Today.
(Episode 15)
Today is the day my brother, Wang Jeon,
takes the proposal letter to the Minister of Finance's house.
Please stop him.
Do you really need to stop him?
I feel pathetic.
I cannot do anything.
Please stop him, Your Highness.
All right. I will.
I must go out.
Yes, Your Highness.
And bring more guards.
I need to look like the Crown Prince.
What is it?
His Majesty has allowed...
this marriage.
Stopping it would mean you are disobeying him.
- I know. - He will be really angry.
Lin knows it too.
That is why...
he has been wandering around...
these last six days, trying to...
stop the marriage by himself until his lips became pale.
Is that right, Lin?
You should not come. It will only cause you problems.
I will take care of this.
I know it is...
not proper for me to barge in like this.
Do you have an order, Crown Prince?
You should stop today's proposal...
and the marriage.
Did you know...
about the properties owned by...
the Minister of Finance?
Your Highness, this marriage has already been...
permitted by His Majesty.
He has 40,000 villas with farmlands all over the country,
10,500kg of grain harvested from that land every year,
2,500 servants all over the country,
6 meteoric irons, 5 fleets,
and about 20 boats...
owned by each fleet.
These are the properties that the Minister of Finance owns.
I had to look it up quickly,
so there must be more that I do not know about.
And these are the properties...
that will be given to Wang Jeon after the marriage.
I heard a lot of the properties will be handed over after the marriage.
A fleet at Yeseong River,
12 villas,
and 750kg of grain.
Were you threatened?
Do you not already have enough properties,
Chancellor?
Have you suddenly become greedy?
The number of soldiers you are training at Mount Yoam...
must have increased.
Maybe you need money to feed them.
However,
why do you need so many soldiers?
I do not understand why you are saying such disrespectful things.
Today is the day I give wedding presents to my future wife.
Did you tell the soldiers...
whether they are to fight the Crown Prince...
or the King?
Your Highness, why do you...
Why do you make me doubt you?
You are making me feel anxious.
That is why...
I wish to stop this marriage.
If your father's properties go to him,
it could cause problems for me.
You can resent me if you want.
But I advise you to stay away from a man like him.
She wanted a cup of water, but when I came back,
she had already disappeared.
Oh, my.
After I met them for the first time,
I was never going to see them again.
That is...
what someone who hides her identity must do.
However,
those moments made me happy...
and hurt me.
And I stayed every time.
I was going to leave them anyway.
One more day would not hurt.
I wanted to stay like this.
One more day.
Just for today.
I was happy and in pain.
The person who was always smiling at me...
had a sad smile,
and it made my heart ache.
I should not have been born.
You tripped, so lean on me for a bit.
And the person next to him...
would avoid looking at me.
When I looked at him,
he would always be looking somewhere else.
It made my heart ache.
Which one of them...
made my heart ache more?
Why...
were you there?
I was near your house.
I have been...
following you from there.
Why?
I felt anxious.
I felt like you would...
bump around...
or trip.
I should have tripped.
I wanted to see how you would react.
I would not have been able to stop you from falling.
I would have been too far away.
But...
Yes?
He was the Crown Prince.
Yes.
It seems like he does not know who I am yet.
I could not tell him...
yet.
He did not know who I was.
And yet he came.
You must have asked him to do it.
Yes.
He is your friend.
Yes.
The Crown Prince's friend,
who are you?
My father is the Chancellor.
Then...
you are the third young master?
Yes.
I did not recognize you,
and was incredibly rude.
What should I do?
We deceived you.
Do forgive me.
I apologize.
I already said goodbye, so...
I have a question.
You spoke to me politely from the start.
Even when I was a mere servant.
Why?
Because you were...
the woman my master loved.
He loved you from the start.
Shall we go tomorrow?
You are to come immediately.
Fine, I will go now. I was going to.
Did I do anything wrong?
I can head home proudly.
You know who Hong Kyu is.
