(Episode 33)
Can we make an antidote with these flowers?
I cannot be sure.
But we must try everything we can.
- Keep digging. - Right, yes.
Get them!
- Go on, run. Run. - Stop!
You fools.
Wait, you... You are...
A ghost?
How are you alive?
Fire!
- Fire! - The poppy field.
There is a fire! Fire!
What a mess.
Go and put it out. Now!
- Yes, master. - Hurry!
Wait right here.
Put the fire out! Put out the fire!
Fire!
Put the fire out!
- What? A fire? - Hurry!
- Move faster. - Okay.
Go, go.
The poppy field is on fire?
They are putting it out,
but it is so dry that the fire is spreading quickly.
Get my horse immediately!
Look at what you have done.
Why would you do such a thing?
Hwa Gun.
I am sorry, Father.
But I do not regret my decision.
Let us go and ask your grandfather for mercy...
No. No, no.
Leave this place to me, and run away.
I will contact you when he has calmed down.
You must escape his wrath while you still can.
I cannot run away.
- Hwa Gun. - The Crown Prince...
is alive.
I will not run away.
I will protect him.
I am sorry, Father.
What happened here is between us.
I will cover this up.
You must never, in any situation,
step forward. Do you understand?
But Father...
What on earth happened?
Tell me what happened.
There was an intruder.
- An intruder? - Yes.
He escaped with the prisoner we had underground...
and all the children.
So you let them all go?
Master Dae Mok!
Until now,
I gave you numerous opportunities.
And yet,
you failed to protect the heart of our operations!
Father...
Please forgive me this once.
Forgive you?
You burned the heart of Pyunsoo Group.
And you want to be forgiven?
I did it!
Say that again.
I am...
the person who burned down...
the poppy field.
Hwa Gun.
No, Master Dae Mok.
It was not her doing.
The Crown Prince did it!
The Chief Peddler... No.
The real Crown Prince...
is alive!
The real Crown Prince...
is still alive?
Yes. The real Crown Prince...
escaped with his bodyguard.
I saw them with my own two eyes!
Is this the truth and nothing but the truth?
- Yes. - No.
The Crown Prince did not set the fire. I did!
- Watch out. - Who are you?
Your Highness.
What are you two doing here?
Your Highness.
You were alive. You are alive.
You too. Why are you such a mess?
I am so glad that...
you are alive.
What did I tell you? I said he would be alive.
What are you doing here?
We came to steal some flowers...
to try to make an antidote.
Those children are...
Yes.
They are the workers from the field.
The Ki Chal Team will catch up soon. We must go.
Let us go.
Come along. Walk quickly.
Careful now.
Hurry.
Hwa Gun.
What do you think...
Pyunsoo Group means to me?
It is more precious...
than life itself.
Just as...
the Crown Prince is to me.
Anyone who betrays Pyunsoo Group...
will not be spared.
Even if it is my own granddaughter.
I have lived the way I wanted,
so I have no regrets.
Is that...
all you have to say?
Please tell...
my father...
that I am sorry.
You over there.
Yes, master.
Strike her with your sword.
Strike her!
Hwa Gun!
Hwa Gun.
Your Highness.
Hwa Gun.
No. No, Hwa Gun.
Hwa Gun.
You are a monster.
How could you kill your own blood?
How could you?
Hwa Gun!
Hwa Gun.
Kill the Crown Prince.
If you do not,
you will die by my hands.
Do you understand?
Yes, master.
Did you hear him?
Find them right this instant!
- Yes, master! - Yes, master!
Mommy!
- Mommy! - You are home!
- Oh my gosh! - Mommy!
- Let me look at you. - Mommy!
Oh my gosh.
- Oh my gosh. - Mommy!
Oh my gosh.
Mother!
Mak Soon!
Who is this? Is this our baby Mak Soon?
Oh my gosh.
- You are safe. - My gosh.
My gosh, Mak Soon.
Wol.
Yes, Chief.
I will be back to see you soon, so take care of yourself...
and the other girls.
I shall.
