WEBVTT 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:01.340 (This program is a work of imagination...) 00:00:01.340 --> 00:00:02.340 (based on historical figures.) 00:00:02.340 --> 00:00:03.440 (It may include fictitious details and psychological descriptions.) 00:00:06.180 --> 00:00:08.540 (1785: King Jeongjo 10) 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:46.380 My son. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:49.750 Your father is here. 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:52.650 Open your eyes. 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:56.120 Will you? 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:58.190 I used different medicine continuously. 00:00:58.190 --> 00:01:00.030 But it has no effect. 00:01:00.890 --> 00:01:03.230 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 00:01:16.940 --> 00:01:18.280 My son. 00:01:46.350 --> 00:01:49.570 Court Lady Kwon. Please ask His Majesty... 00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:51.910 if I can meet... 00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:54.610 the Crown Prince even for a second. 00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:57.020 I am sorry, Your Highness. 00:01:57.430 --> 00:02:00.820 The Crown Prince is suffering from measles. 00:02:01.330 --> 00:02:05.020 You have never suffered measles before. 00:02:05.020 --> 00:02:06.060 But... 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.960 You are pregnant. 00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:13.330 Please think of the noble birth in you first. 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:15.000 Your Highness. 00:02:15.210 --> 00:02:17.800 Please return to your palace. 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.370 My lady. Please inform me... 00:02:22.370 --> 00:02:23.880 if the Crown Prince gets any better. 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:26.440 - I promise. - Yes. 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:31.720 Your Highness. 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:18.830 Soon. 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:23.470 My Soon. 00:04:14.450 --> 00:04:15.660 (Final Episode) 00:04:15.660 --> 00:04:16.890 My lady. We will help her. 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:27.730 Your Highness. We have prepared the ritual. 00:04:28.200 --> 00:04:30.670 You should pray for the Crown Prince. 00:04:32.110 --> 00:04:34.970 We went to Mount Inwang in the morning to get water. 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:37.110 It will be effective. 00:04:51.320 --> 00:04:54.760 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:03.470 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:05:08.870 --> 00:05:12.240 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:16.550 I hear something strange. 00:05:18.090 --> 00:05:20.430 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:05:20.430 --> 00:05:21.720 I must be hearing things. 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:30.700 - The Crown Prince has passed away. - Am I? 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:33.630 I must be. 00:05:36.110 --> 00:05:39.440 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:05:39.440 --> 00:05:41.720 (A word to announce royal family's death) 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:45.310 The Crown Prince has passed away. 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:11.140 - Your Highness! - Your Highness! 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:12.800 Your Highness. 00:06:13.780 --> 00:06:14.910 Your Highness. 00:06:22.810 --> 00:06:23.980 Your Highness. 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:02.590 As a father, 00:07:04.430 --> 00:07:06.160 my son died first. 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.730 No word can describe my sorrow, 00:07:14.910 --> 00:07:18.740 but the Crown Prince is not my only child. 00:07:20.850 --> 00:07:23.680 All people in Joseon are my children. 00:07:26.880 --> 00:07:28.350 Over 100 children died... 00:07:29.290 --> 00:07:32.120 of plague in the capital city alone. 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:35.050 I am ordering you... 00:07:36.690 --> 00:07:39.320 not to waste your time in sorrow. 00:07:40.130 --> 00:07:45.030 Find a way to save more people. 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.030 - Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty. 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.080 Have some congee at least. 00:08:05.750 --> 00:08:07.320 Forgive me. 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.920 You need to eat to recover. 00:08:12.170 --> 00:08:13.660 Forgive me. 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:20.730 - Your Majesty. - Your Majesty. 00:08:24.300 --> 00:08:26.670 When will you stop being in sorrow? 00:08:29.210 --> 00:08:30.710 You even stopped eating! 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:33.750 I said how long will you be in sorrow? 00:08:35.760 --> 00:08:38.850 - Please forgive me. - Are you trying to kill yourself? 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.420 Your Majesty. You must not be mad at her. She is pregnant. 00:08:43.590 --> 00:08:45.090 Please leave, Mother. 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.290 You too, Court Lady Seo. 00:09:12.350 --> 00:09:14.350 You are not the only one who lost your child. 00:09:16.530 --> 00:09:19.460 Over 100 children died in the capital city alone. 00:09:20.300 --> 00:09:24.730 We could not even count how many died in the whole country. 00:09:25.370 --> 00:09:27.370 I am aware of that. 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:29.430 How could you behave like this if you are aware of that? 00:09:32.150 --> 00:09:35.710 Everything you wear, eat, and stay. 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:39.180 It all comes from the tax they pay. 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:43.080 We live on their blood and sweat. 00:09:44.630 --> 00:09:48.150 I understand what you mean. 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.420 You are the Crown Prince's mother... 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.490 and a pregnant senior first rank consort. 00:09:55.270 --> 00:09:56.500 No matter how sad you are, 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:58.560 you must look firm in front of the people. 00:10:00.170 --> 00:10:03.430 That is your duty to fulfill. 00:10:15.020 --> 00:10:16.310 I... 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:20.350 never wanted it. 00:10:22.300 --> 00:10:24.320 I have never wanted... 00:10:25.300 --> 00:10:27.160 to become a senior first rank Royal Consort. 00:10:28.140 --> 00:10:30.530 Do I have to endure everything... 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:34.000 just because I got something I have never wanted? 00:10:35.570 --> 00:10:37.940 My own child I gave birth to died. 00:10:38.880 --> 00:10:41.640 And I cannot even grieve as I want? 00:10:44.810 --> 00:10:46.110 The Crown Prince... 00:10:48.850 --> 00:10:50.520 is not our only child. 00:10:53.130 --> 00:10:55.450 We still have a child. 00:10:58.630 --> 00:11:00.020 The baby in your belly... 