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[Episode 7]
Young Miss.
Father.
This man, Han Gyu Ho of Hansungbu...
dared to use my name, the name of the Crown Prince, falsely!
And in order to make an example of him
I will behead him myself!
Your Highness!
Please spare my father!
My father is innocent!
Please, spare him!
Hey! Wait! Wait!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
Father!
Ga Eun. Ga Eun!
Your Highness!
My father has committed no crime!
Please, spare his life, Your Highness!
Your Highness! Your Highness! Your Highness!
Ga Eun. Ga Eun!
Young Miss!
What crime has Lord Han committed?
Please, spare his life!
- Please, spare his life! - Please, spare his life!
I dared to impersonate the Crown Prince
and I committed treason!
I plan to wash myself of this crime through death.
So please, Your Highness, behead me.
And please allow my death to serve as a warning to others!
Father.
No!
Father!
Oh... Elder!
Cutting through me will also leave a wound in your soul.
However, please suffer through it.
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Oh... oh! Stop!
Stop!
Stop the execution, right now!
Stop! Get out of the way!
Stop it!
No! Stop!
Stop this!
Stop the execution, right now!
Stop! Stop--
Father. Father!
- Ga Eun! - Father!
Father!
- Ga Eun! - Young Miss!
Y... Your Highness.
The Crown Prince beheaded Lord Han himself.
Furthermore, a beggar is here to see you, Elder.
What shall I do with him?
Unhand me! I told you, I have something to say to Dae Mok!
Hey!
Escort him with the utmost care.
Gyeyoungbae.
It is a cup that serves as a warning for excess.
Woo Bo!
Looks like I've learned yet another life lesson from you.
I once came to see you, a long time ago.
I was faithful all this time, but my innocent wife was killed because of me!
What must I do in order to stop living as those people's dog?
What must I do to protect the people I cherish?
And do you remember what you said?
When you realize your own strength, you will no longer be a dog, but the master.
People look down on the dogs they raise and kick them with their feet
but they fear a wolf because it is an untamed, wild dog.
Why do you think that is?
Is it fear?
I'm telling you to become the master.
If you act like a wolf and think of yourself as a master
those people will not be able to treat you as they wish.
I am no longer a dog who is faithful to a powerful person.
Now I am a wolf.
That isn't what I meant.
No, no.
It's the same thing.
You abuse your power to torment the citizens
so how are you any different from the powerful people who tormented you?
When did I ever say that I didn't want to become them?
What?
Did you say that, not realizing that this wolf would take down a tiger?
You've given up on your humanity
and you've become a dog, haven't you, you bastard?
Woo Bo.
Your wise answer...
was yet another wise lesson for me.
I will forgive you for what you've done today.
What did you say?
But...
heed my words.
One's tongue can spare or doom one's life.
What must I do...
to prevent any more people from dying because of me?
I can't...
bear that anymore!
How can I eradicate the Pyeonsoo-hwe?
I will do it, even if it is difficult or requires pain and sacrifice.
So, please...
please, tell me how.
I don't know either.
You will not be able to solve this problem
if your vantage point remains the same.
Look at the problem from a different place...
with a fresh set of eyes.
Doing that will give you your answer.
Can... I help you in any other way?
Do you... know who I am?
You are the person who saved my life.
My name is Hwa Goon.
Will you call me by my name when we meet again?
I will remember it.
In three days...
I will hold an initiation ceremony.
Send them a vehicle.
Father.
Father?
What are you planning to do about the Crown Prince?
I am someone who will become Dae Mok after you, Father.
However, you always hide your true intentions, even from me.
People are saying that I--
When did I ever name you as my successor?
Grandfather!
You've proven exactly what happens if someone stands up against you.
What do you plan to do with the Crown Prince now?
I will hold an initiation ceremony.
Is there truly no way to stop his initiation ceremony?
Please give me just a bit more time.
I'm sure I can win over that boy's heart.
- Then-- - Do you want to save the Prince?
The Prince can choose between the initiation ceremony or death.
He has no other choices but those two.
My deepest apologies, Your Majesty.
I have not found the Crown Prince yet.
I don't think it was the Pyeonsoo-hwe who took the Crown Prince.
Dae Mok has decided that the initiation ceremony will be in three days.
Will you be able to find a boy named Lee Seon within three days?
