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

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Are you saying…

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you would rather be my enemy?

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When you of all people

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are aware of how my life has been?

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When I am finally close to strengthening

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the royal authority--

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There will be no end to it.

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That is why I chose this path.

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No.

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No, you are to stop.

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You must stop.

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If you choose to stand against me,

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I will…

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have to eliminate you.

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I wanted power desperately

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only to protect you.

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I did not want to lose my wife in vain
just as my late father did.

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I shall

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continue on my path.
It is the only way to protect you.

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Please do so, Your Majesty.

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Go down your own path.

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However,

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take that journey for yourself,
and not for my sake.

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I will

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protect myself.

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I will protect myself…

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with everything I have.

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BLOODY HEART
FINAL EPISODE

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What do you mean?

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The consort is Yoo Haksoo's daughter,
the deposed crown princess?

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That is correct.

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What will happen to Councilor Park

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if that is true?

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His crime is too dire.

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Why did you make such a foolish choice?

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If I didn't shake around
His Majesty's design,

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all members of Sarim and the Royal Court

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would have been pushed around by him.

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I do not know
what your deal with the consort was,

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but you'll regret this.

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I think through every choice I make
so that I do not regret anything.

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Respectfully escort him
to the State Tribunal.

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-Yes, my lord.
-Yes, my lord.

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What did I want to do with power?

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Nothing.

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I only hoped to protect.

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The one thing that made
the ones I missed return and visit

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was power.

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Let us go.

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Your Highness. And also Mother.

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How could you do something this serious?

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I have no excuses.

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You shouldn't dare to rebuke the consort.

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This is something your father and I did.

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Mother.

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My lord has kept his promise.

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It's now your turn.

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You must keep your promise
to keep our family

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and Councilor Park safe.

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I shall do that.

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I will trust your words.

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The consort was the former crown princess?

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What does that mean?

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You must calm down, Lady Cho.

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She had committed such a grave crime.

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Why won't you discuss her punishment?

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Didn't I tell you?

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Even His Majesty turned a blind eye to it.

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Father.

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We cannot bring down the consort.

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But Councilor Park is over.

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Stay low.

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You are to be the queen,
but you have not been installed yet.

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And His Majesty is

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capable of deposing you
even after you become one.

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Aren't you happy?

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I'm scared.

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Father and Brother.
Do you wish for me to become queen?

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You can only survive in the palace

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only if you have
His Majesty's favor or power.

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What I'm the most afraid of
is that you might end up

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growing old all alone.

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The consort is afraid
I'll take the path of the deposed king

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and his queen.

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Do you

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also believe I'll walk down that path?

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No matter which path you take,

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the path you choose is the right one.

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You are

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always stronger than me.

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I am nothing but a lowly man.

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This lowly servant was
taken in and taught to be useful,

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then I was freed from my servanthood
and acknowledged

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only by the late King.

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And the late King said

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I was the only one he could trust.

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He asked me to look after you.

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I have seen the humiliation
of the late King,

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and I saw
the devastating death of his queen.

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I cannot let you go in misery too.

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Please do not waver.

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Call in the Three Offices.

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The least I can do… is warn her.

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My father is Scholar Yoo Haksoo,

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and I am his daughter.

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My father and I have
our foundation in the Sarim.

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I am one with all of you.

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Therefore, please join me.

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We shall do that.

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We were unfairly framed
and banished to the wild,

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unable to even breathe at ease
as criminals.

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Yes, you were chased down as a traitor,

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then you came to this place all alone.

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We will do everything in our power

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to make you the queen
and your son, the prince.

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Thank you.

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-Thank you for your grace.
-Thank you for your grace.

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-Consort Yoo.
-Consort Yoo.

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For this issue, please join forces
with the meritorious subjects.

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I promised Councilor Park
that I will reduce his sentence

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in return
for taking my true identity back.

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Your Majesty.

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The consort's social status
shakes the foundation of this nation.

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We cannot condone this.

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Councilor Park confessed everything
as his fault.

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Why do you blame the consort?

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So should we not hold her responsible
for deceiving her superiors?

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His Majesty condoned this
and took a part in this.

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If you wish to hold her responsible,
hold His Majesty responsible first.

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Then first, we must hold
the late King responsible

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for letting the consort live.

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And punishing the late King?

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That is unprecedented!

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What should I do?

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Should I punish myself?

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Or should I punish
the former King, my father?

