used the dan sedge?

Well, did anybody see me or the royal physician Shin Gwi-soo

actually poison the King?

You ordered Wol, the court lady,

to put the dan sedge

into the previous King's food.

Well, that court lady is dead.

Your Majesty.

Please do not listen to the voice of evil.

-Please, Your Majesty. -Please, Your Majesty.

One of Councilor Cho's assassins

killed your father,

not me.

And the court lady is not dead.

She is still alive.

Councilor Cho poisoned the King so he would not strike the north.

Your father got this evidence from Hanyang before he died.

It says that Councilor Cho ordered the royal physician

to collect every single dan sedge in the city and burn them.

I started suspecting Councilor Cho because of this,

and this is why I hid the needle and the court lady.

Tell His Majesty who you are.

I am Wol, a court lady from the Royal Kitchen, Your Majesty.

Were you told to put the dan sedge into the previous King's food?

Yes, I was.

He told me that it was an expensive spice from Qing.

He made me put it on the red ginseng for His Majesty,

and the red bean soup.

How exactly did you put it in the red bean soup?

I put it in the dough for the sweet rice balls,

as I was told that they would taste better that way.

And who told you

to do that?

The royal physician, Shin Gwi-soo,

gave me the dan sedge with the inventory list.

Your Majesty.

Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

I was terrified of his power,

and if I did not cooperate,

he threatened to kill my family.

I did not want to do it, Your Majesty.

There is something else.

What is it?

I witnessed

the murder of Minister Yoo.

Did he not fall from a horse?

Tell us

what you saw.

Minister Yoo was walking somewhere.

And somebody hit him with a club.

Did you see who it was?

He was wearing a belt with a jade butterfly on it.

The black butterfly…

is the coat of arms for the Cho family.

Shin Gwi-soo, answer me.

Who told you to use the dan sedge

on my father?

It was Councilor Cho.

He gave me the dan sedge,

and I just handed it to Wol, Your Majesty.

I am being framed.

I am being framed!

If you are being framed,

then why did you steal this letter and nearly put our country in danger?

Get rid of him,

and hand over the King's secret letter to the Qing.

You assassinated the King,

stole the letter ordering a strike on the north,

and used that letter to try to bring the Qing's soldiers

over to Joseon in order to save yourself!

Protect His Majesty.

What are you doing?

I was just

trying to

save this country from another war.

I was

the most faithful subject

of the King.

Se-yeop.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I have always been so sick and frail.

I never thought that this day would come.

You made all of this possible.

Your Majesty, you are an admirable and powerful King.

You are the one who saved me.

You never gave up on revealing the truth.

You chose to shoulder all of the burdens

even though it made your heart sick.

I am so sorry, and so thankful.

You must have suffered as well from being unable to perform acupuncture.

I am worried that you might be hiding a sickness of the heart, just like me.

Maybe you are not paying attention to your own illness

because you are a physician.

I am sorry, Your Majesty.

It looks like I have made you worry again.

But it seems like you can do something even greater

than performing acupuncture.

You know how to treat illnesses of the heart and mind.

I think I will call you a mind doctor

instead of the head acupuncturist.

I am still unwell.

I need a competent physician to stay by my side.

Will you become the royal physician of the Royal Infirmary?

Hey, you are spilling the glass noodles.

Dad! Are you seriously drinking right now?

Of course not. No way.

Hurry up and give people some food.

I better not see you drinking again.

I will toss them all out.

He looks amazing.

Gosh, Mr. Yoo. You look great.

Did I not tell you?

My Young Master is the most handsome man in Hanyang.

He is stunning like the sun.

Poong is getting married.

All right. Listen up.

Everybody, listen up.

Se-yeop got framed and exiled,

but it turns out that

he was a very skilled physician

who saved His Majesty.

-All right! -All right!

I am not done yet.

You know Minister Yoo Hoo-myung?

He was one of the King's most loyal advisors.

Make sure to eat a lot, all right? It is a party.

Go and spread the word.

Spread the word!

Spread the word.

Let us all have some fun for the head acupuncturist Yoo Se-poong,

I mean, Se-yeop,

who was called back by His Majesty!

Is that not nice?

The Royal Infirmary?

His Majesty wants you in the Royal Infirmary?

You are going to be the head acupuncturist

and the royal physician too?

This is unbelievable.

Granny, do not say that.

Being the royal physician makes you important, right?

I bet you will get a lot of money.

No, it is not like that.

The government never pays a lot of money.

They are going to underpay him but overwork him.

His Majesty wants you to return to your position as well.

Me?

Wait, why me?

What do you mean?

You used to be a good physician back in the day, right?

Yes.

I think it is time for you to shine.

