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The marriage selection?
What are you talking about, Your Majesty?
You can be an adopted daughter of our household and attend.
I am a court lady.
[Episode 25] How can a court lady attend?
This is an urgent situation, so I do not have a choice.
Someone needs to watch over Yeon Joo during the process.
You are the only person that I can trust.
If you can succeed with this...
I will make certain to restore your father's status.
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Your Majesty! The Dowager Queen is conscious.
Your Majesty, are you okay?
King...
What happened here?
Someone used poison on you and the candidates.
That cannot be true.
Your Majesty! Take care of Her Majesty.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You are an officer here to protect. Why couldn't you protect anyone?
Please forgive me... Your Majesty.
Doctor, take care of this girl first.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You should leave now.
There is nothing more you can do here.
Once you give her emergency treatment, move her to the royal villa.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What is going on?
How could such a thing happen in the palace?
Eunuch.
Who has done such a thing?
Your Majesty, the Minister of Government Administration is here.
- Did you ask for me, Your Majesty? - Please help me.
Please help this girl live.
Boil some water and bring it to me.
I will start my examination, so get prepared.
Yes, Minister.
Servant, how is the girl in the royal villa?
She has not regained consciousness yet.
She was unwell all night.
Is she really all right?
She had a fever from the last antidote to the poison.
She will be fine once this fever goes down.
Do not worry.
I will tell them to prepare some herbal medicine.
Young Master Chun Soo.
Have you been here all night?
What about Ga Eun? How is she?
Do not worry.
She will be sick for a few days, but her life is not in danger.
I would like to see Ga Eun.
Lee Seon is inside.
I will get you inside once he is gone.
Ga Eun.
Do not worry, Young Master.
I am fine.
Please, I am asking you.
I don't want to see you like this again.
You can cry, laugh, or get angry at me.
I am fine with all of it.
However...
I do not wish to see you like this.
Do you know how I felt seeing you like this?
It must have been similar to how I felt...
seeing you passed out in the water.
Whenever I feel tired and exhausted...
you have always been by my side.
Though...
you have always had a different name and identity.
A book merchant and Boss of the pack carriers...
Today, a royal officer.
Sometimes, I even wonder what your true identity is.
To me, you are just...
my Young Mast Chun Soo, right?
Ga Eun... how is she?
She is stable and I watched her go to sleep.
Oh goodness. I thought something had happened and I was so scared.
I thought my heart was going to shrivel up.
How is everyone else?
No one was so sick that they were facing death.
That is a relief.
So, no one died?
That is a little strange.
No, no! It is a relief, of course.
Is it not strange?
I suppose it is.
It feels poorly done if it was orchestrated by the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
It was not the Pyeonsoo-hwe who did it.
Think about it.
What did the Pyeonsoo-hwe gain from this?
There is no need to worry.
The daughters of the Minister of the Left and the Prime Minister will recover.
The problem is Princess Sukseon and Lady Shim.
They are both too afraid to partake as judges in the process.
I do not know who would dare such a thing.
The Pyeonsoo-hwe have gained nothing.
They lost people who would help them control the selection.
Why did we suspect them at all?
Because the Dowager Queen was poisoned as well.
Yes, she did not lose anything.
In fact...
she has gained a lot.
Chief, tell me your thoughts.
A cunning fox drank poison of her own accord.
Are you saying the Dowager Queen drank poison to get control of the process?
Yes.
You're saying this was...
a show by the Dowager Queen?
However, you do not need to worry.
Besides Princess Sukseon and Lady Shim
there is someone willing to step up to be a judge.
Really? Who will step forward?
Your Majesty, are you all right?
Do I look all right to you?
You were willing to die in order to protect the palace women.
I was shocked by the strength of your will.
Stop saying useless drivel and tell Yeon Joo.
Her aunt drank poison in order to get her the seat of being Queen.
She'd better focus and get through the marriage selection.
Yes, Your Majesty.
It is a relief that all of the candidates recovered and can continue.
I am worried about what will happen next.
The Pyeonsoo-hwe lost two of their judges.
I find it suspicious that they are not making a move.
If things are left like this
the girl from the Dowager Queen's household will be chosen.
You have all been chosen from the first round.
As you know, there should be other royal family members to help judge.
However, there was an unfortunate incident last time.
So, I can no longer request help from them.
Therefore, the King did us a great favor.
He has decided to come today.
I want you all to bow to him.
Let's get started now.
Dowager Queen.
