I'm sorry you were put in a difficult position because of the ring.
Don't worry too much.
It'll be resolved quickly.
Thank you for worrying about me.
Kang Hoo, listen to me carefully.
I also have hopes, I also have aspirations.
That's why I worked so hard to get into the Palace.
But now everything's a mess.
Is it because of me?
Yes, it's because of you.
I don't know what's what anymore.
I don't want to talk to you anymore!
[Episode 13]
Did you have to go that far?
I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm talking about Palace maid Yang,
In exchange for returning the wedding band to Young Sung Gong,
Didn't you force her to leave the Palace?
Do you really want to continue on like this?
You wouldn't have lost such a valuable ring so easily.
If you'd really lost the ring, you wouldn't have returned it to Palace maid Yang.
For you, I'm willing to pay whatever price.
Mother.
You should know this.
The person who suggested leaving in exchange for the ring
was not me, but her.
To her, the most valuable person is Young Sung Gong.
In her eyes, you don't even exist.
Do you understand?
It might be better this way. It's a good thing.
She's not good enough for you anyway.
Now you know her true heart.
You should get over your feelings too.
I can't do that.
She's the first woman I've loved in my lifetime.
I can't give her up so easily.
I'm going back.
Did you get to see Palace maid Yang?
No.
Tell me.
How was the ring returned?
I'm sorry, I can't tell you.
I can only tell you to end your interest in Palace maid Yang.
Why's that?
Do you remember the words you said yourself?
Palace maid Yang isn't a friend, she's only a Palace maid.
Am I wrong?
But I still have to know how that ring was returned.
Could Dae Bu-In know about your feelings for Palace maid Yang?
It's just a guess.
But could I be right?
So, using the return of the ring as the exchange...
Moon Sung Gong, what exactly have you done?
You claim to like Palace maid Yang,
but you couldn't even stop something like this?
Couldn't you persuade your mother?
Are your feelings for Palace maid Yang only worth this much?
All of this happened because of you.
Because of you, Palace maid Yang suffered a lot.
This time, in order to return the ring to you,
she even left her job.
How could you say this?
For a person who doesn't even think of her as a friend,
She abandoned her most precious aspiration.
This is the type of woman that Palace maid Yang is.
I'm warning you, you can't do this anymore.
Since you chose your path on your own,
go take that path.
Don't disturb Palace maid Yang's life anymore.
As you have received the authority of the Prime Minister, we will be seeing each other frequently.
I am honored.
You must have been quite surprised when the former Prime Minister collapsed so suddenly.
I will do my best for the sake of Pye-ha's safety, and the glory of the Court.
I hope that in the future we can help each other.
Too rash, Bu-In.
The treasure at hand was not used to its full potential.
But if I didn't do that, how would I get that Palace maid to leave Joon?
Did you see Deputy Prime Minister Shin's expression?
It looks as if he's decided to stand on Yeo-wang Pye-ha's side.
We must stop him from those useless thoughts.
What a dangerous thing it is to link hands with Yeo-wang Pye-ha!
We must make him understand that.
He's a bright man. It'll be taken care of well.
Was it your own choice to be transferred here?
Yes, it was my own choice.
You didn't commit a mistake in the Imperial Palace, did you?
No.
Palace maid Yang!
Yes.
Upon hearing the reports that both princes had not slackened and are ceaselessly working,
I was very pleased.
I am honored, Pye-ha.
I asked you two to come over today
in order to assign you to the second task.
The second assignment is a competition in martial arts.
As decided with the royal elders, the areas of the two Gong-ja's martial arts competition will be
Archery, horseback-riding, and hand-to-hand battle, these three areas.
Officer Jeong.
Yes, Pye-ha.
The undertaking and procedures of this competition will be your responsibility.
In order to have a fair match, you must not participate in either Gong-ja's training for the competition.
I understand, Pye-ha.
The two princes may each designate their own instructors.
Please assist them in that task.
Yes, Pye-ha.
The competition will be held a month from now.
During this time, you two must train hard and show a side of improvement.
