(Episode 27)
Did you not expect this?
I did not.
The Queen Dowager said I only had to pass the second round.
If I become a concubine...
I must meet the Queen Dowager.
Do you still trust her?
She is an expert at using people for her own gain.
She is the one...
who tried to kill the Chief Peddler in her own chambers.
My lady.
You trust the Chief Peddler, do you not?
Trust the man you love and wait just a little bit.
As I promised, Lady Han has entered the third round of selection.
Now it is the time for you to return the favor.
Yes. As promised, I shall help...
the Third State Councillor's daughter become Queen.
The King has been meeting the Queen Dowager often.
I believe...
he will side with her in the selection process.
The third round will be held much later...
and there are already rumors...
that the Third State Councillor's daughter will be Queen.
Is it because of that Ga Eun girl?
Yes. It seems the King promised the Queen Dowager to make...
the Third State Councillor's daughter Queen if Ga Eun...
is made a concubine.
If this comes to pass, the third round is practically pointless.
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The third round...
It will be utterly pointless.
Your Highness, will my daughter really become Queen?
It practically decided.
You will soon become the King's father-in-law.
Is there no other way to invalidate the selection process?
I apologize, Your Highness.
I shall try and persuade Lee Sun in person.
It will be of no use.
When he broke our promise,
it was because he had made up his mind.
I told you to lie low.
Is it urgent?
I must find a way to get...
Ga Eun out.
Yes, Your Highness.
I want Lady Han to be comfortable.
Provide her with everything she could need.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What is that?
The Chief Peddler sent you a gift.
Open it.
Sun, ever since I found out you are addicted to poppy,
I searched every day for an antidote.
I finally found it.
Take these pills and be free of the addiction.
Your Majesty, what are those pills?
The antidote to the poppy.
What? Are you sure that is the antidote?
The Chief Peddler says so.
Only Master Dae Mok...
knows the formula for the antidote.
How did the Chief Peddler get his hands on it?
- He... - Do you really trust him?
Your Majesty.
I once saw him look upon you with a glare of disloyalty.
When did you sense that?
The second you covered Lady Han with your robe.
Your Majesty, there are two pills.
If you wish to take them, have your royal taster take one first.
It is her duty to taste everything...
before you do.
Did the silver remain clean?
Yes, Your Majesty.
It seems it is not poisonous.
I believe it is safe for you to take.
Your Majesty.
Call the physician. Now!
She has died.
We have discreetly disposed of the body.
He called me a friend,
and said he would avenge...
my father's death.
I believed him,
but he tried to kill me.
He is just like those scumbags that killed my father.
He probably considered me a beast he could kill at any time.
Yes.
Perhaps...
he never intended to keep me alive from the start.
- I... - Please calm down, Your Majesty.
Hyun Seok, do you trust me?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I trust you as well. If it were not for you,
I would have been the one...
who would have died instead of Court Lady Seo.
Your Majesty.
Hyun Seok. You said that I am the true King to you,
did you not?
Yes, Your Majesty.
You alone are the true King to me.
Even if the Crown Prince...
who supposedly died is in fact still alive?
The Chief Peddler...
is the true Crown Prince.
The true Crown Prince who should be sitting...
on this throne.
I need to go somewhere.
What brings His Majesty here at this hour?
I want to become King.
I want to become...
the true King.
You want to become...
the true King?
Yes. If you make me the true King,
I will do anything Pyunsoo Group asks.
You are already the King.
I am...
a fake.
The fake wants to become the real thing?
How?
Do you wish to remove the mask...
and show your real face to the world?
Or do you wish to use me as a stepping stool...
and become a real king, rather than a puppet?
That is not it.
If that is not it,
what is it, exactly?
For me to stop being a fake,
the real one...
must die.
Master Dae Mok.
The real Crown Prince...
is alive.
Have you seen Gon?
My lady,
Master Dae Mok wishes to see you right away.
Gon. Gon!
Grandfather. Why have you done this?
Gon is my person. If he deserves to be punished, I should do it.
That is why I did not...
kill him myself.
He is your person,
so you kill him.
Grandfather. Why are you doing this?
Will you receive the punishment...
for deceiving me?
Or will you kill Gon and avoid being punished yourself?
All of Pyunsoo Group's fighters...
carry a vial of the potion that can hide their pulse.
That night,
Gon had one on him.
It must have been a relief for you.
I do not understand what you are speaking of.
What did you hear that you did this to Gon?
Now I know your real reason for becoming the head of Pyunsoo Group.
What did Gon say?
Did he say I deceived you?
Gon...
refused to say a word.
Then why are you doing this?
Hwa Gun!
Gon is your person.
I have plenty of mine.
So? What did your person say?
That the Chief Peddler...
is the real Crown Prince.
How could my own granddaughter...
save the Crown Prince...
that I, Dae Mok, tried to kill?
How despicable is that?
Hwa Gun.
