(Episode 25)
(Cheoneunsa Temple)
They are talking right now.
They will no longer be delicious when they get cold.
I have never seen snacks that are all in different shapes.
I made them myself. My master really likes them.
I will taste it first.
Instead of the court lady?
In that case, taste the one that looks the prettiest.
How is it?
Have you...
- tasted it? - Of course.
The taste...
Is it not delicious?
Everyone who has tasted it said that they loved it.
After I was dismissed by the King for making him angry,
I have been writing this.
"Jewang Ungi"
This is a history book.
The first book is about China, and the second is about Goryeo.
This is my first day with the power as King.
And I came to you to ask how I should use this power.
I do not have time to read history books like this, Master Lee.
"We are a single-race nation..."
"with Dangun, the son of Sun, as ancestor."
You should start reading from there.
How can you say that it is a single-race nation in front of me?
You are a little tactless.
Or you are just bold.
Everyone carries a rock inside their hearts.
Yours is being a half-blood.
She has a big rock in her heart as well...
although she is smiling brightly.
About 7 or 8 years ago,
she came to see me.
I saw...
the rock she carried and not the girl.
What is your name?
It is So Hwa.
What do you wish to learn from me?
You may say whatever you wish.
I am best at listening.
I...
- I... - Yes?
I caused my mother's death.
Why do you say so?
Because...
I did.
She did not cry.
She was like a rock.
How is she?
She refuses to eat rice and chews only on bitter herbs.
I heard you do not eat rice.
That is fine. Eat rice cakes instead.
Mugwort rice cakes.
Freshly-steamed and very tasty.
I see.
You feel guilty to eat tasty foods.
Is it because of your mother?
Then have some tasteless water.
I gave her very salty water,
and she drank every single drop.
She had lost her sense of taste.
It is hard to breathe when a rock is lying in your heart.
That was the only way she could breathe.
She could not bear to eat tasty food,
so she lost her sense of taste?
You had trouble breathing, so you came to see me.
With the story of the wolfdog.
When did So Hwa begin to eat?
I made her cook for us.
It is delicious.
It is very good. So tasty.
There are two types of people.
Those who wish to be happy themselves...
and those who are happy when others are.
So Hwa was the latter.
I know that.
That is the kind of king I wish you to be.
A king who is pleased...
only when your people are pleased.
Read that book,
and you should find out which kings were like that.
One more thing.
There is just one taste that So Hwa can sense.
Your Highness.
No.
She did not cause her mother's death.
Return with your bodyguards.
I will alert the officials.
- I want to know. - What?
How powerful Eun Young Baek is.
What for?
He is richer than the King and has better bodyguards.
I want to witness that.
Dozens of bandits are preparing to attack,
and you will just watch?
It is my fault. They are dying because of me.
I told him not to go.
Lin said we should alert them, and I told him not to.
It is Honghwa wine.
You can tell a wine just by its smell.
Can you not tell?
This is at least three years old.
Right. You first.
- Have some. - Thank you.
Master Lee will not come with us.
I thought so. He dislikes the palace and titles.
You must come instead.
Fill his cup already. Hurry.
I need someone to unite the officials...
my father alienated.
Will you please listen?
And answer?
- I cannot go. - Why not?
I am taking my father to Saracen.
Saracen?
My father is ill.
We heard there is a skilled physician in Saracen.
- Lin. - Yes?
Send someone to Saracen to bring the physician over.
- Your Highness. - You will come with me...
to the palace.
- Will you please understand? - Understand what?
Why must you travel so far?
Your father is not well. How will he manage the trip?
We will take it easy.
We had been apart for so many years.
Now, I want to...
take some time to see the world.
I forbid it.
- Then I will leave in secret. - What?
Saracen is too far away.
It could take years to return.
Why must you...
You might as well send me off cheerfully.
So I can say goodbye.
No one knows if and when we will meet again.
Sungjukjae, eight years ago.
When your mother was attacked.
Your Highness.
The bandits were not alone.
There was another group of people.
They killed the bandits and your mother.
They were never after the money.
They just killed everyone there.
May I ask you something?
Yes.
- Were you the Crown Prince then? - Yes.
Why did you...
not do anything?
If you had given the order, you could have found them.
The man who killed my mother, the man behind it.
Back then,
I was selfish.
I did not want to get involved.
It is too late,
but I dare ask we find those men together now.
To find out why.
I will help you find justice.
I am grateful,
but my daughter and I gave up getting revenge long ago.
My late wife would not want that.
So...
I request that you let us both leave your service.
I shall send the royal physician to treat you.
And bring the Saracen physician.