It will be hard to find one.
And even if I do, we don't have time to train him.
If he drinks the mind-altering elixir and Dae Mok asks him for his name
he will be exposed right away.
And if that happens, we will have much less time to carry out the plan.
The time has finally come, eh?
But still, I cannot send the Crown Prince
so find anyone we can send in his place.
Oh, Young Master Chun Soo!
Young Master Chun Coo.
You said that you were the Crown Prince's friend, right?
Please, allow me to meet him!
Ga Eun.
I must meet with the Prince and ask him
why he forsook someone who trusted him and obeyed him!
And how he could've possibly killed my father
if he was a just Prince, as my father said!
And ask him if that's his definition of justice!
I need to ask him!
- Ga Eun! - Young Miss!
Careful, careful.
Your Highness.
I know that you are not the one who killed Lord Han.
Who beheaded Lord Han, and why did they do it?
The reason why that happened to Lord Han is...
all my fault.
I'm so sorry.
And I couldn't keep my promise
that I'd allow your father to rest in peace.
And now, because of me, Lord Han...
To think that a pathetic person like me is the Crown Prince!
I truly am sorry.
If... if I can help you in any way, Your Highness...
if my pathetic self can be of use to you somehow...
I will do whatever you ask.
Really? Thank you.
It will be difficult to find a boy named Lee Seon immediately.
But if we use a boy who has a different name
the Prince will be in danger.
Your Highness.
Why is the King looking for someone whose name is Lee Seon?
I heard that it's because he plans to send him
to the initiation ceremony in my stead.
I will be your replacement, then.
I know it may not mean much since I am from a humble background
but my name is also Lee Seon.
Thank you, but...
what good will it do for you to replace me for just a short while?
You will not be able to solve this problem
if your vantage point remains the same.
Look at the problem from a different place...
with a fresh set of eyes.
A way to see with a fresh set of eyes.
Lee Seon.
Will you really agree to be my replacement?
Yes, Your Highness!
Your name is Lee Seon?
In order to find a method to fight and win against the Pyeonsoo-hwe
I will trade identities with this Lee Seon for a short while.
I wish to walk in a citizen's shoes for a short while
in order to look at the Pyeonsoo-hwe from a citizen's eyes.
Please grant me your permission.
You want to find a way to fight and win against the Pyeonsoo-hwe?
And you will leave that lowly boy in the palace in your stead?
The one who raised me with a mask on my face in order to have others pass as me
was you, Your Majesty.
I understand why you have made such a decision, Crown Prince.
However, I can only allow this for the initiation ceremony
but no longer than that!
I will be the one to undergo the initiation ceremony.
Prince!
Do you understand what the initiation ceremony entails
and just how dangerous it is?
I will endure it!
I said that I would find a way to solve this problem!
I am not saying that I am running away!
You do know what kind of boy he is, or if he will even do well at this!
Even after hearing that all of my other replacements were killed
he stepped up and offered to do this, for my sake.
He is a faithful and trustworthy person
so I am sure that he will do a good job, Your Majesty.
Royal General!
Yes, Your Majesty?
Take that boy and inspect him to see if he is one of the Pyeonsoo-hwe!
I was touched by the Crown Prince's concern for his subjects.
I thought that, since he is someone who cared about someone as lowly as me
he will definitely become a ruler who cares about his people.
You "thought?"
That was what you thought, eh? Someone as lowly as you?
Is someone as lowly as you even worthy of doing such a thing?
Why did you say that you would help the Prince?
The Prince said that he would ensure justice for thousands of citizens.
So I thought that it would not be a waste to be loyal to someone like him.
Are lowly people not even allowed to be loyal?
Did the Crown Prince seem so weak that he needs the loyalty of scum like you?
I will ask you this once more!
Why did you say that you would help the Prince?
I... I... I... I...
You thought and felt like you wanted to help the Crown Prince?
How dare you?
I am hungry!
My life is becoming so difficult!
I have a sickly mother.
And my father is now dead, so it will be difficult for my family to survive!
I thought that it'd be nice to never have any worries
and to live here and never go hungry again!
I do not think that he was sent by Dae Mok.
To think that a boy named Lee Seon appeared just when we needed him...
How lucky.
We only have two days left, Your Majesty.
