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[This is a fictional drama based on historical facts.]
[Events depicted might differ from actual events.]
Play the music!
Applause!
Turn the candle out a bit later.
You can sleep in the bed.
I will sleep here.
Forget about the bed right now,
and drink with me.
Five years ago, on our wedding night,
didn't you leave me by myself?
At least be my drinking buddy tonight.
[Shine or Go Crazy]
[Episode 13]
Your Highness.
What brings you here so late at night?
I need to discuss the move to the west.
What?
Is it the rules of Chunghae Trading Company
to not even serve tea?
Please wait.
Why do you only serve one cup of tea?
I don't want one.
Drink.
How else will I know it won't knock me out?
Are you drinking, or are you pretending to drink?
Do you expect me to drink out of that?
Eat this first as well.
I need to see you eat it
so that I know it's safe to eat.
A hot cup of tea calms an aching heart
and the sweet snacks help you forget for a moment.
You must've been worried that I might be suffering.
I don't have that much free time.
Since you're being nonsensical,
today isn't the right time to talk.
Let's do this later.
About Dan Young,
when you had to
let her go
because of your father,
I understand now
how you must've felt.
I was being inconsiderate
when I asked you why you didn't marry her
and why you couldn't protect her.
I'm sorry.
The pain you've suffered
and all that you've endured
will be my own now.
I'm scared.
It's so hard to endure it just for one day,
how did you do it?
How?
How did you fight it?
I didn't try to fight it.
I've let my memories pass with time,
and my wounds were
treated by a person.
I'm not suffering anymore.
If you meet another person,
you will forget about So too.
I wish that person could be me,
but it doesn't matter even if it's not me.
There are memories that can't be
forgotten over time.
Are you saying
you'll go against my sister?
I have something to ask you.
Now you want to know about me?
Ask away, Your Highness.
Have you
ever thought once about
using your abilities
for the good of Goryeo,
and not for sake of your family name?
Don't you think your abilities are wasted
if they are used only for the benefit of your family name?
In order to answer that question,
I'll need to ask a question as well.
Go ahead.
A person must make a position for himself,
but sometimes he is called to a position.
One day,
when the throne calls for you,
what will you do then?
If you are able to make
the world like your dreams,
what will you do then?
I can't answer that question.
Are you afraid?
I've never thought about it,
so I can't answer it.
One day,
when you answer that question,
I will give you my answer then.
It's very interesting
that I'd ever have a conversation like this with you.
It's interesting for me as well.
If we had talked like this sooner,
our relationship might have been different.
Perhaps
even if we were on different paths,
we could've been looking in the same direction.
Please be careful, Your Highness.
It's a shame.
It feels as if we're on the same path,
but we're facing different directions.
What's important is
that we're on the same path together.
Get some rest.
Thanks to you, we were able to share a room.
Why did you call me here today?
Drink.
Do you think you'll make it out of here
alive or dead,
after drinking that tea?
Seems like you won't die.
Do you know that a prince's first marriage
has to be under the King's orders?
You do know.
Then do you know that you'll face death
if you break that law?
Why are you so surprised?
Weren't you confident even in front of the King?
But
I'm thinking about covering it up.
If I cover it up,
then what will you do for me?
I will end everything with Prince Wang So.
What if he tries to stop you?
I will end it
no matter what.
This conversation is going well
since you understand me.
I will monitor you and your company day and night.
Doesn't the tea smell so nice?
Drink.
Poisonous white propolis.
It's a rare poison from India.
Its symptoms include paralysis of the left hand
and uncontrollable emotions.
It's the same as the King's symptoms.
Overtime, nosebleeds will start to occur,
and all the veins in the body will burst.
If Geumhwasuk are added,
the poison will turn golden green,
and it will become a poisonous gem.
Where is the assistant head?
She asked for me first, why isn't she here?
She did?
She got sick and has a fever…
Yes, yes.
Welcome, Prince Wang So.
Your veil…
He knows that I'm a woman now.
I have to talk with you.
Let's go to the special guest lounge.
- What was that? - What should we do?
The reason I called you here...
I have to
tell you something.
The company is a busy place.
If you don't have an urgent request,
then please limit your personal visits.
Is the reason you asked me to come
to ask me not to come here?
I shouldn't have come to Goryeo.
If I had known you were the First King's prince,
no,
I shouldn't have searched for you in the first place.
