Your Majesty. Please dethrone the Queen.
Your Majesty.
Do not worry, my Queen.
I will protect you.
Commander Jung.
Remove those troops immediately.
The Queen is not pregnant with the King's baby.
How dare you?
Did you take up a rebellious heart?
The Queen has been in league with Prince Choo Seong for a long time.
Shut your mouth.
I have the evidence.
You must hurry. You must stop their evil plan.
Your Majesty.
What is this unspeakable treason?
We are not rebellious. We are loyal, Your Majesty.
- Take the traitor away. - Yes.
Stay away.
I will not be dragged out by you rebels.
There are posters like these out on the streets.
"The blind mother ruins everything."
"The blind Queen ruined..."
"the King, the people, and the government."
That is the will of the people...
and their voices.
This is a conspiracy.
Your Majesty, do not be tied down with personal feelings.
Even the Queen Dowager gave us the permission.
What?
Are you not afraid of the heavens?
Soon, the world will fear me...
more than they fear the heavens.
Take her.
Mother.
Mother. Do not go.
You must help...
your grandma and father...
in my place.
All right?
- Mother. - Take her.
- My baby. - Mother.
Let go of me.
My baby. My baby.
- Mother. - My baby.
You must go.
Mother.
Mother, do not go.
Mother.
- Get them. - Get them.
Wol Myung. How could you do this?
Everything is over. Goodbye.
Why did you...
give them the permission to dethrone her?
Why?
Mother!
Sukwon.
If it were not for you, I could not have convinced the Queen Dowager.
You promised that you will make me into the Queen.
I hope you have not forgotten.
How could I ever know...
that you will not betray me even after you become the Queen?
Do you believe me now?
When her palanquin leaves the city,
kill the dethroned queen.
"There cannot be..."
"two suns under the sky"?
He almost got caught fornicating with the Queen.
That is why he rebelled against you.
Stop right there.
Your Majesty, this is too dangerous.
Move away.
I must ask something to my uncle.
Move away.
Uncle.
Is everything I have seen and heard true?
Have you been...
- with the Queen... - Your Majesty.
Is it true...
that you tried to take my throne to cover up your dirty crime?
Has your insight gone dull...
because of your wicked subjects?
Tell me.
What is the truth?
Tell me right now.
I have...
lost your trust...
and could not stop their evil plan.
I will pay for that sin...
with my death.
However,
please open up your heart...
and listen to the Queen's sincere heart.
This is your son.
The Queen has given birth to this baby at the risk of her life.
He is...
the Royal Line of the Royal Family.
Arrest the rebel.
I will haunt you...
even after my death...
to punish you for your sins.
Is this not pretty?
Our mother made this for us.
Baby, do not cry.
She will be back soon.
Have you made a decision?
Prince Choo Seong plotted a rebellion.
Since you all stopped the rebellion, you will become merit subjects.
What will you do with the child?
I will report to the Great Shrine and appoint him as the Prince.
Once he grows up, he will look into the dethroned Queen's...
I will give a gag order.
If anyone dares to discuss...
the dethroned Queen for the next 100 years, I will punish them severely.
Your Majesty.
Commander Jung.
If you try to stop me,
I will fight against you...
with this throne.
I am...
just one of your loyal subjects.
It will be done as you wish.
Three years in the Qing Dynasty helped me learn who I am...
and it helped me learn what I am capable of.
Power to predict the future comes from knowing the history.
If you want to know one's future,
you must know about his past...
and his history.
This is the only way to find the solution.
You are amazing.
The depth of your studies in literature is astonishing.
- Great! - Great!
- This is mine. - No, I had it first.
- It is mine. - No, it's not.
Stop taking it away from her.
- Young noble from Joseon. - Goodness.
I am going to take it first.
- I like you. - I like you.
- Wow, he looks amazing. - I adore you.
Do not go back.
Don not go back to Joseon please.
It saddens me to hear you have to go back.
A drink with a good friend is never enough.
Only if we are on the same page.
Cheers.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
I gave it my best among excellent scholars.
I always managed to be the best despite the attention I had.
(The Qing Dynasty, me, a success.)
With great ambitions, I...
With great ambitions, I am...
returning to Joseon.
Master Doggy.
This is Joseon.
Gyun Woo.
Hey, long time no see.
What? You are in Joseon now.
I knew you would boast about everything.
What is this ugly thing?
Come on. This is a friend of mine which the Emperor gave me.
Be nice.
Master Doggy, stay here.
Wait, what? I hope this is not my present.
My son.
I have returned safely.
I have been waiting for you to come.
Let me take a look at you.
Goodness, your time in Yanjing made you even more handsome.
My looks will never fade away.
You must be tired from the trip.
Let us hurry. His Majesty is waiting.
Why are your hands so rough?
Your Majesty.
Director Gyun Pil Hyung and his son at your service.
Do you remember?
When you were 10, you read Conversations of Master Chu...
and shocked me and my subjects.
You have named me the treasure of Joseon.
How could I forget?
I heard the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty insisted on you staying,
yet you still left. Is that true?
I still lack in my knowledge,
but I wanted to make use of it for Your Majesty and your people.
Director Gyun, you have such an excellent son.
I am ever grateful, Your Majesty.
What should I do now?
I cannot waste away our treasure.
No matter what my position is, I will do my best.
I heard it has been three years since you have been gone.
I will reward you with a privy purse.
Until I call you back,
enjoy your motherland and take a rest from your journey.
I am grateful for your favor.
You have learned something so awesome.
This is pretty cool.
You can each take a cup.
My goodness.
"Do" for dishes, "mi" means falling, and "no" means waves.
They fall down like a wave,
so it is called a domino cocktail.
This is the hottest way of mixing liquor in Yanjing now.
It sounds like you have not studied at all.
Did you just party there?
Come on.
Nerds who are always looking at their books...
cannot become a worthy man.
I partied from time to time and sometimes gambled.
Two birds with one stone.
People say heroes know how to party.
Please keep us in your mind.
His Majesty has his eyes on you.
You are on a road to success.
Every tide has its ebb.
Power may look grand,
but it is all vanity like a fistful of flower petals...
blown away with the wind.
Stop whining.
All right. This is on the King, so enjoy yourselves.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Gyun Woo?
Hello.
It has been a while. When did you get back?
The entire nation of Joseon knows. But I guess you did not.
Right, have a glass. This is from His Majesty.
I will consider I had.
Come on.
Chang Hwi is now in a position where he is not supposed to take...
a glass from just anyone.
I guess the news did not reach the Qing Dynasty.
He is now a second lieutenant.
I knew it.
Your father prepared a position just for you.
I heard you did not pass the exam even after buying a scholar...
and a teacher to teach you.
Twice, was it?
Sure, the King has his eyes on you.
Your head must be up in the clouds.
However, you should be careful.
A nail that sticks out calls out for a hammer.
The prettier a flower is, the more envious weeds get.
You do not have to worry about me. Worry about yourself.
You did not get that job with your talents.
If you slip and fall,
it would be too sad.
Let us wait and see...
who slips and falls first.
He always boasted about the success he bought with money.
It feels so rewarding to watch him get humiliated.
Why are they strutting like that?
Exactly.
Now, the uninvited guests are gone.
- Let us get this party started. - Let us get it started.
Do you know about the twister cocktail?
It is the second hottest...
mixed cocktail in Yanjing right now.
Twister cocktail? What is that?
- Wow. - How amazing.
Wow.
Joseon surely changed a lot.