(Episode 34)
They are looking for Court Lady Jo.
- What are you talking about? - Jeonbeopsa began...
to investigate into the Minister of Finance's death.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
How dare you take away my people from my place?
What do you think you are doing?
Your Highness, please save me. Your Highness. Your Highness.
Wait.
- Were you also called in? - Do you know what this is about?
I was told to be here as soon as possible, so I ran over.
Exactly. But who called us?
Do you not know?
How dare you do this to me? Let go of me.
- Let go of me. - What is going on?
Open the door.
The Queen is here to see the Crown Prince. Open the door.
Your Highness.
- What is it? - The Queen is here.
I told you not to let anyone in, especially my mother.
- But still... - Do as I say.
His place has a straw rope tied around to cast evil spirits away.
No one may come or go without his permission.
Anyone who tries to barge in...
will be killed on the spot regardless of who they are.
This is the order of the Crown Prince.
Your Highness.
You already shook off...
my hand twice within the day, and now, they are finally still.
If I keep you asleep all the time...
If I do that,
would we always live in peace?
So please fall fast asleep...
for a long time.
We found out where the master is.
- Are you all right? - I am not all right.
I could never rid myself of the habit of speaking plainly,
so my physical body is always suffering. Look.
I am locked up yet again.
I heard you pointed to the Queen...
as the hand behind the Minister of Finance's death.
So are you here to silence him?
If I do, will you be able to stop me by yourself?
- I will take him and leave. - No, wait.
I think we need to talk.
Like I said,
there is none other like him who has the heart and the brains...
to be a faithful man to the Crown Prince until the very last moment.
You should not have called me.
You should have called him first.
Lin.
I am listening.
One of the court ladies of Wonseongjeon made a confession.
Someone used her parents as hostage to make her burn an incense stick...
in the room where the Minister of Finance was in.
An incense stick?
She was poisoned to death right after making her confession,
so they could not question her further.
I know someone in the palace who is good with incenses.
It is the witch next to His Majesty.
I know who she is.
That witch blinded His Majesty...
and came between my son and me to rot this country from the inside.
She will soon come between you and the Crown Prince.
I know I have been rather cold to you until now.
But you two always insisted you were friends.
If you are his friend, help him.
This is for the Crown Prince's sake.
It is too late.
That witch became my subordinate, and the Crown Prince is...
no longer my friend.
Be careful. Do not startle the Queen.
We will take Master Lee and leave this place.
I always knew you would do this.
The Crown Prince has been fooled by you all along.
Let me escort you to a better place to stay.
Wang Lin!
I could not get rid of...
that young serpent while I had the chance.
Excuse me, Lin.
Why are you doing this?
I need to see her.
However,
I have no other way getting to her.
What is wrong with her? Does she not seem weird?
- Yes, she has a scar on her face. - We should watch out.
What are you talking about? That makes no sense.
Someone just came to tell me.
How can they start a deliberative council without my order?
It is the order of His Majesty.
- Do not let anyone in. - Yes, Your Highness.
And be especially cautious of anyone from Wonseongjeon.
Yes, Your Highness.
Dear fellow ministers.
Thank you for being present.
This emergency deliberative council is about...
Where is the King?
He summoned all the ministers...
for an emergency deliberative council so early in the morning,
so where is my father?
He ordered a deliberative council...
and delegated the honor to supervise it.
He delegated it? To whom?
It cannot be to you.
I am Wang Lin...
and am present as per the King's command to chair...
the deliberative council.
"Wang Lin is to..."
"chair the deliberative council in the King's stead."
"One."
"Finance Minister Eun died in the palace."
"Investigate the circumstances."
"Two."
"Crown Prince Wang Won is in training."
"The ministers..."
"shall assess him."
Is it this way?
Will you not take me all the way?
I cannot be noticed.
You will come for me later, right?
You know you cannot leave me here alone, right?
Can you do it?
Yes, I can.
My lady. Lady San.
My lady.
My lady. Lady San, are you here?
Lady San is here, is she not? Right?
- Why are you here? - Master Lin sent me.
To look after Lady San.
Bi Yeon.
My lady. My lady.
What is going on?