I know that you're the bride from Gaebong,
and I know what you're afraid of.
But no matter what happens,
I'll protect you.
And don't look for Gaebong either.
I won't dress like a man anymore.
Something must've happened.
Tell me.
What happened?
Did you hear
about my sharing a bed with my wife?
You're a royally married couple.
How could I interfere?
I never did anything
that you're thinking of.
Didn't I tell you that it doesn't matter to me?
You need to solve a bigger problem right now.
I think the King
has been addicted to something poisonous.
Addicted to a poison?
What are you talking about?
I first noticed something odd at the fight of the princes.
When he came to our company,
He exhibited the symptoms of addiction.
The tea I gave him last time,
lessened his symptoms for a while.
But I wasn't certain, so I took a different approach,
and I read a book written by the doctor,
and I was able to come to a conclusion.
You need to find out how it's being given to him.
and you must stop it.
What about an antidote?
Unfortunately,
I couldn't find anything about an antidote.
So you must find out how he's being poisoned,
and stop it.
If I find the poison,
then you can make the antidote.
I must leave now.
The poison came from Princess Yeo Won.
Please wait a little longer, *Hyungnim.
[Hyungnim: Formal version of older brother or male.]
I will expose everything.
I've appointed a manager who will oversee
all construction in the west.
Who is it?
It's Prince Wang Wook.
Also, Chunghae Trading Company
will be involved in the construction.
Chunghae Trading Company?
I had no choice, Your Majesty.
That shrewd assistant head
already secured
the manpower and materials needed for the construction.
Your Majesty.
Did you confirm the relationship between
Chunghae Trading Co. and Prince Wang So?
They did meet for the first time at the fight of the princes.
Your Majesty.
How could you be so blind and deaf?
I didn't want to tell you this,
but I must for your sake.
The virtuous men in black were originally
the First King's warriors.
What does that mean?
It means that their leader is a prince.
Think about it.
If Prince Wang So is the leader of the virtuous men,
then the First King must've bequeathed that position,
and that means that Prince Wang So is the son
that the First King approved of becoming the King.
Wang Sik Ryeom!
Ask Prince Wang So to bring us
the leader of the virtuous men.
If he's the leader, then he'll show himself,
and if no one shows,
then they really could be thieves.
Then you can wipe them out, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Prince Wang So is here.
Your Majesty!
Am I disrupting your conversation?
There is nothing to disrupt.
Then, Wang Sik Ryeom,
please leave the room.
I will be leaving, Your Majesty.
You two brothers should have a talk
about brotherhood.
What brings you here?
Yes, Your Majesty!
I ran here to see you.
Are you still in contact with the virtuous men?
Well, we've lost touch these days.
Tell them I want to meet their leader.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I will meet them in person and make sure
they're not assassins, but the King's men.
If they show themselves, I'll regard them as my men.
If they don't, then I'll regard them as thieves,
and I'll order them arrested.
What is it?
Since your cough has gotten worse these days,
I brought a physician to brew you some medicine.
He'll take your pulse and leave.
I'm sorry I didn't recognize you
on the day you visited with the assistant head.
If you talk about what happened today,
you won't have a head.
I understand very well.
Will you be able to obtain an antidote?
If I analyze the poison and inverse it,
I could make an antidote.
But the propolis poison is such a rare poison.
I'll get you that poison,
so you must make
an antidote no matter what.
I'll do my best, Your Highness.
Starting now, just do as I ask,
and don't question the reason or argue.
About what?
She said don't ask or argue.
So So and our company's lives are
at stake now.
If we succeed, we live, and if we fail,
we'll die, or we'll have to shut down our company.
But there's a possibility
that we might all die
before we shut down.
Please go meet with all of the jewelry craftsmen.
Please look into a gem called Geumhwasuk.
And please look into the poisonous white propolis
that came from India.
And about its antidote.
It's probably Wang Sik Ryeom.
He did so with the First King,
and only he could have done this.
I know.
So we must find that evidence.
It's all my fault.
I had to let the First King go,
and now again…
Let him drink the tea given by the assistant head.
it'll calm the symptoms temporarily.
Yes, sir.
Eun Chun.
We must trace the poison and stop it.
Also, you must find the poison
for the doctor to research.
Yes, sir.
Soon, the King will lay ill.