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Your Majesty, please do not say that.

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We cannot discuss this issue anymore.

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But how astounding is this?

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The subjects and the Sarim are enemies,
yet you two stand together.

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Councilor Park Gyewon is
the one who caused everything.

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He'll be held responsible.

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Father. It is I, your son.

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Come in.

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Your Highness!

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Please spare my life, Your Highness.

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-No!
-Your Highness.

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I received His Majesty's order to take Han
and have her interrogated.

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Take her away.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness.

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The King must be trying to annihilate
everyone who's on my side.

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Your Highness!

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I will meet the King myself

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and speak with him in person.

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THE KING'S QUARTERS

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I beg you, Your Majesty.

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Please forgive your mother's sins.

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Mother.

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Why are you doing this?

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If I dishonored you in any way,
please just lash me!

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I heard the royal office

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has been chaotic every single day
because of me.

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I wish to grovel and plead for your mercy.

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Your Majesty, you must abandon me

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and show your majesty.

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That's enough.

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You are most unsightly.

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Will your subjects kill me

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to save themselves?

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Or…

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will they begin a coup

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and dethrone an undutiful son like you?

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No matter which side it is,

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there won't be any justification.

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But if I hurt myself,

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their rebellion will be more justified.

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What must I do to apologize

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for my disobedience?

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Send me to the palace in Onyang
along with my court ladies.

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I no longer have any strength
to hold out in the palace.

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I will allow it,

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Mother.

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The palace is filled with people
who'll stab your back

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once you show them mercy.

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That is why I need someone
who will absolutely take my side.

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If they weren't with me,

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they were always against me.

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I will…

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take your side and live with you

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until the end of my life.

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Then why are you doing this?

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Because I do not wish to lose you.

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I am not your enemy, Your Majesty.

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I wish to be a subject
who gives you candid advice.

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Please accept me.

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You must accept me.

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The Queen Dowager is leaving today.

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Your Majesty.

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I never expected the Sarim to collude

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with the Royal Court.

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If two enemies can work together,

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your subjects may work
with the Queen Dowager again.

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I know that.

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The Queen Dowager
will be attacked by muggers

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on her way down to Onyang.

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These are the same men
who broke into the palace.

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When they weren't paid for their service,
they decided to attack her out of grudge.

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I will make them confess
that they killed the Queen Dowager.

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-Kyun.
-This is the easiest way.

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You must take this path.

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Your Majesty.

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You must take the right path.

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I await your order.

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Your Highness.

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We are ready to leave.

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We should go.

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All right.

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You have

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all done well.

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You may leave.

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You need to stop.

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I must contemplate deeply
on what I'll do with the Queen Dowager.

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They'll arrive at the palace in Jinwi
around tomorrow.

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This is the Queen Dowager.

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You must let her pass without pain.

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The Queen Dowager has left
for the palace in Onyang?

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Yes, she put everything together quickly,
so it wasn't even properly done.

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When did she leave?

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About two days ago.

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She'll probably stay
at the palace in Jinwi today.

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She set her dwelling on fire
to avoid getting pushed out.

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On top of that, she knows
she's a target of assassination.

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Yet she left the palace,
the safest place for her?

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I must leave immediately.

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No, my lord.

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The only way is to break out of jail.

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Let me leave immediately!

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Your Majesty, there is an urgent message.

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Come in.

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YOUR MAJESTY

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What is this?

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The Queen Dowager
left this letter for you.

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When did she leave this?

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She has left two days ago.

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She told her adjunct overseer
to give it to you after two days.

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Eunuch Jung has not come in

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since the day after
the Queen Dowager has left.

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YOUR MAJESTY

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Didn't I tell you, Your Majesty?

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If I shed a drop of blood from my neck,

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did you think
you were safe on your throne?

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Once I die, there will be signs
in my handwriting

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put up all over the country
that says I was killed by you.

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"The King…

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has killed his mother."

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Your Majesty, I'm sure

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you will now want to save me from death.

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There is no stronger justification
for the royal family to rebel against you.

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You'll become a child
who killed his own mother.

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I hope

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you live in the pain I leave behind,

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caught up in bloody rebellion and purge.

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Send the cavalry guard
to Jinwi Palace now.

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-Yes, Your Majesty.
-Where's Eunuch Jung?

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Tell him to go to Jinwi Palace now,

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that this is urgent!

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Eunuch Jung has not come in
since yesterday.

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Then where is he?

