01x06 - Episode 6

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(Missing Crown Prince)

(SUHO)

(Hong Ye Ji)

(Myung Se Bin)

(Kim Ju Hun)

(Kim Min Kyu)

(Missing Crown Prince)

(All characters, locations,

organizations, and incidents)

(in this drama are historically

irrelevant and fictitious.)

(Production guidelines

were strictly followed)

(when filming with children and animals.)

(Episode 6)

You have my word

that I will keep His Majesty safe.

Answer the question.

Were you framed

or not?

I

At the time, I

I was outside the palace walls.

However,

if the Queen spoke of my involvement,

then she must also be right.

Are you admitting your guilt?

At that time, I was outside

the palace walls.

Are you pleading guilty or not?

I was outside the palace walls.

It seems as though

we will not get anything else from him.

Should we t*rture him?

(Goshin: t*rture)

Please express your thoughts.

He may have committed high treason,

but he was once the Crown

Prince of this nation.

(Gukbon: Heir to the king)

Maybe we should call it a night.

Would this

not create problems down the road?

Not denying his crimes

should be considered as

an admission of guilt.

We should consider Inspector

General Choi's guidance.

What if we shed blood

and His Majesty later on

questions what happened today?

Who will be able to

handle the consequences?

(Hugwa: The unpleasant result

or effect of an action)

How is he?

Is he doing better?

Forgive me for saying so,

but unless Her Highness was mistaken,

it seems to me

that she saw him temporarily

react to his treatment.

No.

I saw it with my own two eyes.

I know what I saw.

His Majesty's fingers

moved like so.

Please calm down, Mother.

Was Mother able to sleep last night?

No, she stayed awake all night.

You should rest.

Do you also not believe me?

That is not what I am saying.

You are all dismissed.

- Mother!

- I wish to be alone.

I told you to leave this instant!

Hold on.

Did the Queen truly wish

to see me separately?

- Yes.

- However,

this is not the way to the Queen's Palace.

Follow me and you will see.

You have brought me to the Royal Office.

Why would the Queen be here?

(Pyeonjeon: The Palace where

the king normally stays)

Please head inside.

What has you startled?

You must be aware

that I will soon take this seat.

That is correct, Your Highness.

I thought about it,

and it occurred to me

that when I eventually take

the throne and rule Joseon,

I would need someone I could trust

to assist me by my side.

And those thread of thoughts

led to one being curious.

You see,

questions tend to keep me up at night.

Magistrate Yoon,

I asked to see you to resolve my curiosity.

Please ask me

anything.

Magistrate Yoon,

are you loyal to me

or are you loyal

to my grandfather?

I, Yoon Jung Dae,

pledge my loyalty and devotion to you.

(Gyeonmajiro: As loyal as dogs

and horses are to their owners)

May I trust

your loyalty toward me?

I will die if that is what you order

and live if that is your wish.

Come closer.

I have a favour to ask.

A favour?

That is utterly preposterous.

Your order will be my command.

I will honour it

with my life.

Once Prince Dosung is

installed as Crown Prince,

Left State Councillor Yoon

will first m*rder my father.

After him,

it will be you and Choi Sang Rok.

You should have said

you had no knowledge of this.

What now?

You might be ordered to

take poison tomorrow.

But he is still the Crown Prince.

I doubt they will k*ll him.

The worst they will do is banish him.

After all you went through,

do you still not see

who those monsters are?

They framed His Royal Highness

so that they could end his life.

They plotted treason for the

purpose of taking his life,

so why would they let him live?

Your Royal Highness,

once the day breaks,

call Left State Councillor

Yoon or Royal Physician Choi

and claim you had no knowledge of this.

Do you hear me?

- What about my father?

- To stay alive,

the Queen Dowager will protect him.

She could.

However,

I cannot take a gamble when

my father's life is at stake.

g*n, you must leave.

Take Sang Soo first.

You must hurry.

You are still one to be rash.

How will you handle the repercussions

once I escape from prison?

Why do you think I wore a mask?

That is not what I meant.

Then what

Should I make my way back to the palace,

we will meet as enemies

and not brothers.

Whether we want to or not,

we will aim our swords at each other.

Will you still help me

escape while knowing that?

Letting you die here

cannot be the alternative.

Let us consider the repercussions

when we cross that bridge.

You softhearted fool.

Calling me hurtful names

will not make me change my mind.

Let us hurry. We will

get caught at this rate.

I ask you

one last time.

Will you not regret this?

