WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.670 (Episode 12) 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:33.370 You... 00:00:34.370 --> 00:00:36.440 want me to die quickly, right? 00:00:37.510 --> 00:00:38.510 No, I do not. 00:00:38.510 --> 00:00:42.680 Do you want your old King to disappear? 00:00:42.680 --> 00:00:43.950 No, I do not. 00:00:43.950 --> 00:00:46.880 How unfilial you are! 00:00:48.020 --> 00:00:51.390 Chasing after women, neglecting your study, 00:00:51.390 --> 00:00:53.560 and holding a grudge when I scold you. 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:55.820 And you even curse... 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:57.830 your old King to die? 00:01:04.300 --> 00:01:06.430 Lee San, how dare you! 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.200 How dare you! 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.710 You went crazy and killed more than 100 people. 00:01:12.870 --> 00:01:15.140 How can I let someone... 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:17.250 who hurt my people survive? 00:01:20.650 --> 00:01:22.980 Just because you are my child, 00:01:23.550 --> 00:01:26.050 did you think you will survive? 00:01:28.020 --> 00:01:30.290 Hearing your news, 00:01:30.290 --> 00:01:33.660 I cried my lungs out, hitting my chest. 00:01:34.100 --> 00:01:35.200 How dare you! 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:40.100 How can you stab your old dad's heart? 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:44.270 I am not Father! 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:49.440 What? 00:01:50.910 --> 00:01:52.410 I am San. 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:56.550 I am San, Grandfather. 00:01:59.150 --> 00:02:00.860 Look at me. 00:02:02.790 --> 00:02:04.790 Just for once, 00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:07.760 please look at me, not my father. 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:10.670 I am San. 00:02:11.370 --> 00:02:13.770 I am San, Grandfather! 00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:25.550 What? 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:34.220 - Second State Councillor. - Yes, Your Majesty. 00:02:34.890 --> 00:02:36.120 Second State Councillor. 00:02:43.670 --> 00:02:45.970 - Yes, Your Majesty. - Is he... 00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:50.070 not the Crown Prince? 00:02:53.710 --> 00:02:57.150 Is he not Lee Sun, my son? 00:02:59.510 --> 00:03:00.820 He... 00:03:02.180 --> 00:03:03.380 is... 00:03:04.890 --> 00:03:06.790 not the late Crown Prince. 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:10.630 He is his son, Your Majesty. 00:03:18.870 --> 00:03:20.130 Are you San? 00:03:21.600 --> 00:03:23.910 Yes, Grandfather. 00:03:27.910 --> 00:03:30.110 - You are San. - Yes. 00:03:35.650 --> 00:03:36.820 Excuse me. 00:03:37.850 --> 00:03:39.120 What year... 00:03:40.160 --> 00:03:41.690 is this year? 00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:45.260 Is it 1762? 00:03:46.660 --> 00:03:48.560 It is not 1762. 00:03:52.370 --> 00:03:53.700 My head! 00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:56.170 My head hurts! 00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:57.970 It hurts! 00:04:03.140 --> 00:04:04.510 What should I do? 00:04:08.750 --> 00:04:10.150 What should I do? 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:15.290 A king must judge... 00:04:17.090 --> 00:04:19.530 and decide. 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:22.300 I... 00:04:23.200 --> 00:04:24.600 am the King. 00:04:26.870 --> 00:04:28.900 And I cannot do it any longer. 00:04:29.940 --> 00:04:31.770 I cannot do it. 00:04:34.210 --> 00:04:36.780 What should I do? 00:04:42.250 --> 00:04:43.420 Your Majesty. 00:04:44.990 --> 00:04:47.190 Please get up again. 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.460 As the King of Joseon, 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:53.930 make the final decision. 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.930 Even if you kill me, 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:02.270 I would rather obey it. 00:05:03.710 --> 00:05:05.240 At this rate, 00:05:06.810 --> 00:05:08.540 the officials will be divided, 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:12.310 the people will be divided, 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:17.850 and Joseon will fall into complete chaos. 00:05:19.990 --> 00:05:21.890 Please stand up again. 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:25.030 And do your last duty... 00:05:27.260 --> 00:05:29.900 as a king. 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:31.630 What? 00:05:32.370 --> 00:05:33.870 You are San. 00:05:36.200 --> 00:05:37.810 Why is it so cold? 00:05:38.570 --> 00:05:39.840 San. 00:05:40.710 --> 00:05:42.380 You are San. 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:49.220 My lady. 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:01.460 My lady. 00:06:12.170 --> 00:06:14.410 The Queen has arrived. 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:34.130 Queen. 00:06:34.630 --> 00:06:37.900 Your Majesty, it is not a courtesy, 00:06:38.130 --> 00:06:40.130 but it was urgent. 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:42.370 Please forgive me. 00:06:43.810 --> 00:06:46.140 Why did you come here? 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:51.210 There is a document I must show you. 00:06:52.780 --> 00:06:53.980 A document? 00:06:55.380 --> 00:06:56.750 It is Document of Truth. 00:06:58.590 --> 00:06:59.890 "Document of Truth"? 00:07:00.890 --> 00:07:02.220 "Document of Truth". 00:07:05.690 --> 00:07:09.330 Can you not recall at all? 00:07:12.700 --> 00:07:15.640 Tell His Majesty where the document is hidden. 