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[Episode 8]
What did you just say?
Kang Pil Je.
He will be eliminated tonight.
Are you confused?
It is the minister's will.
Just finish this work well...
...and your situation will change.
Right after Kang Pil Je is eliminated...
...the Left-police should handle the scene.
Can I trust the head of the Left-police Bureau?
His thinking is in line with the Old Learning Faction...
...so you don't have to worry, minister.
Then...
...even if the assassin can't find the *Maengui, we don't have to worry.
[Maengui: Secret Document]
Since the Left-police are on our side, we can search for it at night.
Can we count on this assassin?
Eliminate Gang Pil Je...
...and bring me the Maengui.
Go to the West and kill Shadow.
Bring me back his smoke pipe.
Find his smoke pipe.
Here is 10,000 Nyang.
Hand this over...
...and get the Maengui.
Go to the palace...
...and ask for backup.
Finally, I can get the Maengui.
I don't usually like the noisy ones.
Nod your head if you're willing to give the Maengui to me.
Can you tell me where the Maengui is?
Find his smoke pipe.
If there are many of them, pick the widest one.
Where is the prince now?
I know not, Your Highness.
What is going on here at *Donggoong Jeon?
[Donggoong Jeon: The crown prince's palace]
Nothing is...
...going on.
Your Highness...
...please be calm.
You shouldn't interfere.
Even though you may be upset...
...you shouldn't treat one of the prince's court ladies this roughly.
Can you not be quiet?
How dare you try to lecture me?
If people find out about this...
...they will assume that you look down on the prince.
Look down on the prince?
I'm doing this because I am worried about Jongmyo, Sajik...
...and Joseon's future.
[Jongmyo and Sajik: The royal family and the country]
The reason Yejo picked this date...
...for the prince and I to stay together...
...is so that the royal family may flourish...
...and we can build our dignity.
[Yejo: Government office that organizes the country's events]
It is one of the most important events...
...for our royal family...
...and you failed to serve the prince.
This punishment is hardly enough.
Am I wrong?
If that is why...
...I will take this punishment, Your Highness.
Do as you want until your anger subsides.
I am not punishing you to abate my anger.
I am saying that I will serve the prince...
...because you could not.
Tell me where the prince is now.
What was so pressing that he had to leave...
...even by breaking the law?
Also tell me what is going on in the prince's palace.
Tell me everything now.
Tell me now!
I do not know, Your Highness.
If you insist...
...I will punish you until you tell me.
Come on.
Kang Pil Je!
Who is it?
Who's coming out from there?
There was a murder.
Hurry up and report it.
But...
...tell me who you are.
I am Prince Lee Sun.
Hurry up and go report it. Now.
Long time no see...
...my friend.
You were the only one I knew in this city.
I'm sorry that...
...I have to kill you.
Even if I fight with my left hand...
...you are no match for me.
I didn't want to spend too much time on this anyway.
You can fight with your left hand.
Your Highness...
What is happening?
I didn't even notice this...
I was searching the dead body.
What about you? Why are you here?
I was leaving...
...but I heard the screaming.
You were leaving?
With your men?
There is a Jooru nearby.
[Jooru: A large bar]
I see.
You can go back now.
What do you mean?
I should go to the scene...
...and begin my investigation.
This area is under the Capital Bureau.
But this was a murder.
Who would care about the area?
How can you not care?
From now on...
...this case is under the Capital Bureau...
...so you and your men can go back.
[Government official from Capital Bureau, Jo Jae Ho]
I didn't know you would come all the way here.
I was on my night shift...
...and heard that there was a murder...
...where you were, Your Highness.
What happened?
Are you alright, Your Highness?
First, stretch a rope around the scene.
Take the body to the Capital Bureau...
...for examination.
Yes, Your Highness.
Why was the prince there?
Something isn't right.
What?
What did you say?
The Young Learning Faction took the case?
The prince got in the way and called Jo Jae Ho.
How much...
...does the prince know?
Then...
...the civil officers I sent just came back?
They said Kang Pil Je was already dead.
We don't even have the deputy chief from the Left-police Bureau so...
Kim Taek...
He cut off his tail...
...and let the Left-police Bureau take care of it.
What if Kim Taek takes the Maengui again?
That...
...might not happen, Your Majesty.
What do you mean?
The prince...
...called the Capital Bureau...
...instead of the Left-police Bureau.
I heard Jo Jae Ho is in charge of the case now.
Jo Jae Ho from the Capital Bureau?
Jo Jae Ho is from the Young Learning Faction...
