Oh dear. What to do?
That wretched informant is right here.
Prince Yeoning.
Even though I had a drink, I must be drunk on dreams as well.
Wretched? It's not a very flattering term.
[Jejwa Hearing Room]
Yes, it is me,
the one who took the civil service exam for someone else at the bidding of Prince Milpoong.
The informant of Prince Milpoong's crimes is me,
[Prince Yeoning, Lee Geum]
Prince Yeoning.
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Oh, the paper...
- Here. - Thank you.
You seem to be in a hurry. It will be less crowded through Tongindong.
Is that so?
You are done for! We can catch everyone now.
His name is Park Moon Soo. He is a hoobae (junior) of a Saheonbu inspector, Han Jeong Seok.
I heard that Prince Yeoning also showed up at the Saheonbu about half an hour ago.
Yes, an administrative clerk there is looking into the situation.
Haechi... Are there still people who expect the powerful to act with good will?
[Episode 3: Ill Fortune of the Virtuous]
Your Highness Prince Yeoning, do you know what you are saying right now?
Prince Milpoong asking for a substitute exam-taker for the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong?
[Lee Yi Gyeom, Inspector General (Noron)]
This is the supreme council meeting of the Saheonbu!
Perjury at this place will not be tolerated even if by a royalty!
I am a Joseon citizen too.
How can I not know of the rigid authority of the Saheonbu?
However, Inspector General, it is true that I substituted another at the exam
at the bidding of Prince Milpoong and provided that information.
It is an indisputable, headache-inducing truth.
As everybody wished, the informant has come forward.
Is there anything more you need?
Just the substitute test-taking cannot prove Prince Milpoong's murder charges.
How will you prove the connection between those two?
That is why I propose that we arrest Prince Milpoong and investigate the matters!
What?! Arrest?
Are you suggesting that we drag a royal to the Saheonbu?
For what reason wouldn't that be allowed?
A royal is equally a subject of this nation.
That is the raison d'être of the Saheonbu.
Your Excellency Minister of the Interior.
What do you think you are doing right now?
We cannot overlook Prince Milpoong's crimes like this.
With the inspector's authority, we will go arrest him.
Are you declaring insubordination?
You rascals dare to!
Everyone, stop!
The supervisory right rests with me, the lead inspector.
Look here, Byeong Joo.
Yes, if the testimony is true, Prince Milpoong should bear murder charges.
However, how can we believe the testimony of just one informant?
Who can guarantee that this is not a trumped-up scandalmongering?
Wi Byeong Joo.
The Saheonbu that impeaches high-ranking officials at a mere rumor
and gets to the bottom of things at a hint from an unidentifiable informant
says, in this particular matter, that an informant who comes forward is not enough.
Even though that informant is a royal?
It is none other than that fact
that you are a royal!
Saheonbu cannot get mixed up with political maneuvers.
Oh, Saheonbu is just and equitable with everyone? It ought to be.
Good. Then, how about this?
If on top of one informant, I give you another?
Hey, hey, hurry. Pack expensive stuff first.
Oh, Dal Moon, what is Prince Yeoning up to?
He's leaving the capital.
Of course, he must be sh*ting his pants too.
I will be in hiding for a while too. While I'm gone, you...
- Who are you, punks? - Use the rear door. I will take care of them.
Hey, hey, hey!
Not you!
Hey, look me in the eye. Aren't you going to spill it already?
Hey, where is Gae Dol? Where is this bastard?
Aigoo, sir, how can you do this at a place of business?
There is a door at the back of the rear garden.
The face of a boiled horse head, a huge mole on the forehead,
Gae Dol of the Gae Dol Gangster Branch, you are under arrest for aiding and abetting a substitute exam taking.
What are you, wench?
Let's not get rough up more and just go quietly.
A tea maid?
Hey, what are you guys doing? Remove her. I'm in a hurry!
Nice meeting you, Gae Dol. I've been looking for you for quite a while.
What the heck is this now?
Punk!
Come along!
- Lord Moon Soo! - Oh, Yeo Ji, give me some rope too.
Nice.
I'm getting excited. So this is how it feels out in the field.
How did you know to come here?