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:17.410 Yes, Your Highness. 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:22.410 Your Majesty, the Document of Truth is... 00:07:22.410 --> 00:07:24.980 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 00:07:28.950 --> 00:07:30.720 An immature court maid... 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.650 does not know what is right and wrong... 00:07:34.390 --> 00:07:37.060 and dared to confuse the King. 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:40.030 This is all my fault. 00:07:42.330 --> 00:07:43.630 Your Highness, 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.000 I do not know what kind of things she said... 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.170 to lure you into here, 00:07:48.370 --> 00:07:50.040 but it is all a lie. 00:07:50.970 --> 00:07:54.540 I will bring her to the inspector court lady... 00:07:54.540 --> 00:07:57.810 to investigate her crime. 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.760 I heard it was thundering and like this on the day in 1762. 00:08:12.930 --> 00:08:16.100 An eunuch came in to tell you that the Crown Prince had died. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.030 Then you wrote a document yourself... 00:08:19.030 --> 00:08:20.740 and stamped the royal seal. 00:08:21.700 --> 00:08:23.670 You made a document as you had promised. 00:08:23.670 --> 00:08:26.210 And you hid it in a promised place. 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:28.680 Please... 00:08:30.010 --> 00:08:31.610 recollect it. 00:08:37.190 --> 00:08:38.990 The person you made a promise with. 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:41.190 The place you hid the document. 00:08:46.290 --> 00:08:48.700 You already know it. 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:49.900 I have a headache. 00:08:51.900 --> 00:08:53.300 My head hurts. 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:57.340 What? 00:09:01.010 --> 00:09:02.240 Document of Truth? 00:09:09.550 --> 00:09:11.550 The Document of Truth... 00:09:12.520 --> 00:09:13.820 I hid? 00:10:20.020 --> 00:10:24.060 (Bloodstained under garment.) 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:31.230 "Oh, that bloodstained under garment." 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:38.040 "Oh, that bloodstained under garment." 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:45.110 "Oh, that paulownia wood." 00:10:48.550 --> 00:10:50.920 "Who will decorate it in gold?" 00:10:53.890 --> 00:10:56.360 "And who will cherish it eternally?" 00:11:02.760 --> 00:11:05.330 "I am in regret." 00:11:09.670 --> 00:11:11.370 "I am in regret." 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.380 This handwriting... 00:11:22.880 --> 00:11:25.050 seems to be mine. 00:11:26.450 --> 00:11:27.590 And here, 00:11:29.420 --> 00:11:31.290 I see my royal seal stamped on it. 00:11:31.290 --> 00:11:32.430 (A king's seal) 00:11:38.030 --> 00:11:39.600 I remember. 00:11:44.170 --> 00:11:47.240 I made a promise to him. 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:53.080 That in exchange for killing him, 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:56.280 I would spare... 00:11:57.990 --> 00:12:00.520 his son in any case... 00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:04.790 and turn over the throne to him. 00:12:06.030 --> 00:12:08.200 After he died, 00:12:10.030 --> 00:12:12.300 I wrote this myself... 00:12:14.570 --> 00:12:17.470 as a token of that promise... 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.410 and stamped my seal on it. 00:12:25.410 --> 00:12:26.580 Then, 00:12:28.650 --> 00:12:30.920 I hid it in there. 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.190 Because I... 00:12:35.790 --> 00:12:39.090 promised him that I would do so. 00:12:43.660 --> 00:12:44.870 Whom... 00:12:46.670 --> 00:12:48.740 did you promise to? 00:12:53.140 --> 00:12:54.380 Your father. 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.910 My son, 00:12:59.250 --> 00:13:01.120 Crown Prince Jangjo. 00:13:12.390 --> 00:13:13.590 My head hurts. 00:13:16.230 --> 00:13:17.360 It hurts. 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:26.240 Royal Secretary Jung. 00:13:28.380 --> 00:13:29.640 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:33.710 Go bring my daughter, 00:13:34.280 --> 00:13:37.450 Princess Hwawan. 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.660 Yes, Your Majesty. 00:14:23.030 --> 00:14:24.600 Princess Hwawan. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.670 Father. 00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:28.540 Come here. 00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:33.470 Come take this royal seal. 00:14:33.970 --> 00:14:38.250 And hand it to him yourself. 00:14:38.250 --> 00:14:41.720 Hand the royal seal? 00:14:42.880 --> 00:14:45.420 To whom, do you mean? 00:14:47.250 --> 00:14:48.960 To the Crown Prince. 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.860 You have to hand it to him yourself... 00:14:57.670 --> 00:15:01.270 for everyone right here... 00:15:01.270 --> 00:15:03.970 to understand my intention. 00:15:06.010 --> 00:15:07.910 Father! 00:15:09.210 --> 00:16:33.860 How can you order me to do something this crushing? 00:15:17.050 --> 00:15:20.250 The whole nation will whisper and gossip... 00:15:21.790 --> 00:15:25.130 that you are already dead. 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:29.000 They will whisper and gossip... 00:15:32.630 --> 00:15:34.200 Princess Hwawan. 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.910 I am already dead. 00:15:38.270 --> 00:15:41.380 Father, that is not true. 00:15:41.510 --> 00:15:46.550 I am already dead as a king. 00:15:47.880 --> 00:15:49.720 I am the King. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:54.560 So it means my death. 