What is the meaning of all this?
What is it?
Let me go, I'm Wang Jeon!
Father, why are these people like this!?
Please say something to them. Let go of me!
Shouldn't we know why we're being dragged away first?
Let go.
- Father… - Go inside. Hurry.
She is to become the Crown Princess. You shouldn't even dare to look at her!
Look here-
I said let go!
Stay here without moving an inch. We will be back.
Did you say she has indigestion? I'll bring a needle, so I can prick her finger.
No need. Give me this.
One or two pricks will do the trick.
I said go. I'll stay here.
Perhaps I should bring Master Wang. If he knew he would come running immediately.
Oh, are you alright? Here, have some water.
Are you really okay?
Rest a little bit.
Now that you've thrown it all up, you should feel better after some sleep.
You should put the blankets on properly. Get up for a bit.
Do you want to be alone or do you want me to stay with you?
I understand.
First you jump into another person's bed, and now you're kicking out the owner?
Sleep then. And don't you cry while you sleep.
You shouldn't cry. You cry once, then you begin to fall apart.
Is his highness here?
- Be quiet. - Lady Dan is here.
They said she ran here without a carriage and without any servants.
Your highness.
My father and my second brother have been arrested.
- The Susagong too? - Why?
What is it?
Did you see where the guards were from?
They were soldiers from Wonseong Palace.
I'll drop by.
Has my third brother been taken as well?
I can't find him.
- There's nothing for you to worry about. - I'm scared.
I'm really scared.
I told you I would look into it. Nothing will happen.
Let me go you punks!
Let go! Let go!
Let me go! Let me go!
Move!
Father…
Rin was 12 at the time.
What did the Susagong do then? You know he's innocent.
Please don't do this.
- Hadn't you asked me for my help? - Mother.
You said you wanted power, so I'm helping you.
Is it because of Dan?
You told me you will drag her down to prevent her from becoming the Crown Princess. Is this your plan?
If she becomes the Crown Princess, that family will become even more uncontrollable.
- I chose her. - You chose wrong.
- Mother will right the wrongs. - I will do it myself.
You can't
You can live if their sons, Wang Jeon and Wang Rin disappears. Can you do that?
Mother. It's Rin. My friend, my Rin!
Open your eyes.
Even if Rin himself didn't want to, the world won't leave him be.
This is all for you Crown Prince.
You have always been this way, that this is all for me.
You cast out the original queen of this land, and her son - my brother-
- Who is your brother? - You cast my brother out to a Buddhist temple,
and you told me to be wary of my father and hate him, and that it was all for me.
And that is precisely how you are still alive and standing before me!
I hold the rights of the king at this moment.
The reason why I dropped by here first, was to honor your pride and image.
But, it seems there is no need. I'll take this into my own hands.
Do you really want Wang Rin to die?
Why, will you be sending assassins his way once I release him?
I'm pondering on it.
I guess you said he is your friend, so I would need to spare him his life at least.
In the future, you will come to thank me.
Yes, you will.
This is my first time in this room.
Please take a seat. I'll bring out some tea.
This place…it's where the Crown Prince usually stays right?
- Yes. - I don't like it.
- What? - My family is in trouble but,
all I'm thinking about is how this isn't your first time here.
And that your hair is messy so perhaps you slept here,
I don't like it. I'm having such thoughts.
I don't like myself like this.
His highness treats me with ease. As if I were his male friend.
Did my second brother do something despicable to your family?
That's why he was taken right?
Just how despicable was the thing he did?
Did he…
…kill people?
Can you not forgive him?
- I'll go bring the tea. - The fact that my third brother loves you…
You're aware of it right?
Even if it's just for his sake.
Please give your forgiveness Miss San.
I'm not sure if this tea is alright for the Crown Princess to be.
What are you doing? Go and take it to her.
Your second brother,
I thought of killing him myself.
To kill him and go somewhere far away.
I was going to leave it at that for the sake of Master Rin!