This. You got it from Prince Yeoning, too, right?
What the heck?
Let go of my arm. My arm!
Go easy on me.
What happened?
Please! Please!
Just once, even if just once, please.
Tea Maid Cheon Yeo Ji reporting that I have captured criminal Gae Dol
who aided and abetted Prince Milpoong and have gotten a confession out of him.
Your Highness, how has this come about?
Somehow, I felt that you would be weak making sly moves.
I was afraid that the supreme council might take the fun out of it, if known in advance.
I borrowed your underlings.
Your Excellency Inspector General...
Now,
we should wrap this up.
You in your way, and I in my own way.
How could this happen?
Lee Geum, this crazy bastard... [Prince Milpoong Lee Tan (Noron)]
I should have torn him to death a long time ago.
Still, I'll be okay, right?
We are all Norons after all.
If the Norons keep pushing their ways, the court or Saheonbu won't pose any problem.
Why me? Why, of all people, do I have to decide this?
No, catching Prince Milpoong now will come back as a huge burden to the Saheonbu.
However, if we cover up even this, what will the public say?
Public? We're talking about Prince Milpoong here!
The nation's next century depends on this.
Under the majority rule, the Saheonbu senior officials gathered here can vote nay.
Then I will take away the rights of the inspectors with my authority as Inspector General.
Mobilize all your assistant investigators and meet up at Prince Milpoong's house.
Understood.
We will get ready, too, My Lord.
Let's go.
Traitor.
Hey, you punk, hey. Aigoo, that dude...
Why call traitor, traitor...
Hey, dude, hey!
Is that why you suggested a jejwa hearing (Saheonbu's supreme council meeting)?
To invalidate it officially.
It's not late. Stop here.
Not in a million years. The one who should stop is you.
The senior officers will stop you in the end. You won't be able to do anything.
In the end, the powerful win.
The Norons are the masters of this world. I'm advising you to side with them and choose to live.
How can I do that, Byeong Joo?
- When the worlds we see are so far apart? - Inspector Han!
Enough with this nonsense! These are lies unworthy of our ears.
This is a conspiracy targeting Prince Milpoong, do you understand?
We have to uncover the ulterior motive behind it. [Prime Minister Kim Chang Joong (Noron)]
What do you mean a conspiracy? Why would Prince Yeoning do such a thing?
Prince Yeoning is Prince Yeonryeong's half brother.
Do I need to say more?
I am not saying Prince Yeonryeong has an ulterior motive.
Even if there is one, it must be Prince Yeoning's doing alone, out of his brotherly concern.
If it isn't, that would make this a serious situation. [Minister of the Interior Min Jin Heon (Noron)]
There is no need to squabble over this more.
This is a matter of Saheonbu anyway. We just need to wait for its senior officers' decision.
What happens if I, the king, cannot trust Saheonbu's judgment?
The monarch not trusting Saheonbu, that's a dangerous statement, Your Majesty.
On what basis are you making that statement?
In that case, on what basis are you doubting Prince Yeoning?
Why are you claiming that Prince Yeoning is slandering Prince Milpoong with disadvantageous lies?
Because he will not be punished for a mere substitute exam taking.
Isn't that right, Your Majesty? Will you punish your own son for such a minor transgression?
However, the charges framing Prince Milpoong are different.
Those are serious crimes deserving severe punishment.
What if Prince Yeoning falsely accused Prince Milpoong while sidestepping penalties himself?
Even mere subjects in the streets would see the strangeness of this matter.
Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Yeoning requests your audience.
Prince Yeoning.
Your humble subject Yeoning is greeting you, Your Majesty.
Break down the gate.
Suddenly, I had this concern.
That some might suspect me of an ulterior motive, which does not even exist, just because of my brotherly relations with Prince Yeonryeong.
However, there is neither an ulterior motive nor a mastermind.
I, who have led a dishonorable way of life, in the midst of such behavior,
just came across Prince Milpoong's criminal activities.
Is it true that you took the civil service exam in another's place at the bidding of Prince Milpoong?
That is true.
I made the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong pass the exam.
Moreover,
the one who chased Milpoong's henchmen last night and found the dead body was me.