You always have to

nitpick over the details.

Sure.

I might regret it.

However, I will do my

best to protect my family.

I have more to ask,

but that will be reserved

for the day I return.

What you did is of grave danger.

- When they talk

- Magistrate Yoon

will make sure they do not.

Do not worry about Sang Soo.

I will take good care of him

until he fully heals.

Sure. Take care of him for me.

Dosung.

Please leave already.

- Dosung.

- What?

You are one handsome lad,

- my little brother.

- g*n.

This is not the time for jokes.

It is hard to tell when we

will see each other again,

so I did not want

to bid farewell

at the back of your head.

Please stay well and healthy,

g*n.

You too.

Be safe and sound.

What is it?

Is the baggage too heavy for you?

Of course not.

That is not it.

I do not know where we are supposed to go.

I am just as clueless.

Let us figure it out.

But we do not have the time.

Once they find out we are gone,

they will send officers

to catch us.

Lord Choi.

Lord Choi.

My lady.

What is this about?

Something must have

happened to that scholar.

What do you mean by that?

I overheard Moo Baek talking just now.

Something happened at the

Department of Justice,

and it seemed like Lord Choi

urgently left the house.

Why you

Darn!

How did the guards let this happen?

Where is the head guard?

Bring me the head guard this instant!

Yes, my lord.

Lord Yoon.

Lord Yoon, did the Crown Prince escape

My gosh.

How did this happen?

Right.

According to one of the guards,

he was here

when the curfew bell rang.

Are you sure about that?

Yes.

I doubt he had time to

make it out of the palace.

Therefore, he must still

be within these walls.

Mobilize

all the soldiers that can be mustered

and locate the prisoners.

- Yes, my lord.

- Yes, my lord.

We must catch them before

they leave the palace.

Have the soldiers thoroughly

search within the palace first.

Thoroughly search within the palace!

- Yes, my lord.

- Yes, my lord.

Has he still not been found?

He will soon be located, so do not worry.

I know him better than anyone

which is why I am puzzled.

The Crown Prince is not one

to bust open those doors

and plan an escape.

I also agree.

Someone must have helped him escape.

Someone as in

Was it

Prince Dosung?

Prince Dosung could not have done it alone.

He received help from

someone whoever that may be.

Could you find out who?

That, I must.

Your Majesty, it is Court Lady Kim.

Enter.

Last night, Prince Dosung was seen

near Danbongmun.

He resides outside the palace.

It is not odd for him to

pass through that gate.

What about it?

Magistrate Yoon borrowed two palanquins,

and Prince Dosung was with them.

Magistrate Yoon Jung Dae

of Hanseong Magistracy.

But Magistrate Yoon is loyal

to Left State Councillor Yoon.

He must have thought it was time

to jump from a tattered

boat into a new one.

Or he could have one foot

in each of those boats.

If that is true,

he is someone to fear.

Prince Dosung who made

use of such a person

could be the one to fear more.

Was it you, Prince Dosung?

Please speak.

Your grandfather is asking

if it was you who let

the Crown Prince escape.

Yes.

It was I.

Why would you choose to

do something like that?

I made myself perfectly clear,

but you chose to act foolishly!

He may not be your family,

but he is my brother.

If the Crown Prince returns later on,

we might all die.

You, the Queen, and me.

Then stop it from happening.

Stop g*n from coming back.

Have you been coveting power

without the ability to do so?

Show me

that you are capable of

ruling this country

in my stead.

I will look forward to it.

I will look into it and

She will be the death of me.

I would like to ask something.

- What is it?

- Is there trouble

at the Department of Justice?

Who are you to ask that?

My brother is an investigator

at the Department of Justice,

and I came by worried since

he did not return home.

The soldiers' movement indicate

that something happened.

My lady!

Wait.

You know he has escaped.

That should be enough.

Let us go back home now.

We do not know if the one who

escaped prison was that scholar.

Had it been someone else,

his lord would not have gone

out in a hurry at this hour.

Since you know he is alive

He might get caught again.

My lady!

- Goodness.

- Really.

Good gracious.

Today is surely a blast!

What is it this time?

I did come along as you

said it was safer to hide

in the middle of the

city and not of nowhere.

But what?

He was a friend of my father,

who was a strolling actor.

But I have not met him

since my father passed away.

I wonder if we will be safe.

We will use this to make us safe.

Let us go inside.

Father

I

will surely return.

Until then

Just until then

Please wait for me.

Father.

