01x18 - Episode 18

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(This drama is a work of fiction

created based on historical facts.)

(Most of the details and depictions

of the characters are fictional.)

Did you ever hate me?

The day you left me for good,

I resented you so much

that I stared at you for a while.

However, no matter how long I looked,

I did not feel hatred toward you.

Instead, I hated myself.

How cold of you.

Did you even imagine how I must have felt?

I could not bear to imagine it.

I just

knew that my heart was being torn

into thousands of pieces

and could only hope

that you would not feel

the way that I did.

(Episode 18)

You do not seem to be feeling well.

The journey back must have been tiring.

No, Father.

I did have to stop to rest on the way

from feeling ill,

but I am recovering.

Do not worry.

Of course.

Your troubles are over,

so you should regain your health soon.

Your Majesty,

I have something to tell you.

There are some captives

that I released in Simyang.

But I could not bring them this time

because it was an inconvenience.

If you could allow it

Do you know who the traitor, Sim Ki Won,

wanted as the new king at first?

It was you.

I know nothing about it.

I had no idea.

I know.

I trust you.

However,

I hear you gained wealth

by farming in Simyang.

Did you buy the captives with that money?

What were you going to use them for?

I used the captives

for farming and other chores.

However,

rather than considering their use,

I just pitied them

You pitied them?

Was that all?

The first thing that Sim Ki Won did

once he started plotting treason

was to raise a private army.

He gathered strong men

and trained them every day.

And he spent his money to buy their favor.

By releasing the captives,

you have also bought their favor.

So if you do not want to be misunderstood,

stop bringing in the captives.

The Crown Prince is very ill.

He will take a trip to the hot springs.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Will you not

put a floral shoe on my foot today?

I threw away all the floral shoes

because I was cross with you.

There is something

I must finish up.

This is something I promised Yang Chun.

It will take a month, but I will be back.

I had these made at the forge back then.

Even though I thought you were dead,

I had them made

and kept them with me.

I have

placed a spell on this ring.

If you betray the lady

who gave you the ring,

you will get a stroke.

What?

So please do not worry about me.

I have survived those hardships

in Simyang.

If it is just a month,

I can wait for you with a smile.

(Onyang Temporary Palace)

The preparations

for the captives are complete.

I will inform His Highness myself.

From now on,

do not ask His Highness

about the captives.

What do you mean?

His Highness said that

once he returned to Joseon

I must see His Highness myself.

His Highness

does not wish to see you.

Your Highness.

Have you forgotten your promise?

You said yourself

that you would bring them back to Joseon.

They only persevered

because of your promise.

The promise

that you have forgotten

I still remember it.

Now

I shall set out to uphold that promise.

I said, you may not.

If you go against me,

I will never see you again.

I was

about to tell you the same.

From now on, I shall leave you for good.

Stop!

Lee Jang Hyun, stop there!

Do not rush.

Take it slow.

Watch it! Be careful.

Give me the baby.

If you wish,

I shall stay by your side.

In return,

guarantee me that the captives

will be able to cross the river safely.

If you can do that,

after I finish picking up

the captives in Joseon,

I will come back to be by your side.

How

can I trust you?

You have hundreds of captives

under your hostage.

If you break your promise,

I will really k*ll you this time.

I have sent the captives over.

Lee Jang Hyun.

It is now your turn to come.

They are here.

Be careful. Hurry.

We have arrived.

Be careful.

Brother!

At last.

Goodness. Thank you.

I am here.

I am finally in my country.

Eol Soo.

Chul Soo!

We are finally here.

We are here.

Yang Chun.

Gosh. Jang Hyun.

- Yang Chun.

- Yes.

Hey.

Hey, did I not tell you

that I would

bring you all back to Joseon?

- Thank you, Yang Chun!

- Thank you.

Thank you so much!

Goodness. Thank you.

Thank you, Yang Chun!

What is going on?

Oh, no!

Who are they?

Goodness.

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you guys?

Are you all bandits?

If riches are what you want,

we will give them to you.

Give me the baby.

Go back.

If you do not, you will all die.

- Stop with the nonsense!

- Go back!

You punks!

Do you know how hard it was

for us to come here?

