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THE PEOPLE, GROUPS, PLACES, AND INCIDENTS
IN THIS DRAMA ARE PURELY FICTIONAL

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From now on,
we will have tea together every day.

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After your lecture,
please come to my chambers.

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I slipped poison

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in your tea.

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No king was ever safe from poisoning.

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Until you have grown a tolerance for it,

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you will suffer
from stomachaches and fevers.

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But hide your symptoms.

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The pain will be yours to manage.

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The royal physician cannot know.

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It should neither be
recorded in the infirmary journal.

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Resent me for this, Crown Prince.

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A mother…

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knowingly giving her son…

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poison to consume!

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Poison!

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You would rather have me…

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grow a tolerance to poison
than see me be poisoned.

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I will drink it.

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So please Mother…

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Do not cry.

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BLOODY HEART
EPISODE 13

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Look into Jung Euikyun.

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Yes, my lord.

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Do you believe
that he took in the monk as a boy?

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Coming between the meritorious subjects

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is not a scheme able to be conjured
by the Queen Dowager

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nor a monk.

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Were you the one
who controlled the Queen Dowager,

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Your Majesty?

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I, Ham Changik,
Governor of Jeolla Province,

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bow before you as summoned.

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Why did Consort Park

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stay behind at the palace?

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Was she detained?

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An accusation made by a court maid

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has the court ladies of Chaeokdang
banned from leaving the palace.

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It must be why Consort Park
also chose to stay behind.

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Is that all?

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Let me see your face.

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So this is what you look like.

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I have wished

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to praise you in person.

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I will remember you.

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I am much obliged, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty,

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I worry that you are
depleting your energy.

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Please rest.

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You are dismissed.

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It is too dangerous
to meet Siwol in person.

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Please do not ask to see him again.

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Kyun.

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Yes, Your Majesty?

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Do not…

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abandon him.

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He is my loyal subject
and one of my people.

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I refuse to only see him…

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as a stone on a Go board.

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Father, I hope I did not make a mistake.

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His Majesty is not
as intimidating as I expected.

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Why did you not tell him
about Consort Park?

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You said that the news

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will do no good while he recovers.

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I have learned what not to say
from being your son.

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Does the Queen Dowager
truly see her as a great threat?

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Even I cannot sway her.

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When you were out in disguise,

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weren't there those
who attacked Consort Park?

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Yes, Lady Cho was behind it.

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It was by the Queen Dowager's order.

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We must bring Consort Park here.

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I will relay the message.

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Off I go, then.

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Siwol.

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Are you safe?

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Do not worry about me, Father.

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Off I go.

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Things are looking bad.

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I will find you a way out.

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Doing so will be an admission of guilt.

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It will not matter if you lose your life.

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Ttonggeum has been detained.

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How long…

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do you expect her to keep silent?

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You will be accused of high treason

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should she tell a lie.

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The Queen Dowager has already

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banned your court ladies and maids
from leaving the palace.

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If you wait any longer,

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you might remain trapped here.

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Ttonggeum is still not speaking.

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So much for the eunuchs
saying that she soon will.

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What do I do?

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If this continues, I will be arrested
for accusing an innocent.

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You framed Consort Park who outranks you,

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so the punishment will be severe.

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Father!

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Did the Queen Dowager have you summon me?

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You dug yourself in a hole
knowing that I would dig you out.

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After all, what the Queen Dowager covets
is military power within the palace.

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Do not involve me

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in your frivolous feuds.

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If Consort Park lives,
I will lose my life.

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Please.

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Father, please do not let me die.

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Please!

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Please save me this once!

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Father, please save me this once.

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-Father…
-Open the doors.

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Please do not let me die.

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There are not many options for you,
Minister Cho.

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Either become a traitor
along with your daughter,

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or eliminate
Councilor Park and Consort Park.

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I do not follow.

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Who will then manage state affairs

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while His Majesty remains incapacitated?

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That is not my concern.

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The Central Army consists
of those loyal to Councilor Park.

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Armed patrol officers within the palace
that are only loyal to him

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must surely make you just as anxious.

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Focus on guarding the palace
as you have been.

