(This drama is a fictional depiction of a constitutional monarchy.)
(Episode 47)
No! No!
- Sunny. - No.
Do you think this is going to make me give up?
I'll do whatever it takes to get everything back.
I'm going to reveal everything.
Everything you and the Empress Dowager did!
No, you won't. Don't do anything.
Keep your mouth shut...
and live as my wife until the day you die.
Have you gone mad? Do you want to die?
You piece of trash.
You took me for a fool, didn't you?
Did you think my feelings for you would cloud my judgment?
Why did you think that?
You must have figured out that I am a despicable man...
who kills people if you did some digging about me.
Are you coming clean now?
Empress So Hyun and Grandmother's death is my business.
They were my grandmother and my wife!
This has nothing to do with you.
Now that all of your evidence is gone,
what can you do?
Give up now.
No way.
The more you trample on me, the more I bounce up.
I'm getting more determined seeing your behavior.
I can find evidence again.
You wait and see. I'll reveal everything.
We are still legally married.
What you did is considered treason.
As you crawled back here on your own will,
you must pretend to be an empress whether you fake it or not.
I won't allow your misbehaviors anymore.
You coward.
You don't want to reveal the truth,
but you still want to be the Emperor, don't you?
Why do you never admit to your crimes?
Is it because the Emperor is always innocent no matter what?
I will shatter...
that arrogance of yours.
What is your feeling toward Na Wang Shik?
- Is it what Mother said? - Do you really have to ask?
He and I are...
both victims whose lives were ruined because of you.
That's not everything.
Did you like him?
Is there a reason why I should answer your question?
Don't you ever see him again.
Don't even look him in the eyes.
I'm going to find that jerk and make sure I kill him.
Before you kill him,
I will end your life first, Lee Hyuk.
Get out of my chamber right now.
Today, the luncheon with the Crown Princess...
and the Princess from Japan is scheduled.
As the Crown Princess is quite young,
I'm worried about her like a hen without her baby.
We must appoint her legal proxy as soon as possible.
Only then, I'll be able to relax.
We cannot decide such an important matter in a hurry.
She was just installed as the Crown Princess.
Let us not burden her.
It is better to observe for the time being.
You're not the Empress anymore. This isn't your place to interfere.
How dare you show yourself here?
Watch your language.
You're being rude to the Empress.
The whole palace knows that you and the Empress...
had a fight last night.
What's going on this morning?
Is it because lovers' quarrels are bound to be mended?
Good morning, everyone.
What... Eun!
Wait.
- How did you come here? - Did you really not know?
I came back last night.
I got your welcome greetings.
I didn't know that you would welcome me that vehemently.
Eun? Does that mean...
That's right. I'm the wife of Emperor Lee Jeong...
who was deposed 30 years ago.
A long time ago, people called me Empress Eun.
Now, you can just call me Michelle.
No way. So this was true?
Michelle Eun,
the magnate of the jewelry industry in the US, was my aunt?
Long time no see, niece and nephew.
Everyone has grown up a lot.
Are you Hyuk's wife?
Nice to meet you. I'm Hyuk's aunt.
Hello. It's nice to make your acquaintance.
I'm sure you are not all thrilled to see me here,
but the Imperial Auditors...
requested me to appoint the legal proxy...
for the Crown Princess.
I accepted the request with my love for the Imperial Family.
Have you forgotten?
You were kicked out of the palace for marring the Family's reputation.
What right do you have to be a special auditor?
I cannot accept this!
I marred the reputation?
Should I straighten up the injustice 30 years ago?
I would be happy to.
Anyway, you left the Imperial Family a long time ago.
You're not fully informed about our current situation either.
I only meant that considering these points, I thought...
it would be hard for you to take on such a big task.
That is why I brought someone to help me.
He knows a lot about the palace...
and has contributed a lot to society as well.
Everyone will agree with my decision.
Come in.
I have been requested by the Imperial Auditors...
to help the Empress Eun.
I will execute the special audit of the Imperial Family.
I'm Auditor Na Wang Shik.
Bin.
That... That thief! You had the audacity to waltz in here!
I will independently investigate...