So...
let your daughter stay with me.
So Hwa.
Do not go.
You want me to do what?
For the Crown Prince...
to learn how to govern, he must have a title.
I thought of a few offices he could hold.
Offices?
The Yuan Emperor is already...
preparing to bestow the Crown Prince with a title.
Chancellor Plentipotentiary or Senior First Grade Chancellor.
He must hold a Goryeo office that corresponds to that.
I prepared the documents.
"Primary Chancellor".
"Commander of All Armed Forces".
He should hold all those titles?
You just have to approve.
Was this Won's idea?
It should be your idea.
Assistant Royal Secretary.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Where are the King's men and Falconry Office?
They are still held down by the Eungyang and Yongho Army.
In that case,
I guess I will have to instate him into those offices.
Bring my golden stamp.
The stamp?
Oh, since I will be bringing the golden stamp, one more thing.
Bu Yong.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I am thinking of crowning you as my queen today.
Thank you for your boundless generosity.
I will have to give you a queen's name as well.
What would be a good one?
Do you have anything on your mind, Princess?
Right, what about Queen Mu?
She is not like anything else,
and she is not like anyone else. Queen Mu.
- What do you think? - I can die without any regrets.
Queen Mu. That sounds wonderful.
Will you answer me, Queen Mu?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Queen Mu.
Yes, Your Majesty.
- Queen Mu. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Once we get the approval, let us go to Yongmunchang.
(Yongmunchang is a storage for rations.)
We need to start feeding our soldiers first.
Lin.
- Yes? - We need to come up...
with a plan to give out munitions to each army. And...
Yes.
What is on your mind?
- Your Highness. - Speak.
I decided to listen to whatever you say.
Will you disclose who was behind...
the murder of Minister of Finance's wife?
I did say that to try to make So Hwa stay.
But yes.
I am going to disclose it.
I should have begun the investigation the moment...
I found out So Hwa was his daughter.
Your Highness, to be honest...
Mother, did...
His Highness must be very busy. Why are you not with him?
His Highness is determined to investigate...
what happened in Sungjukjae eight years ago.
What happened in Sungjukjae?
- The Minister of Finance's wife? - Yes.
You said your second brother was involved.
I did.
How much does he know?
Once he is determined,
he will find out very soon.
- The witnesses are still around. - Those scums?
Who would believe what they say?
I am going to tell him.
- Lin. - It is the right thing to do.
- I hid this for too long. - And...
nothing happened for that long period of time.
Jeon schemed the entire thing to take his assets using his daughter.
Your brother said he did not do such a thing.
I asked him myself.
You said this back then.
"Be quiet. Stay silent."
If people find out, your brother will become...
a murder instigator.
So many people died.
What about our family?
We are a royal family.
We will be blamed for treason whenever we take a wrong turn.
What will happen to me?
Can a murderer's sister...
become the Crown Princess,
Father?
Lin.
Dan.
He is the only one I wish to marry.
Not yet?
- No, not yet. - Okay.
Did you tell the people at the gate to let her in right away?
The moment she steps into the city, they will tell me right away.
Good.
You do not have to think this over.
The second most powerful man in this land will find our lady's murderer.
Master Lee must be quite impressive.
The Crown Prince came himself...
to ask him for a hand.
And he was considerate about you as his student.
What are you doing?
Goodness, do you like carrying around this scary thing?
People who guard the Crown Prince will...
also guard you, so you will not need this anymore.
I carry that around for good luck, that is all.
But you are a lady now.
Then you should behave like one.
You should also meet those men that you said you liked.
Please? Wear something pretty too.
Stop nagging.
San, are you in there?
Yes, Father.
It looks like it would be better for us to travel by ship.
A ship is better.
It would be too straining for you to travel by land.
Then I will tell someone to prepare...
our biggest ship for a sail.
I will gather the most competent sailors as well.
Exactly, Father.
We cannot leave quickly in order to prepare all that.
I just need 10 days off.
Who knows when I will be back?
I want to taste every single liquor there is in the Capital.
Just 10 days, please?
You should take a seat.
San.
Yes.
Can you...
answer my questions honestly?
When did I ever lie?
What is the reason you suddenly gave up on your mother's revenge?
Each year around your mother's anniversary,
you go around the Capital for a month, up to two months,
looking for a man with the snake tattoo.
Did you know?
Do you know how heartbreaking it was for me to watch you?
I apologize.
But now,
you want to give it all up and come to Saracen with me.
You finally found the man with the snake tattoo.
You finally found out those who were behind it.
You were right all along.
There is no use in getting...
Is it because Lin's older brother is involved?
