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Are you still not going to confess?
Who put poison in the food that His Majesty was going to eat?
It's definitely not me, Lord!
Then did you put poison in the food?
You were hanging out in the kitchen all day that day.
Were you ordered by the Queen to put poison in the food?
That's impossible, Lord!
I was just making sure the food was prepared well, I didn't do anything!
How insolent! I will make sure to end your life!
- I saw it! - Who was it?
I don't know who...
But I'm sure... when I was leaving the kitchen, I know saw someone come in.
Yes, who was that?
But I don't know who...
How dare you!
Keep torturing until these wenches tell the truth!
Yes, sir!
No matter how much I think about this, I really can't understand it.
Everyone knows my food is tasted by someone first.
Why put poison in the food...
Then, maybe it wasn't aimed for your life.
If it's not me...
It was aimed at Hee Bin?
Enough people in the palace know that Hee Bin tastes Your Majesty's food.
That's true.
If Your Majesty's life wasn't the goal...
Things like this are only caused by jealousy between two women...
But it's unimaginable considering the manners of the Queen.
Besides, if anything happened...
because of the food she brought, she'd be the suspect.
So she couldn't have done something so reckless.
What about... the Queen didn't do it, but the ones behind her?
Are you suspicious of Min Yoo Joong, or the Western Party?
What's the reason they would do something like that?
We have to be open to all possibilities.
It seems that Hee Bin plotted this.
Ok Jung!
Was there poison in the food?
Are you still not feeling well?
I'm fine. I must be... still tired.
It's because the poison hurt your body.
No, the ginseng you sent me must be very good, I'm much better now.
Why are you so nervous?
Do I... look that way, Your Majesty?
Why am I just getting worse and not seeing any progress?
Forgive me, because of bad asthma with complications...
What if I don't even get to see my son establish the line of succession?
Forgive me for saying this, but Lady Hee Bin...
has a warm body with a strong heartbeat...
I don't think it'll take long.
- Is she? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Besides, she knows that the Queen Majesty can't get pregnant.
She'll find a way and get pregnant soon.
Hee Bin knows that the Queen cannot get pregnant?
Ah... well...
Hee Bin knows? Tell me how she knows about it!
Please take my life, Your Majesty.
My...
Lady Hee Bin, Queen Mother has arrived.
You were plotting to frame the Queen!
What do you mean?
That you fell unconscious after eating the food that the Queen brought...
You fabricated it on your own and took poison to frame the Queen!
Your words have gone too far, Your Majesty.
My own fabrication? How could I without putting my life on the line?
You're the only one who knows the reason.
Your Majesty... before I fell ill from the poison...
you kindly called me 'Hee Bin'...
You even gave me medicine to help me get pregnant. I was deeply touched.
Then, in the middle of tasting the food of Your Majesty's... your son...
I was almost taken to the afterlife. How could you say such cruel words!
I am very hurt!
Then, if you knew about the Queen's infertility...
And if you wanted to remove the Queen and take the seat instead...
Then what is it?
What kind of...
Queen Majesty is infertile?
What a wench... You pretend you don't know about it?
You think I don't know that you found out from the doctor and plotted this?
I'm going to tell everything to the King!
Your Majesty.
Of course it doesn't matter if you tell His Majesty.
But if you do, I'd be more worried about the Queen Majesty.
How dare such a lowly one like you tell me who to worry about?
Whatever the case, then it'll be known to the world that the Queen is infertile.
Would that really benefit the Queen?
What?
The Queen Majesty is probably afraid His Majesty and the retainers will find out.
Are you saying that the infertile Queen got nervous and did that to you?
You should ask that to the Queen Majesty. How would I know?
Sure, there is no evidence.
But I know what you're thinking.
The fact that you're trying to remove...
the wise Queen with His Majesty on your back.
Let's do this then.
Whose side will the King take in the end?
Report what you've found so far.
Yes, Your Majesty. They haven't confessed yet...
but based on the circumstantial findings...
