(Episode 7)
- Father. - No...
This man...
is Deputy Magistrate Han Gyu Ho.
He falsely used my name, the Crown Prince.
To punish him and make an example of him,
I myself...
will behead him.
Your Highness!
Your Highness.
Your Highness, please save my father's life.
My father is not guilty.
Spare him, Your Highness.
Lady Kim.
Let go of her.
Wait, wait.
- Please, please... - Stop! Stop what you are doing!
Father.
- Father. - Ga Eun. Ga Eun.
Your Highness!
What did my father do to deserve this?
Spare him, Your Highness!
Your Highness. Your Highness.
- Your Highness! Your Highness! - Ga Eun, Ga Eun.
My lady.
What did the deputy magistrate do wrong?
Please spare his life.
- Please spare his life. - Please spare his life.
I...
pretended to carry out the Crown Prince's command...
and committed high treason.
I wish to pay for it with my life.
May His Highness...
behead me today...
and make an example of me.
Father.
No... No...
Father...
Master.
Your beheading me...
will remain on your conscience.
But...
you must overcome it.
No! Stop!
Stop! Stop it immediately!
Stop it! Make way! Get out of the way!
Stop!
Stop! Do not do it!
Halt the execution!
Stop! Stop!
Father.
Father!
- Ga Eun. - Father.
Father.
- Ga Eun. - Ga Eun.
- My lady. - Ga Eun.
Ga Eun.
Your Highness.
The Crown Prince himself beheaded Deputy Magistrate Han.
A man named Woo Bo is asking to see you.
What should we do?
Let me go.
I want to speak to Dae Mok. Let me go.
Be kind to him.
This cup...
cannot be filled to the top.
Woo Bo.
You enlighten me once again.
A long time ago,
I went to visit you.
I gave them my loyalty.
However,
my innocent died because of me.
What must I do so I do not live...
as their slave?
What can I do to protect my precious people?
At that time,
do you remember what you told me?
Once you realize your own strength,
you will become their master instead of a dog.
People may kick and look down on their dogs.
However, they fear wild dogs.
What could be the reason?
Is it due to fear?
Become a master.
If you believe that you are the master and act that way,
they will not treat you like a slave.
I am no longer...
a slave who obeys those in power.
Now I am a man...
whom everyone fears.
That is not what I meant.
It is exactly what you meant.
If you make people suffer by abusing your power,
you are not different from the authority you detested.
I never said...
I will become different from them.
What is the matter?
Did you not expect me to gain more power than the King?
Have you given up on being human?
You have become a dog!
What do you know?
Your wise answer...
greatly enlightened me once again.
I will forgive what you have done today.
What did you say?
However,
remember this.
A smart mouth...
can either...
save or kill people.
What must I do...
so that the innocent are not killed because of me?
I cannot bear it.
I cannot bear it because I feel like a monster.
How can I...
abolish Pyunsoo Group?
No matter how difficult,
I will do it if it means pain and sacrifice.
Please.
Tell me the solution?
I do not know.
From your current perspective, you will not find a solution.
Go somewhere else...
to seek a new perspective.
You will find a solution that way.
Is there anything else I can do to help?
Do you...
know who I am?
You are the one who saved my life.
My name is Hwa Gun.
Will you call my name...
next time we meet again?
I will remember it.
After three days,
I will carry on with the initiation for the Crown Prince.
Father.
Father?
What will you do with the Crown Prince?
I will be taking your place after you.
However, you always keep secrets from me.
People think I am...
I have...
yet to confirm you as my successor.
Grandfather.
You have shown me what happens...
when I go against you.
What will you do with the Crown Prince?
I will carry on with the initiation.
Is there any way...
to stop it?
Please give me more time.
I will be sure to earn his heart.
Do you want to save the Crown Prince?
Get in or die.
He has no other choice.
I am sorry, Your Majesty.
I have not found the Crown Prince yet.
I do not think Pyunsoo Group took him.
Dae Mok will make him join Pyunsoo Group three days later.
Within three days,
can you find the boy named Lee Sun?
It will be difficult.
There is not enough time to train him either.
If Dae Mok asks for his name after hypnotizing him,
he will find out the truth.
There will not be enough time to carry out the plan.
The time has finally come.
However, we cannot send the Crown Prince.
Find someone who can replace him.
Chun Soo.
You said the Crown Prince was your friend.
Please let me meet His Highness.
I...
I will meet him...
and ask him why he abandoned his royal subject.
If the Crown Prince is the justice my father sought,
how could he kill my father?
I will ask him if that is what justice means!
- Ga Eun. - My lady!
Please be careful.
Goodness.
Your Highness.
I know that it is not...
something you did.
Who killed Deputy Magistrate Han and why?
His death was...
no one else's fault,
but mine.
I am very sorry.
I could not resolve your sorrow over your father's death,
and now Deputy Magistrate Han died because of me.
I am very sorry that...
someone like me is the Crown Prince.
If there is anything I can help...
despite my humble birth,
I will do anything.
Yes.
Thank you.
It will be hard to find someone named Yi Sun right away.
If we use someone with a different name,
it will be dangerous for the Crown Prince.
Your Highness.
Why is the King looking for a boy named Yi Sun?
I heard that...
he wants the boy to attend the initiation instead of me.
I will...
be that boy.
I do not own a family name due to my humble birth, but my name is...
Yi Sun as well.
Thank you.
However,
it will be useless to avoid them for a moment with a substitute.
Everything in this world will not go as you wish.
Stand where you can see things differently,
and look at them with a fresh set of eyes.
A way to look at things with a fresh set of eyes.
Yi Sun.
Could you really be my substitute?
