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The soul that left us today
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If you may visit us
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SONG Kang-ho
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Enjoy this good food
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YOO Ah-in
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And drink from this cup
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May you pass unto
your descendants
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the good fortune
unspent in your life
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Following the words
of this mantra
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May you enter nirvana
and reincarnate as a man
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My Lady!
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My Lady!
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The Crown Prince has set out for
the King's palace with his sword.
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I fear for King's safety.
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If we don't stop him now,
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he's going to bring down
the Royal Grandson with him.
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Madam!
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Namo Amitabha
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THE THRONE
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THE FIRST DAY
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The only reason I'm informing you
of last night's events,
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although I'm the birth mother
of the Crown Prince
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is to protect you, Your Majesty.
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My Lady,
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you are a faithful retainer.
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Truly faithful.
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You're the only one
I can trust.
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Even so
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his illness is to blame
for this disaster.
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If you must punish him,
please show him mercy
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and spare the Royal Grandson,
the Grand Heir.
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Your Majesty!
I beseech you to stop.
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This is by the request
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of the Crown Prince's own mother.
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Why do you intend to shake
the stability of this country
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based on words of
a mere concubine?
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Halt!
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Which gate does Your Majesty
wish to take?
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Gyeonghwa Gate.
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To Gyeonghwa Gate.
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The King summons you, Your Highness.
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Which gate did His Majesty use?
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Gyeonghwa Gate, Your Highness.
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Shall I take the Royal Grandson
with me?
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You choose your son
over your husband.
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My Lady,
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you are a cold, heartless woman.
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Take off your hat and
dragon robe.
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Son!
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No, my son...
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You...
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I see you really intend to kill me
already dressed for a funeral.
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I've been wearing them since the passing of
the Queen and the Queen Dowager.
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Even after the three-year
mourning period has long ended?
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Bring them out.
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What are all these?
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Did you not dig a grave
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in the palace garden, made caskets
and have been wearing mourning clothes,
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to curse me to death!
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You've been treating me
like a dead man.
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So I made myself a tomb.
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And last night...?
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I won't speak further of it.
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Repent by taking your own life.
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If I die, this kingdom will fall
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but if you die, the 300-year
Yi dynasty will be saved.
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Is 'suicide' a punishment
in the laws of this country?
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If I am guilty of a crime,
hand me over to the court.
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This is a family matter,
not a national affair.
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I am here as the head of a family,
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passing judgment upon a son
who conspired to kill his father.
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If you atone by death now,
you will not lose your title as Crown Prince.
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When did you ever regard me as Crown Prince?
Or as your son?
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What would become of us
if the Crown Prince dies?
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All those who served him
will go down with him.
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Not just us but our entire
clan will be wiped out.
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This is no time to worry
about your own safety
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when the fate of this kingdom
is at stake.
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Your Highness!
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- We beg you to stop.
- Withdraw the sword.
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- Your Highness!
- No!
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Mother, aren't we going to
help Father?
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- Leave me!
- We beg Your Highness to withdraw your sword.
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Let go of me.
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We beg you, sir.
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No, Your Highness!
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Your Majesty! Kill us first.
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Please kill us first.
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Your Majesty,
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even a king cannot impose
a punishment that is not
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in the Great Ming Code
or in any books of law.
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Please, sir.
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Remove them from my sight.
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Your majesty!
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Your Highness!
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Your majesty!
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We beg you to take heed.
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Please, Your Majesty!
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Rice chest... Bring out the rice chest.
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Put him inside.
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Don't touch me.
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I command you to let go.
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Seal it with nails.
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Son, no!
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Father, come out of there.
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Take the Grand Heir away.
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Your Majesty,
please spare my Father.
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I beg of you.
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Didn't I command to let no one in?
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Do you want the Grand Heir
locked up, too?
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I'll do whatever he couldn't,
Your Majesty.
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If you want him to study,
I will instead.
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I'll do whatever you wish.
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Spare my father's life.
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Take him away.
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Father, come out of there.
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Father!
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Father, come out of there.
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Father.
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Luxury...
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What is a luxury and what is not?
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This silk is a luxury.
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And this cotton is not.
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Who will you give that writing to?
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I shall hold it dear until the clay I die.
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I shall preserve it as a family treasure.
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Your Highness,
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I give you all my remaining life.
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Long live, Your Highness.
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Alright.
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Even the way you eat pleases me.
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What are you reading these days?
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The Book of Filial Piety,
Your Majesty the Queen.
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What does it say about filial duties?
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That it represents a man
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carrying his old parent
on his back, Mother.
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Who will you carry on your back?
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My precious baby!
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It is time for your studies,
Your Highness.
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Oh, my head hurts!
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Go on, my dear.
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“He who loves his parents
does no evil unto others.”
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“He who loves his parents
does no evil unto others...”
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“He who respects his parents
dare not be arrogant.”
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Your Highness, how can you be dozing off?
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If you understood the true meaning of
filial piety, you could not be falling asleep.
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You will be tested by
the King in two days.
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Please take heed.
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Your filial duty as the prince is to study.
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Can I sleep with mama?
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A Crown Prince must sleep
on his own.
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Can't he stay with me, just tonight?
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It's against court rules.
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His Highness is not your son,
but the Queen's now.
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Your Majesty, it is past your bedtime.
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As a father transcribing a book for his son,
how could I go to sleep?
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THE SECOND DAY
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As Your Majesty commanded,
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we've captured all those involved with
the Crown Prince in his misconducts.
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Royal Secretary,
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issue a decree that demotes
Crown Prince to a commoner.
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I'm a servant to this kingdom.
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Please give me a justification
to honor your wishes.
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Is that right?
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Then, Chief Secretary, you write it.
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I can't do it either, Sire.
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How embarrassing for the King.
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Bring out the ink and paper.
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Can't he sentence the Prince
to drink poison?
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If he bestows poison,
it makes the Crown Prince a traitor.
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If the Prince be a traitor,
his father is also a traitor.
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That is the law of this country
which follows the laws of Ming China.
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The Crown Prince was born
with many fine talents.
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He brought me great joy
and I loved him deeply.
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But since the age often,
he began to neglect his studies
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and after assuming the regency,
developed a serious illness
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that turned him into an obscene
and wicked character.
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When the illness deteriorated he lost his reason
and even murdered a eunuch.
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He associated with shamans, Buddhist nuns
and courtesans day and night,
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and abandoned his duties to the King.
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Moreover, he built a tomb in the palace garden,
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and conspired to carry out an unspeakable act.
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Hence, Consort Yi, the birth mother
of the Crown Prince informed me
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that my life is at stake
and requested to make a decision.
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Thereupon, I depose the Crown Prince
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and order that he be
locked up as a commoner.
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I am blessed with such
a beautiful daughter-in-law!
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Since I received your formal greetings today,
I shall give a word of advice.
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Serve your husband with utmost devotion.
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Never let your voice or your face be frivolous.
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Whatever happens in court
shall be deemed normal.
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So do not show any signs
of acknowledgement.
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A wife shall not greet her husband
in undergarments.
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Always maintain the proper attire
in front of the Crown Prince.
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However pretty your make-up is,
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lipstick mark on your husband's attire is
not pretty. Take care not to...
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Why do you laugh?
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How dare you!
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How can a princess born from a concubine
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sit alongside the future queen?
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Behave with due courtesy.
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There're things you must remember
when serving the King.
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I'm the Queen only by title.
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Lady Yi should tell her as one
who served the King closer.
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His Majesty takes care
to avoid using certain words.
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He shuns ominous characters such as 'death'
so, never uses them.
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After finishing his royal duties
for the day...
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he always gets changed
before entering his chamber.
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If he has heard ominous words,
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he rinses out his mouth and
washes his ears before bed.
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Then, he summons someone he disfavors
and says a word to him,
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Everything well?
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- Yes, Your Majesty.
- Leave me now.
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As to get rid of bad luck.
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He uses different gates
for pleasant and unpleasant matters.
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For pleasant, he takes Manan Gate,
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but for the unpleasant,
he takes the Gyeonghwa Gate.
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Also,
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he never lets those he loves
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be in the same place as
those he disfavors.
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As such, the King is unfathomably blatant
in how he expresses
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his love and resentment.
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You, Crown Princess shall tread carefully
to avoid falling out of favor.
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So whimsical...
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Your Highness,
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take heed not to upset
the elders of the royal court.
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Always tread carefully then,
even more carefully.
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Father,
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Mother...
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Your Highness,
don't cry on such a joyous day.
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Let her cry.
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Grow, Magical Staff!
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People envy us for
becoming the King's in-laws
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but we should be on guard
to protect our clan.
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Your Highness.
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Qing Emperor has sent this puppy
as your wedding gift.
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What is your name?
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Do you know how great Father is?
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He surpasses any courtiers even in studies.
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Do not fear him though.
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You have me to rely on.
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You have passed Father's test.
I can guarantee.
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Yes, my Lord.
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Keep still, Mong.
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My Lady, can you hold him still?
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I am blessed with such a beautiful wife!
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Always serve your husband with a smile.
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It's time to study, Your Highness.
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“The path cannot be diverted at any time.“
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“If it can be diverted, it is not the path.“
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“Nothing is more visible than the hidden
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and nothing is more apparent
than the subtle.“
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“Therefore, a man of integrity
is cautious even more when alone.“
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Pass.
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Pass? Did you say pass?
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“A man of integrity is cautious even
at a place where he is not seen,
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00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:39,849
and is apprehensive
even where he is not heard.“
259
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:43,978
He skipped a whole phrase, not a word.
Yet, you say pass?
260
00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:48,983
He is the future King and
the root of the kingdom.
261
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,654
How can you act this way
unless you wish to ruin this country?
262
00:26:53,863 --> 00:26:58,993
This is a book I stayed up all night
to transcribe for your studies.
263
00:26:59,201 --> 00:27:03,164
If you can't even memorize this,
what could you possibly learn?
264
00:27:04,707 --> 00:27:09,170
How many times in a year
do you think about studying?
265
00:27:09,337 --> 00:27:10,796
Once or twice, Sire.
266
00:27:11,714 --> 00:27:12,715
What?
267
00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:17,345
Sir, how can you specifically say
once or twice?
268
00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:19,805
Your Highness is too modest.