I believe it's caused by the jealousy of the Queen's quarter.
Jealousy of the Queen's quarter?
That's right, Your Majesty.
The Queen Majesty should set an example and promote unity in the court.
But she abandoned her responsibility as the leader of the internal court...
I believe it's a grave sin.
But there is no evidence, it's only your guess.
Why is there no evidence?
While the kitchen maid was making the food...
under the order of the Queen Majesty...
Court Lady Joo from the Queen's quarter stayed in the kitchen the whole time...
And poison was found in the food that His Majesty was going to eat!
But it was a small amount that wasn't fatal.
Did you say it wasn't a fatal amount?
But if Lady Hee Bin didn't taste the food and His Majesty had the food...
Then it could've been a tragedy...
that would have turned Joseon upside down!
And it's an obvious fact that the Queen is...
at the center of this terrible incident.
Your Majesty, please find every detail of this, and when the truth is revealed.
Forgive me for saying this, but the Queen...
should be dethroned. Please consider this.
What nonsense! How dare you speak of dethroning the mother of this country!
That's right! Dethroning the Queen is nonsense!
Besides, there is no proof that it was any of the Seven Sins of the Wife!
So please consider!
It's not part of the Seven Sins of the Wife?
True, there is no proof for that.
Besides, the one who almost died was Hee Bin, not me.
I got it, I heard enough of your thoughts. You may leave.
Your Majesty, please give us an answer.
I said I heard enough, so you wait!
His Majesty is not moving as fast as we thought.
The hill of the Queen won't be destroyed that easily.
Now that it's done, I realize I missed two things.
One is that I didn't have enough support of the Southern Party...
The other one is that... without an heir... His Majesty will never make a move.
Those are very obvious...
But I only trusted the favor of His Majesty, so I overlooked that, too.
Yes, from now on, I won't miss a single breath of His Majesty for his favor.
Even if I cause trouble...
It's all because I love you.
Was there poison in the food?
Your Majesty! No, there isn't!
You should never trust anyone but yourself.
Can I really not trust anyone?
- I thought wrong. - Your Majesty...
If I don't finish this...
I won't close my eyes in peace in the afterlife.
Court Lady Hong, get ready.
Please no. The doctor said not to go outside...
If I'm going to save the Queen, I have to make a decision.
What are you doing? Continue with torturing!
I confess!
Stop!
What is there to confess?
We'll be tortured until we confess anyway...
It's too painful, I'd rather die.
I see, now you've come to your senses.
Yes, yes... there was someone who ordered us to do it.
Okay... who is it?
Did she? A maid of the kitchen said she'd confess?
So everyone's summoned to the investigation ground?
Yes, Ma'am. Finally the Queen's evil act is about to be revealed.
His Majesty has arrived!
Now, hurry up and confess!
Who ordered to put poison in the food that His Majesty would eat?
That's...
I did it!
I made the decision!
To prevent the royal blood from being tainted with vulgar blood...
I tried to kill Hee Bin!
Now... Now what are you going to do?
Mother...
That's not true. You wouldn't.
Yes! I did it.
I've thought it over a hundred times!
I thought that the child of the King shouldn't come from that vulgar body!
That's why I fed her the infertility medicine!
And I made her fall off of that horse!
This time, knowing that Hee Bin always tastes your food...
I ordered them to do it.
Isn't that right?
- Open the door. - Yes, ma'am.
Do you really not know who added the poison?
No, I really don't know.
The interrogation won't end just because you don't know.
Your Majesty...
Why don't you confess?
You have to lie anyway, so point at me and say I told you to do it.
The King wouldn't kill his own mother.
Yes, the Queen Mother told me to.
Yes, I did it!
No way...
Mother... you couldn't have done that!
Yes, it was me!
Now, what will you do?
Will you... kick your mother out?
Mother!
Call the doctor!
Queen...
You must protect the pride of the royal family.
Don't let that lowly Jang take it...
Mother, Mother...
