Do you want to redeem your mother?
Then first equip yourself with the necessary strength.
How can I equip myself with the strength?
First please become the Hwang Taeja, Gong-ja.
As long as you become the Hwang Taeja, the world will change.
With Gong-ja as the center, it will create a new sphere of control.
Those who were formerly Gong-ja's enemies will also lower their heads to you,
They'll even serve you.
These are the rules of the world.
And also, you must be on your guard for Hyo-jang Dae-gong.
Nobody knows what type of schemes are concealed behind Dae-gong's smiling face.
This is a conclusion that I've made from experience.
Please make sure to remember what I've said.
Martial arts skills must have concentration.
Please gather your concentration, Gong-ja.
I really can't do it.
Let's just stop here today.
If you can hit me just once, today's training will end early.
Is it okay now?
Weren't you prohibited from entering my living quarters?
Did they remove the punishment?
Young Sung Gong mama, from this day forward,
Please use formal titles just as you would with any other servant girl.
Whether in front of other people, or with me privately.
I ask Gong-ja to please help me out.
Just treat me like a any other servant girl.
The same exact treatment as everyone else?
Do you really want that?
Yes.
I understand.
I will.
Palace maid Ma.
Yes, Gong-ja.
I want to be alone for a while. Can you leave me for a bit?
And also pass the news on to Palace maid Yang.
How could you do that?
What?
The problem was resolved anyway, did you have to say that stuff to him?
Lately he's already been very sad.
Thanks to Sae-ryung, our Gong-ja's grades have finally improved.
You're too kind, Hwang Tae-hu.
You're too kind.
After studying together, what do you think of our Young Sung Gong?
Although he doesn't admit it himself, he's very smart.
I believe that in the future he will have even more improvement.
Our Young Sung Gong is still very young.
His foundation is also weak.
If he had someone as wonderful as Sae-ryung as his companion, it would be such a big help.
Hwang Tae-hu speaks so highly of our Sae-ryung,
I really am very honored.
How did you raise such a talented daughter?
She is just like me when I was younger.
Like Hwang Tae-hu's youth? You're really too kind.
Where is Young Sung Gong now?
Today's topic is from the final questions of the imperial examinations in the period of the Chosun Dynasty,
It was selected from the questions that the royalty would ask the scholars.
Have you studied it?
May I ask a question?
You should not say "ask" a question, but instead you should say, "pose" a question.
I've heard that you've been in the palace for a long time,
Do you know anything about my mother?
I'm sorry, Gong-ja Mama.
These questions are beyond the Training Sang Gung's sphere of authority.
I guessed this would put you in a tough position.
I'm sorry.
No, it's just that I always have these thoughts.
I'm not even clear about the most basic parts of my life.
Even if I did study philosophy, what would be the meaning of the instruction of the holy men?
You have the Korean Imperial Court's Intelligent Annals.
This is no longer the period of the Chosun Dynasty,
With the government officials who would document the emperor's every move.
But they document everything that occurs during the reign of the monarch,
The monarch's great exploits, the changes in his life. The Intelligent Annals serve for the same purpose.
Then my mother's incident...
It's possible that it might have been recorded.
Han Sang Gung, have you seen them before?
Only the emperor in power can see the Intelligent Annals of the Imperial Court,
Or people with appropriate authority.
Basically when Pye-ha temporarily gives up her position for national matters,
Or when some sort of misfortune befalls Pye-ha,
Only the person who is named successor can glance through it.
The person named successor?
You meant the Hwang Taeja?
Yes.
Let's begin today's study, Gong-ja mama.
You didn't get the first button done correctly.
The founder of the Fundamental Organization of the Imperial Court's Abolishment.
The Prime Minister who is greatly loved by the people, and trusted by Yeo-Wang Pye-ha.
This isn't such a great experience.
How could you have hidden it for so long?
I heard that at the charity auction Yeo-wang Pye-ha's terrifying incident was so severe.
Wasn't he once also the personal bodyguard of the Prime Minister?
In order to properly button up that messed up button,
You'll have to start buttoning from the first button,
Can you do that?
It's been so long since I've seen your smiling face.
Is it because I helped you?
It's not just because of that.
But in any case, thank you again.
Such a valuable person going through the pipes because of me, I'm sorry.
In all my years, I've never done anything like that.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
The person who went through the pipes wasn't me.
Huh?
The person who washed away the accusations against Soon-yi
is Young Sung Gong.
Let me clean them up.
Forget it.