You should be thankful that I was willing to leave it at that, what more do you need from me?!
- Miss San… - Yes, your right.
He killed people. A lot of people.
That's how my mother passed away.
The ones to give forgiveness should be them! What am I supposed to do!?
You cannot dare to treat royalty in this manner.
Tying up royalty - what horror is this?
You shouldn't dare. How could you humiliate us like this?!
Quiet down.
Father. Please summon all the court officials and ministers.
If they're going to frame us, please tell them to at least ask us questions!
Behave as a nobleman should.
Where is that friend of yours, the Crown Prince?
Now that the has caught the rabbits, he's leaving his hound dog to die? He's abandoned you?
They were told to tie them up and not give them even one sip of water. They've tied them up at the investigation bureau, and yet they haven't been questioned on anything.
Aren't you going to do something?
What should I do?
Now you have all the authority of a king.
One sentence is all it takes. "Release them at once."
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What took you so long to come?
He was waiting and was just about to leave.
He left? Where to?
Here.
My child, the culprit has been caught.
I've been told to go to the palace with you at once.
Who?
Her Majesty the Queen has called for you immediately.
In interrogation of the criminals, those who suffered as victims
should come and testify, is what she said.
Such a beautiful daughter and yet you couldn't even keep her by your side.
I heard about the plight of you having to send her far away.
I am sorry, Your Highness.
It was a royalty who coveted your daughter and committed such wickedness.
So you would've had no way out.
Even when your wife was murdered, you had nowhere to express your grudge.
It is true my wife died a long time ago.
It will finally come to light now after a witness has been secured.
But the witness is lowly in status.
So it's not sufficient to indict a crime on a royalty.
Some will argue that way, won't they, child?
Yes, Your Majesty.
You will need to be the witness.
By witness, you mean, how...
You must have seen the assassins personally back then.
Yes…
And you saw that those assassins and Wang Jeon were on the same side too.
- What I saw was… - You must've seen it.
The assassin at the time already confessed that it was Wang Jeon who commissioned him personally.
But…
That's different to what you said last time.
Last time?
What did I say then?
You said that assassin and my brother...
recognized each other, you said, didn't you?
You said they met each other's eyes and acknowledged each other.
That the assassins and Wang Jeon were on one side.
You saw it clearly.
Your Majesty. At that time, my daughter was so young and was under a lot of shock…
This problem does not only involve your household, Minister Eun.
It is an incident where the House of Susagong, which is a royal family, plotted a rebellion and went after your assets.
That is why, my child, you will have to reveal the truth for this nation's Crown Prince.
Give me your hand.
How wretchedly painful it must have been for such a young child to watch her mother die in front of her.
Your mother must not be able to leave your side either.
You need to let your mother go
and send her to the heavens.
Father. What do we do?
It seems they will be starting the interrogations.
Just tell them the truth, as is.
Then what will happen to me?
You will be punished.
Rin… do something!
Brother.
Stop.
Go ahead first.
I was a step late.
I was in the middle of doing a separate investigation on your mother's case.
I was finding evidence to show Song In was behind it.
But I never expected Her Majesty to step in like this.
She is planning to pull Rin's family out by the roots with this opportunity.
Royal Mother is using your mother's case.
She asked you to make a false testimony. So will you?
Look at me!
What if… they aren't lies?
It was Wang Jeon who said to kill my mother.
San.
Then he'll need to pay the price!
Then Rin will pay the price too.
Master Rin also knew.
He knew that his brother killed my mother.
- No, he didn't. - He knew!
He was only suspicious of him.
He deceived me.
It's different.
He couldn't say it, because he knew it would obviously come to this.
If Rin's brother is convicted, Rin will get hurt along with his brother. Their sister as well.
What of it?
You're telling me to let him go then?
Can't you?
Despite him committing that act, you want me to let him live? As if nothing happened?
Let him live his life happily?
San, please.
Just let it pass and pretend it never happened.
I'll compensate for everything.
You can keep your friend alive.
But I must do what I have to do.
