Both Eun San and Wang Rin will be in the funeral procession.
You must not miss either.
Capture them before the Crown Prince suspects what's afoot.
If there is any resistance,
kill them.
♫ When will you be back then?
♫ On this road to the mountain.
♫ Going and going. - Pity.
We should grab them once they've gone past the streets. The Minister was highly favored by the people
and if we were to grab them now, there will be absolute chaos.
Wait for them. Then surround them once the procession arrives at the location.
I will personally arrest them.
It's obvious what the Queen will do.
It's not too late… don't let a strand of his hair get hurt. Bring Rin here.
He's the child who will soon be crown prince.
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We are getting her before she can leave the streets.
Let's go.
Keep going.
My leg.
Why did you push me?
Why did you push me? Why?
- Where are you going? - Let me go. Damn.
- Where did you you hide her? - "I ran into Wonseong Palace troops in the streets."
"As soon as I saw them, they asked me where I hid her."
So I can just report that to the Crown Prince then?
What are you talking about? They both disappeared?
What?
You two helped them, I heard. Tell me all the details.
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Highness the Crown Prince.
It makes no sense though. How does the girl who is sending off her father to the grave go off disappearing in the middle of it?
- He said there wouldn't be any chance if she went all the way to the site. - A chance to what?
Because there would be those after her.
He said just that there.
They will let her carry out the funeral due to people watching.
But I can't be assured.
What do we need to do to help?
Stop the men who would come with swords during the procession.
And I helped with the blocking of the Wonseong Palace troops while they hustled around holding swords.
The swordsman. The one who told me to steal the arrow.
The guy in black was clucking around there so I tried to block him too...
Your grace is immeasurable.
Did San agree to it too?
To flee like that before she even escort her father to the burial site?
She already gathered all the members of the household last night to give instructions.
I don't know what fault they'll pick at to come after the rest of us.
But soon, those who covet our assets will come seeking us.
If my father or I were to become framed for various crimes,
harm will befall all of you as you are part of our household.
Confess to crimes that don't exist. Report the whereabouts of those who are missing.
They will use torture on you.
You will be given ample amounts of journey money.
We've set up places to stay for you for the time being all over the nation.
Tomorrow on our way escorting my father out,
all of you need to leave.
May you all be safe.
I said I would escort her, but she did not listen.
And then she left? Where to?
She did not say. Though, since Young Master Rin is with her, I find assurance in it.
But when will they marry?
- Shut your mouth. - How long do they wait until after the funeral?
What is this dog jibberish, punk?
I asked if it's okay for a bachelor and a maid to go together alone like that and he said...
That ahjussi said, "since they are betrothed, it's alright."
There will be a feast when they marry so we can eat...
As I know it, the two lords had already agreed on the matter.
- Two lords? - My Lord and Lord Susagong, about marriage.
Wasn't the talk of two families marrying already a dead matter? Why would they bring that up again...
No, this time it was for the third son, Young Master Wang Rin.
And that became my lord's last wish, in the end.
- Jang Ui? - He's not seen.
He followed the horse carriage.
I told him the two were inside the carriage.
A carriage is easily seen so I said, if he can follow it...
Follow what? Without reporting to me first?
He said he had something he must deliver to Young Master Rin.
So before he delivered it, he couldn't return no matter what.
This is driving me nuts.
Rin, that fool.
So this is all he could come up with? Just run first?
And do what next?
That fellow who doesn't know any strategies.
Strategies are something someone like me uses. So he should've came to me.
I would've taken care of everything for him.
Be it a tough number or a wicked number, I would've written them all for him.
Go where? And do what by himself?
There won't be that marriage you are looking forward to.
Why? Because that ignorant and loyal Rin is currently
guarding my woman.
- What? - Where's the owner of the carriage?
Scram! Who are you?
Where did he go?
You scared me! How could you walk so quietly?
I went to the house and no one was there.
It's chaos at home. How did you know I was here?
I was looking for you.
I kept looking for you too.