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All I need is Councilor Park
and Consort Park to be gone.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, are you awake?

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I left her

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to fend for herself.

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Send word to the Queen Dowager's Palace.

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I can no longer leave Consort Park
alone in the palace.

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Yes, Your Majesty.
I am sure word has been delivered.

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May I ask why you have not ordered
the Left State Councilor to resign?

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He has made it clear
that he will not accept it.

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Your Highness,

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the meritorious subjects
have been loyal to him for a long time.

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If they choose to side
with him once again--

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Do you hold resentment
toward Councilor Park?

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If not, let this matter rest.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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When will His Majesty die?

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Once he does,

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the Minister of War will be of no concern.

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He will succumb to his illness
as is wished by the Maitreya.

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Stand down.

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Are you afraid of what may come?

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To have such armed guards beside you.

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Does that wicked monk advise you
to get rid of me?

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Yes, and so didn't they
start turning their backs to you?

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What are you planning to do
after gaining all that power?

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What exactly is power to you?

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They had the audacity
to decline your summons.

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It is why I must meet them in person.

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Being in office is what
they have been continuously avoiding.

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Stubborn as they are, they will
fight till the death for their beliefs.

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But they are the ones who will replace

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the current meritorious subjects.

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They say that the Office of Palace Eunuchs
has gone as far

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as to replacing the State Council.

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Why would you want
to appear in front of such filth?

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We only worry that
you will lose your life in vain.

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Ever since scholar Yoo Haksoo
was executed,

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I have stayed clear from state affairs.

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I also turned a blind eye while
meritorious subjects abused their power.

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However, students of the Confucian Academy
have either been executed or imprisoned

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while speaking their minds

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and that I cannot stand idly by.

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Do not stop me from a righteous death.

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How foolish of you.

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You clearly do not realize
when to be proactive

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and when to await the right time.

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You refused to answer your King's summons.

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You turned a blind eye
to political matters

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and buried yourself only in books.

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Your… Your Majesty!

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Stay safe and prepare for what is to come.

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Once I remove the traitors
within the palace,

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I will appoint members of the Sarim

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and have them design the world
they have been dreaming of.

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I promise you this…

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as your King.

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I, classics licentiate Moon Simhyun,
bow down to His Majesty.

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-We bow down to His Majesty.
-We bow down to His Majesty.

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Before we join the court,

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we wish to know where you stand.

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Go ahead.

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Do you believe

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that Yoo Haksoo was behind
your mother's murder?

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No.

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Of course I am well aware
of how he was unfairly treated.

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Then,

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please accept our appeal
regarding his status as a traitor.

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For a long time, my friend has been
wrongfully known as a murderer.

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If you reinstate his status,

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those who support his beliefs

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will choose to be loyal to you.

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I give you my word.

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Someday,

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I will reinstate
Yoo Haksoo's noble status.

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My lord, when did you
arrive at the office?

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How silly of me to have made you worry.

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Have you been well?

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Yes, Lord Kim. Are you feeling better now?

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Without you present,

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it has been a challenge to gather
the opinions of the Three Offices.

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They are many other
pressing matters at hand though.

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-Sorry?
-The Queen Dowager has announced

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that continued disapproval
from the Three Offices

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will lead to limitations within

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the Office of the Censor General
and the Office of Inspector General.

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She will ban us from remonstrating?

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Who is she to announce that?

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It is why a joint appeal

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from the Three Offices
shall never be mentioned again.

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If we do not,

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officials of the Three Offices
will be forbidden to speak.

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Lord Kim, it is why we must
speak of this wrongful behavior.

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Are you not aware that even your father
is being shunned by the court?

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The inspector general
and the censor general have agreed.

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Now, put this matter to rest.

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But Lord Kim…

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Ttonggeum…

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was born in your home.

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You must have grown a soft spot for her.

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Her being injured

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will only make you feel terrible.

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A soft spot for a servant
who is worth less than livestock?

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Or maybe that only applies to you.

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She only came to work at the palace

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so that she could protect you.

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If you do not wish to see her get hurt,

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confess the truth.

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I must see…

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the Queen Dowager.

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She is at the royal office.

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Maybe you should find her there.