You can't leave like this...
Please stay with me longer...
My son...
It wasn't my Queen. It was all me.
Promise me.
That the Queen will be safe.
Mother...
It was Hee Bin.
There is no proof...
Please embrace the Queen...
And be a wise king.
Mother...
Mother!
Queen Mother!
It was Hee Bin.
There is no proof...
Embrace the Queen and be a wise king.
Your Majesty.
There is only one thing I want.
It's not enough to make Ok Jung suffer from your greed...
Now you're selling Ok Jung off to the palace? You think I don't know that?
Take this and let Ok Jung go.
Wrong person. I wasn't the one who sent Ok Jung to the palace.
Then who is it?
What a fool.
If you hang around Ok Jung in the future...
I'll tear you apart and end your life.
No one knows if she'll be a sacrifice or gain power...
Even if I pushed her, if it wasn't her choice, it wouldn't be possible.
You should know the only thing that moves her is her own heart.
I'll swear I'll get Ok Jung back!
Get Ok Jung back...
Unless you become the richest man in Joseon...
and gain more power than the King of Joseon.
Don't be so sure...
About my future!
Tattoo... I saw a tattoo.
A tattoo on his arm.
You killed my mother!
There is only one thing I want.
The head of Jang Hyun.
That's what I came to get.
Master Jin.
I got a message from Lord Min Yoo Joong.
Isn't that Lady Hee Bin?
Your Majesty, I heard you don't visit her these days.
I keep thinking of everything that's happened in the past.
Father passing away...
Mother is gone, too...
I don't believe that Mother could go that far...
But she left after saying that...
- Your Majesty... - What was the real truth?
I thought I had to find it.
But it was the first time that I was afraid to find out the truth.
Do you have anything that you're afraid of?
I'm not a monster.
I'm human, too.
What were you so afraid of?
The fear that I might face a truth I can't handle.
You mean, the truth might be...
Related to Lady Hee Bin?
Maybe... I was more afraid of the choice...
I would have to make after knowing the truth.
The choice I had to make as the King...
The choice as a man who was determined to embrace everything about a woman.
Your Majesty, but...
In the end, that fear led to covering up the incident.
Are you...
Well, this is unexpected. But this isn't the first time for us.
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
Letting the fake coins circulate will destroy the order of the market...
And you want to start a big business... I believe that's what you said?
I apologize for that. I didn't know Your Majesty.
Have you made much progress on the plan of your business in Joseon?
Of course. Being introduced to Your Majesty...
the center of Joseon commerce, was my plan.
So it's a good start.
The first step was the introduction to the king...
Then what about the second step?
Of course it's making a deal with Your Majesty.
Make a deal with me?
There are more than enough merchants with political parties on their back...
And I'm not interested in those merchants connected in multiple layers.
Will you consider turning your back...
on the Western Party and hold hands with me?
Of course I will.
It's my specialty to switch horses whenever and wherever it's appropriate.
Well, the deal got done too easily.
Min Yoo Joong will be disappointed.
If there is anything I want from Min Yoo Joong...
I wouldn't hesitate to change horses.
What you are saying is... there is something you want from me.
What is it?
I'd like to own a quarter in the palace.
A quarter out of nowhere? What kind of quarter are you talking about?
Owning a quarter doesn't mean I'd live there...
I'd like to consider it as having a foot in the palace where Your Majesty lives.
Well, an interesting thought.
Then is there any specific quarter you want to own?
I will say it when the time is right.
Anyway... I'm about to gain a huge sum of political funds...
A quarter is no big deal.
Do what you want.
Then would you invite me to the palace to commemorate the successful deal?
Invitation to the palace... that's not hard. I'll send a message soon.
Queen... Jang is a reincarnation of an animal that the King shot and killed.
She'll never have a child and she will only harm the King.
Mother!
Thank you for coming, Court Lady Hong.
Court Lady Joo was sent to exile and you lost the Queen Mother you served...
- Let's lean on each other. - Thank you, Your Majesty.