Please give me the details about what you just said.
The person who washed away the accusations against me was Young Sung Gong. What does that mean?
I heard that it was you who found the ring inside the bathroom.
To be accurate, it wasn't that I found it, but that it was put there.
By Young Sung Gong.
The wedding ring that was lost and the wedding ring that Young Sung Gong wears
was made by the same craftsman, did you know that?
But... this can't be.
Such a valuable object, how could it be used for something like this?
He said that it was the only way to save Soon-yi.
He asked me to help,
And he told me to keep it a secret.
Although he doesn't want to admit it,
But this is what Soon-yi is worth in Young Sung Gong's heart.
I actually hadn't wanted to tell you.
But the moment that I saw you smile,
I thought I should tell you about this.
I've said before that I wanted to win your heart,
But I don't want to use someone else's efforts to win it.
Then before that lost wedding ring is found,
Young Sung Gong's wedding ring won't be able to be retrieved?
Were all of these objects used by Young Sung Gong when he lived outside the palace?
Yes, Hwang Tae-hu.
What is this?
It is used for skating.
If you put your two feet on it and move your body, it will slide forward.
Put two feet on top.
Mama, it's very dangerous!
I temporarily forgot my own age.
Whenever I see a fascinating object I always want to try it out.
Return all of this to Young Sung Gong.
Hwang Tae-hu, these objects go against the prestige that Young Sung Gong should have.
Han Sang Gung, during this time, because of the media,
And also because of the incident with his mother, he must be very sad.
My reason for returning these to him
is that I want to comfort the heartbroken Gong-ja.
Attendant Kwang,
Yes, Hwang Tae-hu.
This thing looks very dangerous.
Don't return it to him like this.
Install some safety devices before returning it to him.
Yes, Mama.
I will do as you have ordered.
What's going on?
Hwang Tae-hu has ordered that these things be returned to you.
I was just checking to see if this was broken.
We have installed some safety devices on the motorcycle.
Especially this one, this is the latest model,
It can help Gong-ja confirm your location. And it will also tell you the best route.
Why are you suddenly returning this to me?
Hwang Tae-Hu understands Gong-ja's heart. In order to comfort you,
I don't need any of it anymore. Take it back.
Thank you for returning the things to me, Hwang Tae-hu.
Han Sang Gung is a bit strict, isn't she?
She doesn't allow anything that goes against the rules.
It must not be easy for you to manage.
As long as you understand her more, and goes along with her.
Although she's very stubborn, she is a person with many good qualities.
Yes, I know, Mama.
You especially took time in returning those things to me,
But for me, I no longer have a need for any of those objects.
What do you mean by that?
I want to abandon the name of Kang Hoo of my past,
Gong-ja.
I want to be reborn not as Kang Hoo, but as Lee Hoo.
Hwang Tae-Hu. There is a favor I want to ask of you.
A favor? What favor?
Tell me quickly.
The two Gong-ja who are in charge of the future of the Imperial Court have both grown.
We should also consider the marriages of the Imperial Court.
But first, Young Sung Gong must get used to life in the Palace.
Isn't it a bit early to be mentioning marriage right now?
Queen, there's something you don't know yet.
Young Sung Gong has returned to me the things that he used while he lived with the commoners.
He says he no longer needs these things.
It looks like Young Sung Gong has already adapted to palace life.
Moon Sung Gong is already completely prepared.
It looks like mentioning marriage is no big deal.
Yes.
During parliament, Hyo-jang Dae-gong can often see the new Deputy Prime Minister.
Do you know anything about the new Deputy Prime Minister's daughter?
She has known our Joon ever since she was young. We watched her grow up.
Is that so?
What type of child is she?
Ever since childhood her studies and conduct have always been a paragon for her peers.
She is also a child with prudent thoughts and speech suitable to her position.
Really?
With Moon Sung Gong's qualities, there must be many families trying to bring up marriage.
Have you not yet made a general marriage arrangement?
We'd wanted to take this opportunity to inform everyone,
Our Moon Sung Gong is to be engaged.
Engaged?
This is wonderful news! Whose daughter is the fiancée?
It's the daughter of the new Deputy Prime Minister.
Then, you mean to say, it's Miss Sae-ryung?
Yes.
So that's how it is. I hadn't heard of this before.
A while ago I met with the new Deputy Prime Minister.
It is more appropriate that I make the announcement to Pye-ha and Hwang Tae-hu.
So I asked him not to say anything.
Is that so?
