I asked if you were the Crown Prince.
Please,
tell me you are not.
Say I am mistaken,
and that you are not the Crown Prince.
Please say that.
Please,
tell me you are not the Crown Prince who killed my father.
Ga Eun.
I am...
indeed...
the Crown Prince.
Ga Eun.
Get off of me!
If you are really the Crown Prince,
why have you...
been pretending to be Chun Soo?
Why did you deceive me?
Was killing my father not enough? Have you been...
mocking me as well?
I...
Yes, I deceived you.
I was afraid I would lose you,
so I could not tell you the truth.
I am truly sorry.
Ga Eun, please...
Please forgive me.
Forgive you?
How dare you ask for my forgiveness?
You...
killed my father...
and mocked me.
But I...
saved you with this knife.
Ga Eun.
- About your father... - Shut it.
I will kill you myself...
and avenge my father's death!
My father...
told me not to resent you.
He said his death...
was not the Crown Prince's fault.
I am letting you live...
not because I forgive you.
It is because I will not let my father's death be in vain.
I cannot let my father's sacrifice which he made for you...
be in vain.
Ga Eun.
Get lost.
I never want to see you again.
Get lost right now!
(Episode 28)
Your Majesty, this is Hyun Seok.
Come in.
What happened?
I saw the Chief Peddler leaving the greenhouse alone.
I see. How about Lady Ga Eun?
She is alone in the greenhouse.
Why are you so late?
What about Lady Ga Eun?
Was she not able to escape?
Ga Eun...
found out that...
I am the Crown Prince.
I should have...
told her the truth earlier.
Due to my fear and foolishness,
I hurt Ga Eun once again.
Are you all right?
Sun.
Lady Ga Eun.
Do you remember?
Our master said...
fate is like the river.
When the river gets angry,
everything is submerged in water.
Everything is destroyed...
and swept away.
Everything passed now.
Nothing will happen anymore.
Therefore,
do not worry about a thing.
Rest peacefully.
To stop the fate from making you suffer,
I will...
protect you.
Did you say Ga Eun found out the truth?
Yes, master.
Why at this time?
She does not know that it was not the Crown Prince...
who killed Deputy Magistrate Han.
It was I, who killed him.
It was neither you nor the Crown Prince.
It was Dae Mok who killed Ga Eun's father.
That is the truth she must know.
We must do something about it.
- Please help me. - What will you do?
I could not go to the palace in case someone might recognize me.
However, I must go there now.
I must tell Lady Ga Eun the truth.
That she should not resent the Crown Prince,
but me.
Does the real Crown Prince love that girl named Ga Eun?
Yes, both the fake king...
and the Chief Peddler love Lady Ga Eun.
Interesting.
The fake and the real Crown Prince love the same woman.
It could be a chance...
to catch two rabbits with one rope.
I brought back the rest of the antidote.
This antidote...
works only on those who are addicted to poppy.
It is toxic to those who are not addicted.
I sent him the real antidote,
but what can I do if the King rejected it himself?
Deliver this letter to the King.
Yes, Master Dae Mok.
Your Majesty, what did Dae Mok say?
If I kill the Crown Prince,
he will make me the real king.
- Hyun Seok. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Tell the Chief Peddler.
I have something to discuss with him in secret.
Did you tell Ga Eun...
that I am the Crown Prince?
Did you?
Yes.
It was me.
I asked you...
to wait...
because I wanted to tell her myself...
after destroying Pyunsoo Group.
I can no longer trust your words.
Nothing good came out of trusting you.
Do you remember?
Five years ago,
you showed mercy to my father of a lowly class.
However,
what was the result of your mercy?
My father was murdered in a miserable way.
How about Deputy Magistrate Han?
He investigated the Bureau of Water Supply under your command.
In the end, he was beheaded by you.
Why are you not making excuses?
You should make an excuse and say you did not kill him yourself.
It was my fault that he died.
Thus, it is the same as if I had killed him myself.
This facade of yours...
fooled me.
I believed that it was friendship.
I believed that...
you would be a king for the subjects unlike the late King.
That is why I took your mask...
and participated in the initiation.
It is because I believed Joseon under your rule would be different.
