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Episode 19
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How could you do something stupid like that?
It's already messy enough around the Queen, how could you do something like that?
Then this situation... what are we going to do about this situation?
I'm sorry.
It isn't Young Sung Gong's fault, Queen Mother.
Now is not the time to be standing up for others.
The Queen, who should be more worried than anyone about the Royal Court's safety,
is the cause of the trouble herself.
If the people turn against the Queen, then what will become of the Royal Court?
It looks like it's time to ask for Prime Minister Shin's help.
Moon Sung Gong Mama.
What are you doing here...
There was nowhere else to go.
I could only think of this place.
Everything's been shattered.
Smashed into tiny little pieces.
Palace maid Yang.
Hold onto me, please.
Mama, Mama, Mama!
Gong-ja Mama!
I'm sorry.
I've made a big mistake.
Aside than that, are you feeling a bit better?
Already a grown girl yet you still yawn so openly.
What else can I do? I didn't get a good sleep because of that sudden emergency.
But isn't it still Attendant Kwang who gave us a ride?
Of course, I'm a very generous guy.
Palace maid Ma, when you get home, how about a cup of hot coffee?
I'm tired to death. What are you talking about, coffee?
Gong-ja Mama.
Thank you.
What? So the two of them were in that sort of relationship?
Goodness, then that's big news!
Hot news!
That's impossible.
Dae-gong did it.
The high and mighty Queen must be at her wit's end.
Now all that is left is the virtue competition.
While the Queen is distracted with her problems, we'd better end this quickly.
Have you gotten in contact with Joon yet?
I couldn't contact him all night. It's worrying.
Father.
It's worse than we thought it would be.
The people's discussion are becoming a bit of a problem. They've even started to talk about you stepping down from power.
Queen Mother.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
With everybody gathered here, let us think of solutions.
Before the discussion worsens, we should take some measures.
We could announce the Royal Court's official stance.
Pye-ha could take the position that there is no special relationship between her and Professor Alex,
and that they are merely friends from her time studying abroad.
That much would help clear up the discussion to certain extent.
That's not it.
I cannot lie to the people.
I don't think that's it, either.
It could worsen the situation even more.
If that's so, then how about diverting the attention?
We could hasten the throning of the Hwang Taeja.
Or publish the plans for the royal grandson's marriage.
In this situation, if Moon Sung Gong becomes the Hwang Taeja,
Hyo-jang Dae-gong will resort to all methods to make Queen abdicate her throne,
And push Moon Sung Gong to the throne.
Although this is the worst situation I could imagine,
If we just sit around and watch, that will end up happening.
So, we'd like to hasten the marriage between you and Sae-ryung.
At the time being, that is the only answer.
I will do my utmost in the competition,
but I have not changed my mind regarding marriage.
Palace maid Yang won't do!
Even looking at your mom's situation, I cannot do that.
The marriage of a royal grandson
is not something that is decided on your own.
Even if you got my permission,
you still need the consent of the elders and the Executive Council,
as well as consider the thoughts of the citizens. It is a complicated process.
The royal family can't live only following their feelings.
The more power you have, the more responsibility and duties you have.
What did you just say?
I will give up the last competition.
I'm sorry.
You just said you wanted to make a deal with me and now you want to give it up?
Listen closely to what I say.
The Queen will abdicate her throne soon.
So what's left isn't you becoming the Hwang Taeja, but becoming the King.
That is what will happen, if you only sit quietly.
It'll be enough just to be present for your last competition.
Gong-ja Mama.
You must write whatever you have decided on the scroll by tonight.
The two princes have worked very hard the past few days.
Before any other commands are made, we will keep them in the Royal Storage.
The guards will be on guard.
Yes.
Young Sung Gong will not be able to oppose the engagement.
And Hwang Tae-hu is feeling impatient.
Just wait a while.
All that is left is the last competition.
You've worked hard.
Before opening what the two Gong-ja have written,
we will reveal Pye-ha's answer as to which word best symbolizes virtue.
Why, Pye-ha...
Why is it a blank scroll?
Pye-ha believes that there are many virtues a leader requires.
A feeling of mission and observation, and the feel for equality,
Decision-making, resolution, responsibility and skill,
Persuasion and morality.
There are many more.
Having occupied this throne, I've come to realize that actions are more important than words.
Leaving behind the things you desire,
You must act in a way befitting your position.
When a leader has certain ideas for a certain thing,
and makes the move to execute that action,
having selfish intents or prejudices may ruin everything.
This time, the discussion regarding my abdication
is a result of the selfishness of my actions.