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Lady Cho,

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you should request Ttonggeum's release.

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I…

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no longer have a say in the matter.

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Eunuch Heo will soon bring back
the people at Bamboo Grove Village.

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Even without Ttonggeum's words,

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her identity will soon be revealed.

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-What did I tell you?
-Goodness.

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-Look!
-What on earth?

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What now?

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Why are you back here
with these men again?

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-What is it this time?
-We have already paid our tributes.

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Why must you scare us again?

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I am just as baffled.

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The order comes from someone of high rank.

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-What?
-How high?

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Will we be taken away again?

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I am just as clueless,
so take it up with the village governor.

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-Take them away.
-Yes, my lord.

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-No!
-I will not go.

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Leave her and take me instead.

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At least tell us why.

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Halt!

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-But…
-Goodness.

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What is this about?

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Step aside!

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The Governor of Jeolla Province
has spoken.

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The Governor of Jeolla Province?

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Your Highness,

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you seem to have lost your way.

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I once saved Ttonggeum
when she was discarded with a disease.

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After recovering,
she refused to live as a runaway slave

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and opted to return to her master.

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I could not stop her.

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This time, I wish not to regret my choice.

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I will speak to the Queen Dowager
at the royal office.

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You cannot.

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A lady of the Internal Court
must not step inside the royal office.

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Please think only of your own safety now.

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-I cannot.
-Your Highness!

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You said Ttonggeum
could speak at any moment.

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I cannot knowingly let her
withstand excruciating pain.

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Do not follow me. That is an order.

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Your Highness,

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Consort Park has requested
an audience at the royal office.

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Consort Park wishes
to step inside the royal office?

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That is preposterous!

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A lady of the Internal Court
in the royal office

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is most taboo amongst taboos!

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Never in history has there been
such an audacious request!

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Should I send her away?

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Consort Park is smart
and is probably aware of the consequences.

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I should hear what she has to say.

00:26:12.033 --> 00:26:13.201
Have her enter.

00:26:52.365 --> 00:26:54.868
I am curious as to
how pressing this matter is.

00:26:55.535 --> 00:26:56.536
Speak.

00:26:56.661 --> 00:26:58.163
By your orders,

00:26:58.705 --> 00:27:01.541
one of my court maids was taken
by the Office of Palace Eunuchs.

00:27:03.376 --> 00:27:07.088
It was only to prove your innocence.

00:27:07.881 --> 00:27:09.090
To which I am grateful.

00:27:10.091 --> 00:27:10.967
However,

00:27:11.843 --> 00:27:14.554
it does not fall under the jurisdiction
of the Office of Palace Eunuchs.

00:27:16.556 --> 00:27:18.683
This is nothing but a frivolous matter.

00:27:18.808 --> 00:27:20.310
That may be,

00:27:20.685 --> 00:27:25.106
but this is a direct violation
of the State Tribunal's authority.

00:27:30.987 --> 00:27:33.990
You dare intrude on the royal office

00:27:35.825 --> 00:27:37.619
just because of a servant?

00:27:41.122 --> 00:27:42.290
Remove her!

00:27:42.749 --> 00:27:45.627
We will discuss
a rightful punishment for you.

00:27:50.215 --> 00:27:51.299
I am…

00:27:54.177 --> 00:27:56.596
with child of His Majesty's blood.

00:28:07.065 --> 00:28:08.650
Your grandchild.

00:28:08.733 --> 00:28:12.070
I am pregnant with His Majesty's child,
Your Highness.

00:28:15.198 --> 00:28:17.617
If you sympathize with me in any way,

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:20.370
please allow me to join His Majesty

00:28:22.038 --> 00:28:24.082
at the royal villa
where he currently recuperates.

00:28:49.357 --> 00:28:51.651
There is a possibility of a boy…

00:28:53.194 --> 00:28:54.362
being born.

00:28:55.238 --> 00:28:56.656
Yes, Your Highness.

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:05.498
It is a joyous event
for the entire nation.

00:29:08.084 --> 00:29:09.669
I am nothing but proud.

00:29:36.446 --> 00:29:38.948
The Central Army consists
of those loyal to Councilor Park.

