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Episode 45
Grand Prince, you can't.
Step aside.
I have to see the Crown Princess right now!
Crown Prince!
Your Highness . . .
Grand Prince, those words right now . . .
So you have to go to the Crown Prince's quarters right now.
Before it's too late, we have to hurry and get the Crown Prince-
Your Highness! Crown Princess!
Crown Princess. . .
Your Highness.
Crown Princess . . .
Your Highness . . .
Your Highness.
Your Highness!
Your Majesty.
That can't possibly be...
for something to go awry, right?
Eunuch.
Your Majesty.
What are you doing?
The physician, hurry and call the physician!
Your Highness.
Crown Prince.
Your Highness!
Crown Prince!
Your Highness.
You can't, Crown Prince.
You can't leave like this.
Please . . .
Please open your eyes, Your Highness!
Your Highness . . .
Your Highness!
Crown Prince . . .
Your Highness . . .
Crown Prince!
H-how . . .
How can this type of thing happen?
How?
Yes. Did you say "how", Your Majesty?
Answer me.
Are you still claiming that I'm so clueless to things, even after this turn of events?!
My Lord.
The Crown Prince has died.
Is that true, My Lord?
Yes.
That physician did it, Yeo Jeong.
Your Highness!
No.
Your Highness. Crown Prince!
Hyungnim.
Your Majesty, you killed him.
Yes! You killed the Crown Prince who was your child.
Crown Princess.
Your Highness.
Please calm down, Your Highness.
Please.
Let go!
In any case, I'm a marked woman also!
Do you think His Majesty will let me and the royal son live
when he even killed his own child?
So hurry and kill me too, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I will gladly die by your hands! Just as you wish.
Joo Won.
I will never...
forgive anyone, In Woo.
For those that drove him to his death...
those who trampled...
the hope that shined the brightest in this nation...
all of them will definitely pay for that crime with their deaths.
Those that are guilty will never be able to escape from this atrocity. NEVER!
Crown Prince!
Your Highness, you can't just leave us behind like this!
Your Highness!
Goodness, how are we supposed to live now?
Mother . . .
Crown Prince!
How could this type of thing happen?
Exactly what is this talk?
His Highness, the Crown Prince has passed away?
Crown Prince!
Your Highness.
It's still this warm . . .
Your hand is...
still warm like this . . .
Hyungnim.
Hyungnim!
The wind . . . is blowing, Your Highness.
Like this wind, will the world we dreamed of come to find this land?
Your Majesty.
It was you?
Is it you and Kim Ja Jeom who harmed the Crown Prince?
Please protect this land.
Yes.
Even if at some point, I'll no longer be able to share that dream with you.
Your Majesty.
Master and my brother the Grand Prince, please look after this nation and the people...
Where is the Royal Physician Lee Yeong Ik at
-Spiritual Counselor?-Did you not hear me?
Drag the Physican Lee Yeong Ik out!
Yes!
Spiritual Counselor, what are you doing?
Prime Minister.
Yes . . .
it was weird from the beginning.
You...
How you offered to have the Crown Prince be seen by the [royal physician] Lee Yeong Ik.
No, Your Majesty.
It's not me.
What? It's not?
It's not?!
Yes. It's not, Your Majesty.
How can I commit such an atrocity, especially without your royal consent?
What?
Look.
At the time when the Crown Prince's murder was being carried out by the royal physician Lee Yeong Ik,
he was in a state where it was too late.
Your Majesty, it has been carefully written in this diary as well.
So Your Majesty, you should not put the blame for this matter on me and the Prime Minister.
Yes.
If you do that, then you're admitting to your own culpability, Your Majesty.
What did you say?
You're saying right now that I'll admit to my own involvement?
Step aside, Prime Minister. You are also not free from this matter.
Not free? Me?
The whole world knows that you and Royal Consort Jo incited the royal physician to commit murder.
Immediately after the royal physician's visit, the Crown Prince mysteriously died.
A mysterious death?
A mystery surrounding his death...
Prime Minister.
However, Spiritual Counselor.
Do you know what those words imply?
You are also implicating His Majesty's involvement, if you're referring to that theory of yours.
Do you understand?
Since the one who sent Lee Yeong Ik into the Crown Prince's quarters is none other than His Majesty,
are you saying that the responsibility is on His Majesty right now?
So, what will you do, Your Majesty?