Who are you to order us around?

Stop!

Kang Dal!

Strike them!

Step back.

Recross the river!

Let us go.

I cannot.

I will not go back!

- I cannot!

- Eol Soo.

You will die if you do not go!

I trusted you

and His Highness.

But in the end, we were fooled!

No.

That is not true!

Let go!

- Let us go.

- Let go.

- Come on.

- I am not leaving!

Come on.

We have to go.

- Hurry.

- Hurry.

- Hurry.

- Hurry.

In Ok.

Hurry up!

We have to go.

Baby.

Baby.

We have to go. Hurry.

Get up!

Get up!

Get up!

Come on.

Yang Chun!

Yang Chun!

Take him to safety!

At once!

Jang Hyun!

Yang Chun.

Lee Jang Hyun

Where is he?

Jang Hyun.

Ningguchin.

Go in that direction.

I will prepare a horse for you.

What is wrong?

No.

- Deung No.

- Deung No.

- Stay with me.

- Hey!

Deung No.

No.

Goodness.

If you are lying,

I will pull out your tongue.

Can you not believe me

after seeing all of this?

A bunch of men attacked us with spears,

telling us to leave.

We were able to cross the river.

But Jang Hyun

I do not even know if he is alive or not.

He is dead?

If he were alive,

would he not be here by now?

I am sure

No.

That cannot be true.

Goodness.

- I am so scared.

- Where are we going?

Whose orders did you follow

to commit treason?

(Naesaok: a prison within the palace

controlled by eunuchs)

Did you perhaps act

upon the Crown Prince's orders?

On the 25th of last month,

between the hours of 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.,

a scream was heard.

The servants of the Palace Supply Bureau

were armed

and were seen rushing out

to the outer edges of the palace.

Master.

Yes.

The one who sent me an anonymous letter

has sent news again.

The servants

of the Palace Supply Bureau

have dragged dozens of criminals

to their prison.

The servants of the Palace Supply Bureau?

What crimes did they commit?

I am not sure,

but His Majesty suspects

the captives, who have returned from

across the river, to be traitors.

How could His Majesty think

the captives are traitors

Gather

the scholars.

I will go to His Majesty.

If they are truly traitors,

they should be sent over

to the Department of Justice

and punished under national law.

(Geumbu: Department of Justice,)

(where serious criminals were punished

under the King's orders)

If

they are innocent,

I will be sure to get them out alive.

Goodness.

Who was it that incited you

into plotting treason?

We do not know.

You say it.

Where are we?

Who is behind you?

Are you Gu Yang Chun?

I know that your leader is Gu Yang Chun.

No, he is not.

This man is

If you are not Gu Yang Chun,

then who is?

Is it you?

Please spare me!

Is it you?

No, it is not me!

It is me.

What?

I am Gu Yang Chun.

So you should speak to me.

This man is the one

who helped us run away

and to cross the river.

He is that man.

Leave this man here

and drag the rest of them out.

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

Come on!

- Please have mercy!

- Please spare us!

Let us live.

Yang Chun.

Are you awake?

Yang Chun.

How is everyone doing?

You betrayed us, right?

You sold us off, right?

To those jerks.

You plotted with them,

and sold us

My Byung Hee

Bring her back.

Byung Hee

Bring Byung Hee back to life!

My daughter, Byung Hee!

Bring her back!

- Bring Byung Hee back to life!

- In Ok.

- Bring her back!

- In Ok.

My daughter, Byung Hee.

My poor Byung Hee.

Bring her back!

Your Highness.

Your Highness, do you remember me?

They k*lled the captives who had

come from the border regions,

and they took the survivors away?

Where to?

Where did they take them to?

I do not know.

I do not know where Lee Jang Hyun

has gone, Your Highness.

Please save him.

Please save Lee Jang Hyun.

Father

Father!

Let us go to the Palace.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Those who are targeting you

are only waiting for you

to lose your footing.

So, Your Highness.

Please do not anger His Majesty.

Please save yourself

and your firstborn son, Your Highness.

Let us go.

I will go with His Highness.

Get ready.

Yes, Your Highness.

What was the reason

that you raised a private army?

Those men

are not a private army.

