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Episode 16So? Why are you telling me this?
What changes if Royal Consort Sook is my mother?
You still don't know?
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Baek Dae Gil, you are not Baek Man Geum's child.
What in the world...
The current king. Your father is not Baek Man Geum.
It's the current king.
This nation's monarch.
The monarch is my father?
Father?
What happened?
How did it come to this?
Have you forgotten?
My relationship with you ended that night.
It's not over!
How can you start and end it on your terms alone?
I have now just found my path.
Is killing people
your path?
Making sure that there aren't any more unjust actions
so that none is cornered and trampled again.
Getting rid of all the evil people in this world, this is my work.
How
did this happen? Who made you like this?
You're the one who made me like this.
What?
Are you crazy? How can you say my father's the king?
It's the truth. You are Yeong Soo, the 6-month premature baby who was kicked out of the palace.
That's your real name.
Then what does that make my father, Baek Man Geum?
Don't test my patience.
The prince named Yeong Soo born in the year of Gyeyu (1693) on the 6th day of the 10th month became ill and died.
That is how it's recorded in the Royal Secretariat's Journal, so it is not to be doubted.
[Seungjeongwon Ilgi - Joseon Royal Secretariat's Journal]
That night, if I hadn't met you,
I wouldn't have known it was my teacher who killed my father.
If I hadn't met you that night, I would have died and disappeared.
I wouldn't have been shaken either.
How can there be such faulty logic?
Then how can you wear such an expression
in front of a murderer?
If we meet again,
I will arrest you and pin your crime upon you.
If we meet again, please arrest me without faltering.
At that time, the man I once served as my teacher
will be gone and dead as well.
Seol Im! Our Seol Im is here. How are you? Are you hurt?
Grandpa, were you worried?
Don't even speak of it. Dae Gil was dragged to the police bureau.
Gramps, about Dae Gil. He caught Dog Blade and cleared his wrongful accusation.
Is that true?
- Of course.- Aigo.
That's a relief. Such a relief!
But your face doesn't look good.
I am a gambler indeed.
But I'm quite the master among face readers as well.
Who ever said such thing as you having the fate of the Grand White Tiger Kill?
Grand White Tiger Kill: most inauspicious fate courting savage deaths to those in the vicinity.
Though you are talented, your face courts a peach evil (lust).
What?
Rather than the evil of lust, perhaps it's the Grand White Tiger Kill.
That mean wench Mother Hwanggu played a joke on you to put a nail in a tender heart.
That rotten wench.
What?
Some stagehorse evil or some peach evil.
Those talks exist in the pillars of fate but they cannot be read by physiognomy.
Actually, our Seol Im has quite a nice countenance.
Are you telling the truth?
Of course. Though your countenance isn't as good as our Dae Gil's.
Still, it's a countenance that does not lack anything.
What about Dae Gil's? What does his face say?
He has the face to become a king. The monarch!
What?
Want to know why? Oh, but why is that rascal taking so long?
Born from the same womb, hence you and Prince Yeoning are brothers.
Hyungnim. (Brother)
Raise your head.
That person is my biological father?
You've cleared the wrongful accusation,
but you did not keep your promise to return by Haeshi (9–11 pm).
The criminal you had to catch alive... You even made him die.
So the two of you will have to pay for that consequence.
What will you do? Will you accept the punishment or listen to me?
Please issue your order, Your Majesty.
Lee In Jwa met that traitor from the Jeong clan, you say?
Then what do you think would happen? What do you think you would need to do?
You two go capture Lee In Jwa.
Father,
last time, when an assassin intruded and you clearly knew of Lee In Jwa's involvement,
you still did not take any action.
It was not the right time then.
He already lost at the moment he sent the inexperienced girl Dam Seo.
But it's different now.
Dog Blade is dead and Lee In Jwa also knows the identity of the mastermind Jeong.
So he has ample energy now.
One should not show ferocious canine teeth easily to a beast with a horn.
That is the logic of the world.
But what will happen if that horn continues to grow?
If a tiger lets his guard down and gets slugged by those horns, in order to avoid death...
what must he do?
Bite it, pull it, and rip it apart to get rid of that horn.
Right now
that time has come.
How much did you hear?
All of it. I heard everything.
If you heard everything, then...
Hyungnim... that I'm your hyungnim.
Even so, I can't call you Hyungnim.
This is the palace, and I am the Prince by birth.
Are you all right?