If you get pushed here, if you arrest Lee Yeong Ik here
and suspect the Prime Minister and me,
then you will also not be able to escape from this matter.
-Royal Consort. -Yes.
So Your Majesty, how will you resolve this matter?
Let's go.
Then, what is His Majesty doing right now? How is he handling this?
His Majesty is laying very low at his quarters and not saying a word.
And as we speak, the autopsy of the Crown Prince is being performed.
My Lord, will this plot go as planned, in the end?
It will.
It has to.
Since the king is a person with no morals, what's more important to him right now
would be his way to survive, not his child's death.
Your Majesty, you cannot ignore the truth behind this death.
This cruel death!
You can't cover up the truth, Your Majesty!
The autopsy result came out, Your Majesty.
There were only a few that found the Crown Prince's death inconclusive or mysterious, but most of the royal physicans
stated that he died from a preexisting illness or a medical condition.
So Your Majesty, make the decision now.
Please come to a conclusion immediately and put this incident behind you.
-Scholar. -My Lord.
Yes.
Courtiers and the last hopefuls of the aristocrats, what measures are you taking?
Will you close your eyes to this clear murder?
For your life to be pathetically spared, you pretend to not hear or see anything and deny the truth in exchange?
Oh God! What in the world?!
-Crown Prince! -Your Highness!
So? The citizens are all rushing out to hang white shrouds to symbolize and pay respect to the late Crown Prince?
They want the truth and justice for the Crown Prince's death?
Yes, My Lord.
Also, that's not all. All the high officials are all rushing to the royal court and
demanding that the incident not be covered up.
Capture all of them.
Yes.
What?!
What are you doing still standing there?
Go out immediately and put a stop to all this chaos!
Y-yes, My Lord.
Um, Father. What should I do?
Do as the Prime Minister says.
What?!
However, Prime Minister, we must not drive out the high officials.
Especially, in the wake of these disturbing times, it would only aggravate the protesting citizens even more.
Then what are you saying we should do?!
His Majesty has decided to bury the hatchet. So how can we go against that?!
More so, it's non other than about his own son's murderous plot!
-My Lord- -Cover it!
Use any method possible.
Ah, hurry!
Y-y-yes, Father.
Follow me. Quickly.
Ah, yes.
My Lord, however, this incident will cause us to be historically mocked and be judged upon.
My Lord, the truth will be revealed about this sinister death! Someday for sure.
My Majesty, this incident certainly looks suspicious.
Capture Prime Minister Kim Ja Jeom, Royal Consort Jo,
and the physician Lee Yeong Ik who received their order.
Get to the bottom of it! Your Majesty.
That's right, Your Majesty!
Please, order them to investigate.
You can use this to clear your name of any involvement and vicious doubts by the others!
Please reconsider, Your Majesty!
Drag all of them out! This is an order to arrest all those who are shouting out absurdity!
Yes!
-Your Majesty! -Your Majesty!
Open your eyes and ears, Sir!
-Your Majesty!-Please reconsider! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! The Crown Prince's matter is unfair!
We can't lose the Crown Prince like this!
Get to the bottom of this death!
Don't let the people who killed the Crown Prince live, Your Majesty!
Shut down the rioting! Arrest all of them and silence their lips!
Yes!
Where are you taking me? Do you think you will stop us?
Explain what terrible crime
we are committing?!
Your Highness.
Your Highness, anymore and it's dangerous.
So you should go back now.
Yes. But do you think you can block it if you do this, Prime Minister?
Do you think by self-serving rhetoric and covering up all the injustice you will be able to win?
No. No, you won't be able to.
It's not far now. You will definitely pay for all of your crimes!
You bastards! Won't you stop?!
Release them!
Stop beating the innocent people!
Grand Prince! You bastards, do you know who this person is?
What are you doing? Grab them.
Yes.
No.
This can't be it.
Never.
We will not lose...
all of the Crown Prince's dreams like this!
My Lord.
Look, Wife. What did I say?
I told you that it would turn out like this in the end.
Goodness, it seems I'm a little late.
You came, Prime Minister.
Yes.
I'm happy beyond words to see you here again, My Lord.
Has Lord Kang Joo Seon been pardoned?
In this incident, Kim Ja Joem, who took over the reins of power from the king
said there was insufficient evidence and released almost all of them.
Kim Ja Jeom.