269
00:27:19,847 --> 00:27:24,226
Teacher, I know my own heart.
270
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,146
Is that so?
271
00:27:29,899 --> 00:27:32,151
Good for being so honest!
272
00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:34,654
When I was your age,
273
00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:37,990
I was afraid that something may
hinder my studies.
274
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:43,412
But you, in this fortunate condition,
neglect your studies.
275
00:27:43,412 --> 00:27:48,000
The Crown Prince is not very
fond of strict books of codes,
276
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,086
- but novels like 'Journey to the West'...
- What?
277
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:54,090
You're letting the Crown Prince
read such rubbish?
278
00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:57,343
Your Majesty, I beg you to watch him
with patience and affection
279
00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:59,428
for he has excellent disposition...
280
00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:02,807
How can you say that
looking at his tanned face
281
00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:06,143
from playing outside all day!
282
00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:09,146
Playing is a pleasure of a moment,
283
00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:12,149
but learning offers a pleasure of a lifetime.
284
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:16,362
You have nothing to say
but to stare at me?
285
00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:32,962
THE THIRD DAY
286
00:29:10,332 --> 00:29:11,834
Open up!
287
00:29:11,834 --> 00:29:14,754
Open this gate at once!
288
00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:16,964
Open it.
289
00:29:16,964 --> 00:29:18,507
Open the gate.
290
00:29:24,513 --> 00:29:26,348
Open the gate.
291
00:29:36,025 --> 00:29:38,569
Open the gate.
292
00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:43,365
Open it.
293
00:29:44,992 --> 00:29:46,285
Open it.
294
00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:07,348
Open the gate.
295
00:30:08,557 --> 00:30:09,600
Open it.
296
00:30:10,351 --> 00:30:11,602
Open.
297
00:30:44,093 --> 00:30:47,346
Your Highness. You can't do this.
298
00:30:47,555 --> 00:30:50,266
I'd rather take the poison!
299
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:51,433
Your Highness!
300
00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:55,187
- Sir!
- Please!
301
00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:59,650
This could get the Royal Grandson killed.
302
00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:03,654
Let him murder his own son. His grandson, too!
Let him kill everyone!
303
00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,281
Your Highness...
304
00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:08,659
Your Highness...
305
00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:14,540
Kill us all! Let him reign for
thousands of years all by himself.
306
00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:18,961
Lock him up again.
307
00:31:25,175 --> 00:31:29,680
Let go of me.
308
00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:32,182
Why is it all my fault?
309
00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:35,644
Think about what you did to me.
310
00:31:35,644 --> 00:31:38,105
You have no right to say that.
311
00:31:38,689 --> 00:31:42,985
If you're so blameless...
Then, kill me now!
312
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,528
Shut the lid.
313
00:31:44,528 --> 00:31:49,533
This is not the conduct of a king.
This is not the conduct of a king!
314
00:31:52,995 --> 00:31:56,332
Your Highness, you must think of the future.
315
00:32:01,003 --> 00:32:02,171
Bind the chest.
316
00:32:17,728 --> 00:32:18,729
Put moss over it.
317
00:32:32,326 --> 00:32:35,955
In regular homes, parents raise
their children with love.
318
00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:41,585
But in the royal household,
they regard their children as enemies.
319
00:32:43,212 --> 00:32:45,089
Why do you think that is?
320
00:32:47,216 --> 00:32:51,428
How can a father's love
for his child be different?
321
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,055
It is different.
322
00:32:56,767 --> 00:32:59,770
Every time I visit the Shrines,
323
00:33:00,729 --> 00:33:03,482
I hear the bloody cries of my forefathers.
324
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:14,159
This here
325
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:20,416
is the shrine of my father, Sukjong the Great
who reigned for 46 years.
326
00:33:22,251 --> 00:33:27,214
This king bestowed poison upon his wife.
327
00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:41,478
And this is the shrine of my older brother,
Gyeongjong the Great.
328
00:33:43,731 --> 00:33:48,402
People say that I killed him
to steal the throne.
329
00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:51,196
What do you think?
330
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:59,246
I'm sure it's nothing more than a malicious rumor
created by your opposition.
331
00:33:59,413 --> 00:34:01,290
Pay no heed, Sire.
332
00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:09,298
There are kings who have killed their own
brothers and nephews
333
00:34:09,298 --> 00:34:11,800
to preserve the dynasty.
334
00:34:16,597 --> 00:34:20,392
To regard children as enemies
in a royal household...
335
00:34:22,853 --> 00:34:24,563
Can you understand now?
336
00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,822
You will when you become King.
337
00:34:41,371 --> 00:34:42,790
No, Your Majesty!
338
00:34:43,373 --> 00:34:46,627
How can you command us
something we cannot accept?
339
00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:52,883
I have waited 25 years for this day.
340
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:58,889
Now that Crown Prince has come of age,
it's time for me to hand over the throne.
341
00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:03,143
Stop the King at once.
342
00:35:03,143 --> 00:35:05,187
He is not speaking from his heart again.
343
00:35:06,188 --> 00:35:09,691
The Crown Prince still has more to learn.
344
00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:13,403
Why do you interrupt his studies
by giving him duties as king?
345
00:35:13,403 --> 00:35:17,866
I never cared for the throne.
346
00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:22,913
As you all know, I only held
the position temporarily
347
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:24,915
since my brother had no heir.
348
00:35:25,207 --> 00:35:28,377
Indeed, we know Your Majesty's
genuine intentions.
349
00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:31,922
Let us assist you with even greater effort.
350
00:35:32,923 --> 00:35:37,469
Your Majesty, please revoke your royal decree.
351
00:35:38,137 --> 00:35:40,472
We beg of you, Your Majesty!
352
00:35:48,856 --> 00:35:52,901
If so, what if I make
the Crown Prince regent?
353
00:35:58,574 --> 00:35:59,908
Is that also unacceptable?
354
00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:06,957
Creation of the Hangul alphabet and
expansion of northern territories are
355
00:36:06,957 --> 00:36:09,251
known feats of Sejong the Great.
356
00:36:09,418 --> 00:36:15,257
But these were achieved
during his son Munjong's regency.
357
00:36:15,757 --> 00:36:20,262
That is why they say
that regency ruling has no real reward.
358
00:36:20,429 --> 00:36:21,930
My Teachers,
359
00:36:23,473 --> 00:36:27,769
the regency is for Father, not me.
360
00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:30,772
You need not worry.
361
00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:46,788
Do this right. People always judge
the father with his son's work.
362
00:36:51,418 --> 00:36:53,629
If we reduce the military tax
363
00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:57,966
from two rolls of textile to one,
as Your Highness commands,
364
00:36:58,592 --> 00:37:01,470
the defense budget will be
short by 800,000 nyang.
365
00:37:01,470 --> 00:37:05,682
What is your solution,
Defense Minister?
366
00:37:06,225 --> 00:37:11,396
If we have each province contribute 120,000 nyang
from their reserve funds
367
00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:18,362
and impose penalty on those avoiding
military duties for additional 50,000 nyang,
368
00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:23,242
170,000 nyang in total
can be collected.
369
00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:26,495
And for the remaining 630,000 nyang?
370
00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:37,965
From 800,000 tracts of land
owned by the nobles,
371
00:37:37,965 --> 00:37:40,926
we can impose a land tax of
1 nyang for every 2 tracts...
372
00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:42,386
Your Highness!
373
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:46,848
By law, the nobles are exempt
from military duty.
374
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:50,602
You always claim that
this is a land of noblemen.
375
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:54,064
Yet, you leave the duty of
defense to starving commoners?
376
00:38:00,070 --> 00:38:02,656
The royal household shall set an example
377
00:38:03,073 --> 00:38:08,745
by paying 100,000 nyang as tax
from its fisheries, salt ponds and ships.
378
00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,336
The remaining 130,000 nyang
379
00:38:18,088 --> 00:38:23,385
shall be saved by uniting five armies
for efficiency.
380
00:38:23,385 --> 00:38:25,887
- What do you think?
- Your Highness...
381
00:38:26,388 --> 00:38:30,392
You cannot interfere with
the military control.
382
00:38:30,726 --> 00:38:32,352
Why is that?
383
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:37,899
His Majesty the King gave us a pledge
when he ascended the throne.
384
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:39,985
So their faction took the advantage and
385
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,488
had complete control of
the military for past 25 years.
386
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:46,533
- Corruption getting beyond control.
- How dare you!
387
00:38:46,575 --> 00:38:48,827
Enough!
388
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:54,333
Your Highness, the indictment of a faction
monopolizing military control
389
00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:56,585
must be uprooted.
390
00:38:57,127 --> 00:39:00,339
How can segregation be tolerated
even within the military?
391
00:39:00,339 --> 00:39:02,924
Your Highness, it is not segregation.
392
00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:06,094
He's talking about mere social groups.
393
00:39:06,094 --> 00:39:09,431
Is Joseon's army a place for your socializing?
394
00:39:09,723 --> 00:39:13,060
How can there be segregation
in King's royal army?
395
00:39:19,566 --> 00:39:23,612
As of today, all factional segregation
in all five armies
396
00:39:23,612 --> 00:39:26,114
shall be abolished and reformed.
397
00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:32,621
I order you to unify the command system
into one between His Majesty and armies.
398
00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:38,794
A fair and square decision, Sire.
399
00:39:39,628 --> 00:39:42,589
A fair and square decision, Sire.
400
00:39:49,513 --> 00:39:52,808
Those who have relished control of
the military as a reward for
401
00:39:52,808 --> 00:39:54,476
having helped the King seize the throne,
402
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:56,645
finally met their match.
403
00:39:57,729 --> 00:39:59,648
You must be so proud
of your husband.
404
00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:06,613
For appearance or character,
our Crown Prince surpasses the King.
405
00:40:08,657 --> 00:40:13,453
We've been expecting,
so we can accept military taxes.
406
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:16,498
- However...
- I hear you.
407
00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:22,671
Military control is a matter of loyalty
between us, Sire.
408
00:40:22,671 --> 00:40:24,047
Enough!
409
00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,948
Mind your attire.
410
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,535
Not quite like the way
you handled state affairs.
411
00:40:55,537 --> 00:40:57,164
Tie your hem again.
412
00:41:05,714 --> 00:41:08,550
Did you have fun making
your whimsical decisions?
