How am I supposed to live my life now?
Can you not let His Highness go?
Please.
- He has not had a sip of water. - How can I live?
I fear he will faint.
No. If Deputy Magistrate Han passes away,
I fear he will be unable to live on.
Your Majesty, I beseech you.
Please...
Do as...
the Crown Prince wishes.
Wait.
What are you doing...
The Crown Prince sent me.
The Crown Prince?
Please come out.
What are you doing? You must flee.
The Crown Prince sent you?
Tell him he must not back down because of this.
No.
Stay alive and tell him yourself. Now come out.
Please give this to Ga Eun.
You refuse to flee...
because of Ga Eun?
Is it because you fear she will be harmed?
Please...
protect Ga Eun.
I shall.
I shall bring her somewhere safe and then return.
Wait for me.
- No, I am already... - Chung Woon!
Chung Woon?
Was that you, Your Highness?
Ga Eun!
Chun Soo.
Ga Eun.
Are you all right?
Are you hurt?
My father was taken away.
He was wrongly accused.
The military guards kept me here, so I could not go to him.
Let us go.
Yes, master!
I must go.
I saw him.
Is my father safe?
When will he be released?
There.
Do you see the man the Crown Prince sent?
Your father says he will flee once you are somewhere safe.
Wait. My father did nothing wrong.
Why must he flee?
That is...
There is no way to clear his name at the moment.
You and your father must be saved and then he will figure it out...
Here.
He asked me to give this to you.
Father.
Ga Eun.
You must flee first in order to save your father.
It is to save your father's life.
Please.
Will you continue to sit there?
I could have done it if you had not interfered.
My father promised to make me...
the Crown Princess.
That is why.
If you truly wanted it, you should have tried to obtain it yourself.
Do not wish for someone else to do it for you.
Then it will be easy to lose as well.
You cannot say it is truly yours.
If I truly want it,
I must obtain it myself.
Grandfather.
You said you would do...
anything I want for my birthday, did you not?
Do you plan to ask me...
to make you the Crown Princess for your birthday?
Give me Gon.
Gon?
Fine.
Gon is now yours.
Are you satisfied?
Yes, Grandfather.
I testified that you lied to me,
saying it was...
the Crown Prince's orders.
I did so to survive...
on my own.
That was the only way for you to survive.
Only if I had not started investigating...
Only if I had not given the Crown Prince the record...
No.
If you had stayed silent,
I would have become a fool who knew nothing.
I would not have known...
that the people were dying because of Pyunsoo Group.
Thank you.
Look.
I ask you a favor, knowing this would make you suffer.
Help the Crown Prince.
Support him by his side...
so that he can fight until the end.
I cannot do that. Please.
I cannot stand this any longer.
Then...
will you do me this favor?
Please...
do not let my daughter...
witness my death.
I hid Ga Eun in a safe place.
Do not worry,
and head to where she is.
Your Highness.
I am only a mere person,
but will you remember my death?
What...
I am getting killed not because I investigated the Bureau.
It is because of Pyunsoo Group,
the powerful group behind all this.
However,
I do not have enough power to fight them.
If I do not choose to protect others by getting killed,
we may not be able to plan for the future.
You can live, and we can plan the future together.
Do not say it is to protect me like my father did.
I have a favor to ask of you.
I am worried my weak son...
would fall, blaming himself for your death.
Please...
be the Crown Prince's...
motivation as well as courage.
Your Highness.
Who will come forward and face Pyunsoo Group...
if you lose your life to them too?
Who will dare fight for the subjects and return them water?
Why do you not even attempt to live?
Do you not miss Ga Eun who is waiting for you?
Do you think it is foolish of me to choose justice instead of my life?
Do you think my courage to face death is useless?
It is not that. No. That is not it.
If...
If you die,
I am not confident in living aside from Pyunsoo Group.
So...
please live.
You must endure even if it is painful.
You must be strong.
Do not blame yourself, thinking you should not have done anything.
If you stay silent,
they will grow worse.
No. No. Please...
Please live.
Do not die because of me.
Your path from now on will be long and harsh.
Still, do not give up.
I...
shall consider it my honor...
to have been a stepping stone of your way.
The Crown Prince's bodyguard...
helped Deputy Magistrate Han's daughter escape?
I think I have found a way to tame this tiger cub.
Hwa Gun wants to have you as her guard.
I will not summon you unless it is urgent.
From now on, protect her and follow her orders.
And report to me.
Do you understand?
Yes, master.
Your Majesty.