Empress So Hyun's death...
and the attempted murder of the Crown Prince.
I ask for your active cooperation of the Imperial Family.
That's absurd.
He tried to kill me, the Emperor. He can't be an auditor.
Besides, he's the prime suspect of the attack on the Crown Prince.
- My slush fund... - The Police Commissioner...
has already cleared him that he was innocent.
Pardon?
Was it Ari?
You don't need to worry.
Until you attain legal age,
I will appoint a great guardian who will protect and assist you.
Thank you, Michelle.
The candidates are the Empress Dowager, the Empress,
and Seo Kang Hee, her birth mother.
I will meet with each candidate and use all of my resources...
to decide on her legal proxy.
What are you trying to pull now?
How could you come back to my palace?
Have you no fear?
And as Na Wang Shik, no less.
It's nice to see you again, Your Majesty.
Guards! Drag him out at once.
No.
Lock him up.
Right now.
Let go.
Who are you? Get out of our way.
How dare you defy my order?
Do you plan to disobey the Imperial Auditing Team's orders?
You have been suspended.
You have no authority to command the guards.
Prime Minister.
Na Wang Shik.
Keep the auditing team updated on situations at the palace...
and regarding your investigation.
Don't worry about things here.
As a special auditor, I will investigate the Emperor first,
so escort him.
Shut it. You're a nobody.
You're throwing around money you stole.
Didn't you have an epiphany when you crawled out of the river?
I thought you'd change after a near-death experience, but...
I guess you just can't fix people.
You're living proof.
Don't you agree?
Do you think you're special because you're a special auditor?
If you think you have my life in your hand, you're mistaken.
Na Wang Shik. You'll never kill me.
Never.
Ms. Choi, bring us some tea.
Please have a seat.
You haven't changed one bit.
You're exactly the same.
I'm higher than you.
How could you tell me to sit at a lower seat?
I thought you'd come when Mother passed away.
I wanted to,
but my husband was in an accident.
I'm sure you know what happened.
I have no idea whatsoever.
You play dumb just the same, too.
You did that 30 years ago...
when my husband was dethroned for drug use too.
That again?
What did I have to do with it,
that you keep accusing me?
Did you forget because it didn't happen to you?
I know that the jerk who framed...
my innocent husband of drug use...
was the mole that you had planted in our midst.
You're the one who planted drugs...
- all over his chamber. - Watch your mouth.
Do you have proof that I did it?
Fine, let's stop talking about that.
What good will come of digging up the past?
How nice is this?
Your business is successful.
I envy you so much.
I've spent my life trapped in the palace,
and wasted my youth.
Then you won't need to be Ari's legal proxy.
Maybe you'll want to set down your authority...
and return to being a party animal.
A party animal? What...
With Yoon lying in a coma,
I should make the sacrifice...
as the elder of the Imperial Family.
Sacrifice?
As you'll soon see,
the Empress is Ari's stepmother...
and is talking about divorcing the Emperor.
And Seo Kang Hee...
betrayed her best friend and seduced her husband.
Can we trust someone like that?
That's for me to decide.
Don't try to influence my judgment.
I'd like you to stay out of it.
She acts like a kind mother in front of the camera...
but abuses the young princess off-camera.
Is it true that the reporters made up the story...
about you abusing Crown Princess Ari?
I did hit her,
but it was to correct her improper behavior.
Would you have done that even if she were your own child?
What do you mean by that?
I could tell right away...
that she was smart and bright.
I wonder if it was necessary to hit her to teach her.
She grew up believing money was the solution.
I believed someone had to teach her what was right and wrong.
You are a stubborn mule.
Do you realize what I'm going through because of your statement?
Go tell them what you saw was wrong. Now.
Will that hide the truth?
You did push Empress So Hyun at the pond that night.
If you didn't, go ahead and deny it.
How long will you blame others?
Go to her grave and beg for forgiveness.
You said you saw.
That means you were there as well.
- Sorry? - So why didn't you save her?
Not only were you her assistant, but you were also her best friend.
What were you doing?
I'm missing something, aren't I?
You're afraid that will come out. That's why you did that to Yoon.
Am I wrong?
Please stop making things up.