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Did the King

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send you here?

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Did you

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come to kill me?

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Shall I die for you?

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Once I die, you'll all live in pain.

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So I can gladly die for all of you.

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Your Highness.

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I am the reason…

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for all of your sins.

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So please,

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you must live.

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Did the King tell you to make sure I live?

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Your Joseon will stay as a whole
only if I live,

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so you finally want to save me now.

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Were you so troubled?

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Is that why

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you want to lay down everything?

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You said you wanted to live as a housewife

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who cooks dinner for her husband
and wait for him to come home.

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I forgot that

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you were someone who could be happy

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with the small things in life.

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I should have let you live that life.

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I regretted

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and regretted again.

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Your Highness.

00:28:30.672 --> 00:28:32.006
Your Highness.

00:28:35.009 --> 00:28:36.678
Please live.

00:28:39.055 --> 00:28:40.932
Though life may be…

00:28:41.516 --> 00:28:44.477
more humiliating and harsher…

00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:47.021
than death.

00:28:49.774 --> 00:28:51.317
When flowers bloom,

00:28:51.818 --> 00:28:54.320
you can look at those flowers

00:28:55.113 --> 00:28:56.030
and live a day…

00:28:58.199 --> 00:29:00.326
When it snows in the middle of winter,

00:29:01.077 --> 00:29:03.246
you can look at the snow

00:29:03.913 --> 00:29:06.791
and live yet another day.

00:29:08.334 --> 00:29:09.961
When you live like that,

00:29:10.962 --> 00:29:12.046
one day,

00:29:14.924 --> 00:29:18.052
you will find yourself smiling once again.

00:29:32.442 --> 00:29:34.068
Let me…

00:29:37.238 --> 00:29:39.949
Let me rest for a short while.

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:34.128
He died?

00:30:37.215 --> 00:30:38.925
Just like that?

00:30:39.634 --> 00:30:40.927
Your Majesty.

00:30:45.557 --> 00:30:46.641
I must

00:30:47.684 --> 00:30:50.061
leave the palace for a while.

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.231
What do you mean?

00:30:53.815 --> 00:30:55.775
The Central Army saw me.

00:30:56.985 --> 00:30:58.945
They will testify that

00:30:58.987 --> 00:31:01.072
I killed Councilor Park

00:31:01.656 --> 00:31:03.241
and tried to kill the Queen Dowager.

00:31:06.661 --> 00:31:07.662
In the meantime,

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:12.709
it will be difficult for me to serve you.

00:31:12.792 --> 00:31:14.294
It won't just be for a while.

00:31:14.878 --> 00:31:16.379
I will be within the city limits.

00:31:17.505 --> 00:31:19.424
I will hide nearby

00:31:20.508 --> 00:31:22.510
so that I can run to you
whenever you need me.

00:32:04.844 --> 00:32:06.346
If you leave,

00:32:07.138 --> 00:32:09.015
who am I supposed to trust?

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:12.143
I asked the consort to look after you.

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:21.027
Just as the late King
asked me to look after you,

00:32:22.570 --> 00:32:25.073
the only one I trust in this world

00:32:26.658 --> 00:32:28.242
is the consort.

00:33:00.191 --> 00:33:04.278
Have you ever considered
that your decisions were not right?

00:33:05.613 --> 00:33:07.615
Do you have any intention

00:33:09.409 --> 00:33:11.077
of asking for forgiveness

00:33:11.661 --> 00:33:14.205
from the ones you killed, from my father?

00:33:14.247 --> 00:33:15.415
That will not

00:33:16.624 --> 00:33:17.709
happen.

00:33:20.086 --> 00:33:22.964
My enemy,
the daughter of a rebel was queen.

00:33:23.089 --> 00:33:25.925
And the daughter
of my political enemy, the Sarim,

00:33:26.009 --> 00:33:27.927
became the crown princess.

00:33:28.511 --> 00:33:30.430
If I did not eliminate them first,

00:33:30.513 --> 00:33:33.224
my people and my comrades

00:33:34.809 --> 00:33:36.394
would have died.

00:33:43.693 --> 00:33:45.111
That is

00:33:45.945 --> 00:33:47.447
politics.

00:33:54.037 --> 00:33:55.329
I have come to visit.

00:33:56.873 --> 00:33:58.249
I will show you

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.418
that my politics, my reign

00:34:02.003 --> 00:34:04.714
will take a different path than yours.