He risked his life...
to fight and kill a rebel for my father.
He risked his life...
for my father and me!
He escorted me on state visits,
and guarded my room all night when I had a cold.
When I was unwell,
he also refused to eat until I could.
He is a revered man who held...
many lofty positions.
How dare you send his daughter as a tribute!
Why are you doing this? Why are you upsetting me?
You are late, Crown Prince.
I was waiting for you.
I am here.
Did you know about this?
What your mother did to Hong Kyu...
and his daughter?
He had him whipped with a steel whip so he could barely walk,
confiscated his assets,
and now, wants him exiled.
You cannot have not known.
You two work so well together.
You must be so busy doing exactly as...
your dear mother says...
and ruining other people's weddings.
I came here because I wished to speak with you about that.
Seeing that my mother also...
Do you have a conscience?
I believe I do.
You called the Chancellor's son...
your best and life-long friend...
only to be able to control him.
You never cared about your friend's situation or heart!
I am surprised.
Since when did you care about the Crown Prince's friend?
You are even concerned.
An evil mother...
and an unrelenting son.
I am so afraid!
I sent the Chancellor a warning some time ago.
Did you say something to Lin?
No, to his sister. When I met her by chance.
- Dan? - I thought...
her father would visit when he got the message.
He is sly.
I did not expect him to fight back with a marriage.
I was surprised.
I thought I had been defeated.
How did you know how I was feeling...
and cancel the wedding for me?
Is Dan a tribute?
It could have been for nothing.
They were planning a wedding.
Why did you do this?
I told you already that it was a mere warning.
He ignored it, disobeyed me,
and made me put his daughter on the list.
Blame her father.
I knew you were a dog that wagged its tail for the Crown Prince,
but not even the lowliest of the low...
would give up his own sister.
The Crown Prince does not know. Dan...
Stop talking about the Crown Prince!
What did he say?
This time, he wanted our sister as proof of your loyalty.
What will he want from you next time?
He does not yet know what he did.
Father, say something.
Tell him to talk to the Crown Prince.
I just got a royal messenger.
Dan...
is on the tribute list.
Let me go and check.
Her name is already on the list,
and if that list...
has already been dispatched to Yuan,
- there is no way out. - There must be a way out.
The only way out...
was for your brother to marry.
They cannot demand a tribute...
from a family with an upcoming marriage!
The scumbag! The fool!
Your Highness, you must eat...
How could he do this to me?
- You must eat. - He said all he wanted to,
and did not do as I said.
Jin Gwan! Jang Eui!
Where is Jin Gwan?
He is not feeling well today.
- Is he at the Chancellor's? - Yes.
Is it Dan he is upset about?
Where is Lin?
- Shall I get him? - Yes.
No, I shall go. Get my clothes.
- Where is So Hwa? - I cannot find her.
Is she not at Mount Duta?
Men watched for days.
They are sure she did not go there.
Then where did she go to?
I really wonder where she went to.
I shall keep looking.
Does Lin know?
I did not ask him.
I must see him.
I shall look him in the eye.
We shall escort you.
What shall I say?
I considered them my friends.
What am I to them?
They come and go with ease.
They all say it is best for me.
They deceive me for me,
and leave me for me.
When I meet such people and see their faces,
what am I to say?
Lin.
You have a high fever.
Stay down.
You have a fever.
It is too cold.
You are too hot.
I was dreaming a nice dream.
You woke me up.
Go back to sleep. I will keep quiet.
I do not remember the dream.
I lost it already.
That is fine.
Good dreams come every night.
You will dream again.
- Lin. - Yes?
I am afraid.
Why?
Did you see another insect with many legs?
You only fear things...
with many legs.
Anything with more than four legs.
Once...
I leave for Yuan,
I will never return, will I?
I will never see Father...
or you two again, will I?
That will happen if you end up going there.
Why?
Do you wish to go?
I do not want to go.