I'll remember the heart of the Queen Mother...
who cared so much for Your Majesty...
I will do my best to serve you.
Thank you.
By the way... are you worried about something?
The dream I had last night bothers me.
A dream? Please tell me.
As I served the Queen Mother, I heard things from the fortune-teller.
So I can interpret dreams a bit.
It's...
Your Majesty.
I believe you should tell His Majesty.
Tell His Majesty?
It must be the late Queen Mother's prophesy.
I believe it's a dream warning His Majesty of future harm from Hee Bin.
Please tell His Majesty soon.
What brought you here at this hour?
I have something to tell you...
What is it? Take it easy and tell me.
- I hope you don't misunderstand me... - Why are you so hesitant?
Is it about Hee Bin?
Yes. Actually, I had a bad dream last night.
In the dream, the late Mother appeared...
Hee Bin was an animal killed by Your Majesty...
She was reborn to take revenge...
And she'd bring a wind of blood with the help of the corrupt Southern Party.
What did you say?
That's not all.
She also said there won't be a child from Hee Bin.
No matter how much you try...
It won't be possible.
So, it's better to dismiss...
Queen.
I've heard it more than enough times when Mother was alive.
As the mother of this country, you use a dream as an excuse?
- And you bring it up again... - Your Majesty.
I just...
A dream is supposed to reflect a person's thoughts.
How you must hate Hee Bin to have a dream like that.
Your Majesty, it's not like that...
And there will be no child from Hee Bin?
I'm sad to not have an heir yet, but how can you say such things?
Is it jealousy?
Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand me.
Mother believed that Jang clouded Your Majesty's mind...
I believe she couldn't stop worrying about you...
even in the afterlife and appeared in my dream.
That's why I believed telling you was the right thing to do. I'm not being jealous.
Please consider.
Telling me that absurd dream is the right thing to do?
Besides, who is Jang?
Your Majesty...
She is a royal concubine with the title of Level 1 Bin, so who is Jang?
I see very well that your mind is no different from that of my Mother.
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
Please leave.
I asked you to leave!
She promised that she'd never step into Seoul?
I arranged for her to take a boat and leave Seoul right away.
Lady Hee Bin, please relax.
I'll keep you safe, no matter what it takes.
This is the first time that you asked to meet alone without talking politics.
I'm here as a concerned father, not as a minister of a country.
Is the Queen not feeling well?
It's not that...
My wife had a good dream last night...
What did she dream about?
There is no dragon on the roof of the Queen's quarter...
But a big dragon landed on that roof...
And went into the arms of my Queen Majesty.
The Queen and Lady Min...
They have a lot of dreams.
In the Queen's dream, my Mother appeared...
And said that Hee Bin was an animal I shot and killed...
So she was reborn to take revenge on me and wouldn't get pregnant.
And you're saying...
Your Majesty...
In case there is any misunderstanding...
The dream is not about jealousy...
No, it's not jealousy.
She just had a dream.
Father, how have you been?
Queen Majesty, is it true that you told His Majesty about your dream?
Yes... I had a bad dream and felt unsettled...
Court Lady Hong who used to serve the...
Queen Mother also suggested I tell His Majesty.
My my...
What's wrong?
His Majesty is like a falcon circling the sky with his nails hidden.
You can never show any loose ends.
Was it that serious?
It's jealousy.
Jealousy?
It won't be an issue now...
In case there's a political storm, it could be a cause that strangles you.
In the current situation where you're not receiving the favor of His Majesty.
The only weapon you have is your appearance as the wise and kind Queen Majesty.
That kind of remark full of jealousy could destroy that appearance.
I haven't thought that far.
I was rash.
I hope the King will forget this and let it go...
I should speed things up.
Speed things up?
A way to kick Jang out.
Father.
I hear the King and Jang are not as close recently.
It's time to take a big bite out of Jang's weakness.
Father...
Did you hear?
- What? - The rumor.
