Episode 37 Which of you is His Majesty?
Please prove which of you...
is the real King.
I shall...
prove myself first.
Minister of Justice.
Yes, Your Majesty.
When I was young, I put glue in your shoes.
Do you remember that?
You were unable to take them off...
and were quite perplexed.
Yes, I remember that.
Lady Young Bin had given me a pair of new shoes.
I still have those shoes at home.
It must be him.
It is him.
Minister of Justice. Do you remember...
giving me a celestial globe as a gift?
Yes. I remember that also.
It was from a scholar who is now...
in China as an envoy.
Only one mentioned his childhood.
I think that man is the real Crown Prince.
The King has...
three moles on the back of his neck.
Can you both show us yours?
Check the back of my neck.
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Only one man,
he has the spots.
He is the real King.
How dare you try to reclaim the throne?
You will not get out alive today.
My name is Kim Kwang Kyung...
and I would like to speak to all...
the officials present.
Are you not the Censor General?
How could you come in here dressed like that?
From what I remember,
when the King was yet a prince,
he got hurt playing with a ball.
He has a scar shaped like a cross on his arm.
Minister of War.
Were you not there with me when the prince was playing with a ball?
You are right. I remember being there.
Look.
This man has the scar.
It must be him.
What now?
How dare you!
You are not dressed appropriately,
and you wish to touch my robes?
A scar like that can be faked.
How can that be proof?
Is that not better proof than three spots?
You are all so frustrating.
Tell them to take off the masks.
How dare you. One of them is our King.
Do you think that everyone here is a fool?
No one here knows what the King looks like.
What good will unmasking them do?
Think about it.
We do not know the King's face,
but we might...
recognize the imposter.
Chief Eunuch.
Yes, Chief State Councillor.
Unmask them both.
There is no need to.
I will...
Together, we will...
take off our own masks.
Look!
He is...
the Chief Peddler!
He is the imposter!
It is not here.
The jar in the painting is not here.
What happened to it?
They would not have just left the placenta jar in the greenhouse.
It was not buried.
Where was it hidden?
How dare the Chief Peddler...
impersonate the King?
What are you doing?
Arrest the imposter immediately!
Yes, master.
How dare you try to arrest him?
Stand down!
You...
Are you not Chung Woon, the son of the late Chief Commander?
Were you alive?
How did he sneak in as well?
Chung Woon.
Listen up.
I am the real Crown Prince. I am also...
the Chief Peddler.
I have been living as the Chief Peddler for five years...
because five years ago, the late King...
was murdered by Dae Mok of Pyunsoo Group.
What did he just say?
He was murdered?
What is going on?
Dae Mok...
murdered the King...
and switched me with an impostor.
What do you mean, the late King was murdered? An impostor?
How dare the Chief Peddler spout such garbage in here?
A witness...
from that night is here.
Five years ago,
when the late King was murdered,
I was there as well.
Dae Mok murdered the King...
and tried to kill the Crown Prince. And then...
he placed the mask on that man...
and made him the fake king.
That is an utter lie!
If the King were murdered,
why is there no record of it?
Search all the history books.
Where does it say such nonsense?
History...
is the record of the victor.
In a world where even the King is murdered,
it would have been easy to manipulate the records.
Do you not agree?
Everything aside,
most of you...
know me well.
He is...
the real Crown Prince.
You all know...
that the Censor General never tells a lie!
- That is true. - That is true.
He is lying.
There is someone who can attest to that.
Go...
and bring the Queen Dowager.
The Queen Dowager...
must know the truth.
Your Highness.
His Majesty...
has requested that you go to Geunjeongjeon right now.
The Queen Dowager has arrived!
Welcome, Your Highness.
The fate of the nation lies in your hand.
Five years ago, when the late King passed away,
what happened? Please tell us.
Finally,
I can tell all of you...
the truth.
Please listen carefully.
The late King...
was assassinated.
Five years ago, Dae Mok brought his men...
into the palace...
and assassinated the late King.
He replaced the real Crown Prince...
with an impostor...
in his place.
Your Highness! Do you...
realize what you are saying?
Of course, I do.
I remember that night clearly.
The Queen Dowager...
told the truth about what happened to the late King.
The Third State Councillor opened the gate for Dae Mok.
Is that not true?
I...
do not remember.
That evening,
I...
was furious at you.
Do you really not remember?
What?
How could you not remember something so important?