What is it?
Well...
Someone has come to help judge the candidates.
What are you talking about?
Who would help with the judging?
I am not too late, am I?
I am here to judge the candidates for marriage.
Aren't you Hwa Goon?
What right do you have to judge the candidates for marriage?
I am judging as Chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Does that not give me enough right?
Your Majesty, please tell me.
Do I have the right?
Or shall I bring my grandfather here?
No...
If you are Chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe
you have more than enough right.
Now, I believe the judging will be fair.
Do you not agree?
There is trouble!
Trouble has finally happened.
The chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe has shown up to judge the candidates for marriage.
I need to go there now.
The Minister of the Right's daughter is the niece of the Dowager Queen.
You must be bold and strong like the Dowager Queen.
We are here to select the head of state.
We need to know if you are a person who understands the life of the people.
I will ask a question to the daughter of the Minister of the Right.
How much is a sack of rice?
Oh dear.
Is it possible that you do not know the price of a sack of rice?
It seems that the minister raised you delicately
like a flower in a greenhouse.
Right now... a sack of rice costs five yang.
Tell me what each region exports to the royal family.
Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-do...
Cotton.
export cotton.
Pyongan-do, Hwanghae-do... alcohol.
Hamkil-do and Gwangwon-do...
Boats.
they offer boats.
Between the sun in the sky and the city of Chang'an...
which one is further away?
What you just said is not a question, but a trick.
A trick?
No matter what one answers, you will say it is incorrect.
It is that kind of trick.
If one answers that Chang'an is closer, this is what you'd say.
"Raise your head and look to the sky. The sun is right in front of you."
"Chang'an is too far away to see with your eyes."
"Therefore, isn't the sun closer to you?"
If one had answered that the sun was closer, you would have said this.
"You can meet people from Chang'an."
"However, have you ever met someone from the sun?"
"Therefore, isn't Chang'an much closer?"
How can anyone give a correct answer to a trick question?
You are correct.
My question was a trick.
As a symbol of my apology, I will ask a very clear question.
Whichever one of you knows the answer may answer.
I will ask about the law of Joseon.
If someone makes a misrepresentation regarding the King's command...
what kind of punishment does a criminal like that receive?
Han Gyu Ho of the Hansungbu falsely misrepresented my name!
Therefore, I will execute him myself.
Did you not hear me?
I will ask again.
What kind of a punishment must a criminal
who misrepresents a King's command, receive?
They will be beheaded.
Yes, you are correct.
They will be beheaded.
They will get their head cut off in Seosomun.
That head will be put on a spike and displayed for all to see.
All those who pass by...
will spit on that head.
Isn't that true?
I...
need to speak to you.
They will get their head cut off in Seosomun.
That head will be put on a spike and displayed for all to see.
All those who pass by...
will spit on that head.
Daughter of the Superintendent, Choi So Hyun.
Please come outside.
Since you have completed your work, you will be given a gift.
Follow me.
Do you like it?
I prepared it for you.
You must have been in such pain earlier today.
You did well enduring it.
Do you like that dress ornament?
I will get the same craftsman to make a more valuable one.
I heard all the other candidates will receive one roll of silk.
I will receive one just like the others.
I will get going now.
I told them...
to prepare it in yellow.
You like the color yellow, do you not?
How did you know...
I heard someone used poison during the marriage selection.
However, it was not the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
I had already guessed it was not.
Head Merchant.
Thank you.
You helped me so many times.
I am truly thankful.
However, from now on...
I think it would be best if we did not meet like this.
As long as both the Pyeonsoo-hwe and I exist, one side must die.
That is the kind of relationship it is.
You are the chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
I am sorry that this is all I can say to you.
Please stay healthy. Goodbye.
Crown Prince!
How long...
have you known?
Five years.
I've known since I first saw you in the greenhouse.
It was me who saved you when you were dying when you fell off the cliff.
I used Gool Seo Maek to stop your heart and fool my grandfather.
Aren't you going to ask why I saved your life, Your Highness?
I... like you.
Head Merchant, I...
I love you, Your Highness.
It has to be you, Your Highness.
My grandfather made me a promise if I agreed to become Chief.
He said he would never kill you.
I wanted to save you and that is why I became Chief.
Now, you do not want to see me because I am the chief?
What have I ever asked of you, Your Highness?
Do not distance yourself from me. Do not disappear on me.
Is that too much to ask?
How much? How much more must I try for you to look back at me?