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:11.971
IN MOURNING

00:34:21.856 --> 00:34:23.858
You should not get up so soon.

00:34:24.484 --> 00:34:26.360
You lost consciousness for two days.

00:34:26.444 --> 00:34:28.780
Who served our guests in that while?

00:34:28.863 --> 00:34:30.448
Aunt stepped up.

00:34:30.490 --> 00:34:32.575
She's not well-trained in etiquette.

00:34:33.284 --> 00:34:37.080
We must have served our guests poorly
as your father had passed.

00:34:38.164 --> 00:34:40.374
Mother, you don't have to strain yourself.

00:34:42.585 --> 00:34:44.003
I must do this.

00:34:44.045 --> 00:34:45.713
I am the lady of this house,

00:34:45.797 --> 00:34:48.925
who lived half of my life
as the wife of the councilor.

00:34:49.717 --> 00:34:51.594
Even though your father has passed,

00:34:52.178 --> 00:34:53.721
that fact does not change.

00:34:54.806 --> 00:34:56.891
I have much to look after,

00:34:57.016 --> 00:35:00.103
our family and the mouths to feed.

00:35:02.313 --> 00:35:03.189
And you.

00:35:05.316 --> 00:35:07.527
So I must remain strong.

00:35:47.692 --> 00:35:49.152
I have won.

00:35:51.237 --> 00:35:52.446
Your death

00:35:53.990 --> 00:35:55.533
is humble indeed.

00:36:11.090 --> 00:36:12.300
All deaths

00:36:13.467 --> 00:36:14.886
are humble.

00:36:16.095 --> 00:36:17.889
Your era has ended.

00:36:19.015 --> 00:36:20.433
This is now my era.

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:24.854
Do you believe your talent was overlooked

00:36:25.688 --> 00:36:27.565
because of your subjects?

00:36:29.567 --> 00:36:32.862
Do you not know that your subjects

00:36:33.988 --> 00:36:36.407
also help you cover up your faults?

00:36:37.283 --> 00:36:38.826
I never asked you

00:36:39.702 --> 00:36:41.287
to cover up my faults.

00:36:42.330 --> 00:36:44.707
From now on, your reign…

00:36:45.499 --> 00:36:49.128
is completely your responsibility.

00:36:54.425 --> 00:36:55.593
Do you believe…

00:36:58.304 --> 00:36:59.722
I will manage well?

00:37:05.770 --> 00:37:07.188
I do not know.

00:37:08.314 --> 00:37:09.482
That is why

00:37:09.607 --> 00:37:12.318
I could not trust you.

00:37:15.154 --> 00:37:18.324
However, your subjects are
only here to give you advice.

00:37:19.033 --> 00:37:20.618
All decisions are made

00:37:21.786 --> 00:37:24.038
by the sovereign ruler over our people,

00:37:25.248 --> 00:37:29.085
according to your will, Your Majesty.

00:39:10.770 --> 00:39:13.022
I will depose you.

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:17.485
It will become a long and tedious fight.

00:39:18.027 --> 00:39:19.945
The people will be split
for their own reasons.

00:39:20.488 --> 00:39:22.740
It'll take years to convince the officials

00:39:24.325 --> 00:39:26.077
and my people.

00:39:27.036 --> 00:39:29.205
Even after that, I will be criticized

00:39:29.747 --> 00:39:32.041
for dishonoring my parent
until the end of my reign.

00:39:33.501 --> 00:39:34.377
However,

00:39:34.502 --> 00:39:37.338
it will be much better
than seeing flyers around the country

00:39:38.214 --> 00:39:40.633
about how a son has killed his mother.

00:39:42.635 --> 00:39:44.387
So please come with me,

00:39:45.638 --> 00:39:47.139
back to the tormenting life

00:39:49.058 --> 00:39:50.393
which you created.

00:39:53.229 --> 00:39:54.271
Just…

00:39:56.065 --> 00:39:57.149
kill me.

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.694
Your Majesty.

00:40:04.865 --> 00:40:05.950
Please.

00:40:08.536 --> 00:40:09.703
Even if you hang yourself

00:40:10.704 --> 00:40:13.082
or drink poison, I will save you.

00:40:14.125 --> 00:40:17.253
I must show that the King is
fulfilling his duty as a son.

00:40:18.963 --> 00:40:20.798
So please continue to live

00:40:23.467 --> 00:40:25.261
all alone in this palace

00:40:29.390 --> 00:40:30.558
and enjoy

00:40:32.393 --> 00:40:33.436
a long life.