Yes.

If both of you go back to the Royal Infirmary,

then who will take care of Gyesu Infirmary?

That is true.

Hold on.

How about we just move Gyesu Infirmary to Hanyang?

That hurts.

It would make it Hanyang Infirmary, not Gyesu Infirmary.

-That is right. -Then Hanyang Infirmary…

Hold on. The storage for the herbs can go right there, and…

If Mr. Yoo becomes the royal physician,

can he order you around?

Unbelievable.

Will you become the royal physician of the Royal Infirmary?

Father.

What am I supposed to do now?

Mr. Yoo, are you in there?

Are you going somewhere?

I am leaving this country tonight.

Where will you be going?

I am not sure.

Maybe the Ryukyu Kingdom, where it is warmer,

or far away to the West.

None of this would have been possible

without your help, Inspector Cho.

I was merely repenting for the sins of my family.

I am a traitor who deserves to be executed.

But His Majesty allowed me to live

because I helped you.

You could have seized power

if you had worked with Councilor Cho.

But you chose to do otherwise.

You know, I hated it.

I was living a luxurious life as the adopted son of a noble family,

but there were innocents out in the world who were dying.

I started using my sword in order to survive,

but I have never used it thoughtlessly.

So that is the reason

you saved me and Wol.

Are you going back to the Royal Infirmary?

I heard you will be the royal physician.

I have not made up my mind.

Is it because of Eun-woo?

I advise you to think about what you truly want

instead of living in pain like I did.

Take good care of Eun-woo.

Inspector Cho.

Be well.

What is wrong with me?

Here…

What did you wish for?

You first, Mr. Gye.

I wished for the prosperity of Gyesu Infirmary.

-Are you not going to the Royal Infirmary? -No.

They do not pay you that well,

and they are always telling you

to treat your patients this way or that.

So I will not go.

Ip-boon will be disappointed.

Ip-boon will be happier in Sorak County.

I do not want her to become caught up in a dream.

Lady Eun-woo,

you are also very important to the women in Sorak County.

Just forget about that idiot who cannot even perform acupuncture.

Let us start anew.

Why would Eun-woo "start anew" with you, Mr. Gye?

My goodness.

Mr. Yoo.

You can have your needle case back.

No, it is fine. It was a gift.

You are the royal physician Yoo Se-poong…

I mean, Yoo Se-yeop.

You should get back to work.

His Majesty

gave me a new needle case.

I am worried because His Majesty

is not doing very well.

Well, you will be with him.

The boar is not following us.

We need to go get him.

Man-bok is going to live in Hanyang now. That is where his home is.

You should have stayed at the Royal Infirmary, Dad.

There are a lot of patients waiting for us in Sorak.

We need to hurry up.

You are right, Jang-goon. We need to run.

Gosh. Let us go.

-Be careful. -Jeez.

Let us run.

GYESU INFIRMARY

3 MONTHS LATER

What on earth did you eat overnight?

-The barbarians are coming. -What?

The barbarians are coming.

Get her.

Oh, my…

-They are coming. -Get her.

Poong.

-You are back. -Goodness!

I told you, the barbarians have gone back to their country.

It is Poong.

Poong.

How have you guys been?

Hey, Jang-goon.

-How have you been? -I have been well.

Mr. Yoo.

Did you get kicked out of the Royal Infirmary again?

What are you doing here? What about His Majesty?

His Majesty has gotten much better,

thanks to my amazing skills.

Yes.

I missed you.

You know, Mr. Yoo,

I feel like you have gotten a bit more mature.

Man-bok, you are still super immature.

What?

People will start thinking that Mr. Yoo is older than you.

What are you talking about? I am three years younger than him.

-What? -What?

-What? -What?

Hey, idiot.

We are very busy right now, so go and see some patients.

Sure thing.

-Look at him. -Back to work.

Hey, stop hitting me.

Next patient, please.

PHYSICIAN OF THE HEART

PHYSICIAN OF THE HEART, YOO SE-POONG

YOO SE-POONG

My first patient who had an illness of the heart…

Eun-woo.

Mr. Yoo.

I need to tell you something.

Not right now. Tomorrow afternoon.

Meet me under the tree on Sorak Mountain,

near the hill with the big rock.

I will see you tomorrow, then.

Yes.

What…

Father.

Eun-woo.

We have been ordered to go to Heuksan. Prepare your belongings.

It is very urgent. We must leave as soon as we can.

No.

I will tell him this time.

What is going on?

All of you, stand down.

Mr. Yoo.

I have an order from His Majesty.

Physician Yoo Se-yeop, obey the order of your King.

Eun-woo.

Subtitle translation by: Su-in Choi