None other than I am the witness for all of Prince Milpoong's crimes.
Your HIghness Prince Yeoning, what are you saying?!
That is why I voluntarily request banishment, Your Majesty.
- What? - I entered the palace to make that request before Your Majesty and all the government officials.
Even if committed unwittingly, my actions
aided and abetted Prince Milpoong's crimes. Please punish me sternly
and send me away to the most remote land, Tamra.
(Tamra is modern day Jejudo, where the most severely punished exiled were sent)
Hey, you lunatics!
You dare to cross my doorsill?
To catch me?!
What are you waiting for? Tie up the criminal.
Wipe them out. Destroy them all!
What do you mean banishment? To Tamra?
Do you realize what you are saying?
Of course, Your Majesty, more clearly than ever.
Until now, the royalty and high-ranking officials of this country went unpunished for any crimes committed by them.
Because the laws of this nation were overgenerous to them, Prince Milpoong ended up even murdering innocent subjects,
because he knew that his power will overrule the law.
However, this opportunity should be seized to announce that all subjects are equal before the laws of this nation.
I, too, will gladly pay for my crimes and repent.
Are you satisfied with that, Your Excellency Minister of the Interior?
Not only you officials but also the subjects will say that this is proper.
I-is that rascal out of his mind?
Asking for his own punishment, he's trying to destroy Prince Milpoong as well!
You will
lay out the future government yourself?
Prince Yeoning, how dare you...
Saheonbu... What is happening in Saheonbu?
Put down your swords. If you resist, you will not be able to avoid capital punishment.
This country's next king is me. The ones who'll die are you bastards!
My Lord, slay him! Don't mind me!
Yeo Ji.
My Lord.
Strike! Guard His Highness!
Everyone, stop!
I will relay the order of Saheonbu's inspector general.
Everyone, drop your swords. Now!
My Lord Head Inspector!
Jangryeong (Head Inspector, third highest rank in Saheonbu)
What do you think you're doing?
This cannot be!
Your Highness Prince Milpoong.
Hey, you blasted lazybones.
Why have you come only now?
How can you mess up this bad?!
Drag off all these bastards first, especially that monstrous bitch...
You're that little mouse from that time, right?
We are duly enforcing the law.
You have no right to obstruct it!
Yeo Ji!
Where is this lowly tea maid acting up!
Please withdraw.
You can stop us from carrying out the law only over my dead body.
Who said I would stop you?
I
am here to apprehend Milpoong.
What? Head Inspector, what did you just say...?
Arrest Milpoong and his minions right this moment and take them away!
This is none other than the Inspector General's order!
Hey! What are you doing?
Don't you know who I am? The inspector general is Lee Yi Gyeom.
So why would he arrest me? How can he arrest me?!
Let go, let go of me, you bastards!
Let me go!
Unhand me!
Caught!
I am Prince Milpoong!
Finally got that bastard!
Hey, hey!
As if a thing like that is king material,
the next century of this nation, my butt.
Head Inspector, my lord.
All the head and chief inspectors from Office of Inspector General with the exception of the inspector general and deputy inspector general have agreed to the arrest.
From now on, the senior officers will take over this case.
We are still Saheonbu. we don't ignore a matter of this kind.
I'm sorry. Get it treated.
No, my lord. The likes of this is nothing.
Brother! Yeo Ji!
Lord Moon Soo, you're here.
Prince Milpoong is finally caught! We did it!
Yes.
The senior officers of the Saheonbu came forward, at last.
Yes, this is how Saheonbu should run. Isn't it so?
This is what a true haechi is.
Right, Brother?
Yes. It's Saheonbu after all.
We work for the place that keeps this nation's laws, right?
My Lord.
Prince Milpoong is being transferred to prison.
I thought you might be curious.
Is it true?
So Saheonbu came forward, after all.
What was the reason?
I had a way to protect you.
You could have feigned ignorance, to look the other way.
But why?
What use will come out of protecting the likes of me?
A punk who is useless anywhere.
Rather, if I could be a piece that lights the firewood,
then at least I have had a reason to live this life, right?
Was it for Prince Yeonryeong's sake?
So you reported your own misdeed and asked for punishment.