00:16:00.030 --> 00:16:02.100 Hear my word, everyone. 00:16:04.470 --> 00:16:09.840 I do not think I can... 00:16:11.470 --> 00:16:14.580 perform my duty as the King anymore. 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:18.650 As of this moment, 00:16:19.610 --> 00:16:21.550 I shall leave... 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:26.750 the royal seal to the Crown Prince... 00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:29.720 and unbend... 00:16:31.990 --> 00:16:33.860 myself at ease. 00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:38.730 Princess Hwawan. 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.770 Hurry and hand the royal seal. 00:16:44.640 --> 00:16:47.540 No... 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:03.360 Father... 00:18:45.890 --> 00:18:46.990 Aunt. 00:19:09.150 --> 00:19:10.620 Keep it safe with you. 00:19:12.520 --> 00:19:14.190 It belongs to you from now on. 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:18.930 You may lose everything. 00:19:19.630 --> 00:19:20.730 However, 00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:24.430 do not forget about the intention of Gwanghan Palace. 00:19:25.570 --> 00:19:30.440 We never trust the king of this nation. 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.810 We only have each other. 00:19:34.540 --> 00:19:37.010 We can only trust each other. 00:19:42.450 --> 00:19:45.690 The new king may be powerful, 00:19:45.690 --> 00:19:47.620 but they cannot kill us all. 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:51.860 We court ladies are the pillar of the palace. 00:19:52.760 --> 00:19:54.430 Even the king... 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:56.860 cannot live without us. 00:19:58.070 --> 00:19:59.230 Of course not. 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:02.240 What about you? 00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:05.070 What are you going to do? 00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:21.220 Since I failed, 00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.960 I should take responsibility. 00:21:00.030 --> 00:21:01.560 How did it go? 00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:04.360 We received a royal command from the King's Palace. 00:21:05.470 --> 00:21:09.040 The Crown Prince will be in charge of the Office of the Night Patrol. 00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:12.340 The King's guards will also assist His Highness. 00:21:14.210 --> 00:21:17.910 Did the King give the Crown Prince permission to rule the army? 00:21:17.910 --> 00:21:19.010 Yes. 00:21:22.550 --> 00:21:25.050 And from now on, 00:21:25.790 --> 00:21:28.560 the East Palace will keep the royal seal. 00:21:29.390 --> 00:21:30.820 My goodness. 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.690 That is such a relief. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:35.560 - I am very glad to hear that. - My lady. 00:21:40.330 --> 00:21:42.640 - My goodness. - You have done well. 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.770 Sir. 00:21:45.510 --> 00:21:46.510 Yes, Court Lady Seo. 00:21:46.510 --> 00:21:49.640 Have you seen Duk Im by any chance? 00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:52.880 Lady Sung went to the Queen's palace. 00:21:53.210 --> 00:21:54.680 The Queen's palace? 00:22:22.610 --> 00:22:24.210 It does not feel bad. 00:22:24.810 --> 00:22:27.050 I was able to return what I owe to the Crown Prince. 00:22:27.780 --> 00:22:30.850 The Crown Prince will be touched by your kindness. 00:22:31.890 --> 00:22:33.420 Of course he should. 00:22:37.290 --> 00:22:38.860 You have done well today. 00:22:39.590 --> 00:22:41.430 Thank you, Your Highness. 00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:18.860 (The House of a Righteous Dog) 00:23:37.450 --> 00:23:39.280 Will the flowers bloom again? 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.560 Duk Im. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.370 What... 00:24:01.370 --> 00:24:02.640 are you doing here? 00:24:03.810 --> 00:24:05.680 I thought maybe I could see you. 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.150 I was waiting for you. 00:24:12.950 --> 00:24:14.990 How is your wound? 00:24:29.230 --> 00:24:31.570 Does it still hurt a lot? 00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:34.000 Today, 00:24:35.070 --> 00:24:37.110 I met hundreds of people... 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:40.510 and was asked thousands of questions. 00:24:42.410 --> 00:24:44.780 But no one asked me about my wound. 00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:48.520 You are the only one. 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:52.090 If you think about me... 00:24:53.190 --> 00:24:54.860 the same way I do about you, 00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:58.900 I knew you would be here. 00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:02.300 I was just... 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.800 worried about your wound. 00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:09.370 I am sorry. 00:25:10.070 --> 00:25:13.480 I am not a nurse. I do not know how to bind up the wound. 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.050 What you can do... 00:25:21.050 --> 00:25:22.720 and you cannot do... 00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:25.260 does not matter. 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.660 I do not care. 00:25:32.230 --> 00:25:33.360 Duk Im. 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.330 I have already made up my mind. 00:25:37.730 --> 00:25:39.800 Your Highness. I... 00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:41.300 But not right now. 