My Dearest (2023) s01e18 Episode Script
Episode 18
1
(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 kill 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 killed 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 killed 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 kill 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
kill 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 killing 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.
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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 kill 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 killed 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 killed 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 kill 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
kill 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 killing 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.
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