Do you truly not know what Tamra is like?
I have wandered all my life.
That will also be a great travel destination.
Geum.
I wanted to serve filial duty to you as you requested but in the end, I failed to do so.
It seems I am someone who cannot fulfill anybody's expectations of me, Your Majesty.
Why can't it be you, Geum?
You are a prince too.
More than anyone else, it should be you.
Why can't you be king?
Geum.
Say it again. What did you say?
Madam. Please spare me.
No, what you said just now.
I said I saw Prince Milpoong getting dragged away.
That's not it though. Again.
Madam. I don't know why you're doing this.
You smiled.
The corner of your mouth went up as you said that.
Were you slightly happy?
Since Prince Milpoong and I are of that kind of relationship, were you delighted?
"So that wench has it coming too!"
You were so excited, right?
How can you make it so obvious though?
How can we let the old fart of this house (her husband) catch on too?
Take her away.
Madam! Madam, spare me! Spare me, Madam!
I'm worried if the higher ups will shake out Prince Milpoong properly.
They will do well. The high officers of Saheonbu take pride in their work.
Brother. Not everyone lives on pride like we do.
Individual advancement. Family glory. Those things come first.
You rascal should pass the test first, I said.
I'm the one who lent decisive force in arresting Gae Dol.
Yeo Ji, you acknowledge it, right? Hurry and tell him.
Nope. Honestly you were a bit of a hindrance.
What? Hindrance? How ridiculous! That's not it!
I flew like a butterfly and stung him like a hornet!
You should quit this losing act and go now.
The madam slaughtered a chicken!
- Sister-in-law made whole chicken soup? - She probably prepared wine too.
Wow! That's a great nighttime snack!
So are we becoming dogs again (means getting wasted) after a long while?
Hey, Ah Bong, let's play Promotion Board Game. How about it?
Promotion Board Game? Yes!
But shouldn't we have one more person here?
- Your Royal Prince. - By whose consent?
To Tamra Island? Says who!
Do you see it?
I've become this wretched woman now.
An evil wife who hurls her own husband's clothes!
Did I ask you for spousal love?
Did I ask you for a grand lifestyle?
But because of you, I have to be chased to Tamra Island?
I can't live that way.
I can't fall any lower.
I'm sorry. I have felt this way towards you all along.
Of course there is no reason to go to Tamra together.
I will give you certificate of divorce before that.
Certificate of divorce? Our marriage . . .
You will dissolve it?
Yes. I won't go.
What am I to you so I would go there with you?
Go. Go alone!
I think I should take these, since it's said it's very windy there.
Cho Hong.
I'll pack the things we need so don't worry.
What did you just say?
Since I will go with him.
If you're throwing these away, I can take them, right?
What?
Who is it?
You're . . .
The front gate was open so I just came in.
What is this chick now?
Who is it?
- That's . . . - If it's alright, I came to ask you to drink together.
If you're occupied, perhaps I should come much later, late at night?
What?
Did you just say to drink together? With me?
Yes. With whole chicken soup.
Whole chicken soup.
Take this inside.
Yes, Mother.
[Military Division]
Yes! A gyori (ninth high counselor of the senior 5th rank) of Hongmungwan (Office of Special Advisors).
You're aware that Hongmungwan can dismiss high officers from their positions too, right?
Ah Bong, I have regarded you as my own son.
And I'm your boss.
Do you want to die?
Not me. You know how I finally made a secret royal inspector after much toil.
I'm Lord Moon Soo.
Secret royal inspector Park Moon Soo. Dismissed.
You bastard! I hold a secret royal inspector position only in a board game and you wreck that?
- But you're the bigger pushover, so what am I supposed to do? - Pushover?
Just wait, my lord. I will give you a Saheonbu inspector position if I become a jeonrang (a low-ranking but powerful official within Ministry of the Interior who could appoint Saheonbu officers).
What? An inspector of Saheonbu? You'll really appoint me?
Sa-heon-bu...
- Got it! - Hooray, an inspector! I finally got into Saheonbu.
Nonsense.
Wait, arrest Ah Bong.
- Yes, Sir. - I'm a Hongmungwan special advisor.
- I'm sorry. - Oh, right.