Yes, we understand, Pye-ha.
Unacceptable, unacceptable.
You've shot a couple of arrows, you have a slight base in martial arts,
You've had some horseback riding experience, but that's it.
How can you go compete?
That's rather difficult.
You can't be too sure.
Perhaps a miracle will happen.
That's true.
During your first competition, you also made a last-minute turn-around.
How can that be compared to this?
Martial arts can't be mastered in a matter of days.
Even so, you can't give up before you've even started.
That's true, we'll help you.
He can help you with holding the sword.
Of course. He can teach you boxing techniques.
I can only accept the help of one person.
I can only accept your kind intentions.
Do you have any ideas?
Mama, Jo Sang Ki is here.
After I got your phone call, I came immediately.
What do you need, Gong-ja?
I want to have you as my instructor.
You have to help me.
The second task has been assigned.
The assignment after culture is obviously martial arts.
Have the topics been decided?
Yes. I only have one month left.
Is that possible?
The time is very short.
The 'Horseback Sword' tactic refers to the art of using your sword while on horseback.
The goal is to quickly cut down the enemies on both the left and right sides.
Not only is horseback-riding skill important, but also skill with the sword.
Today we will begin practicing you skill with the sword.
Here.
But this is a wooden sword.
No matter how anxious you are to proceed, you must follow the correct sequence.
First, use the wooden sword to familiarize yourself with the position of holding the sword.
I think I'm familiar enough with it now.
Can I switch to a real sword now?
It's still too early.
Practice some more.
Although it's still a bit early, but let's begin practicing with a real sword today.
First, cut that bundle of grass.
It's not something that can be learned in a short amount of time,
So do not be too surprised.
You need to continue training.
Yes, Ahjussi.
This is so unbelievably good.
I don't know if Ahjussi will like it.
Try some.
How is it? It's good, right?
What's with you all of the sudden?
This place is run by one of my relatives.
You could say I was scouted.
In Incheon, wasn't any place Bool Bam delivered for the best?
You're twisting the truth!
Twisting the truth? Gong-ja, your use of words is too difficult, too scholarly.
I can't even understand.
What's with you?
Can you just come out like this?
After I got your phone call, it was my doing, bringing him here.
I thought get a feel for the ocean breeze and lift his spirits.
Lift his spirits?
Is there something making him unhappy?
Is there?
It's fine. It's nothing.
It doesn't seem like it's nothing.
After you eat our pizza, pull yourself together.
I'll go get you another slice.
Around this area, this pizza place is the most popular!
Wait a sec.
Are you going to see the others before leaving?
They want to call you ten times every day.
It takes so much for me to stop them.
Well, it looks like that'll be impossible.
Okay, I'll keep it a secret from them.
You can't eat this in the Palace, can you?
I'll go wrap up ten more. You just wait.
It's okay, don't worry about it.
Pye-ha.
The Prime Minister has expressed a wish to resign.
It looks like he's very sick.
In theory he should first get Pye-ha's permission in person,
But they say that the doctors won't allow him to leave the hospital.
He asked me to convey his wishes that you grant your permission.
What should be done?
What will happen if we accept his request?
Will interim Prime Minister Shin take the position officially?
Yes, Pye-ha.
The title will be taken by interim Prime Minister Shin, who has been granted completepower.
Then I might very likely lose my right hand.
Under these circumstances, it looks as if we have no room to choose.
We'll do that.
Accept the Prime Minister's request, and appoint Deputy Prime Minister Shin to his position.
Issue it like so.
Yes, I will do as you say, Pye-ha.
The time has dragged longer than I'd expected.
But from today forward, Yeo-wang Pye-ha's right hand has been broken.
According to our plans, Deputy Prime Minister Shin would have become our Joon's solid backing.
Bringing up the engagement again would not be very appropriate.
What do you plan on doing?
If he is unwilling to link hands with us
He will have to pay the necessary price.
Merely cutting this down does not indicate success.
After you cut it, the surface should be smooth.
