WEBVTT 00:00:47.385 --> 00:00:50.305 THE PEOPLE, GROUPS, PLACES, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE PURELY FICTIONAL 00:01:00.690 --> 00:01:01.941 I have seen 00:01:03.318 --> 00:01:04.819 this arrangement before. 00:01:10.283 --> 00:01:14.204 I saw it before you collapsed. 00:01:19.292 --> 00:01:22.253 The one who caused the regency by the Queen Dowager, 00:01:23.254 --> 00:01:26.299 the one who shook this nation and let it fall in danger was… 00:01:31.679 --> 00:01:32.806 you… 00:01:35.183 --> 00:01:37.060 and your design? 00:02:15.265 --> 00:02:16.474 Yes, 00:02:20.103 --> 00:02:21.563 it was all my doing. 00:02:27.318 --> 00:02:29.195 It was an inevitable event. 00:02:30.238 --> 00:02:32.115 And it was to protect us both. 00:02:32.991 --> 00:02:34.784 But people died. 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:36.828 They were unavoidable sacrifices. 00:02:36.911 --> 00:02:38.830 Ttonggeum has died. 00:02:39.414 --> 00:02:42.041 She died because of your scheming. 00:02:42.125 --> 00:02:43.710 She died stripped… 00:02:46.421 --> 00:02:47.589 of her dignity. 00:03:44.354 --> 00:03:46.940 BLOODY HEART EPISODE 15 00:03:52.403 --> 00:03:53.404 You know, 00:03:54.364 --> 00:03:57.659 I do not need to be born as a noble in my next life. 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.704 I would not mind being a servant or livestock for that matter 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:03.915 as long as you are my master. 00:04:04.374 --> 00:04:08.962 Living in your shadows eating whatever you give me 00:04:09.712 --> 00:04:12.423 will be a satisfying life. 00:04:16.719 --> 00:04:18.263 A happy one too. 00:04:38.574 --> 00:04:41.869 Put at least ten steps between you and the chambers. 00:05:13.192 --> 00:05:14.319 Ttonggeum… 00:05:15.695 --> 00:05:17.655 only came to the palace to protect me. 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.284 When I wanted to escape these walls, 00:05:23.119 --> 00:05:25.121 she had brought herself in 00:05:27.081 --> 00:05:29.250 to get me to safety. 00:05:29.876 --> 00:05:33.880 She will be given a befitting funeral. 00:05:34.672 --> 00:05:36.299 And this will never happen again. 00:05:44.849 --> 00:05:46.601 Hundreds and thousands of lives 00:05:48.144 --> 00:05:50.772 depend on the decisions you make. 00:05:51.731 --> 00:05:53.441 Before acting, 00:05:54.484 --> 00:05:56.652 you should have considered the consequences. 00:05:56.694 --> 00:06:00.990 How do you wish for me to eliminate the meritorious subjects? 00:06:02.075 --> 00:06:04.160 They are not to be dealt with by justice 00:06:04.243 --> 00:06:05.953 and righteousness alone. 00:06:09.374 --> 00:06:10.375 Consort Park, 00:06:11.542 --> 00:06:13.920 you must surely remember what they did to us. 00:06:16.005 --> 00:06:17.715 I remember clearly. 00:06:19.342 --> 00:06:22.762 I remember how many lives were easily lost in a single purge. 00:06:26.891 --> 00:06:28.893 But do you really believe that it was only them 00:06:31.104 --> 00:06:32.939 who ruined my family? 00:06:35.900 --> 00:06:38.653 The former King's decision to protect you 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:41.531 resulted in the death… 00:06:44.158 --> 00:06:45.993 of my parents and my extended family. 00:06:49.288 --> 00:06:50.373 That was… 00:06:51.749 --> 00:06:53.793 the consequence of a king's decision. 00:07:18.234 --> 00:07:19.819 You had the governor 00:07:19.902 --> 00:07:22.613 protect the crafters at Bamboo Grove Village. 00:07:23.156 --> 00:07:25.992 You even fasted so that your eunuchs and court ladies 00:07:26.534 --> 00:07:28.202 would not be accused of poisoning you. 00:07:28.703 --> 00:07:30.705 It is sad how innocent lives were lost, 00:07:31.289 --> 00:07:33.875 but you should not reproach yourself. 00:07:37.378 --> 00:07:39.255 But Siwol was one of them. 00:07:41.424 --> 00:07:43.426 Consort Park is right. 00:07:44.385 --> 00:07:45.928 I caused… 00:07:48.723 --> 00:07:49.932 these deaths. 00:07:53.394 --> 00:07:56.689 And as a result, you strengthened the royal authority. 00:08:14.248 --> 00:08:15.124 Court Lady Choi, 00:08:15.166 --> 00:08:18.336 His Majesty has requested that the consort joins him on a walk by the stables. 00:08:20.755 --> 00:08:22.924 He must not be aware of her being unwell. 00:08:30.640 --> 00:08:32.308 Inform him that I cannot. 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:45.821 I am afraid Consort Park has declined. 00:08:51.452 --> 00:08:52.954 It seems as though her anger… 00:08:54.288 --> 00:08:56.040 will not easily subside. 00:09:06.551 --> 00:09:11.138 Ttonggeum's body will be buried outside the Capital today. 00:09:12.014 --> 00:09:16.310 His Majesty ordered a funeral to be conducted with respect. 00:09:17.645 --> 00:09:20.314 You should visit once she lays to rest. 00:09:21.023 --> 00:09:22.692 She will be expecting you. 00:09:31.325 --> 00:09:33.536 Report back to me on the status of the royal office. 00:09:35.079 --> 00:09:36.414 Not his chambers, 00:09:37.999 --> 00:09:39.250 but the royal office? 00:09:40.293 --> 00:09:41.294 That is correct. 00:09:49.510 --> 00:09:50.803 It is the first day of the month? 00:09:51.345 --> 00:09:53.264 Yes, Your Highness. 00:09:55.683 --> 00:09:57.768 Should I bring you some snacks? 00:09:58.853 --> 00:09:59.729 Go ahead. 00:10:00.313 --> 00:10:01.355 Your Highness, 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.275 Inspector Park requests an audience. 00:10:06.444 --> 00:10:08.029 Should I grant him entrance? 00:10:10.531 --> 00:10:11.490 Let him enter. 00:10:29.425 --> 00:10:30.635 What brings you by? 00:10:31.260 --> 00:10:32.762 I am only here to greet you. 00:10:33.346 --> 00:10:34.972 I always have on the first of the month 00:10:35.014 --> 00:10:36.766 after the grand morning court assembly. 