00:29:39.032 --> 00:29:43.119
Armed patrol officers within the palace
that are only loyal to him

00:29:44.621 --> 00:29:46.706
must surely make you just as anxious.

00:29:53.838 --> 00:29:56.132
Why did the monk have the Queen Dowager

00:29:56.257 --> 00:29:58.718
take control of
the troop dispatch token first?

00:29:59.302 --> 00:30:01.471
If His Majesty is truly behind it all,

00:30:01.971 --> 00:30:04.849
he would not let her take control
of what is needed

00:30:05.767 --> 00:30:07.769
to summon the troops
all across the country.

00:30:18.154 --> 00:30:20.281
The troop dispatch token
belongs to the Ministry of War.

00:30:20.907 --> 00:30:22.992
Anyone who wishes to get his hands on it

00:30:23.076 --> 00:30:24.661
shall be dealt with by the law.

00:30:24.744 --> 00:30:26.329
That is what you once said.

00:30:30.166 --> 00:30:33.753
Yes, and I only wish to see
that you still have it.

00:30:38.174 --> 00:30:41.886
I am currently in charge
of the palace security.

00:30:42.011 --> 00:30:44.305
Do not do anything
that will have me doubt you.

00:30:45.098 --> 00:30:46.474
I see that you already do.

00:30:46.516 --> 00:30:47.934
You are the one

00:30:48.518 --> 00:30:51.020
who keeps me in check
by controlling the Central Army.

00:30:51.813 --> 00:30:53.648
Why is it

00:30:53.773 --> 00:30:56.776
that they report their schedule to you
before reporting to the Ministry of War?

00:30:58.069 --> 00:31:00.905
From this moment on,
those who report to you

00:31:01.030 --> 00:31:02.782
will be met with military discipline.

00:31:03.324 --> 00:31:05.076
Are you siding with the Queen Dowager?

00:31:05.785 --> 00:31:06.786
I…

00:31:08.830 --> 00:31:10.331
do not side with anyone.

00:31:10.373 --> 00:31:14.210
Announcing that in these current times

00:31:16.087 --> 00:31:18.423
is the same as saying that you are.

00:31:19.507 --> 00:31:20.633
Councilor Park.

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:28.558
Lord Cho, Consort Park announced
that she is with child.

00:31:54.375 --> 00:31:56.377
Congratulations!

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:58.671
You are truly with child.

00:32:05.386 --> 00:32:06.763
I am overjoyed.

00:32:07.388 --> 00:32:09.015
And I am honored, Your Highness.

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:11.976
I should grant you a wish
for your tremendous achievement.

00:32:15.271 --> 00:32:16.898
In what way though?

00:32:16.981 --> 00:32:18.107
Then,

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:21.694
please have my court maid released
from the Office of Palace Eunuchs.

00:32:22.987 --> 00:32:26.908
To know that she is being tortured
following a groundless claim

00:32:26.991 --> 00:32:28.451
has me…

00:32:29.744 --> 00:32:31.412
uneasy.

00:32:37.168 --> 00:32:39.754
A lady with child
should never be troubled.

00:32:41.756 --> 00:32:43.216
I will allow it.

00:33:13.913 --> 00:33:15.623
Congratulations on your pregnancy.

00:33:17.333 --> 00:33:19.752
However, you should have kept it hidden.

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.338
You very well know why.

00:33:22.922 --> 00:33:25.174
Why did you choose to reveal it instead?

00:33:25.758 --> 00:33:27.385
It was to save

00:33:27.468 --> 00:33:30.555
one of my people
whom she has been torturing.

00:33:35.476 --> 00:33:38.062
The Central Army will guard Chaeokdang.

00:33:38.646 --> 00:33:39.939
You need not worry.

00:33:49.073 --> 00:33:51.492
Once His Majesty returns to the palace,

00:33:52.368 --> 00:33:54.203
this fruitless disruption…

00:33:56.873 --> 00:33:58.416
will come to an end.

00:34:12.221 --> 00:34:13.222
Your Highness.

00:34:13.723 --> 00:34:15.975
The Office of Palace Eunuchs
will bring Ttonggeum out.

