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[Episode 37] Which of you is the King?
Prove which of you is the real King.
Then I will provide the first piece of evidence.
Minister of Punishment.
Yes, Your Majesty.
When I was younger, I put musk mallow glue on your shoes.
Do you remember?
You could not take your shoes off, so you were angry about it.
Yes, I do remember that.
Lady Youngbin gave me new shoes as a gift.
I still have those shoes at home.
Minister!
Do you recall giving me a celestial globe not long ago?
Yes, I remember that too.
It was sent to me by one of our envoys.
He brought up a childhood memory.
Doesn't he seem like the real King?
The real King has three dots on the back of his neck.
Both of you, reveal your necks.
You may check the back of my neck.
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Only this person has the dots.
He is the real King.
How dare you try to return as King?
You will not survive today.
I am Kim Kwang Yeol.
I wish to speak to all of the officials today.
Is that you, Head Prosecutor?
What are you doing here in those clothes?
According to my memory, as a young Crown Prince
he injured himself during a sword fight.
He has a scar in the shape of a cross on his arm.
Minister of Defense.
Were you not there with me, as well?
Yes, I remember that.
This person has the scar.
You are out of line!
You are not even dressed properly.
How dare you touch the clothes of the King!
Anyone can create a scar like that.
How can that be proof?
It is better than three dots, isn't it?
How frustrating this is.
Why don't they remove their masks?
That is out of line!
One of them is the King.
Do you think we are all stupid, Chief Jo?
No one here knows what the King looks like.
What use would it be for them to remove their masks?
Well, we may not know the King's face.
However, we might know the fake King's face.
Eunuch.
Yes, Prime Minister.
Take off their masks.
There is no need for that.
I...
We will take off masks together.
You see, everyone!
He is the boss of the pack carriers!
He is the fake!
It is not here.
The jar from the picture is not here.
What happened to it?
It is too important to have been left anywhere in the greenhouse.
It was not buried in the ground.
So, how was it stored?
How dare the boss of the pack carriers pretend to be King?
What are you all doing? Arrest the fake, at once!
Yes, Minister.
Who do you think you are arresting?
Stand back, at once!
Aren't you the son of the late Royal General, Chung Woon?
You're alive?
Chung Woon snuck in too?
Listen up, everyone.
I am the real King.
I am also the boss of the pack carriers.
The reason I was living as the boss of pack carriers for five years is because
five years ago, the late King...
was murdered by Dae Mok of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Dae Mok murdered the late King.
He switched me out with a fake.
Murdered the late King? A fake?
You are nothing but a pack carrier boss.
How dare you say such things in this place?
Right here...
there is another witness to that day.
Five years ago, the day the late King was murdered
I was there with him.
Dae Mok murdered the King.
He even tried to kill the Crown Prince and in his place...
he put a mask on that man and seated a fake King.
That is a complete lie!
If the former King was murdered, why was it not recorded in history?
Look in all the records.
There are no such historical records.
History always...
belongs to the winners.
The King was murdered.
Fabricating records must not have been an issue.
Is that not true?
I do not know about anyone else
but you all know me very well.
He is the real Crown Prince.
You all know.
The Head Prosecutor is not a person who would lie.
He is speaking lies.
There is someone who can prove what I am saying is true.
Go on.
Bring in the Dowager Queen.
The Dowager Queen will know the truth about everything.
Dowager Queen.
His Majesty wants you in Geunjeongjeon Hall right away.
The Dowager Queen is entering!
Welcome, Dowager Queen.
The fate of this nation lies in your hands.
Five years ago, on the day the late King passed away
please tell us what happened that day.
Finally, today...
I can reveal to you all the truth about that day.
Everyone, listen carefully.
The late King...
was murdered.
Dae Mok came with his assassins five years ago.
They entered the palace.
They murdered the King.
The took the real Crown Prince.
Brought in a fake and switched them.
Dowager Queen! Do you realize what you are saying?
Of course, I do.
I remember that night very clearly.
The Dowager Queen has revealed the truth about the late King's murder.
The Minister of the Right opened the palace gates for Dae Mok.
Isn't that right, Minister?
I do not remember.
Back then, I was very angry with you.
Do you truly not remember?
How could you not remember something so important?
Does that make sense?
Did you open the palace gates or not?
Honestly, I am getting old.
Lately, my health is very poor.
My memory is not what it used to be.