00:10:37.975 --> 00:10:39.018 Is that so? 00:10:40.853 --> 00:10:44.231 After having challenged me so fiercely? 00:10:44.315 --> 00:10:46.275 I was only fulfilling my professional duties. 00:10:46.359 --> 00:10:49.028 And greeting an elder is a duty of mine as your junior. 00:10:51.530 --> 00:10:53.074 The court is abundant with those 00:10:53.532 --> 00:10:56.702 afraid of being shunned if found in association with me. 00:10:57.161 --> 00:10:59.705 You are to leave. Neglect your duties… 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:04.418 like others choose to do. 00:11:18.099 --> 00:11:20.059 I will be back to greet you next month. 00:11:26.524 --> 00:11:27.608 Namsang. 00:11:32.863 --> 00:11:35.783 -Yes, Your Highness? -I am grateful 00:11:37.535 --> 00:11:38.994 for the company. 00:11:40.830 --> 00:11:41.664 But… 00:11:47.503 --> 00:11:48.713 do not come next time. 00:11:52.675 --> 00:11:54.635 I will not see you anymore. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.004 I hear that the Chief Scholar is moving to have you impeached. 00:12:31.505 --> 00:12:35.301 His sense of inferiority has clouded his judgment. 00:12:37.219 --> 00:12:39.054 But he is still my mentor. 00:12:41.140 --> 00:12:42.224 Is it taking a toll on you? 00:12:43.225 --> 00:12:44.602 Fulfilling one's duties 00:12:45.770 --> 00:12:47.605 always has its difficulties. 00:12:59.492 --> 00:13:00.534 Yes, it has been troubling, 00:13:02.203 --> 00:13:03.162 Father. 00:13:05.331 --> 00:13:06.373 Namsang. 00:13:08.959 --> 00:13:10.044 Still, 00:13:10.920 --> 00:13:14.131 do not deviate from your troubled path. 00:13:15.341 --> 00:13:16.342 What you value 00:13:16.884 --> 00:13:19.011 is the past I desperately 00:13:20.095 --> 00:13:21.764 wished to protect. 00:13:23.599 --> 00:13:25.559 That is how I taught you. 00:13:26.811 --> 00:13:28.646 But if it is too much to bear, 00:13:30.481 --> 00:13:32.316 feel free to resent me instead. 00:13:39.824 --> 00:13:40.741 Father. 00:13:41.951 --> 00:13:43.911 I would have led the same life 00:13:44.912 --> 00:13:47.206 no matter what you taught me. 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.685 Between the two of us, 00:14:08.769 --> 00:14:10.563 you must be the stronger one. 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.965 What are you planning to do after gaining all that power? 00:14:38.090 --> 00:14:41.343 What exactly is power to you? 00:14:44.763 --> 00:14:45.764 I wonder. 00:14:46.849 --> 00:14:48.183 Is there anything 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:50.769 you actually wish to achieve? 00:15:10.372 --> 00:15:13.334 We report the following with the utmost respect. 00:15:13.375 --> 00:15:16.170 The Queen Dowager falsified evidence 00:15:16.253 --> 00:15:19.840 and tried to take command of the troops with a fake dispatch token 00:15:19.924 --> 00:15:23.302 revealing her traitorous crimes. 00:15:23.344 --> 00:15:26.263 Despite her heinous actions, she hides behind her status as your mother. 00:15:26.305 --> 00:15:29.224 We urge you to value the greater good 00:15:29.350 --> 00:15:33.228 and lawfully punish the Queen Dowager by deposing her. 00:15:34.730 --> 00:15:35.898 I do not allow it. 00:15:37.524 --> 00:15:40.945 My mother would not have betrayed her own son. 00:15:41.570 --> 00:15:43.822 The crime falls upon the Chief Royal Secretary 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.908 who wrote up documents in her name. 00:15:47.284 --> 00:15:50.579 Interrogate the Chief Royal Secretary and uncover the crimes 00:15:51.413 --> 00:15:52.289 of those associated. 00:15:52.373 --> 00:15:53.499 Your Majesty? 00:15:55.834 --> 00:15:57.169 Your Majesty! 00:15:57.252 --> 00:16:00.506 Your Majesty, scholars of the Confucian Academy were either 00:16:00.631 --> 00:16:02.925 executed or imprisoned for speaking their minds. 00:16:03.008 --> 00:16:05.719 The level of brutality gravely alarms us. 00:16:05.803 --> 00:16:07.179 Please investigate the Queen Dowager. 00:16:07.262 --> 00:16:08.222 I do not allow it. 00:16:08.889 --> 00:16:12.101 It must stem from the impudent loyalty of the Chief of State Tribunal. 00:16:12.184 --> 00:16:14.478 He will be interrogated and punished by exile 00:16:14.561 --> 00:16:16.480 should his crimes be proven. 00:16:16.563 --> 00:16:17.690 I do not allow it. 00:16:17.773 --> 00:16:21.068 It is the Office of Palace Eunuchs that harbored a personal vendetta. 00:16:21.151 --> 00:16:23.404 How dare you accuse my mother of such crimes? 00:16:24.780 --> 00:16:25.948 Eunuchs and adjunct overseers, 00:16:26.031 --> 00:16:30.285 round up all those who took advantage of the Queen Dowager's powers. 00:17:16.290 --> 00:17:19.084 I wish to know why you are refusing to depose the Queen Dowager. 00:17:21.628 --> 00:17:22.963 Is it to punish 00:17:23.005 --> 00:17:25.632 the meritorious subjects using her crimes as an excuse? 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.675 Or is there… 00:17:29.511 --> 00:17:32.973 another reason? 00:17:39.772 --> 00:17:40.814 I cannot 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:43.358 dishonor my own mother 00:17:44.401 --> 00:17:46.445 which will then justify an overthrow of my regime. 00:17:47.613 --> 00:17:48.822 Then… 00:17:49.531 --> 00:17:51.075 what is it that you are attempting? 00:17:52.493 --> 00:17:54.328 I gave Councilor Park my order. 00:17:55.454 --> 00:17:56.914 He is to bring me the Queen Dowager. 00:17:58.040 --> 00:18:01.043 His Majesty is not interested in the Queen Dowager's deposition. 00:18:01.085 --> 00:18:03.545 Eliminating us is his main objective. 00:18:03.670 --> 00:18:05.881 The list of her crimes is not short 00:18:05.964 --> 00:18:08.425 and he is trying to tie them around our necks. 00:18:09.968 --> 00:18:12.096 I hear His Majesty gave the order. 00:18:16.350 --> 00:18:17.810 "Bring me the Queen Dowager." 