It's Song In.
Her Highness the Queen has taken the bait.
After the interrogation, Wang Jeon will likely be beheaded.
And that father and brother will be exiled, is what I predict.
And the sister will be dragged away as a government slave, and by then, Wang Rin,
will have no choice but to seek a way to survive.
One more thing. The Crown Prince is acting in an unexpected manner.
I thought he would be forcefully oppose us, but surprisingly, he remains quiet.
Perhaps he's made the judgement that this would be a chance to remove a romantic rival.
Please wait a moment.
They will call for a witness soon. That will be your time to come out.
It will end soon.
Okay.
After it all ends, let's go to your mother's tomb together.
She'll be pleased.
Okay.
She is my woman.
My woman was taken away and captured.
And she's bleeding.
What kind of a man would not interfere?
It's a relief.
That you were not beaten anywhere. That you were not injured.
Are you hurt?
♫ Do you hear it, the breathing sound? ♫
♫ Up in the sky, I draw you ♫
♫ That you might come to my side ♫
I was scared.
That I wouldn't be able to find you.
♫ The love you left me ♫
♫ I fear that it may disappear somehow ♫
Lady San.
Here is the next witness.
Minister Eun Yeong Baek's daughter, Eun San. Eight years ago, during the Seongjukjae assassination case.
Eun San and her maidservant were the only two that survived.
Eun San, I ask you.
Did you meet the assassins that day?
Yes.
That day, was Wang Jeon at the scene?
Yes.
Among these criminals, is Wang Jeon present?
Lady San, its' me. I...
Among these criminals, is Wang Jeon present?
Did you see Wang Jeon communicating with the assassins?
Minister Eun's daughter, Eun San! Did you see Wang Jeon...
That time, everyone who protected me lost their lives.
Then Wang Jeon appeared, he came and
me…
and my maidservant, he saved us.
What I remember is the man with a snake tattoo.
That person killed everyone. Please capture that person.
That man and Young Master Wang Jeon...
Wang Jeon saved my life.
That is everything that I know.
Are you alright?
Let's go.
I don't think this will do. Leave your daughter in the palace.
That's a compassionate offer.
But it's alright, Crown Prince.
I saw her suffering gravely over an acute indigestion.
And even in such a condition she was summoned for questioning.
- Jang Ui. - Yes, Your Highnes. - Summon the royal physician, and have her pulse taken.
Yes.
I will go.
Even your walking is strange. Where are you going to go in this state?
I want to go home.
Our horse carriage is waiting outside.
Please don't worry, Crown Prince.
Then...
San.
You worked hard. And thank you.
You were over-reaching.
Susagong is a top-ranking royalty.
You think you can brand him as a traitor with the testimony of a street ruffian?
The high ministers are talking in whispers.
Thanks to this, the Susagong won't be able to act frivolously and freely to his liking anymore.
And it served as an example for other royalties as well.
So allow me to show off now.
Wang Jeon kept company with street ruffians.
Causing harm to the reputation of the royal family.
Though he should be sentenced to a heavier punishment,
upon the merciful grace of the Crown Prince, you are sentenced to house arrest.
I will say to seek responsibility from Susagong too for failure to properly discipline his son.
I've confiscated 25 plots of farmland from him.
I needed to fill up the national depository.
Are you satisfied with that much?
What about Wang Rin?
I don't worry about the father who is easily-frightened or the second son who won't amount to much.
I don't care.
The third son, Wang Rin. What will you do about him?
Do you hate him that much?
Ban him from the palace and order him to resign from his post as Circuit Commissioner.
Circuit Commissioner is merely a 6th ranking post.
And Rin is a royalty!
Oh, I hear there's a vacancy for circuit commissioner post over in Jeolla province.
So you insist on chasing him away from me?
You said I was over-reaching this time?
No. It was a chance given by the heavens!
However, there was one thing that I missed.
Even you have things you miss?
Eun San. I had missed her feelings.
I saw the way she looked at Wang Rin.