I am reflecting upon myself.
I came to the conclusion that not one word can describe virtue.
So it is a blank scroll.
Now we shall reveal Young Sung Gong's scroll.
Isn't that the character for sacrifice?
Gong-ja, explain why you have written sacrifice.
Honestly, I'm not sure I understand the meaning of virtue completely.
So I wrote what I have personally experienced to mean virtue.
What I think of as a leader
is a person who self-sacrifices.
Before I came into the Palace, when I was a delivery person,
If I wanted to become the leader of the other delivery guys,
Then I could not think of only myself.
I had to worry and care about the others first.
That way would my friends want to follow me,
And thus we would win our competitions with the other delivery guys.
When I saw Pye-ha from outside the palace,
You received a lot of people's respect in the extravagant palace,
I thought you lived in elegance.
But after I entered the palace, I saw that rather than enjoying those things,
you had to give up the things you wanted.
So I believe that without a spirit of self-sacrifice, one cannot be a leader.
Thus I wrote sacrifice.
Now we will reveal Moon Sung Gong's scroll.
How could the answer have been a blank scroll?
Isn't that too extreme?
Wanting to be the Hwang Taeja is a bit like that.
Then in the beginning, they shouldn't have said he was restricted to one word.
We shouldn't have taken the rule so seriously.
They should redo the competition.
From the beginning, there was no answer.
Even if they were both a blank paper, they weren't written with the same meaning.
Is that really that important?
The point is that Moon Sung Gong won, isn't that it?
Then what will happen to Young Sung Gong Mama?
This won't do. I'm going into the Palace.
Call me, Sae-ryung!
I heard the news. Are you okay?
Though it's come down to this, I can't believe I really lost.
You put forth your best effort.
I guess I'll should admit my defeat.
I found some materials on your mother.
Although you may have already known about them,
When she was living here,
There were some issues with her using part of the education funding to give aid to the a welfare organization.
Is there something wrong with that?
Although it was used for a good purpose,
The funding statutes do not allow for the money to be used for welfare aid.
So it became a problem.
It could be seen as a misappropriation of funds.
Although it's for a good cause, it's still a violation of the law.
So it was used against her by people who used it with negative intent.
Oh, what piece of evidence did you get?
Evidence?
Yes, I contacted the family members of the dead Head Affairs Officer,
They said they gave the group's illegal documents to Jo Sang-ki.
Is that true?
Have you still not been contacted yet?
- Is that true? - Of course!
He came out of her house this morning.
What's going on? Palace maid Yang is very close with Young Sung Gong at the Academy, too.
What, then she's two-timing them?
Do you really have nothing to do?
What are you saying? Who said it? Who said it?!
No matter who said it, it's already spread everywhere.
Attendant Kwang!
It wasn't me!
Was it you?
I only told it to Jung Palace maid! Really!
What do we do? If this gets spread, what will Yang Soon-yi do?
Yang Soon!
Ahjussi!
He's not here.
What are we going to do?
Because it was the Head Affairs Officer's son who sent us the evidence,
Nothing would've happened to Ahjussi, would it?
I'll contact my friends. Let's go.
I hope nothing happened.
Once we get back, I'll check on it.
Do you want to have dinner at my house first?
You haven't eaten all day.
Honestly, I'm a little hungry.
Gong-ja Mama.
Yes?
What is it?
You haven't heard a word I said, have you?
I'm sorry.
It's a call from Palace maid Yang.
Please pull the car over.
I'll get out here.
Let me out, and answer your call comfortably.
We're almost there.
No, it's alright.
I said, let me out!
Sae-ryung!
What's wrong, so suddenly?
Suddenly?
Do you know what it feels like for me, being by your side?
Like I'm nothing in this world, a miserable, useless person.
How did I end up like this?
How did my existence become so...
You are really a bad person.
Why did you...
Why did you make me such a pathetic person?!
I really don’t understand.
Why I can't have this.
Even if I work harder than anyone else,
why can't I have this?
Let's go.
I'll take you home.
Just for awhile.
Stay like this just for awhile.
What are you doing?
What are you doing here at this hour?
I'm worried about Gong-ja Mama.
Which Gong-ja are you referring to?
You keep raising problems.
Do you really want to create trouble?
The Queen's consideration,
Moon Sung Gong's assistance, and Young Sung Gong's relationship...
Don't you realize you're making a mockery of all these things?!
Han Sang Gung, how do you do your work?!
How can you let such an ignorant person wander around these royal chambers like this?!