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:45.280 I have a lot to ask you... 00:25:46.810 --> 00:25:48.610 and hear from you, 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.150 but this is no time for it. 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.320 So... 00:25:58.820 --> 00:26:01.160 I will tell you how I feel about you later. 00:26:03.330 --> 00:26:04.630 I will hear... 00:26:06.630 --> 00:26:07.960 how you feel about me later. 00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:44.270 I received an order... 00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:46.300 to imprison Head Lady Cho. 00:26:49.510 --> 00:26:50.670 Drag her out. 00:26:51.610 --> 00:26:52.910 Head Eunuch. 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:58.950 You and I served the King for a very long time. 00:27:00.350 --> 00:27:02.120 We may not have helped each other, 00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.890 but we did not harm each other either. 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.660 Considering the time we spent together, 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:12.200 will you let me walk out on my own? 00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:15.670 Sure. 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.920 He wants to see you. 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:50.040 The temporary envoy has returned. 00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:52.660 (A temporary envoy is an official investigation outside the capital.) 00:28:53.610 --> 00:28:55.400 He... 00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:59.370 mentioned your name. 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:05.910 Why did you try to hurt the Crown Prince? 00:29:06.550 --> 00:29:09.680 It was just my petty revenge. 00:29:12.990 --> 00:29:14.890 I hated Consort Yeong. 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:19.560 So I revenged on her son. 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.890 That is all. 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.200 Did you... 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:29.030 resent me that much? 00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:34.640 Because I abandoned you, 00:29:35.750 --> 00:29:38.410 you nursed a grudge? 00:29:39.250 --> 00:29:43.610 Even if a court lady devotes her life to the royal family, 00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:47.380 she will be kicked out of the palace when she gets old and sick. 00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:49.990 I did not want my last moment of life... 00:29:51.030 --> 00:29:54.320 to be that miserable and insignificant. 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.830 So I came up with a plan. 00:29:59.110 --> 00:30:01.770 I picked you, the son of a lowly slave... 00:30:02.910 --> 00:30:04.830 who worked at the palace. Even lower than a court lady. 00:30:07.550 --> 00:30:10.270 I thought it would be easy to become your consort. 00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:17.880 I did not know you would betray me... 00:30:18.990 --> 00:30:22.150 and give all the glory to Consort Yeong. 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:29.330 You were always my means. 00:30:30.570 --> 00:30:33.730 But my means ruined my purpose. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:37.430 All there is left to do is revenge. 00:30:38.210 --> 00:30:40.600 Just as you know me, 00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:44.040 I know you as well. 00:30:45.650 --> 00:30:49.910 Hearing your harsh words towards me, 00:30:50.590 --> 00:30:55.150 it seems you were already ready to die when you came. 00:30:56.130 --> 00:30:59.990 But you know what? 00:31:01.770 --> 00:31:07.560 So many memories of my past disappeared. 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:12.240 There are not many memories left. 00:31:14.050 --> 00:31:17.970 However, I remember this. 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:23.010 The sincerity you gave to me. 00:31:24.790 --> 00:31:28.150 And the shame I felt... 00:31:29.630 --> 00:31:31.320 for using your affection only to abandon you. 00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.960 It was because I was a king. 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:44.200 I thought a king could do that. 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:51.050 Sitting on the throne for many decades, 00:31:51.050 --> 00:31:53.810 I made countless decisions. 00:31:55.190 --> 00:31:59.380 But I have never made a shameful judgement. 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.560 You are the first. 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:36.420 Go faraway. 00:32:37.830 --> 00:32:41.490 Go and live a comfortable life. 00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:47.100 No matter what kind of crime you committed, 00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:52.500 I do not want to see you die in front of me. 00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:58.070 Leave. 00:33:05.790 --> 00:33:08.650 Do you still have the intelligence to have mercy on me? 00:33:09.230 --> 00:33:11.990 Will your subjects even listen to you? 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:16.530 You are just an old man who is ill and has dementia. 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:19.700 But you sure still have a talent for showing off. 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:26.000 You are showing me mercy only now? 00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:31.370 You were merciless when I was waiting for you so desperately. 00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:39.120 I stayed up on countless nights, waiting for you. 00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:44.950 Just in case you visit me, remembering the old promise. 