Have you been freed now from the false charges?Royal Consort Sook of the Choi Clan
Is this truly
Mo... Mother.
I'm sorry.
I should have sought you out you sooner.
Please forgive me.
Your foolish mother... please forgive your foolish mother.
It's still... very confusing.
Another time... I will come see you again.
Why didn't you answer?
Didn't Mother ask for forgiveness?
When you don't know what's going on, you shouldn't be demanding.
The mother that I thought was dead is alive.
And the brother that knew the truth kept his mouth shut.
That is...
that is...
because I wasn't prepared to accept it yet.
I feel the same way.
If Your Highness feels that way about gaining a hyung,
then how do you think I feel about gaining Your Highnesses brother and mother?
I need time, and a lot of it.
Where are you going?
A personal matter is a personal matter but a royal command is a royal command.
A clansman of Jeong will annihilate the Joseon of Yi.
That can't be. Not as long as I, Lee In Jwa, am here.
Jeonggamnok (Records of Jeonggam).
My Liege, two eunuchs that guard the king have gone missing since yesterday.
But I've been told they have entered the palace and are accompanying Kim Che Geon just now.
Eunuchs brought Kim Che Geon?
So the king has secretly summoned Kim Che Geon. The king has.
Lee In Jwa, meeting like this is good for neither of us.
If the two of us meet, the current king will draw his sword.
If he knows I and the Jeong clansman are in contact...
The current king won't stay still.
Has the king already drawn his sword? Has there been any word from Mother Hwanggu yet?
Hurry.
The king.
The king is going to draw his sword.
I will mobilize at my will and Mu Myeong, you confirm the movements of the police bureau.
And go to Wolhyanggak to check on the development of the various ministers.
Yes, My Liege.
Boss Hong, do you know where Baek Dae Gil's house is?
It won't be that hard to find.
Watch Baek Dae Gil's house closely. See if there is any suspicious activity.
Will do.
That tiger brother is back?Hwang Jin Gi
- Then I should . . .- Warrior Hwang.
You have someone else to meet.
Oh my.
Jeez.
Hey, he's coming.
So, things went well? How did it go?
I owe my life to you again. Thank you.
Ah, I'm hungry.
Oh, you're hungry? I'll get it ready in a moment.
Why aren't you eating? You're just going to watch?
We already ate a lot.
Just how much did you eat?
Normally, in a relationship between a man and a woman,
before you fart, you belch first.
Next time, you should just fart as well.
Oh, Grandfather!
I know you're happy to see me, but do you have to fling the spoon before I even sit down?
You should serve food at the dinner table, shouldn't you?
Master!
Every time you wrap something up, another spoon is added.
So this person is...
You mean he is the master who made you mature?
- Yes. He fed me, gave the place to sleep, saved me, and... -... cooked for you.
Cook... No, that's not it.
Slow down! You look like you're eating white rice for the first time in your life.
It is the first time. Since you went down, it's the first time.
It's bothersome. You had to cook the rice and make the side dishes.
Then what have you been eating?
Well... Fish, rabbit...
something like that...
Master. If you don't have a place to go, you may live here together with us.
Please do so. I'll cook hot meals every day.
No, thanks. Hey, I have a house and wife and kids, so don't worry about me.
By the way, you punk, you're really fast.
As soon as you came down the mountain, you just got a girl first.
It's not like that.
Because our Dae Gil is really handsome,
even women from 10 li (about 2.5 miles) away would know it somehow.
I'm telling you, that's not it.
What do you mean that's not it? It looks like that's it.
Why did you hit me?
You deserve to be hit, so you got hit.
By the way, it's really delicious.
- Is it delicious? - Yeah. It is.
If Kim Che Geon came back, I'm sure he'd look for Baek Dae Gil first.
Watch carefully if there is anything slightly suspicious about them.
I don't see any suspicious sign.
Make yourself familiar with the face of the man Kim Jeong Yeol and his house.
Make sure to be cautious to avoid being seen.
What's the matter?
It's just my unnecessary mistake.
Then I'm leaving.
Excuse me.
Has Mother Hwanggu come back yet?
She left a while ago.
Has she returned yet?
My Liege, there is no sign of movement at all.
No sign of movement at all?
None.
How about your side?
Well, they were eating, laughing, talking... They looked like they were having a good time.
Is it a rosebay flower? It's really pretty.
We also call it azalea.