The front and the back should seem to be on a line,
Or else it is meaningless.
What was the problem?
I don't know what to do.
What to do? You already know the answer.
Sometimes being taught a thousand things is not as valuable as learning one on your own.
This is one of those times.
Take time to learn it yourself.
When a wise person falls on the ground, he does not curse that ground.
In order to rise once again, he must use that ground as a point of support.
Take time to learn it yourself.
You've done well, Gong-ja.
Was I successful?
Gong-ja, you have finally learned to slice.
During this time, you've only known how to hit, but you didn't truly learn to slice.
Slicing does not only require strength, but also speed that suits the material of the blade.
If you leave out one, it'd be impossible to succeed.
Your only intention was to hit it down with strength, so you did not slice it well.
But being successful once is not all of it.
In order not to lose the feeling you have now, you must practice ceaselessly.
Please remember that repetitive training is very important.
I understand, Ahjussi.
I didn't expect him to become skillful with the sword so quickly.
Don't worry.
Young Sung Gong's skill level is far from yours.
Have you been too overworked lately?
I'm fine. Thanks for worrying about me.
Really? Are Sae-ryung's parents divorced right now?
Not divorced yet, they've just been separated for a long time.
How is that different from being divorced?
Whatever the case, how can she not return when her husband's about to become the Prime Minister?
That just means that she doesn't need power.
Sae-ryung is really something.
If you have something to say about someone, why don't you say it to their face?
If you don't have the nerve, then go somewhere completely hidden.
Sae-ryung, we didn't mean it like that.
It's okay, it's normal for something like that to happen here.
As long as you have a slight weakness, you'll be attacked.
I think I understand how you feel.
I feel the same way when the people around me talk about my mother.
Don't worry about what other people think.
What's important is your own opinion.
As long as I believe in my mom, it's fine.
My thoughts are different from Gong-ja's.
What if what they said was all the truth?
My parents aren't any different from being divorced.
Sometimes I don't even remember what Mom looks like.
This kind of talk isn't interesting, is it?
Last time when I went to pay respects to Dad's grave,
It was you who held my hand like this.
At the time, it comforted me. A lot.
Your posture is messed up again.
You do not change your posture to adapt to the bow.
You must hold the bow to fit to yourself.
But that's...
No matter how I hold the bow, it doesn’t feel right.
Bring over Gong-ja’s skateboard.
Bring the skateboard? Here?
Yes.
Do you want me to get on this?
Yes, Gong-ja.
Careful, careful!
After you got on it, how did you feel?
I’ve skated a lot, so it wasn’t that big of a deal.
That’s just the point.
When you first tried the board, it would not have felt very familiar,
But after riding it for a long time, you would've been able to control it easily.
You would have felt as though it were a part of your body.
Not just the bow, but all the swords and weapons are like this.
Try to become one with the bow.
Become one with the bow?
Think of the bow as a part of the body that can be easily commanded.
Pye-ha.
Pye-ha, this is the evening news.
[Shin Jae Man, Interim Prime Minister, Appointed Prime Minister]
Attendant Ji.
What do you think the atmosphere will be like in the future?
Pye-ha, there is a great chance of cooperation,
between Prime Minister Shin and the Court’s representatives in Parliament.
The force led by Hyo-jang Dae-gong will be greatly weakened.
Could it be possible that Prime Minister Shin suppress the influence of Hyo-jang Dae-gong?
Attendant Ji, how are the two Gong-jas?
Are they working hard in their martial arts training?
Both are training day in and day out, Pye-ha.
What do you think about holding the martial arts competition in one of the Locality Palaces?
Locality Palace? Is there a special reason for this, Pye-ha?
We are holding this martial arts competition in order to decide the Hwang Taeja.
I feel like it’s best to hold it in a symbolic location.
Then I think that the On Yang Locality Palace is best.
On Yang Locality Palace?
The On Yang Locality Palace can be considered the intellectual birthplace of the Academy's civil and military arts education.
And also the former martial arts practicing grounds are still kept.