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:50.690 The morning always came. 00:33:51.770 --> 00:33:54.100 And every time, I realized. 00:33:55.510 --> 00:34:01.100 That how foolish it is for a court lady to love a king. 00:34:05.590 --> 00:34:08.880 You always took and never gave. 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:15.690 Can you give it to me just once? 00:34:20.270 --> 00:34:22.360 Give you what? 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.060 I am not sure. 00:34:25.510 --> 00:34:26.930 What would it be? 00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:31.870 Genuine tears? 00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.450 Stop! 00:34:40.450 --> 00:34:43.950 In fact, there are many ways to die in a palace. 00:34:45.890 --> 00:34:49.030 Look. I have one as well. 00:34:49.030 --> 00:34:51.790 No. Do not do that! 00:34:52.130 --> 00:34:56.060 I became too clever to believe a king's promise. 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.460 I am too tired... 00:35:01.910 --> 00:35:04.170 to trust your sincerity. 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.240 Stop! 00:35:08.550 --> 00:35:10.140 No! 00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:14.380 I told you I would spare you life. 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:20.180 I, the King, said so. 00:35:24.130 --> 00:35:27.260 Did you resent me that much? 00:35:28.370 --> 00:35:30.730 Is that why you held a grudge? 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.100 How... 00:35:33.770 --> 00:35:37.070 How can a woman be so spiteful? 00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:42.040 Why are you so heartless? 00:36:05.970 --> 00:36:09.730 Your Highness, I am begging you. 00:36:10.410 --> 00:36:12.640 I will die instead. 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:16.170 Please save my mother. 00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:19.240 I do not need to kill you. 00:36:19.690 --> 00:36:21.040 If she dissolves the adoption, 00:36:21.990 --> 00:36:24.050 you are no longer her adopted son. 00:36:24.690 --> 00:36:28.520 Although you will become a commoner again, you can survive. 00:36:28.730 --> 00:36:31.350 Once she became my mother, she will always be my mother. 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:34.620 I want to die as her son. 00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:38.900 Please allow me to do so. 00:36:39.370 --> 00:36:43.570 Do you think I will do you a favour? 00:36:47.810 --> 00:36:49.640 Long time ago, 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:52.580 you begged His Majesty. 00:36:53.390 --> 00:36:55.580 That you will die for your father... 00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:58.610 so that he can live. 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:02.550 You could not fulfill your wish, 00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:08.090 but I dare to dream of fulfilling mine. 00:37:10.540 --> 00:37:14.800 Please grant my request. 00:37:26.290 --> 00:37:30.050 How did it go? Did you meet the Crown Prince? 00:37:30.520 --> 00:37:34.750 What did he say? He resents me, does he not? 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:37.290 Did he say he would never forgive me? 00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:40.790 Do not worry, Mother. 00:37:41.470 --> 00:37:45.830 He promised not to take your life away. 00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:52.030 I guess Father told him to do so. 00:37:52.750 --> 00:37:53.970 It is a relief. 00:37:55.210 --> 00:37:57.470 I should hurry and visit Father. 00:38:00.450 --> 00:38:01.540 Just for a moment, 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.620 can you listen to my story? 00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:13.060 When I became your son, 00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:17.960 everyone was jealous of me. 00:38:20.310 --> 00:38:24.830 Because a lowly commoner became a grandson of the King overnight. 00:38:26.450 --> 00:38:31.170 It is because noble families did not want to give their sons to me. 00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:38.850 After searching for a long time, I adopted a son of a fisherman. 00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:41.970 I was very upset. 00:38:44.770 --> 00:38:47.140 But it does not mean I did not like you. 00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.840 You look... 00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:55.680 a bit like my late husband. 00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:58.820 If I had a son, 00:39:00.290 --> 00:39:02.190 he would resemble you. 00:39:06.690 --> 00:39:08.060 That word is... 00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:10.260 enough for me. 00:39:19.970 --> 00:39:21.910 Why are you bowing all of a sudden? 00:39:22.310 --> 00:39:24.880 Are you leaving somewhere far away? 00:39:34.750 --> 00:39:35.890 When... 00:39:37.490 --> 00:39:39.760 When I became your son, 00:39:41.030 --> 00:39:42.730 I was delighted. 00:39:45.770 --> 00:39:48.170 It was not because you were a princess. 00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:53.740 I lost my biological mother as soon as I was born. 00:39:58.210 --> 00:39:59.380 Never even once, 00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:02.320 I got to call... 00:40:03.650 --> 00:40:05.890 anyone my mother. 00:40:08.350 --> 00:40:10.120 When I called you Mother... 00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:14.090 for the first time, 00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:18.400 my joy was beyond you can imagine. 