Your name is Yeon U...
Does it mean soft rain?
Yes, in Chinese characters that is the meaning.
Then, it can also be interpreted as dew rain.
It's a beautiful name.
Please forgive me for being bold.
Can I ask the meaning of Your Highness's Hwi? -=Hwi: the King's name. It's a taboo to directly address the King by his given name.=-
It means "sun". The king chose it himself.
Lee Hwon.
Earlier... why did you keep avoiding me?
Do you... dislike me?
No, I don't.
You don't hate me?
Then, why did you refuse to see me and make me take a risk to see you?
Still not answering?
Doesn't Your Highness already have someone else in your heart?
What are you talking about?
Not long ago...
I heard that Your Highness met the Minister of Personnel's daughter here.
That's all because of you.
If you hadn't told a lie,
then I wouldn't have mistaken her for you, causing a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding?
Then...
I didn't even blame you, why are you blaming me...
Wait a moment. Don't tell me, you...
What?
You were jealous that I met her.
What? No... I wasn't.
This... how is this good?
A woman with a jealous heart is very scary.
For a person who's going to become my "rain" in the future, such jealousy is...
I already said I wasn't, so don't keep...
What?
The marriage restriction law will be announced in a few days.
Soon the Princess Successor will be selected.
You'll probably be chosen as a candidate.
I'll be waiting.
You'll surely become the Princess Successor.
Even though Your Highness said to throw it away,
but I knew Your Highness will definitely look for it again.
I was right in not throwing it away.
Hyeong Seon...
Yes, Your Highness.
Yeon U's reason for giving me this lettuce,
you don't know it, right?
It has a deeper meaning, conveying the expectations of the common people.
Everyday Your Highness waits to see what type of flower will bloom.
But no matter how much Your Highness waits,
it can't be compared to the farmers's wait for their crops to mature.
Besides, lettuce can be used as medicine.
In the beginning, the wait might make a person tired,
but, not long after, the lettuce will make the person full of energy.
It can increase one's intelligence and can also reduce fever.
At that time, Your Highness wasn't satisfied with Literature Teacher Heo.
Miss Yeon U's message to Your Highness is
to not trouble Literature Teacher Heo again
and concentrate on your studies.
How do you know all of this?
Yeon U only told it to me.
Regarding the story of the lettuce,
this is already the 14th time that I heard it.
My head is not made of stone.
How could I forget it?
I was the one to tell you about it?
Yes.
When?
Ever since the time you two met and talked about the meaning of lettuce at the Silver Moon Building.
Once you see me or when you have time, you keep...
Then, you are also amazed with Yeon U's wisdom, right?
I was indeed amazed at the beginning...
But listening repeatedly to a good song will...
Wait and see.
That child will definitely become the Queen of this country.
A Queen who is revered by millions.
Marriage Restriction Order.
Today's lesson will end here.
Yeon U, has she placed her name on the list for the selection?
Not yet.
Is something wrong?
Crown Prince, Your Highness,
please listen to my earnest request.
What request?
As long as a girl is a citizen of Joseon,
she should get listed for the selection.
But, can my dongsaeng please... please not get listed?
I'm kneeling to beg you, Your Highness.
For an honest and upright people like you,
why do you ask for such a request?
I asked you a question.
Hurry up and answer.
It's not possible for Your Highness to be together with my sister.
Yeon U and I can't be together?
That's absurd.
I'm... willing to accept any punishment from Your Highness,
but please...
This is a violation to the state's law,
are you willing to become a traitor?
Your Highness...
I can't do that.
I can't fulfill your request.
My first reason is that I don't want to lose you.
The second reason is that I...
I... like you. (Teacher Heo's sister.)
Your Highness! Your Highness!
It's not like that.
The person His Highness likes is definitely not Literature Teacher Heo.
Please don't misunderstand.
It's not you, Literature Teacher Heo.
Although I can't say specifically who it is,
but it's a "woman" who resembles you very much.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness.
How could you create such an awkward situation?
You should be more specific when you are confessing!
You're too noisy.