The sinner Lee g*n

is dismissed from Crown Prince.

Since such a position cannot

be vacant even for a day,

Prince Dosung will be

proclaimed as the Crown Prince.

Hasten the preparation

of the Crown Prince proclamation ceremony.

And as there needs to be

sons in the royal family,

establish a temporary Office

of the Royal Wedding

to welcome a Crown Princess

with the proclamation ceremony,

and issue a prohibition of marriage.

I refuse.

"Refuse?"

You cannot choose

to become a Crown Prince or not.

If it cannot be helped,

I can simply run away like my brother has.

What are you

What is the use of

becoming the Crown Prince?

It is evident I will become the puppet

as the Queen Dowager is in regent.

That will not last for long.

It is only until you succeed to the throne.

Let us say I obediently

become the Crown Prince.

Do you think the Queen Dowager

will give up regency

and put me on the throne?

Even when they know that

will get them k*lled?

Did I not say I would take

care of the Queen Dowager?

What if you fail?

I

do not wish to spend my

days in bed like Father.

That will never happen.

Have faith in me.

If you want me to trust you,

help Father get back on his feet again.

If Father proclaims me

as the Crown Prince and

not the Queen Dowager,

I will be more than willing

to accept it.

Have you still not moved on?

If he has not gone beyond the capital,

he will eventually get caught.

This is my last request.

Mother!

Mother!

- Mother!

- No!

- Mother!

- No

- My son!

- Mother!

No!

- No.

- Sang Rok.

Do not let go.

Soo Ryeon

I must go with her.

- Soo Ryeon.

- You little

Soo Ryeon.

Sang Rok

You have lost weight in the past few days.

Have you not been up since

last night, Sang Rok?

I am all right.

A physician can take care of himself.

But you look pale.

I am fine. Do not worry about me.

Go home and get some rest.

Your Majesty.

What is it?

I have something to report at once.

Come in.

What is it, Head Eunuch?

Tell Her Majesty.

The royal seal

is missing.

What do you mean the royal seal is missing?

How did this happen?

Let us go to the Office of Royal Affairs.

(Sangseowon: The office in charge of)

(the Joseon King's royal seal, the

royal family's seals, and more)

In short, after the Queen made a visit,

the chest containing the royal

seal and national seal disappeared?

Yes, my lord.

Who else knows about this?

If you do not wish to die,

step aside at once.

I am only fulfilling Her Highness' order.

Get rid of this man.

You may k*ll him.

This is the last warning.

Move aside.

Not before you step on my dead body

can you go past me.

Fire.

(Bangpo: sh**ting with a cannon or a g*n)

Let him inside.

What did you do with the royal seal?

His Majesty is here.

I ask you to please sit down.

I am asking you what you

did with the royal seal!

I know nothing about it.

Your Highness.

Your Majesty!

My Queen.

Yes, Your Majesty. I am right here.

The royal seal.

The royal seal

Darn it.

Father, this is utterly disrespectful!

Stop it, right this instant!

Darn you

Where is it?

Hand over the royal seal at once!

Your Highness.

Without the royal seal,

we cannot get anything done.

Do you realize that it

is a very serious matter?

We cannot give out rice to people in need,

which means they will starve to death.

If that happens,

you may not be able to avoid punishment.

No matter what you say, my answer

will not change. I know nothing.

Darn it.

Bring her in!

Your Highness!

Father.

Your Highness, you caused this.

Tell me.

Where did you hide the royal seal?

I know nothing.

Father!

You witch!

How dare you roll your eyes at me?

Tell me the truth at once!

My lord, please.

Please, Father.

His Majesty is here.

Why are you being like this?

Hand over the royal seal at once,

or this witch here will be tortured

until she spills the truth.

Where is it?

Darn it.

Take her at once.

t*rture her until she tells

you where the royal seal is.

Yes, my lord.

Please spare me. Please!

I really know nothing, my lord!

- Please spare me

- Stop!

That is enough!

Palace Guard Commander, how dare you!

(Gyeomsabokjang: Commander

of the Palace Guards)

Such insolence.

You are to let her go and

leave the room at once!

What are you looking at?

You dared to disrespect me.

Will you do the same to His

Majesty and the royal court too?

Your Highness, that is not the case.

Your Highness.

Where is the royal seal?

Tell me now

for we can still get this all sorted out.

You are so cruel.

Are you doing this for

you wish to see me dead?

What do you mean? That is absurd.

Once Prince Dosung is

installed as Crown Prince,

you will assassinate His Majesty.