They are captives.

I merely

tried to bring the captives

back to Joseon.

Who put you up to it?

No one made me.

It was

just my own plan to bring back

the released captives.

Jong Jong

loves me.

She loves me not.

She loves me.

Jang Hyun This is insane.

My child

Let go.

Let me go!

Let go!

Stop it.

What is this?

Did you and Interpreter Lee

This is great.

I am glad for you.

I knew this day would come.

Why are you crying, Madam Bang Doo?

Because I am happy, of course.

You should have patched things up with him

long ago, then.

All that heartache

He said he had some business in Simyang.

Once he returns,

he wants to stay with me.

What?

The scholars are heading over here?

Who is it?

Who led them here?

Is it Kim Jib?

Or Jang Chul?

Or is it Kim Sang Heon?

No.

Did the Crown Prince instigate them?

It is Jang Chul.

You wait outside.

Please bring me along.

Why is His Highness in a rush

to see His Majesty?

By any chance,

is His Majesty involved

in Jang Hyun's arrest?

I said I would find out.

Just wait outside the palace.

The scholars are being defiant

because there is a cursed object

hidden in the palace.

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Lady Cho, please excuse us.

Prince So Hyun.

You are being rude.

Right now!

What

did you do with the captives?

Are you showing your true colors at last?

Your Majesty.

Did you think I would not find out

about the soldiers you brought in

from the Qing?

What soldiers?

Then tell me.

What were they, if not soldiers?

There were weapons in their belongings.

They k*lled the servants

at the Palace Supply Bureau.

Your Majesty.

They are merely captives.

They are our people.

What?

Our people?

Then

did you rush all the way here,

drenched by the morning dew

despite your frail body

just for the sake of the people?

Of course not.

Are they the ones

who will help you rise to the throne?

Is that why you are so protective of them?

Your Majesty.

Even if the world turns its back on me,

I had believed

that you at least would protect me.

It turned out to be no one but my son

who shall stab me in the back.

Are they waiting outside the gates

for your orders?

Are they holding swords and iron clubs

to target me?

Your Majesty.

They were farmers and workers

who slogged it out in Simyang.

Singing Joseon songs on Simyang land,

they are captives who missed Joseon.

Risking their lives to escape,

they are Your Majesty's people.

How can you

doubt that

they have treacherous intentions?

Please see what I saw.

The people of this country

shaped me into a better person.

I

I smelled their sweat

and witnessed the tears

falling down their faces.

The scene was sweeter

than any delicacy in the world

and more beautiful

than any silk out there.

You have to see it

with your own eyes as well, Your Majesty.

If you do,

you will understand me.

And you will want to save them.

I do not want to hear it!

What nonsense.

I am going to handle this matter

in secret

for I hate to be harsh,

so you should be grateful.

Your Highness!

Things are happening quickly,

so we must hurry.

Have you not heard back from the girl

who makes knives?

It cannot be anyone else.

It must be her. Do you understand?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I am a sinner

for I was not able to protect the people

of my country from the intruders.

So I tried not to present myself

to the world for I was ashamed.

However,

I will no longer just sit in my room

and utter bitter criticisms.

That is not a way to protect my country.

It is not a way to protect the people.

Even if

His Majesty is to rebuke me

and the people are to resent me,

I will continue to do

what I must for this country

and the people.

Will you join me?

Yes, Master!

We will follow you.

- We will join you, Master!

- We will join you, Master!

A collective appeal?

What is it that they want?

They are asking

for the criminals in prison

to be handed over

to the Department of Justice.

My gosh!

Darn it.

Bring Jang Chul to me.

As for the criminals in prison

This man

Smash his head and k*ll him.

Yes, sir.

You know,

I will make

an embroidered pillowcase for Lord Lee.

I thought you said you would not

have anything to do with a misogamist.

That is just the way of life.

You also said

you would rather be a bhikkhuni

than marry Bak Dae.

It is hard taking care of my dad

with the money I send you, right?

I am working hard to earn money,

so sooner or later, I will take him

No, I will not allow that.

He is also like a father

to me and my lord.

When Interpreter Lee returns,

we can all live happily together.

That is all we should think about, okay?