I will send that boy to the initiation ceremony in the Prince's stead.
And...
try to target the time when Dae Mok and most of the Pyeonsoo-hwe members
will be present.
The initiation ceremony is our last chance to catch Dae Mok.
You must remember that.
Yes, Your Majesty!
I...
now have someone I must risk my life to fight in order to protect my people
as well as someone I must risk my life to protect.
Before I switch places with Lee Seon and leave the palace
I will meet with those two people.
I never consented to that.
You will come to accept it, Father, as it is destiny.
Destiny?
I will give it some consideration if your prayers make it rain.
You forfeited the citizens' water in order to save my life, Father.
Therefore, it is my destiny to reclaim that water.
It is something that the Crown Prince of Joseon
who will become the King of Joseon, must do.
Your said that my mistake could lead to the death of my citizens.
And you said that a single decision I make can influence thousands of citizens!
And yet, I did not know that my people were dying...
just because they didn't have water.
That is...
not your fault, Prince.
Your father did that to protect you, so...
No.
It is all my fault.
It is entirely my fault for being an unremarkable Prince...
who didn't need to be aware of anything.
So please, grant me your permission.
I will find a way to return the water to the citizens.
Here!
- It is an honor, Dae Mok! - It is an honor, Dae Mok!
All of their efforts this time were in vain!
You got the King and the Prince in one fell swoop
and showed everyone where the true power lies, Sir!
How is the Prince doing?
Before the execution, the Prince was crying and shouting so much
that the King locked him away
but he's as quiet as death now and has locked himself in his room.
He has such a fragile heart, so I'm sure that he was quite traumatized.
If we corner him just a little bit more
he will come and seek you out himself just as you wanted, Elder Dae Mok
and beg you to spare his life!
That's right.
Are you Dae Mok, the leader of the Pyeonsoo-hwe?
He is the Crown Prince.
Mind your manners!
Welcome, Your Highness.
Please come here, and accept my bow.
No, it's fine.
I came here because I did not know
about the existence of the Pyeonsoo-hwe until now
and I was disappointed by the fact that I couldn't meet you all.
But it's rude to burst in like this uninvited, so forgive me and take a seat.
But, Your Highness. According to the custom--
If we're going to start arguing about customs
you should be prostrated before me in the yard.
Will do you that?
But you are someone who commands more power than the Minister of the Left.
I don't think that this get-together is somewhere I should be, in the first place
and yet I am the one who burst in here uninvited
so please hurry and take a seat.
What brings you all the way here, Crown Prince?
I came here because I wanted your advice.
Will you give it to me?
First, a King needs loyal subjects.
Choose someone who will submit wholly to you
and entrust the management of the country to him.
If you do that, Your Highness...
all your problems will take care of themselves
even when the country faces great hardship.
A loyal subject whom I should entrust everything to, eh?
And are you the loyal subject that you speak of?
I am old and lacking, so I cannot do such work.
However, you should entrust the ruling of the country to a good person...
and not harbor any doubts, Your Highness.
If you do that...
the day that you ascend to the throne
will mark the beginning of an era of peace.
Yes.
I will keep that in mind.
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A flower is but an object
but I wish to express my feelings for your heartfelt words of advice to me.
Will you accept it?
Was it two years ago, perhaps?
The flowers in the royal garden were so beautiful
so I moved them to the greenhouse.
But they did not bloom the following year.
Only the stems grew.
It was almost as if it was an act of rebellion.
I assumed that it was because I uprooted them from the garden
and waited another year.
But the flowers did not bloom that year, either.
I grew tired of waiting and asked the gardener to look into it
and he told me that this flower only blooms if it gets cold.
To think that they couldn't bloom because they were inside the warm greenhouse!
Isn't that fascinating?
Figures.
A flower that blossoms after withstanding a snowstorm
is a true flower.
Since you came all this way to give me these flowers in person...
I would like to repay your kindness.
Your time will soon come.
Please become a ruler who loves his citizens.
That's exactly what I plan to do.
Didn't you say that he was a weak Prince who was plagued with depression?
That is definitely what we'd heard.
Then, what is the meaning of this flowerpot?
Surely, he did not bring me these flowers to win my favor!
What is the Crown Prince thinking?
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My father and I came here often to gaze at the moon.
Do you know what "Haewolgi" means?