- I was worried I'd never see you again if I left like that. - Where are you going?
Ahjusshi is going to Ganghwa Island for a while.
It's a long story. He's waiting for me right now.
Ganghwa Island?
It's too far for you to visit, right?
Is the Lady of your household there?
She went somewhere else.
Where?
- To the east. - East where?
She was going to board a ship from Byeokran Crossing at first,
but she felt nervous about that, so she's going to board a ship from the Eastern Sea.
That's what I heard.
What are you doing? Give it back!
People are looking!
When I am fine with it,
why would you care about what others may think?
♫ A familiar sight ♫
♫ A familiar voice♫
♫ my heart is faltering ♫
♫ Those words, 'I love you'. 'I love you'. ♫
♫ Those words I want to hear at least once ♫
♫ Those words, 'I miss you'. 'I miss you." ♫
♫ The voice which lingers in my ears ♫
The sun is about to set, but I see no human dwellings anywhere.
The night dew will be cold still.
I think around there. There should be a place to evade the rain.
Have you taken this path before?
A couple of times with my father.
You can tell me more about your father.
I'll listen.
- Even if it's boring? - Even if it's boring.
- Even if it is very long? - Even if it's long, I'll listen.
Father left frequently.
Every corner of the whole nation, and all over the world.
My father has lots of assets, so he needed to make his rounds.
He took me a few times,
and I would call him, 'my lordship' when others would be around.
Since I'm a maidservant. But when no one would be around,
If I called him my master,
father would say, "What? What did you say?"
Like that.
Then I would pass by him and whisper "Father."
And he loved that so much.
While I was so anxious that others might see us.
Your Highness, what took you so long?
Her Highness has been waiting for you.
Your Highness, please.
Please think of the Crown Prince Consort who's in the detached palace (for consort of heir apparent).
If you avoid her, the fire will jump to that palace.
What are you doing here?
Is this your rebellion?
Take back the wedding order.
The Crown Prince's marriage is under my supervision, as the chief of the Inner Palace. Furthermore-
Please stop it now.
Stop any further plotting. and don't harm any more innocent lives.
Please stop it now.
Crown Prince.
Haven't you got it yet?
All these strategies you've done for my sake,
all your efforts… just how lonely they've made me.
Do you still not get it?
Everything I have done thus far…
Was to keep me alive?
No, it was to save yourself.
Living each day, day after day was such a bore for you,
so you've treated me as your toy.
As you sought for the taste of living day after day.
Am I wrong?
Don't touch Dan, Crown Prince consort who's in the Detached Palace.
I won't stay still.
The rumors are rampant all over the country, I hear.
That the discord between the Queen and the Crown Prince is so grave.
Your Majesty.
It's time to return to the palace.
The Crown Prince has a wedding.
Is the Crown Prince still alive?
He's about to get married soon.
Why do you think that child hates me?
Does he?
He smiled a lot when he was a kid.
He picked himself up when he fell.
He smiled even after he heard a scolding from his mother.
I also smiled a lot when I looked at that child.
But…
why does he hate me?
He fears you.
Do you think his mother made that so?
"Hate him. Hate your father. That is the only way you'll live."
Or did you guys whisper that to us?
To my ears? "Your Majesty's son is ..."
"He hates Your Majesty. He loathes you."
"He wants to kill you."
How could you say such a terrible thing?
That child said so.
The child whom my son cherishes said it to my face.
She said, "How could a father not believe his own son?"
"What kind of a father would do that?"
Your Majesty.
Is the Crown Prince still alive?
Rest a bit more.
A bit more.
If we can block the chills coming from below, we should be able to sleep here.
It's alcohol.
Yes. I noticed that you fall asleep more easily when you're drunk, so I packed some.
Me? You're wrong.
It's true.
Did your father also like to drink?
He did, but wasn't a big drinker.
Then, should we pour him just one glass?
Father.
I'm sorry I could not escort you to the burial site.
This is alcohol that Master Rin brought.