There is a legend that, after the Qing emperor lost his country due to his ministers' treason,
he turned into a little cuckoo bird.
So, this azalea also symbolizes the king's tears of blood.
Are you planning on making him shed tears of blood?
The wine made with the azaleas atop Mount Mokmyeon
is indeed like none other.
I will invite you over sometime.
Warrior Hwang, did you check the man named Kim Jeong Yeol's movements?
That man looks like he is feeling unwell.
Do you have to pluck such a man's neck once and for all?
That man is the very traitor Jeong who'd ruin the Yi dynasty.
If that man stabs me in the back,
you... slash his neck.
But if Jeong Hee Ryang joins me tonight
this Joseon will be upside down
tomorrow.
At Sulshi (7–9 pm), when the azalea wine is being made,
follow the scent of flowers.
The way to come here was very good.
Why are you standing like this?
Ah, I think I got lost and came to the wrong house.
No.
You found the right place.
Lee In Jwa! You... are finished now.
You two go capture Lee In Jwa.
Your Majesty. May I speak one word?
What is it?
I thinkI met the traitor Jeong.
Two of them met and seemed to agree to a secret meeting.
So?
Since they are very shrewd,
if we approach them after they let their guards down,
we can capture Lee In Jwa and Jeong as well.
Also, no one except Your Majesty, Prince Yeoning, the eunuchs and me,
should know this fact.
I'm not sure if the traitor Jeong escaped shrewdly,
Lee In Jwa, you... are finished now.
Your Majesty, we failed to capture the traitor Jeong.
But we arrested Lee In Jwa and his ring.
How did his face look?
I mean his stares.
Did he keep his composure?
Looking at you in there, I feel bad somehow.
I don't need your sympathy.
So enjoy yourself.
Right. As soon as the sun rises, your criminal interrogation will start.
Anything you'd like to say in advance?
Your Highness.
What exactly are the crimes you have us imprisoned for?
Actually, I may have to stay up all night for that cause.
Since there are not just one or two crimes.
You suit this place well.
Well, see you tomorrow.
My life came back from the dead anyway.
I'll just sleep here.
My Liege, what happens now?
Don't worry.
Even if the skies collapse, there will be a hole left.(proverb: there is always an escape from any predicament)
Don't let your guards down. That Hwang Jin Gi,
can burst out of here if he wants to.
That won't happen.
Lee In Jwa has not given up.
If he leaves like this, he will inevitably lose everything.
He will not leave this place unless he's released on an innocent verdict.
A day like today, I'd like to have a cup of wine.
But I have many matters to tend to tomorrow morning.
We'll meet again then.
You've finally put that Lee In Jwa who's caused you to grind your teeth every night in jail.
Do you feel more relaxed?
I think what you said was true, Master.
If my life's goal was simply revenge on him,
it would have been too lonely.
Due to the heart feeling so empty.
But, Master...
you've known that all along, haven't you?
What?
Me. Who I am.
You resemble him.
You resemble someone I know.
Is that important?
As I taught you, if there's one thing I realized,
it's that you are
someone even without me,
who would have come to this somehow.
That's enough, so don't worry about it.
Since nothing will change anyway.
Father...
I am doing a good job, right?
Sister!
Lord Lee In Jwa was captured.
Your Highness, Lee In Jwa has been arrested and imprisoned.
Lee In Jwa has been arrested?
What was the crime?
Treason.
The king is mobilizing personally.
Hwang Jin Gi who once worked in the Office of Declaration,
for the crime of royal prison escape and attempted murder,
interference with a government official in the performance of his duties,
Mu Myeong of lowest class origin with 9th junior ranking as a Nangcheong officer,
the crime of murder by poisoning and intimidation and blackmail,
Mother Hwanggu,
true name Jeong Yong Seon, bribery and conspiracy,
and...
Lee In Jwa.
Your Highness, if a crime becomes real just by your sticking some name onto it,
how will the people of this nation survive?
You've committed too many crimes.
So I've made a special preparation.
First, the crimes of murder and instigating murder.
Second, the crime of bribery assignment.
Third, the crime of moral violation
and delusion of the world and deception of the people.
Fourth, the crime of contempt for the foundation of the state (heir to throne).
Fifth...
the crime of plotting treason
with the traitor of Jeongchoong Year.
How is it?
The subject is missing. You've only named the crimes. subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
Would you give me a chance to rebut
those criminal charges?
Go ahead and make your counterarguments if you have any.