You want to drive me out and eliminate Yoon,
and make Ari empress regnant.
I'll uncover the truth...
behind that night.
You won't get your way, Your Majesty.
I saw a few things, you see.
An anonymous witness saw the Emperor kill...
the Grand Empress Dowager with her hairpin.
What is this about?
That's absurd. Who is spewing such nonsense?
Do you dare insult me...
based on an unconfirmed tip?
I'm asking in order to confirm the tip.
Why are you so upset?
I didn't kill her. How many times must I say that?
If it wasn't you,
did the person...
who poisoned the food I had sent kill her?
- Did you kill her? - What?
Me?
What proof do you have to say such a thing?
The Emperor told me...
that he saw you put poison into the food I had sent.
I did no such thing. She's lying.
You had been drinking at the time, but I know what I heard.
Where did you get this scar?
Isn't it from the poison...
that splattered on your arm when you dropped the vial?
Let go of me!
What happened? Explain yourself.
The Empress Dowager poisoned Grandmother,
and the Emperor stabbed her with the hairpin, is that it?
Is that how the two of you killed Grandmother?
Is that it?
Proof! Bring me proof!
Don't accuse an innocent person based on a drunk man's gibberish.
Na Wang Shik! Oh Sunny!
I'll report you both for defamation!
No, right? You didn't kill her, right?
Let go, you witch.
Mother!
How did the Imperial Family end up like this?
Why?
There's nothing to think about any longer.
I'll decide on the Crown Princess' legal proxy tomorrow.
This shouldn't be decided so rashly.
I don't think thinking about it will change my mind.
I must choose the legal proxy right away,
and uncover the truth...
behind the Grand Empress Dowager's death.
Did you call in Na Wang Shik?
Why? To kill me?
Are you that scared of the truth getting out?
Don't do anything. Not a thing.
Don't put yourself in danger, and stay out of it.
Do as I say.
I'll deal with Mother.
Don't fight her like Empress So Hyun did and get killed.
Don't do anything, Sunny.
I'm sorry, Your Highness.
Can't you do anything right?
Why must I watch Empress Eun gallivanting about like that?
Na Wang Shik got us.
Who tipped him off?
Who?
Your Highness.
The distribution company is pressuring us for the late payments.
That's because of that jerk Na Wang Shik too, isn't it?
There's only one way to get more money since he cut off my funds.
I'll have to increase the Imperial Family's assets.
Go to Chungeum Island right now,
and bring me old lady Sa Goon Ja.
Yes, Your Highness.
[VIU Ver] SBS E47 An Empress's Dignity "Michelle Arrives at the Palace" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
I'm sure. It's him.
Thanks to Empress Eun, things will work out well.
Lee Hyuk and the Empress will be ruined...
as they're at each other's throat.
I just need to get Ari over to my side.
What happened? What is this mess in your chamber?
Your Royal Highness.
Someone had trashed my chamber when I came back just now.
Who did this to you? Who?
Who else would hate and want to harm me...
in this palace?
Are you saying Mother did this?
This isn't anything new. I'm fine.
I apologize that...
you had to see this.
This happened often before?
When you're not around,
she always abused me whenever you weren't around.
If I don't become your legal proxy,
I will be kicked out of the palace right away.
But...
that's not a matter I can decide on.
But you will have a voice in the matter.
You're the only one who can protect me right now.
And I'm also the only one who can protect you to the end.
I have brought you the owner of the best lot on Chungeum Island.
You have?
Let me take a look at...
that stubborn face.
Bring her in.
Be quiet.
How dare you resist in clamor?
Show your respect to the Empress Dowager right now.
What did you say?
You are in the palace.
And the person in front of you is the Empress Dowager.
This old woman doesn't recognize the sky when she sees one.
Unmask her.
What...
Long time no see.
Empress Dowager.
Eun Ran.
How dare you say her name?
Do you want to die?
You witch.
Your hair hasn't even turned gray. How dare you speak that way?
I'll rip your mouth open.
Before I knock out your teeth and put them in my mouth,
get out. Get out!
Get your people to leave.
Go, go.
You redecorated your chamber completely.
How much is the painting with the phoenix?
That's nice.