I saw the way Wang Rin looked at her.
You saw wrong.
Is there anyone that knows how a young woman looks at a young man better than I?
Then you would've seen my eyes too.
Eun San. I like her and Rin is aware of that too.
Theres no way that Rin would look at the person I love as a woman.
That's Rin. My Rin.
My Lord.
The young master from Susagong's household is here.
I just don't know how brazen he is to come here.
Shall I send him away?
I committed…
an unforgivable crime to this household.
This nation
has claimed you innocent. It's a done matter.
I am not innocent.
It wasn't even you who did it.
My daughter is under a lot of shock and is feeling unwell.
Will you pay her a visit?
Lady San. It's Wang Rin.
Thanks to you, my household was able to survive this.
I don't know how to thank you.
I won't ask for your forgiveness. However, the thing I'm worried about is…
I heard that Her Majesty called to meet with you before the trial.
You must have disobeyed the Queen's orders.
I fear..
That you may have earned her hatred.
I must do everything I can to protect you,
but I must leave, so-
Where are you going?
Miss.
What?
I've been assigned to the post of circuit commissioner
and will be leaving for Jeolla province.
When are you leaving?
Probably… soon.
Be safe on your long journey.
Are you okay?
No. ♪ Familiar gaze ♫
Don't be sick.
♪ Familiar voice ♫
♪ it moves my heart♫
You did nothing wrong.
What is there that you did wrong?
Catching me every time I fall, coming to rescue me when I've been captured,
waiting for me when I cry.
But you know…
Yes?
The day my mother passed away,
I rode the carriage all the way home.
I was holding her tightly…
but she was so cold.
I can't forget that coldness.
So I don't think it will be possible
to act like nothing happened
with you by my side.
Yes.
♪ Will you tell me, my love ♫
Let's first root out nepotism. Those who overruled the system and jumped
two or three ranks in one leap.
These people rose through luck, not by their skills.
Let's get to the bottom of their connections and make a list of those we need to remove from their posts.
Master Wang Rin has visited Minister Eun's place.
I think he went to ask for forgiveness.
We're collating information on the number of weapons each army camp holds.
There are many among those that are so old that they are no longer usable.
The Minister and his daughter have left their house.
I think they went to visit the Madam's gravesite.
What about Rin?
He hasn't been able to come by as he has been banished from the palace grounds.
The circuit commissioner position…you aren't really going to send him away to take the post right?
I heard he would need to go to Jeolla province.
Once he's gone down, it will be hard to see him even once a year.
The Queen listens to your requests in the end.
Perhaps if we send him to Ganghwa Island first then sneak him back,
I think it would work.
I saw her eyes as she gazed at Rin.
And I saw Wang Rin's eyes as they met hers.
Do you remember?
When we were young, we were being chased by a wild dog and were running away frantically
and we climbed up this tree.
That dog didn't bother to go away.
Not even one dog, but three.
And then you fell asleep on the tree.
So brave.
Because you were holding me the entire time.
Until the bodyguards came and found us.
So why did you like running away from the guards so much?
Because you were there.
You were always there.
Come to think of it,
your fate has become twisted after meeting me.
Places you want to go, food you want to eat,
and people you want to meet… you gave it all up.
Because I always came first.
Not only that, every time my mother saw you she gave you the look of death.
As a bystander, I was even more scared.
I almost came close to death a few times.
Should I have let you go sooner?
Then you would've been better off than now.
No reason to live in fear, you would have rode horses, shot arrows,
loving whomever you pleased.
If I truly hated being by your side,
I would've done anything to run away.
If you don't want to go, tell me. I'll ask Her Majesty to…
I want to leave.
Damn you.
I'll take a good look around every village and fields of Goryeo,
and one day I'll tell you all about it if you would like.
Then now if I run away from wild dogs and fall asleep up a tree,
who will be there to hold me?
You're not a child anymore.
Who will hide things for me?
Like how the reason why So Hwa's mother and everyone died because of me?