00:18:19.144 --> 00:18:20.354 If you wish to live, 00:18:21.271 --> 00:18:23.190 you are to serve him her head. 00:18:25.609 --> 00:18:27.194 His Majesty cannot dishonor his mother 00:18:27.236 --> 00:18:29.279 nor let her live for that matter. 00:18:29.363 --> 00:18:33.158 Whether you persuade her with words or by force is up to you. 00:18:33.242 --> 00:18:34.451 But he is pressuring you 00:18:34.535 --> 00:18:37.162 to find a way that will let him be free of guilt. 00:18:46.964 --> 00:18:48.423 It is unacceptable. 00:18:51.009 --> 00:18:53.262 But the alternative will only put us in danger. 00:18:53.345 --> 00:18:54.555 With a deposition being suggested-- 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:56.265 Forcing her abdication may be undutiful, 00:18:56.765 --> 00:18:58.475 but murdering her is a sin against heaven. 00:18:58.976 --> 00:19:01.562 No dynasty or its people 00:19:02.020 --> 00:19:05.816 can serve a king who murders his own mother. 00:19:07.025 --> 00:19:08.485 Throughout his regime, 00:19:08.610 --> 00:19:11.155 treason, rebellion, and mutiny 00:19:12.156 --> 00:19:14.324 will be repeated. 00:19:16.785 --> 00:19:18.704 I refuse… 00:19:21.832 --> 00:19:23.208 to be the one… 00:19:27.004 --> 00:19:29.673 who brings this country to ruin. 00:19:39.224 --> 00:19:42.186 Deposement will not be enough. 00:19:42.686 --> 00:19:46.398 She will once again use filial duty to pressure me. 00:19:46.481 --> 00:19:47.524 Will you 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.944 have her assassinated? 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:54.865 The meritorious subjects will do so in order to keep their lives. 00:19:57.534 --> 00:19:58.744 Only then will you 00:19:59.828 --> 00:20:01.079 and our child 00:20:02.623 --> 00:20:04.041 be safe. 00:20:08.378 --> 00:20:12.090 I am aware that it is the easier route. 00:20:13.884 --> 00:20:15.093 And from here on out, 00:20:16.595 --> 00:20:18.388 you will only choose to take… 00:20:20.849 --> 00:20:22.059 the easiest paths. 00:20:54.049 --> 00:20:57.386 Please step down on your own. 00:21:15.362 --> 00:21:19.324 His Majesty wishes for your death. 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.452 Refusing to depose me… 00:21:24.830 --> 00:21:26.665 was his way of pressuring you to kill me. 00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:30.794 Will you go through with it? 00:21:32.796 --> 00:21:34.840 If he orders you to kill me 00:21:35.924 --> 00:21:37.968 for the greater good of Joseon, 00:21:42.973 --> 00:21:44.391 will you do it? 00:21:46.143 --> 00:21:47.686 It is not for the greater good. 00:21:48.478 --> 00:21:52.149 Killing one's own mother is a sin against heaven. 00:21:52.232 --> 00:21:53.900 What if I was not the Queen Dowager? 00:21:53.984 --> 00:21:55.861 What if my son was not the King? 00:21:57.821 --> 00:21:58.780 Would you… 00:22:01.450 --> 00:22:04.911 still have me killed? 00:22:09.124 --> 00:22:12.669 You being the Queen Dowager and also the King's mother… 00:22:16.673 --> 00:22:17.924 is why I refuse to kill you. 00:22:27.142 --> 00:22:28.143 I said 00:22:29.770 --> 00:22:32.564 that I would demolish the Joseon you built. 00:22:39.613 --> 00:22:40.781 That thought… 00:22:44.451 --> 00:22:46.203 has not changed. 00:23:06.056 --> 00:23:08.141 Please do not do this! 00:23:09.184 --> 00:23:10.644 Please! 00:23:10.769 --> 00:23:12.646 Do not take me. 00:23:12.771 --> 00:23:15.399 Your Highness! 00:23:15.482 --> 00:23:17.692 Your Highness! 00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:25.075 Two more court maids were taken today. 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.368 He is slowly 00:23:27.536 --> 00:23:29.329 draining the life out of me. 00:23:30.831 --> 00:23:34.209 Is him not questioning you an act of filial duty 00:23:35.085 --> 00:23:37.254 or him preparing to go against it? 00:23:37.921 --> 00:23:39.339 It is probably… 00:23:40.549 --> 00:23:41.508 the latter. 00:23:45.053 --> 00:23:46.763 Before his watch on me heightens, 00:23:46.805 --> 00:23:48.974 find me a courier who can go in and out of the palace. 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.228 There are a few adjunct overseers who still owe me a favor. 00:23:53.645 --> 00:23:56.231 There is something I must have delivered 00:23:58.984 --> 00:24:00.402 outside the palace. 00:24:14.124 --> 00:24:15.125 You summoned me. 00:24:16.042 --> 00:24:18.295 There are no longer any appeals requesting 00:24:19.504 --> 00:24:21.173 the Queen Dowager's deposition. 00:24:21.715 --> 00:24:23.425 They have finally realized 00:24:23.550 --> 00:24:25.844 that their lives depend on her fate. 00:24:28.054 --> 00:24:29.848 The Central Army Division will be restructured 00:24:29.931 --> 00:24:31.391 to fall under the Ministry of War's command. 00:24:33.101 --> 00:24:33.935 Your Majesty. 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:37.189 The Central Army and the meritorious subjects. 00:24:38.273 --> 00:24:41.485 Have them answer to you and eliminate those loyal to Councilor Park. 00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.904 You have my full support, 00:24:45.322 --> 00:24:46.573 so do not fail. 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.745 I am humbled 00:24:52.704 --> 00:24:53.914 by your boundless generosity. 00:25:06.384 --> 00:25:07.594 This cannot be allowed. 00:25:08.178 --> 00:25:10.430 The Central Army is governed by the Ministry of War 00:25:10.514 --> 00:25:12.432 but is commanded by the Central Army Division 00:25:12.474 --> 00:25:14.142 to prevent both from having absolute power. 00:25:14.184 --> 00:25:15.685 The division cannot fall 00:25:15.810 --> 00:25:19.814 under the command of the Ministry of War without any contingency plan. 00:25:26.988 --> 00:25:28.073 Your Majesty, 00:25:28.615 --> 00:25:32.244 you have done enough to weaken my position within the court. 