Though it's not a premium in quality, it is drinkable enough.
Have a glass.
When I arrive by the sea, I will board the ship you prepared for me.
And I will go where you've set up things for me.
Don't you worry. Master Rin said he will take me all the way to the sea.
This man is a rather dependable road comrade.
Is that what you really thought?
What?
I am only a road comrade that goes just to the sea with you?
I'm grateful for it.
It's a very far journey but you are accompanying me, and you're taking care of the wine like this too.
You're wrong.
I'm planning on going on the boat with you too.
I'm going where you're going, and stopping where you're stopping.
From now on, for a long time. Together.
That's what your father also wanted.
Didn't you know?
Is something holding you back?
Is it because of His Highness the Crown Prince?
I'm over here.
Don't tell me you were crying.
No, I wasn't.
Who hurt your feelings? Was it Court Lady Noh?
No, it wasn't.
Then as expected the palace frightened you.
Of course you would be scared spending your first night in an unfamiliar place.
Even though I live here, I get scared every time it becomes dark.
Look how scary it looks.
Disgusting, really.
I'm fine. Naturally, wedding preparations have got me off-balance.
Right now dozens are staying up around the clock preparing the trousseau
They won't let me sleep either. They measure me, clothe me, then measure me all over again.
I am sorry that the wedding is being rushed.
Thank you for rushing it.
Everything will be done in a shortened fashion.
There won't be any envoys from other countries invited to attend,
we still won't be having a feast at which lanterns in five colors will be hung.
In the first place, you extended the marriage proposal just to save me from being sent as a tribute woman,
and I haven't forgotten.
If my Crown Princess decides to be all serious like this, it scares me a little.
If I were to be greedy and want more…I would probably be punished by the heavens,
and I know that too.
And?
Even so…I wanted to ask you this.
Even now…
I'm still not your "first", am I?
And from now and forever, there isn't even a slight chance I would ever become your first, right?
I shouldn't be asking you this, right?
Jin Guan.
You do not need to follow me anymore.
Protect the Crown Princess.
So that she won't be scared and will be able to sleep peacefully.
I will follow your orders.
♬ You need not say a word, I'm fine with that ♬
♬ I already feel your heart ♬
♬ My tears are speaking for me ♬
♬ can you hear my breath? ♬
♬ I thought that you would come if I drew you in the skies ♬
♬ I am waiting like this for you to come to me. ♬
♬ The love that you left in my embrace ♬
♬ I worry that it may disappear ♬
♬ I recall your face again ♬
♬ Like the flower petals dancing in the breeze ♬
♬ In your ears my voice is heard.♬
♬ I'm afraid I will cry if a call sounds from far away ♬
♬ I am afraid I'll cry while you are looking at me so I wait silently. ♬
♬ Because if the tears are welling up and streaming ♬
♬ and I worry that they will build up in your heart ♬
♬ all I can do is just smile here again today ♬
Wait, wait!
I don't see any. Where are all the fish?
You just…scared them all off?
Then are they over there?
Do you see any?
Not even one. Are there even any here?
There were a lot just a while ago.
Wait, wait.
Did you catch it?
Ah, I missed it.
Try a little harder.
You just look like you're good at things.
Well, just moments ago-
There's another one over there!
♬ In the time which was shrouded ♬
♬ Something unknown between us ♬
♬ guided me through ♬
♬ and I came here. ♬
What are these men?
If you were told to wait, you ought to wait.
It seemed to me like you wouldn't come even if we waited.
What is he talking about?
What are you talking to these men about?
- What is it that you want? - He said to escort you there.
And if I said no?
I will remove the obstacle first then.
Will you be able to go alone?
Go first.
Let's fight together.
No matter how, and no matter where,
I will follow you.
I got it. I will go with you.
After I see to it that she leaves safely,
after that is when I will make the move.
Young Master Rin got captured. The snake tattoo an and his men came chasing after us here...
It didn't appear as though he was getting captured away.
What are you doing? Hurry and go and...