That is absurd.
Did you or did you not open the gate?
I am an old man now.
My health has been failing lately.
I am not the man I used to be.
I am merely saying that I do not remember because I do not.
What did you say?
Someone who cannot remember such an important day...
has been serving the nation as a minister?
I...
knew Dae Mok had placed an impostor on the throne,
but I was afraid...
that...
the palace would turn into a blood bath again,
and...
could not speak the truth.
It is all my fault.
Listen to me.
He is...
the real...
Crown Prince.
How are you so certain?
You have never seen the Crown Prince's face either.
I am...
the Crown Prince's mother.
How could a mother...
not recognize her own child?
There is more evidence to prove who is the real Crown Prince.
The real Crown Prince...
undergoes...
healing crisis when poisoned.
Healing crisis?
The real Crown Prince...
has special blood that can naturally heal itself from poison.
The day he was born,
someone...
poisoned him, which resulted in his gaining that ability.
What poison?
I have never heard that before.
The Crown Prince simply caught a serious illness...
Everyone believes...
the Crown Prince suffered from a high fever,
but the truth is...
he was poisoned.
I was there...
with him that very day.
Stop your lies!
You were punished for improperly treating the Crown Prince...
the day His Highness was born, and were reprimanded.
Thus, you and the royal physician were kicked out.
- That was... - The Crown Prince...
The Crown Prince was poisoned.
Who dared to poison...
the Crown Prince?
It was...
It was me.
I took Dae Mok's side.
Then I tried...
to poison the Crown Prince.
How can we believe that?
As you were moved to the chambers,
you are only trying to harm Master Dae Mok.
(Lady Young Bin's Placenta Jar)
- Who is there? - Halt.
- You found it. - Yes.
Go to Geunjeongjeon right away.
Give the placenta jar to the Queen Dowager.
She will identify the real Crown Prince.
- I will. - Over there.
- Get her! - Go now.
Do you have proof that the Crown Prince was poisoned?
There is proof.
He is immune.
His immunity to poison is clear evidence.
When the real Crown Prince...
is poisoned, the character Sun appears...
on his left shoulder.
No such fact is recorded.
He is right. How can you prove that what you are telling us...
is not a lie?
Who is that?
The King ordered that no one may enter Geunjeongjeon.
You must leave.
Lady Han, are you ready?
Prove to us now that he is immune to poison.
It must be a lie...
since he cannot prove it.
Your Highness.
I brought evidence that will identify the real King.
Your Highness.
I have evidence, so please open the door.
- What is going on? - Open the door.
- Who are you? - I am...
the daughter of...
Deputy Magistrate Han Gyu Ho who was killed five years ago.
I am Han Ga Eun.
When the late King was killed,
I was with Lady Young Bin.
Right before she passed away,
she told me about this placenta jar.
This is the placenta jar of the Crown Prince.
It contains evidence that will identify the Crown Prince.
Please take a look.
Come closer.
This document is written in the handwriting of the late King.
It is...
also stamped by the King.
Those who are suspicious...
may come and take a look at the document.
It says that...
when the real Crown Prince is poisoned,
the character Sun appears in red on his left shoulder.
This cup contains poison.
The real Crown Prince...
will be...
immune and survive the poison even if he drinks it.
The one who survives...
is the real Crown Prince.
He is the true King of Joseon.
If you are the real King,
prove it.
Why do you not drink it?
If you are the real Crown Prince,
drink this poison.
Prove to the world that you are the real King.
No, Sun.
Please do not drink it.
He drank it instead.
He might die.
Your Majesty.
Show us...
your left shoulder.
You may fool the world temporarily.
However,
lies cannot defeat the truth.
Now the truth has been revealed.
What are you doing?
- Arrest the impostor. - Yes, Your Highness.
Even if...
he is the true Crown Prince,
what difference does it make?
Sun.
Please stop now.
All of you...
have bowed your heads to me...
up until today, have you not?
You have known...
the truth from the beginning, Your Highness.
Fine.
Let us say he is the son of...
the former king, the legitimate Crown Prince.
However, is the legitimacy...
more important than your own lives?
He is right!
The person that Master Dae Mok chose is the true king.
Who do you think controls your lives?
You should all think about that.
Chief State Councillor is right.
There is nothing in this world more important than your own life.
You are not craven...
or cowardly.
However,
you do not know...
the truth right now.