...so won't that mean they'll block the Old Learning Faction?
Then what is the prince doing now?
He said he has something to find...
...so he is delaying his return to the palace.
Something to find?
Perhaps...
...the prince...
...already knows about the Maengui.
Then...
...are you suggesting the prince is looking for the Maengui?
These are all the books in this house.
Why are you concerned...
...about a book, Your Highness?
There's something I'm looking for.
You can't find the book that you are looking for?
I'm afraid not.
But Your Highness...
...I have few questions I need to ask you.
It is very unusual that you came to someone's house this late...
...all alone.
Was there a special reason?
My other question is simply...
...why didn't you let the Left-police Bureau take care of this?
Is there...
...something you want from me?
If there is...
...please give me your orders.
Only put men you trust on this scene.
Other than the men you trust...
...no one should be here.
Through your investigation, if you find out anything...
...report it to me or my palace immediately.
Is there a special reason that...
...I have do this work secretly?
We will talk about that later.
Of course, Your Highness.
I will follow your orders.
I am counting on you.
Why is Kang Pil Je dead, Your Highness?
Was it you?
No, it's not that.
Let's go back.
We will talk more later.
But Your Highness...
Outside...
Search the house thoroughly.
Look for any suspicious books.
Yes, sir.
What are you doing at this hour?
How did you even know I was here?
I think I know...
...who killed Kang Pil Je.
Who hired whom?
Park Moon Soo...
...hired a swordsman.
A swordsman?
Is it who I'm thinking of?
What did my teacher say?
What did he ask of the swordsman?
To go to the West...
...kill Shadow and find his pipe.
Are you sure?
Yes.
We should execute a search and seizure...
...on Minister Park Moon Soo right now, Your Highness.
It can't be my teacher.
That's not possible.
He hired a swordsman.
He talked to a swordsman. So what?
My teacher used to work as a royal secret inspector.
It's not strange for him to know a swordsman.
She said he ordered the swordsman to go to the West and kill Shadow.
How can you be sure Shadow is Kang Pil Je?
The only crime that's taken place in the West is Kang Pil Je's murder.
It was not my teacher.
If my teacher is the one who killed Kang Pil Je...
...that means he is the mastermind of all these murders.
It means he's the one who killed Shin Heung Bok.
That is not possible.
Why would he...
Why would he do that?
He has no motive.
Isn't the document his motive?
I mean the dangerous document that Shin Heung Bok and Heo Jung Woon saw.
"Kill Shadow and bring me his smoke pipe."
Do you think he gave that order because he wanted the pipe?
We have no way of knowing what was in that pipe.
I know more than anyone...
...how much you want to trust your teacher Park Moon Soo.
If Park Moon Soo is the man that we both know...
...nothing will come of performing a search and seizure.
So...
...in order to trust him...
...it is something we need to do.
His meeting room.
Search his meeting room first.
Since Na Chul Joo is a suspect in Kang Pil Je's murder...
...I didn't think it would be safe for her to return.
Stay at my house with your daughter tonight.
I've placed guards around the area, so do not worry.
Yes, sir. I will do that.
I am sorry.
You and your daughter's situation is...
...not so great.
No.
Do not worry, Your Highness.
Are you okay?
You will be okay.
You and I both...
...will be okay.
Park Moon Soo and Na Chul Joo...
...will both be...
...the men...
...we trust.
The messenger never showed up?
I think something happened.
I waited a long time but no one came.
Something happened?
Perhaps the messenger...
...offered the same deal to more than one party.
Someone else?
Like us...
...or perhaps even more than us...
...they wanted the document.
Those who benefit most from breaking the law...
The Old Learning Faction!
And the person who benefits the most from breaking the law...
...is the king.
Then...
...they might have handled the deal in a different way.
In a different way?
You think they would kill to take it?
Send our people to the Left and Right Police Bureaus.
See if there has been a murder.
The prince is...
...suspicious of Park Moon Soo?
Yes, Your Majesty.
What is the reason?
He must have heard that...
...Park Moon Soo hired a swordsman named Na Chul Joo...
...to kill someone.
Park Moon Soo...
...hired a swordsman?
Hold on a second.
Then...
...the person Park Moon Soo hired got to Kang Pil Je's house...
...before the prince.
What took you so long?
Someone interrupted me.
What do you mean?
That guy...
...killed Kang Pil Je.
What?
But I got this.
What is this?
Was he wounded?
It's just fine.
I'm happy that you are okay.
I told them to prepare hot water...