Father, what is going on?
Hwa Gun. I will give you another chance.
Do you have anything to tell your grandfather?
Even if you found out...
that the Chief Peddler is the Crown Prince,
that changes nothing.
You have made me a promise.
You promised not to harm the Crown Prince.
That is correct.
I did.
If you break your promise...
and kill the Crown Prince,
I shall kill myself before your very eyes.
Hwa Gun.
Father, she is still immature.
I will talk to her, so please...
Guard!
Lock her up. Do not let her out without my permission.
I will.
Grandfather. I will win over the Crown Prince's heart.
Please let him live!
Grandfather! Please let the Crown Prince live!
Please let the Crown Prince live! Please, Grandfather!
Grandfather!
My lady.
I came to ask you...
for a difficult favor.
The Chief Peddler...
asked me to relay this letter.
What did he say?
He says he will come for me tonight.
Show your face.
Now.
Why are you doing this to us?
Your Majesty, they have disobeyed the royal command...
that forbids court ladies from leaving the palace.
Well done.
Why did you attempt to leave the palace in secret...
without permission?
Your Majesty,
she is not at fault.
Please forgive her...
and punish only me.
All right.
I shall forgive her.
Do you have any other wish?
Follow me.
Did you forget what I told you?
Why do you keep helping the Crown Prince?
Why...
should I not help him?
How could you say that after what just happened?
Her name was Yang.
She changed my mind to want to draw the map.
It was Yang.
She moved my heart when I had been living as...
a bystander for a long time.
Father.
Even now, so many children are dying in that poppy field.
It is only he, the Crown Prince,
who can fight against Pyunsoo Group...
and who is willing to do so.
He is the only one in this country.
What do you intend to do?
Like one child's desperation moved my heart,
I will try to move your heart...
with my desperation.
Father.
Please help the Crown Prince.
I am ready to accept...
any kind of punishment.
Lady Ga Eun.
How can you not recognize me at all?
You and I...
spent so much time together.
- Your Majesty. - Do you still...
not know who I am?
Your Majesty, please do not do that.
Lady Ga Eun,
it is I,
Lee Sun.
Sun.
It is...
not a dream, is it?
It is...
not a dream.
Are you...
really Sun?
Yes.
I am...
the Lee Sun that you know.
I have been waiting for you so long.
Your mother, Kko Mool, and I...
waited so much for you.
I...
waited too.
But...
why...
are you here?
Why are you here wearing the mask?
Sun.
Five years ago,
the real Crown Prince...
made me wear this mask...
and ran away.
Ever since then,
I have been pretending to be the King,
threatened by Dae Mok.
Was it not enough...
for him to kill my father?
Did he do such a thing to you as well?
Yes.
The Crown Prince...
did so.
Why did you not tell me sooner?
I had no idea...
and thought you were the one who had killed my father.
Why did you hide it from me?
The Crown Prince...
told me not to tell you the truth.
He...
told you to keep it from me?
Yes.
He is someone you know.
Lady Ga Eun, the Chief Peddler...
That man...
is the real Crown Prince.
The man you think is Chun Soo.
He is the one who killed your father.
Master Chun Soo...
is...
the real Crown Prince?
Yes.
That cannot be.
There must be a misunderstanding.
He cannot be the Crown Prince.
You must be mistaken.
He is...
the Chief Peddler.
He is someone...
I love.
- No. - I...
should have told you the truth sooner.
Please forgive me.
Are you certain that...
Master Chun Soo...
is the Crown Prince?
Yes.
Where is Ga Eun?
My apologies.
She could not come because we got caught on our way out.
I will go get her.
There are guards everywhere.
It is too dangerous to go inside in secret.
- But... - Master Chun Soo.
Ga Eun.
You are safe.
My lady.
How did you get out?
I met a friend from childhood...
and he helped me get out safely.
Ga Eun, let us hurry before the morning comes.
Thank you so much for helping us.
We will never forget your kindness.
Please be safe on your way.
Ga Eun.
Did something happen?
I forgot to bring something important.
Can you come with me, please?
You said you forgot to bring something.
How did you get the key to the greenhouse?
Here it is.
This is more important than my own life to me.
Would you like to take a look?
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Deputy Magistrate Han Gyu Ho and Adjunct Park Moo Ha, I order you...
to thoroughly investigate the Bureau of Water Supply's construction.
I, Han Gyu Ho, will take your order, Your Highness.
It is the only proof that will allow me to redeem...
my father's honor.
It proves that my father did not impersonate...
the Crown Prince, but only followed His Highness' order.
My father was a faithful servant of this country,
but he was falsely accused and passed away.
That day,
my life changed.
The reason...
why I was able to get through each day was because of you...
- Ga Eun. - and...
my determination to take my father's revenge.
Chun Soo.
Are you...
the owner of this greenhouse?
Are you really...
the Crown Prince...
who killed my father?
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.
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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.
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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.