Then all of the matters of the nation
will come into my hands.
Thus here today,
I've brought a very special person
who will carry out the move to the west
in my place,
the manager, who will do everything with us.
It's Prince Wang Wook!
Also,
he is the new King that we've chosen!
He can't.
He can't go in there after he's slept with the princess.
Oh, Your Highness.
They say that Geumhwasuk is hard to find in Goryeo.
I told them I'd pay however much they wanted,
and I asked them to find it.
The white poisonous propolis from India
is also hard to find in Goryeo.
And since its poison has been kept a secret,
- it's even harder to find out about it. - What about the antidote?
Since they don't know about the poison,
it's obvious they don't know about the antidote.
Yool, Yool!
Prince Wang So is here.
I took him to the special guest room.
Be nice to him this time, and smile.
Something happened between you two, didn't it?
Then please look into it further.
Look into what?
Welcome, Prince Wang So.
I traced the poison.
It's from the public appeals scrolls.
This is the powder obtained from the scrolls.
It was powder, not liquid?
We're analyzing that powder in secret,
and looking to make an antidote.
Who was it?
Who did this?
We're following the suspects.
Is it Wang Sik Ryeom?
I think
I've brought you into this royal fight, and I'm sorry.
A trader jumps into anything for profit.
I've met Wang Sik Ryeom
while discussing the move to the west.
Did you know that Prince Wang Wook
is carrying out the move to the west instead?
Wang Wook is?
Yes.
I'll bring more tea for the King.
But know that this tea is not an antidote,
it only calms the mind and body.
Is it Wook?
Does he
know about
our marriage in Gaebong?
Is it Wang Wook?
No.
No one knows.
No one.
Did you tell Wook that I'm going to meet
the assistant head of Chunghae Trading Company?
Yes.
From now on, when you come here,
speak with the head, not me.
You must do that.
What are you doing here?
I came here to buy some tea.
Is that so?
Please come with me.
I've thought about it,
about how you can remove Wang So from you.
You should get married.
Thus I'm thinking of arranging
your marriage with Wook.
I wonder if Prince Wang Wook will agree.
I'll ask him.
Do you have something to ask me?
Why did you come to meet her?
You came here like the wind.
Were you that worried?
I came here to discuss Wook and the assistant head,
but since you're here as well,
I think it might be good to discuss all together.
If it's about me and Prince Wang Wook,
I believe only the three of us should discuss it.
Let's hear about it.
I was thinking about pairing Wook
with the assistant head.
How about it, Wook?
I've never thought about marriage.
I asked Wook's opinion.
A marriage with the assistant head…
I, of course,
have never thought about it.
I will do as I please with my marriage.
Stand up, Shin Yool.
I need to discuss the Pyungynagsung medical services
for the move to the west.
I should get up as well.
I need to take this tea to the King.
And,
it's time for Wook
to break free from his sister's arms.
Well, then.
As long as I don't let go,
neither Wook nor you
won't be able to escape me.
Thank you for saying that.
My sister won't back away easily.
Of course.
Since you're not facing her directly,
that must mean she knows your weakness,
or you're getting ready to strike back.
It's probably one or the other.
Which is it?
If you don't want to say, then you don't have to.
But what did you mean about
the Pyungyangsung medical services?
[Pyungyangsung: A Goryeo palace in the west.]
- Last time… - I've become the official executor
of the move to the west.
And Chunghae Trading Co. has been chosen
to carry out all of the construction.
So please prepare for all operations.
What?
It means I'll come see you often
officially.
Give this to Ji Mong.
It's the tea from Chunghae Trading Co.
The poison has stopped,
but we don't know how much he's consumed,
so until we find an antidote,
he must endure while drinking this tea.
Yes, sir.
And don't kill
the secretary yet.
Stop right there.
The King is very tired.
You should read them for him instead.
What?
Yes, sir.
What?
What happened to the scrolls?
The King is making the secretary
read the scrolls to him.
You must meet with the secretary quickly
- and seize the poison. - Yes, sir.
I think the poison has been found out.
The King is already
deeply addicted to the poison.
If they didn't kill the secretary,
they will trace the poison.
Se Won.
You must move first.
Yes, sir.
The secretary is dead?
The moment I lost him,
he was already killed.
How could you make that mistake?
Are you sick?
You don't look well.
I'm just not getting over this cold.
