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!