The sun rises in the day, and the moon rises at night.
So they say that the sun and the moon
cannot be in the sky together at the same time.
But take a good look.
You see how the sun and moon are together there, don't you?
You may not be able to see your father again
but he will be with you always.
There is so much I need to say, but...
Ga Eun.
Just like this sun that is waiting for this moon
I will always be with you.
Even if I can't see you clearly, like the moon over there...
and no matter how much you change, just as that moon does...
I will protect you.
I'm sure that this will be difficult...
but will you remember that I am always by your side?
That you are not alone?
Are you... going somewhere?
I am leaving in order to keep the promise that I made to your father...
and in order to become a person who can protect those who are dear to him...
Will you stay by my side and see for yourself...
whether or not I keep my promise to your father?
If you wish to, come meet me here in three days' time.
[Episode 8]
- Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Congratulations, Your Majesty.
The people are speaking about how
the ancestral rites you performed allowed for rain to fall upon the land.
I am happy about it as well.
Your Majesty, as for the selection of a wife for the Prince--
Let us discuss that matter at a later time.
You cannot!
What do you mean, you do not know if it will take one or two months?
Your Majesty, please stop him!
I feel that this is the Prince's will, but the heavens' will as well
so I agreed to allow it.
Mother.
I will find a way to destroy the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
I will become worthy of being a King of my own accord, and return.
Must you really do this?
Yes.
And there is also someone I wish to have walk alongside me.
The daughter of Lord Han of Hansungbu, Han Ga Eun.
Lord Han Gyu Ho of Hansungbu and Soldier Park Moo Hwan
are to thoroughly investigate the construction of Yangsucheong.
Lord Han Gyu Ho of Hansungbu dared to impersonate me, the Crown Prince!
Your Highness.
Why did you...
I dared to use the name of the Crown Prince for myself
and I committed high treason!
I wish to wash myself of my sins through death.
So please behead me and make an example of me, Your Highness!
Father!
You received orders from the Prince, and yet...
Why, Father?
I, Han Ga Eun, daughter of Lord Han, who was beheaded by the Prince
am here to see His Highness, so please tell him that!
Lord Han's daughter?
Yes, Your Majesty.
She is currently locked up in Euigeumbu.
I have a daughter.
I will protect her.
I will take responsibility for her, and take care of her.
I promised him that I would take care of her, and yet I forgot.
Grant her an audience with me immediately!
Bring her here!
The Analects of Confucius say this:
"Is it not delightful to have friends to study with"
"and delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?"
Here, take a seat.
I always have this veil down, and wear my mask.
Hear me!
Hear... hear... me...
Tighten your core.
Hear me!
Yeah, just read it like that.
Follow me. There you go.
Face forward.
Curve your foot just a bit more.
There you go! There you go!
This is my favorite place.
It's beautiful.
People used to stare daggers at my mask
and it got to be too much for me...
I came here and cried by myself a lot.
Lee Seon.
Allow me to ask you one final time.
You will have to live with a mask on your face
after I finish the initiation ceremony.
Are you really okay with this?
It will be truly difficult to live while hiding your identity.
You cannot trust a single person, or have a real conversation with anyone.
And that will be much more painful than the hunger you felt as a poor man.
Your Highness.
Trust in me as I trust in you, Crown Prince.
All right.
I'm sure that it will be difficult, but endure it for just a short while.
But...
I do worry about my ill mother and my young sister.
I will take good care of them, so do not worry.
Just focus on studying.
Lee Seon.
As long as you wear this mask, you are me.
So don't lower your head.
Also, I would like it if you would become my friend and subject
who will be by my side and protect me when I return.
Will you do that for me?
Is... is it all right for a lowly person such as myself...
to be by your side, Your Highness?
I am entering, Your Highness.
Ah, Chung Woon.
What happened to Ga Eun?
Miss Ga Eun has been locked up in Euigeumbu.
What... do you mean by that?
Well, she insisted on seeing the Crown Prince
and broke into the palace.
I will wear the mask for a short while, Your Highness
so please go and see Young Miss.
The Crown Prince believes that the initiation ceremony is tomorrow.
However, the initiation ceremony is actually today.
When you go to the initiation ceremony
Dae Mok will first make you drink a truth-telling elixir.