Wait. Move this.
My turn, you rascal!
Get out, rascal!
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Allow me to pour you a drink.
Sure.
My greetings have been delayed. I thank you for your help.
I've simply confessed my crime, no more no less.
I've heard about what happened in the king's palace.
That you volunteered to be exiled.
They don't seem to know about it, so let's keep that quiet.
I don't want to kill your excitement.
I am a lout with no future, so it doesn't matter how I live
but what about you? You are a progeny of a noble family of the Noron faction, why take on such a laborious job?
No.
The truth is that I chose this path because it is easiest for me.
Why would anyone choose the more difficult path?
After all, didn't you do the same, Your Highness?
Rather than retreat and pretend not to know, to face it was easier.
Lord, it is your turn. Hurry now.
Let's play together. You know how to play the "seung-gyeong-do game (fantasy promotion board game), right?
No, I'm fine. You guys...
Ah Bong, what are you doing?
Come on, His Highness will play with us. Give him the game piece.
No thanks.
Come on, go ahead and throw it.
Now I will acknowledge you as one of us too, Your Highness.
Shall I be grateful?
How about this? He is beginning late in the game, but he did receive the highest score on the exam in real life.
So shall we say that he already passed the civil service exam?
Yes, that's right. He took the test for another, but he did get the highest score.
You scored the highest, and you are also of royal lineage, so why don't you begin from the senior third rank.
No, that's cheating.
Never mind. Hurry and throw it.
Everyone is waiting.
Everyone prepare yourselves. I am the master of sundry skills and tricks.
Aigoo, is someone trying to throw the game piece with his mouth?
Three.
- You are the king. - What?
Hold on... One, two, three...
[ Three --> King ]
You're right.
You are really the king.
What are you saying? There are no kings in the "seung-gyeong-do" game?
We drew in a king's throne ourselves for fun.
How blasphemous.
It appears that this was just a joke.
Yes. We made that up, but it was supposed to be impossible.
Hey, but since it's happened, give it a try.
After all, it's a game. Isn't that true, Hyung-nim?
What?
Alright.
A king can do anything he wants to.
Just give the royal command.
Yes, as you said, it is just a game.
So I am the king.
You two are loyal and diligent
so I'd like you two to be in charge of the Capital Bureau, and protect Hanyang.
Capital Bureau (authorities in charge of administration and policing of the capital city)
- Us? - Wow! Us?
They do not suit those positions, though.
You have conviction and you are fair, so you are the Yeonguijeong.
(Yeonguijeong = Prime Minister, the highest government position of State Council)
Your Excellency Prime Minister!
Hyung-nim, the Prime Minister is you!
You are so meticulous that you are tiresome, but you know the rules and principles. You are the "podo-daejang."
(Podo-daejang = Joseon equivalent of commissioner of police)
- Me? - Podo-daejang. Wow.
- Commissioner Cheon! - My pal, Police Commissioner.
And you who believe that equality is the true way of this world,
you are the Inspector General of the Saheonbu which enforces the laws of our nation.
[Inspector General, the head of the Saheonbu]
Whoa. Inspector General?
Me? I am really the Inspector General heading Saheonbu?
So how about it? Am I a playing the game properly as the king?
Your Majesty! Your grace is immeasurable!
Your grace is immeasurable!
I'm the Inspector General, punk!
But I think the king might be too handsome.
Arrest him!
'王' (wang = king)
Of course, he should have done better.
To give a great position to one who is unworthy
was to expect him to perform during that one moment in need.
But it turned out, there was a nail sticking out
in a spot where we did not expect.
But political currents constantly change and we have been victors for a long time
and we know how to always win, do we not?
Prince Yeoning, Hyung-nim.
Hwon.
Prince Yeonryeong, Lee Hwon (Soron)
Please give Hwon dry clothing to change into, and bring him something warm to eat.
Yes, Your Highness.
Don't bother yourself. I apologize for waking you so late at night.
Please don't say such things, Your Highness.
I'm really fine. Hey...
Hyung-nim, please retract your request to volunteer for exile.
It isn't too late.
I don't intend to do that.
- I will leave for Tamra in three days as planned. - Hyung-nim!
