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Will will publicly announce Shin Heung Bok's innocence...
[Episode 11]
...and revoke the punishment mandated for his family.
Heo Jung Woon's family will also be compensated...
...for his wrongful death.
Is that true?
It was all possible...
...because of your wisdom and bravery.
I know that.
I want to reward you for what you've done.
If there is anything you desire...
...tell me now.
Why are you shivering? It's not even that cold.
Are you scared of me?
No, Your Majesty.
Then...
...tell me what you want.
Ah! Yes, of course.
Do you want to become a court lady?
Sun.
What do you think of that?
If you like this girl...
...you can take her as your royal concubine.
No, father.
Why not?
You don't like her?
I am imprudent...
...and already regret...
...that I do not give enough love to my family as is.
I do not think...
...that is something I can't handle yet.
I don't think I sensed the princesses feelings.
Daughter-in-law.
Were you hurt?
No, father.
The flourishing of the royal family means the flourishing of the country.
I shouldn't be sad.
Yes, of course.
You are very thoughtful.
If you want the royal family to flourish...
...you should have many sons.
Let's say you have three or four sons.
That way you can measure their abilities...
...and who would be the best king.
You can measure them.
Wouldn't that be great?
But father...
Fine, fine.
Even though it would be good...
...if you don't like it, then it's fine.
Let's just bury the hatchet.
- Eunuch Sang. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Instead, reward her with something good.
If I want to compliment her...
...I want to do it properly.
You should stop playing police...
...and instead...
...take better care of the country.
I will keep that in mind...
...father.
Yes.
She is very wise.
Even though you don't want her as your concubine...
...if you take her as a court lady...
...she might be helpful to you.
It is not the right thing to do.
She doesn't belong here.
I don't...
...want to lock her up in this...
...disgusting and rigorous palace.
That's why?
Your Highness.
Are you in a bad mood?
I didn't know he cherished her...
...that much.
What do you mean?
He even rejected taking her as his concubine.
He said he didn't want...
...to lock her up in this palace.
Anybody there?
Your Highness...
Ji Dam!
What happened? Are you alright?
I am sorry.
I make you work every time.
No, Your Highness.
I am alright because my daughter is.
However...
...I heard that you endured great hardships.
No, I am alright.
Please...
...be healthy for a long long time, Your Highness.
You're talking like this is our last time seeing each other.
I am afraid...
...to see you again...
...in the future.
Then we should see each other under better circumstances.
Write good novels.
Yes, Your Highness.
Who was is they wanted...
...to crown as the new king?
Was it my father?
I am talking about the document.
You think that it...
...really disappeared?
Why can't you just listen to me?
Why do you care about a case that's been concluded...
...and keep playing police?
I need to go to an inn for a merchant.
Why didn't you kill me before?
Because we are friends.
I am not cutting off your hand...
...because you are the best swordsman in this country.
It's not because we're friends.
Why did you want to see me...
...Your Highness?
My teacher...
I heard Minister Park Moon Soo hired you before.
I believe this is called...
...tacit understanding.
I also wanted...
...to see you if it was possible.
Are you...
...curious about the document...
...in the smoking pipe?
Can you tell me about it?
I delivered it to Minister Park Moon Soo.
However...
...I do not believe it's in his possession now.
If he still had it...
...neither one of us...
...could be standing here now.
Why are you...
...telling me the truth?
Somebody...
...should straighten things out.
Because of that piece of paper...
...a lot of people were killed...
...and the lower your birth...
...the easier it is to be killed.
Someone...
...should straighten out this disgusting world.
Are you willing to do that?
Bring me Right Minister Park Moon Soo.
What is it?
I would like to be punished by resigning.
I think you are trying to run away.
Eunuch Jang.
Yes, Your Highness?
You may leave us now.
Your Highness.
If you want to be punished...
...this is not the right way.
I beg your pardon?
Bring me the document.
I mean the document Na Chul Joo delivered to you.
Where...
...is the document?
You no longer have it?
Did you use the document to save me?