Are you worried you will do harm to him and his family?
They are all good people.
Lin and his sister.
Everyone except for that lousy, second brother.
So what now?
Will you give up everything and leave?
Yes.
I heard you have been training martial arts every night.
Your hands are full of calluses.
I always do that.
Your colleague came by because he was worried about you.
You asked him to teach you some skills.
He said you wanted to learn...
how to ambush someone in order to kill them at once.
What on earth is on your mind, San?
"A stream falls down from Baekwunbong."
"That stream can go anywhere in this world."
"Do not say that it is only a stream under a small rock."
"It will reach the oceans in a short while."
- Master. - You can only choose one.
You can either draw your love while staring at the sky...
or exercise your lower body to kill people.
But you cannot do both at the same time.
I heard you asked your father to give you 10 days.
Do you think that you would be able to find your enemy within 10 days?
Answer me quickly. You are making me sleepy.
The person who committed murder at the festival...
had a snake tattoo.
And his master...
is the Assistant Royal Secretary Song In.
Are you going to find them...
and ask them if they had killed your mother?
If they say yes,
will you kill them...
to get revenge?
Can you not give up?
She passed away a long time ago.
What if she has not?
That day, many people died in Sungjukjae...
without knowing why.
They are still wandering around the nine celestial bodies.
How do you know that?
I have dreams about them.
I see them in my dreams.
Very well.
You can get revenge during those 10 days.
But you need to do me a favor as well.
- A favor? - I made a vow to the Crown Prince.
You should do that by day, and do your work by night.
You can do these two jobs at the same time.
Why did you come here instead of meeting me at Wondeokjeon?
I have something to tell you.
What is it?
I should have told you about this earlier.
- To be honest... - Take this first.
We need to finish this first.
Your Highness.
The generals are waiting for me. I cannot be late on my first day.
Let us go.
Straighten your shoulders.
Take a seat.
Chief commanders of each army and generals,
I want to praise you first.
When I ordered the raid operation,
you did not have time to know the details nor practice beforehand.
I did not expect you to succeed so perfectly.
You have all been great.
I have read all the supply status reports...
from all the armies.
And I have written out plans for my own supply system.
Please examine it.
You will have more expertise on it.
What is the matter?
I asked you a question. What is the matter?
Out of all the warehouses of the Capital,
Yongmunchang has the largest amount.
I know that.
After I was ordered to check the amount,
I opened its doors yesterday.
- And? - It was empty.
Empty?
It is just like what I said.
There was not even a bag of grain left.
- How about Daeuichang? - It was empty too.
Was it empty from the start, or did someone empty it?
I asked people who lived nearby,
and they told me that many carts had passed by last night.
I transferred all the provisions to Naebanggo.
Everything is ready.
All the soldiers from farm teams to armies...
have joined the other side because he promised them more food.
But if they find nothing there...
and realize they will starve, they will come back.
They will come back right away.
We just need to wait for a few days.
When they join our side,
you need to punish some to warn others.
If you hang their heads on the South Gate,
they will never dream of doing such a thing again.
How dare they steal the armies and the weapons of the King?
Should I bring in more soldiers?
Can I trust them?
I chose them myself.
You can trust them.
No, you cannot trust anyone.
You should not.
You should leave your loyal subjects to do all the working, and go hunt.
I will go with you.
- Hunting? - I heard that Mount Dora...
is full of living animals.
- Mount Dora? - The animals that have survived...
the winter mated and had children.
So they are all very chubby.
All right. Let us do that.
What happened to making you a royal concubine?
The lady of the court decides if she can give someone...
the hairpin of the royal concubine.
You need Princess Won Sung's approval to get the hairpin.
Get it from her.
I ordered you to.
Yes, Your Majesty.
From now on, she is Queen Mu.
This is my order.
In that case, the key of the lady of the court...
You can do anything you want.
Why do you ask me about everything? How can I take care of everything?
Find out where they were taken.
They must not have been able to take them out of the Capital.
Find all the warehouses and the alleys.
There is one place I cannot search.
I cannot search Naebanggo without the King's order.
How dare you think he did it?
Do you think my father, the King,
took away the food that was stored for the people?
I am just trying to tell you that it is the only place we cannot search.
I will ask for help at Wonseongjeon.
I need to tell you something.
I told you I am going to Wonseongjeon.
Stop trying to avoid me,
and please listen.
- Is it that urgent? - I think my brother, Wang Jeon,
was involved in the incident...
that happened eight years ago in Sungjukjae.
I had suspected him eight years ago.
But I hid it because I thought it would be harmful for my family.
That...
makes me his accomplice.