00:40:54.832 --> 00:40:56.000
Live a long life

00:40:59.128 --> 00:41:01.297
all alone?

00:41:53.766 --> 00:41:55.476
What is this?

00:41:55.893 --> 00:41:58.354
Isn't this a letter from Lady Jeong?

00:41:58.479 --> 00:41:59.522
Isn't it?

00:41:59.647 --> 00:42:01.357
What's with all the fuss?

00:42:02.525 --> 00:42:05.277
-Take a look.
-Okay, I'll look.

00:42:05.361 --> 00:42:06.362
I'll look.

00:42:08.572 --> 00:42:09.907
Are you teasing me?

00:42:10.366 --> 00:42:11.575
You know I can't read.

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:13.536
What did she say?

00:42:13.661 --> 00:42:14.662
Is she well?

00:42:14.912 --> 00:42:17.122
Is her mother-in-law nice to her?

00:42:17.831 --> 00:42:18.958
She's well.

00:42:19.792 --> 00:42:22.002
-She asks if we're all well.
-Goodness.

00:42:22.086 --> 00:42:23.504
She thinks of all of you a lot.

00:42:23.546 --> 00:42:26.507
I hear there's an uproar in Hanyang.

00:42:26.590 --> 00:42:28.384
Please don't go out and get in trouble.

00:42:28.509 --> 00:42:31.512
Make sure you stay home.

00:42:31.554 --> 00:42:33.389
Okay?

00:42:33.514 --> 00:42:35.724
Okay… Okay?

00:42:36.850 --> 00:42:38.394
Can you write that for me?

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:42.106
I hear the Queen Dowager is
becoming something or whatever.

00:42:42.231 --> 00:42:46.735
And that crown princess
suddenly died, then came back alive.

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:48.404
And who was it? That consort or something…

00:42:48.529 --> 00:42:51.824
Anyway, I can't believe
there is so much trouble.

00:42:51.949 --> 00:42:53.409
Everyone is talking about it.

00:42:54.410 --> 00:42:56.412
There's no use in giving advice here.

00:42:57.037 --> 00:42:58.706
She'll manage.

00:42:59.248 --> 00:43:02.334
Lord Lim, you're really cold-hearted.

00:43:04.962 --> 00:43:06.171
Goodness.

00:43:12.886 --> 00:43:13.846
Hey.

00:43:13.971 --> 00:43:15.889
You need me around here, don't you?

00:43:15.973 --> 00:43:18.851
What do you mean?
You don't do anything around here.

00:43:21.061 --> 00:43:25.566
I take care of the tributary payment
and the things with the local government.

00:43:25.649 --> 00:43:27.151
That's not a big deal.

00:43:27.568 --> 00:43:29.361
If you aren't around, we'll still manage.

00:43:29.445 --> 00:43:31.280
We can go on even without Lady Jeong.

00:43:34.742 --> 00:43:35.576
Why?

00:43:36.285 --> 00:43:38.579
Did the men up high in Hanyang
ask you to come?

00:43:38.662 --> 00:43:39.663
Will you go?

00:43:42.291 --> 00:43:44.084
What will I do there anyway?

00:43:44.668 --> 00:43:46.920
I'll end up seeing bureaucrats
bickering one another,

00:43:47.671 --> 00:43:49.757
instead of hearing our people.

00:43:50.341 --> 00:43:52.593
The noblemen who can
listen to what we have to say

00:43:52.676 --> 00:43:55.012
keep avoiding such places out of disgust.

00:43:55.095 --> 00:43:58.349
That's why only those
who won't listen to us remain there.

00:44:02.186 --> 00:44:03.395
So?

00:44:04.188 --> 00:44:05.189
Are you telling me to go?

00:44:06.190 --> 00:44:07.316
Me?

00:44:09.234 --> 00:44:11.654
Why do you do this to me?

00:44:17.201 --> 00:44:20.079
How are you, master?

00:44:20.704 --> 00:44:22.414
Is everyone well?

00:44:23.207 --> 00:44:26.502
I see Bamboo Grove Village
once in a while in my dreams.

00:44:27.419 --> 00:44:30.839
The village holds dearly in my heart.

00:44:33.926 --> 00:44:35.135
Look at this.

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:38.138
Although there are many,
none are too wise.

