Return, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
I'm dying soon, Prince Yeoning.
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Get out!
Let me go!
There is nothing suspicious about Inspector Han's death.
How can the likes of you act up at a time like this?
The government is facing a huge crisis due to His Majesty's passing.
It must be a crisis only to you
because the crown prince the Norons objected to will become the king.
Don't run off at the mouth. Do you seriously want to die?
I am going to survive this with my eyes wide open
until I catch that bastard... that bastard who killed my lord inspector.
This bitch... still dares to...!
Yeo Ji!
- Are you okay?- Hyung-nim.
Saheonbu?
How can trash like you keep law and order?
You just wait and see.
I am going to enter this place without fail and wipe out all of you!
The ones dying then
will be you!
Do I have to keep listening to their sob story?
Never allow them to set foot in Saheonbu again.
Yes!
Let this go!
Lead Inspector!
Hey, you, Lead Inspector!
In the end, you left the court in the mire, Your Majesty.
The useless, heirless crown prince succeeds to the throne.
What do you think this country will come to?
- No, you cannot!- Out of my way! I shall see the Minister of the Interior!
- Your Highness!- Leave us!
Since he seems to have come to see me.
Prince Yeonryeong, Hwon, did not die suddenly due to an unknown cause.
He was murdered by Prince Milpoong.
That may be.
Are you saying you covered it up even then?
The one who backed Prince Yeonryeong was you, Minister of the Interior!
I did. But would catching Prince Milpoong undo the cracks in this pottery?
- Minister of the Interior. - Your Highness.
Whether Prince Yeonryeong died a mysterious sudden death or was murdered,
whether there is another reason or not,
politics is what determines the answers as needed.
As needed, you say?
- Who? Who dares to decide that as they want?!
- We do, Your Highness! As we have always done.- With what authority?
Because we have preserved this country through the past centuries, shedding much blood.
Because we have preserved it.
You shall live, Your Highness.
Even in this state, because you're a royal.
But if you dare to go further out, what do you think will happen to your playmates?
Not them, they are all I have left. Don't touch the remaining ones.
If it weren't for you, Inspector Han could have lived.
Didn't that thought ever occur to you?
Why didn't you rather dream of becoming the king?
If you became the king,
even if just a little bit of it, you might have gotten something called power.
Why?
Even if you have lowly blood running in your body,
nominally you are a royal, too, aren't you, Your Highness?
[Saheonbu]
[Please investigate the wrongful death]
[of Inspector Han Jeong Seok.]
Hyung-nim Jeong Seok!
Are you really fine with
not one of your own getting beaten, robbed, and killed?!
Is that why you let others get hurt instead?
Excuse me, some nobleman asked me to give this to you.
After all, didn't you do the same, Your Highness?
Rather than retreat and pretend not to know, facing it was easier.
It's fun to be teased like this.
I am happy to see you again, Hyung-nim!
Your grace is immeasurable!
But you're the bigger pushover, so what am I supposed to do?
What? This punk...
Why didn't you rather dream of becoming the king?
Why didn't you rather
dream of becoming the king?
- You are the king. - What?
That's right.
You are really the king.
If you became the king,
- even if just a little bit of it,- even if just a little bit of it,
you might have gotten something called power.
Something called power...!
[Chapter 5: Again, to Survivors]
[One year later]
[Prison]
- Hurry up!- But how can we...?
It this the time for figuring that out? Let's run first.
Let's go!
[Queen Seoneui]
Oh my, what do I do about this?
What happened? Why is the royal robe small?
Thousand apologies. His royal figure has changed lately and...
What?
My Queen.
But Your Majesty...
The morning colloquium will be on the Analects of Confucius, led by the chief scholar.
Since you have prepared for it well, do not feel nervous,
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, regretfully[Lee Gwang Jwa (Deputy Minister of Taxation, Soron)]
the morning colloquium needs to be cancelled.
Here comes His Majesty.
Your Majesty!
This
d-d-dawn,
a d-do-dozen prisoners
b-broke down the prison gate
and e-escaped, I hear.
Insolent things! You dare to humiliate His Majesty and even titter about it!
In whose presence do you dare?!
That is enough, Queen.
This is where you stop.
Your Highness Queen Dowager.
I have heard about this morning's incident.[Queen Dowager Inwon]
However, this is not the time for having any cries be heard from inside the palace walls.
How can you ask me to overlook even these things now?
It means even the court maids look down on His Majesty.
Is this not all because His Majesty has no heir?
They are saying he is a powerless king.
Queen...
A prison break? When has something like this ever happened in a civilized world?[Kim Chang Joong (Prime Minister, Noron)]
How can you call this the shape a proper country should be in, Your Majesty!
I will take that into consideration.
The southern parts of the country are suffering from a draught day in and day out and in the northwestern part, the earth jolted.
The subjects are blaming all these on Your Majesty's inadequacy
and saying things that ought not to be uttered.
If those ought not to be uttered, then don't say them!
Did I say those things? The subjects did!
Don't distort the public opinion.
It must be Norons' opinion.
Why do you have to mention the faction names here?
E-nough.