I haven't even confessed to Yeon U yet,
so how could I bring this up in front of others first?
Your Highness shouldn't have brought this up in the first place.
Disappointed, Disappointed, Extremely Disappointed...
If it's other people, I can just forget it.
How can Teacher Heo ask for such a favor?
Your Highness, do you really not know?
He feels that I don't deserve to be with his sister, right?
Forgive me if I say too much,
but that isn't Literature Teacher Heo's intention.
What do you mean by that?
The person to be selected has been decided, right?
The Minister of Personnel's daughter has already been decided to become the Crown Princess,
so why should there be a list for selection?
Even if you want wealth and glory, you can't send her there.
Wife, what are you doing?
What should we do if our Yeon U becomes one of the three finalists?
Give it back to me.
Among the three women, those who aren't selected
will still be Crown Prince's women,
and will have to spend their entire life alone. Didn't you know, My Lord?
Madam!
Our Yeon U
will have to comb her hair by herself,
and will only wear plain clothes all her life.
She will spend the rest of her life alone. Don't tell me you have the heart to let her live like that.
As an official of the court, how can I bend the law to my own advantage?
My Lord, don't be so stubborn.
You could ask His Majesty
to let Yeon U be exempt from the selection.
Absolutely not.
This would be disloyalty towards His Majesty. We absolutely cannot do that.
Then, Lord, do you want to just sit and watch?
Teacher Heo was just thinking for his sister's sake.
That's why he dared to make such a request to Your Highness.
So the women who aren't chosen cannot enter the palace again?
A little later they can also enter the palace to become an imperial concubine.
Don't tell me... Yang Myeong Hyeongnim's mother was also...
That's right.
Concubine Hee Bin wasn't selected as Crown Princess.
But after she received His Majesty's favor,
she was able to enter the palace.
But most of these women will eventually be forgotten.
Your Highness.
Grandmother.
What?
The one who is in charge of choosing the Crown Princess
is the Queen Dowager.
How can the Queen Dowager and her family resist this great opportunity to gain further power?
The chosen one is definitely...
I'm the daughter of Minister of Personnel, Yun Bo Gyeong.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness, where do you want to go?
Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here to see you.
-= King Seong Jo =-
Father, I came here to ask you a favor.
Can you send them away first?
What do you have to say?
Father.
Regarding the predetermined of the Princess Successor,
please revoke your command, father.
Is the Crown Prince currently meeting with His Majesty?
That's right.
Will it last long?
His Majesty commanded us not to let anyone disturb them.
The person who is in charge of this matter
is not me, but the Queen Dowager.
Then please, Father, give an order
to select the Crown Princess
based on a strict and a fair criteria.
This is something even I, the King, can't do anything about.
You should go to the Queen Dowager's Palace and discuss this matter with her.
Please, Father, convince the Queen Dowager.
Even the King cannot be in charge of everything.
Furthermore, it would be disrespectful for me to go against the Queen Dowager's wishes in this area.
I know that there is a precedent of Chingan. -= Chingan: when the king personally makes a selection =-
I won't make a rash move just because of your selfishness.
It is not my selfishness.
If it is not selfishness, then what is it?
It's Crown Princess.
This is about choosing the woman who will be the mother of our country.
To choose one woman to sit in that position,
shouldn't this matter be carefully thought out?
If you know how serious this matter is, how can you still act so recklessly?
This royal wedding is to cover up the potential scandal that you caused by your behavior.
All these problems started because of you.
You think you can avoid your responsibility?
If I can resolve all these problems successfully,
can you make a fair selection of the Crown Princess?
Find someone to investigate immediately,
about the situation of the Jae Hoe at Sungkyunkwan, -= Jae Hoe: Union of Confucian Scholars at Sungkyunkwan, a kind of student union =-
and also all details on who holds the position of Jangui at Sungkyunkwan. -= Jangui: President of the Sungkyunkwan Student Union =-
What? Why should I find the Jangui?
This mission is my only chance. If this leaks out, I'll be dead.
This matter will also bring benefits to you too. Don't you understand?