00:34:16.893 --> 00:34:18.978
No. Tell them that we will
get her ourselves.

00:34:22.982 --> 00:34:24.984
-Also have a stretcher ready.
-Yes, Your Highness.

00:34:25.109 --> 00:34:26.736
Have you notified
the Royal Medical Office?

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.695
Yes, Your Highness.

00:34:28.404 --> 00:34:29.822
She must be severely injured.

00:34:37.246 --> 00:34:38.122
Step aside!

00:34:44.754 --> 00:34:47.548
Has it not occurred to you
that harming the pregnant consort

00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:50.551
will result in all eunuchs
losing their lives?

00:34:54.013 --> 00:34:57.058
No one will dare to block your way.

00:34:57.600 --> 00:34:58.476
Please enter.

00:34:59.727 --> 00:35:01.020
Every one of your actions…

00:35:02.146 --> 00:35:03.940
will be remembered.

00:35:08.569 --> 00:35:11.030
Please wait out here
while I check on her first.

00:35:11.614 --> 00:35:13.574
I advise that you listen to her.

00:35:13.616 --> 00:35:16.369
The sight will not be pleasant
for the baby.

00:35:17.662 --> 00:35:20.748
Not even I have seen
a girl as relentless as her.

00:35:21.332 --> 00:35:23.042
What did you do to her?

00:35:23.751 --> 00:35:26.587
She is alive… for now.

00:36:26.939 --> 00:36:27.815
Ttonggeum.

00:36:46.042 --> 00:36:47.126
Miss.

00:36:48.669 --> 00:36:49.670
Yes.

00:36:51.547 --> 00:36:52.882
Miss…

00:36:54.467 --> 00:36:55.843
It must have been terrifying.

00:36:59.847 --> 00:37:01.682
It was.

00:37:03.601 --> 00:37:04.602
I…

00:37:05.686 --> 00:37:07.855
was afraid…

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.985
that I might lose my mind and tell lies.

00:37:16.697 --> 00:37:18.157
You did not say anything.

00:37:23.287 --> 00:37:24.789
Let us get you out of here.

00:37:50.815 --> 00:37:52.441
Miss.

00:37:53.317 --> 00:37:54.235
Yes?

00:37:55.444 --> 00:37:56.487
Can I…

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:59.240
now…

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.492
get…

00:38:03.035 --> 00:38:04.745
some rest?

00:38:10.209 --> 00:38:12.503
Yes.

00:38:17.925 --> 00:38:18.926
I wish…

00:38:21.470 --> 00:38:22.638
to sleep now.

00:39:19.195 --> 00:39:20.404
Miss.

00:39:20.905 --> 00:39:22.114
You know,

00:39:23.282 --> 00:39:26.410
I do not need to be born
as a noble in my next life.

00:39:26.535 --> 00:39:27.411
Why not?

00:39:27.453 --> 00:39:28.537
Is it not your dream

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:31.290
to enjoy all the white rice and meat soup
you can possibly have?

00:39:32.291 --> 00:39:35.836
I would not mind being a servant
or livestock for that matter

00:39:36.754 --> 00:39:38.172
as long as you are my master.

00:39:39.632 --> 00:39:43.552
Living in your shadows
eating whatever you give me

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:46.847
will be a satisfying life.

00:39:53.020 --> 00:39:54.313
A happy one too.

00:40:06.367 --> 00:40:07.576
Ttonggeum…

00:40:40.359 --> 00:40:41.944
If Consort Park is carrying a child,

00:40:42.069 --> 00:40:44.071
what would that mean
for the Queen Dowager's regency?

00:40:44.196 --> 00:40:46.407
It is impossible to predict
what will happen.

00:40:48.826 --> 00:40:49.827
Then…

00:40:51.203 --> 00:40:53.205
what will happen to me, brother?

00:40:53.789 --> 00:40:56.125
Your family is behind you, Lady Cho.

00:40:58.794 --> 00:41:01.380
I've been informed of Ttonggeum's death.

00:41:04.508 --> 00:41:07.803
The lowly rat paid for
how she humiliated me.

00:41:08.929 --> 00:41:11.390
I am not responsible, am I?