I cannot remember. That's what I am telling you.
Minister of the Right!
You cannot even remember a day that important
yet you have been one of the three top ministers of this nation?
I knew all along that Dae Mok had seated a fake King.
If I revealed the truth...
I was afraid it would bring more death to the palace.
I could not dare to expose it.
It is all my fault.
Ministers, please listen.
This person here...
He is the real Crown Prince.
How can you be so certain?
Even you have never seen his face, Your Majesty.
I am the Crown Prince's mother.
How could a mother not recognize her own child?
There is another way to prove that he is the real Crown Prince.
When the real Crown Prince is poisoned...
he has an immunity reaction.
An immunity reaction?
The real Crown Prince has blood that can fight against poison on its own.
On the day he was born...
It is an ability he gained because he was given a deadly poison.
Poison? I have never heard that before.
They said the Crown Prince was very ill.
Everyone believed that he was just sick.
He was actually...
poisoned.
On that day, I was with him.
Stop with the lies!
On the day the Crown Prince was born...
You were censured for your errors.
Were you not removed from duty along with the physician at the time?
That was...
The Crown Prince...
was poisoned.
Then who was it who dared to poison the Crown Prince?
It was...
That person was...
It was me.
I joined forces with Dae Mok.
I tried to poison and kill the Crown Prince.
How can we believe that?
Are you trying to get revenge on Dae Mok because of your confinement?
[Lady Youngbin's Jar]
Stop right there!
- You found it. - Yes.
You need to go to Geunjeongjeon Hall.
Give that to the Dowager Queen.
It will prove the Crown Prince's identity.
Yes, all right.
- Catch them! - Go.
Do you have any proof that the Crown Prince was poisoned?
We do.
His immunity reaction.
That will be the most certain proof.
For the real Crown Prince...
When he takes poison
the character "Seon" will appear on his left shoulder.
That is not mentioned in any historical record.
That is right.
How can you prove that it is not some nonsense story that you made up?
Who are you?
There is a royal order not to allow anyone into Geunjeongjeon Hall.
Turn back now!
Young Miss, are you ready?
Provide proof regarding this immunity reaction now.
Seeing as how you have no proof, it must be a lie.
Dowager Queen.
I have evidence that can prove the identity of the King.
Dowager Queen, I have evidence.
Please open the door.
Open the door.
Who are you?
Five years ago, my father was executed.
I am the daughter of Hansungbu Magistrate, Han Gyu Ho.
My name is Han Ga Eun.
The day the late King was murdered
I was visiting Lady Youngbin.
Before Lady Youngbin passed away
she told me about the existence of this ceramic jar.
This belongs to the Crown Prince.
There is evidence in here to prove the identity of the Crown Prince.
Please look at it.
Come, bring it closer.
The is most definitely the handwriting of the late King.
The late King's... seal is on it.
If anyone is suspicious, come forward and inspect it.
It says that if the real Crown Prince is poisoned
he will get a red mark on his left shoulder.
It will be the character "Seon."
This is a drink that has poison in it.
If you are the real Crown Prince
you will be immune to it and live.
The one who remains alive...
That one is the real Crown Prince.
He is the real King of Joseon.
If you are real...
prove it to us.
Why won't you drink it?
If you really are the Crown Prince, drink this poison.
Prove to everyone that you are real.
No, Lee Seon.
Please do not drink it.
Your Highness.
Crown Prince.
Show your left shoulder to everyone.
You may be able to fool the world for a moment.
You cannot truly win with lies.
Now, the truth has been revealed.
What are you doing?
Arrest the fake, at once!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Here.
Even if he is the real Crown Prince...
What will change?
Lee Seon, you need to stop now.
All of you!
Until this very day...
you were all people who bowed down to me.
From the very beginning...
you knew everything, Your Majesty.
Yes.
He is the bloodline of the late King.
He is the legitimate line of descent.
However, is that legitimacy more important than all of your lives?
That's right.
He was chosen by Elder Dae Mok.
So, he is the King.
Do not forget who is controlling your lives.
Think about that.
The Prime Minister is correct.
What in this world is more important than your life?
It is not that you are cowards or lacking courage.
However, right now...
none of you know the truth.
Dae Mok no longer has deadly flower pills.
The deadly flower fields that he owned have all been burned down.
He can no longer control the government with the deadly flowers.
What kind of nonsense is this?
The deadly flower fields are gone?