I know all about your plan.

What are you talking about?

Why would I assassinate His Majesty?

Do not think you can deceive me!

The conversation you had with

the Crown Prince in the prison.

I heard it all.

If you must k*ll him,

you ought to k*ll me too.

They say the royal seal is gone.

- Did you know?

- Pardon me?

The royal seal?

I suppose you did not know.

I had no idea.

What was the Office of Royal Affairs doing?

How could they misplace the royal seal?

Apparently,

Her Highness the Queen paid a

visit before it went missing.

My mother?

Then did my mother

Do you know where it could be?

No, this is all too sudden.

Try to think where it could be.

We need the royal seal

for you to be installed as Crown Prince.

Then we have nothing to worry about.

As you know, many people want me

to be installed as Crown Prince.

And they all want something,

so we will find it soon.

Now, please excuse me.

When the deposed Crown Prince

sneaked out in disguise,

he was stabbed. You must know about it.

I do not know what it

is that you want to say,

but I am not interested in hearing it.

Do you know who treated his wound?

It was

my daughter, Myung Yoon.

I am engaged.

So I suggest you give up

and find someone else.

Was your daughter

engaged to g*n?

No.

They did not even know

each other in the past.

- Then how

- A few coincidences

brought them together.

Your daughter clearly told

me that she was engaged.

It is true that she is engaged.

However,

my daughter, Myung Yoon, is not

engaged to the deposed Crown Prince.

She will become the Crown Princess,

which means whoever gets

the Crown Prince title

will marry Myung Yoon.

If you want Myung Yoon to yourself,

proclaim the position as Crown Prince.

Becoming the Crown Prince of this nation

and marrying the Crown Princess

can only be done with the royal seal.

Do not forget that.

Come here.

What is taking them so long?

I wonder if something happened.

It is him. Get him!

- Get him!

- Get him!

Catch him!

- He went that way!

- Get him!

- Get him!

- Go after him!

- Stop!

- Get him!

- Stop right there!

- Hey!

Stop!

Get him!

- Do not lose him!

- Go!

Stop right there!

- Stop!

- Get him!

- Stop!

- Catch him!

- Hey!

- You little

Hey, go!

There he is.

- Stop right there.

- Stop!

Go after him.

You fools!

I am the Crown Prince's bodyguard,

Lee Gap Seok!

There he is. Go after him!

- Get him!

- Go after him!

- Hey.

- Get him!

Darn it.

- Hey!

- Catch him!

Hey!

Come at me.

Oh, dear.

My goodness.

The stab wound festered a little.

That is all.

You are acting as though

I am gravely injured.

Are you really all right?

No.

It hurts so much that

I feel like I am dying.

Your Royal Highness.

Call me Young Master.

Yes, Young Master.

My goodness. I really think

you should see a physician.

Why not just say you will take

me to the Royal Infirmary?

I had not run around like that

for a while, so I am tired.

I need to lie down. You

should get some rest too.

Gosh.

Oh, boy.

Gosh. My goodness.

Your Royal Highness.

Is everyone ready?

I picked out only those I can trust.

They are on standby now.

He hid there once in the past, so he

is already familiar with the place.

Also, it will be convenient to

contact Prince Dosung from there.

I cannot think of

a better hiding place.

I agree.

It is a kisaeng house,

not an ordinary residence.

There will be many eyes watching,

so move as discreetly as possible.

I will heed your advice.

Excuse me. That young lady

who comes here to treat

those who are injured or ill.

Is she not here today?

- Who

- Well, you know

Oh, her.

No, I have not seen her

for the past few days.

Then do you happen to

know where she lives

No, I mean Do you know

where I can go to meet her?

How would I know?

It is about time she paid another visit,

so come back tomorrow if you must meet her.

Gosh.

Oh, boy.

Do not go this way. Go this way.

The rest of you

That man is

- Yes, my lord.

- Yes, my lord.

(I do not know where I am headed)

(From your unfilial daughter, Myung Yoon)

Oh Wol, you got enough sleep.

Wake up already.

I was not asleep.

I am sorry for waking you up.

Get changed quickly and go back to sleep.

My lady, what are you

planning to do this time?

I am running away.

"Running away?"

For a month until the Crown

Princess selection process is over.

I will go hide somewhere just for a month.

Even so, you cannot run away from home.

Why must you do this to me?

I am sorry.

Oh Wol, the thing is,

once they prohibit marriages

and begin the selection process,

I may have no choice but to obey Father.