Then do not go.
You do not have to go.
I will make that happen.
How so?
It is a secret.
Song In, the son of Assistant Royal Secretary,
is here to escort Young Lady San.
Escort her?
What are you saying in this late hour?
His Majesty is...
looking for her.
His Majesty...
He gave me his guards and a carriage,
then asked me to escort her.
He wants to see...
only the young lady.
Do not try to hold this off.
We must get there...
before his tea...
gets cold.
No matter what happens, do not take off your veil.
If anyone finds out that you do not have a scar on your face,
I am not sure how much more you will be punished for this.
What if I go there instead of you?
If I go, they can see a scar on my face...
even if I was told to take my veil off.
Nonsense.
Song In is here to escort her.
He is probably here to keep an eye on us...
in case we try to do something.
Father.
His Majesty...
may order you to remove your veil himself.
- Then... - Will the Crown Prince...
be there?
The Crown Prince?
What if...
I was acquainted with the Crown Prince,
and if anyone finds out that I have been hiding my identity,
what will happen to him?
Are you acquainted with the Crown Prince?
It turns out...
that we are.
How do you...
Then what will happen to him?
He will also be punished...
for breaking the law.
For hiding you.
Jang Soo.
That must be Lin.
That idiot.
Why did he not come earlier? He knew I would be waiting.
Do not tell the Crown Prince that I am here.
But I guess there is no use in asking.
I must report this to him.
Then this will be the end of your report.
This is not a place...
where you may enter without a permission anyway.
Young master, are you thinking...
I prefer...
that you do not know what is on my mind.
The Crown Prince is here.
Father, did you call for me?
I ran over at once.
This young man was about to give his proposal letter...
to this young lady, but they were rudely interrupted.
So I called them in to console them.
And I called you here because...
I thought you would have something to say.
You can make an excuse or apologize.
Do something.
I will.
No.
First, you should pour them a glass as an apology.
Jeon, you can sit.
You two are not related, but you are the older one.
Sit down, and take the glass.
It is an honor.
And you.
You, who almost became Jeon's bride, you can also sit.
Assistant Royal Secretary, sit.
You went through a great deal to make this happen.
It is nothing, Your Majesty.
I believe the Crown Prince did this because he did not know any better.
Or maybe...
he knew a little too much.
I will pour him a glass as an apology.
Not just one glass. I can do this all night long.
Right, there is the liquor bottle.
Jeon, please take a glass.
Here.
Did your mother put you up to this?
Mother knew nothing about this.
Then why did you do this?
I was really bored.
Oh, I did not pour you one.
Here.
I am still single, right?
I was really jealous too.
Also, I was still hung over from the night before.
I must have been crazy.
Assistant Royal Secretary.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Do you think you can renegotiate...
this marriage which the Crown Prince broke?
There is a way around it,
but I am afraid bad rumors will go around.
People will try to make out the relationship between...
Your Majesty and your son, the Crown Prince.
- Also, - Also?
we have envoys from abroad. What would they think about this?
And what will they say when they return to Yuan?
Also, how would the Great Emperor,
the grandfather of our Crown Prince right here,
think about this situation?
Actually,
I think this happened because I adore all women of this country.
I heard this young lady...
has a bit of a scar on her beautiful face.
And to be honest,
Jeon is not very generous.
I knew he would be angry whenever he sees her.
Do you not think that would be devastating?
That is why...
You do not have to worry about...
Why not?
I should not have interrupted.
I will allow you to speak. Tell me.
I overheard the doctors talking to each other.
They were wondering...
how the daughter of the Minister of Finance...
could have met such a good doctor who could get rid of...
the deep and terrible scar she had on her face.
They were talking about...
what a miracle it was.
I heard you had a deep scar...
that you had to hide all your life.
Did you get rid of it?
Could you show me your face?
What are you doing?
The Crown Prince is worried about you,
and His Majesty wishes to see your scar.