You told me...
that I should fight Dae Mok.
The heavens... made my heart beat again.
The truth was...
it was Dae Mok's granddaughter.
She was the one who saved me.
Your Highness, something is bothering me.
Head Merchant Hwa Goon said she made a deal with Dae Mok to keep you alive.
If that is true...
the person who tried to kill you last time...
was not Dae Mok.
Yes.
I have an idea who it was.
It was the Dowager Queen who tried to kill you?
The place where I drank the drugged tea
was the Dowager Queen's Hyupkyungdang.
That doesn't seem like enough to suspect her.
There are things only the person who tried to kill me would know.
The Dowager Queen knew those facts.
The Pyeonsoo-hwe dared to come into your palace and use poison.
Shouldn't we find out who did it?
It was probably one of Dae Mok's men.
What good would it do to catch someone like that?
Then I think it would help to increase the number of guards.
You remember, don't you?
The place where Pyeonsoo-hwe's men came after me was the Hyupkyungdang.
I remember.
I did not even see the men.
It was Ga Eun who told me about them.
However...
The Dowager Queen seemed to know already.
Yes, so what are you going to do?
I should help the Dowager Queen.
Right now...
stopping the Pyeonsoo-hwe is the priority.
Elder Dae Mok, I feel that something is off.
I felt this during the marriage selection.
Something changed on the Dowager Queen's side.
In what way?
She's become more flexible and agile.
She started the marriage process and put in a candidate.
She moved so quickly.
We lost an opportunity.
She seems different than before.
It is not that the Dowager Queen has changed.
She likely has someone new working for her.
I am certain...
there is a more crafty person hiding behind that cunning fox.
How did the Dowager Queen find a person like that?
What should we do?
Right about now...
the Dowager Queen is thinking she has overcome the poison incident.
Why don't we catch the culprit on her behalf?
Should we find which of her people put the poison in the tea?
I am positive it was one of the court ladies.
Rather than that, someone we can made an example of.
I think I have the right person.
The marriage selection process is over.
I will announce the three ladies who have been chosen.
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Prime Minister, what is the meaning of this?
My apologies, Your Majesty.
This is an urgent matter, so we had no choice.
What?
It is regarding the poisoning during the first round.
We found the person we suspect is the culprit.
Guard, arrest the culprit.
Yes, Prime Minister!
Arrest the culprit!
Yes, Sir!
Why are you doing this?
You are under arrest for the poisoning incident.
Let's go.
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[Episode 26]
Stop, Prime Minister!
What evidence do you have to arrest her?
You are just a lowly officer. Who are you to block my path?
Stand aside now.
You should have evidence if you are going to arrest someone!
How dare you?
Do you need to be beheaded to pull yourself together?
- Get him. - Yes, Sir!
Stand down.
Prime Minister.
Is this Dae Mok's will?
Let's go.
Dae Mok captured one of your people on purpose.
It is a warning to you so that you will select one of his candidates.
Your Majesty, you need to save Court Lady Han now.
If I act hastily, I could end up causing more trouble.
She is innocent.
I'm sure they will let her go after an investigation.
The Euigeumbu has taken her.
She will be tortured and her body will be injured.
Yet...
you say you will only sit back and watch?
Court Lady Han is one my people. I will take care of it.
You should not get involved.
What? The Euigeumbu took her?
Then we need to go save Young Miss Ga Eun now.
I will find the real culprit.
If we hand the real culprit over, they will let her go.
We cannot save Ga Eun like that.
The culprit behind the poisoning was the Dowager Queen.
She poisoned herself in order to fix the marriage selection to her liking.
The Dowager Queen would be more than able to do something like that.
I will resolve this.
Until then... I need you to buy time.
Did you use poison during the first round?
No.
How dare you lie to us? Tell the truth.
I will dare to ask you a question, Prime Minister.
With what evidence did you arrest me?
I looked into the information you provided about yourself.
The daughter of the Superintendent?
You do not have the status to be a part of this marriage process.
You thought you would have a chance if you killed the other girls.
Is that why you poisoned them?
Is that ridiculous theory your evidence?
- What? - Then, who?
Who would have committed such a grave crime?
I do not know.
You do not know who did it.
Then I suppose you will have to be the culprit.
You are the Prime Minister of this nation.
Is that the best you can do to falsely accuse someone of a crime?
What did you say?
You wench! You need some sense beat into you.
Once you feel your bones break and your flesh rip
then you will remember your crimes.