I'm asking if you used it to save me.
Did you trade it to Minister Kim Taek?
Is that how you got the criminal?
I am sorry, Your Highness.
Why did you do that?
Why did you do it? Why?
I said...
...that I was fine.
I told you I only cared about the truth...
...so you shouldn't worry about anything other...
...than finding the truth, no matter what hardships came.
That is what I told you.
You covered up the truth with your own hands.
Why did you not bring it to me in the first place?
[Maengui: Secret document]
The document called *Maengui...
It was the people's resolution to crown a new king, right?
How did you...
I'm asking the reason why you didn't bring that document to me.
Who told you that?
You told me not to trust anyone if I wanted the truth.
You also told me...
...I shouldn't even trust you.
I think I'll be taking that advice.
I need...
...to have that Maengui now.
You should simply become my hands...
...so I can get the Maengui.
No, Your Highness.
Why?
Are you scared that you will get hurt?
I do not care if I get hurt...
...but I don't want you to get hurt.
You...
...can't handle this case yet...
...so wait until you become more powerful.
Why are you so afraid, teacher?
Is it the same reason that I'm afraid?
Your Highness...
People signed that document to crown a new king...
...and I'm asking if my father was one of them.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Do you know when you stop talking?
You stop talking when you don't want to lie.
This document was written...
...before the current king.
I chose Lee Geum...
...to become the prince then.
In order to protect the Maengui...
...we should find a proper way to hide this from now on.
We can't hide it in the same place.
No.
This time...
...I will hide it somewhere near the king.
What happened in the *41st year?
[41st year: The Year of the Dragon]
Your father became king, Your Highness.
It it also the year his brother died.
Why are you making that face?
Did something bad happen in the 41st year?
Well, the previous king died that year...
...so the entire palace was sad.
It's been thirty years already...
...but you're still sad.
Why are you...
...wasting your time on something...
...that happened thirty years ago?
I do not think you should worry about it...
...and I hope...
...that you don't mention the year again.
Something happened then.
The 41st year...
What happened to my father then?
Please don't let it concern you.
I'm asking you what happened.
You will not...
...get any answers from me, Your Highness.
You've already answered me enough.
It's time for me to check for myself.
[Library]
What brings you all the way to the library, Your Highness?
There is something I need to find.
Don't mind me. Carry on with your business.
Bring me the records of the 41st year.
We don't have anything, Your Highness.
What do you mean?
There was a fire ten years ago.
They were damaged beyond repair.
Are you saying that all the records are gone?
Yes, Your Highness.
Why are you looking for the records?
It's nothing.
Don't worry about it.
The 41st year...
The 41st year?
He was looking...
...for records?
Do you think...
...he knows something?
I will tell our men to watch the prince.
Yes.
Do that.
[10 years ago]
The fire ten years ago...
Was it because of the Maengui?
Did someone start that fire...
...to destroy all the records from the 41st year?
Ten years ago...
...I was...
What happened here?
Let me go!
Our country's entire history is gone...
What should I do?
What are you all doing?
Put the fire out!
My father's tears...
He cared about our history.
I saw him weep for it.
What did those tears mean?
Are they evidence...
...my father wasn't involved in this?
You came.
These are all the documents I could get from the Old Learning Faction.
Leave it there and go.
Are you looking for...
...the list of pen names?
The Old Learning Faction...
All the signatures are from members...
...except for one.
I don't recognize the name.
Your Highness.
I want to ask again...
...what kind of document it was that they signed.
Your Highness.
You have to promise something...
...before I tell you.
I don't want to back down from this...
...even though it may involve great hardship for us.
Will you...
...go all the way with me...
...on this case?
Give me...
...the document.
Your Highness.
What do you think of that?
Do you think my father...
...knew about this?
Do you think...
...*Chook Pa might be my father's pen name?
[Chook Pa: King Yeongjo's pen name]
That's not possible, is it?
Did you say Chook Pa?
You're sure the prince was asking about Chook Pa?