First, the crimes of murder and instigating murder:.
Chief of chartered merchants, Swindler Golsa and Dog Blade.
That I killed them,
or that I commissioned their murders. Have you the proof?
Second. Bribery assignment.
In bribery, if someone gives it, someone receives it.
So someone gave a bribe,
and where in the world is the one who received the bribe?
Third.
Moral violation and delusion of the world and deception of the people, did you say?
Those who gamble, those who smoke, those who drink.
If those become absent,
then the gambling dens, the wine, and the tobacco will disappear.
Have a look outside.
You can pin that crime on anyone, not just me.
Fourth. Foundation of state (heir to throne)?
I committed contempt against the Crown Prince?
His Royal Highness and I go way back.
He is my disciple in baduk.
What exactly is the crime of me listening to his worries?
Your attempt to meet the traitor of the Jeong clan.
How do you explain that?
I tried to find the man who stirred a treason some 20 years ago.
And my intention was actually to hand his head to His Majesty.
But since you arrested me,
I've lost my golden opportunity, haven't I?
What did you say?!
You.
What's with the useless yakking?
Huh?
Long time no see, baduk teacher.
I am deeply embarrassed with my appearance, Your Majesty.
Who is it?
That traitor of the Jeong clan.
Jeong Nam Sok. Jeong Joong Taek. Jeong Hyeon Seok.
Jeong Seok Ho, Jeong Gwon Yu, Jeong Seung Gyu.
Jeong Hae Soo, Jeong Yeong Cheol.
If we should call out all the Jeongs across the eight provinces, it will take all night.
Would you still like to hear it, Your Majesty?
On midday in two days, have this man killed by dismemberment.
Your Majesty, but what about the royal interrogation?
Royal interrogation? What is the use of the likes of that on a traitor?
You're finished.
Treason?
Well, isn't it?
Lee In Jwa made contact with that high traitor Jeong.
Even that alone makes him a high traitor.
But to say it isn't treason?
Why, are you complicit in Lee In Jwa's activities?
It isn't treason, of course.
What did you just say?
Your Majesty, what happened overnight was not treason by final means.
Where in the world is there treason without swords drawn?
Did that man draw a sword?
You're...
able to say that after seeing this painting?
Though it's not that I don't know the meaning of that painting, it is really only a painting.
Though an ill intent is there, we cannot know who painted it.
Why, you're...
What are you doing right now!
Whether it's treason or not, how is that so important?
I issued the order. I did!
You should be out looking for the traitor Jeong
but see that pitiful way you talk!
The offenders will be beheaded in two days at Oshi (11 am to 1 pm).
You guys mobilize wittingly or else you will not be spared.
Did you comprehend that?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Hwon.
Yes, Royal Father.
Hwon, massage my shoulders.
Prince Yeonryeong (Lee Hwon, Sukjong's sixth son)Yes.
Royal Father.
But what's the identity of that man called Baek Dae Gil?
How did you find out?
Everyone's speaking rampantly about him.
Is that so?
From what I've heard, he seems to be a gambler, but some say he's Kim Che Geon's disciple too.
And yesterday he arrested the traitor Lee In Jwa.
That's really nothing, so you needn't worry about it.
Yes, Royal Father.
I heard the news from overnight.
It's your lot. This, the Sangju gambling den and Busanpo gambling den.
And this is Gwangju, Jeolla Province.
This, Choongcheong Province.
I'll ask you for the funds as they become needed. You manage the rest, Yeon Hwa.
All right. We'll do that.
I'm sorry.
For mistaking you for the one that killed my father and for despising you.
It's all in the past. Forget it.
Thank you. I'll repay this favor over time.
What's your reason?
What do you mean?
Your reaching out to Lee In Jwa.
I was only speaking up out of fear that the truth would be disdained.
And not the case of you clutching Lee In Jwa's hand which he extended to you?
An affluence of greed will court calamity.
And how have you, who speak of such, not been able to shed your affluence of greed?
Shall we speak more frankly?
The crown prince has no heir, nor is his health good.
However, you wonder why I have chosen him over you?
I will not watch the plight of a water maid's child seated on the royal throne.
I cannot bear to see such lowborns soil the royal court.
Are you finished?
I have not spoken wrongly though.
Then, I shall . . .
In two days, was it?
Your Highness, I am fine like this,
but how is it that you're looking nearly dead?
Thankfully, before my life is up, I will be able to witness it.