Yes, I understand. I'll comply with your order.
Promise?
What did I promise you?
You promised that when the Crown Prince's wife selection is over,
I could marry Office of Special Advisors's Chief Scholar's daughter.
I never promised you that.
But, you said...
I only said that I would consider your request. I never promised anything.
If there is nothing else to report, then please leave.
Now your talk has changed.
Is it because you favor the Crown Prince?
Don't tell me that the Crown Prince made the same request as I did.
Just like among men,
some will be King, others are subjects.
Women are also the same.
Some want to be the center of power in the palace.
It's the daughter of the Chief Scholar of the Office of Special Advisors.
Are you saying that she will become queen?
If the child is chosen, then it is possible.
If she gets eliminated from the selection,
can you give her to me?
The final 3 women that are eliminated are also the Crown Prince's women.
Don't tell me you forgot this national law.
So, you want...
to let your servant see his beloved woman...
become depressed?
What?
Everyone knows that the Minister of Personnel's daughter
has already been decided to become the Crown Princess.
How can your servant just sit and watch?
Do I really have to punish you so that you will stop talking?
Do not ever mention about this topic again.
If you repeat your request again, I will see it as...
...a rebellion.
Do not laugh!
The only thing that your servant wants,
the only person that your servant wants,
In your gentle way, you take it all, Your Highness Crown Prince.
Please, stop smiling that way,
so that I can freely hate you, Your Highness.
Please...
If that is impossible,
please remove my hatred of you...
...and my strong desire for her.
Your Majesty.
Let's go to the King's Palace Hall. I want to listen to the princess's laughter.
I'm sorry. I was thinking of a problem so I didn't see you.
This is your handmade longevity strand. Please keep it.
Thank you very much.
But, why would you give this to Your Servant?
Why?
Has Yeon U been well? That's the reason.
Yes, she has been very well.
But... are you married?
I am not married yet.
Then, a fiancé?
Do you have a fiancé?
No, I still don't have something like that.
Recently, I have been studying Biographies of Exemplary Women.
What?
Last time, His Highness the Crown Prince said that I didn't learn the Thousand Character Classic. -= 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer.=-
That is not true.
Right, I answered your riddle correctly!
Close your eyes like this, and the whole world becomes dark.
Open your eyes like this...
Look at me.
Just look.
Close your eyes like this, and the whole world becomes dark.
Open your eyes like this, the world... becomes bright.
How pretty...
Your Majesty Royal Father.
That's my princess.
I am not a child anymore.
What?
I have something to tell to Your Majesty.
Please come to my room.
What does my princess want to tell me?
You want to get betrothed to Literature Teacher Heo?
Yes.
Your Majesty has accepted the Crown Prince's choice without hesitation.
I also...
No.
What? Why not?
This person will become the pillar of the country, an incomparable genius seen only once every hundred years.
Is that why he cannot become a princess's husband?
You are too young so you wouldn't understand.
If he becomes an Uibin, he cannot take up an official post. -= Uibin: Princess's husband, King's son-in-law =-
Neither can he participate in politics.
Therefore,
I can't let a talented person like him become an Uibin.
What? If that's the case,
I can only marry someone ugly and stupid?
That is not what I meant. It is only Literature Teacher Heo you cannot marry.
He may still want to assist the future king with his talent...
...in leading this country.
I don't want to. All other people get handsome men.
How come a princess can only marry ugly idiots?
Not idiots. I will find you a good match.
No! I want to marry that person!
I already said you can't. Min Hwa...
He is the type of person who cannot become an Uibin.
Using Uibin as an excuse to bury his talent, and prevent him
to develop his ability.
We can't do that to him.
So, you should forget Literature Teacher Heo.
I don't want to.
Your swordsmanship is not bad.
I am sorry, Young Master.
It's all right.
But, why did you come?
Ah, I actually have something to ask you.
First, look at my face.
What? How can a lowly person like me
look at Young Master's face?
It's all right. Look at me.
If there's a woman who looks like me,
who would it be?
Miss Yeon U.
Just as I thought. But they never met.
How did they meet? When and where?