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.930 is solely relying on you. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.600 Even I, their biological father, cannot take care of them. 00:11:07.970 --> 00:11:10.230 You are the only one they have. 00:11:13.510 --> 00:11:14.670 I could not protect... 00:11:16.710 --> 00:11:19.210 the young Crown Prince. 00:11:22.520 --> 00:11:24.680 You can resent me as much as you want. 00:11:26.550 --> 00:11:28.090 But please carry out your responsibility... 00:11:31.170 --> 00:11:33.060 as a mother. 00:12:07.900 --> 00:12:09.330 Give me some privacy for a moment. 00:12:39.590 --> 00:12:40.860 There you go. 00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:43.560 You are sleeping well. 00:12:48.540 --> 00:12:51.840 We really became a family. 00:12:57.310 --> 00:12:58.910 No matter what happens, 00:13:00.210 --> 00:13:02.950 I will protect you and my first born son. 00:13:04.290 --> 00:13:06.680 I promise you as a king. You can trust me. 00:13:08.130 --> 00:13:09.450 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:13:16.190 --> 00:13:18.730 I think he looks a lot like you. 00:13:19.040 --> 00:13:22.730 I am glad he takes after you. 00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:19.420 I am glad your appetite is back. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:23.660 I should take care of the baby in my belly. 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:26.830 I am the only one it has. 00:14:35.650 --> 00:14:38.540 Has Young Hee returned from her family's house? 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.180 No. 00:14:42.760 --> 00:14:43.980 Bok Yeon as well? 00:14:45.050 --> 00:14:46.220 Yes. 00:14:47.760 --> 00:14:50.320 Kyung Hee is busy at the Sewing Department. 00:14:53.130 --> 00:14:54.260 It is strange. 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.630 It feels like... 00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:06.100 Court Lady Seo. 00:15:06.780 --> 00:15:08.020 Yes, Your Highness. 00:15:08.020 --> 00:15:10.070 Are you hiding something from me? 00:15:12.390 --> 00:15:13.910 I am asking you. 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:18.450 I am sorry. I do not know anything. 00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:21.450 It must be the King's order. 00:15:25.770 --> 00:15:28.190 Call my friends right now. 00:15:28.770 --> 00:15:30.800 - Your Highness. - I said now. 00:15:34.280 --> 00:15:36.000 Is everything okay? 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.940 Yes, Your Highness. 00:15:46.790 --> 00:15:50.050 Everything is fine. 00:15:50.930 --> 00:15:52.080 How about Young Hee? 00:15:54.030 --> 00:15:55.550 Where is she? 00:15:57.130 --> 00:15:59.220 Did something happen? 00:16:03.370 --> 00:16:04.700 You... 00:16:08.570 --> 00:16:11.840 What are you doing? Stop crying. 00:16:13.550 --> 00:16:14.940 I am sorry, Kyung Hee. 00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:18.780 But Her Highness should know. 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.510 About what? 00:16:24.030 --> 00:16:25.180 Your Highness. 00:16:26.390 --> 00:16:27.620 Young Hee... 00:16:28.450 --> 00:16:30.250 will die soon. 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.590 What? 00:16:39.330 --> 00:16:40.430 She... 00:16:41.780 --> 00:16:43.300 had a miscarriage. 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.240 She was secretly pregnant. 00:16:49.150 --> 00:16:51.280 The inspector court lady found out about it. 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.180 And she is in prison now. 00:16:58.750 --> 00:17:01.490 The king ordered us to keep it from you... 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:05.190 as he did not want you to get surprised while pregnant. 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.960 Let us go to the prison... 00:17:09.340 --> 00:17:10.690 she is in. 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:13.200 - Your Highness. - You cannot. 00:17:13.570 --> 00:17:15.000 You are pregnant. 00:17:16.110 --> 00:17:19.370 It is my fault. I should have not told you. 00:17:20.710 --> 00:17:22.470 If you are not going, 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:25.680 I will go by myself. 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.690 Move aside. 00:17:35.790 --> 00:17:38.090 - Your Highness. - Move over. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.160 - But... - Who do you think I am? 00:17:41.490 --> 00:17:43.760 This is an order of senior first rank Royal Noble Consort. 00:17:44.030 --> 00:17:46.130 I am a mother of the Crown Prince. 00:17:46.610 --> 00:17:49.530 Are you looking down on me because he passed away? 00:17:50.310 --> 00:17:52.340 Please do not say that. 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:54.580 That is not true. 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:56.240 If not, move aside. 00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:01.250 Then... 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.420 only you can go before anyone knows. 00:18:05.520 --> 00:18:08.290 You should come out as soon as possible. 00:18:08.450 --> 00:18:10.120 Thank you, Court Lady Kwon. 00:18:10.990 --> 00:18:13.420 I will never forget what you did for me. 00:18:42.950 --> 00:18:46.160 - Your Highness. - Young Hee. 00:18:48.430 --> 00:18:51.000 You cannot come to a place like this while pregnant. 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.600 Hurry up and go back. 00:18:56.470 --> 00:18:57.640 I am sorry. 00:18:59.770 --> 00:19:01.170 I am sorry, Young Hee. 00:19:02.210 --> 00:19:04.510 What are you sorry about? 00:19:05.150 --> 00:19:08.580 I only thought about me. 00:19:09.560 --> 00:19:11.820 Caring about my child and myself only, 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:14.120 I forgot about you. 00:19:16.290 --> 00:19:17.490 I am sorry. 00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:24.500 I am sorry. 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.670 Who made you like this? 00:19:31.650 --> 00:19:32.940 Who on earth is it? 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.110 Your Highness. 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:38.680 I am not a young maid who knows nothing. 00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:41.310 No one forced me. 00:19:41.590 --> 00:19:44.010 Everything was my choice. 00:19:44.010 --> 00:19:45.180 Why? 00:19:46.060 --> 00:19:49.820 Because I wanted to become a woman of the one I love. 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.120 Even though you knew you would end up like this? 00:19:54.490 --> 00:19:56.690 I am sorry to you. 00:19:57.230 --> 00:19:58.860 I am sorry to Kyung Hee... 00:19:59.430 --> 00:20:01.530 and Bok Yeon as well. 00:20:03.770 --> 00:20:07.870 But even though I knew I would make everyone sad, 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:11.580 I just wanted to live as I wanted. 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:16.010 I experienced happiness that I could not dare... 00:20:16.010 --> 00:20:17.850 to dream of as a court lady. 00:20:19.630 --> 00:20:21.790 Even if the price is death, 00:20:23.290 --> 00:20:24.720 I do not mind. 00:20:26.330 --> 00:20:27.730 Young Hee. No. 