His majesty told me to deliver this to your ladyship.
If you read the contents, that you'd go find His Highness.
I can only return after I get your reply.
What brings you here? Someone who declined to come before, when I sought after you so earnestly.
Oh, you must be here to attend my wedding.
Jang Soo, we'll need to prepare a seat for the teacher. A higher seat.
Your Highness the Crown Prince.
Teacher, first, please sit.
I hear that the military provision corruption incident was done by your long-time friend,
so you gave him a special title and gave him a political amnesty.
So you came to nag me, it seems.
You needn't do that to begin with, actually.
Minister Eun and Susagong were framed.
Crown Prince, you are smart and you would've suspected that already, I'm sure.
Susagong and Minister Eun have no reason to and they are men who would not do so either.
We've done a reinvestigation under the teacher's instruction.
The military seal that was stamped on the food provisions,
since they were delivered last autumn,
they should have been stamped the seals then and passed the winter.
However, the seals weren't even properly dried.
They were very fresh.
Minister Eun died suddenly upon entering the palace. That night,
there was another death in the palace.
A palace maid from Wonseong Palace died.
Wait, this way. Wait.
I don't know. I was only told to clear this place.
Though the report received was that she killed herself by hanging,
upon closer inspection, it seemed she was first poisoned to death.
Minister Eun enters the palace and dies suddenly.
That night, a palace maid suffers death by poison.
Next day, a tip off is given by and anonymous someone
that the stolen military food provisions were in Minister Eun's storehouse.
And Susagong was in on it.
So then?
The source of all this was thought to be Wonseong Palace.
What is your thought on this, Your Highness?
Jang Soo.
Yes, Your Highness.
The teacher has traveled a far journey and he must be fatigued.
Escort him to Naksuje and serve him a meal.
Naksuje?
A humble old servant is giving you a piece of advice to someone who has just begun his imperial studies.
Your advice, with respect,
I shall hear and ignore.
Guards.
Escort the teacher. So that no one can interfere with the teacher's rest,
watch him so that no one can come near him.
Yes, Sir.
Anymore questions?
It's Boryeong Tea. It is known as tea that blocks harsh energies.
The taste is quite nice too.
You need to touch it first so I can drink it too.
You're no longer just a young master but a nobility-titled.
I think I told you I am here to see His Majesty the King?
I will inquire about it and return.
His royal health is much worsened.
He does not wish it known to the Crown Prince, so he's tells everyone he's gone hunting instead.
While keeping in hiding like so.
If the Crown Prince should find out, he would demand for the kingship at once, he says.
Why the change of heart?
Yes.
You were all pushing for my brother instead, as I know it.
For a very long time.
We had expectations for a long time, but his behavior tends to be too light.
One of the two days, he's drunk in liquor and one out of three days, he's drunk in women.
The words started to build internally.
Internally?
Or should I say, the internal core group who are the actual leaders of Goryeo.
Including clans that have been around since the very founding of Goryeo.
Commanders that survived from the Sambyeolcho unit.
So the work of this internal unit is to pull down the Crown Prince,
and push up whoever they deem suitable to their taste buds,
and hide the king whose health is weak in some remote village?
Is that it?
Something like that.
He's asleep so I wasn't able to awaken him.
I've prepared a room, so after you rest some, later on-
Your Majesty, it's Wang Rin.
Wang Rin is here to see Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Are you alright?
Do you hear my words?
I will summon the royal physician.
Rin.
Yes, Your Majesty.
So you came for me.
How are you ill? Tell me, please.
- Rin. - Yes.
Crown Prince, is he still alive?
I... really can't keep up with this.
I really need to say something to him, be it good or bad.
At least for today, just go back. Tomorrow's the wedding.
That's precisely why. I need to tell him not tomorrow, but today.
Let's go. I will buy you a drink.
General? Chief General? How is it that your steps are so fast?
What is this?
The Crown Prince told me to give one to each of you.
So what is this?
It's a chest full of silver.