...so go get some rest.
- Hold on. - Yes?
You said your life will be in danger...
...if I don't find the Maengui.
You should consider your life before mine.
Don't worry and go get some rest.
I will take care of my life on my own.
I'm saying...
...there might be way to find the Maengui.
Hey.
[Park Moon Soo's office]
Let's begin.
He hasn't returned yet?
He will be fine.
Nothing will happen to him.
I will send people to find him.
If something happened, we will let you know...
...so you should return for now.
What was in that smoke pipe?
Was it...
...the document called Maengui?
Where is it?
You think...
...I'll answer you?
That is good enough.
You might be uncomfortable here, but try and get some sleep.
Starting tomorrow...
...you might have a hard time.
Did you say you found something suspicious?
Yes, sir.
Painter Jung Soo Gyum's notes.
[Memoirs of Jung Soo Gyum]
I can't find anything.
You should try harder.
Look for places not easily seen.
Isn't this just some misunderstanding when...
...Minister Park Moon Soo is innocent?
Why are you...
Search places like behind the door or behind the bookshelf.
Secret places.
["A Murder at Moon Yeso"]
Shin Heung Bok must have left a message in that book.
That is why Park Moon Soo...
...hid it here.
We should send men to Park Moon Soo's house...
...and arrest him right now.
Your Highness.
Give me a second.
Be silent for a second...
...and give me some time.
Do as you wish...
...Your Highness.
Do not follow me.
Yes.
That's good.
You did very well, Your Highness.
Don't get sick and be well.
I want to send medicines for Heung Bok's mother at least.
I...
...already took care of it.
Thank you for taking care...
...of the work I wanted to do.
We need to suspect Minister Park Moon Soo as well.
You think...
...you can take the truth?
If you really want to find the truth...
...from now on, don't trust anyone.
Not even me who's sitting in front of you right now.
How long has it been since the prince returned?
It has been almost an hour.
When did he go to bed?
It has been half an hour.
Is it true about...
...Minister Park Moon Soo?
How did you...
I met Minister Woo on the way here.
The prince has trusted him...
...for a long time.
Things happen when you least expect them.
Are you okay?
I heard that you were called by the princess to be punished.
What happened to me is nothing...
...compared to what happened to the prince.
Court lady! Court lady!
I told you to do your work silently.
Why are you being noisy?
We are in trouble.
What do you think you are doing?
You cannot see the prince now, Your Highness.
Do you want to be punished again?
I will take your punishment...
...even if you cut off my legs...
...but I cannot let you pass, Your Highness.
What is the reason?
I have taken care of the prince...
...since he was four days old.
Right after he was born...
...he couldn't be raised by his own mother...
...so I took care of him.
Perhaps that is why he was mature...
...but he never really made trouble or cried.
I asked you for your reason.
Why are you spouting all this instead?
From five years old to seven and nine...
...he was always like that.
I was relieved that he smiled more than he cried.
Court Lady Choi!
Then I found out about this Heewoojung Palace.
He was only nine years old, but he...
...didn't want anyone to see his tears.
No.
He couldn't let other people see, so he hid here to cry.
This place is Heewoojung palace.
What are you trying to say?
Are you telling me...
...the prince is crying or something?
Then you especially shouldn't try to stop me.
What is a court lady's work?
Don't you think...
...it is my work to stay with him...
...when he is sad?
I really hope that day will come in the future.
I mean the day that he opens that Heewoojung's door himself...
...to hold your hand.
I will be happy...
...if he would hold your hand and let you in...
...to learn his sadness and share it with him.
That would be my pleasure.
Seeing that day is my lifelong wish.
But today...
Today is not that day...
...so we should let him stay alone.
He shouldn't be interrupted by anyone so that he may cry alone.
I want to protect his time alone, Your Highness.
"A Murder at Moon Yeso" was incredible to read...
...especially the part where Woo Yuk Choon was sharpening the sickle.
I almost had goosebumps.
He must have left something...
...at the place Woo Yuk Choon appears.
It must have been something that scared him.
There must be a clue.
Now there is only one way to save the country.
A wise vassal should stand up...
...and make a wise man the king...
...so we can make a firm resolution.
If we can make four hundred years...
...of our country stronger by crowning a new king...
...killing the present king would not be a sin.
This is all for our country, so it will not be a sin.
For the greater good, we are doing the right thing.
We will be acknowledged by history.
Chook Pa...
You made a nickname...
...for me?
Chook Pa?
It means that you should become king...
...where justice flows like water.