00:25:33.453 --> 00:25:36.122 Soon, the Sarim's rigidness will add pressure 00:25:36.414 --> 00:25:39.125 and their justifications will feel like a restraint. 00:25:39.251 --> 00:25:42.212 Your best option is to have the meritorious subjects and the Sarim 00:25:42.254 --> 00:25:43.964 keep each other in check. 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.810 It is about time you stop. 00:26:00.814 --> 00:26:02.691 What finally stopped you… 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.068 from deposing my mother? 00:26:07.404 --> 00:26:09.823 What stopped you from deposing me… 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.826 when I was Crown Prince? 00:26:14.411 --> 00:26:16.788 Her death brought you to a halt 00:26:16.871 --> 00:26:19.374 and agreeing to a royal marriage 00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.794 is how I kept my life. 00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:25.380 Bring me a life to take 00:26:26.006 --> 00:26:27.424 or something that can be traded. 00:26:29.884 --> 00:26:31.970 Only then will I stop. 00:26:35.098 --> 00:26:36.850 If neither is to your liking, 00:26:38.685 --> 00:26:40.395 sacrifice the Queen Dowager. 00:26:43.273 --> 00:26:45.191 Either way, I must benefit from this. 00:26:57.996 --> 00:27:01.541 Does this mean that Father will command the Central Army? 00:27:01.625 --> 00:27:05.128 That is correct. His Majesty wishes to bestow him that authority. 00:27:06.254 --> 00:27:08.840 So do not worry about being brought in for being associated 00:27:09.591 --> 00:27:11.009 with the Queen Dowager. 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:21.144 Lady Cho may act out again. 00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:23.271 Should you not have informed her? 00:27:23.355 --> 00:27:26.650 His Majesty will not stop until Councilor Park is stripped of his power. 00:27:26.733 --> 00:27:28.234 What good would knowing it do? 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:31.279 I am worried she would cause trouble coveting Consort Park's position. 00:27:31.863 --> 00:27:32.822 Leave her be. 00:27:33.365 --> 00:27:35.533 She only acts out because her family secures her position. 00:27:41.665 --> 00:27:43.333 YEONGHWADANG 00:27:43.375 --> 00:27:45.085 Her maturing and learning to behave 00:27:46.753 --> 00:27:48.046 is what I fear more. 00:27:59.182 --> 00:28:00.850 You look beautiful today. 00:28:03.603 --> 00:28:07.524 What could I do when my sister-in-law insisted that I wear it? 00:28:07.565 --> 00:28:09.609 She only wants you to be cherished by His Majesty. 00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:13.113 Nothing I wear will ever make that possible. 00:28:13.613 --> 00:28:16.574 Not when he is already aware of my wrongdoings. 00:28:27.961 --> 00:28:28.920 I see you are out for a walk. 00:28:31.172 --> 00:28:32.132 Yes, 00:28:33.216 --> 00:28:34.175 Your Majesty. 00:28:34.884 --> 00:28:37.095 Hearing that you were only staying indoors had me worried. 00:28:38.263 --> 00:28:41.933 It brings me relief to see you out and about. 00:28:43.518 --> 00:28:46.855 I apologize for troubling you. 00:28:52.110 --> 00:28:53.570 Your Majesty, 00:28:54.446 --> 00:28:55.572 I am… 00:28:56.531 --> 00:28:57.824 someone that you need, aren't I? 00:28:59.492 --> 00:29:03.955 Actually, it is my father you wish to have by your side. 00:29:10.754 --> 00:29:12.964 Be angry with me instead and berate me. 00:29:13.089 --> 00:29:15.008 Say that I was foolish 00:29:15.091 --> 00:29:17.469 and that I should be stripped of my rank and status. 00:29:18.762 --> 00:29:20.305 This is not a side of you I cherish. 00:29:22.724 --> 00:29:24.184 You scare me. 00:29:29.606 --> 00:29:30.565 My apologies, Your Majesty. 00:29:31.566 --> 00:29:32.859 I will excuse myself. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.982 Your Highness, Consort Park requests an audience. 00:30:13.024 --> 00:30:14.192 Let her enter. 00:30:23.618 --> 00:30:25.495 I am relieved to see 00:30:26.955 --> 00:30:28.498 that you are as spirited as ever. 00:30:28.581 --> 00:30:30.500 Why would I be dispirited? 00:30:30.583 --> 00:30:33.294 My garden will be in full bloom every spring 00:30:33.878 --> 00:30:37.340 and I still occupy the Queen Dowager's Palace. 00:30:40.260 --> 00:30:42.554 That was all you needed in your life, 00:30:43.346 --> 00:30:45.932 but yet you chose to carry out such heinous crimes. 00:30:45.974 --> 00:30:49.769 Just like His Majesty took the throne by being the former King's eldest son, 00:30:49.853 --> 00:30:50.895 being the Queen Dowager 00:30:52.105 --> 00:30:53.439 is my rightful place. 00:30:55.692 --> 00:30:58.111 What I did was to protect my home. 00:30:59.654 --> 00:31:01.281 His Majesty isn't any different. 00:31:01.364 --> 00:31:03.032 To protect his throne, 00:31:03.074 --> 00:31:07.453 he schemed with a monk to lure me into a trap. 00:31:10.665 --> 00:31:12.208 And now, 00:31:12.292 --> 00:31:15.211 he wishes me dead. 00:31:21.634 --> 00:31:25.972 I see you are terrified of the bad karma your actions have forged. 00:31:26.222 --> 00:31:27.640 There is no need to hide it. 00:31:28.141 --> 00:31:32.854 Having me killed is easier than having me deposed. 00:31:34.564 --> 00:31:37.442 All former kings, after claiming their power, 00:31:38.610 --> 00:31:40.194 solidified it by shedding blood. 00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:41.446 His Majesty 00:31:43.114 --> 00:31:44.574 is nothing like you. 00:31:46.868 --> 00:31:48.995 He shall be different. 00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:50.705 I will make sure of it. 00:31:52.332 --> 00:31:55.501 I will not let him take the same path… 00:31:58.212 --> 00:32:00.089 that you took. 00:32:27.909 --> 00:32:29.243 Maybe you should head back. 00:32:29.285 --> 00:32:31.162 Ever since you were present at the royal office, 00:32:31.955 --> 00:32:34.874 the Sarim officials have been condemning you. 00:32:37.210 --> 00:32:38.252 I do not doubt it. 00:32:39.253 --> 00:32:40.672 After all, he is strict on customs. 