413
00:41:09,593 --> 00:41:11,052
That is your problem.
414
00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:15,223
Why divide the court into
your side and mine?
415
00:41:15,724 --> 00:41:19,060
As your son, I wanted to restore military
control back into your hands...
416
00:41:19,060 --> 00:41:21,021
You think I left things as
they are because I'm ignorant?
417
00:41:22,939 --> 00:41:25,108
My policy of 'Magnificent Harmony'...
418
00:41:25,108 --> 00:41:28,236
You rendered my life's work
worthless in just one day.
419
00:41:29,237 --> 00:41:31,948
The throne is not a place
for making decisions.
420
00:41:31,948 --> 00:41:34,534
It's a place to moderate decisions
and ask who's responsible.
421
00:41:40,916 --> 00:41:44,294
This is a petition by
the Governor of Hamgyeong.
422
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:50,091
For relocation of the defense camp
in Seogjin back to Gilju.
423
00:41:50,592 --> 00:41:55,096
Gilju can block all nine routes
leading to six fortresses
424
00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:58,308
whereas Seongjin can block
only three routes.
425
00:41:59,100 --> 00:42:04,105
If we move the defense camp back to Gilju,
how can we defend Seongjin?
426
00:42:04,314 --> 00:42:06,107
We can leave a reserve of soldiers.
427
00:42:08,235 --> 00:42:12,155
Then, it would be advisable
to move the camp back to Gilju.
428
00:42:14,241 --> 00:42:16,326
Ministry of Military, discuss
details and execute.
429
00:42:17,786 --> 00:42:21,706
- As Your Highness commands.
- Wait, wait.
430
00:42:23,124 --> 00:42:29,798
My decision to move the defense camp
to Seongjin was made for a reason.
431
00:42:32,092 --> 00:42:35,095
If you overturn that decision,
where does that leave me?
432
00:42:37,931 --> 00:42:41,017
You all trying to undermine me
behind the Prince regent?
433
00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:43,853
Huh?
434
00:42:47,357 --> 00:42:49,359
What do you know about
national defense?
435
00:42:51,027 --> 00:42:52,320
Ever been to the northern state?
436
00:42:54,990 --> 00:42:56,700
Leave the defense camp as it is
437
00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:59,869
and consult with me first
on all major decisions from now.
438
00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:02,080
Next.
439
00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:09,713
Your Highness, Ministry of Defense borrowed
silver from the central army,
440
00:43:09,713 --> 00:43:13,341
while central army is due to pay us
300 bags of rice as tax.
441
00:43:13,341 --> 00:43:17,637
But central army is refusing to pay
442
00:43:17,637 --> 00:43:19,848
in exchange of the silver
we must repay.
443
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:25,020
Your Highness, the Defense Minister's
claim is one-sided.
444
00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:29,358
He's not returning the silver we had
for emergencies
445
00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:32,819
yet, demands the rice as tax.
That is totally absurd.
446
00:43:32,819 --> 00:43:34,654
How dare can they call it even
447
00:43:34,654 --> 00:43:40,201
with the temporary loan of silver we used for
the Qing's envoy and the tax to our country?
448
00:43:40,619 --> 00:43:44,247
Your Highness, please settle this matter.
449
00:43:47,167 --> 00:43:49,002
What...should I do, Sire?
450
00:43:52,422 --> 00:43:57,093
You trouble me over
such trivial matter?
451
00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:00,263
Making you regent was futile.
452
00:44:01,890 --> 00:44:04,309
Order the central army
to send the rice,
453
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:07,145
and the Defense Ministry to repay
the silver. What else?
454
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:13,818
As His Majesty commands.
455
00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:16,237
Next.
456
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:21,409
A petition from the Governor of
the southern state, Your Highness.
457
00:44:22,452 --> 00:44:24,913
They haven't had any rain
in four months
458
00:44:24,913 --> 00:44:27,415
so their crops are all ruined.
459
00:44:28,249 --> 00:44:31,419
Your Highness, what should we do?
460
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,756
The heavens didn't give rain
due to my lack of virtue as King.
461
00:44:34,756 --> 00:44:37,092
Why ask the Prince?
462
00:44:40,887 --> 00:44:42,055
That is not true.
463
00:44:42,806 --> 00:44:45,475
It hasn't rained since
I assumed regency.
464
00:44:45,475 --> 00:44:48,353
It's all due to my lack of virtue
as the Crown Prince!
465
00:44:56,444 --> 00:45:02,158
Your Highness, let's go to the interrogation hall
where His Majesty presides.
466
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,745
You must attend the interrogation.
467
00:45:05,912 --> 00:45:07,497
My Lord,
468
00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,794
is this how regency ruling is?
469
00:45:14,295 --> 00:45:15,964
You must endure it, Your Highness.
470
00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:27,142
I don't want to.
471
00:45:27,434 --> 00:45:28,810
Your Highness...
472
00:45:29,728 --> 00:45:31,354
Is the policy of Magnificent Harmony
473
00:45:31,354 --> 00:45:34,357
all about being conscious of
high officials?
474
00:45:39,446 --> 00:45:43,992
How can I serve a King
who murdered his own brother?
475
00:45:44,826 --> 00:45:46,995
Still babbling about that?
476
00:45:49,456 --> 00:45:57,172
The rumor was judged groundless
when I ascended the throne.
477
00:45:57,172 --> 00:46:01,050
If that is true,
why did Yi In-jwa rise in revolt?
478
00:46:01,217 --> 00:46:04,345
Isn't it because he couldn't
acknowledge you as King?
479
00:46:05,889 --> 00:46:07,557
Rip out his mouth!
480
00:46:08,892 --> 00:46:14,022
Killing one man will not change
the way of this world.
481
00:46:14,022 --> 00:46:20,028
How can a son of a lowly court slave
succeed Sukjong the Great?
482
00:46:20,820 --> 00:46:23,990
It's not just people from Naju
who think this
483
00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:28,369
but everyone in the south does.
484
00:46:34,584 --> 00:46:36,127
Rip out his mouth, too.
485
00:46:40,381 --> 00:46:45,344
You may be the king of dogs
in Qing China. But this is Joseon.
486
00:46:46,846 --> 00:46:50,892
If you keep barking,
I will mate you with a mutt.
487
00:47:00,026 --> 00:47:01,277
Your Highness,
488
00:47:01,986 --> 00:47:03,822
the King seeks you.
489
00:47:08,618 --> 00:47:10,912
Such abominable bastards!
490
00:47:11,371 --> 00:47:14,457
I have heard more horrendous
curses than I can bear.
491
00:47:25,510 --> 00:47:28,596
- Is everything well?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
492
00:47:29,347 --> 00:47:31,599
Why didn't you come
to the interrogation?
493
00:47:32,350 --> 00:47:33,601
Did you study?
494
00:47:34,435 --> 00:47:38,856
When your father works so hard day and night...
And you call yourself my son.
495
00:47:47,282 --> 00:47:48,450
Get out.
496
00:48:23,151 --> 00:48:24,360
Yes, Sire.
497
00:48:25,111 --> 00:48:26,362
You...
498
00:48:28,156 --> 00:48:31,200
Did you write a poem to
Yi Eui-gyeong for his journey
499
00:48:31,576 --> 00:48:34,996
that says that reading
is your greatest pleasure?
500
00:48:36,497 --> 00:48:37,665
Yes, Your Majesty.
501
00:48:38,499 --> 00:48:42,170
How can reading be
your greatest pleasure?
502
00:48:42,921 --> 00:48:45,506
Not only did you deceive him,
503
00:48:45,506 --> 00:48:50,720
but you deceived everyone in that region
who will read your poem and praise you.
504
00:48:52,639 --> 00:48:55,183
It's because of your lies
505
00:48:55,934 --> 00:48:59,103
that this rain they need
in their drought-ridden region
506
00:48:59,479 --> 00:49:01,940
is pouring down here on our
sacred visit to the royal tomb!
507
00:49:03,191 --> 00:49:07,320
Don't you ever pretend to be honest.
508
00:49:07,487 --> 00:49:10,531
You're unworthy of paying
respects to my father's tomb.
509
00:49:11,115 --> 00:49:12,367
Return to the palace!
510
00:49:15,328 --> 00:49:17,538
If only I had another son...
511
00:49:19,165 --> 00:49:20,333
Move it!
512
00:49:39,060 --> 00:49:42,021
THE FOURTH DAY
513
00:49:42,647 --> 00:49:43,731
Water...
514
00:49:44,273 --> 00:49:46,025
Bring water.
515
00:49:46,734 --> 00:49:49,654
Bring water.
516
00:49:49,779 --> 00:49:52,657
Water! Bring me water at once!
517
00:49:52,657 --> 00:49:55,660
The moss is dry. Water it!
518
00:51:19,327 --> 00:51:20,536
Your Highness!
519
00:51:21,287 --> 00:51:23,873
You must breathe out slowly.
520
00:51:27,376 --> 00:51:28,711
It's a boy!
521
00:51:28,753 --> 00:51:31,839
I saw a blue dragon
in my dream last night.
522
00:51:32,215 --> 00:51:34,300
We're going to have
a Royal Grandson!
523
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:36,302
Thank you, my dear.
524
00:51:37,303 --> 00:51:42,892
I can finally face the ancestors
at the Royal Shrine.
525
00:51:42,892 --> 00:51:46,729
Your Highness, let me have a fan made
from this painting
526
00:51:46,729 --> 00:51:50,399
and offer it to the Grand Heir
on the day he ascends the throne.
527
00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:56,697
Congratulations, madam!
528
00:52:28,146 --> 00:52:31,232
You're going to have an audience
with your grandfather.
529
00:52:31,691 --> 00:52:32,859
You mustn't cry, my dear.
530
00:52:38,573 --> 00:52:41,284
The Grand Heir is here
to pay his respects to the King.
531
00:52:47,415 --> 00:52:49,292
Not now. Take him away.
532
00:52:54,839 --> 00:52:56,841
The Queen's 60th birthday is in two days.
533
00:52:57,842 --> 00:53:01,304
But we haven't been able to prepare
without your word, Your Majesty.
534
00:53:03,389 --> 00:53:07,977
Lady Yi, when the King doesn't issue a decree,
535
00:53:07,977 --> 00:53:10,605
there must be a reason, right?