Lady Hee Bin's father is Lord Jo Sa Seok.
Lady Hee Bin's mother had an affair with Lord Jo.
Are you crazy? Who'd say that stuff?
- What a wench! - Ma'am.
An ax under your tongue! How dare you...
speak lightly of the business of the elders!
Court Lady Hong...
As a servant serving the Lady...
You shall relay every word of the rumor that's going around now.
That's the duty of the servant. Do you understand?
If she struts around the palace without even being aware of the rumor...
Then she'll look like an idiot.
About Jo Sa Seok again?
Luckily he's not in today, but I believe that discussion is over.
I can't even bring it up. Jang Hee Bin is a daughter of an officer.
But she's also from a vulgar background...
as a child of a slave and Lord Jo Sa Seok.
Considering the dignity of the royal family...
she should be dismissed out of palace.
Please consider, Your Majesty.
It must've been so hard...
for the dignified retainers to bring up Jang Hee Bin's background.
But for you to risk ruining your mouth and telling me that...
I'm truly surprised.
Of course I don't believe it, but even if that's the case...
last time you said Jo Sa Seok came out of the 'whispers on the pillow'...
But this time Hee Bin was born out of an affair...
of Jo Sa Seok, so she should be dismissed?
Rather than thinking about giving a warm embrace to the people...
You're only thinking about kicking out the people of the opposite party...
And kicking Jang Hee Bin out of the palace!
That's not what we meant...
The crushed dignity of the royal family from the...
rumor of the vulgar background of Jang Hee Bin...
Should be restored, that's why we're suggesting this.
Whether Jang Hee Bin is from that vulgar low class...
Or from even lower...
The King's woman makes her a precious woman.
What on earth is that dignity of the royal family that could be crushed?
She's not just a child of a concubine...
But she was born to the lowest slave...
The existence of that kind of woman in the palace alone makes it a shame.
Please dismiss Jang Hee Bin out of the palace and be a wise king.
Do you dare to nitpick things that should only be done in the noble class?
And shame? Then...
Am I also to feel the shame because I made her my concubine?
You're the ones crushing the dignity of the royal family right now!
That's not what we mean...
The palace should set the example for the noble class and the people.
But it has someone from such a lowly background...
considered even by the noble family...
It would crush the dignity of the royal family.
Jang Hee Bin should be kicked out...
The dignity of the royal family should be preserved!
Your Majesty, please consider!
Will you start protesting with that again?
Regardless of the class of the woman, if I find her precious, she's precious.
If you can't accept it, you can leave my court.
Your Majesty!
I told you to leave my court!
We cannot back down this time.
If we don't kick Jang out this time, she'll keep causing trouble with the Queen.
That's right. We have to kick her out this time.
So that the Southern Party won't sneak in anymore.
Please get better soon, Queen Dowager.
I hear the court got loud again because of you.
I'm used to things like that.
I think the late Queen Mother is bored and she wants me.
I wonder if I've lost my energy now that I don't argue with her.
Hate must be affection, too.
If I get to see the child of the King be born in this world...
There would be nothing else I'd wish for.
It will happen soon.
I've lived long enough.
You will definitely have a son.
Even in the afterlife, I will pray to the goddess of babies for you.
Thank you.
By the way, Ok Jung...
Watch out after you give birth to your son.
After the favor of His Majesty ends... he's not a man, he's just the King.
Yes, Queen Dowager.
But you will live to a thousand years old.
My... are you cursing me?
I'll move to a different palace. I hope I leave in my sleep there.
Queen Dowager.
Your grace has been like a deep ocean to me.
Your Majesty should also pressure her as the Queen.
I came today to ask you to consider my earnest request.
Your Majesty can command, so why a request?
Please leave the palace.
Leave the palace?
I'm asking not to put His Majesty in an awkward position.
Do you know how much His Majesty is suffering because of your background?
But a concubine is also His Majesty's retainer.
The Master hasn't dismissed me...
So how could a retainer abandon her Master first?