00:32:41.214 --> 00:32:42.590 Do you know Left Minister Moon? 00:32:44.550 --> 00:32:45.718 Very well. 00:32:48.721 --> 00:32:50.431 Eunuch Jung from the King's Palace 00:32:50.515 --> 00:32:54.268 forwarded the letter from Bamboo Grove Village's governor. 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.731 The Bamboo Grove Village? 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.525 Yes, Your Highness. 00:33:01.192 --> 00:33:03.444 He says it contains what you wish to know. 00:33:35.435 --> 00:33:37.645 Prior to Yoo Haksoo being reinstated, 00:33:37.729 --> 00:33:40.648 we request a reinvestigation into the murder of late Queen Inyoung. 00:33:40.732 --> 00:33:42.984 Please approve of it, Your Majesty. 00:33:43.192 --> 00:33:46.195 -Please approve of it, Your Majesty. -Please approve of it, Your Majesty. 00:33:47.864 --> 00:33:49.574 A reinvestigation is absurd. 00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:53.494 The late Queen Inyoung taking her own life may be uncovered. 00:33:54.203 --> 00:33:56.664 But the Sarim will not let the matter rest. 00:33:57.248 --> 00:33:58.750 Catching who is responsible 00:33:58.833 --> 00:34:01.544 and reinstating those wrongfully accused is what the Sarim desires. 00:34:02.045 --> 00:34:04.672 Your Majesty, Consort Park requests an audience. 00:34:05.673 --> 00:34:07.175 Let her enter. 00:34:43.795 --> 00:34:44.962 I come to you with a request. 00:34:47.131 --> 00:34:50.134 I wish to visit Ttonggeum's grave outside the Capital. 00:34:52.095 --> 00:34:53.805 I will have the Capital Bureau 00:34:53.888 --> 00:34:56.015 set up a perimeter in advance. 00:34:56.766 --> 00:34:58.392 No one else will be aware of your outing. 00:35:00.895 --> 00:35:02.021 I am much obliged. 00:35:16.994 --> 00:35:17.954 Consort Park, 00:35:19.872 --> 00:35:22.333 the possibility of you not letting me beside you again 00:35:24.168 --> 00:35:25.628 had me worried. 00:35:35.471 --> 00:35:36.764 I hear that 00:35:38.182 --> 00:35:41.269 you ordered the protection of the crafters in Bamboo Grove Village. 00:35:45.064 --> 00:35:46.232 Is it true? 00:35:47.984 --> 00:35:49.318 I warned the governor in advance 00:35:50.194 --> 00:35:54.115 so that they would not be captured like last time. 00:35:55.992 --> 00:35:59.704 And before consuming the poison, you fasted. 00:36:00.246 --> 00:36:01.455 Because of it, 00:36:03.958 --> 00:36:05.710 no one was 00:36:07.003 --> 00:36:08.254 wrongfully accused. 00:36:08.296 --> 00:36:10.464 The eunuchs and court ladies who serve me 00:36:11.174 --> 00:36:12.675 are mine to protect. 00:36:25.104 --> 00:36:26.355 Your Majesty, 00:36:27.481 --> 00:36:29.859 you are different from the Queen Dowager. 00:37:45.518 --> 00:37:47.270 Whose grave is this? 00:37:47.353 --> 00:37:50.314 Here lies someone we should never forget. 00:37:50.898 --> 00:37:52.525 Is she the reason 00:37:53.401 --> 00:37:55.861 you asked me here today? 00:37:58.406 --> 00:37:59.532 Councilor Park. 00:38:01.284 --> 00:38:03.160 Do you believe that His Majesty 00:38:04.203 --> 00:38:05.454 can be a benevolent king? 00:38:06.330 --> 00:38:07.373 I cannot be sure. 00:38:09.583 --> 00:38:10.751 It can be said 00:38:10.835 --> 00:38:13.129 that a king who cannot stand harsh advice 00:38:15.089 --> 00:38:17.425 has the makings of a tyrant. 00:38:19.010 --> 00:38:22.513 Without purges and harsh punishment of traitors, 00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:25.391 I will have His Majesty become a benevolent king. 00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:28.436 That I promise you. 00:38:28.561 --> 00:38:29.395 And so, 00:38:30.604 --> 00:38:31.939 I will… 00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.859 keep His Majesty in check. 00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:37.320 When he… 00:38:39.155 --> 00:38:40.781 is your husband? 00:38:40.865 --> 00:38:43.159 I currently speak as his subject. 00:38:44.952 --> 00:38:46.620 He is the one 00:38:47.288 --> 00:38:49.582 who has paved the way for me to do so. 00:38:51.542 --> 00:38:55.838 After all, he is the one who installed those loyal to my father. 00:39:02.803 --> 00:39:04.722 May I ask why you had me summoned? 00:39:04.764 --> 00:39:06.891 I hear you appealed for the banning 00:39:06.974 --> 00:39:08.684 of the people's three-year mourning period. 00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:13.064 It had me curious since it goes against your Neo-Confucian beliefs. 00:39:13.606 --> 00:39:16.859 It is not an official's duty to satisfy your curiosity. 00:39:17.693 --> 00:39:20.654 You are never to summon me over these kinds of matters again. 00:39:23.074 --> 00:39:26.702 A three-year mourning period prohibits the people to work 00:39:27.036 --> 00:39:29.830 and earn a living. 00:39:29.914 --> 00:39:32.458 Many are caught and sentenced to beatings, 00:39:33.209 --> 00:39:35.419 so how can one disagree to its harmful effects? 00:39:36.504 --> 00:39:38.589 Nobles value propriety above all else, 00:39:38.672 --> 00:39:41.175 but it should not be forced onto commoners. 00:39:43.135 --> 00:39:45.054 Why do you believe that to be? 00:39:47.598 --> 00:39:50.184 My father was proud when I mastered 00:39:50.309 --> 00:39:53.020 Elementary Learning and Precious Mirror for Enlightening the Mind. 00:39:53.646 --> 00:39:56.565 But he banned me from reading Analects of Confucius. 00:40:01.278 --> 00:40:03.239 One of his closest friends 00:40:04.073 --> 00:40:06.075 told me this while handing me Doctrine of the Mean. 00:40:08.869 --> 00:40:11.872 "Read and master it. 00:40:12.665 --> 00:40:14.500 The book teaches us 00:40:14.583 --> 00:40:18.003 that we should stay true to the human nature bestowed upon us. 00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:21.173 Gender is not a factor 00:40:21.715 --> 00:40:23.801 when it comes to learning." 