536
00:53:12,773 --> 00:53:14,442
What should I do?
537
00:53:14,984 --> 00:53:19,655
His Majesty is swamped with duties.
538
00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:21,949
We, concubines, shouldn't
trouble him further.
539
00:53:21,949 --> 00:53:22,950
How dare you...!
540
00:53:22,950 --> 00:53:25,578
I won't hear any more of it.
541
00:53:26,412 --> 00:53:27,580
Leave! All of you!
542
00:53:35,755 --> 00:53:41,010
You dare disrespect the Crown Prince's
birth mother, only because the King favors you?
543
00:53:42,929 --> 00:53:44,305
Strike her harder.
544
00:53:47,767 --> 00:53:48,935
Give it here!
545
00:53:51,395 --> 00:53:57,777
You spiteful wench! I'll teach you
a lesson you won't forget.
546
00:54:03,241 --> 00:54:04,909
What do you think you're doing?
547
00:54:06,410 --> 00:54:07,578
Leave us!
548
00:54:19,257 --> 00:54:23,678
However little your affection
for the Queen is,
549
00:54:24,387 --> 00:54:28,516
you're yet to issue a decree
for her 60th birthday.
550
00:54:30,393 --> 00:54:34,939
Is that your intention
or that of your new consort?
551
00:54:37,024 --> 00:54:39,694
Isn't it thoughtful of
the Crown Prince's birth mother
552
00:54:40,361 --> 00:54:42,947
in wishing to celebrate the Queen's birthday?
553
00:54:43,906 --> 00:54:49,036
And yet, the new consort
was disrespectful to her,
554
00:54:49,662 --> 00:54:56,961
instead of learning from her. So, I am showing
discipline among the royal consorts.
555
00:54:58,087 --> 00:55:03,092
If you act this way,
I cannot be King anymore.
556
00:55:04,093 --> 00:55:05,511
What did you say?
557
00:55:07,555 --> 00:55:11,058
Are you siding with that lowly thing
558
00:55:11,934 --> 00:55:14,353
because she has conceived your seed?
559
00:55:14,562 --> 00:55:15,730
Lowly thing?
560
00:55:16,605 --> 00:55:17,773
You call her lowly?
561
00:55:18,899 --> 00:55:21,402
You're the one who made me,
a low-born, king.
562
00:55:21,402 --> 00:55:23,571
Why don't you take away my throne, too?
563
00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:28,659
I shall abdicate my throne.
Grant your royal permission!
564
00:55:32,747 --> 00:55:33,956
Fine.
565
00:55:39,587 --> 00:55:40,921
Suit yourself.
566
00:55:42,089 --> 00:55:43,883
I give you my royal permission.
567
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:58,105
No, Your Majesty!
We beg you to rescind the decree.
568
00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:02,818
Your Majesty!
I beseech you to revoke.
569
00:56:06,447 --> 00:56:08,157
It cannot be accepted.
570
00:56:08,616 --> 00:56:15,039
Your Majesty! Please rescind
the royal decree to turning over your throne.
571
00:56:15,498 --> 00:56:19,502
How many times did I tell you
that I don't care for the throne?
572
00:56:20,586 --> 00:56:24,590
I already obtained permission
from the Queen Dowager.
573
00:56:25,674 --> 00:56:26,967
Let's go.
574
00:57:33,451 --> 00:57:37,705
Your Highness, the King has left the palace.
575
00:57:38,622 --> 00:57:39,874
Let's get up now.
576
00:57:41,542 --> 00:57:44,712
Please go back, Mother.
577
00:57:50,217 --> 00:57:56,640
Your Majesty the Queen Dowager, will you allow
the unthinkable to happen to the Crown Prince?
578
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:59,059
Please revoke your royal permission.
579
00:57:59,643 --> 00:58:02,855
I shall teach the King a lesson
580
00:58:03,772 --> 00:58:07,610
so he won't distress
the poor Crown Prince again
581
00:58:09,028 --> 00:58:12,031
with insincere threats of abdication.
582
00:58:12,698 --> 00:58:20,581
But till now, you are the one
who's been protecting the Crown Prince.
583
00:58:21,916 --> 00:58:27,254
You're the only one in court,
who can save him now.
584
00:58:28,964 --> 00:58:35,971
Though I may be a frail woman,
I'm the Queen Dowager of this country.
585
00:58:37,806 --> 00:58:42,770
How can I revoke the words
that I've already spoken?
586
00:58:43,103 --> 00:58:48,943
However, Your Majesty, if you delay
the Crown Prince dies.
587
00:58:51,237 --> 00:58:54,532
Please save him, madam!
588
00:59:03,249 --> 00:59:04,542
If that is the case,
589
00:59:07,628 --> 00:59:10,089
it will all end when I die.
590
00:59:13,133 --> 00:59:14,760
From this day forward,
591
00:59:18,097 --> 00:59:20,308
do not bring me food.
592
00:59:21,642 --> 00:59:23,143
Your majesty!
593
00:59:29,858 --> 00:59:35,656
Tell the King that
594
00:59:37,992 --> 00:59:41,704
my aging ears misheard him
595
00:59:43,330 --> 00:59:50,379
and mistakenly issued the permission.
596
00:59:57,094 --> 01:00:00,848
Your Highness, the Queen Dowager revoked
her royal permission.
597
01:00:01,307 --> 01:00:03,309
Please rise.
598
01:00:08,022 --> 01:00:09,023
Your Highness.
599
01:00:11,025 --> 01:00:12,234
Your Highness.
600
01:00:13,402 --> 01:00:14,403
Your...!
601
01:00:37,176 --> 01:00:41,221
If you had stayed put,
you'd have become King in time.
602
01:00:42,222 --> 01:00:46,143
Why did you have to make her revoke
her permission, and drove her to her death?
603
01:00:52,816 --> 01:00:54,234
I am to blame for her death.
604
01:00:57,905 --> 01:00:59,907
You despicable serpent!
605
01:01:01,325 --> 01:01:03,410
Do you think I don't know
how you really feel?
606
01:01:06,455 --> 01:01:09,416
Yes! It is all is my fault.
607
01:01:37,194 --> 01:01:42,491
The soul that left us today
608
01:01:43,117 --> 01:01:47,746
If you may visit us
609
01:01:48,914 --> 01:01:54,461
enjoy this good food
610
01:01:54,962 --> 01:01:59,508
and drink from this cup
611
01:02:00,509 --> 01:02:05,139
May you pass unto your descendants
612
01:02:05,139 --> 01:02:08,058
the good fortune unspent in your life
613
01:02:09,435 --> 01:02:13,981
Following the words of this mantra
614
01:02:13,981 --> 01:02:18,360
please rid of grudges
and all hard feelings
615
01:02:19,903 --> 01:02:24,158
but encourage kindness
616
01:02:24,158 --> 01:02:27,327
and unload all worries
617
01:02:28,537 --> 01:02:31,540
May only luck remain
618
01:02:31,749 --> 01:02:34,460
May you enter nirvana
619
01:02:34,460 --> 01:02:37,463
and reincarnate as a man
620
01:02:39,757 --> 01:02:50,434
Namo Amitabha
621
01:02:50,434 --> 01:02:57,024
By the Seven Stars
622
01:02:57,024 --> 01:03:02,154
and the Supreme God...
623
01:03:02,196 --> 01:03:04,990
That's enough. His Highness doesn't have
the constitution for alcohol.
624
01:03:06,575 --> 01:03:08,202
Fill the cup.
625
01:03:08,577 --> 01:03:10,370
I fear for your health, Sire.
626
01:03:10,913 --> 01:03:13,123
Does this look like wine to you?
627
01:03:15,584 --> 01:03:18,837
These are the bloody tears of
my grandmother whom I got killed.
628
01:03:36,563 --> 01:03:41,276
Your Highness, the King asks for you
at the Palace Academy.
629
01:03:53,121 --> 01:03:56,375
You've been neglecting
your duties as regent,
630
01:03:56,625 --> 01:03:59,628
using the passing of the Queen
and Queen Dowager as excuses.
631
01:04:00,504 --> 01:04:03,090
So, I came here to greet you.
632
01:04:05,592 --> 01:04:07,427
I see you have abandoned your studies.
633
01:04:09,847 --> 01:04:11,932
Look at the state of your attire.
634
01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:17,563
Where is your hat?
And your coat tie is all loose.
635
01:04:20,190 --> 01:04:23,652
You... Have you been drinking?
636
01:04:27,197 --> 01:04:28,448
I have, Sire.
637
01:04:30,284 --> 01:04:33,954
A Crown Prince, drunk during
the period of mourning...
638
01:04:36,123 --> 01:04:40,919
Don't you know an army commander was beheaded
last month for violating alcohol prohibition?
639
01:04:41,253 --> 01:04:44,339
Majesty, His Highness doesn't have
the constitution for alcohol.
640
01:04:45,173 --> 01:04:48,260
You Majesty should smell
his breath for wine.
641
01:04:50,095 --> 01:04:54,474
I just told the King that I drank.
How dare you say otherwise?
642
01:04:55,684 --> 01:04:56,685
Leave us.
643
01:04:57,185 --> 01:04:59,521
One should not scold even a dog
in front of an elder.
644
01:04:59,563 --> 01:05:02,149
How dare you scold a court matron
in front of me?
645
01:05:04,526 --> 01:05:07,362
I did so as she dared to
make an excuse.
646
01:05:09,531 --> 01:05:10,949
Bring water so I can
cleanse my ears.
647
01:05:25,589 --> 01:05:27,174
I am at fault
648
01:05:28,175 --> 01:05:31,929
for appointing a useless wretch
like you as the Crown Prince.
649
01:05:50,697 --> 01:05:53,116
A mere woman risks her life
to defend me.
650
01:05:53,325 --> 01:05:55,369
Yet none of you spoke a word!
651
01:06:04,252 --> 01:06:08,048
THE FIFTH DAY
652
01:06:19,101 --> 01:06:20,394
Mong?
653
01:06:22,396 --> 01:06:23,480
Is that you?
654
01:06:27,401 --> 01:06:30,112
Does the Royal Grandson
feed you well?
655
01:06:32,030 --> 01:06:34,783
And Crown Princess brushes you?
656
01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:40,414
Why didn't you bark last night?