Because of you, I couldn't keep my real name.
I had to change my name, you witch.
Ms. Kim.
What brings you here?
Why are you asking me that?
You ordered your people to bring me here.
What?
Then you were the landowner, Ms. Kim?
Darn it!
"Darn it."
You haven't changed.
You still have the mouth of a sailor.
What did you say? The mouth of a sailor?
How dare you?
I'm the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager of the Korean Empire!
You used to be at my service!
Right.
I was at your service back in the days.
You were the bar star.
Which club did you go to tonight?
What?
Get yourself up.
It hasn't been long that you went clubbing.
Instead of breastfeeding your child,
how could you continue to go clubbing and drink every night?
I'm sure they can get a whiff of your breastmilk.
Could you even meet guys there?
If the Empress Dowager finds out,
you'll be done. It'll be over.
I didn't drink.
You didn't?
I guess you had strong liquors.
I'm going to light it up. It'll light a fire.
I'm going to do it. You'll be burnt. You'll be burnt.
- Why did you put it out? - Did you just curse at me?
You must have misheard me.
I'm the Empress. The Empress!
Be quiet. Be quiet. Quiet down.
You'll wake everyone up, and they'll come out here.
You must show your subordinate some dignity.
Goodness. Should I grind you and make a dumpling out of you?
How could you be so vulgar as a lady?
Go to your chamber and sleep. Wash up and go to sleep.
It's really hard on me too.
I feel like I'm suffocating.
How much did you drink?
You darned brat.
She must have drunk up the whole barrel.
You were afraid that I would tell people you were a bar star...
and framed me as a thief to kick me out of the palace.
I don't remember that.
Tell me how you ended up with a lot on the island.
Just tell me that.
The day when I got kicked out of the palace after getting framed,
the late Grand Empress Dowager...
secretly gave me the deed to the land in Chungeum Island.
She knew that I was being framed and wrongfully expelled.
She told me that...
there would come a day I would get my apology.
She told me to keep this safe.
That brings us...
back to the present.
An apology?
Why would I, the Empress Dowager, apologize to someone like you?
You were a thief because you stole.
Stop with this nonsense.
Take the money, and sell me your land.
You didn't mean to hit me with this, right? No way.
Old habits die hard.
Hey.
Do you still think I work for you?
I'm older than your mother-in-law.
Watch your mouth. That will be the end of you.
If you keep on running your mouth like that,
I will slice only your mouth...
and fry it in boiling dung.
That will at least sell for 38 dollars in Apgujeong.
Be careful. I'm leaving.
Open up.
Darn it.
What a vulgar woman!
You're so beautiful.
I really wanted to meet with you at least once.
The Grand Empress Dowager...
bragged so much about her granddaughter-in-law.
I heard that you and Grandmother have a long history together.
I heard you were the only person living in Chungeum Island.
I was curious about you too.
I heard the Empress Dowager...
kicked out everyone who lived there...
and plowed up the whole place.
Exactly. Her greed is limitless.
She wants to have the island for herself.
Do you know why...
the Empress Dowager is so intent on acquiring the island for herself?
Land, air, and sun.
It's a true paradise.
But on this beautiful land,
she started building up several greenhouses.
When you go into that alley,
it stinks. It reeks of sickening smells.
I don't go near there because I feel like throwing up.
It hurts my head too.
It stinks?
Goodness.
That painting. Isn't that the painting of Chungeum Island?
Did the Grand Empress Dowager give that to you?
Do you know about that painting?
She learned how to draw from Empress So Hyun for the first time.
That painting is...
the very first painting the Grand Empress Dowager drew.
Have you met Empress So Hyun too?
She came down to the island a few times...
with her guard.
She said she had to find something from the island.
After that, she died.
It's such a shame such a nice lady had to die.
What on earth did she find on Chungeum Island?
What about Yu Ra? Did you find her?
She did work at the palace,
but she's in hiding now.
I'm looking for her, so be patient.
I'll find her.
Okay. I'm counting on you.
More importantly, the Empress Dowager...
is trying to bury Empress So Hyun's death as a suicide.
What? That's ridiculous.
Why would she commit suicide?