Yes, Your Highness.
Is your name Yi Sun?
To find a way to fight Pyunsoo Group and defeat them,
I will switch my identity with Yi Sun for a while.
I wish to stay with the people...
in order to see Pyunsoo Group from their view.
Please approve of this.
You will find a way to fight Pyunsoo Group and defeat them...
while leaving that boy of low birth in the palace?
It was you who raised me with a mask on my face...
to find a substitute.
I understand why you came to such a determination.
However, he cannot be your substitute after the initiation.
I will have the initiation myself.
Crown Prince!
Do you have any idea what it means or how dangerous it is?
I will bear it.
I am trying to find a way to solve the problem.
I am not running away.
You do not know who he really is,
or whether he will do well or not.
He knew all the other substitutes were murdered,
but he still offered to do it for me.
He is smart and trustworthy.
I believe he will do great, Your Majesty.
Chief Commander Lee.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Take that boy...
and find out whether he is a spy of Pyunsoo Group or not.
I was moved by the Crown Prince's consideration for the people.
I thought if he cares about me, a man of low birth,
he would become a truly wise king who looks after his people.
You thought?
You say that is what you thought. You are not...
allowed to think in your status!
I...
Why did you tell the Crown Prince you would help him?
His Highness told me he would become the justice of all the people.
I thought I would risk my life for someone like him.
Is a lowly man not even allowed to be loyal to someone?
Did you think the Crown Prince was a weak person...
who needs your loyalty?
I will ask you again.
Why did you offer to help the Crown Prince?
I... I just...
You offered to help him because of your thoughts and will.
How dare you!
I am starved!
The work is too hard.
I have a sick mother.
Even my father died. I do not know how I should make a living now.
I wanted to appease my hunger without worrying about anything.
I just wanted to study and read all I want!
He does not seem to be a spy Dae Mok sent.
A boy named Yi Sun appeared just in time.
It must be a good sign.
We only have two days until the initiation, Your Majesty.
I shall...
send that boy to the initiation instead of Crown Prince.
Aim for the time when...
every member including Dae Mok is gathered in the room.
Do not forget...
the initiation will be the last chance to get rid of Dae Mok.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I now have...
someone I should stake my life and fight for the people,
and someone I should stake my life to protect.
Before I switch positions with Yi Sun and leave the palace,
I will meet those two.
I never approved of this.
It is the way of providence.
You will approve of it.
The way of providence?
I will think about it...
if your prayer makes it rain.
You gave up...
water for the people to save my life.
Hence,
it is my fate to take the water back from them.
It is my duty as the Crown Prince, the future king of Joseon.
You told me my misjudgment could kill the people.
You told me my decisions affect the whole nation.
But I...
did not even know they were dying because of water.
That is...
not your fault.
I did it to protect you.
No.
It is my fault.
Since I am the Crown Prince, not an ordinary man,
it is my fault.
Please...
let me do this.
I will...
find a way to return water to the people.
Drink.
- Congratulations. - Congratulations.
He can run,
but only a cliff awaits.
You captured both the King and the Crown Prince...
and showed where the true power lies.
How is the Crown Prince doing?
He was bawling like a baby and wailing,
so the King had him locked up,
but then he became as quiet as a mouse and is staying in his room.
He is of such weak minded,
the shock must have made him give up on himself.
If we push a little harder,
he will walk in here himself as you wish,
begging us to save him.
That is right.
Are you the Dae Mok, the leader of Pyunsoo Group?
He is the Crown Prince.
Show your respect.
Welcome.
Your Highness, please come up here and let us bow to you.
No. That is fine.
I did not know about Pyunsoo Group before.
I am here because I was disappointed that I never met you all before.
However, it was rude of me to show up unannounced,
so let us forego the formalities and sit together.
However, Your Highness,
- the law... - If we were to stick by the law,
you must kneel in the courtyard and bow at my feet.
Would you prefer to do that?
However,
you are sitting higher up than the Second State Councilor.
Formalities seem to be irrelevant here anyway,
and I barged in unannounced,
so do not concern yourself, and have a seat.
What brings the Crown Prince all the way here?
I came to ask you for your advice.
Will you oblige?
Conclusively,
the King needs loyalty.
Select someone trustworthy...
and let him steer the vessel.
If you do,
no matter what great hardship befalls the nation,
it will resolve itself.
Someone trustworthy enough to let steer the vessel.
Are you he?
I am too old and too inadequate to serve you in that manner.
Please,
leave it to a wise man to steer the vessel,
and do not suspect him.
If you ask,
you will enjoy a peaceful reign...
over the nation when you take the throne.
I see.
I shall take your advice.
It is an insubstantial gift,
but it is my token of appreciation for your heartfelt counsel.
Will you accept it?
Was it two years ago?
I saw a flower growing in the wild.
It was so pretty, that I moved it into my greenhouse.
The following year, it would not blossom.
Only the leaves kept growing, so much so that...
it looked like green onions.
I thought...
it was because I brought it in from the wild and waited another year.
But it would not blossom again.
I was tired of waiting and looked into it,
and they said it needed to endure the cold in order to bloom.
To think, the flower would not bloom because it was in a warm greenhouse.
Is that not amusing?
But then again,
a flower that blooms through snow and wind...
is a true flower.
You came all the way here to talk about a flower.
I am floored by your grace bestowed upon me.
My desire is this.
That you become a King...
that loves his people.
Yes,
I definitely shall.
Did you not say he is a weak-minded Crown Prince...
suffering from serious depression?
That is what we were told.
Then what is this plant?
He is saying he will become a flower that defeats the winter!
What is this declaration...
of war from the Crown Prince?
(Episode 8 will continue)