00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:28.240 I will not forget about your kindness... 00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:36.580 of becoming my mother even after I die. 00:41:23.530 --> 00:41:26.900 Son. My son, where are you going? 00:41:28.670 --> 00:41:31.570 Come back. I will protect you. 00:41:32.100 --> 00:41:33.740 I am the King's daughter. 00:41:34.010 --> 00:41:36.310 No one can dare harm me. 00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:38.710 So come back here. 00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:03.000 Your mother will protect you. Come back. 00:42:03.370 --> 00:42:07.110 Son, do not go. I will protect you. 00:42:07.470 --> 00:42:10.340 Do not go. No... 00:42:27.090 --> 00:42:29.100 It is fine. 00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:34.700 Just help me up. 00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:43.080 Good. 00:42:53.090 --> 00:42:54.720 Leave me... 00:42:56.520 --> 00:42:58.490 alone with him. 00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:04.700 Leave the room. 00:43:22.050 --> 00:43:23.980 For the last time, 00:43:25.690 --> 00:43:27.490 I have some things... 00:43:28.490 --> 00:43:30.990 to tell you. 00:43:33.390 --> 00:43:34.930 The first thing is... 00:43:36.560 --> 00:43:39.830 my word as the King. 00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:43.100 From now on, 00:43:44.540 --> 00:43:46.170 you will have to... 00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:51.210 kill countless people. 00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:57.220 Whether you want it or not, 00:43:59.190 --> 00:44:02.590 you will have to take lives away. 00:44:05.490 --> 00:44:07.790 Do what you must do. 00:44:09.430 --> 00:44:13.930 That is the fate... 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.740 you have to bear with. 00:44:19.570 --> 00:44:21.110 The other thing is... 00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:26.350 my word as your grandfather. 00:44:33.020 --> 00:44:34.950 Forgive me, 00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:37.860 my grandson. 00:44:41.430 --> 00:44:43.900 I did wrong, 00:44:45.730 --> 00:44:46.970 but at all times, 00:44:48.670 --> 00:44:51.240 I did the best I could. 00:44:52.670 --> 00:44:54.310 So now, 00:44:55.810 --> 00:44:58.240 please forgive me. 00:45:03.950 --> 00:45:05.150 San. 00:45:07.020 --> 00:45:08.150 Now, 00:45:10.020 --> 00:45:11.220 you are... 00:45:12.830 --> 00:45:15.290 the King of Joseon. 00:45:21.930 --> 00:45:23.170 You saw it, right? 00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:26.170 I have... 00:45:27.270 --> 00:45:30.080 kept my promise, you brat. 00:45:31.710 --> 00:45:33.250 Right? 00:46:05.010 --> 00:46:06.180 Your Majesty. 00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:09.480 Your Majesty? 00:46:15.550 --> 00:46:16.860 Grandfather. 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:22.190 Grandfather. 00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:32.300 How can you leave just like this? 00:46:37.540 --> 00:46:38.980 You have given me... 00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:42.880 so much pain. 00:46:46.620 --> 00:46:48.390 You took my father away from me. 00:46:50.490 --> 00:46:52.520 You took my grandmother away from me. 00:46:54.190 --> 00:46:57.000 Everything was because of you. 00:46:59.100 --> 00:47:00.500 Everything was... 00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:04.970 your fault. 00:47:10.210 --> 00:47:12.510 I can never forgive you. 00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:16.480 I can never! 00:47:28.030 --> 00:47:29.430 Grandfather. 00:47:34.100 --> 00:47:36.270 Please come back. 00:47:40.910 --> 00:47:42.040 I am... 00:47:43.910 --> 00:47:45.740 too scared and frightened... 00:47:46.110 --> 00:47:48.650 to even breathe. 00:47:54.190 --> 00:47:56.520 Please come back. 00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:02.190 Come back. 00:48:05.300 --> 00:48:06.970 Grandfather. 00:48:21.850 --> 00:48:24.950 The King has passed away. 00:48:27.190 --> 00:48:29.720 From now on, we belong to the King's Palace. 00:48:30.690 --> 00:48:32.730 As the King's court maids, 00:48:32.730 --> 00:48:35.990 we must not make any kind of mistakes, understood? 00:48:36.630 --> 00:48:37.800 - Yes, my lady. - Yes, my lady. 00:48:39.060 --> 00:48:42.170 Now let us get ready to leave for the King's Palace. 00:48:42.770 --> 00:48:44.570 - Yes, my lady. - Yes, my lady. 00:49:08.990 --> 00:49:10.160 Be careful. 00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:45.460 (Classic of Poetry) 00:49:46.600 --> 00:49:50.600 "I will go back, holding hands with my loved one." 00:49:50.870 --> 00:49:53.170 Do you even know what it means? 00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:55.010 You are mean even when I am being nice. 00:49:55.010 --> 00:49:56.240 I can see everything. 00:49:57.610 --> 00:49:58.910 Keep reading. 00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:02.250 I want to hear your voice. 00:50:32.830 --> 00:50:35.920 We made it together for Court Lady Park. 00:50:37.600 --> 00:50:40.020 She should wear new clothes when she leaves. 00:50:41.230 --> 00:50:44.460 Let us burn it together in front of her grave. 00:50:48.540 --> 00:50:51.300 She seemed she was in peace when she left. 00:50:51.910 --> 00:50:54.170 She must have gone to a good place. 00:50:55.510 --> 00:50:56.640 Yes. 00:50:57.520 --> 00:50:59.440 Thank you, everyone. 00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:08.980 Last night, I went on an errand to Budeok Gate, 00:51:09.600 --> 00:51:12.450 and I saw the head lady leaving. 00:51:25.710 --> 00:51:28.240 She was wrapped in a straw mat. 00:51:31.950 --> 00:51:34.440 That is the end... 00:51:34.950 --> 00:51:37.250 of Head Lady Cho who led 700 court ladies. 