However,
I was wrong.
You put the mask on me...
due to your fear of Dae Mok.
You fled and left me behind...
for your own survival.
You used me as bait for Dae Mok.
Perhaps you thought...
you could kill me anytime I become useless.
That is not true, Sun.
I did not return sooner because...
I do not want your excuses.
This will be...
our last meeting.
What...
do you mean?
This is not your home anymore.
Do not come back to the palace.
Sun, are you...
Yes, that is right.
I will no longer return the throne to you.
I told Dae Mok...
that the Crown Prince is still alive.
Soon enough,
the soldiers will come after you.
Do you still not see it?
I lured you...
into a trap.
Now you should...
run away.
Geonchunmun Gate, Yeongchumun Gate,
and Gwanghwamun Gate are heavily guarded.
Soon, Shinmumun Gate will be the same.
You should get away before Dae Mok catches you.
This is my last token...
of friendship...
that I can offer.
If by chance you get out of here alive,
do not ever...
come back.
If you do, then...
I shall kill you myself.
Your Highness.
There are soldiers everywhere, so I came in out of concern.
Are you all right?
Go that way.
Chung Woon.
Dae Mok knows that I am alive.
We must get out through Shinmumun Gate.
They are traitors! Get them!
Go after them!
- They went that way. - Get them!
Stop!
Get them!
- Find them! - After them!
- They went that way! - Get them!
This way!
What brings you here?
Chief Eunuch. Did you see anyone suspicious?
Did you see anyone unfamiliar?
I did not.
I saw some strange men jump over the wall.
You look like him.
You look a lot like...
the traitor who stole...
the throne.
What do you mean by that?
You lost the Crown Prince?
I deserve to die, master.
How odd.
An elaborate trap like that...
should have been sufficient.
Is there anyone in the palace...
that I do not know of?
All I get to see...
is her sound asleep.
I apologize, Your Majesty.
She could not sleep...
as she could not stop crying.
I gave her something to help her sleep.
Is it in any way bad for her health?
You can rest assured.
It is only a little something to help her rest.
Take good care of her.
She means...
more to me than anyone else in the world.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Get off of me!
If you are really the Crown Prince,
why have you been pretending to be...
Chun Soo?
Why did you deceive me?
Get lost. I never want to see you again.
Get lost right now!
If by chance you get out of here alive,
do not ever come back.
If you do, then...
I shall kill you myself.
My lady.
You must wake up now.
The King will be here soon.
You are the woman from the Bureau of Trade.
Please save me.
I knew you were with her.
Take her outside.
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
Dae Mok abducted Lady Ga Eun.
What do you mean?
Why would he abduct her?
He has a message for the Crown Prince.
He said he is taking her and that if you want her back,
you must come to him alone.
How did you know...
I was the Crown Prince?
I knew ever since we met in the Bureau of Trade.
What is more important now is that Dae Mok knows...
and has taken...
Lady Ga Eun hostage.
What will you do?
What do you think? I shall go and save her.
Will you...
really go to save her?
What do you mean?
If you go now,
Dae Mok will definitely have you killed.
Are you saying...
I should leave Ga Eun with him?
I also wish to save her.
But you...
must become king one day.
She is right.
- Master. - We cannot...
trade your life for Ga Eun's.
Are you saying we should leave her to die?
She is my precious pupil.
However,
as precious as she may be,
I cannot save her...
and let down all the people of Joseon.
You...
are responsible for the life of every single person in Joseon.
Where am I?
You are at Master Dae Mok's house.
He wishes to see you, my lady.
Are you Han Ga Eun, Han Gyu Ho's daughter?
Are you...
Dae Mok, the mastermind...
behind Pyunsoo Group?
Do you know of me?
True.
Your father was killed by the Crown Prince while investigating me.
That is correct.
My father only wanted justice...
and was wrongfully killed.
However, someone who deserves to die like yourself...
is still alive.
Life is so unfair.
Justice belongs to the powerful.
Your father, who spoke of justice...
because he believed in the powerless Crown Prince,
was foolish.
No.
I am proud of my father for not siding with...
someone like you, but rather, standing with...
the powerless people.
I had my doubts,
but he really came to save you.