- Eunuch. - Yes, Your Highness.
Bring me the Pyeonsoo-hwe's death list.
Look at this.
After the deadly flower fields were gone
the Pyeonsoo-hwe made a list of those who will die.
Dae Mok was even willing to kill members of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
He is not planning to save everyone.
Prime Minister, what is this death list?
What is he talking about?
He is lying.
He is trying to weaken the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
You became a member of the Pyeonsoo-hwe during the Year of the Rooster.
How... how did you know that?
You worked hard in every circumstance to help build the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
However, your sin of trying to secretly make your daughter the Queen was serious.
- Death. - Death?
Are you saying I am to die?
Prime Minister, is my name really on that list?
Minister of the Left!
Are you going to fall for his lies?
What... what... what?
What... what is it?
You are responsible for the deadly flower fields so you will know the truth.
Tell me the truth.
Were the fields really burned?
All right, I will tell you the truth. Don't get so upset.
Catch him!
Is it true about Elder Dae Mok?
He made a list of people to die?
There is only a limited amount of antidote to the deadly flower.
In total, 75 of you...
will die in 5 days.
Your Highness!
Is my name on that list?
You are on that list, as well.
You scoundrel!
You said you would save me, but you planned on killing us.
Your Highness!
Is my name on that list too?
- Am I on it? - What about me?
- Am I on it? - Am I on it?
Am I on it, as well?
Everyone!
Stop making this commotion!
Listen to him if you wish to live.
He was also poisoned by the deadly flower.
There is only one way for us all to survive.
We must accept our real King.
Trust in our true ruler.
Leave our lives in his hands.
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You are our only hope, Crown Prince.
Will you save us all?
I will save you.
I will make the antidote no matter what I need to do.
I will save... all of your lives.
Did you all hear the Crown Prince?
Let us join him.
Will you raise up the true Crown Prince as King?
Yes, Dowager Queen.
What are you doing?
Get that fake out of here.
Yes!
Do not think this is over because I am gone.
If you cannot make the antidote, you are all dead anyway.
Only Dae Mok knows how to make the antidote.
You will all die with me!
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Let me go, you scoundrels!
You think you will be safe after treating me this way?
I am the real King.
[Episode 38] I am the real King!
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Elder... Elder!
The Crown Prince revealed to everyone that the deadly flower fields are gone.
He even had the Pyeonsoo-hwe's death list.
He had our death list?
Yes.
So...
what happened to the Crown Prince?
Before I escaped the palace...
I heard them shout, "Long live the King, long live the King".
He is...
now the King.
The Crown Prince has now become the King.
He will soon come to arrest me.
Chief Jo.
Yes?
Mobilize the Pyeonsoo-hwe's assassins.
Protect this place so that the royal army does't dare attack.
Yes, Elder Dae Mok.
As the King of this nation, these are my first words to you.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I want all of you to gather your strength.
We must make an antidote for the deadly flower in five days.
We need the help of all the doctors in the palace.
All those in the palace who have any medical knowledge shall work together.
We accept your command, Your Majesty.
People will receive job posts according to the work they have done.
Reward and punishment must be fair and severe.
Those who monopolized the government as subjects of the Pyeonsoo-hwe must pay.
Prime Minister, Joo Jin Myung.
Minister of the Left, Heo Yoo Geon.
Minister of the Right, Choi Sung Ki.
You are all dismissed.
Minister of Government Administration, Woo Bo, will now be Prime Minister.
Recommend suitable replacements for Minister of the Left and Right.
You may submit them to me.
Your subject, Woo Bo, accepts your command, Your Majesty.
Former Head Prosecutor Kim, Kwang Yeol, will now be Minister of Euigeumbu.
Park Moo Ha will be promoted to Inspector of Euigeumbu.
Minister of Justice, work on finding out the crime of others involved.
Continue to expose them all.
- I accept your command, Your Majesty. - I accept your command, Your Majesty.
Son of the late Royal General.
Lee Chung Woon, you are appointed to be my personal guard.
Just as you always have been, stay close to me.
Please protect me.
Your subject, Lee Chung Woon, accepts your command, Your Majesty.
Guards, take away the three ministers who are members of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Arrest them all, at once!
Yes, Your Majesty!
Let me go. Do you know who I am?
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Please, Your Majesty.
Please spare me.
Please call the Dowager Queen for me.
Just let me live, please.