But we have no evidence to counter it,
so you need to remember.
Do you remember anything about Chungeum Island?
You went there often.
I remember...
what the Empress and I found...
on Chungeum Island.
You do? You remember?
Tell me everything. From beginning to end.
(Sanil Inn)
- Joo Seung. - Joo Seung.
Joo Seung.
We need to get him to a hospital. Quickly.
Are you awake?
Who are you people?
Yu Ra.
Are you okay?
I thought you had died.
Did Kang Hee tell you I was here?
What do you mean?
Kang Hee poisoned you to kill you.
Why would she do that to me? There's no way.
I'm Oh Sunny, the Empress of the Korean Empire.
Seo Kang Hee had abducted you.
She cut you off from everyone else and deceived you.
Why would I believe you?
That's ridiculous. Why would she do that?
Because Kang Hee gave birth to Lee Hyuk's child.
When Empress So Hyun died, Kang Hee was pregnant.
That child is now the Crown Princess.
You can't trust Seo Kang Hee.
How could she do that?
She was the Empress's best friend.
I know this is a lot to handle,
but we don't have time.
She'll use what you told her to make a deal with...
the Empress Dowager to take over the Imperial Family.
Joo Seung. Will you let yourself be had again...
like a fool?
Get it together. Please.
Chungeum Island.
I told Kang Hee...
everything about Chungeum Island.
Sorry?
Take it easy, will you? Darn it.
Put this back more.
Is that everything?
Load it up.
Get down and close the door.
Are we done?
Let's go.
Who are you?
I haven't seen you before.
Hey, you.
- Who are you? - Get him!
- Get him! - Stop right there!
- Stop! - Get him!
What is all of this?
They're poppies.
This is what Empress So Hyun found.
Empress So Hyun died because of these poppies?
(Episode 48 will air shortly.)
Sunny.
When did you come?
(Episode 48)
I'm sorry. I was wrong.
I didn't mean it...
when I got mad at you.
Let's start over...
as if we met as regular people, not as Emperor and Empress.
I'll be good.
You'll forgive me, right?
I came to say bye.
The play is over.
(Petition for Divorce)
(Oh Sunny)
Sunny. Don't go.
Sunny! Don't go!
Don't go!
Sunny. Don't go.
Don't go...
Don't go.
Sunny.
- Where's the Empress? - We don't know.
Isn't she in her chamber?
Where's the Empress?
I do not know.
Where's the Empress? Have you seen her?
We haven't seen her, Your Majesty.
It's over.
She left me.
It's all my fault.
I shouldn't have gotten so mad at her.
She won't come back.
Ever.
Sunny...
I don't care if you hate me.
Please just stay next to me.
Don't leave me,
Sunny.
I asked all of you to gather, so I can appoint...
the Crown Princess' legal proxy.
What's the rush?
You're in your homeland.
We should go to the spa and go shopping together.
You could have decided on the legal proxy...
after discussing the Imperial Family's future.
Given our history, we'd never go to a spa or shop together.
Why is the Empress late?
Actually, Chief Chun isn't...
Na Wang Shik isn't here either.
They must have run away because they were scared.
Why are you looking for them anyway?
Mother.
Since we cannot spare any more time to wait for them,
I will begin now.
Anyway, it won't change my decision.
That's my point.
- You are indeed wise. - I'm sorry, I'm late.
I overslept.
If you cannot keep such a small promise,
you are not qualified to become a legal proxy.
Do you know how long you have made all of us wait for you?
I'm sorry.
I was checking something very important until this morning.
Before I make my final decision,
I would like to hear from the princess, Ari.
Can you be honest and tell me whom you want...
for your legal proxy?
I...
Grandmother...
Yes, go on.
I don't want Grandmother to become my proxy.
What did you say? Why not?
And...
And I don't want my nanny to become my proxy either.
What?
May I ask why?
I don't want to become a monster!
Like Mother told me, I just want to be a kid.
I want to live a normal life like the other kids.
Because I became the Crown Princess,
the elders have been fighting and attacking each other.
I don't want to see that!
You should tell her that you will give up on becoming the proxy.
Why should I?
Didn't you feel that the Empress Eun was going to select me?