Yes, minister.
I won't be able to find anything by just worrying.
I need to go check for myself.
Send word to the government officials...
...and tell them to come to my meeting room.
Of course, Your Highness.
What is the agenda for today?
[Moon Hak, Senior Fifth Rank]
It is the Analects of Confucius, Your Highness.
No.
We'll be discussing "Dae Hak Yuen Ei."
[Dae Hak Yuen Ei: Goo Joon from Myung Country's book]
People usually say this book is about the discipline of kingship...
...but...
...I think it is about all of our duties.
For peaceful politics...
...the most important thing you need to make the world peaceful is...
...Soo Sin Je Ga.
[Soo Sin Je Ga: Taking care of your family with everything you have]
But you know what?
What if there is a father who doesn't believe that...
...and is staying at the princess' palace?
A man like him...
...cannot even work for his country, can he?
What about a father who can't take care of his son?
Are you aiming at Minister Kim Taek?
I want to see how the wind lies.
Are you trying to see what...
...the king will do?
You don't want to...
...stop this?
You might not be able to handle it.
Eunuch Sang.
Yes?
Do you belong to the Old Learning Faction or Young Learning Faction?
What do you mean, Your Majesty?
Then are you...
...from the other party?
I...
...only serve you, Your Majesty.
I belong to you.
The father who can't take care of his son...
Was he talking about me?
Or Kim Taek?
The father who can't take care of his son?
What was that all about?
Is he really...
...going after Kim Taek?
I think so.
Then how can you be so calm?
You should try your best to stop him. What are you doing here now?
I don't want to stop him.
What did you say?
I wish I could kill Kim Taek...
...with my own hands.
If you can't serve your civilians like the king...
...you should at least value their lives like your own.
I couldn't go against that...
No, I simply didn't want to.
That's why I'm serving the prince even now.
But...
...the real criminal is dead...
...and all the documents are gone!
We couldn't even catch the real mastermind.
We only got the tail.
I am this upset...
The prince must be...
...even more upset.
So...
...out of anger...
...you're supporting the prince in a war...
...he'll never win?
We can't say we are going to lose.
Even you and the prince...
...are no match for them.
The first arrow...
...has already been shot.
You might find a bigger enemy...
...while you're fighting Kim Taek.
I know that already.
You already know that?
You knew that but you haven't stopped the prince yet?
I am not like you.
The prince is going after Kim Taek?
Is that true?
I heard from the agent I stationed at the prince's palace.
What is the reason?
I think it's about his son.
Not only was he low-born...
...but he was a serial killer.
On top of that...
...the prince became a murder suspect because of him.
I think Kim Taek...
...should resign for what happened.
I'm not sure what the prince knows...
...but he's taken an interest in what happened in the 41st year.
The prince...
Do you think he knows about the Maengui?
We should help the prince and eliminate Minister Kim Taek.
After that...
...we should let him know what the king did...
...in the 41st year.
[Sa Seo, Senior Sixth Rank]
[Moon Hak, Senior Fifth Rank]
I think...
...the prince wants to go after Kim Taek.
What should we do, sir?
What do you mean by that? What should we do about what?
[Chan Sun, Senior Third Rank]
What brings you...
...all the way here, sir?
[Chief Censor, Shin Chi Woon]
I came here to support you.
I think we should help each other. This is destiny.
Follow the prince's will...
...and proceed with impeaching Kim Taek.
Then...
...Saganwon will take care of the rest.
[Saganwon: The government office that rebukes the king's faults]
Minister!
Minister Kim Taek!
Why are you in a hurry this early?
The government officials under the prince...
...are impeaching you, minister.
Did you say impeaching?
Are you sure that it was them who filed the impeachment?
Yes, minister.
The prince?
There are several appeals from government officials...
...saying Kim Taek should resign.
This is a good start.
You should find a way to stop the prince.
He will threaten us...
...after he's finished with this.
If...
...you can't stop the prince...
What if I can't?
Then...
...you might have to find a new prince.
What are you saying?