Listen up, Euigeumbu Inspector.
Go and arrest Dae Mok, the leader of Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Elder.
The royal army is here to arrest you.
Our assassins are guarding your home.
However, there are many men here for you. What should we do?
Do not cause a fuss.
Go and threaten to burn the antidote.
Excuse me?
Tell the royal army that if they take one step into my home...
I will burn all the antidote that I have.
But, it is the Pyeonsoo-hwe members who need the antidote.
Will the King hold his men back to save the Pyeonsoo-hwe members?
He is someone who would.
Then I will prepare a way out for you while the assassins create a diversion.
There is no need for that.
He is only strong right now.
The King will self-destruct in a few days.
Only I know how to make the antidote.
He became King to make the antidote.
What do you think will happen if he cannot make it?
His subjects will come running to me, begging for their lives.
I can turn this entire game around all at once when that happens.
The Euigeumbu Inspector went to arrest Dae Mok.
We should have good news soon.
Your Majesty, the Euigeumbu Inspector is here to see you.
Tell him to enter.
What happened?
Did you arrest Dae Mok?
Well...
Your Majesty.
Dae Mok threatened to burn all the antidote he has.
We are standing by, unable to arrest him.
Your Majesty, if we cannot arrest him, it will become a problem in the future.
Dae Mok could counterattack if we are not careful.
We must arrest him right away.
However, if we lose the antidote that Dae Mok has...
even more people will lose their lives.
I cannot put their lives in danger just to arrest Dae Mok.
How many soldiers do the Pyeonsoo-hwe have?
It looked like 1,000.
We have 3,000.
We outnumber them.
However, Dae Mok's men are all the cream of the crop.
What should we do, Your Majesty?
Inspector, mobilize your men and surround Dae Mok's home.
Before we can make the antidote
Dae Mok cannot escape your men and leave his home.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Why are you here?
"You dared to want my throne."
"Now, look at the sight of you."
Are you here to laugh at me?
Are you... hurt?
Do not be a hypocrite!
Whose fault is all of this?
It is all your fault! It's because of you...
I turned out this way.
You are right.
It is all my fault.
Everything is my fault.
I made you this way.
I am very sorry.
You are trying to deceive me again.
Once the antidote is complete, I will let you go after you take it.
So, wait a little longer.
Why?
Are you going to send a fake one again?
And try to kill me again?
This must have been your plan from the very beginning.
You wanted to be King.
You planned on throwing me aside after using me as a shield.
No!
I always... thought of you as my friend.
No matter what you think of me, you are still...
my friend.
So, I will save you.
I will bring you the antidote, so wait just a little bit.
Liar! Hypocrite!
Your Majesty!
Please spare my son's life.
I am fine with you punishing him or beating him.
Please just have pity on him.
Just allow him to live, Your Majesty.
I have already spoken to Lee Seon.
I have promised to get him the antidote.
Your Majesty.
From the very beginning, Lee Seon was my friend.
How could I harm my friend?
How could I make my friend's mother sad?
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
You are very benevolent, Your Majesty.
I knew you would be doing this.
You never take care of your own injuries.
I will do it.
I want to do it myself.
At this rate, how could I ever leave you alone?
Thank you... for saving Lee Seon.
Did you think I would kill Lee Seon?
Were you worried?
I am always sorry...
and thankful.
From now on...
you will never cry again because of me.
Oh, Lee Seon! Lee Seon!
Why are you here? Please leave.
Lee Seon, the King has promised to save you.
I told you to leave!
I do not want to see you. Leave! Leave!
You rascal. What did your mother say?
I told you we should leave.
Please!
Over here, over here!
Take her away now!
Lee Seon!
Lee Seon.
Our house is easy to find.
If you enter the market, you will see a linen store.
If you go straight from there, you'll find our herbal medicine store.
You came once before so you can find it, can't you?
You have to come to see Mom and Wiggly.
All right?
I will be waiting, Brother.
I have classified all the antidotes that work for deadly poisons.
I made as many as I could.
Now, all we need to do is see if any of them work for the deadly flower.
These are testing solutions we can use to see if the antidotes work.
What should happen if we put the deadly flower pill into an antidote that works?
The testing solution should turn clear again.
These must not be right.
His Majesty, the King, is entering.
Is there any progress on the antidote?
I apologize, Your Majesty.
Making this antidote will not be so easy.
