(Episode 35)
Ever since I was young, I was always one step behind.
It was not because I was slow. I chose to stay at the back.
I liked to watch rather than to act.
It made me happy to see you happy.
That is why I liked being...
one step behind.
Mother.
Mother...
Someone please explain this to me.
She had been ill...
for a long time.
I could only provide her...
with painkillers.
- That is not what I asked. - When she coughed too much,
it was...
That is not what I asked. That is not why she died!
Court Lady Jo!
They took her away for testimony...
on Master Lin's orders.
Murathai!
- He is dead. - What?
He was guarding the Queen.
It took place at Yeongsujeon.
The other guards who were guarding her...
have all been killed.
Please take revenge on them, Your Highness!
- Please, Your Highness. - Please, Your Highness.
Murathai...
and the guards...
were killed in Yeongsujeon?
- That is what we heard. - I heard that the King...
and Queen Mu was there.
Her Majesty had told me when she came out of Yeongsujeon...
that Queen Mu was there.
"Queen Mu was there."
- Please help us, Your Highness. - Please help us, Your Highness.
All right.
What is this strange rumor I hear?
The King has murdered the Queen?
Something must be going on. There are problems with the guards.
Private armies nearby seem to be moving as well.
Does the King wish to attack the Crown Prince?
There have not been any orders from the Crown Prince.
This could lead to civil war.
The Eungyang Army is in emergency stand-by just in case.
The Yongho Army will be too. But whom are we fighting?
General, the Crown Prince has left Wonseongjeon.
- What do you mean? - He is heading towards Yeongsujeon.
The letter has to arrive at Jujingun before nightfall. Hurry.
What are you doing here? You should either run away or prepare to fight.
Eungyang, Yongho, and the second string armies have been dispatched.
If they surround the palace, we are done for.
Why did you do this? You do not have countermeasures.
I do.
What is it? You did not tell me!
I had thought of one before I killed Murathai. That is why I killed him.
But I did not know it would happen so fast.
The Queen should have lived longer.
After what happened to his mother, the Crown Prince will do something.
We might die.
Gosh, it is too early for me to die.
How is he?
- How do you want him to be? - Why do you ask? Wake him up!
The Commanders do not fully trust the Crown Prince right now.
This is when the King should regain his power and...
Where is Wang Lin?
He slipped out during the meeting.
I need you to bring either Wang Jeon or Wang Lin to hear the King's will.
The King's will?
The King will never wake up.
What are you...
The Crown Prince thinks that the King has killed his mother.
Everyone knows what a temper he has. That man is coming here...
to get revenge on his Mother. We do not know what he will do.
- What do you mean we do not know? - Do you understand me?
I do.
What are you...
Just bring one of the Wang brothers. We need a king.
Wang Lin? Wang Jeon?
Who killed my mother?
I do not know.
Her Highness has...
I heard it.
When Her Highness came here, Queen Mu was here.
She became angry when she saw her, and...
She would not get angry because of someone like her.
But the King sided with Queen Mu, became angry,
and shouted at Her Highness.
To protect the Queen,
the guards tried to stop them, but he gave orders to kill them all.
Where is His Majesty?
He is inside. He is in his bedroom.
Is she with him?
- Here she is. - Your Highness.
Why did you do that to my mother?
- This is a misunderstanding. - What is?
You are mistaken.
Her Highness' death has nothing to do with me.
I did not even ask you, yet you answered me.
It is not my fault.
You should have done this a few days later.
I met her a few days ago.
She continuously wanted to talk to me,
but I told her I did not want to hear it...
because I could not trust her.
I told her to leave the palace if she was not happy with that.
I did not realize that was the last time.
You should have given me another chance...
to see her and to talk to her.
I have more things to say to her.
She could not die...
this early.
Her Highness brought this upon herself.
- What? - Her Highness should not have come.
She should have ignored it.
That way, nothing would have happened.
If she had left, she would be alive.
Stop it.
She should have lived a quiet life.
Why did she come and meddle with me?
Why?
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Please do not go. Please stop.
Please put that sword back in!
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Father.
Your Majesty.
Come out.
Come out, and talk to me.
Why did you kill her? Why?
What...
did she do so wrong?
Your Majesty!
Come out, and talk. Do not hide...
like a coward. Come out!
Around midnight tonight, they will begin the mourning.
They could not wait around for His Majesty anymore.
All right. Great job.
It smells like poison.
This incense had always been burning in His Majesty's room.
And she made him drink red tea before he went in, right?
Come to think about it, that might be the antidote.
- I guess so. - He was always healthy.
I am sure this incense weakened him.
- I am sure. - Is there any way to detoxify him?