Full of silver. I saw it.
- What? - His Highness said, "You've toiled hard in your investigation.
So now you bury it, and I shall see to the rest."
What? Bury it?
Bury what? What was it that we supposedly dug out?
That's why. What did you two dig into?
What has him asking you to bury it at such a dear cost?
Money and women.
According to the generals, it was as clear as daylight without a need for an investigation need on it.
It was the Minister Eun's assets that they coveted.
But would Minister Eun have just obliged along when he found out?
So then, death.
I guess they wanted the daughter too.
Would that daughter have obliged easily too?
Even if the counterpart is the lofty Crown Prince.
Isn't he the man who killed her own father?
So then? He frames them with a wrongful accusation and shatters the house.
And the daughter?
I only heard to that part. Where would she be, I wonder.
If he was so fond of Lady San, why would he marry another?
I don't know that, of course. You could go ask him yourself then.
First his mother, and now her son,
seek to kill my people.
I had a lot of help very often from Minister Eun.
When the country was suffering financially, and I were to carefully voice my concerns
he wouldn't think twice before he sent grains and money.
He never thought to boast about it, and nor did he want any special titles or government posts in return.
A man like that…
Would you like to sit down for a while?
You resemble her.
Your aunt, Princess Jung Hwa. You resemble her the most.
I see.
Even after she was cast out like that, she didn't even bear a grudge towards me.
That loyal and kind heart…you resemble that the most too.
Is the princess well?
I don't know. I was never able to see her after she was cast out.
I couldn't bring myself to out of shame.
The Crown Prince resembles his own mother.
Those two were born with thorns all over their bodies.
If you go close to them you'll be pricked and hurt your body from the poison.
However, they will then pull you even closer.
"You are mine. Stay next to me. Don't you even give so much as a glance elsewhere."
Even if you're bleeding and bleeding, they won't let you go.
It's nice to be outside. I love the sky,
I enjoy the wind, and I like my body this way.
Will you escort the King to the royal wedding tomorrow?
If you do so, many court officials will be very pleased.
Ever since the Crown Prince started his imperial studies, there has been pent up frustrations among the officials.
Or so you'd wish.
I hear that even the generals are turning their backs one by one.
The Crown Prince continues to show disappointing behavi-
What will you do?
"Eun San, the daughter of the Officer of Commodities will be assigned the post of Taekju (overseer) of the Hyunae region,
and continue to oversee the financial affairs as his late father has done during his lifetime."
Why are you stretching yourself thin like this?
The Taekju position is of the Inner Palace, and needs your signature as the chief of the Inner Palace.
- Court Lady Jo. - Yes, your majesty.
I told you to bring over the Queen's seal.
Yes, your highness.
I heard that the court officials are talking. That you are covering for a criminal.
No. They're saying that I have committed a murder,
and that they don't know if I was going after the assets or the daughter.
That is what they're saying.
It seems you have a deep grudge against your mother.
I've suppressed it for a long time, and now that it's out on the surface, I'm having a hard time bridling it.
I apologize for everything, so please let of of your anger.
You know how to say things like that too?
I repeat, I did not kill Minister Eun.
Right. And you probably also didn't kill the palace maid that confessed to it.
You're really going to bring in the Minister's daughter into the palace?
Yes, I am.
Please stamp it with your seal.
If you bring that girl in, you'll be making an irreversible mistake.
Even those who were on the fence will come to believe that you did such a thing just for a girl and-
You should have foresaw all that.
Before you did all this.
My prince.
I refuse to listen to you.
Throw her away.
You tell me to let go of everyone that comes close to me. You framed my friend Rin, and-
Wang Rin is not your friend.
You even went so low as to kill someone in the process!
I did not kill him.
San will stay here with me in the palace. I will place her beside me and protect her myself.
If you don't like it, you mother should be the one that leaves.
No news from Jang Ui yet?
Not yet, your highness.
What is it?
Pardon?
I have something to report.