Your Highness, did you hear?
Now Kim Ja Jeom is making the king into a complete puppet.
As expected, it's good.
It seems I can't let go of my ties with you because of these precious drinks I occasionally receive.
Since I'm together with you, I'm also happy.
They say that even if the heavens fall, there is a hole to hide in.
To me, that was you.
I just had good luck.
If the matter with the Crown Prince this time got twisted,
you and I would have accompanied each other to the netherworld by now.
But for the future you won't let that happen.
Prime Minister, you must strengthen your defenses for the future.
So to say, My Lord.
Now the foundation of the state (crown prince's position) is an empty seat.
It is our turn to handle the matter.
I heard that you have the king completely in the palm of your hand.
Isn't he weak by nature?
Indeed after experiencing the incident with the Crown Prince, he becomes dispirited more easily.
Although he didn't kill him, he's in a place where he can't punish us for this matter.
If he were to blame anyone, the reproach which he will pour upon himself will be so severe it will be awful.
Yes, I know that is the king's nature.
So now that the king has let go of everything, we should promote Prince Seung Seon as the successor.
After that is accomplished, there will no longer be any paths which are blocked for us.
But, Your Highness, that makes no sense.
The Crown Prince, the eldest son, left direct descendants.
How can they be saying that Prince Seung Seon will take his place?
I assure you that is something we will prevent.
I will also speak out about it, Your Highness.
And also, Princess Jeong Myeong will also do so.
No, Grand Prince.
In this, let the princess be the spokesperson.
What?
And you must be the one to do it.
Your Highness, by tossing that out, what do you mean?
What you just said.
You knew His Highness, the Crown Prince, Grand Prince.
You definitely did.
Before the crown prince died, you observed him and
you certainly heard whatever he said.
But, Your Highness, that is, that is...
Do you understand, Ho?
You must remember, take care of yourself and do
what I am telling you at this very moment.
Your Highness.
Sit.
I have something to tell all of you.
I can't, Your Highness.
Those words . . . I can't follow those words.
I know, Young Prince.
I know that it's a hard thing for you.
So that's why the Crown Prince told me to convince you.
Crown Princess.
Grand Prince, you must follow your older brother's footsteps by succeeding to the throne.
That was the Crown Prince's last wish, and the person now who is most fit for that job
is exactly you, Grand Prince.
Your Highness.
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Your Highness, I'm sorry but what are you talking about?
You're suggesting that the Young Prince succeed to the royal throne instead of the next male born heir?
"Juh-Wee"- Royal Succession (Order of succession)
-Your Highness. -Your Highness.
Your Highness, I can't.
Please take back those words.
Yes. I know as well, Young Prince.
I know how big of a shock these words are to you right now.
Yes, Your Highness. That's true.
If something happens, you want me to take that position instead of the royal son?
Crown Prince, how can you ask me to do such a thing?
But Young Prince, if you don't, if you choose not to,
what will happen to this nation?
The royal son is just 10.
If my young royal son succeeds to the throne after my demise, then subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
how long will he be able to endure?
-Your Highness- -In this nation, in this court that Kim Ja Jeom and Royal Consort Jo have taken over,
especially in the midst of our royal father's wrath...
Ho?
How can my young royal son honestly withstand that?
Yes. That's true.
The Crown Prince was afraid of that until the very end.
So that's why he left words regarding the Grand Prince to me as well.
Is His Majesty still in his quarters?
He is still not coming out of his room and is hardly able to eat anything at all.
He's going long. You need to specially take care of him.
Ah, and remember my words, Eunuch.
For a while, you should not let anyone enter the king's quarters.
Whoever that is, they have to pass me first if they wish to see the king. Do you understand?
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Crown Prince.
A royal throne?
Yes, why should I care about that?
Who cares who seizes that lousy throne?
I don't care to know?!
No, Your Highness.
I can't follow that decision.
Husband.
I understand as well.
I understand why His Highness said those words, what His Highness was afraid of until the very end.
However, that is the exact reason why I can't accept the Grand Prince.
Have you forgotten, Your Highness?
In the past, the Grand Prince gladly held Kang Joo Seon's hand.
Your Highness, how would you explain a position of the ruler's throne, after all these times of your personal observations?
What is the definition of politics and power?
Even for those who are strong willed with that power,
they end up selfishly using the power for themselves, instead for the sake of the people.