Do we have some time?
There is someone...
I need to see here.
You should come back another time.
Many are waiting for you, Your Highness.
You are incredible.
You keep evading the angel of death.
Were you...
terribly worried?
I thought the deities...
had turned against us.
Why do you look like that?
I apologize for concerning you.
You brats. Stop stressing out this old man.
Thank you for coming back.
A healing crisis?
"Sun". This is my name, is it not?
Are you saying this character appears on my body?
As your body reacts to the poison, it cures you of it.
That is why you were able to live after taking three poppy pills.
Healing crisis.
That is it. This character...
can prove the Crown Prince's identity, can it not?
Yes. If this proves that he is the Crown Prince,
he can reclaim the throne.
You can attest to it, can you not?
Then we can prove that Dae Mok put a fake king...
in his place.
I would have done so if that were possible.
It would be one thing if we had the placenta jar.
My testimony alone will not be sufficient to prove his identity.
Why do we need the placenta jar?
The late King hid evidence...
within the placenta jar that could prove the Crown Prince's identity.
He wrote that the real Crown Prince...
would have this reaction as a result of the healing crisis.
I am positive...
he said he would hide the placenta jar within the palace.
I have no idea where he hid it.
Then we must...
find the placenta jar.
We are in trouble.
You must flee from here. Dae Mok's men...
are on their way to capture the Chief Peddler.
- Search the place! - Yes, master.
Once we find you,
I will rip you to shreds myself.
What the...
These rats.
Go out and find them.
If we do not find them, we are all dead!
Search the premises thoroughly.
- Yes, master! - Yes, master!
Did Master Dae Mok...
really kill Lady Hwa Gun?
Is that really true?
I cannot believe that he killed his own granddaughter.
You do not know...
how to cry, do you?
Gon, you are my person, right?
Yes, my lady.
I am your person.
Protect His Highness as you protect me.
That is how...
I can survive.
Understand?
Until the moment I die,
I will obey your command.
Do you mean...
the entire poppy field burned down?
I will keep it confidential for the time being.
However, even if I keep it quiet,
after 15 days...
Master Dae Mok, you must find a solution now.
What is the matter?
Is Pyunsoo Group that important to you?
Is it worthy of killing your precious granddaughter?
Is it worth...
more than family?
Is Pyunsoo Group that important?
The poppy field...
is the heart of Pyunsoo Group.
Even if she is my granddaughter...
For once,
I hoped you would prioritize family over Pyunsoo Group.
You said you gained power to protect those you love.
If you have no family to protect,
what is the point of having Pyunsoo Group?
How dare you...
attempt to preach at me?
In the end,
you will lose everything that you treasure.
You will end up having a tragic and lonely death.
How dare you?
This is the end of our relationship.
Since the father has abandoned his child,
his child will also do the same.
My lady, what brings you here?
I heard that you appointed...
the leader of Bureau of Water Supply as Head of Supply Office.
Is it true?
By handing over the authority to produce currency,
you gave Pyunsoo Group control over...
the entire market and transportation of goods.
Is that...
also true?
Is that what you came here to say?
Do you not know the leader of Bureau of Water Supply?
He is your father's enemy.
He is loyal to Pyunsoo Group, and makes people suffer.
Things have changed now.
The leader of Bureau of Water Supply works for me.
He is someone I need.
- Sun. - My lady.
I will become a king who is truly for his subjects.
I will bring justice...
to the world so that people do not suffer like my father did.
If you want to be for the subjects,
why do you work with those who torment them?
My lady, I must fight against Dae Mok.
You know well how strong and malicious he is.
I do not have much of a choice.
But you choose to work with the leader of the Bureau?
I can always correct the choice that I make.
My priority is to gain strength to fight against Dae Mok.
Once I destroy him,
I will use the power for my subjects.
All the subjects may be dead by then.
Once you work with them, you will turn into one of them.
Stop it. That is enough.
- Sun. - If that is all you have to say,
it is time that you leave.
I am going to the temple for a while.
You have been kidnapped before.