On the day of your announcement ceremony,
we met accidentally at the palace.
Do you feel the same as the Crown Prince?
Does your heart feel the same?
I know what Orabeoni is worried about, but...
Did you know for the selection of the Crown Princess,
they have chosen someone else?
I know.
Tell them that you have an illness as an excuse.
You should feign illness to avoid the selection.
Do you still remember the time when I taught you how to play Go (weiqi)?
Avoid the stronger opponent and defend yourself first.
When your opponent is stronger,
you should ensure your own safety first.
Orabeoni...
If they know about your relationship with the Crown Prince,
you will be in danger.
Yeon U, you might become a scapegoat.
I can't do that.
Yeon U!
I do not retreat. I cannot withdraw a move in a good game of chess.
This is also something you taught me.
It is the same with a person's feelings.
Only when you are determined, you will not easily waver.
Regardless of what the final result of the selection might be, I...
I cannot lie to His Highness.
But, why are you making me pretend to be an official?
Can you please tell me the reason?
How come you're not saying anything?
Pay respect to His Highness.
Yes. -= Seonggyungwan Jangui - Hong Gyu Tae =-
Are you the president of the Sungkyunkwan Student Union, Hong Gyu Tae?
Yes, I am.
Why did you want to see me, this lowly person?
When I was given the title of Crown Prince,
I was also admitted to study at Sungkyunkwan at the same time.
I was never able to study with you,
but to be considered a Sungkyunkwan scholar like you,
I feel very proud.
I don't deserve your praise.
However, recently I've felt that studying at Sungkyunkwan...
- ...is disgraceful. - What?
You must use what you've studied and assist the King in following the right path.
That's your duty as an official.
Why is Sungkyunkwan only become observer of the current situation?
I don't know if I can guess correctly.
Do you mean the upcoming selection of the Princess Successor?
Please raise it as an official issue to the court.
The selection of the Crown Princess,
how can it be used as a mean to preserve a clan's power?
You mean to prepare for the unexpected?
Yes, the person His Majesty and the Crown Prince want...
...is Heo Young Jae's daughter.
I can't just sit and watch.
Rest assured. The power of selection is in my hands.
Of the people surrounding His Highness, is the Princess Successor the only one?
Later, that child could become favored as an imperial concubine.
No big deal.
Not only that, but if that child were the first to give birth...
Would you still say it's no big deal?
You are right.
It is best to have a plan for the unexpected.
But it's hard to make a counter plan.
You can even remove the sun.
How can a moon be difficult?
Furthermore, the Celestial Hall's shaman is also one of Your Highness' people.
What are you afraid of?
All of you know from history that a Queen Dowager's family with political power
can bring about certain circumstances.
Already, the selling of offices and positions has become common.
Many people have already fallen into the influence of the Queen's family.
It's hard to say that those people who have bought official positions with money are good officials.
We, Sungkyunkwan scholars, who receive officials' salaries
how can we just sit and watch?
- Sungkyunkwan scholars present a petition. - Present a petition!
This student demonstration was organized personally by the Crown Prince.
Joseon's future shall be very interesting.
Things should be set right and put in the right place.
I believe this is what real politics are.
All living things, especially people,
should be able to find positions that suit them.
This is what I plan to do when I am the King.
Shouldn't this beginning...
...start from the selection of my consort?
This is what you think is the right principle?
Yes.
Then... show me...
...and convince me...
...that this is...
...politic.
Going through Sunkyunkwan to create public outcry?
That is not bad, Crown Prince.
Please reply to our request, Your Majesty.
Please reply to our request.
Please eliminate the law that made another relative can select the Crown Princess.
Hogok Gwondang. We are almost about to make the selection, -= Hogok Gwondang : demonstration method where you sit outside the palace, wailing and crying =-
what is going on here?
It's already fifth day, Your Majesty.
You must give them an official response.
That is correct, Your Highness.
According to tradition, Sungkyunkwan scholars' petitions,
regardless of whether they are right or wrong,
must receive an official reply from the king. It is tradition.