Your heart will race
and you will experience visual and auditory hallucinations
but you must endure it!
Then, after he sees your face, he will ask for your name.
What must you say then?
I...
am the Crown Prince of Joseon...
Lee Seon.
She has been released already.
Ga Eun! Ga Eun!
Ga Eun--
Oh no.
Please forgive me for not being able to keep our promise, Young Master.
When I look at you, I am reminded of my father's death
and I do not have the confidence that I can be happy.
So please, just forget about me.
I do not wish to see you again, so do not come to see me again.
If I end up losing my life like this and I cannot keep my promise to you...
please forget about me.
But if I return alive, I will be with you.
I won't be selfish anymore and ask you to come with me.
So please, just come back safely.
Convey my message to them.
Yes, Your Majesty!
I know that the members of the Pyeonsoo-hwe are our brethren.
But we will not join those arrogant and corrupt men!
Cast aside your fears, and grab your weapons.
Take the Pyeonsoo-hwe down!
The future of Joseon lies in your hands!
You are doing what must be done, and are risking your lives to do it
so the heavens will surely help us!
Today, we...
will definitely succeed!
Oh, Chun Soo!
If the Crown Prince dies, I will die, too.
He is the one who had the Crown Prince's jade crest.
All right, it is time for you to be initiated into the Pyeonsoo-hwe now.
Tell me your true name.
"Lee," meaning "different," and "Seon," meaning "line."
"Lee Seon," meaning that you can live a different life.
It's... Lee Seon.
Make him drink more of the elixir.
Are you truly Lee Seon, the Crown Prince of Joseon?
I am...
Lee Seon, the Crown Prince of Joseon!
The King! We must protect His Majesty, the King!
Return to the palace, all of you! Quickly!
The King sent a fake, eh?
The Crown Prince!
We must find a way to save the Crown Prince!
We have no time. You must decide now!
Your Highness!
Stop.
Your Highness.
I know that you are worried about Miss Ga Eun, but...
we must return before daybreak.
I know.
I will meet Dae Mok tomorrow.
I followed them here because I was told that I'd be able to meet the Prince.
Please allow me to meet with the Crown Prince.
Yes, I have no excuses to offer you regarding what happened to Lord Han.
I am sorry that we made you lose your father.
The person who should be asking for my forgiveness is not you, Youngbin.
The one who did that to your father was not the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince ordered my father directly to carry out an investigation.
And yet, the Crown Prince deceived my father.
I saw the Crown Prince cut my father's head from his neck with my own eyes!
So how can you say that it isn't so?
Who in the world beheaded my father, if it wasn't the Prince?
Do you know about Dae Mok? He is controlling Joseon behind the scenes?
The Crown Prince's guilt and my resentment
will not fade away just because there are other parties involved!
He is not the Crown Prince.
You put a mask on the Crown Prince's face
to save the Prince's life, and to end mine?
Oh my.
Your so-called brilliant plan ended up becoming your downfall.
Anyone can become a puppet king as long as you put a mask on his face
so wouldn't what you did actually be the best way
to kill the Crown Prince and make me the King of Joseon?
What do you mean, kill the Crown Prince?
You must hurry and escape, Youngbin!
I will be going to the King. You take this child and leave the palace.
What?
Wait for the Royal General, and tell him of the situation within the palace.
And you cannot allow the Crown Prince to return to the palace!
Do you understand?
I can't, My Lady!
What are you doing? Hurry and go!
My Lady!
Oh no!
My Lady! What is going on?
I... I believe that it must be poison!
My Lady! My Lady! Please, wake up, My Lady!
This is water. Drink this all at once, and spit it back out.
Dae Mok!
Protect His Majesty!
- Hyah! - Hyah!
All right, please come out.
- My Lady! - My Lady!
My Lady!
You... said that you wanted to know the true reason why your father died, right?
The men you just saw...
are the ones who killed your father.
There is something hidden in a large pot in the Crown Prince's greenhouse.
Make sure... you bring that to Chun Soo.
Young Master Chun Soo?
You... you must bring it to Chun Soo.
If you... want to avenge your father...
go and find the large pot.
My... My Lady.
Your Highness.
Father!
He's the real Crown Prince! Capture him!
Royal General! Protect the Crown Prince!
Yes, Your Highness!
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No!
Father!
Run away!
Father!