Dae Mok does not have poppy pills anymore.
The poppy field he owned burned down.
He cannot...
control the royal court with poppy pills any longer.
- Goodness. - Is that true?
- I cannot believe this. - Oh, dear.
- He does not have it anymore. - Is what he said true?
That is utter nonsense.
It is not true that his poppy field burned down!
- Chief Eunuch. - Yes, Your Highness.
Bring the Death List of Pyunsoo Group.
This is...
the Death List that Pyunsoo Group made...
after the poppy field burned down.
Dae Mok...
will not let everyone live...
even if they are members of Pyunsoo Group.
Chief State Councillor. Death List?
What is he talking about?
He is lying...
to take down Pyunsoo Group!
Heo Yoo Geon.
You are the first one to join Pyunsoo Group in November, 1693.
How... How did you know that?
You plan everything carefully, and have helped the group grow,
but your sin...
of secretly attempting to make your daughter the queen is heavy.
- Death. - "Death"?
Do you mean the death of me?
Chief State Councillor. Is my name on the Death List?
Second State Councillor!
Are you going to let him fool you with lies?
What are you...
What... What are you doing?
You manage the poppy field, so you must know the truth.
Tell the truth.
Did the poppy field really burn down?
Fine.
I will tell you the truth, so please do not be so angry.
- Move! - Get him!
- Get him! - Oh, my goodness!
Move!
Oh, dear.
Your Highness.
Did Master Dae Mok...
really make the Death List?
They only have a limited amount of the antidote.
It is...
a total of 75 subjects who will...
meet their deaths...
in five days.
- Oh, goodness. - Dear me.
- In five days? - What?
Your Highness.
Is my name on the Death List too?
It is on the list.
You.
You said you would save us,
but you were actually planning to kill us.
Get off of me!
Your Highness.
Is my name on the Death List too?
- What about my name? - Am I on it too?
- Your Highness. - What about my name?
- Am I on the list? - What about me?
- Your Highness. - Please tell me.
Everyone!
Do not take rash actions.
If you wish to live, listen to me.
I am sure all of you know that I am also poisoned by poppy pills.
There is only one way...
to save ourselves now.
It is to have the true king return to the throne.
We must trust our true emperor...
and leave our lives in his hands.
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Crown Prince, you are our only hope now.
Will you save all of us?
I will.
I shall make the antidote by any means,
and save...
everyone's life.
Did you all hear the Crown Prince?
Will you...
enthrone the true Crown Prince with me?
- Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness.
What are you waiting for?
Get the false king out of here.
- Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness.
Do not think killing me will end everything!
If you fail to make the antidote,
all of you will be dead as well!
Only Dae Mok knows how to make the antidote.
All of you are going to die with me!
(Episode 38 will be aired shortly.)
How dare you touch me?
Do you expect to live after this?
I am the real King.
Episode 38 I am the real King!
Master!
The Crown Prince told everyone that the poppy field was burned.
Not only that,
he had Pyunsoo Group's Death List as well.
- He had the Death List? - Yes.
So?
What happened to him?
Before I fled the palace,
I heard loud cheering.
I think...
he became the King.
The Crown Prince became the King.
They will come soon to arrest me.
Listen to me.
Yes, master.
Gather all the guards.
Guard our halls so that no one is able to enter.
Yes, master.
Now that I am your King,
I shall give my first command.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
I want you to all work together...
to create an antidote for the poppy pill within five days.
All the doctors and nurses of the Royal Infirmary...
and everyone who knows about medicine...
are to cooperate.
- We shall obey your royal command. - We shall obey your royal command.
I will reward merit and punish fault.
There will be a new system.
Rewards and punishments must be strict and fair.
For working for Pyunsoo Group...
to manipulate the court,
The Chief State Councillor,
Second, and Third State Councillor...
shall be dismissed.
Ex-Minister of Personnel Woo Bo is my new Chief State Councillor.
Select a new Second and Third State Councillor...
and report to me.
I, Woo Bo...
will carry out your royal command.
Censor General Kim Kwang Kyung is now Minister of Justice.
Section Chief of Personnel Park Moo Ha will work under him.
Together with the Ministry of Justice,
reveal all they have done wrong.
I will carry out your royal command.
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Son of the ex-Chief Commander of the Palace Guards...
Lee Chung Woon.
You are my personal bodyguard.
Do what you did so far...
and stay close to me.