This is absolutely wrong, Your Majesty.
Since ancient times, the selection has been the responsibility of the Queen Dowager.
Don't pay too much attention to their irrational ideas.
My thoughts are the same, Your Majesty.
We are facing a celebratory occasion for the country.
Creating an uproar is an outrageous act.
You must punish the leaders of this movement severely.
You must punish them severely.
They acted out of worry for the country and without selfishness.
How can you say that it's wrong?
If we defeat their will,
and block the path of honest and wise advice,
who will have the courage in the future to concern themselves with national affairs and criticize national policy?
No matter what dynasty we are in, public discussion...
...has always be recognized to capture people's heart.
When there is public discussion on an issue,
even an outcast cannot be looked down upon.
When there are no public discussion on an issue,
even a Minister of the State wouldn't have authority.
At the Council of Three, I have reviewed their petition.
Giving an official response after looking for the answer in public opinion is the right way.
But, Your Majesty...
Listen to the imperial order.
At your service, Your Highness.
I will give response to the scholars' petition that goes as follows.
I believe in your loyalty
and plan to take your advice on national policies.
So, this time's selection of the Crown Princess
will break the tradition where Queen Dowager holds the jurisdiction.
I will personally make the selection.
Together with me, there will be a member of the royal family,
an official from the Three Offices, and a Minister of the State.
Every family will participate to make the selection fair
and more just,
so the selection will not be done by the Dowager Queen,
but by the King himself.
Furthermore, to prevent the squandering of national treasury,
and to lessen the people's hardships,
there won't be a stage 3,
instead we will just stop at stage 2.
A royal marriage is used to extend the country's lifeline.
For such important matter like the royal consort,
how could you listen to ignorant scholars' slander?
How could you call the scholars' honest advice as a slander?
Honest advice, slanderous talk.
For the decision to be made in advance is also a part of the selection process.
Denying this...
...is like denying the legitimacy of the royal family.
Mother.
The woman who is chosen after many consideration...
...is not chosen because she is a blood relative, didn't you know?
If it's like that, then changing the selection process shouldn't cause any problems.
What are you saying?
If she is such a great girl, then even if it has not been decided beforehand,
she will still be chosen, isn't that right?
So, you must oppose me, is that so?
The common people are voicing their thoughts unanimously.
I cannot stay out of this matter anymore.
Even if there is no reason for a ruler to be loyal,
there must be a reason for him to be filial.
As a country's ruler,
how could I only have blood-related parents?
The parent of the commoners is the King.
So the King's parents are also the commoners.
Your Majesty.
Mother.
Your Majesty's throne,
who was the one that protected it from the opposing ministers?
I hope you didn't forget that those were done by my clan and I.
I didn't forget that.
How could I forget?
For the sake of your clan's wealth and power,
Mother and Yun Dae Hyeong did a cruel thing.
That is why Prince Ui Seong was innocently killed.
If you knew about it, then you can't treat me like this.
Because of me, Your Majesty's hands have yet to be stained with blood.
What is the reason for me to remain silent?
Even though I learned the truth later,
why was I unable to give Prince Ui Seong a redress?
I remained silent for thirteen years to fulfill filial piety to the greatest extent.
So, please don't make another greedy request.
The selection of the Crown Princess will proceed fairly.
Is there someone out there?
Serve the Queen Dowager well.
Your Majesty, you can't treat me like this.
Just wait and see. I will not concede.
You can't do it that way. Don't you think it's too gentle like that?
Make larger movements and sit down.
Like this?
That's right. That's how you should do it.
When there's noodles on the dining table,
you must make some sound when you eat them.
The uglier you look while you eat, the better.
And then, say reading is your hobby.
As for embroidery, just say that you can't do it.
These are the truth so it won't be too difficult for you to answer.
If they ask you about how much you have learned,
you must say that you are already well versed in the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of three.
Hmm, what else is there?
Mother.
What's wrong?
Will I definitely fail to be chosen like this?
What do you mean by that?
I'm just saying that for the sake of the selection...
You are aware of it too?
Isn't it even stranger if I didn't know?