657
01:06:44,251 --> 01:06:46,753
Are you frightened of the King, too?
658
01:06:53,385 --> 01:06:59,391
Shouldn't we seek a way to protect
the Royal Grandson?
659
01:07:01,184 --> 01:07:09,735
My intention was to save
both the King and the Crown Prince.
660
01:07:09,735 --> 01:07:12,738
Let me take care of my nephew
the Grand Heir.
661
01:07:13,196 --> 01:07:14,322
I beg your pardon?
662
01:07:14,322 --> 01:07:17,325
Who in here other than myself
can make him King?
663
01:07:17,576 --> 01:07:19,494
You must entrust me with your son.
664
01:07:20,328 --> 01:07:22,289
Father listens to me.
665
01:07:22,289 --> 01:07:23,623
Absurd.
666
01:07:24,541 --> 01:07:28,754
Surely, you cannot bet the life of this family
on words of a low rank princess.
667
01:07:36,136 --> 01:07:40,640
Since the new Queen is installed,
the King's health has improved.
668
01:07:40,849 --> 01:07:42,559
This is without a doubt...
What are you doing here?
669
01:07:48,315 --> 01:07:51,818
I must seek ways to
save myself and my family.
670
01:07:53,153 --> 01:07:55,197
Should the Grand Heir become King,
671
01:07:55,238 --> 01:07:58,241
it'll be the end for all who
didn't stop his father's death.
672
01:07:58,492 --> 01:07:59,659
What do you suggest?
673
01:08:01,620 --> 01:08:05,457
We must do everything to prevent
the Grand Heir from ascending the throne.
674
01:08:05,832 --> 01:08:07,459
Then what?
675
01:08:09,544 --> 01:08:13,757
If the new Queen bears a son,
that will put an end to the matter.
676
01:08:14,299 --> 01:08:18,386
And even if that fails, we could put
a dumb royalty on the throne
677
01:08:18,762 --> 01:08:22,182
and have the Queen rule
as regent behind the veil.
678
01:08:22,349 --> 01:08:27,854
Indeed, it was our fathers
who drank poison
679
01:08:28,855 --> 01:08:32,567
to save the King when he faced
charges of treason.
680
01:08:33,360 --> 01:08:34,152
Father,
681
01:08:36,154 --> 01:08:37,364
Brother...
682
01:08:38,740 --> 01:08:40,784
I'm terrified of the King.
683
01:08:57,217 --> 01:09:01,471
What is greater than a mountain
and deeper than an ocean?
684
01:09:02,848 --> 01:09:06,226
It's the love of a parent.
685
01:09:06,685 --> 01:09:07,894
What do you think?
686
01:09:09,521 --> 01:09:12,524
It's the King's benevolence.
687
01:09:12,732 --> 01:09:14,734
It's a man's heart.
688
01:09:16,736 --> 01:09:20,740
A man's heart?
Why is that?
689
01:09:20,907 --> 01:09:23,577
I learned that a man's spirit
is higher than a mountain
690
01:09:23,785 --> 01:09:27,914
and a woman's fidelity
is deeper than an ocean.
691
01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:42,846
Sorry I...
692
01:09:44,973 --> 01:09:47,517
If there's anything I can do
for you, tell me.
693
01:09:50,395 --> 01:09:56,234
I beg Your Majesty not to promote
the men in my family.
694
01:10:02,282 --> 01:10:06,578
I am blessed
with a wife of great wisdom.
695
01:10:10,248 --> 01:10:12,834
I'm not asking him to do
daily greetings.
696
01:10:13,835 --> 01:10:16,838
It's been over a month since
his new mother, the Queen is here.
697
01:10:16,838 --> 01:10:19,299
And the Crown Prince doesn't
pay his respects?
698
01:10:19,591 --> 01:10:21,843
Due to his illness,
699
01:10:22,761 --> 01:10:25,597
he has not been out
for some time now.
700
01:10:26,473 --> 01:10:29,935
Have him visit me
when he gets better.
701
01:10:31,394 --> 01:10:33,230
Yes, Your Majesty.
702
01:10:33,688 --> 01:10:35,774
What nonsense!
703
01:10:36,942 --> 01:10:38,360
Is he in his death bed?
704
01:10:42,906 --> 01:10:46,993
Died in vain
705
01:10:46,993 --> 01:10:50,247
is this young soul
706
01:10:50,664 --> 01:10:51,831
Your Highness...
707
01:10:55,335 --> 01:10:56,503
Open it.
708
01:10:58,004 --> 01:11:00,924
White Guardian of the West
709
01:11:00,924 --> 01:11:03,677
Black Guardian of the North
710
01:11:03,677 --> 01:11:06,012
Yellow Guardian of the Center
711
01:11:06,012 --> 01:11:07,847
Where is the Crown Prince?
712
01:11:17,524 --> 01:11:20,819
My dear mother...
713
01:11:24,489 --> 01:11:30,078
How have you come to this,
having to serve a young Queen?
714
01:11:33,081 --> 01:11:35,875
My Lord, you must stop this.
715
01:11:36,668 --> 01:11:38,878
And pay your respects
to the new Queen.
716
01:11:39,337 --> 01:11:44,050
I don't even visit my own mother.
717
01:11:44,050 --> 01:11:46,386
Why would I bother visiting her?
718
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:49,764
What would the Grand Heir
learn from your behavior?
719
01:11:49,764 --> 01:11:53,935
Grand Heir! Grand Heir!
Is he all you care about?
720
01:11:55,395 --> 01:11:57,105
I don't exist in your eyes, do I?
721
01:11:59,065 --> 01:12:04,404
My Prince, I beg you
to reconsider for my sake.
722
01:12:13,580 --> 01:12:17,417
Oh my poor mother.
723
01:12:19,961 --> 01:12:25,425
Is the old fart mistreating you
since he has a new young wife?
724
01:12:27,886 --> 01:12:28,887
Please!
725
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:35,727
I know, I know...
726
01:12:38,438 --> 01:12:43,818
I'll stop by tomorrow morning
to show my face. So, don't you worry.
727
01:12:47,655 --> 01:12:49,115
It doesn't fit!
728
01:12:53,620 --> 01:12:56,498
- Bring me another robe.
- Yes, Your Highness.
729
01:12:59,459 --> 01:13:01,503
Here is a new one.
730
01:13:03,129 --> 01:13:05,590
It's a brand new robe
completed this morning.
731
01:13:08,134 --> 01:13:10,136
Your Highness must hurry.
732
01:13:10,136 --> 01:13:13,640
The Queen hasn't had her breakfast
to wait for your greeting.
733
01:13:15,725 --> 01:13:17,894
This is not right. It's all wrong!
734
01:13:19,145 --> 01:13:21,439
Your Highness. Sir...
735
01:13:24,818 --> 01:13:26,111
Bring out another.
736
01:13:26,152 --> 01:13:27,946
A new robe!
737
01:13:28,488 --> 01:13:30,198
Right now!
738
01:13:31,491 --> 01:13:32,617
Please calm down, Sir.
739
01:13:32,951 --> 01:13:34,661
Bring out a robe!
740
01:13:34,661 --> 01:13:36,496
There are no more, your Highness.
741
01:13:38,039 --> 01:13:39,791
Get me another!
742
01:13:40,166 --> 01:13:42,669
I beg you to take heed.
743
01:13:42,669 --> 01:13:44,963
There are no more robes.
744
01:13:45,588 --> 01:13:46,673
Your Highness!
745
01:13:51,219 --> 01:13:53,138
What's delaying him?
746
01:13:54,806 --> 01:13:59,811
I cannot tell whether she is
thoughtful or just dumb.
747
01:14:00,145 --> 01:14:02,772
You mustn't speak of
the Queen that way.
748
01:14:02,856 --> 01:14:06,776
I wonder how she bewitched
the Father so completely.
749
01:14:07,527 --> 01:14:09,028
I heard they only hold hands in bed.
750
01:14:16,870 --> 01:14:20,582
Everyone that the old fart
favors are here.
751
01:14:23,209 --> 01:14:27,213
I cannot spend another day
in the same palace as him.
752
01:14:28,882 --> 01:14:31,802
Have the old man move
to Gyeonghui Palace.
753
01:14:37,974 --> 01:14:40,268
Or we shall all die together!
754
01:14:41,227 --> 01:14:45,023
I hear you, brother. I'll do all I can
to make that happen.
755
01:14:45,773 --> 01:14:48,693
I will... I guarantee you, brother.
756
01:15:01,539 --> 01:15:05,752
THE SIXTH DAY
757
01:15:12,550 --> 01:15:15,094
Stop shaking, you wretches.
758
01:15:17,138 --> 01:15:20,141
I'll die from dizziness.
759
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:21,851
He's still alive.
760
01:15:35,949 --> 01:15:37,242
You cannot be here, Your Highness.
761
01:15:39,536 --> 01:15:40,703
Step aside!
762
01:15:42,247 --> 01:15:45,250
I'm afraid I can't, sir.
It's the royal command.
763
01:15:45,708 --> 01:15:48,795
What is your name and rank?
764
01:15:52,298 --> 01:15:54,259
Head of the King's guards,
Kim Do-su, Sir.
765
01:15:55,927 --> 01:16:00,098
I shall remember your name.
Step aside.
766
01:16:14,153 --> 01:16:19,158
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
767
01:16:22,161 --> 01:16:26,165
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
768
01:16:26,791 --> 01:16:30,628
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
769
01:16:31,254 --> 01:16:33,631
Come out of there, Father.
770
01:16:34,382 --> 01:16:36,175
Come out of there, Father.
771
01:16:36,926 --> 01:16:40,847
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
772
01:16:41,139 --> 01:16:43,808
Father, come out of there.
773
01:16:43,808 --> 01:16:45,810
Please come out.
774
01:16:45,810 --> 01:16:49,397
Your daughter-in-law brought you water.
775
01:16:54,402 --> 01:16:58,656
Your daughter-in-law brought you water. Father!
776
01:16:58,656 --> 01:17:00,950
Didn't I order to let no one in?
777
01:17:05,330 --> 01:17:09,250
Can't a son offer water
to his own father?
778
01:17:34,150 --> 01:17:35,401
The Grand Heir
779
01:17:37,904 --> 01:17:39,989
is to stay with his mother's family
780
01:17:44,327 --> 01:17:46,746
until further command.