If the one who made this poison is dead,
we have no choice but to find a doctor.
Where will we find a capable doctor?
The one who is the most capable...
in the Capital must be at the Royal Infirmary.
I will bring him.
- Yeong Su. - Yes.
Are you not acquainted with a royal doctor?
I will bring him here.
- Discreetly. - Of course.
Please take a seat. You are straining my neck.
The original plan was...
for you to begin the deliberative council...
and for me to wrap it up after you leave quietly.
While I wrap the council up,
you were going to run away with my asset.
It was.
Everything did not go as planned,
but it is not completely impossible.
I will take care of reporting the whole thing in the morning.
But that part about your running away...
should be done before the dawn breaks.
Do not lose your chance while everything is hectic.
When you run away, you should never look back.
Just look ahead.
Why are you still here?
It feels like...
I have a stone tied around my ankle.
I do not see anything.
I am sure Lady San is with His Majesty right now.
That is who she is.
She would not be able...
to leave him alone at a time like this.
What are you afraid of?
Are you afraid she will not come with you?
If she does...
If we leave,
His Majesty will be left alone.
- That was the stone. - So...
I do not think I should leave tonight.
Then when will be a better day?
After I get rid of this stone.
After I take a load off of my ankles and heart,
then I will go.
It is not my fault.
You should have done this a few days later.
Her Highness brought this upon herself.
She should have ignored it.
That way, nothing would have happened.
Stop it.
She should have lived a quiet life.
Why did she come and meddle with me?
Why?
Wang Won.
I missed you.
I missed you all the time.
Crown Prince Wang Won.
You did...
something you should not have.
You must...
pay the price.
Give this message to Master Lin.
I apologize for not being there.
I am not being detained.
It is...
not yet time to leave, and that is why I cannot go.
Then when will you come with us?
When I see the Crown Prince smile,
I will go.
Where will you go, spirit?
You have a long, long way to go
Set off on your way
I hope your journey is peaceful
This world has nothing for you now
You may leave it in peace
The Queen is dead.
We found nothing.
A carriage left the palace around noon.
- Did you look inside? - We could not.
- Why not? - It was driven by...
Master Lin, so I did not dare.
Lin took the King with him.
Why?
Away from whom? Me?
- Did you find it? - No.
We gave him his seal because he asked for it.
At around dawn this morning.
Lin took the King's seal as well.
Why?
- Send men to Dan's chamber. - The Crown Princess'?
Lin smuggled the King and his seal.
I suspect his purpose.
He might contact his sister. Keep her under close watch.
I just gave a command.
I will do so.
You are in disguise.
Did you sneak out and return, or are you about to leave?
- I came back. - Then Lin will come for you.
He will not fight you.
- You know him very well. - That is why...
you are my hostage.
You are now bait and a trap.
- Tell me your plan. - About what?
You said you would make me king. You must have a plan.
Did you kill the Queen without a plan?
- She was ill. - The illness did not kill her.
We had no choice but to be disloyal.
- Your plan. - I will request that the Emperor...
orders the King's abdication.
(A plea to abdicate the throne was requested.)
We will say the King is too weak to manage his duties...
and that he must abdicate. However,
his son, Won, is too vicious and...
Can you prove that?
He killed Queen Mu, someone he should consider his other mother.
That makes him a beast.
He must be deposed.
We will suggest you become king.
Will the King accept this?
We do not need him.
Why not?
I have the King's seal.
The servants are useless.
They stopped cleaning up.
I thought you had left because I could not find you.
When I was young,
you relayed me my mother's last message.
I remembered something to tell you.
The Queen told me...
how she grew to like peonies.
Do you know?
She did not tell me.
The young princess...
stole hidden glances of Goryeo's Crown Prince.
One day, she was leaving after watching him in secret...
when someone held out a flower.
That was your father, the King, and the flower was a peony.
Right before she died, she asked for a peony.
They gave her one,
and she held it to her heart.
I guess it was this one.
What do you want to say?
She had some good days.
You should only remember those happy memories.
That is what I wanted to say.
I was all she had.
She fought the world for me...
every day and moment of her life.
I was tired of having a mother like that.
I constantly acted up.
I always did the opposite of what she told me to do.
Her life had revolved around Wonseongjeon,
but I did not come here often.
I felt suffocated here.
You should stop thinking about her.
My father...
and the people around him...
They are the ones who drove my mother to her death.
They made fun of me when I first gained power...
and called my mother.
They were going to humiliate her there.
There must have been a reason.
But Father must have humiliated her first.
That is why she must have chosen death.
Let us get out of this room.
I will pretend not to know your feelings for Lin.
Give it up as fast as you can.
If you do that,
Lin will get a chance to live.