With political marriages and marriages as such between the offspring of nobility,
We were afraid that the citizens would spread rumors, so we have always conducted things secretly.
What type of secret is this?
A marriage of the Court must go through the recognition of the royal family and the Executive Council.
We cannot call it a formal engagement ceremony.
We only prepared for it as an agreement between two families.
Please forgive us for not receiving Pye-ha's consent prior to the decision.
We almost made a joke of ourselves.
The new Deputy Prime Minister too, Hyo-jang Dae-gong too.
How could they have kept it hidden from me?
If I had accidentally mentioned a marriage between Sae-ryung and Young Sung Gong,
It would've caused a huge joke.
There is another problem.
The sequence of a marriage in the royal family is most important.
After deciding everything themselves, they then report it to us,
"If the court and the Executive Councilmen have already recognized it,
even if you are the Queen, what can you do?" That's what they mean.
Even if it's not a formal engagement,
They still can't do this.
But I can't pretend like I didn't hear it.
It's best if you attend the ceremony.
Me?
There has to be someone to attend as the representative of the royal family.
Just my luck!
How much more tired will I become?
How can I keep this hidden any longer?
Though I'm afraid, though I close my eyes,
Though it's foolish, I keep holding on.
Even if I lie to myself,
Even if I regret it like a fool,
I keep getting angry, and thinking of you.
Blindly, my heart wanders in search of you.
Holding Mom's hand, I came here every so often.
I remember the little Sae-ryung who sang in the children's choir.
Don't do this. Don't do that.
I remember the little Joon who didn't dare to talk back to Dad's orders.
Rather than ending our love with a farewell,
I'll just keep longing for you
Sae-ryung.
I might not attend the engagement ceremony.
Oppa.
Can you really disobey your father's orders?
I don't want to go against my own wishes anymore.
If you don't come to the engagement ceremony, you're signifying you'll no longer accept my father's help.
That's fine.
Sae-ryung.
I'll attend.
I don't ask for anything else.
I just hope you won't disappoint me.
I will not waver.
I'll wait for you.
Gong-ja Mama.
Yang Soon. What are you doing here?
Oh, did you come to water the plant?
Did Gong-ja go somewhere?
He took special leave.
Special leave?
Gong-ja Mama, your friends have arrived.
Are you doing well?
It's been a long time!
Why are your expressions like that?
Is it because of the incident with the media?
Kang Hoo.
I'm sorry.
It was all because of me.
I really committed a horrible crime.
Are you okay?
Today I'm going to treat you to some drinks.
Don't worry. Drink until the end, okay?
I might not be able to see you guys again.
Kang Hoo, what does that mean?
Why? Because of that thing with the media?
That was our mistake. Next time we'll be careful.
Kang Hoo, don't say that even if you're joking,
That'll really hurt us.
Listen closely to what I say.
Now I have to live as a different person.
The media wasn't the problem.
To have been able to share such happy times with you, I feel very proud.
They are very precious memories.
But there can no longer be times like that.
Why not? Even if you live in the palace,
We're still friends.
From now on, I am no longer Kang Hoo, I am Lee Hoo.
If you're truly my friends, you'll help me become Lee Hoo.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
Attendant Kwang.
Yes, Mama.
Thank you very much for today.
Escort my friends home.
As you say, Gong-ja Mama.
Take care.
Gong-ja, the car is ready.
We can't see each other anymore?
Let's go, everybody.
What are you doing there, Palace maid Yang?
I have some things I want to say to Gong-ja.
He's not in?
He left a long time ago.
I heard from Moon Sung Gong Mama.
I guess I misunderstood you.
I'm sorry.
And thanks for helping me.
Don't say that sort of thing from now on.
You don't have to mind those sort of things.
Kang Hoo.
From now on we'll do what you said, I'll be Gong-ja,
You be a Palace maid.
And my name isn't Kang Hoo.
If you want to call me something, call me Lee Hoo.
Did something happen?
Go home, it's past your work time,
Palace maid Yang.
Where are you going this late?
I have some business at home so I'm going there.
Why did you tell her?
Wasn't it a promise between men to keep it a secret from Palace maid Yang?
I thought telling Palace maid Yang was a courtesy to you.
Seems like I differ in viewpoints on promises from you.
A promise between men is keeping the promise, no matter what happens.
I'm sorry, Young Sung Gong. I admit I was wrong.
To tell the truth, I didn't take you seriously at first.
I thought you weren't good enough to be my rival.
But later, I saw that Young Sung Gong had a lot of good points too.