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:30.760 I can not lose you like this. 00:20:32.030 --> 00:20:33.160 No. 00:20:34.530 --> 00:20:36.000 No way. 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.270 Please leave. 00:20:41.210 --> 00:20:43.010 Leave, Duk Im. 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:45.040 - Your Highness! - Your Highness! 00:21:46.610 --> 00:21:49.040 - Your Highness. - Your Highness. 00:21:49.850 --> 00:21:50.970 Your Highness. 00:22:03.290 --> 00:22:04.520 You are awake. 00:22:05.830 --> 00:22:07.990 - How is my baby? - The baby is fine. 00:22:09.170 --> 00:22:11.800 The doctor said the baby would be fine if you rest well. 00:22:25.210 --> 00:22:26.840 Did you try to hide... 00:22:28.210 --> 00:22:30.150 my friend's death from me? 00:22:32.750 --> 00:22:35.450 You can not hide it forever. 00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.650 Well... 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.820 I thought that was for the best. 00:22:43.260 --> 00:22:45.760 As I know how much you care... 00:22:48.470 --> 00:22:49.970 about your friends. 00:22:56.850 --> 00:22:58.140 Your friend... 00:23:00.040 --> 00:23:02.820 had an affair and even had a miscarriage. 00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:04.930 (To have an affair.) 00:23:04.930 --> 00:23:07.350 All the people of the palace know. 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.820 In a country, 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:13.020 there are laws to follow. 00:23:13.690 --> 00:23:14.930 Laws should... 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:18.600 apply equally to everyone. 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:25.140 Even though she is your friend... 00:23:26.110 --> 00:23:27.600 I can not make an exception. 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.910 That is... 00:23:31.850 --> 00:23:33.740 one of the King's jobs. 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.380 I know. 00:23:38.090 --> 00:23:41.080 You will not make any exceptions. 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:45.060 So I never asked to spare her life. 00:23:45.830 --> 00:23:47.520 I did not beg you either. 00:23:49.690 --> 00:23:51.460 I just want... 00:23:59.410 --> 00:24:01.040 to be alone. 00:24:31.470 --> 00:24:32.600 Young Hee. 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.640 Young Hee. 00:24:41.950 --> 00:24:43.080 Young Hee. 00:24:48.630 --> 00:24:49.750 Young Hee. 00:25:34.070 --> 00:25:37.430 Will Young Hee blame me in the afterlife? 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:41.040 She is not that kind of person. 00:25:42.350 --> 00:25:44.740 You know that. 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.080 Your Highness. 00:25:49.750 --> 00:25:51.250 Young Hee actually... 00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:55.920 might be alive somewhere. 00:25:58.930 --> 00:26:00.090 You know... 00:26:00.870 --> 00:26:02.730 there is a novel... 00:26:04.030 --> 00:26:07.360 about a lady who took a pill and pretended to be dead. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:13.300 Then she came back alive and ran away with her lover. 00:26:16.210 --> 00:26:18.810 It is a story that you told me a long time ago. 00:26:19.650 --> 00:26:20.980 Do you remember? 00:26:25.750 --> 00:26:27.520 I know it is nonsense. 00:26:29.130 --> 00:26:30.390 But... 00:26:33.290 --> 00:26:34.790 Bok Yeon is right. 00:26:38.530 --> 00:26:41.600 Young Hee will be waiting for us somewhere. 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.370 What do you mean? 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:46.270 We all promised when we were young. 00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:51.540 Later, when we become grandmothers and be released from the palace, 00:26:53.150 --> 00:26:55.410 we will build a house near a book store. 00:26:57.560 --> 00:27:00.150 We promised to grill roasted chestnuts all night... 00:27:00.430 --> 00:27:02.190 and read a lot of novels. 00:27:04.830 --> 00:27:09.330 Young Hee is waiting for us at that house. 00:27:11.870 --> 00:27:13.900 Then we can meet her again. 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.670 Of course. 00:27:19.150 --> 00:27:21.040 Young Hee had a lover. 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:25.340 What if she wants to live with him... 00:27:26.510 --> 00:27:28.380 instead of us? 00:27:29.250 --> 00:27:30.550 There is no betrayal. 00:27:30.780 --> 00:27:33.050 If I need to drag her by her hair, I will. 00:27:39.370 --> 00:27:41.360 Young Hee has gone first... 00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:44.660 and now it is three of us. 00:27:50.810 --> 00:27:54.370 No more cutting lines now. 00:27:58.350 --> 00:28:00.280 No one can leave first. 00:28:03.250 --> 00:28:05.620 What happens if you break the promise? 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:09.590 I do not know, but that is not allowed. 00:28:10.430 --> 00:28:11.990 Never. 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:42.020 You are... 00:28:43.130 --> 00:28:44.790 having check-ups every day, right? 00:28:46.070 --> 00:28:47.220 Yes. 00:28:48.690 --> 00:28:49.930 Are you... 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.630 taking your medicine well? 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.170 Yes. 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:57.770 I am fine. 00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.570 That is why I am here to say hello. 00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:05.680 Your Majesty. 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.580 I was wrong. 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:12.120 For what? 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:15.590 I am not the only one who lost our child. 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.290 Actually, 00:29:19.290 --> 00:29:23.130 I knew you were heartbroken too. 00:29:24.570 --> 00:29:27.700 I knew very well than others. 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:31.370 Nevertheless, I was mean to you. 00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:36.440 I thought you would be fine since you are the King. 00:29:45.250 --> 00:29:46.580 You must have been heartbroken... 00:29:47.590 --> 00:29:49.350 even though you are the King. 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:58.260 It must have been tougher because you are the King. 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.600 I am... 00:30:08.710 --> 00:30:09.940 fine. 00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:13.240 I can endure. 00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:17.650 And I must endure it. 00:30:23.250 --> 00:30:25.490 Are you truly all right? 00:30:27.020 --> 00:30:29.160 The moment you lost the young Crown Prince, 00:30:31.190 --> 00:30:33.900 you even lost your closest friend. 00:30:35.730 --> 00:30:37.800 Do you not resent me? 00:30:39.850 --> 00:30:42.610 I had the power to save her... 00:30:44.770 --> 00:30:46.340 but chose not to. 00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:52.150 Do you not resent me for that? 00:30:55.290 --> 00:30:56.520 I knew... 00:30:57.690 --> 00:31:01.490 Your Majesty was that kind of person from the start. 