Outside the palace is too dangerous.
Soon, it is the anniversary of my father's death.
I want to visit his tomb.
I would like to do a prayer while I am there.
Then take my mother with you.
I will also take Kko Mool.
I will take care of Kko Mool.
Dae Mok released all of his guards...
to search for your whereabouts.
We do not know for how long we can stay hiding here.
Right.
We can no longer fight against Pyunsoo Group outside the palace.
Do you mean we should give up the fight,
and give into Pyunsoo Group?
It is the contrary.
It is time to fight from inside the palace.
You are correct.
The Crown Prince must reclaim his throne.
That is the only way to fight against Dae Mok.
Dae Mok and Pyunsoo Group have control over the palace.
He is correct.
Your Highness, you must return to your throne.
Reclaim your throne from the fake king,
and make things right for the country.
I cannot...
reclaim my throne.
You are absolutely right.
Going back to the palace now is a suicidal attempt.
- It is too risky. - Are you...
afraid?
I do not have the right to be a king.
What do you mean by that, Your Highness?
Dae Mok told me.
He and my father...
assassinated the late king.
Your Highness, do not believe what Dae Mok says.
He is right. That is impossible.
He was trying to trick you.
- Is it not right? - What Dae Mok said...
is true.
- Lady. - The one who...
brought Pyunsoo Group to the royal family...
Is it my father?
Yes.
Master.
I am the son of the late king...
who plotted conspiracy and killed his own brother.
Am I the real king?
Sun pretended he was me...
and became a puppet of Dae Mok.
Is he a false king?
Who is the true king?
And who is...
the false king?
Gosh, it is really big.
- Can you do this? - Show it to us.
- Here. - You missed it.
Nanny. I do not...
want to return to the palace.
I understand how you must feel.
Sun has changed.
Could you stop him, please?
It feels like he is walking on thin ice these days.
I am so scared and nervous.
What if the real king returns one day?
The real king...
cannot return.
Pardon?
Master Chun Soo is...
the real king.
What?
Did you say Master Chun Soo is the real king?
My lady.
Nanny. I am going to go and pay a visit to my dad.
Okay. I will escort you.
I want to go alone.
Sun told you to keep an eye on me, did he not?
Well...
I do not wish to go back to the palace,
but I will not run away...
leaving you and Kko Mool behind.
My lady.
I caught it. Did you see it?
- Yes. That was good. - Do it again.
Gosh, I missed it this time.
Darling.
When did you get these spots?
Look at me closely. Here.
I am a close friend of the man who saved you.
I am developing...
the antidote to cure you all.
It was last night when I got these spots.
Is that so?
I will make good medicine,
so you can be all better soon.
This cannot be cured.
That is not true.
It can be cured.
Did the chief peddler not come with you?
He came with me,
but he had to drop by at some place first.
(Episode 34 will be aired shortly.)
This...
is not a dream, is it?
Are you...
really alive?
There is something I have wanted to tell you.
Master,
I...
also...
love you.
(Episode 34)
Step aside! I said I am here to see the King!
You cannot enter without...
His Majesty's permission.
- How dare you... - Let the Queen Dowager in.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I sent you to a corner of the palace. Why are you here?
The Royal Family Tree.
(The family tree of the reigning kings)
Are you studying your ancestors?
You memorized everything when you were 10.
Why are you studying it again now?
One's memory is bound to fade.
You are shameless and arrogant.
Do you think copying that...
will make you a member of the royal family?
You are merely a fake.
How long do you think you can put up the act?
Your Highness, if you keep saying such nonsense,
people will say you are possessed.
You fool!
I knew from the moment you first appeared.
That you were a fake.
So what?
Will you find the real Crown Prince and replace me?
Do you think I cannot?
Do what you will.
The real Crown Prince is dead.
Dae Mok killed the Chief Peddler.
You knew who the real Crown Prince was and yet...
Do you still think...
you control Joseon the way you once did?
You lost your power...
and now your life hangs in the balance.
Do you not see that?
How dare you!