It's not abandoning him, but saving His Majesty.
But for the country, I really hope you leave on your own.
If you're a retainer of His Majesty, I'm still your elder.
I don't feel good to remove you, who His Majesty favors so much.
I looked over that you are a daughter of a slave since His Majesty didn't mind.
But to be born from an affair of a noble man behind his wife...
I can never accept that.
Please stop.
Please withdraw the words that are humiliating to my mother.
How can you dare to raise your voice to the Queen Majesty?
Shut up!
How dare a court lady interrupt while Level 1 Hee Bin is talking?
Are you asking for a slap in the face?
It's your fault.
Forgive me.
Queen Majesty, I'm not feeling well at all today...
Please leave me now.
I'll leave for today.
But think carefully.
Don't put His Majesty through suffering because of your selfishness.
Ma'am. Is something wrong?
I feel like I'm suffocating!
Ma'am!
Your Majesty. Lady of Chwi Seon Dang sent a message.
It's been a while...
To stand here side by side and watch the moon together.
Do you remember?
About what you told me before...
That you'd never let go of my hand.
I have something to give to you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, once you receive it, you can't ever let go of my hand.
Forever.
What is it?
I seem to be pregnant with Your Majesty's baby.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...
In the end... I have to choose you.
Your Majesty, you didn't seem happy, my heart was dropping.
No, I am happy. I am very happy.
How I've been looking forward to a child...
How I've been looking forward to an heir!
I'll give birth to a son, Your Majesty.
Then I'll have a lot to prepare for.
Let's start by announcing the news of having a son...
To those who are dying to kick you out.
Your Majesty.
You have to have a son.
I'll make him the strongest king in the history of Joseon.
- What are you doing, Maid Choi? Hurry up! - Yes, I'm coming.
Lady Hee Bin, Lady Yoon is here.
Mother!
- Ma'am. - Mother.
Mother.
How is Hee Jae doing? I heard about the noise.
I told him so many times that he shouldn't cause trouble for you...
His title of Officer is all thanks to you.
When I'm about to say something, he just says he'll take care of it.
I heard from Uncle.
Running away with a courtesan?
As soon as he was back from China...
he brought someone in but kicked her out soon after.
Now he caused big trouble this time.
Please tell him to lay low.
He can't cause shame on His Majesty.
Of course not. I will talk to him.
By the way...
I have something to tell you.
What is it?
Ma'am.
Congratulations!
Mother.
It's almost done.
Please just wait a little.
Then I'll make sure no one can ignore you.
I will do what you told me to do.
Do you mean it?
But I want to tell the truth in front of all the retainers and ask a question.
If all the retainers want me to leave the palace despite that...
Then I'll do it.
Do you mean that?
I wouldn't lie about such serious matter.
Please set up a seat for me.
Then I'll say my decision.
You could do that much for me, couldn't you?
Please remove the screen.
The retainers can't see the face of the royal concubine so easily.
The truth should be found while eye to eye.
Wouldn't you say?
Remove it.
Please go ahead with the truth you want to reveal.
In such a hurry...
Sure. There is truth I want to tell you today.
I wanted to bring it up while everyone is gathered so we can wrap it up.
First, Lord Jo Sa Seok is not my father.
My father was the late officer Jang Kyung...
My mother is, as you know, a slave to Lord Jo Sa Seok.
This is the truth that cannot change...
in response to the rumor about my background.
It is usually the lie that gets revealed and the fact that gets hidden.
Is there smoke where there is no fire?
Second...
I'm revealing the truth about what the Queen Majesty told His Majesty.
Jang Ok Jung was an animal that His Majesty killed, so she can't get pregnant.
That's not true, either.
That's a dream the Queen Majesty had...
- She didn't tell a lie. - No!
It turned out that the Queen Majesty told a lie.
That's because...
I am pregnant.
I am pregnant!
And I have to leave the palace?
Why don't you answer me!
This Jang Ok Jung who's pregnant with His Majesty's child?
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