00:51:37.720 --> 00:51:39.050 Do you all remember... 00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:44.590 how Royal Noble Consort Yeong left? 00:51:44.730 --> 00:51:48.490 Both Head Lady Cho and Royal Noble Consort Yeong... 00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:52.360 were all court ladies. 00:51:52.910 --> 00:51:54.800 But they faced a very different end. 00:51:55.010 --> 00:51:58.870 Royal Noble Consort Yeong must not have been happy. 00:51:59.680 --> 00:52:02.000 That is what Court Lady Park said. 00:52:02.650 --> 00:52:07.110 Royal Noble Consort Yeong always blamed herself... 00:52:07.690 --> 00:52:10.150 for killing her own son. 00:52:12.520 --> 00:52:17.520 What should a court lady do to live a satisfactory life? 00:52:18.430 --> 00:52:20.920 By living the way she wants. 00:52:23.470 --> 00:52:25.870 No matter what others think, 00:52:25.870 --> 00:52:28.400 as long as you could live the way you want, 00:52:29.240 --> 00:52:30.800 you will be happy. 00:52:31.340 --> 00:52:33.040 How do you want to live your life? 00:52:33.750 --> 00:52:35.200 I just want to... 00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:37.970 share joy... 00:52:39.750 --> 00:52:42.210 and sorrow... 00:52:42.690 --> 00:52:45.210 with you like now. 00:52:46.430 --> 00:52:48.220 I want to live in peace. 00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:51.990 I do not want change. 00:52:53.500 --> 00:52:56.090 I want everything to stay this way. 00:52:59.970 --> 00:53:02.300 Not everything can be the same. 00:53:03.410 --> 00:53:06.700 No. In fact, it is starting to change already. 00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:10.280 We are court ladies who have to serve the King... 00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:11.370 for all our lives. 00:53:12.180 --> 00:53:13.910 But the King has changed. 00:53:20.890 --> 00:53:23.150 Now, everything will change. 00:55:33.560 --> 00:55:36.180 The King is responsible for everything. 00:55:37.460 --> 00:55:41.360 Until now, when things went wrong, 00:55:42.300 --> 00:55:47.160 I just had to prostrate here and blame you. 00:55:48.770 --> 00:55:52.000 The world was... 00:55:52.580 --> 00:55:54.500 that easy and simple. 00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:59.010 Is the prince who died in 1762 your father? 00:55:59.350 --> 00:56:02.480 Crown Prince Jangjo who died as a criminal. 00:56:03.190 --> 00:56:06.460 If he is your father, 00:56:06.460 --> 00:56:10.690 you must live your whole life as the son of a criminal. 00:56:12.130 --> 00:56:13.290 San. 00:56:14.200 --> 00:56:19.690 If I lose you, I will not be able to carry on. 00:56:22.670 --> 00:56:24.200 Look at you. 00:56:28.810 --> 00:56:30.040 You brat. 00:56:30.750 --> 00:56:34.140 San, you can be different. 00:56:34.350 --> 00:56:38.110 You can change. Wake up! 00:56:40.590 --> 00:56:42.550 One day, 00:56:44.700 --> 00:56:46.960 you will sit there... 00:56:49.230 --> 00:56:54.000 and fully understand me. 00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:13.980 Now my sky has crumbled and disappeared. 00:57:15.030 --> 00:57:17.550 I have become the new sky. 00:57:19.630 --> 00:57:22.260 It is breathtakingly... 00:57:22.830 --> 00:57:25.890 scary and fearful. 00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:39.140 I will never... 00:57:40.320 --> 00:57:43.980 hide or run away. 00:57:48.260 --> 00:57:50.020 From now on, everything... 00:57:52.260 --> 00:57:53.720 is my responsibility. 00:58:13.750 --> 00:58:16.560 - Have a look. - Come and buy one. 00:58:16.560 --> 00:58:18.620 - This is a good one. - Look. 00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:22.160 - Here. - How much is it? 00:58:22.160 --> 00:58:24.190 Have a look at this. 00:58:24.900 --> 00:58:25.990 It is a nice one. 00:58:28.830 --> 00:58:31.160 - Oh, my. - Come. 00:58:43.580 --> 00:58:46.940 Shall we get something for Bok Yeon? 00:58:47.620 --> 00:58:48.710 Yes. 00:58:52.260 --> 00:58:54.980 Wait. Let me choose. 00:59:06.300 --> 00:59:07.460 This one. 00:59:11.180 --> 00:59:14.080 - Of all things... - I know. 00:59:14.080 --> 00:59:15.910 Two bowls of gukbap please. 00:59:15.910 --> 00:59:18.020 Just a moment. 00:59:18.020 --> 00:59:20.580 Are we really supposed to meet Bok Yeon here? 00:59:21.090 --> 00:59:23.560 - Yes. - Is she running late a little? 00:59:23.560 --> 00:59:25.750 A bowl of gukbap here. 00:59:25.920 --> 00:59:28.280 All right. Welcome. 00:59:28.860 --> 00:59:30.420 Have a seat and wait a little. 00:59:31.930 --> 00:59:33.050 Bok Yeon. 00:59:35.700 --> 00:59:36.790 Bok Yeon. 00:59:37.740 --> 00:59:40.300 You came. How have you been? 00:59:40.370 --> 00:59:42.030 Great. 00:59:42.770 --> 00:59:45.740 Have you been working here since you left the palace? 00:59:45.740 --> 00:59:49.270 Yes. The owner of this tavern is my aunt. 00:59:49.350 --> 00:59:50.940 She pays me a lot. I like it. 00:59:52.450 --> 00:59:53.950 You must be hungry. 00:59:53.950 --> 00:59:56.110 Give me a moment. Do you want gukbap? 00:59:56.320 --> 00:59:58.360 Sure, we like gukbap. 00:59:58.360 --> 01:00:00.560 Okay. Just a moment. 01:00:00.560 --> 01:00:02.660 When will you serve our two bowls of gukbap? 01:00:02.660 --> 01:00:04.030 Just a moment please. 01:00:04.030 --> 01:00:06.570 - Why so late? - It is coming right away. 01:00:06.570 --> 01:00:08.900 - A bottle of wine please. - Got it. 01:00:08.900 --> 01:00:10.400 Coming. 01:00:10.400 --> 01:00:12.230 - Coming where? - Look at the kimchi. 01:00:14.540 --> 01:00:15.830 I want to drink so much. 01:00:16.740 --> 01:00:18.470 That is why you always end up doing it. 01:00:24.620 --> 01:00:26.120 Did you wait for a long time? 01:00:26.120 --> 01:00:28.910 - We will have a plate of meat too. - A plate of meat. 01:00:29.690 --> 01:00:32.020 Thank you. I would like a bottle of rice wine too. 01:00:32.020 --> 01:00:34.130 I have been waiting forever. Give me the food already. 