A person who doesn't know where she stands will definitely cause trouble.
What's more, in the Palace.
I don't want to see you again in this Palace!
Young Sung Gong.
You said once that I am a precious and valuable person to you and Pye-ha.
That's the kind of person my mother was to my father,
and right now, Yang Soon-yi is that person to me.
How can you interfere in this situation?
For losing the competition,
I feel ashamed.
But, Hwang Tae-hu Mama.
Because of Yang Soon-yi, I was able to live in the Palace.
If it wasn't for her, it would've been too much for me and I would have run away.
In the future, wherever Yang Soon-yi is, I'll be also.
I don't want to live like my Father.
I'm sorry.
Because I was so worried,
I was too careless.
What are you thinking about?
What would I be thinking about?
I'm not thinking about anything.
Are you alright?
Don't worry, I'm fine.
Do you remember the first time we met?
How could I have forgotten?
I lost my parents when I was seven.
When I first came to Dae-gong's place, you were met with my crying face.
I still remember the first time you smiled.
You were a lonely girl who cried and barely spoke, when we went up to the mountain house.
That was the first time you smiled.
Do you remember?
When we fell into the river once, we got into so much trouble.
I like how things were then.
Back when we were just children who didn't know anything.
Master.
Those days we spent at the mountain home,
playing happily and innocently, I liked those times.
The assembly has suggested the Pye-ha step down.
Isn't that too severe?
It seems the Royal Court's slowness to reveal their official stance is the cause of the problem.
I have to stop it no matter what.
First, I have to stop all the negative reports.
We have to create new topics for the reporters.
We have to do it quickly.
Yeo-wang Pye-ha too.
Hwang Tae-Hu Mama too.
It's a bit frustrating.
This must be Hyo-jang Dae-gong's doings.
Mama.
I'm sorry to interrupt.
There have been some strange rumors in the Palace.
Just pass this hurdle, and everything will be fine.
Joon will become King soon.
Hello?
Yes, it's me.
What's with the call suddenly?
What? What did you say?
Dae-gong, what should we do?
There’s a rumor in the Palace about Joon, Young Sung Gong, and that wretched girl.
That Palace maid Yang.
She's still an obstacle for Joon.
Must I collapse in order for you to be satisfied?
Queen Mother, please calm down.
I'm very disappointed in the Queen's lack of discrimination.
You should know better than anyone how important it is to maintain dignity,
but you actually let this incident grow.
Get rid of that girl immediately.
From the Palace, and the Academy!
You can't do that.
What?
Palace maid Yang didn't do anything wrong.
She is a Palace Maid that came in through the official tests.
It is unjust to get rid of her because of her relationship with me.
You dare to say such things even hearing about the rumors?
They are just rumors.
As she's the one I care for, I'd know who her feelings are for.
Moon Sung Gong, say something!
Why do you remain silent?
Aren't you partly responsible for this too?
I went to her home while I was drunk.
I wasn't in the right state of mind, and went into her house.
Palace maid Yang had no choice, and lent me a room.
You should punish me.
I don't want to hear any more. Both Gong-ja keep your mouth shut.
Things have become so drastic.
We cannot bother about that girl.
What kind of disgrace is this to the Royal family?
Even if I have disagreements from you, I have to settle this incident.
If both Gong-ja are still against it, this shows your disrespect towards me.
Queen, don't think of changing my mind, either.
Here’s your receipt, and your change.
Just keep it.
Compared to this, could you tell me what your secret is?
Yes?
How did you manage to seduce both Gong-ja?
They're right when they say the meekest looking cat is the sneakiest.
Don't speak so recklessly.
Then are you saying they aren't rumors?
Don't you think the difference between commoners and royalty is too large?
Yes, there's a difference.
Just as much as this change.
Are you satisfied with this situation?
Both Gong-jas were scolded by Hwang Tae-hu Mama.
What do you intend to do?
Will you hide behind them this time too?
You once told me to choose between them.
From the start, there was only Young Sung Gong.
There's nothing to hide anyway.
Why are you so certain?
Are you curious?
Very much.
Because I believe in Hoo.
Internal Manager!
Yeo-wang Pye-ha is waiting for you.
Wanting to cling to a fate that has begun happily through to the end is a selfish desire.
I'm sorry for causing you to be worried.
Have you heard about the rumors?
I've heard about it.
I treat you as someone from my side, and I owe you a favor too.
But, Palace maid Yang...
It's a bit coincidental that I say this to you...
You'll find that sometimes, despite how one feels, some fates must be given up.