Do you know why I confidently asked for an exile?
Because you will become the next king.
And because I know you, as the future king, will never release me from the exile out of personal feelings.
That is the sort of king you will become.
A just king without self-interest.
As you did for me,
you will embrace even those most lowly subjects that everyone else shuns,
a king like that. - No.
Please don't do this.
Hwon, the people of this nation,
don't they at least once deserve to have a king like that, boy?
I too want to live in a Joseon in which you are the king.
Hyung-nim...
So you must not come to see me again.
They will definitely mount a counterattack.
Don't lose to them, Hwon.
This is regarding Inspector Han Jeong Seok.
Can I entrust you with it?
The day I passed my exam and became an inspector of the Saheonbu
I set fire to the straw-roofed house that I had been living in.
I was determined to never return to such a lowly house.
Indeed, the nights of Hanyang seem to be in your grasp, Your Excellency.
So how can I not envy those hands of yours?
I know who that is, too, Your Excellency.
I wouldn't have come if I hadn't the confidence.
Let us not shed blood.
Stop. Retreat.
Indeed, he doesn't even feel pain.
What a great hunting dog you have there.
So who are you? What brings you here?
I am a useless cad.
Originally, I was a beggar from the neighborhood of Gwangtong Bridge.
Wow, these are nice.
Wow, is this white porcelain?
A lowly beggar could not recognize such things.
I imagine that you are more curious about how I found this place.
A lowly beggar like me.
Recently, there was a whirlwind of rumors about Prince Milpoong tearing through the capital city.
'So fast. The rumors spread so fast that they could not be controlled.'
Didn't you think that, Lord?
What is it that you want to say?
I am the one who did that.
And I came here to brag to you about what I did.
What is this? Weren't we to meet at Mapo Port?
Why are you so slow? What time is it already?
Hey, Yeo Ji, why are you... ?
Looks like you received a note, too.
Let's hurry. We are in a rush.
Hold on, Your Highness. Looks like we need to clarify some things.
- Clarify? - Look, it's not as if I am your mutt.
You just issue orders like this and expect me to go wherever you tell me? That isn't right.
I have to study and I am quite busy...
Undo this rope, and give up on studying.
- It's over for you already. - What?
In this world, there are people who just can't do something, no matter how they try.
It's not as if just anyone can get the highest score, as I did, after making a minor effort.
Look here, Your Highness. How can you speak harshly like that?
Well, if you're ever in the mood,
perhaps I can take the exam for you?
Whoa, Your Highness. Are you picking a fight with me?
Just because you are a prince, you think it is alright...
Stop grumbling and just go.
Oh, geez.
You heard what he said, right? What a rude guy.
Yes, he is arrogant and hopeless.
He is very full of himself.
- Right? - Yes, he doesn't consider the other's feelings and only speaks the truth.
That's what I... hey, wait a minute.
But it appears that he is not a bad person.
So please go and don't make a fuss.
He will be leaving us, soon.
Leaving us? What are you saying? Where is he going?
Your Majesty, please allow me to escort you.
These are the results of profiling Prince Milpoong.
It contains everything since his days in Ganghwa Island (Prince Milpoong's birth place and childhood home).
The reason I sought you out rather than the director of the Royal Investigation Bureau
is that I know that the classified information
is ultimately in your hands.
All higher-ups leave the Royal Investigation Bureau (investigative agency under direct control of king) at some point.
But not an agent like you who actually performs the day-to-day duties.
You are the talent keeping the Royal Investigation Bureau strong all your lives.
I am highly flattered, Your Majesty.
The reason I summoned you here rather than to the palace,
you must know it, too, right?
The Royal Investigation Bureau is under your direct control.
Not a word will be leaked outside.
Raise your head.
His Majesty must have asked you for classified information on Prince Milpoong.
I belong to the Royal Investigation Bureau, Your Excellency.
If you ask me an unanswerable question, that will put me in trouble.
Of course you will pretend ignorance
as to how much information was given the king.
But you must have a present for me too, right?
Of course. Because even though the Royal Investigation Bureau is under direct control of the king,
that kingship is not a permanent position either.
But I must know how you are going to use it. I have to watch out for myself, too.