00:41:11.974 --> 00:41:12.808
Right?

00:41:25.404 --> 00:41:27.448
I am to step down as regent?

00:41:27.531 --> 00:41:28.866
Yes, Your Highness.

00:41:28.949 --> 00:41:30.993
It is the right course of action…

00:41:31.118 --> 00:41:34.413
to await the child's birth
and then decide on a successor.

00:41:34.747 --> 00:41:36.832
Please step down as regent

00:41:36.874 --> 00:41:39.835
and accept the advice of the royal court.

00:41:40.419 --> 00:41:43.255
-Please accept our advice.
-Please accept our advice.

00:41:44.006 --> 00:41:45.883
I will keep it in mind.

00:41:46.884 --> 00:41:48.344
You are dismissed.

00:42:11.367 --> 00:42:14.286
They wish for me
to relinquish power to Consort Park.

00:42:14.870 --> 00:42:16.205
It seems as though

00:42:17.581 --> 00:42:20.167
I must walk the path
of the great King Sejo.

00:42:22.461 --> 00:42:26.006
You once told me the Capital was abundant
with men who will do anything for a price.

00:42:26.590 --> 00:42:29.468
Anything and everything, Your Highness.

00:42:29.593 --> 00:42:31.011
Bring them in this instant.

00:42:31.095 --> 00:42:34.890
Ignore procedure and all justifications.

00:42:35.474 --> 00:42:39.645
Tonight, Consort Park
and those who wish to serve her…

00:42:42.773 --> 00:42:44.733
will be murdered.

00:43:12.511 --> 00:43:14.847
It is not like you
to be startled this easily.

00:43:17.057 --> 00:43:19.768
Well, of course you are on edge.

00:43:20.561 --> 00:43:25.149
Our fate usually depends
on those we serve.

00:43:26.233 --> 00:43:29.778
Are you here to offer me a way to live?

00:43:30.988 --> 00:43:33.407
This is exactly why I am fond of you.

00:43:34.658 --> 00:43:35.659
Once Consort Park dies,

00:43:35.784 --> 00:43:38.829
you will be given a chance
to contribute to the cause.

00:43:39.830 --> 00:43:42.082
Consort Park who tried to murder the King

00:43:42.166 --> 00:43:45.377
took her own life in fear
of her false pregnancy being revealed.

00:43:45.419 --> 00:43:46.795
That is all you have to say.

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:51.175
Do not feel bad.

00:43:51.258 --> 00:43:52.968
No one acknowledges loyalty anyway.

00:43:53.677 --> 00:43:57.806
Never have I seen anyone of rank
care for those that serve them,

00:43:57.848 --> 00:43:59.433
so why must we be loyal to them?

00:44:07.441 --> 00:44:08.317
That is correct.

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:11.278
No one of rank
has ever been that generous.

00:44:12.404 --> 00:44:13.572
Can I count on you?

00:44:13.697 --> 00:44:15.115
Well,

00:44:16.575 --> 00:44:20.287
the court ladies and maids of Chaeokdang
are confined to the palace anyway.

00:44:22.706 --> 00:44:23.707
When will it happen?

00:44:25.417 --> 00:44:26.460
Tonight.

00:44:49.650 --> 00:44:51.443
You need to eat something.

00:44:51.485 --> 00:44:53.320
You have been starving all day.

00:44:54.238 --> 00:44:55.614
The Queen Dowager…

00:44:58.158 --> 00:45:00.744
ordered Ttonggeum's body to be discarded.

00:45:01.954 --> 00:45:02.871
Yes, Your Highness.

00:45:04.331 --> 00:45:06.625
Court ladies cannot die
within palace walls.

00:45:08.043 --> 00:45:09.503
I cannot let this happen.

00:45:12.464 --> 00:45:14.758
She should be properly buried at least.

00:45:40.492 --> 00:45:41.994
Did you do as told?

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:44.913
Yes, Court Lady Choi.

00:46:14.818 --> 00:46:15.861
What…

00:46:18.405 --> 00:46:19.948
did you slip in my tea?

00:46:21.742 --> 00:46:22.701
What…

00:46:24.536 --> 00:46:25.704
do you plan on doing?