Forget about what happened.
The person who should be punished and sent away because of the mother's death is not you, but me.
I've forgotten everything.
I don't know how to tell her.
If I tell her what happened,
I wonder how she'll look at me.
Please don't.
Just because you want to feel at peace, don't tell her.
Allow Lady San to live, forgetting about what happened.
Let her do that.
I beg of you, your highness.
I'm sorry, Mother.
I'm sorry.
My Lord, down there.
Your Highness the Crown Prince, this is not suitable.
So she's at a beautiful place, your mother.
She used to love this place where you can see the lake.
Me too.
So it's settled. From now on, I also like this place.
Let's come here from time to time, since it's a place I like.
Aren't you supposed to be very busy? How are you here?
I came to catch you, of course.
Why?
Someone who was commissioned by her teacher to come work.
She disappears without permission, causing this busy Crown Prince to come fetch her personally, and you ask why?
I was going to return right away. I just had something to tell my mother.
So I settled this too.
Eun San. From now on, you will be my side.
- Crown Prince. - You settle on the method.
If you need a government post, I will give you one.
If you want to be my friend, then I plan to be your friend.
If you insist on being disobedient, then I will frame you with some wrongful accusation to lock you up.
Weeds are grass too, but how pitiful are they to be treated with such neglect.
You said that before, right?
Our daughter really resembles you.
With a tender heart and too much affection.
Just how I can leave a child like her all alone and go...
As for me, the thought of seeing you. Look, I smile at it.
But then again,
Our San... what shall we do with her?
The teacher's command was only one.
Help the Crown Prince get started. Afterwards...
Rin is leaving.
I heard.
- I couldn't convince him to stay. - Yes.
If you leave too... it won't do for me.
A good Crown Prince or king, this nation, this world. It holds no meaning whatsoever.
Your Highness.
Stay by my side.
Until you will take a proper look at me.
I've got a foul temperament but I was born to be patient.
So you watch. I will wait and wait more.
Whenever you look back, I will be there.
It's not the Crown Prince.
From what I can see, the Crown Prince shows care because she is the disciple of Master Dongahn.
And because he is the friend of young Master Wang Rin.
How are you so sure?
I heard some things and I saw some things, so I know. The one the lady is fond of...
It's the person who drinks with her too and gets along with her at ease.
It's definitely not the Crown Prince who lives in the strict palace.
Did she say anything to you?
She expressed it even more strongly than she could with words. She was like that on that day as well.
Lady San, it's Wang Rin.
Thanks to you, my household is staying alive.
I am not sure how to thank you. I will not seek your forgiveness.
Though I am worried that yesterday, right before you testimony,
the Queen summoned you.
You've defied Her Highness's command then.
I am scared you might have courted her hatred.
You should've seen the lady at the time.
She had a face on that seemed like she would crumble at once. And the Young Master said he will leave.
But the lady couldn't hold on to him to stop him either.
♫ Were you really never once sincere? ♫
♫ When you know all about my heart, don't pretend you don't. ♫
♫ You are selfish and you are mean to the end. ♫
♫ So I will throw it all away. ♫
After the madam passed away, it was the first time
I saw her crying. She cried so very hard.
♫ The more I try to distance myself ♫
♫ I return to you and roam around you ♫
♫ Finding you ♫
♫ Even though I get tired from looking at you ♫
♫ I am happy but I'm still love you ♫
It should be the proper thing for me to come seek you out first.
I am not sure how I can express my gratitude.
If your daughter hadn't testified on my son's innocence at the investigation site...
He probably was not innocent.
He was not innocent, but my daughter chose to cover it.
She decided to forgo her mother's revenge she had waited for eight years.
You're saying... my son actually, your wife...
Do you know why?
His Lordship went to argue it out but it probably won't be easy.
There was supposed to be a marriage deal between my lady and your second master.
Is it good?
Then, smile a bit, perhaps.
But my lordship is someone who would sell the nation if it was for my lady's sake.
