[Recap of Episodes 1-18] [Episode begins at 0:39 mark]
I have made my decision.
Let me introduce...
the lady I have chosen.
Dan.
I love you, I love you, those words
Stand next to me.
Words I want to hear just once
I miss you, I miss you, those words
The voice lingers in my ears
Will you say it to me?
Chancellor Wang's daughter, Dan.
You'll come back, you'll come back, that promise
- Congratulations, Your Highness. - Congratulations, Your Highness.
I'm endlessly waiting for you
(Episode 19)
I miss you, I miss you, those words
The voice lingers in my ears
Will you say it to me?
Lin.
You waited for me.
I told you that I would.
Dan, are you...
Yes?
Are you okay?
Young Lady Dan.
Yes, Young Lady Hong.
Congratulations.
It still feels like a dream. I am still out of it.
Are you her third brother?
Once your sister becomes the crown princess,
you will receive a position as well.
Dan, will you become the crown princess?
Yes.
His Highness called my name.
He did not just call your name.
He called you out,
and held your hand too.
I heard you are the closest friend of the Crown Prince.
I heard you two are...
very close and loving.
It must be true.
What have you done?
Why did you take my sister's hand?
You said you had absolutely no feelings for her.
Have you gone insane?
I believe you are the one who is insane.
You heard it all. Why did you do that?
What did I hear? What should I have heard?
Young Lady San went to you, and told you everything.
- Young Lady San? - Why did you choose Dan...
and let her go?
Did you already know who So Hwa was?
I knew that she was the Minister of Finance's daughter.
Did So Hwa know who I was?
She did.
I see.
I was the only one who did not know.
I was the only idiot.
You two were sitting there deceiving me...
Of course, how could we tell you?
Why not?
You should leave.
Who are you to order them around?
Then I will let them hear everything.
Why did we not tell you the truth?
All of you, get out.
Get out!
Since when?
Since when did you two begin to deceive me?
That is not what is important.
Oh, is it nothing to deceive the Crown Prince?
Young Lady San will be...
take away as a tribute girl.
What are you talking about?
If you are so smart, how can you not get the situation?
Can you not even guess?
Since when did you become so sarcastic?
I came to learn because I spent much time with someone.
Sit.
Sit down.
Now, explain everything one by one.
The Queen found out.
The daughter of the Minister of Finance...
Changed the girls to avoid getting drafted as a tribute girl.
Yes. The one that we saw seven years ago.
Yes, that girl. The girl whose face was slain.
She was her maid.
Is that why you could not tell me?
Because that would mean I let her hide her identity too?
I did.
You idiots.
The Queen visited the Minister of Finance herself.
I am sure she went there to threaten her.
"Become the crown princess, or receive punishment."
"Choose one or the other."
She must be after the Minister of Finance's fortune.
I told her to tell you everything.
I told her to tell you the truth and become the crown princess.
Did you tell her to do that?
What on earth did you two talk about yesterday morning?
She asked me for a favor.
She asked me not to choose her lady as the crown princess.
Why not?
Because in her lady's heart...
In her heart...
is someone else.
I should look for So Hwa.
No, I mean, San.
Anyway, follow me.
She is feeling tired today.
She will not receive any visitors.
That is more the reason for me to see her.
My mother is feeling tired. How can I leave?
She said, "If the Crown Prince comes,"
"tell him he may return for it is nothing serious."
Why are you not letting me in?
I have been helping her until now.
We only do as we are told. We never ask for the reason.
Those are quite odd for a girl from a prestigious family...
to carry around.
This is not even an ornamental silver knife.
Is this a dagger?
It looked as if she was trained in martial arts.
Where was she hiding again?
A small temple run by Lee Seung Hyu in Mount Duta.
I heard it is rather big for a small temple.
He has over 100 students who study and train martial arts.
If you count all of his students scattered around the nation,
the number increases exponentially.
So she was Lee Seung Hyu's student.
She went by the name of So Hwa,
and was one of Lee Seung Hyu's best students.
Are you going to let her father live?
You should imprison him...
If I imprison him and take away his fortune,
where will his fortune go?
What do you mean?
It will be confiscated by the state.
And the state officials will embezzle over half of that.
Most of them are on the King's side, so it'll most likely end up there.
Why would I do that?
Are you in a lot of pain?
If you take the medicine too often, you will develop a tolerance.
Before His Majesty does anything,
we must be the first...
Call a doctor immediately!
Are you all right?
He has not eaten anything...
since he went to the tea party.