I still hope to pass the throne to Young Sung Gong.
But, Young Sung Gong's position remains unstable.
There are still problems to face.
In this situation, if his relationship with you were revealed...
It would be a great blow for both the Royal family and Young Sung Gong.
As one woman to another,
it is very difficult for me to ask this of you.
But, I ask this of you as someone who must first think of the Royal Court.
Please help Young Sung Gong in becoming a strong member of the Royal family.
Do you understand what I mean?
Whatever the circumstances,
it's embarrassing for two men to argue over one woman.
Forget about that girl.
You have already won the competition.
It isn't the time for you to fight over a woman with Young Sung Gong.
You have to learn to throw away unnecessary toys.
Dad!
How can you think about everything in that manner?
In your eyes, are the only people you see as worth those you can use?
That isn't right.
Fool.
Only people with power can look at others that way.
Don't you understand that yet?
You raised me with that thinking too, right?
I was only merely fulfilling your hopes and desires.
Just like a toy, with no real existence.
So you should hate me even more.
Since I'm not your real son.
Really, I find you truly frightening.
Don't mention that again.
And don't forget.
You are my son! You are the person who will fulfill my dreams!
You should control your own emotions.
Only then, you'll be able to get the throne and power.
What are you unhappy about?!
No.
I cannot erase my feelings so easily, as you did.
I can't be like you, keeping a grave secret just to get your goals.
And I can't treat people like toys.
Since I'm not a true bloodline of the Royal family, I cannot become king.
And Palace maid Yang isn't a toy,
She is a human being.
She is the woman I love.
You! Joon, you kid!
Come back here!
Joon.
I was about to look for you.
Joon.
I beg you.
Leave with me.
Don't be like this! Moon Sung Gong Mama.
You can never be together with Young Sung Gong.
Give up everything here,
and leave with me, please.
Mama, I don't know what you mean, but please just leave.
Soon-yi.
Why do you make me suffer so much?
Making others suffer isn't love.
It's just a different way of showing it.
I don't like your way of love.
I don't want to see someone like you, who makes me so tired.
I'm sorry.
I'm too distressed right now.
I don't have the energy to bother about others.
Just let me go.
Please.
It's a phone from Professor Alex.
Professor, please hang on.
I'll pass the phone over to Pye-ha.
Thank you.
Alex.
Yes, I'm fine.
Because of me, you've suffered so much.
That makes my heart ache even more.
Queen.
I'll call you again.
Are you really so pained that you're crying?
I don't know why I'm like this.
Giving up on Alex is too hard.
Queen.
Queen Mother.
Such behavior from me...
Is not worthy as the Queen, right?
I'd determined to live as a Queen should.
But today, I really hate this position.
This is not the time to be shaken.
You have to be strong.
You cannot forget your people.
My people?
But, sometimes...
I resent my fate.
Yang Soon-yi.
Yang Soon-yi, what's wrong?
Are you alright?
It has been such a long time since you last came.
But, the house has not been properly readied.
If you mentioned it earlier, I could have made preparations.
It's alright.
I suddenly wanted to come here.
Please keep this as a secret from my Father.
Yes, I understand, Master.
Don't mention that again.
And don't forget.
You are my son. You are the person who will fulfill my dreams.
You should control your own emotions.
Only then will you be able to get the throne and power.
What are you unhappy about?
Where did Palace maid Yang go?
Isn't it her shift now?
Palace maid Yang quit the Academy today, Gong-ja Mama.
You...
Wasn't it your dream to to graduate from the Academy, and become like Internal Manager?
What are you going to do now?
I'll take a break and figure out a way.
Don't worry.
Should I just take you in and live with (marry) you?
Say something that makes sense.
Why doesn't that make sense?
I already lost the competition.
Who said I'd live with you?
So what are you going to do now?
If I can, I'd like to start studying for University again.
Become a skilled woman who will gain recognition from the world.
And who knows, maybe then,
even if I'm a commoner, I might suit you.
We suit each other plenty already.
You can do well in anything you do.
Of course, our Yang Soon-yi. Fighting!
I brought some candles for you.
The lights will be back on after an hour.
Causing such inconvenience to you, what to do?
I'm fine, so don't worry.
The number you're calling is unable to get through, please leave a message after the tone.
Dae-gong, is it really true nothing happened?
How could he treat me this way?
He didn't pick the phone up all day.
Everything will be settled once he's installed as Hwang Taeja.
What is with him suddenly?
I haven't found out where he is.
I'm sorry.
I'll find out as soon as possible, Dae Bu-In.
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