The image of your head dropping.
Your Highness, I do not see your life longer than mine, actually.
Your Highness, do you have the time to spend that short life of yours in vain?
Why in vain?
To see you locked up in jail like this, I feel as though my ailment is healed.
I will walk out of here alive.
So you wench can watch from the afterlife.
Your two sons waging their swords at each other's hearts.
I will surely make that happen.
Lee In Jwa,
you are really worse than a beast.
My sons are not animals. They have human bloods.
Mark my words. With a smiling face, I will watch your head go flying.
Will see about that, Your Highness.
You.
What do you want?
Get me some paper and ink with writing brush.
If I'm not careful, I can lose my life.
I'll give you 1,000 nyangs.
Since everything is chaotic, for the time being, don't accept any customers, understood?
Yes, Ma'am.
Noonim! (Older sister)
What is it?
I was told that if I delivered this letter that I would get 1,000 nyangs.
Why did you shield him?
When you are someone who's not been affiliated with Lee In Jwa.
We are all Soron, so would my inkling be different than yours?
I just held a different sword.
But why then . . .
Yi-Yi-Je-Yi.
Attack the barbarian with a barbarian?
Weren't you ministers wanting to cut off ties with Lee In Jwa as well?
That man is always overweening so it is not a thought unconsidered.
Hence, I have gathered you here today.
If I can survive from here, I will give you my everything.
I will give you the sword in my grasp to you.
Is it a knife sharper than you?
Jeongchoong Year, the head of the revolt, Master Jeong.
Lee In Jwa is no longer with hope.
Then?
A dull knife should be thrown away for a new knife.
These were prepared by Lord Lee In Jwa.
I have some very regrettable news for you, My Lord.
The situation is that not only will the gold nuggets not work, not even the grandpa of all gold nuggets will do,
even if I push enough money for them to live well the rest of their lives on.
My, isn't this Yeon Hwa.
You've worked hard.
Have you been well?
Everyone's turning their heads not wanting to be involved.
I wasn't going to say this too.
But since I need to live too, I'm going to have to take it back.
My gambling den.
So Boss Hong Mae turned her back on you too?
How fascinating. Now that I am in jail,
it's become quite easy to decipher which cards should be trashed and which are to keep.
Hey! Where are you going?
Before Lee In Jwa dies, I have something to ask him.
Ask what now?
My father. Why he killed him.
Yeon Hwa, why are you here?
From now on, we'll be seeing each other often in this house.
Don't cause trouble and come back after seeing his fae only.
But you guys are too much. How is it that no one besides me works in this house?
At least get some food for me or something.
In this house, when you search,
find the food, and eat it first, then you're the owner of the food.
No one excepts you works, you said? Why you little young rascal.
I'm entering the palace starting tomorrow.
Entering the palace?
Like you said, I need to work too, right?
Good. One more to work.
You're here.
How do you feel?
So, you still haven't had any change of mind?
I'm the one who put you locked up in here. Why are we asking about the likes of that again?
Consort Sook abandoned you and your younger brother was born a prince and lives in luxury. Don't you feel wronged?
Look here, Lee In Jwa.
Even if you talk a hundred or a thousand times, I have no desire to be on your side whatsoever.
So you came to bid me farewell?
If I could, I'd love to curse your head off.
But I've grown some sense too now.
Wouldn't I have a hidden card?
I don't know what you're trying to scheme now.
He's alive.
Your father, Baek Man Geum is alive.
Why?
Because your head's about to drop, you're getting desperate?
Go and confirm it.
With your two eyes, personally confirm Baek Man Geum's corpse.
You should hurry. One more day and I'll be dead and gone too.
So you'll never find your father Baek Man Geum either.
Hey, kid! What the heck are you doing?
He's gone crazy.
That rascal is doing this to his father's tomb. This is bad.
Don't lie. You think I'd be tricked again?
Now you also know it, right?
Only I was sincere with you.
The one who truly wished for you to overcome your fate and to become a great tiger
is none other than me, Lee In Jwa.
Save me. Then I will have you meet your father Baek Man Geum.
Hey, kid! What is this you're doing!
Are you crazy?
Baek Dae Gil, only you can save me.
Save me.
Save this Lee In Jwa, I said.
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♬ It's alright, dearest, it's alright for me to ache ♬
♬ Just regard me as a bad guest ♬
♬ I cry a thousand times and smile only once ♬
♬ But dearest, like me ♬