I have prepared a place for you to rest. You should call it a day and get some rest to-
Close the door.
I will look after his majesty-
Get out.
Master Wang Rin is with the King.
The Royal Secretariat Recorder, Song In was with him too.
So my father is in the capital, not at the hunting grounds. And Wang Rin is there with him?
Yes, your highness.
Not captured, but staying there as if they are on the same side?
You saw wrong.
Prince Gang Yang was also in the mansion.
You must have had a few drinks. Are you drunk?
Was Eun San next to Wang Rin?
Then you really did see wrong.
The man that is staying by my father or that Song In, instead of being next to Eun San, is not Wang Rin.
The King has returned! He came in time for the royal wedding.
Are you alright your highness?
Is he here?
Did they come together?
If you mean Mu Bi, yes, they were together.
But, he was also there.
I heard he was there with them.
Master Wang Rin, Sujeonghu, was also with them.
What nonsense are you saying, why would Rin be there?
It's not just one or two people that saw it.
He's not at the Kangan Palace.
Where is he then?
Perhaps he's visiting his sister the Crown Princess…
I'm on my way to the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.
Grab her!
I heard that you had arrived and came running at once!
We thought that the Sujeonghu, you, would be the one to do it, if no one could.
You see, Minister Eun-
Whoa there. Take it slowly. Say it nicely.
The Crown Prince killed him.
He what?
There are abominable rumors circulating about.
He killed the Minister to obtain the daughter for himself.
The Crown Prince for whom we were willing to put our lives on the line for,
turned out to be someone like that!
He is someone the Crown Prince treasures. Treat him with a bit more care.
We have brought him over.
Lady!
Lady! What brings you here?
Did these men capture you too?
The Queen asked me to meet with you.
The Queen? Me? Why?
The Queen said that you would come, but I did not believe her.
I heard that you stepped foot in the capital, but did not think you would really come to the palace.
Why did you come?
What do you mean? I don't understand.
Once the sun is in midair, there will be a royal wedding. Between the Crown Prince and I.
So you didn't know.
I hadn't heard, as I had been far away.
You came to meet the Crown Prince, right?
Yes.
Could you just leave without meeting him?
I think you are misunderstanding me a little. I'm merely here because of a promise I made to him.
The Queen mentioned that much.
If you, Lady San, were to stay next to the Crown Prince, you will be harmful for him.
Harmful…to him?
I don't know the political details behind her claim, but…I also agree.
I wish for you, Lady San to be far away from his majesty.
I wish he wouldn't see you.
Is that…bad of me?
Dan!
I nearly missed your wedding!
Luckily, I heard about it yesterday.
What is it?
Orabeoni…
What? What is it?
I shooed her away. I told her to leave.
Your majesty! The lady! Lady San!
Lady San.
Is something holding you back?
Is it…the Crown Prince?
Yes, he is.
I feel a single thread woven between the two of us. And it holds be back each time.
If I were to leave without even saying goodbye, if you were also to do so,
how would he fare.
That keeps holding me back.
I wish I wouldn't have connected such a thread between us to begin with.
You said that there is a single thread connecting you and his majesty the Crown Prince?
It's probably a red thread of a relationship?
That thread…I'll cut it for you.
Right now.
♪ I earnestly wish and pray ♫
♪ that perhaps who might listen to my heart ♫
♪ I beckon towards our longing memories ♫
♪ in case you were to return to me♫
♪ I miss you. I miss you. ♫
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♪ That my pitiful breath will fly away ♫
♪ and reach your heart ♫
(Preview) ♪ the memories that are remaining with me ♫
You dare to block the way of a Crown Prince.
Please allow it!
I will take away Lady San.
I already told you. That is impossible.
I came here to make a plea.
Stop it.
I lied.
So San you do that too huh.
You're his friend, so go help him.
It's too late.
The Crown Prince is no longer…my friend.
What is it you want? Is it Eun San or my position? Why didn't you just ask for it?
Please let her go.
So that I won't need to go against you.
♪ ♫