- Get started! - Yes, Sir.
Stop!
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Your Majesty, what brings you all the way over here?
Are you possibly here to let her go?
You are not going to give us such a command, are you?
I would never do that.
The Dowager Queen was poisoned by her.
As a son...
I have the privilege to interrogate her myself.
Put those torture devices away now!
Yes, Your Majesty!
Will the criminal confess without torture?
I want to know the truth.
If she confesses to lies due to fear of torture
how can I hear the truth?
I will start my interrogation. Get everything prepared.
The King has stepped up to interrogate her himself.
What should I do?
That girl's name...
did you say it was Ga Eun?
She entered as the daughter of the Superintendent.
No matter whose daughter she is...
she is a good card for us to use.
That cunning fox drank poison to decide who becomes Queen.
She is now the only one who has a platform.
We will have to use that card, so the King has no choice.
Let's try to seize that platform.
I would like to see the daily logs of the court ladies.
You are too late if you are trying to investigate the poisoning.
The Euigeumbu has the logs from that day.
What I need are not the logs from that day.
I need the logs from 20 days ago.
20 days ago?
That's the day the Dowager Queen tried to kill you.
There was a court lady in the kitchen for the Dowager Queen.
She likely put a drug in my tea.
I am certain it was the same person who did the poisoning this time.
But, even if we find her and take her to the Euigeumbu
will they let Ga Eun go?
Yes, it was the Dowager Queen who was behind this.
The Prime Minister knows that too.
He took Ga Eun to keep the Dowager Queen from having her way with the marriage.
The Dowager Queen and Dae Mok have no interest in Ga Eun.
They see her as a piece on a game board.
Will they really let Ga Eun go?
I am not looking for the culprit to go to the Euigeumbu.
I am going to use the culprit to threaten the Dowager Queen.
I will force her to let Ga Eun go free.
I will put her in a corner.
Did you say Court Lady Jung from the kitchen?
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Prime Minister is going after her.
You should get her out now.
Why would he be after a court lady in my residence?
How did you find out about it?
I do not know why it is Court Lady Jung either.
Is there anything you can think of?
Of course, I cannot think of anything.
Whatever the reason may be, it is dangerous if the Pyeonsoo-hwe want her.
Did you ask for me, Your Majesty?
Your Majesty, this is...
You will be given the amount of money that is written there.
Accept that money and leave immediately.
Your Majesty, why are you doing this?
I have served you for 30 years.
I am sending you away alive because of those 30 years.
If you open that mouth carelessly...
no matter where you hide in Joseon, you will not remain alive.
I found out who the culprit is.
It is Court Lady Jung who works in the Dowager Queen's kitchen.
Has she confessed?
She is being stubborn and insists she doesn't know anything.
However...
as long as we have her, we can manipulate the Dowager Queen.
I will hand over Court Lady Jung to you.
Go to the Dowager Queen and tell her if she wants Court Lady Jung
she must make a deal with you to release Ga Eun.
I understand.
I will tell her that if she does not, I will give Court Lady Jung to Dae Mok.
I can threaten her in that way.
We must save Ga Eun.
Ga... Ga Eun.
Young Master.
Your face...
looks very tired.
What took you so long?
I was so scared on my own.
Were you very scared?
How unlike you.
When you saved me, you were so fearless.
You just jumped into the water.
That's because... you were in there.
If I am with you... I am fine with dying.
That is how I felt.
Ga Eun.
If you hadn't met me...
you would have been much happier than you are right now.
I am happy right now.
You came here to see me, didn't you?
That, alone... makes me very happy.
All right.
I will come for you soon.
If we leave things like this, Ga Eun will be more in danger.
She needs to leave the Dowager Queen's side as soon as possible.
Please help me to get Ga Eun out of the palace.
Your Majesty.
I should have come earlier.
You must have been cold all night.
No, I was not.
You were very gracious to me. I was not tortured.
Tortured?
Do I seem like a man who could torture someone I love?
Why do you look surprised?
Didn't I tell you before?
That I love you.
Forgive me.
I told you before.
I... cannot accept your feelings, Your Majesty.
You are a court lady.
Court ladies are the King's women and I am the King!
Doesn't that mean you are mine?
Your Majesty.
Do you know why...
I became a court lady?
It was because of you.
I considered you my father's enemy, so I came to get revenge.
However...
you say that you did not kill my father.
Please tell me.
Is it true?
Did you really not kill my father?