Thank you for such a valuable name.
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Highness.
Chook Pa...
Did you find it?
Yes I did, Your Majesty.
Yes.
I knew you would do it.
I knew it would...
...be easy for you.
Thank you.
I will never forget...
...your kindness.
Now...
...give it to me.
I am sorry, Your Majesty.
The Maengui...
I am not going to give it to you.
Say that again.
I said I will not give it to you, Your Majesty.
Say that again!
What are you going to do with it?
Are you planning on telling everyone or something?
Everything...
...is in your hands.
Thirty years ago...
...in 1724 at *Hwanchijung after the king passed away...
[Hwanchijung: The place Joseon's 20th King passed away in 1724]
...in the process of you becoming king...
...illegal actions were taken.
Don't you think we need to straighten things out?
How?
We should punish the man who was in charge.
Who?
No one who signed the *Maengui...
[Maengui: Secret Document]
...should be able to avoid punishment.
Then...
...are you saying we should punish the Old Learning Faction...
...including Kim Taek?
Me?
Even me?
If you think that you should be included...
...that might be the way.
What did you say...
...I should do?
Are you saying that...
...I should abdicate?
What is that you want?
I want to correct our history.
That's all I want.
Correct our history?
Is there something wrong with our history?
Hey, Park Moon Soo.
Be honest with yourself.
If am the past...
...who is the future?
The prince?
Are you trying to force me...
...to abdicate...
...and give the crown to the prince?
The prince is already twenty years old.
If he becomes king...
...he could rule the country well.
You are finally revealing yourself to me.
You want to be...
...the main character.
Could you trust me if I said that...
...is your misunderstanding, Your Majesty?
I always trust you.
I will give you some time.
Use that time to decide...
...what to do in order to fix our history...
...and how to punish those who signed the Maengui.
But...
...what if I don't do anything about it?
What are you going to do?
What would you do if you were me?
Please...
...make a wise decision.
I will return.
I will await your answer.
I will...
...let you know one thing.
Don't try to harm me...
...or search my house.
If you do...
...copies of the Maengui will be distributed everywhere.
Park Moon Soo.
You are...
...quite something.
This is...
...what I learned from you.
I will be leaving, Your Majesty.
No one who signed the Maengui...
...should be able to avoid punishment.
I should step down...
...from my position as king?
Are you trying to force me...
...to abdicate...
...and give the crown to the prince?
[Capital Bureau, Examination room]
Report to me your findings.
Yes, sir.
Before he died...
...he was tortured...
...so I assume this murder was over a deep-seated grudge.
Torture?
Then...
...it must been an acquaintance of the victim.
How he did die?
He was stabbed and died from blood loss.
Take a look at this.
Someone cut the vein in his neck.
What sort of weapon was used?
Minister.
There is something strange about the murder weapon.
What do you mean?
Excuse me, Right Minister.
Didn't you pick up...
...an interesting document last night?
What do you think?
I think the real fight starts now.
It will be an interesting match from now on.
Your Highness.
Did you...
...call me?
Bring my teacher here...
...secretly...
...and in a proper manner.
Yes, Your Highness.
Why did Park Moon Soo go to the prince's palace?
What was the reason?
I sent someone to find out...
- ...so we will know soon. - Soon?
How soon?
After Park Moon Soo...
...tells the prince everything...
...about the Maengui?
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty.
Jo Jae Ho from the Capital Bureau is here.
Do you like story books?
I like story books.
There is a writer that I like...
...who wrote a mystery called "Bingeu Geosa."
Do you know the first book the author wrote?
"The Royal Secret Inspector Park Moon Soo."
Park Moon Soo.
I actually...
...have never heard of it.
Of course you haven't.
It was never very popular.
I heard there were less than ten people who read it...
...including me.
But this book is different.
You even hid it in your office...
...so you could read it.
Why did you...
...bring this to me?
Just do as the law says.
Why are you hesitating? I said you should follow the law.
Yes, Your Majesty.
["A Murder at Moon Yeso"]
Why was this book found in your office?
Answer...
...me.
Is the man sitting in front of me...
...my teacher...
...or a criminal?
I am a sinner.
Sin...
What is your sin?
With my own hands...
...I threw Shin Heung Bok's body into the Royal Well.
What is the result of your examination?
Your Highness...
...I am here to arrest the criminal.
Take him.
No.
He is not the one...
...to be arrested.
It is you, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
I am arresting you...
...as a suspect in the murder of Kang Pil Je.
There is...
...always a way.