Don't be like this, Mother.
No matter what the outcome may be,
at least I want to be a daughter that Father can be proud of when I'm in front of him.
So Mother, just watch me.
I will be waiting for you.
If it is you, you'll definitely become the Crown Princess.
It's so late and again, why are you...
Where are you going?
After being here for few days, I want to go on a trip again.
I came because I wanted to see you before I leave.
What an ugly face.
I've taken a good look. I'm leaving now.
Will you... come back?
Why?
Are you afraid that I won't come back?
It's because you often don't let anyone find you for a period of time.
Everybody will be worried.
When you travel, please at least keep in touch with a few...
Do you want to go with me?
Even if the power to choose in advance is taken away,
in the end, it'll still be the Minister of Personnel's daughter who'll become the Crown Princess.
At best, you can only become a Yangje. -= Yangje: The highest of the Crown Prince's concubines =-
If not, you will be forbidden to get married forever...
and live alone for the rest of your life.
If you want to break free from this situation,
just in case you wish to,
doesn't matter if it's the position of a prince or the title of Prince Yang Myeong, I'll abandon them all,
and take you far, far away.
This joke is not funny.
True.
It's not funny.
Don't you regret your own choice? Even a bit?
Yes.
Then don't think too much.
You will be able to do very well,
and directly eliminate the Minister of Personnel's daughter and others.
Do you understand?
I didn't see you at home,
so I knew I could find you here.
I heard that she has entered the final stage of selection.
Why didn't you plead with His Majesty?
One day,
there was a man named Jeung Sam who found Confucius.
Master, please praise me.
Today, my father hit me without any reason,
and I obediently withstood the beating.
Don't you think I'm great?
Do you have any idea what Confucius said then?
Ignorant one.
If you were beaten to death, then your father would become a sinner for killing his own child.
How unfilial would that be?
When your father hits you without a reason,
you should escape.
So... do you plan to leave?
A tree desires to stand still, but the wind never ceases.
What else can I do?
It is best to avoid it before it's broken or chopped off.
No... is it the worst solution?
But, maybe it's that moon.
No matter where I go, she will most probably follow after me.
From the first round of selection to the final round,
you all have suffered.
Looks like all of you are too nervous.
Even if it is the palace, it is also a place where people live. You don't need to be too scared.
The best will be selected personally by you, Your Majesty.
It's only natural that they are scared.
Today, I have a question to ask you.
I'm the King of Joseon.
If you convert my value to money,
how much would I worth?
Let's have the daughter of Choi Sang Jin offers her answer first.
What?
A hundred thousand yang. No. Ten million yang.
Please give me my punishment.
I don't understand money that well.
I don't know how much would be considered as a lot of money.
So, Yun Dae Hyeong's daughter, you shall answer.
Your Majesty's virtue is higher than Mount Tai and wider than the sea.
How can we use money to measure? We might as well convert to gold and pearls.
Please allow me to speak boldly.
Let's wait until the tools for measuring the weight of the sky and the depth of the sea appear.
When that time comes, please ask me again.
Next is Heo Yeong Jae's daughter's turn to answer.
Since Your Majesty has asked, I shall answer.
It's 1 yang.
Out.
Your Highness.
Your Highness. Your Highness!
How is it?
I ask you how is it?
That...
To the impoverished commoners,
there is nothing more precious than 1 yang.
People that have 10 000 yang are wealthy and don't think that 1 yang is precious.
But it's extremely clear to the people who have nothing, how precious 1 yang is.
To the impoverished commoners,
Your Majesty is as practical and as precious as this 1 yang.
I beseech Your Majesty to implement policies that are kind to the common people.
How do you feel about being in the palace hall?
This is a daughter-in-law that is really hard to find.
What you say is really true.
It's our nation's good fortune.
I was just feeling delighted about the talents of your father and brother a while ago,
and to think he even had a beautiful and wise daughter like you. This is truly the blessing of our country.
Mother, please also say some encouraging words to the Crown Princess.
What more can an old lady like me say?
Please serve the Crown Prince with utmost sincerity.