781
01:17:57,173 --> 01:18:00,802
Does a king need many vassals
to be a good ruler?
782
01:18:01,803 --> 01:18:05,723
Even with few vassals, one can be a good ruler
if he is a loyal king.
783
01:18:05,807 --> 01:18:08,226
Will it be easy to bring in wise men?
784
01:18:08,226 --> 01:18:12,480
If the king sets good examples,
it will be easy.
785
01:18:16,901 --> 01:18:21,072
A child barely 10 years old
has such a deep insight!
786
01:18:22,281 --> 01:18:28,496
Then, can one match the heavenly high
virtues of kings Yaw and Sun?
787
01:18:28,913 --> 01:18:33,292
Even though unattainably high, one can match
that by endeavoring day and night..
788
01:18:34,961 --> 01:18:37,464
Pass. He has passed.
789
01:18:37,463 --> 01:18:38,756
It's a pass!
790
01:18:40,133 --> 01:18:43,469
Lineage of our dynasty depends
only on the Grand Heir.
791
01:18:43,970 --> 01:18:47,306
How can a son like this
come from a father like him?
792
01:18:49,726 --> 01:18:53,896
'Like father like son'
doesn't apply to my family.
793
01:19:05,158 --> 01:19:09,996
Who is Sukjong the Great
who rests here?
794
01:19:12,123 --> 01:19:16,961
He is my great-grandfather
and a king who reigned
795
01:19:16,961 --> 01:19:20,131
for the longest period of 46 years
in Joseon's history.
796
01:19:23,509 --> 01:19:26,512
You must reign for even longer,
Grandfather.
797
01:19:27,889 --> 01:19:29,390
WW do you say that?
798
01:19:30,016 --> 01:19:32,435
Because that is the filial duty
in royal household.
799
01:19:37,523 --> 01:19:39,442
What does it mean to be King?
800
01:19:43,571 --> 01:19:45,448
And to be a subject?
801
01:19:49,577 --> 01:19:54,290
I have sat on this throne
for 37 years.
802
01:19:55,208 --> 01:20:00,296
I'm no longer sure
what it means to be King.
803
01:20:03,549 --> 01:20:07,345
The king doesn't always get to
hold the sword handle,
804
01:20:07,345 --> 01:20:11,057
and a servant doesn't
always hold the blade.
805
01:20:13,226 --> 01:20:15,019
Study hard.
806
01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:20,024
If you're not a learned king,
you can't hold the sword handle.
807
01:20:22,527 --> 01:20:24,362
I will take that to my heart.
808
01:20:30,827 --> 01:20:31,911
Son,
809
01:20:33,996 --> 01:20:36,916
I heard you visited Sukjong's
tomb with your grandfather.
810
01:20:38,125 --> 01:20:39,210
Yes, Father.
811
01:20:39,210 --> 01:20:41,420
Do you really enjoy studying
that much?
812
01:20:44,590 --> 01:20:46,008
Yes, Father.
813
01:20:46,008 --> 01:20:47,260
Why do you enjoy it?
814
01:20:48,553 --> 01:20:52,849
Because it makes Grandfather happy.
815
01:20:54,183 --> 01:20:55,560
Is that right?
816
01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:04,443
I hate myself for that.
817
01:21:13,619 --> 01:21:18,666
How dignified is that arrow
that flies freely through the air!
818
01:21:24,088 --> 01:21:28,092
I could not attend your royal wedding
because the King didn't allow it.
819
01:21:28,092 --> 01:21:30,011
I'm sorry for that.
820
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:34,015
My dear daughter-in-law.
821
01:21:36,475 --> 01:21:42,273
Man and wife must always cover
each other's mistakes.
822
01:21:43,691 --> 01:21:46,944
And not subject themselves
to trivial rules of etiquette,
823
01:21:48,696 --> 01:21:59,707
but love each other dearly,
and more dearly for eternity.
824
01:22:02,168 --> 01:22:04,087
I'll take that to my heart.
825
01:22:09,342 --> 01:22:14,263
I wish to turn over the throne
to the Grand Heir.
826
01:22:15,932 --> 01:22:17,475
Who among you
827
01:22:19,268 --> 01:22:22,104
will submit a petition
to depose the Crown Prince?
828
01:22:22,939 --> 01:22:28,027
I'm afraid I cannot
obey that command, Sire.
829
01:22:28,027 --> 01:22:31,322
Even after witnessing all
the misconducts of the Prince?
830
01:22:32,698 --> 01:22:38,329
I was even forced
to move out to this palace.
831
01:22:40,039 --> 01:22:41,207
Huh?
832
01:22:41,707 --> 01:22:48,422
As his teachers, you are responsible
for what he has become.
833
01:22:51,217 --> 01:22:53,219
Write the petition as I instructed.
834
01:22:54,387 --> 01:22:55,554
It is a royal command.
835
01:23:05,564 --> 01:23:07,274
Finally, what we feared has happened.
836
01:23:09,735 --> 01:23:15,408
This was why the King
promoted us to ministers.
837
01:23:17,493 --> 01:23:19,412
Your Majesty,
838
01:23:20,413 --> 01:23:24,417
your joy and your wrath
change so whimsically
839
01:23:25,418 --> 01:23:29,588
that it is difficult to discern
your true intentions.
840
01:23:30,756 --> 01:23:32,550
I beseech you on my knees
841
01:23:33,801 --> 01:23:38,389
to suppress your anger and
to show benevolence to the Crown Prince,
842
01:23:39,598 --> 01:23:43,644
so that harmony can be
restored in this dynasty.
843
01:23:56,407 --> 01:23:57,742
Your Highness,
844
01:23:58,325 --> 01:24:01,829
please go to Gyeonghui Palace
and reconcile with the King.
845
01:24:02,705 --> 01:24:06,459
If you don't, all your vassals
will be put to death.
846
01:24:07,293 --> 01:24:09,378
When did I have any vassals?
847
01:24:10,463 --> 01:24:14,050
Power cannot be shared
even between father and son.
848
01:24:14,300 --> 01:24:17,386
Just a few more years, and
you'll sit on the throne.
849
01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:22,141
Is it that hard to visit the King now
and then and pretending to study?
850
01:24:24,727 --> 01:24:29,148
I don't want to live like that.
I can't live like that.
851
01:24:31,817 --> 01:24:34,195
I shall live by my own ways.
852
01:24:38,491 --> 01:24:40,159
Take a seat, mother.
853
01:24:42,286 --> 01:24:43,621
Make yourself comfortable.
854
01:24:56,884 --> 01:24:58,302
My dear mother,
855
01:25:00,471 --> 01:25:03,849
please forgive your son for delaying 6 years
in celebrating your 60th birthday.
856
01:25:03,849 --> 01:25:07,895
Please forgive me.
857
01:25:11,315 --> 01:25:13,901
May you be blessed with
long life and good health.
858
01:25:15,569 --> 01:25:17,154
Bow.
859
01:25:20,616 --> 01:25:21,909
Rise.
860
01:25:24,537 --> 01:25:25,913
Bow.
861
01:25:28,541 --> 01:25:30,292
Rise.
862
01:25:36,924 --> 01:25:38,217
Bow.
863
01:25:40,386 --> 01:25:41,679
Rise.
864
01:25:49,854 --> 01:25:51,230
Bow.
865
01:25:53,524 --> 01:25:54,733
Rise.
866
01:26:01,615 --> 01:26:04,243
The Grand Heir shall bow 4 times.
867
01:26:06,412 --> 01:26:08,289
But it is against the decorum.
868
01:26:08,956 --> 01:26:11,458
Wearing a queen's ceremonial robe
alone can cause trouble.
869
01:26:11,458 --> 01:26:13,627
If the King hears that
we bowed 4 times...
870
01:26:13,627 --> 01:26:15,588
Who is the head of this family?
871
01:26:19,592 --> 01:26:25,681
At least for today,
let my mother be the Queen.
872
01:26:27,391 --> 01:26:29,852
Finish your bows.
873
01:26:32,396 --> 01:26:33,606
Bow.
874
01:26:39,612 --> 01:26:40,738
Rise.
875
01:26:45,784 --> 01:26:47,244
Bow.
876
01:26:50,748 --> 01:26:52,249
Rise.
877
01:26:58,964 --> 01:27:01,550
Everyone shall bow 4 times!
878
01:27:01,759 --> 01:27:03,219
Bow.
879
01:27:06,847 --> 01:27:08,015
Rise.
880
01:27:10,392 --> 01:27:11,769
Bow.
881
01:27:24,990 --> 01:27:27,243
Stand back!
882
01:27:28,327 --> 01:27:31,956
It's the Queen's royal progress!
883
01:27:33,249 --> 01:27:35,417
Stand back!
884
01:27:37,002 --> 01:27:41,006
It's the Queen's royal progress!
885
01:27:52,351 --> 01:27:54,019
Stand back!
886
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:56,355
It's my mother,
887
01:27:57,523 --> 01:28:02,987
the Queen's progress!
888
01:28:11,495 --> 01:28:19,044
It's my mother, the Queen's progress!
889
01:28:25,050 --> 01:28:27,553
Stand back.
890
01:28:28,721 --> 01:28:31,098
Stand back.
891
01:28:32,933 --> 01:28:35,394
Stand back.
892
01:28:38,939 --> 01:28:42,067
Since vice-premier died to act
against the Crown Prince's deposition,
893
01:28:42,067 --> 01:28:44,653
Ministers Min and Yi
have also committed suicide.
894
01:28:44,653 --> 01:28:48,991
Those weak-hearted souls
only speak of reforms and cause.
895
01:28:49,033 --> 01:28:53,329
They run away when they're
scared to face the real world.
896
01:28:55,039 --> 01:28:57,416
The King's troubles are deep.
897
01:28:57,875 --> 01:29:00,419
We could help him.
898
01:29:00,502 --> 01:29:03,088
Why would he have any feelings left
899
01:29:05,090 --> 01:29:07,593
for the Crown Prince who
doesn't even come to see him.
900
01:29:07,885 --> 01:29:11,096
If only the King's mind is set...
901
01:29:13,599 --> 01:29:15,601
This could end in your death.
902
01:29:16,060 --> 01:29:17,728
I am prepared, my Lord.
903
01:29:21,106 --> 01:29:23,442
Know that your family
will be taken care of.