He has not even had a drop of tea or water.
You should make him eat something.
Lin.
- Yes? - Do you remember the time...
when we went to Mount Duta?
It has not been that long.
Did I ever tell you...
about the question I asked Master Lee?
No.
You did not ask.
I did not.
I asked him if it would be better for me to die.
I asked, "Would it not be better if someone like me..."
"never existed in this world?"
My family has been keeping a herd of sheep for generations...
with the help of a shepherd dog.
One day, a wolf came down from the mountain...
and impregnated the dog.
That is a wolfdog then.
When the wolfdog grows up,
will it become a sheepdog?
How would I know?
It is up to the wolfdog.
There is a problem.
A problem?
The sheep fear the wolfdog.
They would.
What should be done with the wolfdog?
Should it be chased away?
Or for fear of the future,
should it be killed?
Why did you ask...
such a nonsensical question?
I wanted to know the answer then.
And?
Did he tell you to die?
Would you have died then?
He gave me an answer,
but it made no sense at the time.
"The drunkard is talking nonsense."
"It was a wasted trip."
That is what I thought.
Would the wolfdog die if it were told to for fear of the future?
It would feel wronged.
Wronged and scared.
It would not feel scared.
Why not?
May it not feel relieved?
Would dying be a relief?
- Perhaps. - Then your question is nonsense.
Any answer I give would be nonsense.
He who has nothing he is reluctant to leave...
and no one he is reluctant to part from...
cares for his sheep?
That is of no use to anyone.
You are wasting your time.
When you find something you are reluctant to lose,
then ask me again.
That is, if you still want to know the answer.
Is there something you are reluctant to lose?
Yes.
- Then... - But I will not go back to ask.
He is a good man who would give me a good answer.
But...
I do not need a good answer.
I will follow the useful one.
What are you thinking?
I need power.
You disliked power for the sake of having power.
Yuan is powerful, and so are the oppressors.
I disliked my powerful father...
and mother as well.
So why?
I am nothing without power.
I can do nothing to protect the people whom I care for.
They try to protect me, and make me feel even worse.
All I can do is complain.
I need power.
How will you...
gain it?
Act like a snake if must be.
- Your Highness. - Just promise me...
that you will stay.
I need you to be my flagpole.
Whatever flag I become and whatever mess I may be in,
I need you as a flagpole...
to keep me grounded.
Leave us.
I said, leave us.
You said you wished to talk with me about power.
Help me.
Right now, all I have are you and my grandfather,
the Emperor of Yuan.
He lives far away.
2 months on foot and at least 20 days on horseback at full speed.
What do you need help with?
What or whom...
should I obtain first?
For what?
To gain everything.
Is this about her? The Minister of Finance's daughter?
She is the first thing I want.
Why did you choose another when I gave you the chance to pick her?
I did not want to lose Lin.
You are to become king. You could have both women.
If she were that easy to take,
I would have let go already.
You cared not for power or politics until now.
As if they were filth.
Now, you want power?
I became Crown Prince when I was three.
Since then,
I never said this word out loud. I only said it to myself.
Mother.
Help me, Mother.
The Queen gave a command.
The Minister of Finance's daughter.
I will show you to her if you wish.
No.
My mother will take good care of her.
Tell her I have no worries.
I shall.
I am always thankful towards you.
I am her son, and I do not see her every day.
You are always at her side.
That is only because...
I grew up so slowly.
Now, I want to be a good son, but I do not know where to start.
I might have to ask you for advice.
Was there really not one time that you meant it?
You know my heart
So don't pretend that you don't
Because you're so selfish
Because you're so mean
I wanna throw it all away, I wanna let go of you
I try to get far from you every day
But the more I try to get far from you
I'm going back to you, but I'm still loving you
Times that my heart fluttered so much like a lie
And you, who has changed like a lie
I can't believe it, I'm forcing the pieces of memories together, so pathetic
But still, but still...
In the end, even if this repeats, I'm going back to you
But I'm still loving you
They caught onto us sooner than we had thought.
She will not arrest the Minister of Finance right away.
- She will not. - But she has his daughter.
It would be safe to say that his riches will soon...
become the Queen's.
We cannot let that happen. What else?
What is she up to?
Who?
The Minister Eun's daughter.
The Queen is still pondering...
whether to interrogate the girl and if so, how.
Very well.
Can you...
drink alcohol?
I heard Master Lee loves to drink.
Master Lee once told me,
"Alcohol is a curious thing because..."