00:46:58.862 --> 00:47:02.449
Today's patrol and night duty will
only be conducted by the Palace Guard.

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:06.078
It is the Queen Dowager's orders. Also…

00:47:07.996 --> 00:47:11.375
the Central Army's actions
will be publicized,

00:47:12.292 --> 00:47:13.752
and they will be punished.

00:47:23.887 --> 00:47:27.599
The Central Army
was chased out of the palace

00:47:27.641 --> 00:47:31.019
and the Palace Guards were dispatched
to manage a forest fire.

00:47:31.103 --> 00:47:33.397
The palace is empty.

00:47:34.690 --> 00:47:35.899
All that is left

00:47:35.941 --> 00:47:39.403
is for you to fill out the kill list.

00:47:42.781 --> 00:47:46.910
Should Left State Councilor Park Gyewon
be at the top?

00:47:53.375 --> 00:47:54.334
Should he?

00:47:57.379 --> 00:48:00.215
Left State Councilor Park Gyewon…

00:48:11.727 --> 00:48:14.646
There is a carver at Beobrae Temple.

00:48:15.063 --> 00:48:17.399
-Did you find him?
-Yes.

00:48:18.275 --> 00:48:22.070
He recently made an object
for a monk named Hyekang upon request

00:48:23.155 --> 00:48:24.823
and it is as you expected.

00:48:30.370 --> 00:48:31.955
Ready my horse.

00:48:33.248 --> 00:48:35.125
There is someplace I must be.

00:48:35.751 --> 00:48:36.835
Yes, my lord.

00:48:46.678 --> 00:48:47.846
Amusing, is it not?

00:48:48.597 --> 00:48:52.684
The fate of the nobles
who have always looked down on us

00:48:53.685 --> 00:48:54.978
lies in my very hands.

00:48:55.020 --> 00:48:56.104
KILL LIST

00:49:32.224 --> 00:49:34.226
I request an audience with His Majesty.

00:49:44.611 --> 00:49:46.738
How could you expect
to speak with His Majesty

00:49:47.739 --> 00:49:49.449
when he remains unconscious?

00:49:49.950 --> 00:49:51.952
The royal physician
has prohibited anyone from entering,

00:49:52.744 --> 00:49:53.745
so please leave.

00:49:54.830 --> 00:49:58.750
It was you who raised the monk,
was it not?

00:50:02.754 --> 00:50:04.923
Inform my King…

00:50:07.467 --> 00:50:09.177
that I wish to speak with him

00:50:10.846 --> 00:50:12.055
in private.

00:50:18.478 --> 00:50:21.273
-He knows about Siwol?
-Yes, Your Majesty.

00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:33.201
The former King
was a feeble monarch and leader.

00:50:33.952 --> 00:50:36.872
He was kind and righteous, but indecisive.

00:50:36.955 --> 00:50:41.209
He was merciful,
but was never authoritative.

00:50:41.793 --> 00:50:44.963
If there had been another member
of the royal family who was more worthy,

00:50:45.505 --> 00:50:46.882
I would not

00:50:47.883 --> 00:50:50.302
have crowned him as king.

00:51:15.452 --> 00:51:18.121
My father had been living happily
with his books as friends.

00:51:19.623 --> 00:51:21.833
Those who forced him
onto a throne he did not covet

00:51:24.252 --> 00:51:25.545
were the so-called meritorious subjects.

00:51:25.629 --> 00:51:27.714
That is the fate of being born a royal

00:51:27.839 --> 00:51:30.342
and the price of benefiting
from being one.

00:51:31.301 --> 00:51:34.054
However, the one who disregarded
the weight of his duties

00:51:35.263 --> 00:51:36.598
was your father.

00:51:37.182 --> 00:51:38.600
Is that why…

00:51:40.185 --> 00:51:41.478
you pressured him that harshly?

00:51:41.561 --> 00:51:43.021
It was to prevent him

00:51:43.939 --> 00:51:46.024
from losing his way as a king.

00:51:46.149 --> 00:51:47.859
Do you believe you have that right?