- Hello. - Why is Lin in court?
Why is it him and not me? Were you feeding me lies?
You said I would be king!
Make an excuse if you can.
I had my doubts, but I patiently held back.
What are you up to?
- People might hear. - Why?
Why is it not me but my brother in court?
He is doing what you could not.
I can do it. I said I would!
Give me a little more time.
- What if I do? - Your brother...
will get rid of the Crown Prince.
- What then? - After that, I will...
- get rid of your brother. - How can I trust you?
We tried for many years in vain...
to gain the upper hand over the Crown Prince.
Your brother managed to threaten him in just a few days.
Right now...
is the time to watch.
I heard that incense was burning in the room Lord Eun was in.
Lord Eun had a chronic condition,
and that incense was deadly to him.
In whose chamber was the room Lord Eun was waiting in?
The Queen's chambers.
I got an anonymous note.
It said our grain was in Lord Eun's storage.
We checked, and it was there.
From floor to ceiling, all stamped with our insignia.
I found the insignia odd, so I reported them.
Whom did you report to?
The Crown Prince, but he told us to...
let it be.
That he would take care of it.
Your Highness, I have a request.
I am listening.
I suspect Lord Eun was murdered...
and framed for stealing the soldiers' supplies.
That is enough.
To get to the bottom of this,
- we must go to... - Stop.
where it all started.
Let the Queen explain.
I will send someone to request her presence.
That she...
come here.
When I had heard you were locked up,
I thought you would be in a warehouse.
This is too flashy for a warehouse.
Did you not go to Ganghwa Island?
I thought you had left with Gu Hyeong.
Not many of us left.
We are waiting for your return...
in a house we rented near the marketplace.
Master Wang found us and came by early this morning.
Master Lin?
Who else would it be?
- How is he? - Do not even ask.
He did not sleep a wink last night.
He has been looking for a way to get you out.
Oh, he said everything is ready.
- For what? - This is what he said.
"I will get out the one you are with."
"Lady San can leave after that."
"Get out"?
Master Lin told me to give you this.
He said he would be waiting there.
What did he say? "The place we cut the string."
Do you know where that is?
Once you get rid of the Crown Prince,
will you put the second son in his place?
Lin is too much for us to control.
Then will you discard him?
I am wondering how to do that, so he will not get back at us.
What will you do about her?
Who?
Eun San.
- You sound like you are jealous. - You are correct.
Is this what you have been up to in the King's presence?
You are animals!
Your Majesty, you must wake up.
Wake up, and look. Those beasts...
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Why can you not wake up?
It is me, Your Majesty.
Arrest that man and his witch.
I must find out what they did to the King.
Is anyone outside?
Some armed assassins entered the King's chamber.
The King's own bodyguards risked their lives...
to protect their king.
You must go, Your Highness.
Your Majesty.
What is all this noise?
You had another nightmare.
I will help you sleep.
Your Highness.
Leave first. I will stop them.
Step aside!
Leave, Your Highness.
I shall escort you.
My mother loves peonies.
She did not laugh often...
but only when she saw peonies.
Your Highness.
Sometimes, she would cry because of them.
When I asked why, she said this.
"It would have been better had I not known."
She wished she did not know these flowers existed.
That however beautiful they were, she should not have liked them.
Stop.
What is that?
My belongings.
Lady San asked me to take them elsewhere.
- You cannot take anything. - But I need that.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness. Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness, just now...
the Queen...
The Queen...
passed away.
- What is happening? - She is dead?
- How could this be? - What now?
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
- Your Highness. - Your Highness.
My mother's words cut deep and stayed with me,
but I never understood.
Why did I never...
think of becoming a peony for her?
- Move. - Hurry.
- Is something wrong? - The Queen is dead.
- Your Highness. - Your Highness.
Instead of being a flower, I became a thorn bush.
I pricked those who came close...
as well as myself,
and I still kept growing.
(The King in Love)
Bring me any one of the brothers.
We need a new king.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Please stop. Put down that sword!
Tell me your plan.
You said you would make me king. You must have a plan.
I will pretend not to know you care for Lin.
Give up on him.
Promise me first.
Are you threatening me?
If you can, cut me down and become king.