00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.930 I knew you had no choice... 00:31:06.070 --> 00:31:07.830 but to be like that. 00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:13.300 Your Majesty. 00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:18.140 The flowers will bloom again once spring comes, will they not? 00:31:20.390 --> 00:31:23.150 Do you mean the flower tree at the detached house? 00:31:27.950 --> 00:31:30.620 - That tree... - It will bloom again. 00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:32.290 It will one day. 00:31:34.290 --> 00:31:35.490 I am sure of it. 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:42.000 And when that time comes, everything will be fine again. 00:31:43.530 --> 00:31:46.770 I want to watch those flowers with you, Your Majesty. 00:31:48.210 --> 00:31:51.240 Just like when you were still a Crown Prince, 00:31:52.150 --> 00:31:54.340 and I was a court lady. 00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.520 Just like... 00:31:59.520 --> 00:32:01.220 that summer day... 00:32:02.250 --> 00:32:03.990 when everything was fine. 00:32:27.850 --> 00:32:29.180 Your Majesty. 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:35.890 I heard you spent the three nights at the free clinic. 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:38.790 I had a lot to check in person. 00:32:38.790 --> 00:32:42.560 But you caught an eye infection, and that worries me. 00:32:43.570 --> 00:32:47.760 The well-being of Your Majesty is also this country's well-being. 00:32:48.110 --> 00:32:50.370 Please do not forget that. 00:32:51.410 --> 00:32:53.040 I will keep that in mind. 00:33:03.950 --> 00:33:05.720 I am here with news, Your Majesty. 00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:09.850 Kim Gui Joo who was exiled to Naju... 00:33:10.430 --> 00:33:12.860 has passed away. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.060 Does the Queen Dowager know? 00:33:20.070 --> 00:33:23.180 The report from the Jeolla Province governor just arrived, 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.230 (Janggye: A provincial governor's report to the king) 00:33:24.230 --> 00:33:26.340 so she does not. 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:29.270 I will tell her myself. 00:33:48.430 --> 00:33:49.630 Your Majesty. 00:33:49.790 --> 00:33:52.160 - Your Majesty! - Your Majesty! 00:33:56.770 --> 00:33:59.670 Your Highness, Lady Hyegyeong is here. 00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:09.810 Your Highness, I have heard of the news. 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.580 I cannot imagine the pain. 00:34:12.930 --> 00:34:14.150 And His Majesty? 00:34:15.230 --> 00:34:18.500 His Majesty's eye infection got worse, 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:20.770 so a doctor is currently examining him. 00:34:20.770 --> 00:34:22.960 Then you should have gone to him... 00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:25.060 and not to me. 00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:33.770 Is there anything I can do for you? 00:34:35.250 --> 00:34:37.570 What can you possibly do? 00:34:38.520 --> 00:34:40.240 Not even I, his younger sister, 00:34:41.040 --> 00:34:44.210 can not do anything for my brother. 00:34:48.930 --> 00:34:50.590 My brother died, 00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:54.190 but I can not change into mourning clothes. 00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:58.230 Nor can I go to his funeral. 00:35:00.210 --> 00:35:02.170 Stuck in this unpleasant palace, 00:35:03.310 --> 00:35:04.800 I am unable... 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.710 to step a single foot outside. 00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:13.710 Who confined us here? 00:35:15.890 --> 00:35:18.620 Surrounded by nine fences... 00:35:20.250 --> 00:35:23.420 Who is keeping us from stepping a foot outside? 00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.790 The palace... 00:35:33.770 --> 00:35:35.530 is such a dazzling... 00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:41.070 prison. 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.800 When did you get here? 00:36:20.040 --> 00:36:21.880 I came not too long ago. 00:36:23.210 --> 00:36:25.660 I am glad it is not a serious illness. 00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.820 Yes. 00:36:28.520 --> 00:36:30.720 It is a simple cold, 00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:32.690 so do not worry. 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.790 Please get some more sleep. 00:36:37.730 --> 00:36:39.400 Are you leaving already? 00:36:40.330 --> 00:36:41.660 You should rest. 00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:44.330 Stay with me a little longer. 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:57.650 Never mind. You are carrying a child, 00:36:58.390 --> 00:37:00.820 so even a simple cold might be very dangerous. 00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.790 Hurry up and leave. 00:37:04.830 --> 00:37:06.860 I will stay a little bit longer. 00:37:08.230 --> 00:37:10.730 You leave when I tell you to stay... 00:37:12.040 --> 00:37:14.230 and stay when I tell you to leave. 00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:17.570 I must have been a mischief-maker in my past life. 00:37:19.850 --> 00:37:21.140 It suits you perfectly. 00:37:22.850 --> 00:37:25.880 I will leave once you fall asleep. 00:37:27.390 --> 00:37:29.210 You will? 00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:34.180 Then... 00:37:43.270 --> 00:37:44.830 Read this to me... 00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:47.230 until I fall asleep. 00:37:48.810 --> 00:37:50.870 I want to hear you read. 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:59.210 ("Classic of Poetry") 00:38:15.290 --> 00:38:17.230 "The north wind blows cold," 00:38:18.040 --> 00:38:20.530 "and the snow falls heavily." 00:38:21.910 --> 00:38:25.400 "Together with my dear beloved," 00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:29.940 "we shall leave while holding hands." 00:38:31.810 --> 00:38:34.340 "Why are you hesitating?" 00:38:35.290 --> 00:38:37.980 "We are already pressing on time." 00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:41.980 "The north wind blows violently," 00:38:42.330 --> 00:38:45.320 "and the rain and snow fall furiously." 00:38:46.390 --> 00:38:50.160 "Together with my dear beloved," 00:38:51.370 --> 00:38:54.760 "we shall return while holding hands." 00:38:55.310 --> 00:38:57.970 "It is still a fox even if not red," 00:38:58.580 --> 00:39:02.000 "and a crow even if not black." 00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:04.770 "Together..." 00:39:05.910 --> 00:39:08.380 "with my dear beloved," 00:39:09.390 --> 00:39:11.010 "we shall get on the carriage..." 00:39:12.350 --> 00:39:13.920 "while holding hands." 00:39:23.330 --> 00:39:25.030 The people we hold dear... 00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:30.730 keep leaving us. 00:39:36.370 --> 00:39:39.680 But we have each other, so we can get through it. 00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.180 Right? 