00:44:38.931 --> 00:44:40.974
So it is always a challenge.

00:44:41.934 --> 00:44:45.437
Please, be by my side in the palace.

00:44:53.070 --> 00:44:54.279
Consort Yoo.

00:44:54.655 --> 00:44:56.699
Fifth Left Officer
of the Ministry of Taxation is here.

00:45:08.419 --> 00:45:12.005
Fifth Left Officer Lim is here
to report to Consort Yoo.

00:45:15.175 --> 00:45:16.969
I hear the Ministry of Taxation is busy,

00:45:17.094 --> 00:45:18.470
and it must be true.

00:45:19.722 --> 00:45:21.098
You came to the palace a while ago,

00:45:21.181 --> 00:45:23.016
but only come see me now.

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:25.561
I obtained my office
thanks to the Left Minister,

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:27.396
so I focused on staying low

00:45:28.105 --> 00:45:30.607
and doing my job the best I can.

00:45:31.567 --> 00:45:33.026
I'm glad you're here.

00:45:34.987 --> 00:45:36.488
I heard you wanted to take the exam

00:45:36.572 --> 00:45:38.782
instead of accepting the recommendation.

00:45:39.408 --> 00:45:42.119
Many members of the Sarim
have become officials,

00:45:42.161 --> 00:45:43.871
which makes them
other meritorious subjects,

00:45:44.705 --> 00:45:46.999
and the harm they do is
also quite troubling.

00:45:48.167 --> 00:45:50.127
Is there a reason
why you changed your mind?

00:45:50.919 --> 00:45:52.421
I began to feel the urgency.

00:45:53.297 --> 00:45:56.717
The crops continue to be bad.
If we do not reduce labor and offerings,

00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:01.889
come next year, we will see
even people in the city starving to death.

00:46:02.890 --> 00:46:04.016
That is why

00:46:05.476 --> 00:46:07.644
I needed you, Master Lim.

00:46:14.610 --> 00:46:15.736
Consort Yoo has…

00:46:16.236 --> 00:46:17.946
Bring the royal physician at once!

00:46:30.793 --> 00:46:33.212
Your Majesty,
Consort Yoo gave birth to a child.

00:46:33.337 --> 00:46:34.755
How is she?

00:46:34.797 --> 00:46:36.340
Is she all right?

00:46:36.465 --> 00:46:38.550
Yes, Your Majesty. She is healthy.

00:46:50.270 --> 00:46:52.648
Your Majesty, congratulations.

00:46:52.773 --> 00:46:54.483
-Congratulations.
-Congratulations.

00:47:09.081 --> 00:47:10.082
Are you all right?

00:47:10.791 --> 00:47:11.875
Yes.

00:47:14.837 --> 00:47:16.880
He's a boy.

00:47:18.382 --> 00:47:19.591
He looks…

00:47:22.511 --> 00:47:23.512
really ugly.

00:47:25.514 --> 00:47:27.432
He looks exactly like you.

00:47:28.684 --> 00:47:31.436
Do I look like this?

00:47:31.520 --> 00:47:34.815
Everyone complimented him and said
he is a handsome boy.

00:47:35.399 --> 00:47:36.233
Do you not think so?

00:47:36.817 --> 00:47:38.277
I do.

00:47:42.698 --> 00:47:44.116
Would you like to hold him?

00:47:54.751 --> 00:47:56.336
I am your father.

00:48:02.426 --> 00:48:03.844
You've done well.

00:48:28.160 --> 00:48:29.369
You fool.

00:48:30.454 --> 00:48:33.373
After creating a world
where everything runs by your command,

00:48:34.458 --> 00:48:35.959
what will you do?

00:48:39.671 --> 00:48:44.092
Are you confident
that you will be different from a tyrant?

00:48:47.596 --> 00:48:49.640
Are the people by your side
in this new world

00:48:50.474 --> 00:48:52.476
genuinely loyal subjects…

00:48:53.518 --> 00:48:55.312
or are they treacherous?

00:49:12.245 --> 00:49:13.330
Minister Cho.

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:15.540
Yes?

00:49:15.624 --> 00:49:17.417
I need you to go into exile for a while.

00:49:28.345 --> 00:49:30.222
The Minister of War became too big

00:49:30.806 --> 00:49:32.933
after our reorganization.

00:49:34.393 --> 00:49:38.021
The Three Offices and the Sarim scholars
petition every single day.