I'll always remember it in my heart.
I beg of you, Princess. Please eat a little.
If you keep doing this, it won't be good to your royal health.
I have already said that it's not necessary.
Why are you doing this?
The Queen is worried about you.
She didn't even participate in the meeting with the Crown Princess.
Crown Princess?
What has that got to do with me?
Didn't you like her, Princess?
It's...
At that time, I thought she would be my sister-in-law.
What?
If she could...
why can't I?
Take these away quickly.
I am going to go on a hunger strike.
What happened?
Come. Don't cry and tell Mother about it.
Mother. Please plead Father for me.
If it's not that person, I will die.
You dare to be so indecent in front of your mother.
I've already told you not to mention him again.
But I want to.
Royal Father, brother, Yeon U. I hate all of them.
I also dislike you, Mother.
Princess! Princess!
Grandmother, please help me beg His Majesty.
Let Teacher Heo become my husband.
What exactly is the matter?
Please help me.
I am very sorry, Mother.
Grandmother.
- Don't just stand there. Help the Princess return to her room quickly. - I beg you. Please help me.
- I beg you. Please help me, Grandmother. - Princess. Princess. Please stand.
Grandmother. Grandmother, I beg you.
Grandmother. I beg you, Grandmother.
Head Shaman.
What is the matter?
News has arrive asking you to secretly go to the Queen Dowager's palace tonight.
This place is called Secret Moon Pavilion.
Because you are not married yet, you cannot live in the Crown Princess's palace.
The Crown Princess's palace should actually be situated between the palace and your private home.
But His Majesty has chosen this Secret Moon Pavilion especially for you.
This is also one of the most beautiful places in the palace.
Yes.
True to its name, this is an extremely beautiful place.
Please don't use polite language to me.
What?
I understand.
From tomorrow onwards, for the wedding you'll start the Seupui. -=Seupui - A practice in advance for the future national ceremony that'll be held=-
You better go to sleep early today.
And this.
This handkerchief is...
You will need it.
Then I shall take my leave first. Please rest well.
Mother.
That's why you said I will need it.
Are you crying because you left your family?
If so, open the window and take a look.
Your Highness.
Did I scare you?
It is forbidden to enter this side of the palace.
Why are you here?
I bribed someone.
Wait.
Yeon U, can you wait for a moment?
Please go back.
Your Highness will become an example for the people, the country's foundation...
Your Highness.
Have you finished crying?
Your Highness.
I've received special permission from His Majesty.
Don't worry.
I prepared this Kouji just for you. -= Kouji: a type of play where one person imitates many kinds of voice to entertain audience =-
Since we can't sleep tonight anyway,
let us enjoy it together.
This is a hastily prepared performance.
Please show compassion even if the performance is lacking.
Begin.
What did you just say?
The Princess Successor has changed, so I am asking you to remove her.
The King has already increased the security at the Crown Princess' palace.
It's impossible to assassinate or poison her.
Only you can do the job without getting close to her.
My existence is to pray for good fortune of the royal family.
Since she has become the Princess Successor,
she is already part of the royal family.
The situation looks bad for the Celestial Hall right now, doesn't it?
The scholars are repeatedly asking for the Celestial Hall to be demolished.
In fact, it is barely surviving.
If I no longer to provide a buffer...
What do you think will happen in the end?
Are you threatening me now?
This is an order.
That person is the Princess Successor.
She will not be the Princess Successor anymore after you have killed her.
You said repeatedly that the Minister of Personnel's daughter will become the owner of the Hall of Union.
You must be responsible for what you've said.
Use your black magic
and kill that child, Heo Yeon U.
So it's actually me, A Ri.
The person who will cause that child to die...
...is actually me.
Please tell me, A Ri.
What should I do?
That child or the Celestial Hall...
Of the two, which should I protect?
Father,
the reason I came to find the Crown Princess today...
Although going near the sun will attract disaster,
fate will force her to stand by the sun's side and protect him.
Really... must I really kill her,
the Crown Princess?
-=Two, People, Labor=-
-=Shaman=-