Under no circumstance, you will suffer any harm,
because I secured the services of a rather useful beggar.
[Prince Yeoning]
Make the rumors as dirty as possible.
They must spread through the capital before the end of the day.
Just trust my skills.
Now you are going to swallow up Gae Dol's gisaeng house
and get some rich and powerful sponsors too?
Like your dream, is the day coming when beggars like us
can stop crouching and live it up too?
That's right. The political intrigues among the high and powerful are none of my business.
We take what we need, that's all.
This is all Prince Milpoong's land?
So from o--------ver there all the way to here?
Take bragging out of him and Prince Milpoong might as well be a corpse.
His itchy mouth couldn't hold it in but spilled it to me a while ago.
Saying that beside this plot, he had plenty all over the 8 provinces of Joseon.
So bragging runs in the royal blood.
He must hold them all under different names. If you steal them all, they should come in handy.
Report this too to Saheonbu...
There should be a gisaeng house nearby. Do you want to go and wet your throat?
Do you know this neighborhood?
Didn't you say this was your first visit here?
There is no way Prince Milpoong frequents neighborhoods without gisaeng houses.
The ways royalty play are pretty predictable.
Follow me.
Indeed, the players know the rules of the game.
Come in.
Here, first accept a cup from me.
I suggested a nice place. Why a tavern?
It's okay to drink at any place.
Drink sparingly. To go on a long trip, you need a fat purse.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Truly, you are the manliest man of all I've seen.
What hogwash I'm hearing from you. Drink up.
Speaking of which,
shall we become pledged brothers?
Aigoo, gross, seriously...
What? Pledged brothers?
I mistook you, Your Highness.
Because you have a gigolo's face, I didn't know you are a real man.
Look here, scoot over there.
- Go back to your seat. - How old are you?
We have to figure out who's the hyung (older brother) and who's the dongsaeng (younger sibling).
Let me see your ID stick. Where is it?
Where do you think you're fumbling?
That's right! Let's allow Yeo Ji in, too.
She's actually a tremendous macho man.
Three brothers! Three brothers is just perfect!
All right, no biggie. I'll let you become the eldest brother, Your Highness.
Okay, Hyung-nim, let's have a drink. Here.
To our eldest brother...
Speaking of the devil, where did you send our youngest Yeo Ji?
Really? Prince Yeoning is so infamous?
Don't even make me start.
He is widely known in gisaeng houses and at gambling tables.
Aigoo, he practically lives at archery ranges
where rakes gather. - That's right!
Indeed, Prince Yeoning the rake...
Still, Prince Yeoning is not
a bad person by nature.
What did you say, Elder?
Right, there was a time
during the last year's drought, when piles of rice sacks suddenly
appeared by the night in front of the town hall?
Oh, you mean when the rice subsidized by the government ran out?
There is a rumor that the one who provided that
was Prince Yeoning.
Is that true?
- That's what I'm saying. - Because his mother is from the lowest class,
he understands how the have-nots feel.
What the highborn royalty wouldn't understand, even if they died and came back to life,
he understands.
Everyone's here.
There is quite a hubbub in the streets and everywhere!
Gambling and womanizing are not all.
He stole several thousand houses from the common people.
Acting the part of a sorry prince that he is,
the money he looted from the national coffer
is as much as 500 thousand nyang!
How much? 500 thousand nyang!
This darned rotten bastard!
How much did I say? That's right!
Is that really true?
There is a rumor spreading about how he hid
silver bullion underground.
Prince Yeoning's been playing around with so many married women.
Really?
So the rumor was true?
Hey, look. What the heck are you...
But this is...
Yes, this is too rapid considering these are the outskirts of the capital.
The talks about me are spreading too fast.
What? Rumors about Prince Yeoning are spreading?
His Highness expected this to happen.
That they might call the credibility of his testimony into question through attacks upon his character.
He asked me to come up with a solution.
They will undermine Prince Yeoning's moral character
and even shake up the truth of his words?
Have you heard?
Then, was Prince Milpoong also...?
Halt for a second.
He's always had a bad reputation.
He has done stealing, womanizing
and everything else that's bad.
He's done all sorts of bad things.