We tried to make various antidotes.
All of them failed.
Continue to make more antidotes.
I know it is not easy.
We must... succeed.
I accept your command, Your Majesty.
Look here! What is going on with the antidote?
What use is it if it gets made after I die?
Hey! You scoundrels!
Hey, you people.
We are all about to die.
You never took deadly flower pills.
You have nothing to fear.
What is going on with the antidote?
They have failed again.
And they are running out of deadly flower pills to test.
We only have three days left.
What should we do?
There is no other way.
I must meet with Dae Mok.
- Your Majesty. - In order to make the antidote...
I have no other no choice.
Before more time passes...
I need to find out how to make the antidote.
The King requested a meeting with you, Elder.
He let me go so I could give you this message.
Elder.
Will you meet the King?
You want to know how to make the antidote?
Why?
Why are you trying to save them?
They either tried to kill you or they betrayed you.
Some knew you were real, but ignored and avoided you.
They are my people and my citizens.
Look at you.
You are not headed toward a new era.
If you wish to change the world...
Once you enter the system, you merely become a part of it.
You cannot change anything at all.
If you want a new era, you should throw everything out.
Or change the cup altogether.
This is the chance for you to do that, Your Majesty.
Why would you try to save them?
The value of a ruler is...
love of the people.
I cannot divide them into those who will live and those who will die.
Give me the antidote.
I will save all those who were poisoned.
Get rid of the Yangsucheong, which exploits the people.
Then I will, at least, spare your life.
Exploit?
Exploit, you say?
When the poor people were working hard just to make a living...
what did you do for them?
Confucius says that is not the path, so do not travel it.
Buddha says it is retribution from a former life, so give up.
What were you doing then?
When the people were starving and dying...
When the government was doing nothing, I was...
feeding them and keeping them alive.
Yet, you call it exploitation?
You fed them and kept them alive?
You made them work and took unfair amounts from them.
You put countless young lives in danger to control the government.
Yet, you dare to talk of the people?
You can try to justify it however you want.
You cannot make what you have done right!
I dare to talk of the people?
Do you feel like you have everything now that you are on the throne?
Does it feel like your Joseon and your people?
No.
They are not.
If you cannot make the antidote right away...
your subjects will turn on you.
If you arrest me...
that is when the people will turn on you.
Dae Mok!
You want to know how to make the antidote?
Only if you leave the throne.
Then I will tell you how.
We have tried every method.
We have failed in making the antidote, Your Majesty.
On top of that, we do not have more deadly flowers.
There are not many left.
Chief Jo.
Yes, Elder Dae Mok.
I will need you to mobilize all the Yangsucheong water carriers.
I will move Joseon, starting with them.
The King is planning on getting rid of the Yangsucheong.
Start the rumors.
You want to instigate the water carriers.
Are you planning to start a riot?
Radical citizens can destroy the palace.
It would not be too bad if they kill the King.
Yes, Elder Dae Mok.
Love of the people...
Love of the people, you say?
Let's see if you can say that after the people stab you in the back with a knife.
I wonder if it is time for me to follow in Hwa Goon's footsteps.
Even though you snuck up on me, I am not scared at all.
Would you like a drink?
You are no fun.
That is why you could never say a word.
You fool.
The person you loved...
was so in love with another man.
On his behalf...
For his sake, she ended up dying.
Does that not make you angry?
She looked happy.
The last time I saw her...
she looked satisfied to be able to help the Crown Prince.
Her face looked happy.
Your Highness...
"Protect the Crown Prince."
That was the last order she left for me.
Elder, His Majesty needs to know how to make the antidote.
Please help.
We only have two days.
Without the antidote
75 people or maybe even all the members who took the deadly flower pill...
could all end up dead.
Think of Young Miss Hwa Goon and please help.
Think of her last smile.
Please protect that, Elder.
I know how to make the antidote.
I heard that only Dae Mok knew how to make it.
My father does not know that I know how to make the antidote.
I will tell you how to make the antidote.
However, I have a condition.
What is it that you want?
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[Ruler: Master of the Mask]
The water carriers of Yangsucheong are charging the Gwanghwamun gate.
I have delivered your message, Elder Dae Mok.
If the people kill the King during the riot
we will find a suitable King.
Then we will make it the Pyeonsoo-hwe's world again.
Please send us to Dae Mok.
You are the only one left to get revenge.
Should I assassinate the King?