00:49:40.148 --> 00:49:41.274
What can I do?

00:49:42.275 --> 00:49:44.236
Someone will have to be responsible.

00:49:44.361 --> 00:49:45.404
Was this

00:49:46.947 --> 00:49:48.949
the end of my worth from the start?

00:49:53.453 --> 00:49:54.871
What are the guards doing?

00:49:54.955 --> 00:49:56.999
Why is the commandant standing still?

00:50:22.065 --> 00:50:24.026
How could I ever forget

00:50:25.193 --> 00:50:27.070
that you were also a meritorious subject?

00:50:29.906 --> 00:50:31.575
I'll consider your contributions

00:50:31.700 --> 00:50:33.410
and won't punish you any further.

00:50:37.998 --> 00:50:39.207
What about Lady Cho?

00:50:40.333 --> 00:50:42.335
She's a royal concubine I adore.

00:50:42.919 --> 00:50:44.296
She will be…

00:50:46.423 --> 00:50:47.632
cared for.

00:50:49.885 --> 00:50:51.053
I am grateful…

00:50:53.055 --> 00:50:54.431
for your mercy.

00:51:12.032 --> 00:51:14.034
Didn't you want a subject
that is absolutely loyal?

00:51:18.038 --> 00:51:22.793
Instead of those who use
all kinds of justifications to stop you,

00:51:24.795 --> 00:51:27.089
I can be more loyal to you.

00:51:27.214 --> 00:51:28.215
So…

00:51:29.508 --> 00:51:31.134
why do you abandon me?

00:52:14.970 --> 00:52:16.096
Father.

00:52:18.515 --> 00:52:19.516
What are you stitching?

00:52:20.725 --> 00:52:23.436
It's a present for my sister-in-law
once the baby is born.

00:52:24.020 --> 00:52:25.522
Why do you look after her?

00:52:26.565 --> 00:52:28.817
My silly brother is unsightly,

00:52:30.110 --> 00:52:32.737
but what can I do?
The baby will still be my nephew.

00:52:37.200 --> 00:52:38.410
Lady Cho.

00:52:39.452 --> 00:52:40.620
I must…

00:52:43.165 --> 00:52:44.749
travel far for a while.

00:52:47.544 --> 00:52:49.004
Where are you going?

00:52:57.179 --> 00:52:58.346
Lady Cho!

00:52:59.931 --> 00:53:01.725
I will make my case with His Majesty!

00:53:01.850 --> 00:53:05.187
He cannot do this.
He cannot do this to you!

00:53:05.312 --> 00:53:06.646
This is a process we must go through.

00:53:06.730 --> 00:53:09.024
Why should you get exiled?

00:53:09.065 --> 00:53:11.026
Consort Yoo committed a crime,

00:53:11.359 --> 00:53:13.945
yet she continues to dwell here
under the Sarim's protection.

00:53:14.029 --> 00:53:15.572
Why should you go?

00:53:18.450 --> 00:53:19.868
Is it because…

00:53:22.329 --> 00:53:23.747
I did not gain his favor?

00:53:23.788 --> 00:53:24.748
No.

00:53:26.166 --> 00:53:27.751
I forgot for a moment

00:53:27.876 --> 00:53:31.087
that His Majesty will not condone
the domination of his wife's family.

00:53:33.173 --> 00:53:34.466
Father…

00:53:43.767 --> 00:53:45.769
The Sarim won't hold power forever.

00:53:46.978 --> 00:53:48.647
Hold out until their power dwindles.

00:54:07.415 --> 00:54:10.502
His Majesty dismissed
Minister Cho from his office

00:54:10.919 --> 00:54:12.504
and sent him on an exile.

00:54:14.381 --> 00:54:15.507
His Majesty drove out

00:54:16.091 --> 00:54:20.095
someone who could have taken his side.

00:54:22.264 --> 00:54:25.934
Did you find out the sentiment
of the Sarim in Yeongnam?

00:54:26.017 --> 00:54:28.103
Do you really plan on using them?

00:54:29.020 --> 00:54:31.439
Left Minister will protest violently.

00:54:32.816 --> 00:54:37.445
I'll also need those in power
who will hold my people in check.

00:55:05.557 --> 00:55:07.309
Why did you come out this far?

00:55:07.851 --> 00:55:11.563
You will fall into trouble
if Consort Yoo finds out.

00:55:15.775 --> 00:55:17.485
His Majesty gave me his permission.