00:51:47.943 --> 00:51:50.445
My love for this country

00:51:51.029 --> 00:51:54.032
must have bestowed that power within me.

00:51:59.663 --> 00:52:03.583
To mold both my father and me
into benevolent kings

00:52:05.085 --> 00:52:06.461
is the reason you pressured us?

00:52:06.795 --> 00:52:08.588
Your beliefs and what you deem ideal

00:52:10.173 --> 00:52:11.216
are the reason

00:52:12.342 --> 00:52:14.052
I did not believe in you.

00:52:14.177 --> 00:52:16.388
It were the officials
who pressured me in the name

00:52:16.972 --> 00:52:18.223
of filial duty.

00:52:18.306 --> 00:52:20.809
And by deceiving your mother,
you have violated

00:52:21.643 --> 00:52:22.978
the sacred oath.

00:52:23.311 --> 00:52:26.189
You have caused mayhem in the name
of strengthening royal authority.

00:52:26.314 --> 00:52:27.357
How are your actions…

00:52:29.192 --> 00:52:31.319
any different to those
of the deposed King?

00:52:31.361 --> 00:52:32.612
The royal family

00:52:34.072 --> 00:52:36.074
was robbed of its authority
by its subjects.

00:52:36.783 --> 00:52:38.201
Like you said,

00:52:38.785 --> 00:52:41.121
it is about time I regain
the power vested in my blood.

00:52:43.623 --> 00:52:45.500
Please put an end to this.

00:52:46.918 --> 00:52:48.253
It is already too late.

00:52:56.094 --> 00:52:57.345
Your Majesty!

00:53:00.348 --> 00:53:02.434
Please return to the palace.

00:53:03.393 --> 00:53:06.354
It is still not too late.

00:53:27.417 --> 00:53:30.128
Your Majesty, an urgent message
was sent from the palace.

00:53:30.170 --> 00:53:33.298
Tonight, an unfortunate incident
will take place.

00:53:33.381 --> 00:53:34.466
An unfortunate incident?

00:53:35.258 --> 00:53:36.468
What about Consort Park?

00:53:36.551 --> 00:53:38.386
What happened to her?

00:54:03.745 --> 00:54:05.455
Where is the consort?

00:54:20.345 --> 00:54:22.931
I am here to discard
the body of a deceased court maid.

00:54:23.932 --> 00:54:25.809
She is from the Queen Dowager's palace.

00:54:25.892 --> 00:54:28.603
I was told to discard
the ghastly body immediately.

00:54:33.817 --> 00:54:35.652
Wait. Don't look.

00:54:35.735 --> 00:54:37.195
She was tortured by
the Office of Palace Eunuchs.

00:54:37.237 --> 00:54:39.447
Those despicable rats.

00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:42.450
Leave with it immediately!

00:56:26.179 --> 00:56:27.222
There she is!

00:57:47.594 --> 00:57:50.513
Lord Park, Left Minister No
came by to see you.

00:57:50.972 --> 00:57:53.391
Left Minister No came by
at this late hour?

00:57:53.516 --> 00:57:54.559
Yes, my lord.

00:57:54.684 --> 00:57:57.520
He waited quite a while
but then left for the palace.

00:57:58.313 --> 00:58:00.106
He requested that I forward this to you.

00:58:15.538 --> 00:58:16.539
Lord Park,

00:58:16.831 --> 00:58:20.585
I am headed to the palace
as the Queen Dowager has summoned me.

00:58:22.712 --> 00:58:25.006
Although it is disloyal
to ignore a royal command,

00:58:26.049 --> 00:58:28.343
for some reason,
my feet wish to stay in place.

00:58:29.135 --> 00:58:31.346
However, to know that
you are someplace else

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puts me at ease.

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KILL LIST

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Father!

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We have a serious situation.

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Have the heads of traitors
displayed outside the West Gate

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to warn the officials who come and go.

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Your order… is my command.

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The stench of blood is everywhere.

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How sickening.

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I will have your chambers
filled with flowers.

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As if a few flowers

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are enough to cover the stench.

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TRAITOR KO MOONHYUNG
TRAITOR HONG JINHWA

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TRAITOR NO KYUNGMOON

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BLOODY HEART