That's not a position you should not covet.
You will have to make decisions for the Imperial Family's business.
And it's a huge task where you'll handle a colossal sum of money.
You are not qualified to do so!
If I give up, do you think Ari will choose you?
What if the Empress takes the position?
I cannot give up now. No, I will not!
Must I tell you myself what you had done to Yoon,
so you could make Ari the Crown Princess?
You're a criminal who attempted to murder a man!
- Let go of me. - Look at you.
Do whatever you like!
It was you who instigated me to do so.
If the truth comes out, you'll suffer a huge blow.
You'll be the heartless mother who made her son fall...
and tried to pin it on her other son.
Then should I bring up Empress So Hyun's death too?
Should I tell what happened at that pond that day?
And what you had done to your friend?
If the public finds out about this,
do you think you'll be safe from it all, you cruel witch!
Let go of me!
I'm going to kill you!
I hate Grandmother.
And I hate my nanny too.
Why must you fight over me?
If this is the consequence of my becoming the Crown Princess,
I neither want to be the Crown Princess...
nor the Empress.
I will just go back to how it was before.
Ari.
Ari, how dare she? That brat.
Ari! You!
Ari! You! Stop right there.
Stop it!
How much more...
do you plan on torturing and hurting that poor little girl?
Stop using Ari...
in your power struggle.
Do you really not know what you have done to Ari?
After all this, are you still her grandmother?
And you, her mother?
I cannot appoint them to be Ari's legal proxy...
as she strongly hates them.
I have decided Ari's legal proxy...
will be the Empress, Oh Sunny.
What are you talking about?
This is absurd!
You're going to let that little girl influence your decision?
She's right. You cannot do that.
Right now, she's very emotional. She must have...
No. Even before Ari shared her feelings, I was going to choose...
the Empress from the get-go.
Ari only strengthened my decision.
I will personally inform the Imperial Auditors.
How could you ruin that opportunity?
What were you thinking?
You must go to her now and tell her that you've made a mistake...
and that you choose me.
Put everything back to where it was before.
No! I won't!
I will be a nice daughter to you,
so please don't do bad things.
Just be my mother.
After all I have been through to come here?
You just want me to be your mother?
Listen up.
I'm going to make you the Empress Regnant no matter what.
I will never give up. Understood?
You're my creation.
My creation that will change my life!
Yoon, what happened?
When did you wake up?
The Empress is the only one who knows.
Even Mother doesn't know that you woke up?
I don't think she'd want me to wake up like Seo Kang Hee.
It was Seo Kang Hee who attacked you, right?
I have something to tell you about Seo Kang Hee.
And also about the video, I saw in the Records Room.
I thought you didn't like me.
Why did you select me?
No, that's not true.
I just wanted to check...
if Mother had made the right decision.
Are you talking about Grandmother?
The day she passed away, she called me.
It's been a very long time.
I should have protected you to the end back then.
I am sorry.
I still regret...
making her the Empress Dowager.
That's why...
I do not wish to make any more incidents I will regret.
She apologized to me about the incident 30 years ago.
And she told me about you.
About me?
She said you were very upright.
She said you were small but strong.
That's why I checked myself...
if I could put the future of the Imperial Family in your hands.
Grandmother said that about me?
She didn't say that you were a crybaby.
- Take this. - What is this?
It's a precious hairpin that I received from Mother.
Open it.
This...
Sleep straight...
What is it?
This looks like the hairpin that was in her chest when she passed away.
Is there any way I can see it?
A photo perhaps?
I haven't seen it since the police took it as evidence.
The thing is,
the Empress Dowager has the same hairpin.
Pardon?
She was always very jealous,
so Mother made her the same one.
The police...
never questioned whose hairpin it was.
I need to check for myself...
whether the hairpin that Grandmother was stabbed with...
was in fact the Empress Dowager's.
You don't hear anything from the room, right?
Break the door down and go in. There will be a dead body inside.
Get rid of it without a trace.
Yes. I'll do that.
You don't hear anything from the room, right?
Break the door down and go in. There will be a dead body inside.
Get rid of it without a trace.
Kang Hee.
Whose body is it this time?