Protect and help me.
I, Lee Chung Woon...
will obey your royal command.
Palace Guards.
Take the three state councillors and Pyunsoo Group members...
and arrest them all!
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Let me go. Do you know who I am?
Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty! - Create an antidote...
and share it with me, Your Majesty.
Hey, you.
Call the Queen Dowager.
Oh, no...
Will you please save me?
Officer of Justice.
Bring in Dae Mok,
the leader of Pyunsoo Group.
Master.
The Palace Guards are here for you.
Our assassins are guarding the grounds...
but they are too many. What should we do?
Do not make a fuss.
Go and threaten to burn our supply of the antidote.
- Pardon? - Tell the Palace Guards that...
if they step a foot on my land,
I will burn all the antidote in my possession.
Our members are the ones who really need the antidote.
Will the King back off...
to save our people?
This King will.
While the men are at a stand-off,
I shall arrange for you to escape.
Do not bother.
He acts like he is powerful now,
but he will self-destruct in a few days.
Only I know the formula to the antidote.
He became King to make the antidote,
so what will happen if he fails?
His subjects...
will come groveling to me to ask for my help.
That is when I shall turn the tables.
The Officer of Justice went to arrest Dae Mok.
We shall hear news soon.
Your Majesty.
The Officer of Justice has returned.
Let him in.
What happened?
Did you arrest Dae Mok?
Well...
Your Majesty.
He said he would...
burn his supply of the antidote.
My men are at a stand-off with his.
Your Majesty, if we do not arrest Dae Mok,
he will remain a threat to us.
He might even fight back.
Arrest him immediately.
But...
if we lose the antidote he has,
even more officials will lose their lives.
I cannot risk their lives...
to capture Dae Mok.
How many men does Pyunsoo Group have?
There were about 1,000.
I have 3,000.
We may be stronger in number...
but they are elite fighters.
What should we do?
Officer.
Have your men surround Dae Mok's house.
Until we have created an antidote,
you are not to let Dae Mok leave his residence.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Why are you here?
"How dare you lust for the crown."
"Look at you now."
Are you here to mock me?
Are you...
hurt?
You hypocrite!
Whose fault is this?
Because of you, I am now...
in this mess.
You are right.
It is all my fault.
Blame me.
I am so sorry...
this happened to you.
You are trying to...
deceive me again.
When we have the antidote,
I will give you one then set you free.
So...
wait until then.
Why?
Will you give me a fake antidote...
and kill me?
This was your plan all along.
Just so you could return,
you were going to use me to shield yourself from Dae Mok.
No.
I considered you...
my friend.
However you think of me,
you are still...
my friend.
That is why I shall save you.
I will bring an antidote.
Bear with me.
You liar!
You hypocrite!
Your Majesty.
Please...
save my son.
You can exile us...
or flog us all.
Please take pity on us...
and just save his life, Your Majesty.
I already...
promised Sun that...
I would get him...
the antidote.
Your Majesty.
He was always my friend.
I have no cause to...
harm my friend...
and plunge his mother into sorrow.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Thank you for your grace.
I knew it.
You always...
disregard your own wounds.
Let me do it.
I want to...
do it for you.
How will I...
be able to leave you on your own?
Thank you for saving...
Sun's life, Your Majesty.
Were you...
actually concerned that I would...
have him killed?
I always...
I am sorry...
and I thank you.
I will not make you cry ever again ...
because of me.
Gosh, Sun. Sun...
Why are you here? Go back.
Sun.
The Crown Prince promised to save you.
I said to go away!
I do not want to see you, so leave me!
What did I tell you?
I told you that we had to leave.
Please!
Is anyone there?
Take this woman out of here now.
Sun...
Sun... Goodness.
It is easy to find our house.
You will see a fabric store...
right when you enter Seomun Market.
You will find our store if you go straight from there.
Since you visited there once before,
you know the way, right?
You have to come see...
me and Mom, okay?
Okay?
I will be waiting for you.
I am very curious.
We have made as many remedies for the poison...
as we could by kinds.
Now, we only have to check whether this medicine...
can be the actual cure for the poppy pills.
This liquid will tell you if the medicine works.
What will happen to this liquid if the antidote...
actually works?
Its color will...
turn transparent.
I guess this is not the one.
The King is entering the room.
How is it going with making the antidote?
I am sorry to say this,
but I think it will take quite some time to make it.