You scolded me for being weak...
...but what are you doing now, Your Majesty?
What are you...
...trying to do?
Are you saying you want to pick a new king together with me?
Your Majesty!
Get out!
Get out of my face now!
You are disgusting.
Get out right now!
What brings you here, minister?
I came here...
...to vow my loyalty to your baby.
What do you mean?
You should have son.
That way he can become...
...the 22nd king of this country.
People might hear you.
That title belongs to the prince.
How could this baby become king?
A wise bird...
...will find a good tree...
...just as a wise vassal...
...will find a good king.
Being a vassal...
...is all about...
...making good decisions.
I only mean to find...
...a good king to serve...
...and pledge my loyalty to.
I will be happy if that is truly possible.
I am counting on you, minister.
Minister Kim Taek went to see Sookui Moon?
He went to see her right after...
...he met with the king.
What?
Let's say you have three or four sons.
That way you can measure their abilities...
...and who would be the best king.
You can measure them.
Minister Kim Taek...
...has a keen eye for power.
Did the king...
...tell him about something?
We should support...
...the prince and eliminate Minister Kim Taek.
Kim Taek won't be an easy opponent.
We may be eliminated instead.
That is why you need to help too.
Minister Kim Taek went to see Sookui Moon.
Think about why he would visit her.
He's going after the prince's crown...
...and his position.
You should gather more support...
...before they all turn to Kim Taek.
I'm counting on you.
[Jang Ryung, Senior Fourth Rank]
[Office of Inspector General: Manages politics, customs and impeachments]
The Office of Inspector General should be involved...
...so this impeachment will be processed quickly.
Don't hesitate.
Go forward.
Isn't that what a civil officer should do?
You've received more appeals from...
...the Office of Inspector General.
Please return now, Your Highness.
What brings you out here, minister?
You're a talented marksman, Your Highness.
It's nothing compared to your political prowess.
Your prowess is nothing to take lightly either.
I heard you were...
...the mastermind...
...behind the motion to impeach me.
Is that true?
You came all the way here because you do believe it was me.
What is your reason for coming after me, Your Highness?
Why can't I?
I am not even your son.
What does that mean?
Well...
...what do you think?
Don't you want...
...to do politics comfortably?
If you do...
...you should stay on my side.
I don't think that I will ever be on your side...
...no matter the hardships it brings me.
You think that you're a match for me, Your Highness?
You haven't realized it yet.
The Office of Censors and Office of Inspector General...
...are appealing to reinstate Minister Kim Taek.
I already know.
I thought you only cared about your work...
...but it seems you get information too.
What do you think will happen?
The Office of Inspector General will step down soon.
The Office of Censors belongs to Shin Chi Won from the...
...Young Learning Faction, so they won't.
However...
...the Office of Inspector General belongs to the Old Learning Faction.
Minister Kim Taek isn't the only one who can control...
...the Office of Inspector General.
Those of low rank don't care who the office belongs to...
...because they only care about justification.
But don't you think the justification is all too clear this time?
It seems like you agree with the impeachment.
Do you not?
I heard that you care a great deal about *Gyunyeokbeob.
[Gyunyeokbeob: Tax system of paying for military service exemption]
If Kim Taek doesn't agree with it, Gyunyeokbeob will never work.
Are you saying...
...that you will support this?
Not me.
The prince will.
But...
...I don't want to get involved in this.
Of course you do.
I am saying...
...you shouldn't support Minister Kim Taek...
...and just stay neutral.
That's what you are good at.
Just remain neutral, okay?
This is who appealed from the Office of Inspector General...
...and the Office of Censors, minister.
What did you do to those from the Old Learning Faction?
I told them to behave.
If not, they would be eliminated by Dangjoek.
[Dangjoek: Resignation of a member from the party]
Also, based on Chunggeumrok...
...you should have good news soon.
[Chunggeumrok: Registration of a Confucian scholar from the Royal Academy]
These are the appeals dropped by Old Learning Faction members.