That was a strange comparison.
At any rate, he will make it happen.
I've heard that he's already pulling out the assets bit by bit.
Assets?
You mean, my third child and your daughter?
They seem to be nurturing romantic feelings for each other.
Your son living in this land has been living on pins and needles. I am aware of that.
My daughter as well, after upsetting the Queen this time,
faces an unstable future too.
You must have an excellent idea. I will listen to it.
Let's knot them together in the bonds of marriage and have them leave this land, to a faraway kingdom.
Since the Yuan nation is still in contact with the royal court, I am thinking of somewhere even farther.
I've secured a place in Arabia.
I have an ailment and I sense I will not be living for much longer.
When I think about my daughter who will be left alone, I feel desperate.
A royal marriage is adding a new member to the Inner Court.
Hence, it will require the approval of the Queen, who is in charge of overseeing the Inner Court.
I plan to request an audience with her right after I receive your confirmation.
It's just that I am under a house arrest.
I will go alone.
She's a finicky person.
This is probably the last thing I can do for my daughter.
So I will do so with all my might.
My Lady?
What are you doing?
I came to deliver a message to Young Master Rin.
Is something the matter?
I do not know.
About what?
Whether I should be happy or sad. I do not know it.
- Jin Gwan. - Yes, My Lady.
I might not ever see my brother again.
However, it's fortunate. It's so fortunate is what I'm thinking.
What am I to do about me?
The heavens are helping us.
I thought Minister Eun and his daughter were going to wreck our plan, but it seems they are useful once again.
With this, we drive a rift between the Queen and the Crown Prince.
And this will be the turning point in which Wang Rin can come to us on his own accord.
Rin is a good child.
He is.
That child likes me.
I am aware of it.
Have the Crown Prince strip his title with his own hands.
Of course. I shall see to it that the Grand Nation would find no reason to find fault in us.
I will see to it that the Crown Prince crumbles on his own.
Rin is a good child.
He is.
He will be fully allegiant to Your Majesty.
I just came out of the Inspector Bureau. Are you here to turn yourself in or something?
I came to escort you.
You want me to follow you?
Aren't you curious? Who will be waiting for you, young master?
Not really. However, I will need to arrest you.
Minister Eun is in danger.
Let's go.
Minister Eun is requesting an audience with you over the matter of the Inner Court.
Matters of the Inner Court?
Well that is...
- What is it? - That's...
It seems you've picked up a habit of angering me lately.
It's a marriage agreement.
Minister Eun's daughter, Eun San, and Susagong's third son, Wang Rin.
He's here to request your permission for their marriage, I heard.
Where's the edict that the Crown Prince mentioned?
How are you just telling me that?
I didn't imagine Minister Eun would enter the palace so soon.
He's already arrived at Wonseong Palace, I heard.
That...
Hurry. Hand me that medicine.
Hurry. Give me the medicine.
Look here.
Look here. Look here.
No-
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I will summon the royal physician.
Minister Eun? Minister Eun? Why are you like this here?
Minister Eun? Minister Eun? I'm here.
Why...
No. I'm not myself. You do it.
Your Highness. It's too late.
Minister Eun, I'll help you get up.
Get up.
Get up, I said! Minister Eun!
You can't be like this.
What about So Hwa then? So Hwa.
You can't do this to So Hwa. You can't!
Get up! Get up, Minister Eun!
♫ With your colors ♫
♫ I am being drawn ♫
♫ I am writing you in my heart all day long ♫
♫ My hidden heart, now I will ♫
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Drag him to me before the Crown Prince catches onto it. You may kill him too.
Bring Rin to me without harming a hair on his head.
He's the child who will soon become the Crown Prince.
Was it indeed a rebellion?
Forgive me, Father.
His life?
Will you give it to me?
I said I will take care of her.
But I can't trust you!
I, will take care of her.
I plan to leave with the lady.
This is impossible. He's my Wang Rin.
Let's wait just a bit longer.
♫ My heart's now beating for you. ♫