Honestly, I started to become a bit uneasy.
I like Palace maid Yang.
What do you think of Palace maid Yang?
With the throne for Hwang Taeja and Palace maid Yang as the stakes,
I want to have an honest competition with Young Sung Gong,
where neither side holds back. What do you think?
For the throne for Hwang Taeja, fairly competing,
I accept.
But you don't have to worry about Palace maid Yang and me.
Although we were classmates before,
But now she's my Palace maid.
Young Sung Gong Mama, Pye-ha is looking for you.
Have a seat.
It's good to have Chinese matrimony-vine tea after drinking.
Did you see your friends?
Yes, thanks to Hwang Tae-hu Mama's permission.
After hearing you got Hwang Tae-hu Mama's permission and saw your friends,
I feel that you've really set your decision.
I don't know if what I'm thinking is true or not.
After I sneaked out of the palace and Pye-ha looked for me personally,
Then you sent me to the Incheon Palace restaurant afterwards,
Before returning there, I remember clearly the words Pye-ha told me.
To live in the Palace as a Royal grandson,
I need to put aside all relationships I hold outside the palace.
I also need to accept my new fate in the palace.
Just saying to give up what you're familiar with and accept something strange,
Back then I didn't understand the real meaning.
But now I understand.
I went to see my friends especially was because
of what you said. I've decided to put down my fate outside the palace.
I can feel that your decision is sincere.
Then because of your decision, I should give you a fitting reply.
My son was always dashing, but today he really is just dashing.
Mother feels like she's gotten the entire world.
It's time to leave.
I'm not done preparing. The two of you can leave first.
I will go by myself.
Really? Alright, Dae-gong.
Joon has a lot to prepare for.
Alright, we will go first and wait for you.
Announcing the presence of Hwang Tae-hu Mama.
Dae-gong, after receiving such humiliation, am I still supposed to let my daughter marry your son? I haven't that big a heart.
This marriage never happened.
Please wait a while, Deputy Prime Minister.
Let's go, Sae-ryung.
Hurry!
Is this true?
Moon Sung Gong never came in the end.
I've never seen Hyo-jang Dae-gong so bewildered before.
That really was embarrassing.
I really can't believe Moon Sung Gong would do something like that.
I thought that as long as it was his father's command, he would obey him.
But now it's impossible to reconcile Deputy Prime Minister and Hyo-jang Dae-gong's relationship.
You will have one less thing to worry about now.
I hope so.
Dae-gong! Dae-gong! Be calm!
Joon, hurry, hurry, say sorry!
How could you let me down so much?
Are you just going to give up the Hwang Taeja seat like that?
I haven't given up, Father.
I will compete with Young Sung Gong and I will most definitely win.
No, no.
I can't scar the future ruler's body.
I will persuade Deputy Prime Minister to hold another engagement ceremony with Sae-ryung.
Remember.
I will not forgive you if you disobey my orders again, understood?
No.
No matter how hard you try, I will not marry Sae-ryung.
Even if you prepare another engagement ceremony, I will not attend.
Dae-gong!
You want to disobey your father?
I don't want to live like the two of you.
Getting married to someone you don't love just for a purpose.
And I don't want to work for something that will never come true in reality.
I want to get married with someone I love.
But don't worry.
The throne of Hwang Taeja that you want so dearly
will be won.
But without the help of Father, Sae-ryung, or anyone else.
I will achieve it myself.
I don't want to be the puppet that fills all of your goals anymore.
I'm going back to the palace.
Joon! Joon!
How long have you been waiting?
I didn't really think you wouldn't come.
Today your behavior really surprised me.
I'm sorry.
I still can't understand.
Although it wasn't love, but at least we both liked and respected each other.
Both of us had a common goal and we had the same values.
We're on the same track, walking on the same road.
But for an insignificant palace maid, you walked off the road.
You gave me up. I can't accept that.
One day you will understand.
Will things be okay in the future?
Dae-gong has not given up yet.
Will the people around you easily accept your decision?
Even if you've given up, I have not.
To become the highest woman in the country, I cannot give up my dream.
Then can Sae-ryung do me a favor?
I didn't mean to overhear.
Since you were talking by my room's window, you have some responsibility for it.
I hope there will not be any misunderstandings.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what I happened to overhear,
But if I need Sae-ryung,
Would you help me?
What do you mean?
I want to become the Hwang Taeja.
For that, I need Sae-ryung's help.
Quickly, come over, Queen.