You are taking good care of Hongmoongwan, right?
[Hongmoongwan: Office of Special Advisors]
Of course I am, minister.
The all of the other appeals are from the Young Learning Faction.
I only need to wait for Bidap now.
[Bidap: King's decision on appeals]
Then we can say that the prince persecuted you...
...with the Young Learning Faction.
If that happens...
...he would be guilty of persecution.
Right after the king has been through such hardship...
...he's committed a crime.
What if the prince decides...
...that Minister Kim Taek should resign?
The prince may suffer afterward.
Tell them...
...I can't make a decision.
Your Highness.
I don't want to agree to reinstating Minister Kim Taek.
Guogan.
[Guogan: Rejecting an appeal to correct a wrongdoing]
You shouldn't reject a vassal's appeal...
...when it is to correct something...
...unless you are trying to become tyrant.
You should reconsider.
I am going...
...to protect Minister Kim Taek from resigning with everything I have.
Tell them I won't change my mind.
Unless you want to be like the tyrant King Yeonsangun...
...no king has ever rejected Ganjang.
Isn't that right, Your Highness?
[Ganjang: Complaints from the Office of Censors and Office of Inspector General]
Tyrant?
Then...
...that would be a reason for the Old Learning Faction...
...and the Young Learning Faction to go against me.
Guogan?
Are you saying that...
...the prince is trying to protect Minister Kim Taek...
...by rejecting the appeal?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Look at this...
Sun.
What are you trying to do?
Guogan?
The prince rejected our appeal?
Yes.
I know...
...that the prince is disturbed by Minister Kim Taek's morality...
...but why this?
He didn't say the reason.
He didn't even say...
...the reason for rejecting our appeal?
Rejecting their vassals' appeal...
...is a great dishonor for the royal family.
How could the prince do such a thing?
You should go convince him.
I tried to...
...but he will not change his mind.
He said if you don't stop this...
...he will fire all of you.
If he is trying to become a tyrant?
Then we have no choice...
...but to go all the way.
Minister Kim Taek should resign!
He should resign!
Guogan is for tyrants!
It is dishonorable for the prince!
Please make the right decision!
Make a decision!
Minister Kim Taek should resign!
What do you mean?
First the Office of Inspector General and the Office of Censors...
...and now the Office of Special Advisors is involved?
What are you even doing?
You can't control your own people?
Pride means everything to them.
The prince has provoked them...
...so I have no justification to stop them.
None whatsoever.
What a patriot!
What a patriot.
What?
Are you trying to support them too?
Minister!
Stop!
Both of you.
Are you still not going to help me, Your Majesty?
If he defeats me...
...you will be the next target.
This is a fight...
...we can't just put out...
...by stopping this case.
We should win this battle...
...kill them at the end to finish things for good.
The prince's position...
It should be taken from him, Your Majesty.
Minister Kim Taek should resign!
He should resign!
You should make a decision now!
Make a decision now!
Do you want to make a decision now?
Minister Kim Taek should resign!
He should resign!
Please make the right decision!
Make a decision now!
What are you all doing?
You all should stop this now and return...
...to focusing on government affairs.
Until you make a decision...
...we cannot stop, Your Highness.
My answer is the same.
I cannot fire Minister Kim Taek.
Are you trying to become a tyrant, Your Highness?
Minister Kim Taek has been loyal to the king...
...for the past thirty years.
How could I fire such a man?
If you cannot do it...
...we will stop your will with our lives.
I've lost.
If that it what you all want so badly...
...I will ask the king to make a decision.
He said he'll ask the king?
Why does he want the king to handle this?
Do you think the king would fire Minister Kim Taek?
Did the prince already go in?
Yes, minister.
Did you know from the beginning...
...that he started this fight to find out about the king?
Do you realize what you've done?
You think what you're doing is for the prince?
"Minister Kim Taek isn't qualified because he..."
"...couldn't even take care..."
"...of his own son."
"Even before the impeachment..."
"...he should have sent his letter of resignation."
"He should be ashamed."