It's because
Prince Yeoning comes from the lowest class.
That is...!
It's time to wrap this up now.
A letter from His Excellency, Minister of Interior.
Over here.
How did it go?
I've made an arrangement for you to meet Prince Milpoong.
Since you're Prime Minister's mistress, did he send you
to look in on him?
He says to deliver these words for him.
For you to do your work properly.
Yoon Yeong! Yoon Yeong!
Please calm down, Your Highness.
I'm so scared.
I want to go home, Yoon Yeong.
Get a hold of yourself, I said!
It's not the time for you to be whining.
Prince Yeoning is suffering that plight then?
After making me like this, he's getting his retribution!
You'll come out soon since Prince Yeoning's testimony will fall apart.
Then, it's no issue for me to become king, right?
That's what we need.
But right now, your current reputation . . .
I'm going to have to eat oxtail soup first thing after I get out.
These things! I asked for oxtail soup!
But they gave me radish leaf soup and rice!
Your Royal Prince, this isn't the time to sing about food . . .
Wait.
They gave you soup rice?
They did, I said. Yesterday they gave me what I wanted though.
No need to feed the dog that is useless?
Can't be, Minister of Interior. He . . .
Come on in.
This is my private study.
What are you all doing at my home at such a late hour?
What did you just say, Minister of Interior?
Bipartisanship.
It means we are prepared to go together with Prince Yeonryeong.
Do you mean you will enthrone Prince Yeonryeong?
Then what about Prince Milpoong?
Cracked fine porcelain is even less useful than crude crockery.
And cheap broken woodware, even less. Prince Milpoong cannot be king.
The next king set forth by Noron is Prince Yeonryeong.
However, in order for that, there's something for you to do.
Inspector General, Sir.
Why did you seek me out at this hour, Chief Royal Secretary?
Your Majesty. Inspector General, Lord Yi Yi Kyeom is here.
Have him come in.
Your Majesty, for what reason did you want to see me at such an hour?
Be seated.
This is something that no one can know.
A secret solely between you and me.
However,
in order for that, there's something you need to.
Your Majesty, what did you just say?
Did you say you wish to seat Prince Yeoning on the royal throne?
That's right.
Not Prince Yeonryeong, but Prince Yeoning. I believe he must be the one to become king.
Something I need to do? What is it?
With that, Noron will truly protect Prince Yeonryeong?
I speak no falsehood.
This matter should already be settled with Prince Yeonryeong too.
Speak then. I will do whatever it is.
Whatever it is? Well, since it's not a difficult task.
Retract your testimony, Your Highness. You just need to state you lied as an informant.
That it was all a scheme plotted by Inspector Han Jeong Seok.
What?
Retract my testimony and frame Inspector Han?
Why? Exactly for what?
No. I can't do. I can never do that.
Then will you abandon Prince Yeonryeong?
If the prince mentioned to be the next king cannot become the king, what will happen to him?
If you open the door and leave, Prince Yeonryeong will die.
Why?
Why do you have to go to that extent?
You are going to abandon Milpoong anyway. So why? For what?
That is how we win, Prince Yeoning!
Yeo Ji.
Yes, My Lord.
I need you to make a trip to home.
Shall I tell you how we've been prevailing so far?
We need to plant fear into everyone.
What happened?
What happens when you resist and how it ends.
Bank note.
If everyone in the world sees that,
then no one will ever dare to come forward easily.
That is always the way to win, Prince Yeoning.
To trample on them and traumatize them with fear so they will never stand up again.
Your Highness!
Your Highness, what brings you here . . .
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Drag him away.
Shove this dog crap right away.
Don't mess with Inspector Han!
The one who entrapped him was not me. It was you, Your Highness!
This is full of crap!
But we had almost won!
Will it suffice to only trade all this solely for Prince Yeoning?
Don't abandon me.
I will do anything you tell me to do, so please!
He won't just leave Hyung-nim Jeong Seok in this state.
It's not too late, Your Royal Highness.
I will leave a permanent wound on that rascal Yi Geum's heart.
What did you think you could get done?
The king I acknowledge to continue my legacy.
Perhaps it's something I can achieve together with you all.