Shall I guess the real reason you came here?
You fear for your life.
You fear Dae Mok will not give you a pill...
and yet you cannot kneel to him.
Why do you not kneel and beg to me?
Then I might ask Dae Mok for mercy on your behalf.
- How dare you... - Remember this.
Now I am the real King.
Chief Eunuch.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Escort her back to her chambers.
Kko Mool.
I brought you some rare Gochang watermelon.
Have some with me.
You wish to play hide and seek.
Let me see.
Where could Kko Mool be hiding?
I found you.
Kko Mool.
Do you still...
feel awkward around me?
Yes.
This brother of yours...
wishes to get close to you soon.
Kko Mool, try some of this.
It is sweet and delicious.
Kko Mool.
Do you dislike living here with me?
I prefer to live in the herbal store like before...
with Mom and Ga Eun.
Can you not come back and live with us there?
Your Highness.
I will call you that from now on.
I cannot keep calling you Chun Soo.
Ga Eun.
Do you also think that I should...
reclaim the throne?
I...
brought upon the death...
of your father who was a loyal subject.
I was foolish.
- No, Your Highness. - And...
my father, the late King...
worked together with Dae Mok...
to kill his brother so he could become king.
Do I really have the right to become a king?
Am I eligible?
You never...
turned a blind eye to the people's suffering.
Do you remember?
You helped the merchants of Seomun Market who almost...
lost their homes to Pyunsoo Group.
Give me the deed to my store.
The Chief Peddler...
saved us all from becoming homeless. Do you know that?
I still remember the bright smiles on the people's faces.
I heard you gave up being prince to prevent a civil war.
I cannot sacrifice the people...
so I can take back the throne.
There was an easy way for you to return,
but for the people...
you gave up that option.
Do you doubt your right and eligibility to become king?
It is not about the bloodline.
Is it not more about the love for your people?
You love your people...
and that creates the legitimacy.
You do not have the right to claim the throne...
because you have royal blood.
Your Highness.
You got hurt trying to save me.
I am glad we meet again, Lady Han.
Your Highness, Mae Chang sent word.
She will ask the court maids for help to find the placenta jar.
A placenta jar?
The late king hid a letter that will prove my legitimacy...
in a placenta jar.
In the Dongungjeon greenhouse...
a placenta jar is hidden.
You must...
give that to Chun Soo.
So that is why Lady Young Bin...
told me to give you the placenta jar.
My mother?
She said it is in the Dongungjeon greenhouse.
I shall return to the palace and find it.
It is too dangerous there.
You know Sun has changed.
That is why I must go.
I am the only person who can enter the greenhouse freely.
Let me help you.
But we only just met again.
Your Highness.
We will be able to...
make about 50 antidotes within the time period.
What should we do?
We shall take...
this as an opportunity to strengthen our group.
(He plans to throw away the useless members.)
We will abandon what is unnecessary,
and become a more powerful group.
Are you saying you will choose those who will live or die...
through the 50 antidotes?
I shall make a hit list.
Then...
we will need to write about 75 people on the list.
It will be a great opportunity for Pyunsoo Group to be more powerful.
The Queen Dowager.
Choi Sung Ki.
Minister of Justice, Lee Joong Gyung.
What should we do with...
Second State Councillor?
For you and the people in this country,
I will find the placenta jar no matter what.
Ga Eun.
I really do not want to send you...
to the dangerous palace again.
What brings you here at this late night?
Sun.
It is not good news. The Crown Prince...
The real Crown Prince is alive.
He had three poppy pills.
How can he be alive?
He survived from the poison himself.
As long as he is alive,
he will try to regain his throne by any means.
I have an idea to stop the Crown Prince...
from coming back to his position.
An idea? Tell me what it is.
I will tell you a way...
that will stop the real Crown Prince...
from coming back,
so why not have a deal with me in exchange?
Deal?
All right.
I will make a deal with you.
What is it that you are going to do?
I will take away...
everything...
from the Crown Prince.
I will take everything away from him.
Listen to what I have to say.