"Morality..."
"...is as important for a vassal..."
"...as their ability."
So...
...why did you come here for my decision?
The resignation of Minister Kim Taek...
...is out of my realm.
Why can't you handle it?
Why are you saying that?
Minister Kim Taek.
The 41st year.
Hwe Woon...
...is Minister Kim Taek.
Since the day...
...you became king...
...you've valued him the most, father.
That's it?
The reason you brought all of this to me...
...was just because of that?
Do I need another reason?
A vassal is only a vassal.
I don't value any one person in particular.
My way of doing politics...
...is not to find the perfect vassal...
...but to find the vassal I need.
Then...
...what kind of decision should I make?
Should I agree to the resignation...
...of Minister Kim Taek?
Do you need Minister Kim Taek...
...or not?
You can strip him of his title as minister...
...but his resignation might be too much.
Put him somewhere else and give him a position with no power...
...to do anything.
Do you think your other vassals will agree to that?
If they don't agree with it...
...tell them to come kill me.
He is the leader of the Old Learning Faction.
Their political power is strong and their numbers are many.
If you generate bad blood between you...
...it wouldn't be good for you.
Keep that in mind.
Even though there are bad people...
...if you start to cut them all out...
...you won't be able to do politics properly.
Sometimes even agreeing with the angel of death is necessary.
That's what we call politics.
Please make a decision!
The prince has made a decision.
Current Minister Kim Taek...
...will be removed from his position...
...and given an honorary title.
This decision was made with consideration...
...so that all vassals would agree with it.
Minister.
I lost this time, Your Highness.
There is no winning or losing in politics.
I will take this loss...
...to heart...
...and I won't forget it.
I will pay you back for it...
...Your Highness.
I hate being a debtor.
I will be waiting, minister.
An honorary position?
People will think he has no power anymore.
He's starting to show his anger.
It means he can't do anything now.
The king...
...supported you this time, Your Highness.
Justice flows like a river.
The prince...
...is looking for Chook Pa.
[Chook Pa: King Yeongjo's pen name]
Unless he's seen the Maengui...
...that's not possible.
Was it you who showed him?
The Park Moon Soo I know...
...wouldn't make that kind of mistake.
If you didn't...
...there must be copy of it.
That makes the risk of it being revealed...
...even more serious.
Do you know...
...what the biggest problem is right now?
The prince...
...used this to test me.
Your Majesty.
If he hasn't seen the original document...
...the copy is just a piece of paper.
That means...
...it's a document...
...trying to slander the king.
As my son...
...he should have thought of it that way.
Yet the prince...
...suspected me...
...and tried to test me...
...with Park Moon Soo.
Your Majesty.
His will is...
I've received the question...
...so I should answer him now, right?
Park Moon Soo.
You said I will become a tyrant, didn't you?
I will become a tyrant for the ones who go against me...
...but for the civilians who follow me...
...I will be a good king.
The prince is staying...
...at Heewoojung Palace.
Don't make any mistakes.
Your Highness!
An assassin!
Go after him!
Wait a minute.
He wasn't trying to kill me.
"Chook Pa."
"Yoo Do Ja."
"Boo Do Ja."
It means he's in the picture...
...but he is not in the picture.
He is in...
...the picture...
...but he's not...
...in the picture.
Does that mean...
Your Highness.
I think...
...I know him.
[Library of the Royal Family]
Yoo Do Ja... Boo Do Ja...
He's in the picture...
...but not in the picture.
He's in the picture...
...but you should never draw him.
This man.
The king of this country...
My father.
I'll take care of country affairs myself...
...so let them know.
What do you mean?
The king said he'll handle it.
It means he'll check up on you, Your Highness.
How can I go after my father?
I can't do it.
Is it true that the previous king was murdered?
We shouldn't hide this anymore.
We should at least let the civilians know the facts.
What is all this?
Where did you get this?
You are not qualified to be king, Your Majesty.
Why are you trying to become a tyrant?
- Your Highness! - Father!