Isn't that what exactly spells out abuse of 'politics' and 'power' ?
Husband.
But will the Grand Prince, the Grand Prince who is so easily influenced,
will he be able to serve as a sage king from that platform?
Your Highness, do you honestly think he has what it takes to become a royal ruler?
Lord Yeong An Wi's words are all right, Your Highness.
I also think that way as well.
Young Prince.
I know myself well.
Best characteristics' or personalities, and so much compassion for others...
I'm different than the Crown Prince.
I'm not qualified to be on the throne. I don't dare!
Therefore, Your Highness. I beg you to recant all your statements.
I don't possess any of those attributes, Your Highness.
When it comes to certain qualifications or even my own confidence.
You certainly have the atributes which will help you become a worthy king.
Yes, Your Highness.
"Perhaps, you have the right attribute to become a royal king, my younger brother."
Your Highness.
It was that, Grand Prince.
The last words the Crown Prince left to me.
Your Highness, those words right now . . .
Yes.
That is my sincerity.
I have observed him as my younger brother and as a candidate for a royal king for a long time now.
Surely, he is capable of extinguishing some of this nation's adversities.
You seemed to be easily influenced and annoyed at times, but
that is because your heart is filled with justice and empathy for humanity.
You can also get very stubborn at times, but
that is because you have the strongest will that no one else possesses.
Long ago, at the Qing Nation , the Grand Prince refused to yield by lowering his head to them.
In the end, he rode on his horse all night to stand proud right next to them, side by side.
Your Highness, the Grand Prince cried for the people with his heart in that land
and he always displayed his true intentions by his actions.
Grand Prince, the Crown Prince remembered all those endearing things.
Yes.
A personal side of you that you're not even aware of. Well... with his amazing wits, the Crown Prince even figured that out.
Hyungnim . . .
So Grand Prince, give an answer to that heart and to that trust.
That you won't forget that trust,
that you will remember the new world you drew with the Crown Prince.
Grand Prince, all of us will be with you.
Your Highness.
What do you think of the position of crown prince?
I mean what the princess said.
I served the Grand Prince and the Crown Prince in Qing.
I also feel the Grand Prince clearly stands out from the other princes.
I also feel the same about that.
If he is to win in a fight with wolves, obviously he must also know the way to howl like one.
The Grand Prince certainly has tenacity.
But even if he does, the problem still remains.
Can we safely raise him to the successor's position?
In the end, the one deciding that is His Majesty. How will we turn that heart?
Furthermore as it is now, who can have an audience with the king is tightly controlled.
Ah, Prime Minister.
You came.
Ah, Prime Minister. Come this way.
Sit.
Now, let's start everyone.
Isn't it time now when we should start to fill the vacant successor's position?
What? What did you just say right now, Court Lady Nam? Who came?
Court Lady Jeong who serves the Princess.
Queen, she is requesting to meet you right now.
Your Highness, it's Court Lady Jeong.
Your Highness, I brought the Queen.
Is that true?
Princess.
Queen.
Joo Won. I heard the Queen came.
Yes. They are talking right now.
I'm begging you, Your Highness.
You are the only one who can stand up for the Grand Prince and this nation.
But Princess, that matter can be too dangerous.
Not only for me, but for you as well.
I know.
Kim Ja Jeom could find out about this fact first and
even more important the king may become infuriated with this business.
But are you still saying you'll do it, Princess?
Will you run all of that risk?
Yes, Your Highness. That is so.
Because now it is the the only way we can prevent
the placing of Prince Seung Seon into the sucessor's position.
Our Prince Seung Seon is most splendid in court dress and shines brightest.
Of course, because he will be wearing them for the investiture ceremony, he must be the best.
Yes, Your Highness.
We will do our best.
What?
The queen will accompany the king to the hot springs?
Yes, that is so.
According to what the royal physician said, it will be helpful for the king's fainting spells.
My Lord, how about just letting this matter pass by?
The queen's staff is the head of the ladies-in-waiting and if you interefere inappropriately...
I understand. Tell her to do that.
Yes.
Only be sure to inform me of who is in attendance without leaving anyone out.
Your Highness, Queen.
Eunuch, how did it go?
Your Highness.
Husband, I'll be back.
I will definitely block that matter using whatever it takes.
The hot springs...?
The king is going outside of the palace with the queen?
Chief Royal Secretary.