Did you call the physician for the medicine?
Yes.
Don't worry.
But what brings you here?
It's about So.
What if you give him a government position
and put him to work?
You must see So differently now, too.
Your Majesty.
Yes, he must've seemed so great
at the fight of the princes!
I'll call So and ask him myself.
Did you look for me, Your Majesty?
Mother told me to give you a government position.
Did something happen with you and her
and I wasn't aware?
Yes, sir.
We had tea together.
- Tea? - Yes.
She had tea with you?
Yes!
Okay.
How do you feel
about how people are regarding you differently?
Your Majesty.
You can be proud of it.
You've done enough to deserve it.
But
why hasn't the leader of the virtuous men come to see me yet?
Doesn't that mean they're indeed thieves?
At jasi tomorrow,
[Jasi: 11pm to 1am]
I will dismiss all guards in this palace.
I will wait for the leader of the virtuous men
alone in this palace.
Tell him to show himself before me.
Yes, sir.
No.
The King is not in his right mind right now.
You don't know how he might react.
Eun Chun.
If I tell him that I'm the leader,
then the King might stabilize again.
Or he might behead you then and there.
If I could talk to Gaebong,
my frustration would subside.
The assistant head told me to serve you from now on.
Look, Mr. Yang,
please get Gaebong for me.
Not the assistant head, but Gaebong.
Gaebong?
Hurry up and put it on.
He says he wants to see Gaebong.
Hurry up.
Gaebong!
Shin Yool.
Yes, Your Highness.
Can you give Gaebong a message?
Gaebong!
Yes, Hyungnim.
I know everything, you jerk.
No matter your reason is, I believe you.
You won't abandon me this easily.
Don't you always find a way
to come running back to me?
You see, I'm trying too.
So don't think you're alone,
and don't worry.
I'll find a way with my two hands,
and I'll run back to you.
Until then,
I'll treat you like the assistant head.
No matter how harsh she treats me,
I'm not hurt.
Because I know your heart.
So you see, you jerk.
Don't be hurt.
Shin Yool.
Tell this to Gaebong.
Yes, Your Highness.
Don't you have anything to say to So So?
Gaebong said to tell him this.
He knows that you're suffering right now.
He's sorry that he can't console you
and be by your side.
And he said to tell you this as well.
If you act the way you think,
everything will be resolved.
The answers to all your questions
are already in your head.
Gaebong is something else!
He relieves me of my itch so well!
Shin Yool.
Well, then.
The answers to all the questions
are already in my head.
Gaebong.
Hyungnim!
Are you that disappointed that it's me?
Were you looking for So?
No.
What brings you here
at this late hour?
Didn't I tell you to prepare for operations?
I want to know, over the past 5 years,
how much profit the company has made,
and what kinds of goods they sold,
and with whom they traded.
If we're going to work together,
I obviously need to know these things.
Please wait a moment.
We need to talk all night, so prepare some tea and snacks.
The profit the company has made,
and what kinds of goods we sold,
and with whom we traded,
are all in these ledgers.
Then we will go now,
for we don't want to disturb you.
Your Highness!
I heard you're looking at the ledgers all night.
I'll stay here with you all night.
Come closer.
Wang Sik Ryeom was right.
In the end,
you've deceived me as well.
- Your Majesty. - You're no longer my younger brother!
You're not my refuge either.
Like all of my other brothers,
you're one of many who want me dead.
You're a traitor
who wants the throne.
I'll take anything you say to me
for deceiving you.
But the way you are right now,
is not your original self.
This is me!
The one you see
in front of you
is my real self.
Isn't that why Father made you
the leader of the virtuous men?
Right now,
you're addicted to a poison.
How dare you!
What are you trying to do?
A while ago, when you started reading the scrolls,
you started coughing,
and your eyes became hazy,
and your hands started trembling, didn't they?
Someone spread poisonous powder on those scrolls.
We've stopped the poison,
but someone killed the secretary
who delivered the scrolls to you.
Who in Goryeo is capable of doing that?
It's Wang Sik Ryeom.
This I ask of you.
Wang So, the leader of the virtuous men,
pleads to you, Your Majesty.
Please allow me to punish with my own two hands
the leader of the traitors, Wang Sik Ryeom.
Thus
please give a royal order
so I can
right the wrong,
and help you in all possible ways
to lead Goryeo in the right direction.