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:00.160 How hot. 00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:03.630 You are, not me. 00:40:05.370 --> 00:40:07.670 Since when did you have a fever? 00:40:09.810 --> 00:40:11.670 Since when... 00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:16.410 I am okay, Your Majesty. 00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:21.080 You are a strong man. 00:40:22.330 --> 00:40:23.520 So... 00:40:24.790 --> 00:40:26.560 you will be okay. 00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:34.900 Duk Im. 00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.700 Duk Im. 00:40:37.330 --> 00:40:38.700 Call the doctor. 00:40:39.870 --> 00:40:40.970 Duk Im. 00:40:42.040 --> 00:40:43.370 Where is the doctor? 00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:46.310 Duk Im. 00:40:47.210 --> 00:40:48.740 Yes. 00:40:49.290 --> 00:40:50.380 My goodness. 00:40:52.730 --> 00:40:53.850 Yes. 00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:57.250 - Make sure to put everything. - Court Lady Seo! 00:40:59.930 --> 00:41:02.330 Is it true Consort Sung has fainted? 00:41:02.690 --> 00:41:04.330 Yes, sir. 00:41:05.390 --> 00:41:06.960 Her due date is near. 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:10.170 But she is ill? That is bad. 00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:15.440 Do not be worried, Court Lady Seo. 00:41:15.750 --> 00:41:18.140 I am sure she will recover. 00:41:18.710 --> 00:41:21.010 Yes, she must. 00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:23.350 I will do it. 00:41:40.910 --> 00:41:42.770 Go away. 00:41:43.410 --> 00:41:44.570 My gosh. 00:42:13.570 --> 00:42:14.770 Court Lady Seo. 00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:16.770 Hello. 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:19.080 Is His Majesty inside? 00:42:19.550 --> 00:42:20.680 Yes. 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:24.510 He is waiting for Consort Sung to wake up. 00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:32.290 Actually, Chief State Councilor sent me. 00:42:32.670 --> 00:42:34.490 Events that cannot be delayed anymore have occurred. 00:42:34.670 --> 00:42:36.630 He said I must bring him. 00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:38.830 However, if... 00:42:39.470 --> 00:42:41.800 anything happens to Consort Sung... 00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:43.230 My apologies, Court Lady Seo. 00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:46.740 We are public servants paid by the nation. 00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:50.170 We must fulfill our duty as public servants. 00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:52.640 Please inform His Majesty. 00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.580 Yes. 00:43:04.550 --> 00:43:06.290 I will head to the Royal Office. 00:43:06.630 --> 00:43:07.790 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:43:09.070 --> 00:43:10.760 When Consort Sung wakes up, 00:43:11.530 --> 00:43:12.860 inform me immediately. 00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:15.100 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:40.860 Your Highness. You are finally awake. 00:43:42.970 --> 00:43:45.600 You were unconscious for three days. 00:43:46.030 --> 00:43:47.130 Please wait here. 00:43:47.130 --> 00:43:49.430 I will tell the doctor to bring medicine. 00:43:55.650 --> 00:43:56.770 My lady. 00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:01.340 Your Highness. 00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.480 You should not call me that. 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.520 I just wanted to. 00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:14.220 I wanted to call you like the old days. 00:44:19.210 --> 00:44:23.430 You have a strong heart, my lady. 00:44:24.670 --> 00:44:26.070 I have always... 00:44:27.210 --> 00:44:29.040 liked that about you. 00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:31.070 Your Highness. 00:44:32.610 --> 00:44:34.780 My mother... 00:44:35.590 --> 00:44:37.510 was kind and sweet, 00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:40.380 but she had a weak heart. 00:44:41.490 --> 00:44:45.920 It would have been nice if she was strong like you. 00:44:48.130 --> 00:44:49.390 So... 00:44:50.670 --> 00:44:53.030 you will be okay. 00:44:54.010 --> 00:44:56.630 Your Highness. Please wait. 00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:59.550 I will go bring His Majesty. 00:44:59.550 --> 00:45:00.670 No. 00:45:01.710 --> 00:45:03.210 Not His Majesty. 00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:06.540 Please call Kyung Hee and Bok Yeon. 00:45:07.190 --> 00:45:09.980 - But... - Please call my friends. 00:45:10.550 --> 00:45:11.710 Please. 00:46:04.530 --> 00:46:05.840 You are awake. 00:46:07.550 --> 00:46:08.740 Court Lady Seo. 00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:13.140 I ordered you to bring Kyung Hee and Bok Yeon. 00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:16.510 Please forgive me, Your Highness. However... 00:46:16.510 --> 00:46:18.610 Hurry up and bring them. 00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:22.180 There is not much time left. Hurry up. 00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:23.890 Yes, Your Highness. 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:28.860 I must see them... 00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:32.190 before I go. 00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:34.930 Did you... 00:46:36.970 --> 00:46:38.870 Did you not miss me? 00:46:41.170 --> 00:46:44.810 You will be okay, Your Majesty. 00:46:46.610 --> 00:46:49.480 You have a lot to protect. 00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:53.920 The things you have to protect... 00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:56.720 will protect you instead. 00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:03.460 But I am all my friends have. 00:47:06.510 --> 00:47:10.270 I feel bad to leave them behind. 00:47:10.570 --> 00:47:12.470 Do not do this. 00:47:14.110 --> 00:47:15.700 I am sorry. 00:47:18.470 --> 00:47:19.580 If... 00:47:21.090 --> 00:47:22.850 you were still a court lady... 00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:27.650 If I did not force you to be my concubine, 00:47:31.190 --> 00:47:33.320 this would not have happened. 00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:37.460 Your Majesty. 00:47:42.610 --> 00:47:45.170 Did you really cherish me? 00:47:46.050 --> 00:47:47.140 Yes. 00:47:49.010 --> 00:47:50.110 Yes. 00:47:52.610 --> 00:47:53.910 Then... 00:47:56.090 --> 00:48:00.120 if you see me in the next life, 00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:03.190 please just pass by... 00:48:05.300 --> 00:48:07.960 as if you do not know me. 00:48:11.990 --> 00:48:14.600 I do not blame you. 00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:18.670 I do not hate you. 00:48:20.650 --> 00:48:22.200 I just want to... 00:48:23.970 --> 00:48:25.610 live the way I want... 00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:28.680 in my next life. 00:48:34.780 --> 00:48:36.450 Have you... 00:48:42.220 --> 00:48:43.460 ever loved me... 