904
01:29:25,944 --> 01:29:33,035
The Crown Prince associated himself with
Buddhist nuns and courtesans.
905
01:29:33,619 --> 01:29:35,454
He killed a eunuch
906
01:29:36,455 --> 01:29:40,501
and conspired to kill the King
by storing weapons in a cave
907
01:29:41,043 --> 01:29:43,170
behind the palace garden.
908
01:29:45,672 --> 01:29:49,802
I can't read any more.
Burn it.
909
01:29:52,721 --> 01:29:53,972
But Your Majesty,
910
01:29:54,723 --> 01:29:57,810
it's an important evidence.
911
01:30:03,607 --> 01:30:07,986
Your Majesty, I find it hard to believe that
someone of his lowly status
912
01:30:08,487 --> 01:30:11,949
can dare to report on the Crown Prince.
913
01:30:11,949 --> 01:30:16,036
I beg you to investigate who is behind him.
914
01:30:17,162 --> 01:30:23,419
How can you know about
affairs within the court walls?
915
01:30:23,752 --> 01:30:28,882
The eunuch who was murdered by
the Crown Prince was my brother.
916
01:30:29,675 --> 01:30:31,885
We must find out who's behind.
917
01:30:32,803 --> 01:30:34,138
We beg of you, Your Majesty!
918
01:30:34,513 --> 01:30:35,973
Your Highness, you can't be here.
919
01:30:36,056 --> 01:30:39,435
Sire! Allow me to confront him.
920
01:30:39,435 --> 01:30:41,603
Accusation of treason is preposterous!
921
01:30:43,522 --> 01:30:47,609
How dare you try to frame me?
922
01:30:47,609 --> 01:30:49,194
Who put you up to this?
923
01:30:50,863 --> 01:30:53,782
My brother who you brutally killed!
924
01:30:54,533 --> 01:30:58,203
You are more than capable
of high treason.
925
01:30:58,787 --> 01:31:00,581
Your majesty!
926
01:31:01,039 --> 01:31:03,125
I lied about treason
927
01:31:03,125 --> 01:31:08,755
to have an audience with you,
Your Majesty, to plead injustice.
928
01:31:08,797 --> 01:31:15,220
But everything about the Prince's misconduct
is true to the letter.
929
01:31:15,220 --> 01:31:16,555
Your Majesty,
930
01:31:16,555 --> 01:31:21,935
falsely accusing the Crown Prince of treason is
a serious crime that shouldn't be taken lightly.
931
01:31:24,855 --> 01:31:27,024
You abominable wretches!
932
01:31:27,774 --> 01:31:30,944
Even a lowly man like him acts
out of concern for this country
933
01:31:30,944 --> 01:31:32,946
and bravely reports
the Crown Prince's faults.
934
01:31:33,530 --> 01:31:37,075
You who receive stipend
didn't bother to report on him?
935
01:31:37,701 --> 01:31:39,703
How can this country not be ruined?
936
01:31:39,786 --> 01:31:44,583
Please allow the Crown Prince
to confront the man
937
01:31:44,583 --> 01:31:47,085
and discover who is behind this.
938
01:31:47,252 --> 01:31:48,962
Please, Your Majesty.
939
01:31:48,962 --> 01:31:53,300
Your Majesty, even if you take our disloyalty
940
01:31:53,300 --> 01:31:56,261
and his unfortunate
circumstances into account,
941
01:31:56,261 --> 01:32:02,935
his crime of deceiving the King must be
punished by the most severe sentence.
942
01:32:03,268 --> 01:32:06,939
No, Your Majesty.
You mustn't execute him yet.
943
01:32:08,106 --> 01:32:13,153
I appreciate your loyalty and
I sympathize with your circumstances.
944
01:32:13,529 --> 01:32:16,698
Because of you, I have learned of
the Prince's misconducts.
945
01:32:16,698 --> 01:32:22,538
However, falsely accusing treason
is a great offense.
946
01:32:22,538 --> 01:32:23,622
I command you
947
01:32:24,957 --> 01:32:26,708
to behead him.
948
01:32:27,793 --> 01:32:28,961
Your majesty!
949
01:32:29,127 --> 01:32:33,799
Before you execute him,
please find out who's behind him.
950
01:32:34,925 --> 01:32:38,554
Please reveal the truth, Sire!
951
01:32:41,306 --> 01:32:46,186
Do you really wish to
make your son a traitor?
952
01:32:50,148 --> 01:32:53,694
Your existence in itself is treason.
953
01:32:55,028 --> 01:32:57,990
How dare you wield your sword
at your wife and sister?
954
01:32:58,824 --> 01:33:00,158
What are you, a butcher?
955
01:33:00,367 --> 01:33:05,330
This is all because of
my pent-up anger.
956
01:33:06,081 --> 01:33:09,084
Pent-up anger?
957
01:33:10,085 --> 01:33:12,796
Why don't you just go mad?
958
01:33:14,339 --> 01:33:17,759
I don't want to see your face.
Go to Geumcheon Bridge and beg for punishment.
959
01:33:37,237 --> 01:33:41,867
The soul that left us today
960
01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:47,623
If you may visit us
961
01:33:48,707 --> 01:33:53,253
Enjoy this good food
962
01:33:54,338 --> 01:33:58,925
And drink from this cup
963
01:34:00,093 --> 01:34:04,389
May you pass unto
964
01:34:04,389 --> 01:34:07,225
the good fortune
unspent in your life
965
01:34:08,727 --> 01:34:13,148
Following the words of this mantra
966
01:34:13,148 --> 01:34:17,152
please rid of grudges
and all hard feelings
967
01:34:18,820 --> 01:34:23,075
but encourage kindness
968
01:34:23,075 --> 01:34:26,078
and unload all worries
969
01:34:27,329 --> 01:34:30,165
May only luck remain
970
01:34:30,165 --> 01:34:35,420
May you enter nirvana
and reincarnate as a man
971
01:34:35,420 --> 01:34:36,171
What's the matter?
972
01:34:36,171 --> 01:34:38,924
The Crown Prince headed out
to the King's palace with his sword.
973
01:34:48,433 --> 01:34:49,434
My Lord!
974
01:34:49,726 --> 01:34:50,811
Step aside.
975
01:34:54,356 --> 01:34:58,443
Please stop, my Lord.
No, not this!
976
01:34:59,069 --> 01:35:01,154
He says my existence
in itself is treason.
977
01:35:03,073 --> 01:35:04,324
I will show him.
978
01:35:06,743 --> 01:35:07,744
Get out of my way.
979
01:35:07,744 --> 01:35:09,955
- Please stop.
- Out!
980
01:35:10,747 --> 01:35:12,749
My Lord!
981
01:35:13,291 --> 01:35:14,751
My Lord!
982
01:35:28,223 --> 01:35:29,433
My Lady!
983
01:35:30,809 --> 01:35:32,060
My Lady!
984
01:35:34,354 --> 01:35:38,734
The Crown Prince has set out for
the King's palace with his sword.
985
01:35:42,904 --> 01:35:45,449
I fear for King's safety.
986
01:35:46,742 --> 01:35:48,326
If we don't stop him now,
987
01:35:48,827 --> 01:35:51,747
he's going to bring down
the Royal Grandson with him.
988
01:35:57,335 --> 01:35:58,837
My Lady!
989
01:36:11,224 --> 01:36:13,185
That's my grandson.
990
01:36:16,897 --> 01:36:23,570
I hear that your father threw a banquet
for your grandmother's 60th birthday?
991
01:36:26,990 --> 01:36:28,366
That's true, Grandfather.
992
01:36:28,366 --> 01:36:30,911
I heard you bowed 4 times, too.
993
01:36:32,579 --> 01:36:34,122
That is also true, Grandfather.
994
01:36:36,291 --> 01:36:38,960
Your real grandmother is
but a mere concubine.
995
01:36:38,960 --> 01:36:42,839
Why did you bow 4 times
like you would to king or queen?
996
01:36:44,049 --> 01:36:46,843
Isn't that against the decorum?
997
01:36:51,556 --> 01:36:53,600
Answer me.
998
01:36:56,186 --> 01:37:02,275
I can bow before you a hundred,
a thousand times even if you weren't King.
999
01:37:03,819 --> 01:37:05,445
Why is that?
1000
01:37:06,154 --> 01:37:08,615
Because men come before
all laws and decorum.
1001
01:37:08,615 --> 01:37:11,284
Not the other way round.
1002
01:37:11,618 --> 01:37:17,123
Confucius also said not to see
the trivia of decorum but to see the heart.
1003
01:37:20,919 --> 01:37:26,007
That day, I saw my father's heart.
1004
01:37:49,364 --> 01:37:51,283
When your
1005
01:37:52,576 --> 01:37:54,995
older brother died
1006
01:38:00,208 --> 01:38:03,628
and I begot you at the age of forty.
1007
01:38:03,628 --> 01:38:05,589
THE SEVENTH DAY
1008
01:38:09,634 --> 01:38:12,095
I was so overjoyed
1009
01:38:13,263 --> 01:38:17,017
that I invested you
the Crown Prince as a baby
1010
01:38:17,684 --> 01:38:22,272
and started educating you
as King from the age of 2.
1011
01:38:23,690 --> 01:38:25,942
I could never forget
1012
01:38:28,945 --> 01:38:32,532
the brightness and wisdom
you showed in those days.
1013
01:38:35,368 --> 01:38:37,328
But then...
1014
01:38:38,663 --> 01:38:40,415
you started playing with swords,
1015
01:38:42,667 --> 01:38:46,421
painting pictures of dogs,
and neglected your studies.
1016
01:38:50,717 --> 01:38:54,012
And I felt as though the heaven
collapsed from top of me.
1017
01:39:00,101 --> 01:39:04,022
Is that why you had me
sit in front of your vassals
1018
01:39:05,357 --> 01:39:07,317
and made an imbecile out of me?
1019
01:39:10,111 --> 01:39:16,660
I did so out of desire
to make you a good king.
1020
01:39:18,203 --> 01:39:20,538
Do you know how anxious I got
1021
01:39:21,039 --> 01:39:24,042
every time you made a mistake?
1022
01:39:24,709 --> 01:39:27,587
How is that my fault?