You need to go for awhile.
The Prime Minister is urgently looking for you.
Really?
The Prime Minister is looking for me?
Yes.
Also, the king said that right now you are to convene a meeting of the councillors at the palace.
What?!
Hyungnim, a meeting at the palace?
Didn't the king go out in order to go to the hot springs?
It's the hot springs.
The queen pleaded earnestly that she wanted to go.
I started to go but
I...
don't feel like doing it, Chief Eunuch.
Your Majesty.
So...
let's go back now.
Your Majesty.
Princess?
Yeong An Wi!
Is Lord Yeong An Wi here?
Yeong An Wi, Kang Byeol Jang.
-My Lord. -Scholar, what is it?
Look here, we have big trouble.
Right now taking advantage of the king's absence, Kim Ja Jeom
is issuing a royal edict announcing the investiture of Prince Seung Seon.
What?
What did you say?
No.
I will not listen to your words. Stand back, Princess.
Do you understand?
If it is something you said,
whatever you say, I won't listen to it.
You have to, Your Majesty.
If you are still this nation's king,
you must listen to these words right now.
Ah, Hyungnim.
Why are you hesitating?
You'll be late to the meeting like this.
Your Majesty,
I know.
I know that you could have not known about the Crown Prince's death.
What?
What did you say?
Because that day, you clearly said this.
"What are you talking about? Would I try to kill my own son?".
Princess, what are you saying right now?
I'm doing what?
If nothing is going on in the Crown Prince's quarters, why did you block entry?
Why did you let in the physician Royal Consort Jo recommended and why did you leave the crown prince alone?
The crown prince is confined because he is being punished.
If it's not that, then what is it?
Are you saying I'm trying to kill the crown prince?
Of course I didn't believe those words then.
I though that you would definitely know of that death.
But after seeing you that day,
I learned that might not be true.
Yes.
At the very least, you are not someone who was capable of such a huge lie.
Princess...
But nonetheless, probably out of fear, you have turned a deaf ear to the truth.
Isn't that so?
You were afraid of the suspicions that were going to be headed towards you as soon as the crime was revealed.
Precisely because of that, you have turned away from the truth about the death of your child, the crown prince!
What is happening?
That's what it is.
Go to the Royal Secretariat and find out why the royal edict is so late.
Hurry and go.
Yes, My Lord.
Stop.
Stop it, Princess.
How dare you, Princess... what do you know about me?
Your Majesty, you have to listen.
It's because there is still a chance for you to turn back your twisted decision.
No.
I don't need those types
of things, Princess.
I am already a worthless ruler...
because I was a merciless father.
Your Majesty.
A chance? Did you say a chance?
No.
If it's like you said,
a coward like me... is the worst person.
Even if a chance like that would come to me, what would change, Princess?
Yes.
From the very beginning there still was no chance for me.
Now what can I change and what can I do?
Look heer, look here, Royal Secretary!
What are you doing?
A-ah, My Lord!
Look here. Don't you know all of the officials and the prime minister are all waiting for you in the royal meeting room?
Hurry and prepare the document announcing that Prince Seong Seon is the heir apparent to the king.
- No - Hurry and issue...
I cannot issue that royal edict.
What?!
Hyungnim!
Don't you understand? I, as the king's royal secretary,
cannot issue such an edict without his majesty's final permission.
Wh-what? You can't issue the edict?
L-l-look here, Si Baek Yi,
have you by any chance, gone crazy?
Look here, after going through all the bad times, what table are you going to eat at?
My Lord, Royal Secretary.
Prime Minister? When exactly is the royal edict going to arrive?
Obviously, the king's grant of permission was not received?
What are, you!
It hasn't been that long. You should keep on waiting.
I was also there when the king issued the command.
But, isn't it strange?
It was done, it should already be here.
My Lord! My Lord!
Prime-Prime Minister!
Why are you coming now? What happened?
The edict? Where is the edict?
M-my Lord, that's not important right now.
What?
So . . . so outside right now...
His Majesty is entering!
Y-Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Grand Prince...
Your Majesty, what happened?
You clearly were...
You're right.
I was clearly on my way to the hot springs.
But...
before I left,
it seeme there is an urgent affair of state that I must deal with first.
Yes.
I must now choose the successor...
who will fill the vacant crown prince's position.
Prime Minister, I have seated Grand Prince Bong Rim in that position.
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