00:40:30.891 --> 00:40:32.143 Jeong… 00:40:59.712 --> 00:41:00.880 Yoo Haksoo's daughter. 00:41:07.678 --> 00:41:09.305 Were you the one who brought her in? 00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:24.695 Are you willing to go through with it? 00:41:24.778 --> 00:41:26.864 I wish to have my identity restored. 00:41:26.906 --> 00:41:29.074 And I already told you that you cannot. 00:41:29.825 --> 00:41:33.245 To go back to being Yoo Haksoo's daughter, 00:41:33.621 --> 00:41:37.875 you risk your life as well as mine. 00:41:37.958 --> 00:41:40.920 His Majesty appointed the scholars who share my father's values. 00:41:41.670 --> 00:41:44.715 This is the last chance to reclaim my status. 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.635 You will soon be installed as Queen. 00:41:48.969 --> 00:41:51.055 Remaining my niece 00:41:51.514 --> 00:41:54.099 will only benefit you. 00:41:54.183 --> 00:41:55.851 Then, the Sarim will try to have me deposed 00:41:56.101 --> 00:41:58.729 since I am the daughter of a meritorious subject. 00:41:58.812 --> 00:42:01.398 The Sarim will choose to hold their breath. 00:42:01.482 --> 00:42:04.193 They will not dare to defy His Majesty's wishes. 00:42:04.818 --> 00:42:09.615 Not when they have witnessed the meritorious subjects being eliminated. 00:42:09.698 --> 00:42:10.991 That is exactly why. 00:42:12.284 --> 00:42:14.245 If the court does not challenge him, 00:42:14.370 --> 00:42:16.372 who will be able to stop him? 00:42:29.718 --> 00:42:32.179 So you choose… 00:42:33.681 --> 00:42:35.432 to challenge him instead? 00:42:35.975 --> 00:42:38.644 I will not walk the same path as you once did. 00:42:39.812 --> 00:42:41.105 It is why 00:42:41.188 --> 00:42:44.441 you must have my status reinstated. 00:43:06.714 --> 00:43:08.424 Your father's status will be reinstated. 00:43:09.174 --> 00:43:12.469 Left Minister Moon requested it today regardless of the reinvestigation 00:43:12.553 --> 00:43:14.305 into my mother's murder 00:43:15.556 --> 00:43:17.016 and I approved. 00:43:19.810 --> 00:43:21.145 I am honored. 00:43:22.229 --> 00:43:24.398 Capturing my mother's murderer is what they desire 00:43:24.481 --> 00:43:27.693 which is why I am baffled as to why they easily backed down. 00:43:35.284 --> 00:43:36.410 Would it be possible 00:43:38.203 --> 00:43:40.581 to have my status reinstated as well? 00:43:44.293 --> 00:43:47.171 The Sarim will welcome me to their side. 00:43:47.254 --> 00:43:49.715 You know how Councilor Park is. 00:43:50.382 --> 00:43:51.800 In order to have you reinstated, 00:43:51.884 --> 00:43:54.219 we must reveal that you are not his niece. 00:43:55.804 --> 00:43:57.014 There is no way of knowing 00:43:57.139 --> 00:44:00.309 what he will do holding it over us as leverage. 00:44:00.893 --> 00:44:01.894 I will… 00:44:03.020 --> 00:44:04.855 persuade him, Your Majesty. 00:44:05.272 --> 00:44:06.440 -So-- -Consort Park. 00:44:07.483 --> 00:44:09.193 He is not one to be pursuaded, 00:44:11.070 --> 00:44:12.571 but eliminated. 00:44:16.825 --> 00:44:20.412 Once the deed is done, we will be free to do as we wish. 00:44:30.214 --> 00:44:31.924 Whatever choice I make, 00:44:34.134 --> 00:44:35.761 please tell me that you know 00:44:37.805 --> 00:44:38.972 it is for your sake. 00:44:44.895 --> 00:44:46.063 I am well aware of it. 00:44:47.481 --> 00:44:48.565 You are the one person 00:44:49.983 --> 00:44:52.319 I can always count to be on my side. 00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:32.943 Forgive my intrusion at this late hour. 00:45:33.318 --> 00:45:35.154 Before the division is restructured, 00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:38.240 His Majesty ordered that the Central Army commanders 00:45:38.323 --> 00:45:40.200 be punished for their sins. 00:45:40.784 --> 00:45:43.871 But they happened to seek refuge here of all places. 00:45:44.455 --> 00:45:46.415 Take them away at once. 00:45:48.959 --> 00:45:50.711 Minister Cho, look here-- 00:45:59.011 --> 00:46:00.345 This is official palace business. 00:46:00.929 --> 00:46:04.141 Anyone who interferes will be punished by military law. 00:46:07.060 --> 00:46:08.604 -Take them away! -Yes, my lord. 00:46:16.695 --> 00:46:18.405 I urge you to keep this in mind. 00:46:19.114 --> 00:46:22.201 His Majesty will not allow relatives on his wife's side 00:46:23.202 --> 00:46:24.870 to go rampant. 00:46:24.953 --> 00:46:27.289 Relatives on his wife's side who are loyal to him 00:46:28.582 --> 00:46:30.709 are those he needs. 00:46:32.544 --> 00:46:34.963 Next time, my sword will be at your throat… 00:46:36.882 --> 00:46:38.300 unsheathed. 00:47:10.791 --> 00:47:11.708 The Minister of War 00:47:11.792 --> 00:47:15.420 dragged our people out of our house like mutts. 00:47:16.630 --> 00:47:19.550 He must already think you are beneath him. 00:47:20.425 --> 00:47:22.511 It is nothing to fuss over. 00:47:22.594 --> 00:47:24.721 Do as His Majesty asks 00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:28.392 before our family is annihilated. 00:47:33.438 --> 00:47:34.314 My lady. 00:47:34.356 --> 00:47:36.233 As your wife and as a woman of rank, 00:47:36.608 --> 00:47:39.152 I complied with your orders for the sake of this family. 00:47:40.612 --> 00:47:42.072 My life as a woman… 00:47:44.741 --> 00:47:45.784 was never a priority. 00:47:49.663 --> 00:47:51.832 It is why I say this as the lady of this house. 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:54.251 Assassinate… 00:47:56.670 --> 00:47:57.963 the Queen Dowager. 