Professor Alex.
Professor Alexander. This is our Royal Academy's new professor.
Professor Alexander...
He's very interested in our culture, so we were just conversing.
Oh.
I heard he came from Oxford as well.
Seems like the two of you have not met once at all.
The two of you feel like strangers.
It would have been a great honor for me if we had met before.
Hwang Tae-hu Mama, the items for the Palace exhibition of China are here.
What should we do?
That was today?
What should I do? I can't leave first since I made the invitation.
Queen, why don't you accompany him for a moment?
What?
Wouldn't it be great if the two of you talked about stories from Oxford?
Professor Alexander?
Our Queen will accompany you.
I hope you will enjoy it.
Queen Mother.
Then I will be leaving first.
Queen Mother.
I thought about meeting you.
It's very hard for me to accept you being so cold.
The Alex that you know is no more.
I gave myself away when you left me.
I'm sorry for not contacting you and not keeping our promise.
I thought you would call at least once.
You would never know how painful it is just to wait.
I couldn't contact you.
I can't become your woman.
I can't share a future with you. How could I contact you?
And after I contacted you, what would I say?
How are things going? Or, for you to forget me?
I was afraid of hearing your voice.
I was afraid I'd give up everything and run to your side.
The last time we met, you told me I was cruel.
For me, your reappearance in front of me is more cruel.
I'm sorry to have interrupted your conversation, Pye-ha.
An emergency has occurred.
The Prime Minister has opened up a news conference regarding the succession of the Hwang Taeja.
And now the royal family elders are waiting in the reception room. They're asking to see Pye-ha.
The royal family elders are here as well?
The safety of Pye-ha is in danger!
Decide who will succeed as the Hwang Taeja.
Who will succeed the Hwang Taeja will be decided in one year.
It will not be limited by the origin of blood. It will be selected by ability.
In this period, the abilities of the two Gong-ja will be tested.
A test of abilities?
Can you really be responsible for the words you have said?
The ruler does not joke.
To prevent bias, the test of abilities will be overseen
by the royal elders and the Royal Executive Council.
It will be determined objectively and calmly.
There will be a conclusion that will satisfy all of you and the country.
This is the best course of action right now.
Please accept this.
I express great respect for Pye-ha's farsightedness.
But the throne for Taeja will be empty for yet another year.
It may endanger the safety of the Court and the Pye-ha.
It is true.
Time is ticking. One year seems too long.
Then, what about the the seven-year anniversary of Pye-ha's ascension?
I think it will be good to hold the succession ceremony for the Hwang Taeja at that time.
Then we will do so.
On the day of the seventh-anniversary ceremony, we will have the succession of the Hwang Taeja.
Yeo-wang Pye-ha's acceptance of the royal elders' suggestion...
Doesn't that make one feel surprised?
To change Young Sung Gong in such a short period of time is impossible.
Does she have something else in mind?
I wonder.
Although we were pressing her hard, I didn't think she'd accept the suggestion so easily.
Young Sung Gong Mama, Yeo-wang Pye-ha seeks your presence.
Moon Sung Gong Mama, Yeo-wang Pye-ha seeks your presence.
I understand.
That is the decision that I have made with the royal family elders.
The time limit is until my seventh anniversary of my ascension.
Until then, the two of you must put forth all of your effort.
You must show the royal elders and everyone else,
everything you have, the abilities to become the Hwang Taeja.
And when the time nears the ceremony,
I will select the one with the better abilities,
And name him the successor to the throne of Hwang Taeja.
Moon Sung Gong, do you have any objections to my decision?
How can I object to Pye-ha's fairness?
In this period of time, I will not forget my humble attitude,
And give my best effort.
What about Young Sung Gong? Do you have any objections to my decision?
The view of the royal elders to quickly select a successor,
I think is very fitting.
For me, the time seems short.
But I will give my best effort.
Please rise, the two of you, and accept the decree.
Listen well.
You two Gong-jas have accepted my decision for the country's next successor.
From now on, when the two Gong-jas are fighting for the throne,
You will fairly compete using your abilities,
And accept the fair judgment.
When the two of you are competing, remember your good intentions,
At the same time, this competition is not to beat down the other side,
But remember that it is to reveal your own abilities.
I am entrusting the country's future to you two Gong-jas.
Can I do that?
Yes, Pye-ha.
I am not Kang Hoo, but Lee Hoo.
I want to compete fairly with Young Sung Gong for both Hwang Taeja and for Palace maid Yang.
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