Is anyone home?

Her Majesty wants to see you.

Why do you keep coming back?

I cannot do what you asked.

She will give you three times

the original amount.

Then answer me.

Why are you privately asking me

to prepare something

that will be sent to the Queen's Palace?

I cannot do something you ask

when I do not know what you are plotting.

Once Prince Sung Sun accedes

to the throne, you will

(Prince Sung Sun:

the son of Injo and Lady Cho)

The Crown Prince has returned.

How will Prince Sung Sun

accede to the throne?

You do not know what is going on.

It is over for the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince and the people

he conspired with in Simyang

have all been caught.

What do you mean by that?

Then

are you saying the people

who were loyal to the Crown Prince

have been caught?

My husband actually told me something.

He told me

that a lot of people

are being dragged to prison

and tormented to death these days.

I like this one.

You engraved it nicely.

"Admire the queen's residence

with high praise."

Do you like it?

By the way,

is it certain

that the group from Simyang

has all been captured?

I must also have someone to rely on

I told you to watch your mouth.

I could become the future king's mother.

So, from now on,

just do what I tell you to

without a hitch.

Hurry up.

Okay.

Is something going on in the palace?

You will not live long

with that curiosity of yours.

- Are you finished?

- Yes.

I am finished.

Goodness, I can smell it from here.

I know, right?

They always seem to be

interrogating people

at the Palace Supply Bureau.

Goodness.

You know about what is happening

at the Palace Supply Bureau?

Plenty of people know about it.

I hope this mess is over with soon.

Then get going.

Your Majesty.

I have waited so long

to meet you in person.

I finally get to meet you.

I, your humble servant, have finally come

to greet you, Your Majesty.

Then why is it that you are bothering me

because of a trivial matter?

Then why do you

k*ll your people over

a trivial matter, Your Majesty?

Since it is a trivial matter,

you are torturing and interrogating them

in the Palace Supply Bureau,

are you not?

If they were truly traitors,

please send them to the Department

of Justice and reveal their crimes.

There is a reason why I cannot send them

to the Department of Justice.

So you should take the scholars

and go home.

If you do not go back this instant,

I will send the palace guards

to send them away.

(Geumgun: palace guards

in charge of guarding the king)

Do you wish your pupils to get hurt?

If my pupils get hurt,

the scholars all across the nation

will rise up in revolt.

Have you forgotten how Gwanghae lost

the support of the scholars

and lost everything else afterwards?

Your Majesty.

You kept Joseon safe

from the grasp of Gwanghae.

Joseon is a nation where the people

serve the king

with allegiance and fidelity

and a nation where the king,

who is served,

keeps his loyalty to his people.

So, how could you

betray that loyalty

by covertly k*lling people?

How could you anger the skies?

Until you move

those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice,

I refuse

to move an inch from this very spot.

Have this man taken away!

Your Majesty.

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice.

Your Majesty.

Please do not betray your loyalty!

- Please do not anger the skies!

- Why, that little

Your Majesty!

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

- to the Department of Justice.

- What do you think you are doing?

Let go of him!

- Let go of him!

- Let go of him!

You must not betray your loyalty!

Let go of him!

- Your Majesty!

- Let go of him!

Please do not anger the skies!

Your Majesty!

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice.

Please do not betray your loyalty,

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice!

Please do not betray your loyalty!

Do not cry.

Your sister

did that for you.

Hey, there. I am to wait here?

We have orders to empty

the Palace Supply Bureau.

It must be because of the scholars.

My lord.

My lord.

My lord.

Please do not betray your loyalty,

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice!

- Move them to the Department of Justice!

- Move them to the Department of Justice!

Please move those who are being kept

in the Palace Supply Bureau

to the Department of Justice!

My lord.

My lord.

Are you awake?

(My Dearest)

I must bring Lord Lee elsewhere.

His corpse disappeared.

My lord.

My lord!

The Crown Princess is involved

in a shameful affair.

Treason?

That is not true.

His Highness is

Your Highness.

In Joseon,

the Crown Prince's people

are all being purged.

Is that true?

My lord.

This moment is my happiest one with you.

Even if I die,

I will never leave your side again.