01:00:34.130 --> 01:00:35.750 Just give me a moment. 01:00:38.460 --> 01:00:39.850 Just wait a little. 01:00:43.370 --> 01:00:44.730 What is she? 01:00:45.170 --> 01:00:46.800 She is scary. 01:00:48.440 --> 01:00:50.800 - Hurry up. - All right. 01:00:51.310 --> 01:00:52.470 Here. 01:01:02.220 --> 01:01:03.480 It is chewy. 01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:05.880 You have not changed at all. 01:01:07.290 --> 01:01:08.820 And why did you change so much? 01:01:09.190 --> 01:01:10.550 Look at you. 01:01:10.760 --> 01:01:12.720 Once a court maid, always a court maid. 01:01:13.430 --> 01:01:15.620 Even if you were forced to leave, you are a court maid. 01:01:16.070 --> 01:01:17.560 How can you work at a place like this? 01:01:18.700 --> 01:01:20.800 - I am leaving. - Where are you going? 01:01:20.970 --> 01:01:22.510 I have missed you so much. 01:01:22.510 --> 01:01:24.070 I do not want to see you right now. 01:01:30.880 --> 01:01:32.640 There she goes again. 01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:41.120 Eat. 01:01:41.860 --> 01:01:43.500 Yes, let us eat. 01:01:43.500 --> 01:01:44.660 It is delicious. 01:01:44.660 --> 01:01:45.800 Right? 01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:46.960 Eat a lot. 01:02:23.230 --> 01:02:24.330 Lady Sung. 01:02:28.440 --> 01:02:31.710 Master Kang, tell His Majesty I will serve medicinal decoction. 01:02:31.710 --> 01:02:35.010 Come on. You are none other than Lady Sung. 01:02:35.010 --> 01:02:36.380 I do not need to tell him. 01:02:36.380 --> 01:02:38.310 Hurry and go inside before it cools. 01:02:46.290 --> 01:02:49.350 Each party has its own definition of loyalty... 01:02:50.200 --> 01:02:52.920 and they exclude anyone who does not meet their standards. 01:02:55.470 --> 01:02:56.590 No. 01:02:57.400 --> 01:02:59.790 They think the King is the head of their faction. 01:03:00.270 --> 01:03:02.530 They are dying to drag me into everything. 01:03:04.010 --> 01:03:05.800 It became unbearable. 01:03:06.080 --> 01:03:08.880 Each faction looking after their own interest... 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:10.510 is rather a triviality. 01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:12.850 They exclude anyone who voices his opinion... 01:03:12.850 --> 01:03:14.250 that is different from theirs only by an inch. 01:03:14.250 --> 01:03:15.850 The Three Bureaus cannot function... 01:03:15.850 --> 01:03:17.450 and officials can no longer state their opinions to you as a result. 01:03:17.620 --> 01:03:20.350 You must think through this. 01:03:20.790 --> 01:03:22.760 The late King dedicated his life to it, 01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:24.190 but his policy of impartiality failed. 01:03:25.660 --> 01:03:28.920 The late King appointed officials from each faction for impartiality. 01:03:29.230 --> 01:03:30.800 When he appointed someone from Noron as Chief State Councillor, 01:03:30.800 --> 01:03:32.690 he appointed someone from Soron as Second State Councillor. 01:03:33.100 --> 01:03:35.730 His talent or competence did not matter. 01:03:36.270 --> 01:03:39.110 A balance in the number of officials from each fraction mattered only. 01:03:39.110 --> 01:03:42.800 However, it is not true impartiality. 01:03:43.780 --> 01:03:47.290 Your Majesty, a court maid came with medicinal decoction. 01:03:47.290 --> 01:03:48.890 I am not saying we should remove 01:03:48.890 --> 01:03:51.180 the harmful influence of fractions overnight. 01:03:51.990 --> 01:03:53.110 But we should stop them from interrupting... 01:03:53.760 --> 01:03:56.550 the channel of communication to me quickly. 01:03:57.430 --> 01:04:01.120 Every voice in the world must reach the King. 01:04:01.470 --> 01:04:05.130 There should not be anything I cannot hear and know. 01:04:05.170 --> 01:04:08.610 Your Majesty, the decoction will become cold. 01:04:08.610 --> 01:04:10.630 Why do you keep bothering me? 01:04:18.520 --> 01:04:20.540 Since when have you been standing there? 01:04:26.890 --> 01:04:28.050 I have been here... 01:04:28.960 --> 01:04:30.920 for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. 01:04:32.200 --> 01:04:33.690 Put it down here quickly and go. 01:04:34.070 --> 01:04:37.140 Your Majesty, I should watch you drink the medicine. 01:04:37.140 --> 01:04:38.860 I said put it down and leave. 01:04:40.000 --> 01:04:41.160 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:05:36.290 --> 01:05:37.850 The decoction is cold now. 01:05:38.700 --> 01:05:41.890 My apologies. I will warm it over. 01:05:42.430 --> 01:05:43.660 No, it is because... 01:05:45.970 --> 01:05:48.300 I made you wait for a long time again today. 01:05:51.610 --> 01:05:53.430 It is not intentional. 01:06:25.940 --> 01:06:27.060 Hold on. 01:06:29.670 --> 01:06:31.330 I have something to say. 01:06:34.110 --> 01:06:37.200 The three-year mourning period for the late King ended. 01:06:38.150 --> 01:06:39.440 Urgent matters I had to handle... 01:06:40.450 --> 01:06:44.080 after I had ascended to the throne are wrapped up. 01:06:44.990 --> 01:06:49.280 You probably know what I am going to say. 01:06:55.970 --> 01:06:57.720 I want to keep you by my side. 01:07:01.100 --> 01:07:02.460 Not as a court maid, 01:07:04.010 --> 01:07:05.270 but as a woman. 01:07:09.380 --> 01:07:12.410 What I am saying right now... 01:07:13.880 --> 01:07:17.710 is that I want you to be my consort. 01:07:26.530 --> 01:07:30.220 I will give you a few days. 01:07:30.870 --> 01:07:32.260 Give it some thought. 01:07:34.440 --> 01:07:36.200 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:07:48.620 --> 01:07:49.740 Duk Im. 01:07:56.430 --> 01:07:57.650 I want to make... 01:07:59.260 --> 01:08:00.850 a family with you. 01:08:19.480 --> 01:08:21.140 (Special thanks to Do Sang Woo for his guest appearance.)