Did you kill him the way you tried to kill me?
Spit it out!
[VIU Ver] SBS E48 An Empress's Dignity "Sunny Is Appointed as the Crown Princess’ Proxy" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
It was the Empress Dowager's hairpin.
(Sunny)
I won't give up.
I'll fight until the end.
Oh my gosh. You're a total cheater.
If someone finds this letter,
the truth about my death will be revealed.
I hope...
the one who finds this will be...
the person I trust the most, Empress Oh Sunny.
Grandmother.
Lee Hyuk came by tonight...
to try to kill me.
I wish I had been asleep and didn't find out.
It breaks my heart...
that I was awake and saw...
what my grandson did.
Grandmother.
Did you just try to kill me?
I hoped it wasn't so.
I wouldn't let myself believe it.
What are you so afraid of,
that you were willing to kill your grandmother?
There is no such thing.
Tell me the truth. What are you hiding?
Is it Empress So Hyun's death?
Or did you try to kill Sunny?
Answer me!
That's right. I killed Empress So Hyun.
She had betrayed me and was pregnant with another man's baby!
She abandoned me first!
Do you call that an excuse?
Empress So Hyun lived for you!
How could you suspect her?
How did you turn into this monster?
Are you senile?
Do you want to eliminate the Imperial Family?
Who cares about that?
Just look at yourself!
The Imperial Family has no reason to exist, and it doesn't deserve to!
It's my Imperial Family! I endured Father's beatings for it!
What right do you have?
I'll stop you because you embarrass me!
I will drag you off the throne myself!
You will not get your way,
so give it up.
Must you make your grandson a murderer?
Cancel the auditors' meeting!
Let go!
I didn't get the answer I wanted yet.
If you're going to stand in my way, just die instead.
I worked so hard to get here!
Just die instead!
Fine! Kill me!
If that is your wish, go ahead and kill me!
How long were you back there?
I didn't see anything, and I didn't hear anything.
Get out at once!
Hyuk didn't kill her.
Before I was over the shock,
the Empress Dowager came by.
What is this?
It's poison.
If you're really going to abandon your grandson,
kill me first.
Are you...
threatening me?
The Emperor is the ruler of this land.
Rather than watch him be punished and his crimes uncovered,
I'd rather...
take this poison and die right here.
Mother.
You wicked this. You evil thing!
How dare you threaten to die in front of your mother-in-law?
So please, stop.
Please protect the Emperor...
and the Imperial Family.
Empress Dowager, it's not too late.
Admit your crimes...
along with the Emperor and ask for forgiveness.
I will protect you by all means.
No.
I didn't do anything bad enough to ask for forgiveness,
and above all else, I don't trust you.
Don't you do anything. I will fix it somehow,
whatever it takes.
Fine.
Let's take this all the way.
You're the one who turned the Emperor into that fool...
and kicked Yoon out of the palace.
It was all your doing.
You will have to pay for all of your sins.
It's time to put an end to this, Mother.
My grandson and my daughter-in-law had killed me.
They didn't have blood on their hands,
but I was as good as dead.
The existence of the Imperial Family has proven futile.
Just as depraved as the Emperor and the Empress Dowager's sins,
I have committed a terrible sin...
by giving them such power to be exploited
I am ashamed.
That is why I will atone for my sin...
with my life.
I wish to put an end to this.
I will leave evidence of their attempts...
to kill me on my body, so they will be punished.
My death will expose...
the abominable truth behind the Imperial Family.
I desperately wish that my actions will comfort...
the souls of the victims the Imperial Family had harmed.
I would like...
the Empress, Oh Sunny, to be in charge of my last wish.
Just like your name, you are bright like the sun.
I wanted to cherish you more and spend more time with you.
I couldn't even say goodbye to you.
I am sorry that I'm leaving rather too early.
I have raised my grandson to be a monster.
Please forgive me.
I leave all of my assets to the Empress.
Please spend it generously on the victims of the Imperial Family.
I leave the Korean Empire in your hands.
Grandmother.
What a sad death you had to face.
You had to face the end all alone.
I will never...
forgive those people.
I'm going to bring down...
this Imperial Family.
At all costs.