00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:04.469 Is that what you truly want? 00:48:35.042 --> 00:48:36.418 Jealousy got the best of me. 00:48:40.964 --> 00:48:42.174 Please forget what I said. 00:48:43.175 --> 00:48:45.844 Whenever our family's fate was at stake, 00:48:46.595 --> 00:48:49.765 you complied with my decisions without any complaints. 00:48:54.811 --> 00:48:56.104 I am grateful. 00:49:00.984 --> 00:49:02.319 Once again, 00:49:02.819 --> 00:49:07.324 our family's fate hangs in the balance. 00:49:07.950 --> 00:49:09.868 Are you going to defy His Majesty? 00:49:10.911 --> 00:49:12.871 "Those who seek death shall live..." 00:49:20.128 --> 00:49:21.755 The true leader of this family 00:49:22.506 --> 00:49:23.674 is you, my lady. 00:49:40.190 --> 00:49:43.193 Has Councilor Park still not sent any word? 00:49:43.944 --> 00:49:44.903 I am afraid not. 00:49:48.699 --> 00:49:50.951 May I ask what it is you await? 00:50:17.060 --> 00:50:18.353 I propose a deal. 00:50:18.395 --> 00:50:22.274 With the Sarim, officially investigate the Queen Dowager's crimes 00:50:22.399 --> 00:50:25.986 and force her abdication with those as a justification. 00:50:26.778 --> 00:50:27.863 I will do so. 00:50:27.904 --> 00:50:31.783 Will you be able to have only me 00:50:32.325 --> 00:50:33.952 take the fall? 00:50:35.245 --> 00:50:37.414 I give you my word. 00:50:39.124 --> 00:50:40.375 Then in return, 00:50:41.043 --> 00:50:43.712 I will have your status reinstated. 00:50:45.464 --> 00:50:46.590 Is there… 00:50:47.466 --> 00:50:48.675 a way? 00:50:49.384 --> 00:50:51.136 Only one person 00:50:52.429 --> 00:50:53.930 can make it happen. 00:50:54.848 --> 00:50:59.644 Only His Majesty can reinstate your status. 00:51:12.783 --> 00:51:14.576 I approve the reinstatement of Yoo Haksoo 00:51:14.701 --> 00:51:16.912 who was executed for the murder of Queen Inyoung. 00:51:17.704 --> 00:51:21.124 More than enough evidence proves that he was framed. 00:51:21.708 --> 00:51:23.502 He will be reinstated as Minister of Personnel 00:51:24.252 --> 00:51:26.046 and be given the epithet Chungmoon. 00:51:38.058 --> 00:51:42.104 I am humbled by your boundless generosity, Your Majesty. 00:51:42.145 --> 00:51:43.355 -I am humbled -I am humbled 00:51:43.438 --> 00:51:46.775 -by your boundless generosity. -by your boundless generosity. 00:51:57.035 --> 00:51:58.245 Your Majesty, 00:51:58.328 --> 00:52:01.581 there is also another who must be reinstated. 00:52:03.375 --> 00:52:05.210 Yoo Haksoo's daughter 00:52:05.794 --> 00:52:08.588 who was killed as the Crown Princess. 00:52:10.173 --> 00:52:11.925 His daughter lives 00:52:12.801 --> 00:52:15.053 and I request her status be reinstated. 00:52:40.370 --> 00:52:41.872 The late Crown Princess is alive? 00:52:41.955 --> 00:52:44.624 She died in the fire after being deposed. 00:52:45.292 --> 00:52:47.669 She is alive, Your Majesty. 00:52:49.004 --> 00:52:53.300 And the fire that supposedly took her life can be proven to have been arson. 00:52:54.342 --> 00:52:58.138 I requested the Ministry of Punishments to reinvestigate the matter. 00:52:58.221 --> 00:53:00.599 I, the section chief of Ministry of Punishments, greet His Majesty. 00:53:02.475 --> 00:53:06.605 Left State Councilor raised suspicion regarding the fire that took place 00:53:06.730 --> 00:53:08.565 which prompted an investigation. 00:53:08.648 --> 00:53:12.652 The body of the deposed Crown Princess was unrecognizable due to the fire 00:53:12.694 --> 00:53:17.574 and there was a report of a dead body nearby going missing. 00:53:20.118 --> 00:53:21.578 What are you playing at? 00:53:22.704 --> 00:53:24.414 Are you trying to reveal her identity 00:53:24.915 --> 00:53:26.625 to sentence her to an execution? 00:53:29.044 --> 00:53:31.254 He must be well aware that revealing her identity 00:53:32.214 --> 00:53:33.465 will also put him in danger. 00:53:38.428 --> 00:53:40.388 She is alive, Your Majesty. 00:53:41.389 --> 00:53:42.515 She… 00:53:43.642 --> 00:53:45.852 deceived the world, the royal family, 00:53:46.853 --> 00:53:50.232 and even you to set foot in this palace. 00:53:55.820 --> 00:53:59.199 If the daughter of a traitor entered the palace by deceiving everyone, 00:53:59.282 --> 00:54:01.034 she should be executed. 00:54:01.785 --> 00:54:03.954 But if what you are saying is a lie, 00:54:03.995 --> 00:54:06.581 you will pay for it with your life. 00:54:08.208 --> 00:54:10.293 She is someone you also know quite well. 00:54:18.051 --> 00:54:19.469 Your Majesty, 00:54:21.513 --> 00:54:23.598 she is Consort Park. 00:54:33.650 --> 00:54:35.235 Councilor Park! 00:54:40.198 --> 00:54:41.283 It seems as though 00:54:43.785 --> 00:54:45.829 you wish for her to die. 00:54:48.915 --> 00:54:50.875 Only His Majesty can reinstate you. 00:54:51.793 --> 00:54:55.213 Deceiving your husband who is also your ruler 00:54:55.255 --> 00:54:57.215 is punishable by execution, 00:54:57.299 --> 00:54:58.842 but not if it was the husband and ruler 00:54:58.925 --> 00:55:01.261 who deceived the world to embrace you. 00:55:04.639 --> 00:55:06.141 A king has no shame 00:55:06.224 --> 00:55:07.934 and the matter is one of the Internal Court. 00:55:10.478 --> 00:55:14.774 No one would dare to hold anyone accountable. 00:55:15.859 --> 00:55:17.694 I condoned it. 00:55:18.445 --> 00:55:22.073 Was it not I who acknowledged Consort Park 00:55:22.741 --> 00:55:24.326 as Councilor Park's niece? 00:55:25.952 --> 00:55:27.704 The former King felt pity for her 00:55:28.455 --> 00:55:31.750 since we abandoned her and ordered that she be saved. 00:55:31.833 --> 00:55:33.710 It is why I allowed her to enter the palace. 00:55:34.586 --> 00:55:35.545 Consort Park… 00:55:37.464 --> 00:55:38.715 is innocent. 00:55:45.680 --> 00:55:46.639 Your Majesty, 00:55:46.723 --> 00:55:50.685 are you saying that Consort Park is in fact Yoo Haksoo's daughter? 00:55:54.439 --> 00:55:56.733 Even if you allowed it, 00:55:56.775 --> 00:56:00.028 deceiving the Royal Court as Councilor Park's niece 00:56:00.111 --> 00:56:02.655 is an atrocious crime. 