1023
01:39:30,215 --> 01:39:32,258
It was because you
1024
01:39:34,427 --> 01:39:39,057
gave the sword handle to your vassals
when you became King.
1025
01:39:40,266 --> 01:39:45,188
Don't you know the fate of a prince
who doesn't seize the throne?
1026
01:39:47,273 --> 01:39:51,569
If I didn't become the King
with their help,
1027
01:39:52,112 --> 01:39:54,406
I would've long been killed.
1028
01:39:56,741 --> 01:40:00,412
You wouldn't exist, if I died back then.
1029
01:40:04,040 --> 01:40:06,209
Because I know that,
1030
01:40:06,418 --> 01:40:09,587
I tried so hard to understand you.
1031
01:40:12,757 --> 01:40:17,387
But... the way you treated me
1032
01:40:18,638 --> 01:40:21,808
smothered me.
I couldn't endure it.
1033
01:40:26,021 --> 01:40:28,273
Is learning so important?
1034
01:40:30,400 --> 01:40:33,111
Is one's attire so important?
1035
01:40:33,319 --> 01:40:35,822
Your subjects will look down on you
1036
01:40:37,657 --> 01:40:42,704
for your lack of learning
or for a crooked trouser tie.
1037
01:40:43,538 --> 01:40:49,377
In this country, learning is the country's
prime value. The decorum is the prime value.
1038
01:40:51,296 --> 01:40:58,219
Do you know why
I didn't kill you that night?
1039
01:41:00,221 --> 01:41:04,350
Because men come before
all laws and decorum.
1040
01:41:05,643 --> 01:41:12,150
How can learning or decorum
be the prime value if it oppresses men?
1041
01:41:13,485 --> 01:41:17,572
I don't want to be king,
I don't want power.
1042
01:41:19,824 --> 01:41:21,701
All I wanted was
1043
01:41:23,536 --> 01:41:27,457
one loving gaze and...
1044
01:41:29,209 --> 01:41:32,295
one warm word from my father.
1045
01:41:35,757 --> 01:41:44,182
How is it that
1046
01:41:48,853 --> 01:41:52,732
you and I could only
have this conversation
1047
01:41:57,153 --> 01:42:01,366
at the crossroads of life and death?
1048
01:42:06,913 --> 01:42:08,206
I shall be...
1049
01:42:16,548 --> 01:42:20,135
recorded as a father
who killed his own son.
1050
01:42:26,141 --> 01:42:27,392
You...
1051
01:42:30,854 --> 01:42:34,232
won't be recorded as a traitor
who conspired to kill King
1052
01:42:42,282 --> 01:42:44,617
but as a lunatic
1053
01:42:47,620 --> 01:42:52,917
who tried to kill his own father.
1054
01:42:58,590 --> 01:43:00,258
That's the only way...
1055
01:43:02,677 --> 01:43:04,846
that your son can be saved.
1056
01:43:12,395 --> 01:43:14,522
If I weren't a King
1057
01:43:17,358 --> 01:43:19,944
and if you weren't the King's son,
1058
01:43:22,739 --> 01:43:25,283
how could this have happened?
1059
01:43:31,748 --> 01:43:37,003
This is our fate.
1060
01:45:20,356 --> 01:45:21,733
You...
1061
01:45:31,326 --> 01:45:32,660
my silly boy.
1062
01:45:38,041 --> 01:45:40,877
Why did you have to
1063
01:45:48,926 --> 01:45:51,054
make your old father
1064
01:45:57,935 --> 01:46:01,647
commit this atrocity?
1065
01:46:07,779 --> 01:46:10,615
How could a mother
who drove her son to death
1066
01:46:14,660 --> 01:46:16,496
expect to live?
1067
01:46:21,751 --> 01:46:24,128
Even the grass won't grow
on my tomb.
1068
01:46:26,672 --> 01:46:29,801
Oh my baby.
1069
01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:33,888
My Lady...
1070
01:46:35,807 --> 01:46:36,891
Madam!
1071
01:46:37,892 --> 01:46:40,144
How can you be at fault?
1072
01:46:48,611 --> 01:46:49,946
My son...
1073
01:46:52,657 --> 01:46:54,826
It wasn't me that got him killed.
1074
01:46:55,493 --> 01:46:57,662
It wasn't my fault, was it?
1075
01:46:57,662 --> 01:47:03,876
It wasn't my fault.
Tell me it wasn't my fault...
1076
01:47:09,048 --> 01:47:14,137
My baby... my son...
1077
01:47:32,196 --> 01:47:34,949
Head back to the palace.
1078
01:47:37,785 --> 01:47:39,620
Play the song of triumph.
1079
01:47:57,972 --> 01:47:59,223
How relentless...
1080
01:48:00,266 --> 01:48:03,186
A triumphal music after
putting his own son to death.
1081
01:49:03,955 --> 01:49:08,918
THE EIGHTH DAY
1082
01:49:39,699 --> 01:49:41,617
1,000 bags of rice!
1083
01:49:49,166 --> 01:49:51,168
2,000 bags!
1084
01:50:00,803 --> 01:50:04,015
3,000 bags!
1085
01:50:26,412 --> 01:50:29,165
In considering the Royal Grandson's heart,
1086
01:50:30,416 --> 01:50:32,710
and remonstration of my vassals,
1087
01:50:33,794 --> 01:50:36,422
I reinstate the Crown Prince's title
1088
01:50:38,090 --> 01:50:39,759
and grant him
the posthumous name 'Sa-Do'.
1089
01:50:41,135 --> 01:50:45,306
Sa as in 'to think'
1090
01:50:47,141 --> 01:50:49,060
and Do as in 'to mourn.'
1091
01:51:02,948 --> 01:51:04,075
Come with me.
1092
01:51:05,242 --> 01:51:06,744
Now!
1093
01:51:09,789 --> 01:51:12,792
He is not Prince Sado's
son any more.
1094
01:51:14,085 --> 01:51:17,755
We must send him off
to the King at once.
1095
01:51:23,803 --> 01:51:25,138
Take off your mourning clothes.
1096
01:51:27,306 --> 01:51:28,474
No, Mother.
1097
01:51:32,728 --> 01:51:35,898
I don't want to.
1098
01:51:35,898 --> 01:51:37,817
You must take it off and leave now.
1099
01:51:38,442 --> 01:51:39,819
No.
1100
01:51:41,737 --> 01:51:42,905
No.
1101
01:51:44,281 --> 01:51:45,908
No, Mother.
1102
01:51:55,334 --> 01:51:59,964
You must accede to the throne
if you wish to avenge your father's death.
1103
01:52:20,276 --> 01:52:24,280
14 YEARS LATER
1104
01:52:24,488 --> 01:52:25,906
The reason
1105
01:52:30,327 --> 01:52:33,831
I abolish your father's record
1106
01:52:38,127 --> 01:52:44,341
is for your kingship,
and this country's future.
1107
01:52:46,218 --> 01:52:52,224
Whoever tries to elevate
your late father's title to a king
1108
01:52:53,517 --> 01:52:56,228
will be deemed traitor
to the dynasty.
1109
01:52:58,439 --> 01:52:59,857
This is
1110
01:53:02,526 --> 01:53:04,528
a matter of loyalty to the throne.
1111
01:53:07,907 --> 01:53:09,825
I will take that to my heart.
1112
01:53:14,830 --> 01:53:16,290
From this moment,
1113
01:53:20,503 --> 01:53:23,380
never speak of the matters
concerning your father.
1114
01:53:27,510 --> 01:53:29,553
Agony is one thing,
1115
01:53:33,599 --> 01:53:35,434
loyalty is another.
1116
01:53:48,614 --> 01:53:51,283
Return my King!
1117
01:53:52,827 --> 01:53:55,371
Return my King!
1118
01:53:59,124 --> 01:54:02,002
Return my King!
1119
01:54:03,921 --> 01:54:06,924
The spirit of Joseon's King,
1120
01:54:07,591 --> 01:54:10,845
please come back to the palace.
1121
01:54:19,603 --> 01:54:23,274
Long live our King!
1122
01:54:26,360 --> 01:54:29,363
Long live our King!
1123
01:54:31,991 --> 01:54:35,369
Long live our King!
1124
01:54:35,369 --> 01:54:39,456
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
1125
01:54:40,499 --> 01:54:44,587
Father, your daughter-in-law
brought you water.
1126
01:54:45,421 --> 01:54:51,093
Come out, Father.
Your daughter-in-law brought you water.
1127
01:55:01,979 --> 01:55:03,272
Father,
1128
01:55:05,357 --> 01:55:06,984
drink this water.
1129
01:55:13,115 --> 01:55:16,327
Forgive your heartless wife.
1130
01:55:19,371 --> 01:55:21,165
I came before you, my husband,
1131
01:55:22,666 --> 01:55:28,088
now that I turned 60 and
streaked with gray hair.
1132
01:55:32,509 --> 01:55:38,557
Father, I am to blame for your death.
1133
01:55:47,191 --> 01:55:49,526
If I wasn't born,
1134
01:55:53,489 --> 01:55:57,952
it all wouldn't have happened.
1135
01:56:03,540 --> 01:56:05,709
Look at the commanding stature
of your son.
1136
01:56:10,381 --> 01:56:12,216
Please stretch your legs
1137
01:56:15,052 --> 01:56:16,762
and rest in peace.
1138
01:56:22,476 --> 01:56:25,020
Bow.
1139
01:56:31,735 --> 01:56:34,029
Rise.
1140
01:56:36,573 --> 01:56:38,659
Bow.
1141
01:56:40,411 --> 01:56:42,538
Rise.
1142
01:56:44,373 --> 01:56:46,417
Bow.
1143
01:56:48,085 --> 01:56:50,379
Rise.
1144
01:56:52,089 --> 01:56:54,091
Bow.
1145
01:56:56,051 --> 01:56:57,803
Rise.
1146
01:57:00,264 --> 01:57:03,726
I wish to share with you
this joy of celebrating
1147
01:57:05,019 --> 01:57:07,563
the 60th birthday of
my mother and late father.
1148
01:57:20,701 --> 01:57:24,288
I witnessed so many
horrible events as a child,
1149
01:57:25,122 --> 01:57:29,209
I never had the chance
to make my mother laugh.
1150
01:57:31,211 --> 01:57:36,467
So, today, I will make up for it all.
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