I beg you not as your son, but as your servant.
Please take back your order to kill Deputy Magistrate Han.
The King himself...
cannot kill his loyal servant when he did nothing wrong.
Your Highness. I came to tell you something urgent.
Chun Soo?
Come in.
What is the matter?
Pyunsoo Group has added a condition.
If...
you do not kill Deputy Magistrate Han yourself tomorrow,
they will kill the people around you one by one.
What?
If you do not kill him...
yourself tomorrow...
Chun Soo.
Chun Soo! Chun Soo!
Hurry.
Call the royal physician!
Chun Soo.
- Your Highness. - Who did this to you?
Who poisoned you and told you to send the message?
Had I known I would die like this,
I should have...
seen your face then.
Your Highness.
My dear master, Crown Prince.
You...
are handsome indeed.
Is that right?
I knew you would say so.
Chun Soo.
Chun... Chun Soo!
No...
Chun Soo.
Gon.
You are my person now, right?
Yes, my lady.
If you want to protect me,
keep everything about the Crown Prince a secret.
If the Crown Prince gets harmed...
by your telling my grandfather the secret,
my heart will break.
If...
your sword pierces the Crown Prince,
that will be your piercing my heart.
If he dies,
I die as well.
So...
protect the Crown Prince like you protect me.
That way,
I shall live.
Do you understand?
Yes, my lady.
Yi Sun.
Father.
Kill Deputy Magistrate Han yourself.
He was your servant.
He was a loyal subject...
who obeyed your decision.
Deputy Magistrate Han will be beheaded.
He will be the first man to pay the price...
for your poor decisions.
Do you want to...
transfer the blame to another and say you knew nothing?
No. It is because of you.
That boy died in your place...
and Deputy Magistrate Han will die for obeying your order.
It is all on you.
This is you.
Joseon's Crown Prince. The next King of Joseon.
One word from you and your subjects risk their lives.
One wrong decision...
can save or kill your subjects.
Every decision you make affects every man in Joseon and that...
is you.
Ga Eun.
Do not blame the Crown Prince.
It is not his fault that I shall die.
Father.
I do not want to leave you,
but there is something I hate more than death.
We cannot preserve both life and justice,
so I will not live feebly.
Please understand that I wish to choose justice over life.
I am sorry...
and I love you.
I must...
tell Deputy Magistrate Han that...
I never gave such an order...
and then behead him?
If you do not,
someone else will have to die.
I will not do it. I would rather...
I would rather I die instead.
- Yi Sun! - Yes.
I will go to them myself.
I will go to Pyunsoo Group and tell them...
to kill me and stop...
Become stronger.
Who will lead the people once the king is dead?
Do you call yourself the Crown Prince?
Did I say I wished to be Crown Prince?
Did I say I wished to live with a mask?
Why must I live...
at the expense of Deputy Magistrate Han's life?
Why did you do it?
Why did you make a deal with Pyunsoo Group?
Why did you give them the Bureau of Water Supply to save me?
Why? Why?
Why did you do it?
Your Highness.
- Sun! Sun! - Your Highness.
Get the royal physician immediately.
What should I do with him?
His Highness will...
with his own hands...
behead Deputy Magistrate Han.
Get up and take this.
Leave that here. Take this and follow me.
Master, you said there is a problem with the world.
How can we make everything right?
How can we abolish the Bureau of Water Supply?
Do you think abolishing the Bureau of Water Supply will change it?
Can the King not do it?
To find a King who could do that...
will be harder than you changing the world.
What would you say if...
the King asked you that instead of lowly me?
I would say he cannot do it.
Not even the King can do it?
That is...
because the King does not own Joseon.
My lady.
Master!
Master, something dreadful has happened.
What do you mean?
Deputy Magistrate Han will be beheaded.
The Crown Prince will behead him himself.
What should we do?
Who did you say will be beheaded?
Who will be beheaded?
No...
Is anyone there?
You are the girl I saw in the greenhouse.
Do you remember me?
How did you get in?
I must be somewhere.
My horse.
Do you need it?
No! Stop!
Stop! Stop it immediately!
Halt the execution!
Make way!
Stop!
(The Emperor)
Father. My father is not guilty.
Save his life, Your Highness.
Have you given up on being human? You have become a dog!
How can we get rid of Pyunsoo Group?
I will do it if it means pain and sacrifice.
Do you want to save the Crown Prince? Get in or die.
He has no other choice.
I will find a way to return the water to the people.
Are you Dae Mok, the leader of Pyunsoo Group?