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.030 even a little? 00:48:50.110 --> 00:48:52.230 Have you ever had... 00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:57.670 any feelings for me? 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:02.850 Do you still not see it? 00:49:05.550 --> 00:49:07.720 If I did not like you, 00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:11.020 I would have done anything... 00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:14.060 to run away. 00:49:17.530 --> 00:49:19.630 I decided to stay with you... 00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:22.230 in the end. 00:49:24.380 --> 00:49:26.400 It was my choice. 00:49:29.050 --> 00:49:30.570 Do you not see that? 00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:15.450 Duk Im. 00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:22.520 Duk Im. 00:50:31.710 --> 00:50:32.870 Duk Im. 00:50:35.670 --> 00:50:36.910 Duk Im. 00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.940 Duk Im. 00:50:43.150 --> 00:50:44.910 Open your eyes. 00:50:47.220 --> 00:50:48.380 Duk Im. 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:53.860 I did wrong. 00:50:55.690 --> 00:50:58.190 I did wrong, Duk Im. 00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:02.630 Please. 00:51:05.070 --> 00:51:06.940 Please do not go. 00:51:10.110 --> 00:51:12.140 Do not leave me. 00:51:18.110 --> 00:51:19.280 Duk Im. 00:51:30.130 --> 00:51:31.790 Consort Sung passed? 00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:35.400 Yes, Your Highness. 00:51:37.010 --> 00:51:38.130 I see. 00:52:19.740 --> 00:52:21.910 (Tale of Kwak and Jang) 00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:05.520 Court Lady Seo. 00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:14.460 I heard you went to the selection place to recruit royal concubines. 00:53:15.630 --> 00:53:16.770 Yes. 00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:19.900 I am sorry about what happened to Consort Sung. 00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:23.970 But His Majesty must have not had any other choice... 00:53:24.340 --> 00:53:26.510 as the King. 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:28.780 I know. 00:53:31.760 --> 00:53:34.550 Did the selection end without a problem? 00:53:35.690 --> 00:53:41.120 His Majesty cherished Consort Sung very much. 00:53:41.530 --> 00:53:46.160 The only person he chose of his own will... 00:53:47.130 --> 00:53:49.000 was her. 00:53:49.970 --> 00:53:52.670 Yes, she was. 00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:54.770 What is funny... 00:53:55.740 --> 00:53:58.810 is that the world found out about it. 00:54:00.510 --> 00:54:01.810 About the person... 00:54:02.590 --> 00:54:05.180 His Majesty loved the most. 00:54:13.530 --> 00:54:17.030 Everyone looked like Consort Sung... 00:54:17.670 --> 00:54:20.460 in a way. 00:54:22.070 --> 00:54:26.540 One of them had her intelligent eyes. 00:54:27.170 --> 00:54:31.270 One of them had her bright smile. 00:54:31.970 --> 00:54:36.110 Or her humble personality. 00:54:36.690 --> 00:54:38.380 Everyone had something... 00:54:39.050 --> 00:54:41.920 that resembles what the deceased had. 00:54:42.190 --> 00:54:43.320 So, 00:54:44.050 --> 00:54:47.920 did His Majesty choose one of them? 00:54:48.470 --> 00:54:50.930 Someone who resembles Consort Sung the most? 00:54:51.030 --> 00:54:52.230 No. 00:54:55.110 --> 00:55:00.670 I have never seen him so angry. 00:55:40.090 --> 00:55:46.110 In the end, we had to start over the selection process. 00:55:46.820 --> 00:55:47.980 Finally, 00:55:48.780 --> 00:55:52.520 a new royal concubine was selected. 00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:57.330 Consort Su, the new Royal Consort, 00:55:57.360 --> 00:56:01.860 is nothing like Consort Sung. 00:56:03.030 --> 00:56:04.200 For some reason, 00:56:05.570 --> 00:56:07.000 I... 00:56:12.010 --> 00:56:14.210 was glad. 00:56:19.590 --> 00:56:21.250 Are you okay? 00:56:23.260 --> 00:56:25.250 Is there anything I can do for you? 00:56:25.300 --> 00:56:26.660 Just tell me. 00:56:31.400 --> 00:56:33.300 - Master Kang. - Yes. 00:56:33.670 --> 00:56:36.830 Please protect His Majesty. 00:56:42.470 --> 00:56:45.540 So that he does not feel too sad... 00:56:47.490 --> 00:56:49.240 in loneliness. 00:56:53.380 --> 00:56:54.650 Please... 00:56:56.050 --> 00:56:58.150 protect him. 00:57:01.190 --> 00:57:04.390 Yes, I will do so. 00:57:16.170 --> 00:57:19.570 Oh, my. 00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:47.500 Your Majesty, Consort Su prepared the food herself. 00:57:48.570 --> 00:57:51.570 You should taste a little at least. 00:58:14.170 --> 00:58:15.300 Your Majesty. 00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:24.010 I tried my best to make it pretty. 00:58:24.320 --> 00:58:26.070 Please give it a taste. 00:58:27.050 --> 00:58:30.110 All right. 00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:31.410 Let me see. 00:58:39.050 --> 00:58:42.490 Food is more about taste than appearance. 00:59:20.010 --> 00:59:23.270 Food is more about devotion than taste. 00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:30.270 If you do not know how to cook, 00:59:31.170 --> 00:59:34.640 you could ask the court ladies of Royal Kitchen to cook. 00:59:35.340 --> 00:59:37.550 Today is your birthday. 00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:40.980 I wanted to cook for you. 00:59:42.690 --> 00:59:43.890 Oh, my. 00:59:45.090 --> 00:59:48.320 Is it bad? 00:59:49.590 --> 00:59:51.490 Do not force yourself to eat. 00:59:51.490 --> 00:59:52.890 No. 00:59:54.800 --> 00:59:55.930 I mean... 00:59:56.800 --> 00:59:58.330 even though it looks bad, 01:00:01.470 --> 01:00:03.370 it tastes quite good. 01:00:05.220 --> 01:00:06.510 I will finish it. 01:00:11.190 --> 01:00:13.180 It is my first time to see a dumpling soup like this. 01:00:18.760 --> 01:00:19.890 This is really... 01:00:22.130 --> 01:00:23.390 weird looking. 01:00:40.610 --> 01:00:41.710 Okay. 01:00:45.090 --> 01:00:47.780 I am glad I prepared enough food. 01:00:49.590 --> 01:00:51.290 Have one more bowl. 01:01:00.130 --> 01:01:02.930 You said it is delicious. 01:01:19.960 --> 01:01:24.020 How shall I eat this? 01:01:25.360 --> 01:01:27.460 Put the whole thing in your mouth. 01:01:27.530 --> 01:01:29.590 Oh, my. 01:01:30.300 --> 01:01:32.590 Would you like to try first? 01:01:32.900 --> 01:01:34.110 No. 01:01:34.110 --> 01:01:36.340 I am full just watching you eat. 01:01:36.340 --> 01:01:37.500 No. 01:01:37.740 --> 01:01:40.670 You made this with your heart. 01:01:40.670 --> 01:01:42.070 I can not be the only one eating. 01:01:42.070 --> 01:01:44.170 - How could I? - Open your mouth. 01:01:44.470 --> 01:01:46.070 - No. - Open your mouth. 01:01:52.460 --> 01:01:53.550 Yes. 01:01:56.320 --> 01:01:58.820 Good. You eat well. 01:01:59.300 --> 01:02:01.320 How is your own food? 01:02:01.530 --> 01:02:02.790 It is delicious, right? 01:02:03.190 --> 01:02:05.690 - It is very nice. - Then have some more. 01:02:05.690 --> 01:02:08.760 Your Majesty, let me feed you. 01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:10.340 I am very full. 01:02:10.340 --> 01:02:13.370 - I already finished one bowl. - Open your mouth. 