If that's true...
There is no reason...
for me to consider you my enemy.
If I am not your enemy...
this palace...
and me...
will you be leaving?
Is that what the pack carrier boss said? Did he ask you to go with him?
Your Majesty, that is not what I meant.
You will leave with him?
He has no right to want you!
He may not be of high status.
But, he is a good man.
Young Miss, even if you knew the entire truth...
would you still be able to love the Crown Prince as you do now?
Your Majesty.
The Dowager Queen cannot accept visitors.
Even if it is you, Your Majesty.
This is very uncalled for.
Everyone, leave.
What can I do for you?
There was a court lady who tried to leave the palace without my permission.
I came to report it to you.
Is this about Court Lady Han again?
She is in prison.
How could she possibly leave the palace?
Then who was it?
It was your kitchen court lady, Court Lady Jung.
I caught her trying to sneak out.
She is a court lady in my residence.
I will punish her myself.
Where is she right now?
Why don't we make a deal?
A deal between mother and son?
If there is anything you want, you only need to ask your mother.
I have asked.
I have gotten on my knees and bowed my head.
And I have asked.
You said you are here to make a deal?
Tell me the conditions.
Release Court Lady Han.
You were poisoned, so if you declare that it was not Court Lady Han...
she will be released.
Are you being this serious over a small request like that?
All right.
Your mother will get that child released.
I have another condition.
You are very greedy.
What if I were to decline?
You will not decline.
Because we will both gain something we want.
Minister, Minister!
They have made a decision in the poisoning case.
What happened?
They say it was not an intentional poisoning.
The tea leaves were incorrectly prepared with herbs.
It was a case of food poisoning.
Lee Seon must have faced off with the Dowager Queen.
Ga Eun? What about Ga Eun?
Will she be released?
Do not worry. She has been declared innocent.
She'll be released soon.
Ga Eun.
Now, you are a free person.
You were found innocent.
You're no longer a court lady.
No one will stop you from leaving the palace.
So, now...
let's go back home together.
Young Master, I...
Choi So Hyun.
I have received a royal command to escort you.
You mean me?
They will be announcing the results for the marriage finalists.
Follow me to the King's residence.
It will be announced at the King's residence and not the Dowager Queen's?
Yes, that is what I was told.
Boss, Boss!
Ga Eun, where is she?
The eunuch took her to the King's residence.
There is no time for this. You need to go there now.
What is it?
Look at this.
Now, I will announce the results.
One person whose name I call will have the honor of being the Queen.
The other two will be royal concubines to the King.
You will serve the King.
No, no!
No, no.
Daughter of the Minister of the Right, Choi Yeon Joo.
Move!
Daughter of Prime Minister, Joo Ja Young.
Daughter of the Superintendent.
Choi So Hyun.
What happened?
I asked you what happened?
Why are you getting angry at me?
It is up to the Dowager Queen to decide who to choose.
I told you to use Court Lady Jung.
I told you to give Ga Eun freedom in exchange for Court Lady Jung.
She was released, was she not?
Is Young Miss still in prison?
Do not discuss this with me. Go and talk to the Dowager Queen.
I do not know anything.
Ga Eun is to become my Queen.
Do you think I'll let her become some mere royal concubine?
Why is it that you still can't tell her the truth?
If you were on the throne, you could make her your Queen.
Yet, you still don't have the confidence
to tell her you are the real Crown Prince?
The boss of the pack carriers is the real Crown Prince.
"I am the one who caused your father's death."
Tell her now!
Guard.
Did you call for me, Your Majesty?
Was someone in here?
I have been standing guard and I did not see anyone.
All right, then.
You may go.
We are looking for an antidote to the deadly flower.
I will send it to you once we have one.
Also, about Ga Eun...
I will take her with me.
You have no right, Your Highness.
I cannot concede when it comes to Ga Eun.
I, too, cannot concede.
Lee Seon!
Do you want this mask? Take it.
Do you want the throne? I'll give it to you.
I'll give you everything that I can.
Except, one thing!
Not Young Miss Ga Eun...
I will never hand over Young Miss.
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[Ruler: Master of the Mask]
He called me a friend.
I believed those words.
Elder Dae Mok, the real Crown Prince is alive.
Young Miss Ga Eun has been kidnapped by Dae Mok.
I cannot even protect the woman I love.
How can I protect Joseon and all its people?
I have lured you into a trap, Your Highness.
Even if you get out alive, do not return ever again.