It is not easy to find such a good arena for the competition.
Pye-ha, I think that the Internal Aide’s suggestion is very good.
It will be left for you two to decide.
Yes, Pye-ha.
Who’s coming?
They say most of the Royal family will be attending.
This is great!
But, why?
You should know why.
This is the only Locality Palace with martial arts practice grounds.
As a martial arts arena, this is the best place!
When are they coming?
A week from now.
Where did you say?
On Yang Locality Palace, Gong-ja.
On Yang Locality Palace?
Yes, Gong-ja.
The very place where Palace maid Yang Soon-yi is.
Anyway, On Yang Locality Palace has been decided.
Then, I’ll be retreating now.
Have you heard the location of the martial arts competition?
I've heard.
It’s great. It’ll allow Soon-yi to see me take the victory.
Well, then.
Why did they suddenly change the location?
Holding the competition at the martial arts grounds will reestablish its educational purpose.
This is also very good.
But is that the only reason?
Are there any other reasons?
Didn’t you say that recently Yeo-wang Pye-ha has been hiding something?
I have to know.
During this time you have to carefully observe Yeo-wang’s every move.
Yes, Dae-gong.
Are you feeling unwell, Gong-ja?
It’s nothing, Ahjussi.
Let’s continue.
Let’s end our training session here today.
In the remaining days, we’ll engage in the mental training.
What?
Excuse me.
Yes, what is it?
I’m talking to you.
Yes?
Has Young Sung Gong not returned yet?
Uh…
After he got back from the Royal Academy, he went to the training grounds.
The training grounds?
No matter how much you insist, it’s no use.
Today we must engage in mental training.
We can’t, Ahjussi!
You saw Moon Sung Gong’s martial arts skills just now, didn’t you?
If I want to catch up with him, I don’t have any time to waste.
That type of rash speech can ruin your body.
How many times have I said this?
The real person you must conquer is yourself.
Before your desire to win, your instability, and all of the mixed emotions in your heart are dispelled,
Go through the mental training.
But…
Martial arts is a performance of mental concentration.
With such an unfocused and unbalanced mentality,
No matter how much you train, it’s no use.
If you do not listen to my instructions, I have no possible way of teaching you.
Gong-ja, Gong-ja!
Gong-ja, are you okay?
Gong-ja, what’s wrong?
My arm suddenly..
Let me see.
Careful.
It was a temporary paralysis provoked by an injury to the muscle.
His pulse is rather chaotic.
It looks like his body is too weary.
It’ll be fine as long as it doesn’t hurt.
How much time will it take to recover?
After you rest well, it will get better,
But the exact recovery time can only be determined after further observation.
What?
Is there a faster way to get better?
Every second counts for me.
If you tire yourself out even more,
it’s quite possible that you will not recover in time for the competition.
Gong-ja, it’s still best if you rest first.
Gong-ja!
You cannot.
You should still rest.
But, Ahjussi.
The wearier you are, the worse your situation will be.
If this continues, it’s likely that you’ll lose before even participating in the competition.
Come sit down.
Under such circumstances, holding a martial arts competition will be difficult.
It’s better to report to Pye-ha and postpone it.
We can’t. The basic concept of martial arts is self-control.
Postponing the competition because I didn’t take good care of my own body,
Is no different from accepting defeat.
But…
Gong-ja is right.
Ahjussi, have I already lost even before competing?
Palace maid Yang, what are you looking at?
Today the sky is very clear, you can see a lot of stars.
Palace maid Yang is very strange.
Do people still look at stars today? That’s mystifying.
That really bright star, do you see it?
That’s the North Star.
It really is bright!
Do you like the North Star?
Yes.
Hurry on home after work.
Tomorrow starts the special period.
What are you looking at?
I’m looking for the North Star.
It’s a star positioned in the center of the sky.
Always keeping that position, keeping its center.
Yang Soon-yi told me that.
That classmate?
Yes.
Through the training for this martial arts competition,
I’ve discovered that this time I was too rash.
It was because I was too rushed that things ended up like this.