01:02:17.340 --> 01:02:18.740 It is good to see. 01:02:18.970 --> 01:02:20.640 What is? 01:02:20.740 --> 01:02:23.140 It is good to see you eat well. 01:02:27.990 --> 01:02:29.320 Tell Consort Su... 01:02:31.220 --> 01:02:32.620 that I am sorry. 01:03:08.490 --> 01:03:09.590 Duk Im. 01:03:10.970 --> 01:03:12.090 I will... 01:03:13.090 --> 01:03:15.600 stop thinking about you. 01:03:18.030 --> 01:03:20.340 Even though I might be just pretending to forget you. 01:03:21.240 --> 01:03:22.600 It does not matter. 01:03:24.610 --> 01:03:26.210 I will forget you. 01:03:28.550 --> 01:03:29.840 I am the King. 01:03:30.820 --> 01:03:32.550 I will do my job. 01:03:34.090 --> 01:03:35.820 I will play my part. 01:03:37.260 --> 01:03:39.050 I lived like this until now. 01:03:40.070 --> 01:03:42.260 So I will be living like this. 01:03:44.030 --> 01:03:45.130 I will... 01:03:47.740 --> 01:03:50.370 forget you. 01:04:16.220 --> 01:04:20.360 Sir, rest for a while. 01:04:32.440 --> 01:04:37.610 You said you are not yet 50, right? 01:04:38.880 --> 01:04:40.010 Yes. 01:04:41.050 --> 01:04:44.220 I am nearly 90. 01:04:45.530 --> 01:04:50.760 I experienced four different Kings. 01:04:51.570 --> 01:04:53.530 I can assure you... 01:04:54.300 --> 01:04:56.800 that this is the first reign of peace in my life. 01:05:00.380 --> 01:05:03.510 I am old, sick, and can not see well, 01:05:03.510 --> 01:05:06.340 but I'm still living like a human being. 01:05:06.880 --> 01:05:09.280 My country is taking care of me. 01:05:10.050 --> 01:05:13.820 This was unimaginable before. 01:05:23.300 --> 01:05:24.460 Senior Sir, 01:05:25.940 --> 01:05:29.830 the way down is rough, so I will help you again this time. 01:05:29.840 --> 01:05:33.740 I am fine. It is the road I have been on all my life. 01:05:49.130 --> 01:05:51.550 - Then take care. - Yes. 01:06:22.530 --> 01:06:23.620 Raise! 01:06:25.360 --> 01:06:26.490 Fire! 01:06:32.970 --> 01:06:35.430 - Raise! - Are the people shooting arrows... 01:06:35.970 --> 01:06:37.770 from Jang's army? 01:06:37.840 --> 01:06:39.830 - Fire! - Yes. 01:06:42.400 --> 01:06:45.140 They are better than the soldiers of Guard Bureau. 01:06:45.970 --> 01:06:49.880 Jang's army was selected by you. 01:06:50.090 --> 01:06:52.150 - So they are obviously better. - Raise! 01:06:52.990 --> 01:06:55.960 The next shift is Geum's army. 01:06:55.960 --> 01:06:57.090 Shoot! 01:07:10.430 --> 01:07:12.170 They are very good. 01:07:13.030 --> 01:07:15.300 I did not know Geum had such soldiers. 01:07:17.180 --> 01:07:21.040 Geum's army was selected by me. 01:07:21.180 --> 01:07:22.910 So they are obviously good. 01:07:29.150 --> 01:07:31.020 I want to see him. 01:07:31.890 --> 01:07:34.660 We have an open position at Guard Bureau. 01:07:35.730 --> 01:07:37.360 I think he would be suitable. 01:07:39.640 --> 01:07:41.600 I am Sung Gung Min. 01:07:41.970 --> 01:07:43.770 I am here by your word. 01:07:44.400 --> 01:07:47.440 - Show me your face. - Yes, Your Majesty. 01:07:51.810 --> 01:07:53.010 You... 01:07:54.280 --> 01:07:56.340 look familiar. 01:07:58.650 --> 01:08:00.350 What is your father's name? 01:08:00.960 --> 01:08:03.480 My father's name is Sung Shik. 01:08:09.130 --> 01:08:10.690 You are the nephew of Consort Sung. 01:08:11.230 --> 01:08:12.730 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:08:22.810 --> 01:08:26.550 Appoint the soldier as your assistant leader. 01:08:26.550 --> 01:08:27.740 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:08:37.390 --> 01:08:38.950 After five days... 01:08:40.630 --> 01:08:42.320 is the anniversary of Consort Sung's death. 01:08:49.930 --> 01:08:51.630 It has been a long time... 01:08:52.530 --> 01:08:56.270 since you have talked about Consort Sung. 01:08:57.440 --> 01:08:58.870 For a long time... 01:09:01.390 --> 01:09:03.480 I have forgotten about her. 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:53.120 It has been a while. 01:09:57.390 --> 01:09:58.610 This place... 01:09:59.920 --> 01:10:02.250 has not changed at all. 01:10:04.030 --> 01:10:06.620 As you have ordered a long ago, 01:10:07.000 --> 01:10:09.160 we left it... 01:10:09.700 --> 01:10:11.560 unchanged. 01:10:14.540 --> 01:10:16.560 I want to be alone. 01:11:04.190 --> 01:11:07.580 (The house of a righteous dog) 01:11:12.700 --> 01:11:15.860 (The house of a righteous dog) 01:12:52.530 --> 01:12:53.650 Your Majesty. 01:12:54.670 --> 01:12:57.760 I heard you are looking for people who remember Consort Sung. 01:12:59.500 --> 01:13:00.730 She will... 01:13:01.410 --> 01:13:03.400 soon visit you. 01:13:04.480 --> 01:13:05.630 I hope... 01:13:06.910 --> 01:13:09.500 that comforts you. 01:13:47.550 --> 01:13:50.280 Did you want to see me, Your Majesty? 01:13:54.460 --> 01:13:56.880 You are a head court lady. 01:13:58.460 --> 01:14:02.290 I do not remember calling you. 01:14:03.230 --> 01:14:07.030 I heard you are looking for Consort Sung's keepsake. 01:14:14.080 --> 01:14:15.200 Yes. 01:14:22.250 --> 01:14:25.110 You were her friend. 01:14:31.100 --> 01:14:32.520 For a very long time, 01:14:35.130 --> 01:14:37.430 I have forgotten about it. 01:14:40.740 --> 01:14:41.900 Head court lady. 01:14:43.270 --> 01:14:45.270 What is your name? 01:14:45.680 --> 01:14:48.570 My name is Bae Kyung Hee. 01:14:49.010 --> 01:14:50.610 Aside from you, 01:14:51.820 --> 01:14:54.840 she had two more friends. 01:14:57.560 --> 01:15:00.010 One died at a young age. 01:15:03.560 --> 01:15:05.050 What about the other? 01:15:05.560 --> 01:15:07.920 Court Lady Kim Bok Yeon... 01:15:08.530 --> 01:15:11.630 died of illness the year before. 01:15:16.740 --> 01:15:18.900 Are you left alone as well? 01:15:25.820 --> 01:15:29.640 I am not alone. 01:15:31.090 --> 01:15:33.610 I made a promise with my friends. 01:15:34.830 --> 01:15:37.620 That we will meet again one day. 01:15:39.830 --> 01:15:44.090 So my friends will wait for me. 01:15:46.400 --> 01:15:47.760 And... 01:15:48.870 --> 01:15:50.230 so will Consort Sung. 01:15:51.780 --> 01:15:54.970 Why would Consort Sung wait for you? 01:16:06.690 --> 01:16:08.050 She is my concubine. 01:16:09.490 --> 01:16:11.020 She is my person. 01:16:12.960 --> 01:16:15.520 No matter how long it has been, she belongs to me. 01:16:16.270 --> 01:16:18.960 I would never give her to anyone else. 01:16:19.900 --> 01:16:23.360 I thought you have forgotten about Consort Sung. 01:16:25.080 --> 01:16:26.630 However, you have not. 01:16:30.410 --> 01:16:32.650 Consort Sung's keepsakes are in the East Palace... 01:16:32.650 --> 01:16:34.940 where Crown Prince Moon Hyo stayed. 01:16:36.350 --> 01:16:39.280 If you order me, I will bring them immediately. 01:16:39.860 --> 01:16:41.050 Yes. 01:17:10.220 --> 01:17:14.220 I have kept Consort Sung's keepsakes in here. 01:17:14.360 --> 01:17:15.750 Well done. 01:17:16.890 --> 01:17:18.220 I will give you a reward. 01:17:18.560 --> 01:17:20.920 I do not want any reward. 01:17:21.670 --> 01:17:23.160 I only did... 01:17:24.040 --> 01:17:26.830 what I wanted to do. 01:17:29.570 --> 01:17:31.830 You sound like Consort Sung. 01:17:34.850 --> 01:17:36.500 Is it because you are friends? 01:17:40.350 --> 01:17:41.640 Before she died, 01:17:44.560 --> 01:17:46.910 she looked for you. 01:17:49.760 --> 01:17:52.720 She was disappointed to see me instead. 