00:55:20.697 --> 00:55:22.449
You must stay strong and hold out.

00:55:23.700 --> 00:55:26.995
I will protect our family and our name.

00:55:29.164 --> 00:55:32.917
I brought you up like this
to let you live a comfortable life.

00:55:33.710 --> 00:55:36.880
Do not do anything until the day I return.

00:55:37.005 --> 00:55:37.922
No.

00:55:39.215 --> 00:55:42.302
Even if I must beg His Majesty,
I will lie with him.

00:55:45.096 --> 00:55:46.514
I will bear him a son.

00:55:47.515 --> 00:55:49.309
I will humor the consort if I must

00:55:49.934 --> 00:55:51.770
and relieve you from your exile.

00:55:53.021 --> 00:55:56.524
I will build up enough strength
so that no one dare

00:55:57.525 --> 00:55:59.194
to hurt you or my brother.

00:56:04.491 --> 00:56:06.076
I will protect you now,

00:56:07.744 --> 00:56:09.037
Father.

00:56:12.332 --> 00:56:13.792
I may not be the queen,

00:56:15.210 --> 00:56:16.628
but I shall become

00:56:17.379 --> 00:56:18.838
the Queen Dowager.

00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:59.963
I'd like to make Lady Cho
a Noble Lady of rank junior one.

00:57:00.713 --> 00:57:02.006
I see.

00:57:02.674 --> 00:57:05.677
I shall adore Lady Cho and look after her.

00:57:07.387 --> 00:57:08.596
Before I do that,

00:57:11.391 --> 00:57:12.976
I'd like to hold your installation

00:57:14.185 --> 00:57:15.270
as the queen.

00:57:17.897 --> 00:57:18.982
Your Majesty.

00:57:20.150 --> 00:57:21.901
From the moment I first met you,

00:57:22.861 --> 00:57:26.573
I knew you were worthy of being the mother
and a loyal subject of this nation.

00:57:29.993 --> 00:57:32.412
That you're a woman who sees and knows

00:57:33.913 --> 00:57:35.707
the things I overlook.

00:57:35.748 --> 00:57:40.295
"She'll prove to be useful,
so I shall take her in."

00:57:41.754 --> 00:57:43.214
That's what I thought.

00:57:45.341 --> 00:57:48.845
If I had known you were
such a frightening and mean subject…

00:57:49.429 --> 00:57:51.848
If you did, you wouldn't have had me
in the selection.

00:57:56.519 --> 00:57:57.770
Even if I knew,

00:57:59.314 --> 00:58:00.857
I would have done the same.

00:58:04.068 --> 00:58:05.737
It's a tough journey to stay together,

00:58:06.779 --> 00:58:09.199
but it's still easier
than losing you and the Prince.

00:58:39.562 --> 00:58:40.813
Congratulations,

00:58:40.897 --> 00:58:42.106
Your Highness.

00:58:42.857 --> 00:58:45.818
Escorting you to the ceremony
is my job as a royal concubine.

00:58:47.195 --> 00:58:49.447
I'd like to escort you to the ceremony.

00:58:49.572 --> 00:58:51.616
Please allow me to do so.

00:58:54.285 --> 00:58:55.620
Thank you for your help.

00:58:58.289 --> 00:58:59.332
It's an honor.

00:59:54.762 --> 00:59:56.222
Do you regret it?

00:59:59.809 --> 01:00:01.561
I already do.

01:00:04.689 --> 01:00:07.275
You are a shimmering blade

01:00:07.817 --> 01:00:09.569
hanging above my head.

01:00:12.530 --> 01:00:15.283
They say there must be a sword
hanging above

01:00:16.075 --> 01:00:18.202
in order to feel
the gravity of the throne.

01:00:19.579 --> 01:00:22.915
You are my one and only sanctuary.

01:00:24.584 --> 01:00:28.129
I shall eternally be your sanctuary.

01:01:48.376 --> 01:01:50.378
So I shall walk with you.

01:01:51.671 --> 01:01:53.631
For you are the sword above my head

01:01:54.757 --> 01:01:56.300
and my sanctuary.

01:02:03.683 --> 01:02:05.351
You are my lover,

01:02:06.644 --> 01:02:08.396
my Queen,

01:02:11.065 --> 01:02:12.066
and…

01:02:13.609 --> 01:02:14.902
my political rival.

01:02:40.553 --> 01:02:43.139
BLOODY HEART