We have made various kinds of antidotes,
but they all failed to neutralize the poison.
Please keep working on...
finding the cure.
It will not be easy,
but we must...
do it.
I shall obey your royal command.
What happened to making the cure?
It will not be of use...
if you find the cure after I die.
Are you listening to me?
Gosh... Goodness.
We are all going to die.
I guess you have nothing to fear...
since you did not have poppy pills in the first place.
What happened to making the cure?
They failed it again.
And they have not enough poppy pills left...
to experiment with.
We only have four remaining days.
What should we do?
I think...
I have to...
meet Dae Mok.
- Your Majesty. - I have no choice...
in order to save the officials.
Before it gets too late,
we need to know how to make the cure.
The King...
has asked to see you in private.
He released me to send you his message.
Master,
will you meet with him?
The prescription.
Why?
Why do you want to save them?
They either tried to kill you,
betrayed you,
or pretended not to know...
even though they found out who you were.
They are...
all my subjects.
My, my.
I guess it is still not time for a new world.
Even if you want to change the world,
once you join the existing system,
you end up following the rules.
You will barely be able to change things.
If you want to open a new world,
you will either have to abandon what is inside and pour it again...
or have to change your cup completely.
Now is...
your chance to open a new world.
Why do you wish to save them?
A king rules over his people...
for his love for them.
I cannot divide...
whom to save or kill.
Get me the prescription for the cure.
Save all the officials who are addicted to the pills...
and disband the Bureau of Water Supply that is exploiting people.
Then I will save you...
from being killed.
Exploiting.
You called it exploiting.
What did you do when those poor people...
struggled to survive in their lives?
Confucius says not to walk on it since it is not a path.
Buddha says to give up since it is their sin in their past lives.
Then...
what did you do?
When the people were starving to death...
When you politicians did nothing for them,
I was the one to feed them all.
And you call it exploiting?
You fed the people?
You caused them trouble with water that is for everyone.
You killed so many innocent children to take control over the government.
How dare you talk about the people?
Whatever excuse you bring up...
will not justify your evil deeds.
How dare I talk about the people?
Do you think you possess everything...
now that you are the King?
Do you think it is your Joseon and your people?
No.
You are wrong.
If you do not provide the antidote right away,
the officials will abandon you first.
If you arrest me,
then...
the people will abandon you.
Dae Mok!
You want the prescription?
If you step down from your throne,
then...
I will give you the prescription.
We have done everything we could,
but we failed to make the cure, Your Majesty.
And we have not a lot of poppies...
to experiment with.
- Listen. - Yes, Master Dae Mok.
You must mobilize all the water deliverers across the land.
I will start with them to mobilize all the people of Joseon.
Start a rumor...
among the water deliverers that the King...
is attempting to eliminate the Bureau of Water Supply.
Are you telling me to mobilize the water deliverers...
so that we can start a rebellion?
It would not be bad if violent people burn the palace down...
and murder the King.
Yes, Master Dae Mok.
Love for the people.
Love for the people?
Let us see if you can still say that...
when the people stab a knife into your back.
Perhaps it is time for me to join Hwa Gun.
Even if you suddenly appear silently,
I am not afraid.
Would you like a sip?
You are no fun.
That is why you can never say how you feel.
You fool.
The woman you loved was in love with another man,
and died for...
and because of that man.
Did that not anger you?
She looked happy.
When I saw Lady Hwa Gun when she passed,
she looked happy, as if she was saying,
"I am happy because I was able to help the Crown Prince."
Your Highness.
Her final order that she gave me...
was to protect the Crown Prince.
Master. His Majesty needs to know how to make the antidote.
Please help me. We have only two days.
Without the antidote, 75 people,
perhaps all of Pyunsoo Group addicted to the poppy pill...
may lose their lives.
For Lady Hwa Gun's sake, please help us.
Please protect...
Lady Hwa Gun's smile.
I know how to make the antidote.
I heard only Dae Mok knew how to make the antidote.
Even my father does not know...
that I know how to make it.
I will tell you how to make it.
However, I have a condition.
What is it...
that you want?
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(The Emperor)
The water deliverers...
are rushing to Gwanghwamun.
I have relayed your message.
If the rebels murder the King,
we will make someone from the Royal Family the king,
and create our world again.
Please send us to Dae Mok.
You are the only one remaining who can take revenge.
Shall I assassinate the King?