"if you drink with a noble person, you become as noble."
"But if you drink with lowly people, you become as lowly.
Seeing as you do not accept my drink,
am I the latter to you?
I am not here to judge you.
I need to make a deal.
You speak like a big merchant's daughter.
I think I will be...
sent to Yuan soon.
Oh, my.
I am not worried about myself as I can explore a bigger country.
However, it is my father who will be left alone that I worry about.
Have people found out?
Are you thinking about confessing your sins?
My real identity has already been found out...
by you.
In fact,
I was quite worried.
If I keep your secret, I could become an accomplice too.
What should I do?
Please protect my father.
What would I get in return?
It seems like...
you work for the good of the people.
- We... - I do not need to know the details.
I will provide you with subsidies for 10 years.
You can spend the money for your soldiers...
or to buy food for the people.
Why for 10 years?
You can give it to me at once.
I am asking you...
to protect my father for at least 10 years.
Does that mean...
you trust me?
Of course not.
But...
I will tell you this.
Even if you slice open the stomach of a hen,
you will not be able to find eggs.
You need to wait to obtain...
an egg each morning.
I do not like it.
I do not like it when you laugh because of that girl.
You should return to the palace.
You have made the King wait enough.
Just one more day.
I want to stay one more night.
Have you not...
spent the night with the King yet?
He thinks of me as a friend.
- That is enough for... - It is not.
- But the King... - Why do you think you have...
learned these things so far?
I told you...
not to cross the line.
I can do it too.
I can make you laugh too.
What should I do to make you laugh out loud?
I can feel Princess Won Sung's pulse for diagnosis.
Should I put something in her medicine?
Maybe a python?
I know...
how to catch one.
I can do well.
There are two more hours left until the door opens.
This is an urgent matter.
Open the doors.
Who is inside the carriage?
Why do you carry an empty...
I will be escorting someone.
- Who? - I will come back today,
but I may be late.
Tell everyone to open the doors when I arrive.
If we can check your identification...
Did you have a nightmare again?
Why did you come so late?
I was going to stay few more nights, but...
You bad girl.
I came early for you.
I was worried you would be struggling.
I could not bear it any longer, and had to come.
It was the Crown Prince.
Did you see him in your dream?
The Crown Prince...
was looking down at me.
I was...
crouching and crawling about.
I was covered in dirt,
and I could not move.
The Crown Prince...
was looking down at me.
Why did you have such a bad dream?
He was laughing.
He was laughing at me.
Tell me it is going to be all right.
Tell me it was nothing.
Tell me that it meant nothing and that I should forget it.
It was a bad dream. Was it not?
Maybe...
What?
Maybe it was not just a dream.
If not,
what would it be?
I dare not say it.
You dare not?
You would not dare refuse to answer me.
Why are you here so early?
Is he here?
I will tell him that you are here.
If you wait in the guestroom...
This is urgent.
The life of his daughter and his family depend on this matter.
There are rumors going around.
What is it about?
Do you remember...
the woman that the Crown Prince has claimed to be in love with?
Do you mean the lowly woman?
In fact,
she was the daughter of the Minister of Finance.
That does not make sense.
The Minister of Finance's daughter has a huge scar on her...
Did she fake her identity?
Yes.
So that she would not be sent to Yuan?
Yes.
And the Crown Prince deceived me although he knew?
Maybe...
Is it because he loved her?
That is what he said, but...
But?
The woman that he has picked to be his wife...
was the daughter of the Chancellor.
So?
What is it? What is the rumor about?
The Crown Prince...
already has...
2 out of 3.
What is it you want to tell me?
Do you not even offer me some tea?
You said you were in a hurry.
Your daughter came to me for help.
- I know. - That is why...
I came here to offer you the last resort.
Bring the table you have prepared.
Yes, master.
I will bring what we have prepared.
His Majesty and Song In are on one side,
and the Queen is on the other.
Both sides...
want your fortune.
Do you think things will go as planned?
I will have to try my best.
No matter what we do, we cannot let any side have this fortune.
That is the only way my father will be safe.
Do not worry. I will protect this with my life.
You are such a smart...
and beautiful girl.
That is what I am saying.
I am sure the Crown Prince has eyes too.
He will not turn her down.
Everything will be resolved if she becomes the crown princess.
Is that impossible, San?
I am sorry, Father.
You have to stay safe.
I really cannot live...
if you get harmed in any way because of me.
If I stay safe, what about you?
Yes, what about you?