00:56:02.781 --> 00:56:05.158 It was I who threatened her. 00:56:06.201 --> 00:56:08.953 The former King saved her life, 00:56:08.995 --> 00:56:11.081 my threats forced her into the palace, 00:56:12.499 --> 00:56:13.833 and His Majesty 00:56:15.335 --> 00:56:16.628 hid the fact 00:56:18.421 --> 00:56:20.173 and condoned it. 00:56:56.209 --> 00:56:57.794 What game are you playing? 00:56:59.003 --> 00:57:00.755 Did you reveal her identity 00:57:01.923 --> 00:57:03.883 so that she could be executed? 00:57:05.552 --> 00:57:06.553 Actually, 00:57:07.595 --> 00:57:09.514 I do not care to know. 00:57:09.556 --> 00:57:11.850 You confessed to threatening her 00:57:11.933 --> 00:57:13.768 which explains her entering the palace 00:57:13.852 --> 00:57:15.645 and I condoned it 00:57:15.770 --> 00:57:18.189 which justifies her actions to stay. 00:57:19.232 --> 00:57:20.233 Your Majesty, 00:57:21.234 --> 00:57:25.572 please consider what could have made me 00:57:26.281 --> 00:57:28.074 reveal the truth. 00:57:34.664 --> 00:57:35.999 Your reasons… 00:57:38.084 --> 00:57:39.544 are of no importance. 00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:42.005 You confessed to a crime 00:57:43.590 --> 00:57:44.966 and now you will pay for it. 00:57:46.634 --> 00:57:48.136 Have the State Tribunal 00:57:49.220 --> 00:57:50.972 imprison Left State Councilor Park Gyewon. 00:57:51.014 --> 00:57:53.808 Your order is my command. 00:58:07.614 --> 00:58:08.823 I told you to annihilate 00:58:10.241 --> 00:58:11.868 Councilor Park's family. 00:58:12.494 --> 00:58:15.121 I told you to have the Sarim 00:58:16.164 --> 00:58:17.874 make an official appeal, 00:58:19.334 --> 00:58:22.045 -but you refuse to do so. -Your Majesty, 00:58:22.170 --> 00:58:26.424 official appeals are to be made by the subjects, not the ruler himself. 00:58:28.510 --> 00:58:30.512 Please accept my loyal advice. 00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:38.353 Loyal advice or not, 00:58:39.562 --> 00:58:41.189 I simply do not care. 00:58:42.315 --> 00:58:44.150 Councilor Park is your mortal enemy. 00:58:44.484 --> 00:58:46.444 Why do you not want him to answer to his crimes? 00:58:46.569 --> 00:58:47.904 Determining… 00:58:48.905 --> 00:58:50.865 the weight of his crimes must come first. 00:58:50.949 --> 00:58:52.951 Who are you to decide that? 00:58:53.785 --> 00:58:55.495 It was ordered 00:58:56.955 --> 00:58:58.498 by Consort Park whom he threatened. 00:59:00.708 --> 00:59:02.001 Consort Park? 00:59:10.718 --> 00:59:11.719 Are you saying 00:59:13.096 --> 00:59:14.764 that she is aware of Councilor Park's actions? 00:59:15.390 --> 00:59:16.349 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:59:17.058 --> 00:59:18.351 How though? 00:59:19.769 --> 00:59:21.271 It is my belief 00:59:23.064 --> 00:59:24.899 that this was a collaborative decision. 01:00:12.113 --> 01:00:13.114 Did Councilor Park 01:00:14.240 --> 01:00:16.034 threaten you again? 01:00:19.954 --> 01:00:21.581 That is what I thought. 01:00:22.415 --> 01:00:25.084 You and Councilor Park forming an alliance to take advantage of me? 01:00:26.294 --> 01:00:28.046 It is preposterous. 01:00:29.714 --> 01:00:30.590 Your Majesty… 01:00:33.593 --> 01:00:37.680 I will interrogate him myself and have him speak the truth. 01:00:39.140 --> 01:00:40.224 It was I. 01:00:42.268 --> 01:00:43.436 It was I 01:00:44.312 --> 01:00:46.689 who formed an alliance with Councilor Park. 01:00:49.025 --> 01:00:51.653 Once the Sarim fill in for the meritorious subjects, 01:00:52.445 --> 01:00:55.615 you will divide them in order to seize the power they have. 01:00:56.366 --> 01:00:58.076 When power shifts too much to one side, 01:00:58.201 --> 01:01:01.079 you will initiate a purge to eliminate any threats. 01:01:01.829 --> 01:01:04.332 By arousing conflict and dividing, 01:01:05.708 --> 01:01:07.752 you will try to dominate your people. 01:01:07.794 --> 01:01:08.795 Because… 01:01:10.213 --> 01:01:12.173 it is the easiest way for you. 01:01:17.428 --> 01:01:18.513 I am afraid 01:01:20.890 --> 01:01:23.810 I cannot let you obsess over the power of royal authority 01:01:23.893 --> 01:01:26.479 which will lead to purges and the imprisonment of your subjects. 01:01:27.605 --> 01:01:31.234 I cannot let you suffer the pain they entail. 01:01:33.695 --> 01:01:34.862 Are you saying… 01:01:37.365 --> 01:01:39.325 you would rather be my enemy? 01:01:44.205 --> 01:01:46.124 When you of all people 01:01:47.834 --> 01:01:49.919 are aware of how my life has been? 01:01:52.588 --> 01:01:54.632 When I am finally close to strengthening 01:01:56.050 --> 01:01:57.218 the royal authority-- 01:01:57.301 --> 01:01:58.845 There will be no end to it. 01:02:01.889 --> 01:02:03.349 That is why I chose this path. 01:02:03.933 --> 01:02:04.767 No. 01:02:06.811 --> 01:02:08.396 No, you are to stop. 01:02:09.814 --> 01:02:11.274 You must stop. 01:02:14.485 --> 01:02:16.112 If you choose to stand against me, 01:02:19.323 --> 01:02:20.408 I will… 01:02:25.371 --> 01:02:27.415 have to eliminate you. 01:02:41.345 --> 01:02:44.390 BLOODY HEART 01:03:04.869 --> 01:03:07.413 Councilor Park Gyewon is the one who caused everything. 01:03:07.455 --> 01:03:08.790 He'll be held responsible. 01:03:08.873 --> 01:03:11.626 The King must be trying to annihilate everyone who's on my side. 01:03:11.751 --> 01:03:15.963 Your reign is completely your responsibility. 01:03:16.005 --> 01:03:18.216 I am not your enemy, Your Majesty. 01:03:18.341 --> 01:03:19.258 Please accept me. 01:03:19.759 --> 01:03:21.093 You must accept me. 01:03:21.135 --> 01:03:22.261 Please do not waver. 01:03:22.345 --> 01:03:24.013 I only hoped to protect. 01:03:24.055 --> 01:03:26.891 The one thing that made the ones I missed return and visit 01:03:26.974 --> 01:03:28.100 was power.