The previous queen selection was led by the sinners...
and thus became invalid.
It is now time for another queen selection.
I have made a decision for the new queen myself.
I am going to announce it to you now.
I shall clear the name of the former Deputy Magistrate,
Han Gyu Ho,
and let his daughter,
Han Ga Eun, be my wife.
"Jungungjeon has been empty without its owner for a long time."
"Thus, I shall let a wise and virtuous woman..."
"serve the royal King..."
"and the country as a queen."
I select you, Lady Han, as the new queen.
Be the mother of all subjects,
and fulfill your duty as the queen.
Master Dae Mok.
He dared select...
his wife on his own.
He even selected a daughter of the sinner...
who was killed for facing against Pyunsoo Group in the past.
I thought Chief State Councillor would be the King's father-in-law.
You must be very disappointed.
Second State Councillor, it is you who must be...
very disappointed when you expected the King...
to make you his father-in-law.
I gave the King...
permission to select her as the new queen.
Why did you do it?
It is only right for a person in Pyunsoo Group to be the one.
You need to use the right bait to lure fish.
You cannot use whatever you want as bait.
We can change queens anytime we want.
Do not be bothered by petty things like this.
Still,
the queen selection is not something petty.
Master Dae Mok.
It is all right.
Did she send you to me?
She...
passed away.
Lady Hwa Gun...
passed away?
Did I hear you right?
Dae Mok...
killed her granddaughter himself.
Lady Hwa Gun,
what should I do...
to repay your kindness?
Be a king.
Lady Hwa Gun must...
want you to go back to being the Prince again.
Please do not...
waste her sacrifice.
It was not anyone else, but the leader of Pyunsoo Group.
How could she burn down the poppy field?
She is the granddaughter of Dae Mok too!
I killed her myself...
to cut her off already.
Is it something to be resolved so easily by just killing her?
Pyunsoo Group has lost our poppy pills.
What is your plan now?
I plan to...
take this as an opportunity to change Pyunsoo Group.
I will make a hit list,
and kill every single person...
who goes against Pyunsoo Group.
If they refuse to be loyal to our group,
they will end up being killed.
The example has been shown already,
so what happened could have been for the best.
What is this?
It is a hit list.
This is a copy of the original that I made in secret.
The fire she started that day caused the poppy field to burn down.
Now, there are neither poppies nor poppy pills left.
Dae Mok must plan to...
give the antidote only to those who are loyal to him,
and leave...
the rest of them to die.
It is no wonder.
There are people on the Queen Dowager's side.
"Second State Councillor".
Is he not...
on Dae Mok's side?
There are not many antidotes.
Not everyone can be saved even if they are members of Pyunsoo Group.
Then...
how many officials will be dead...
because of the lack of antidotes?
I heard it will be about 75 people.
Please...
gather all the people. I have something...
to say to all of them.
"I am the son of a traitor,"
"but am I still qualified to be a king?"
I thought hard about it.
And I came to this conclusion.
The previous king held hands with Pyunsoo Group to take the throne,
but I...
will become a king...
to destroy Pyunsoo Group.
If we cannot get the antidote for the pills within 12 days from now,
the 75 officials on this list...
will lose their lives.
They may be members of Pyunsoo Group,
but they are still my subjects.
If I ignore my subjects dying,
how could I call myself their king?
Thus,
I plan...
to reclaim my throne.
I will not hesitate anymore.
I will reclaim my throne,
create an antidote, and save my subjects.
I shall hold Dae Mok and Pyunsoo Group...
accountable for manipulating the Royal Court and punish them.
Will you...
join me...
in my endeavor?
Your Majesty,
I shall obey your royal command.
- I shall obey your royal command. - I shall obey your royal command.
(The Emperor)
I shall take off the mask.
You wish to become the real king.
How long will you just watch?
Please join me for the sake of Joseon's future.
Right here today,
the fate of Joseon will be decided.
I shall capture him and offer him to you.
There are traps everywhere.
Do you think you can sit on the throne alive?
I am the true king...
of Joseon!