01:17:54.670 --> 01:17:55.890 She told me... 01:17:58.970 --> 01:18:00.460 to pretend... 01:18:01.540 --> 01:18:03.900 I do not know her in the next life. 01:18:06.540 --> 01:18:08.800 She told me... 01:18:09.710 --> 01:18:11.310 to just pass her by. 01:18:15.390 --> 01:18:16.540 Your Majesty. 01:18:17.860 --> 01:18:21.450 Consort Sung just bluffed a little. 01:18:23.630 --> 01:18:24.730 Bluffed? 01:18:24.730 --> 01:18:28.720 If she did not bluff even a little like that, she could not stand it. 01:18:29.670 --> 01:18:31.230 That is what she said. 01:18:33.670 --> 01:18:35.630 Do you know that? 01:18:36.640 --> 01:18:39.780 She must have had the same feeling... 01:18:39.780 --> 01:18:40.900 Shut your mouth. 01:18:43.780 --> 01:18:45.910 Why do I have to hear... 01:18:47.550 --> 01:18:49.710 about her true feelings from you? 01:18:52.920 --> 01:18:55.380 I do not need to hear from others. 01:18:56.730 --> 01:18:58.290 Do not cross the line. 01:18:59.930 --> 01:19:01.490 My apologies. 01:19:02.270 --> 01:19:04.230 I need some privacy. Leave. 01:19:59.120 --> 01:20:00.480 (Extended Meaning of the Greater Learning) 01:20:03.560 --> 01:20:06.360 (Extended Meaning of the Greater Learning) 01:20:06.360 --> 01:20:07.620 Transcription? 01:20:08.270 --> 01:20:10.830 It is what the court ladies do for extra money on their day off. 01:20:11.140 --> 01:20:12.690 "Extended Meaning of the Greater Learning" of all? 01:20:16.040 --> 01:20:18.230 Did you really transcribe this? 01:20:18.410 --> 01:20:21.380 How could a young maid write like this? 01:20:21.380 --> 01:20:24.740 You keep thinking lowly of a young maid. 01:20:25.020 --> 01:20:27.410 Who do you think you are? 01:20:30.990 --> 01:20:34.010 (Tale of Kwak and Jang) 01:20:51.380 --> 01:20:52.930 (Please forgive me for my foolish behavior...) 01:21:10.560 --> 01:21:13.320 (of pushing you into the pond.) 01:21:24.980 --> 01:21:27.840 (My reckless behavior at the palace where rules should be strictly...) 01:22:08.220 --> 01:22:11.610 (observed upset you.) 01:22:15.230 --> 01:22:19.650 (How would I not regret my mistake? You could have cut my pay...) 01:22:46.390 --> 01:22:48.220 It is too small. 01:22:54.300 --> 01:22:56.820 I did not know you were this small. 01:23:05.040 --> 01:23:06.230 And I loved you... 01:23:09.980 --> 01:23:11.670 who was this small. 01:23:27.300 --> 01:23:28.390 Duk Im. 01:23:44.880 --> 01:23:46.510 That is impossible. 01:23:46.920 --> 01:23:48.680 It is too early. 01:23:51.790 --> 01:23:53.780 Come on. 01:23:55.790 --> 01:23:58.820 You never get tired, do you? 01:23:59.530 --> 01:24:01.400 It must not be that easy... 01:24:01.400 --> 01:24:04.590 to object to what the King wants to do every time. 01:24:04.600 --> 01:24:08.660 I am not against releasing official slaves. 01:24:08.810 --> 01:24:09.930 I am just saying... 01:24:10.440 --> 01:24:14.400 it is untimely. 01:24:15.250 --> 01:24:17.970 Before releasing official slaves, 01:24:18.180 --> 01:24:20.780 we need to have budget... 01:24:20.780 --> 01:24:23.210 to pay the workers who will work in replacement of them. 01:24:23.590 --> 01:24:26.110 And the government offices that had official slaves work for them... 01:24:26.160 --> 01:24:29.180 must find other resources. 01:24:33.560 --> 01:24:34.690 I got it. 01:24:35.430 --> 01:24:36.920 Do it as you want. 01:24:37.530 --> 01:24:40.060 - Excuse me? - What you said is right. 01:24:41.470 --> 01:24:45.300 Find a solution as soon as possible. 01:24:46.580 --> 01:24:47.970 You may leave now. 01:24:49.050 --> 01:24:50.700 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:24:57.760 --> 01:24:59.910 He is so... 01:25:00.360 --> 01:25:02.220 He makes me dizzy. 01:25:09.700 --> 01:25:10.960 In the past, 01:25:11.970 --> 01:25:15.670 I never knew I would ever say this to you. 01:25:15.670 --> 01:25:19.500 However, I must say this today. 01:25:20.110 --> 01:25:23.910 There would be no other king... 01:25:23.910 --> 01:25:26.810 who cherishes his people like you. 01:25:28.550 --> 01:25:30.610 I, Shim Hee Won, 01:25:32.490 --> 01:25:35.020 am happy... 01:25:37.090 --> 01:25:38.420 that you are my king. 01:26:04.050 --> 01:26:05.510 That old man. 01:26:07.660 --> 01:26:09.350 He never says such things. 01:27:29.810 --> 01:27:30.960 Your Majesty. 01:27:32.840 --> 01:27:34.030 I am so relieved... 01:27:34.910 --> 01:27:36.540 that you woke up. 01:27:38.750 --> 01:27:42.680 I guess the Yeonhunbang worked. 01:27:43.750 --> 01:27:46.150 Let me give you another treatment. 01:27:46.420 --> 01:27:47.550 No. 01:27:50.990 --> 01:27:52.790 Leave me alone for a moment. 01:27:56.200 --> 01:27:57.960 I need privacy. 01:29:35.990 --> 01:29:38.920 - Duk Im. - Yes, Your Majesty? 01:29:40.930 --> 01:29:42.220 I will never... 01:29:43.270 --> 01:29:45.790 love like my grandfather. 01:29:46.800 --> 01:29:47.900 Excuse me? 01:29:47.900 --> 01:29:49.930 Until the very end, I will protect... 01:29:52.910 --> 01:29:54.600 the one I love. 01:29:57.010 --> 01:29:59.370 What are you saying all of a sudden? 01:30:02.490 --> 01:30:04.840 I got it, so hurry up and leave. 01:30:05.820 --> 01:30:07.750 You really are late. 01:32:14.780 --> 01:32:17.040 Why are we suddenly viewing the flowers? 01:32:17.790 --> 01:32:19.480 The flowers have bloomed again. 01:32:21.720 --> 01:32:25.850 I did not think we would be able to see them again. 01:32:26.660 --> 01:32:29.290 Look at the flowers later. 01:32:30.130 --> 01:32:31.960 You have to be on your way. 01:32:33.740 --> 01:32:34.930 Everyone... 01:32:35.810 --> 01:32:37.700 is waiting for you, Your Majesty. 01:32:44.680 --> 01:32:45.810 Duk Im. 01:32:46.820 --> 01:32:47.850 Yes? 01:32:47.850 --> 01:32:49.880 Years have passed, 01:32:51.720 --> 01:32:52.950 and at times, 01:32:55.190 --> 01:32:57.550 I was not sure myself. 01:33:01.630 --> 01:33:03.860 Do I really miss you... 01:33:05.800 --> 01:33:06.960 or... 01:33:08.940 --> 01:33:13.000 has the past been fondly glorified? 01:33:16.080 --> 01:33:17.400 Now I know. 01:33:19.720 --> 01:33:22.610 I missed you... 01:33:25.890 --> 01:33:28.580 and the days I spent with you. 01:33:41.670 --> 01:33:44.530 I will never let go of your hand ever again. 01:33:46.780 --> 01:33:48.300 Please do let go. 01:33:50.580 --> 01:33:53.940 You can still go back. 01:33:56.020 --> 01:34:00.280 Go back to the place you belong. 01:34:05.230 --> 01:34:07.250 You have to become a great king, 01:34:08.230 --> 01:34:10.160 just as you have until now. 01:34:11.800 --> 01:34:14.060 This is where I should be. 01:34:15.810 --> 01:34:17.100 It turns out... 01:34:19.080 --> 01:34:21.070 we do not have much time. 01:34:23.980 --> 01:34:25.970 And we can not afford to wait. 01:34:30.790 --> 01:34:31.940 So... 01:34:35.190 --> 01:34:36.720 love me. 01:34:40.830 --> 01:34:41.950 Please. 01:34:46.440 --> 01:34:48.030 Love me. 01:34:52.790 --> 01:34:53.910 If this... 01:34:54.790 --> 01:34:56.380 is a past memory, it is fine. 01:34:58.220 --> 01:34:59.650 If it is a dream, it is fine. 01:35:01.590 --> 01:35:03.520 It does not matter if I am dead. 01:35:05.730 --> 01:35:06.860 I will... 01:35:07.700 --> 01:35:10.590 always choose this moment with you... 01:35:12.700 --> 01:35:14.300 and hope... 01:35:16.410 --> 01:35:19.770 this moment to not change.