Rushing won't win you what you want any faster.
Maybe it's because I injured my shoulder, but I already feel like I've lost this match.
It is not over yet.
If you keep living in regret and know only to examine yourself,
Then what’s the point?
If you know you’ve been wrong, then you should fix it.
It’s still not too late.
Through self-evaluation, slowly change your own bad habits.
This is the mentality training that one must prepare to practice martial arts.
Through this experience, Gong-ja, you’ve learned your own faults and weaknesses.
This can be considered a gain that is much greater than winning the competition.
I understand now what self-evaluation is like.
The time has come.
Try moving it.
What happened?
I can move it!
I temporary assisted the circulation of your energy.
After all, it’s only a cure of the symptom, not of the root of the problem.
If you’re not careful it still might paralyze.
Is that so?
Mama.
For the sake of the competition, it is still best if you rest today.
Attendant Kwang.
Moon Sung Gong... where is he?
Oh, today Moon Sung Gong went ahead to On Yang Locality Palace.
What?
He said he had to familiarize himself first with the competition arena.
Palace maid Yang.
After you’re done with your work here, you'll have to organize the archery grounds.
Yes, I understand, Sang Gung.
Moon Sung Gong.
You came before the scheduled time.
I wanted to practice at the competition arena and familiarize myself with the grounds.
Your attitude towards the competition is really focused.
Of course.
I can’t make the same mistake I did last time.
I'm glad to see you're well.
Do I look well?
What?
Actually, I haven't been well at all,
ever since you left.
Though Young Sung Gong might feel the same too...
Moon Sung Gong.
Are you used to the new Palace yet?
Since I’m here, I’d like to look around.
Although it’s in the middle of work, but could you take some time?
The scenery here is very beautiful.
You can see the entire view from over there.
Gong-ja, you’ll like it here.
Soon-yi.
Yes.
Can’t you come back to Seoul?
I know about your agreement with my mother.
But, did you know?
The three wedding bands are all on display at the exhibit.
The three wedding bands, not one missing, are all being exhibited.
Everything has been resolved.
Although the truth has been sealed off,
nobody will be able to use this reason to cause problems again.
So Soon-yi, you can come back again.
Didn’t you really want to attend the Royal Academy?
If you’re lucky you can enroll with a special recommendation.
Even if it doesn’t come through this time, there will be other opportunities.
Whatever the case, isn't it better if you’re in Seoul?
The issue between you and my mother, I will resolve it.
So...
I'm sorry, Gong-ja.
Soon-yi.
It’s late.
I know you have feelings for Young Sung Gong.
Whenever I hope to be given a person’s heart,
that person only shows me her back.
That much I can see.
How much pain your heart is going through,
that emotion, that feeling, I understand well.
Very well.
After you left, I thought a lot.
No matter how I thought about it, I still couldn’t come up with an answer.
Even if your heart holds someone other than me,
I believe that as time passes, that could change.
Gong-ja.
For the sake of following my heart, I hurt Sae-ryung, for which I feel sorry.
But I don’t regret it.
Because as a result I was able to gain something much more important.
You're made me realize what that was,
so I will never give up.
Really?
That’s great!
Yeah, I know.
I’ll wait for you.
Today?
I’m taking the night shift.
Okay.
I’ll see you tomorrow, Young Nam.
It’s tomorrow.
[Yang Soon-Yi]
[Kang Hoo]
Kang Hoo.
Gong-ja Mama!
It’s time to get up!
What am I thinking?
For the sake of the Royal Court's pride and renown, I hope you will do your best.
How could he win?
Both Gong-jas are dignified and noble.
Who will win the final victory can only be determined by the final result.
Yang Soon-yi, I'm begging you again.
Let’s go back to Seoul together.
Hearing your voice, seeing your face, thinking of you.
It’s really hard for me.
So I’m begging you to let me go.
I wish you'd be somewhere I could always see you.
Kang Hoo, what you have to protect is not me, but the honor of the Court and the country.
Don’t forget that.