I will be locked up in this room

and will be dragged to

the palace eventually.

It is not like you are the type to

let anyone force you into marriage.

You would rather bite

your own tongue and die

than let someone force you into marriage.

Right, that is true.

Then I shall just stay here

and bite my tongue and die when I

am told to marry the Crown Prince

Gosh.

Okay, fine.

But I am coming with you.

We cannot be apart for a month.

You cannot last a day without me.

Well, that is not really true,

but I will let you know right

away as soon as I get there.

No, we must go together now.

No.

I need you to buy me some time

for me to sneak out safely.

Then you have to let me know.

If you do not, I will tell

Lord Choi everything

and look for you.

All right. We must hurry.

I must leave before Father returns.

I understand the Queen Dowager is anxious,

but the issue of finding

the Crown Prince

is now out of our hands.

There is nothing we can do.

My gosh.

I thought you had left for the day.

I guess you came back because

of the deposed Crown Prince.

I must say, you do not look so well.

If the Queen Dowager sees

you, she will be concerned.

I suggest you take some herbal medicine.

Yes.

Thank you for your concern.

While making mine, I shall make

you an herbal decoction too.

Magistrate Yoon, we need

you to stay healthy

so that you can continue

to give Prince Dosung the support he needs.

Yes.

I shall be leaving, then.

You must not tell anyone

that my young master is here.

Do you understand?

What? Why is he sneaking into my house?

If he enters through here, he

will reach the main garden.

Is he here to see me?

No way.

He does not know who I am.

Then what brings him to my place?

Who is it?

Are you a ghost?

What should I do?

If I go back in now, I may

not be able to leave again.

Yes.

Help!

- Help me!

- Please be quiet.

Help!

Put me down! Let me go!

My gosh. Is that Oh Wol?

Darn it.

Have you lost your mind?

How could you do this unless you

have completely lost your mind?

- Please hear me out first

- Be quiet.

Take her home at once.

We do not know what else he would do.

Just in case he does something else,

we need a weapon so that we can fight him.

So, is this the "weapon" you thought of?

Kidnapping an innocent woman and using her?

She is not innocent

for she is our enemy's daughter.

I told you to take her home at once.

Must you keep listing excuses?

It is not like I wanted to do this.

This is the only way

we can leave unscathed.

If we are holding his daughter hostage,

- they cannot hurt us

- Like I said, we cannot do this!

I cannot allow such a despicable act.

Do as I say.

I refuse.

What did you say?

Even you

are looking down on me because

of my current situation?

I do not care what you say. I cannot do it.

It is my duty to protect you,

and I ought to do my job,

so please let me have my way this time.

- Open the sack.

- Not right now.

I will let her go once we pass

the fortress gates safe and sound.

Is that so? Then I will do it myself.

- Step aside.

- I cannot.

Please do not do this.

No!

Move aside.

- I carried her all the way here.

- Help!

Do not do this.

Goodness. What is it? You scared me

- Hey, Missy.

- Come out.

I must keep the momentum going.

Do you need another beating?

It is urgent.

Are I not like her sl*ve, at this rate?

Hey, go that way.

Go that way. You go this way.

- Let go.

- Why are you being like this?

- Let go.

- I cannot.

Seriously, you cannot do this.

Hurry! Find them!

- Let go.

- No.

Who are those men?

Did you think you could get

away with kidnapping someone?

Hey, that must be it. Go and check.

Yes, sir.

- Oh, no.

- Gosh, what was that?

Hey, get them.

Gosh, where did they take her?

Goodness. What the

You little

Hey, let us go.

Come on! We are leaving. Come along, quick.

- Hey.

- Get up. Hurry.

Hey, we cannot beat them. Hurry!

- Hey, come on.

- Gosh, my back.

- Darn it.

- Be quiet.

I think they were a g*ng of bandits.

I will step out and take a

look around just in case.

Calm down.

My lady!

You are Baek Gu.

The lady you serve is

So, are you

Royal Physician Choi's servant?

(Missing Crown Prince)

We lost the Crown Prince

near the Yeonhwabang

around the Jongmyo Shrine.

I have an idea that may help you

pass through the fortress

gates without getting caught.

The deposed Crown Prince

and I are enemies now.

If Myung Yoon is seen with

the deposed Crown Prince,

everything will go down the drain.

Postpone the Crown Prince's investiture?

Are you suggesting we forge the

royal seal and the national seal?

I will protect you, no matter what.

So stay with me.