A-as I will
take everything into consideration.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, if you do not understand the learned opinions of your ministers, you should ask questions
and sometimes you need to come up with ideas of your own, too.
How can you just say "I will take it into consideration" every single time?
Of course, I ought to... take that into consideration as well.
Harrumph...
Well, now, harrumph...
Why don't you reappoint the right state councillor, Your Majesty?[Min Jin Heon (Minister of the Interior, Noron)]
At times like these, Jo Tae Gu with little experience is not a proper person for the position of the right state councillor.
The proper thing to do is to replace him.
That must not be allowed. Do not allow it, Your Majesty!
His Excellency Jo Tae Gu is already on his way to Hanyang (capital).
That is not possible. Please listen to our counsel.
Please listen to our counsel!
Please dismiss the newly appointed right state councillor this minute!
Please listen to our counsel!
Your Majesty!
I... understand. I shall
go with the Minister of the Interior's counsel.
Really?
"I-I-I will take it into consideration."
Waiting for him to finish, I almost breathed my last.
I thought his lisp was getting better for a while and why is he doing it again?
Is that because he was f-f-flustered?
Even a young paraplegic does not deserve to have his misfortune be laughed at.
That goes without saying when he's this country's king.
Minister of the Interior, it was just a joke among ourselves.
And you are this country's prime minister, Your Excellency!
Mind your dignity.
It was just one post, the right state councillor.[Jo Hyeon Myeong (Soron)]
The six ministries, the three offices
all were taken by the Norons.
Just one among them, we got the post of the right state councillor.
But even that will not be allowed us.
If this doesn't show Noron's intent to monopolize all government posts, what does?
You gave it to them too easily, Your Majesty.
Hurry and throw open the gate and welcome the Dashing King (from Li Zicheng's Rebellion during the final years of the Ming Dynasty, 1644 CE)
When the Dashing King comes, no need to pay taxes.
Your Majesty, what do you mean?
What on earth is he thinking?
How can he be so calm?
Seriously...
Aigoo, look at this drunkard.
Just let him be.
Seriously...
Throw on him, quickly.
What are you waiting for? I told you to throw on him.
Still, he is a royal. How can I?
The sun is already in mid-sky, prince.
Here... here is my official uniform, right?
Was I entrusted with it?
It must be around here. Look for it.
Are you done changing?
Insolent punk. You throw water on someone with the title of a royal?
Oh, that was the water I washed my feet in. Next time, I am going to throw cesspool water.
You might have your funeral at the end of that joke.
Meat is there to chew on and words are there to spit out.
Right, I will overlook it this time because I'm in a hurry to go act like a human being.
Yes.
You've been behaving well for a while but you got boozed up again.
Old habits die hard. I just remembered a tune or two that I used to play.
This is the overcoat you left here the last time. It's been starched nicely.
What a good boy.
Different from a punk who grew up roughly without observing and learning anything.
But I come from a beggar background as well.
Then, you must have had an ancestor who was a treasonous nobleman.
Keep it here.
It seems like a few prisoners broke out of the prison last night.
Really?
They are mostly petty criminals and about half of them seemed to have been recaptured.
But a rather interest-piquing thing seems to be among them.
Interest-piquing... What do you mean?
Well, information becomes cheaper if I circulate it.
Of course, he won't sell even a cold for free.
Are you going to the Royal Clan Management Office? Should I escort you there?
A horse should be waiting for me outside.
It's been a long while since he got so sloshed, right?
Lately, there's been a widespread rumor about how he even got a post at the Royal Clan Management Office and became a human.
It must be because that day is nearing.
That day... one year ago.
You are early, Your Highness.
They seem like young royals. What are they doing at the Royal Clan Management Office?
I heard that there is a meeting in the palace in a few weeks.
You know, there is a talk about how the queen will adopt an heir to succeed to the throne.
They are the candidates.
An adopted son... What's on the Management's schedule today?
Clerical work pertaining to the wedding of Prince Eunseon and Princess Jinyoung and...
Seriously, can't they get married on their own?
And because of the envoy from the Qing Dynasty...
I got it. I'll take care of this.
You, go out and bring me back something.
What something?
Let's rest for a bit before continuing. I feel like my shoulders will pop out.
We have to get it done now.
Give it here. I will do it.
But this work needs strength.
Are you... really a girl?
Yes, my name is Yeo Ji.
Is this how you do it? Is it good if I pound about 100 times more?
What a mighty child...
The civil exam passer gets a beautiful wife.How can you sleep with that score?
Give me a passing grade or give me death.
The sound of your turning pages is too loud.
It makes me feel uncomfortable.
Uh, I will do...
Your loud breathing makes me feel uncomfortable.
It's always the bad scholars who are the fussiest.
We are all students prepping for the civil exam. Eating snacks everyday, isn't that having it too posh?
I feel uncomfortable because of a sense of comparative deprivation.
Hey, look here! What do you want me to do?
However, I am not leaving because of you. So don't concern yourself.
How can a man not withstand this kind of discomfort?
It's just that today is a very important day for me.
Who asked you?
They said he was a klutz but he is a viper! A viper!
If luck would have it, he might
just make it this time.
Aigoo, what do I do?
Big trouble!
What is wrong?
You pounded this rice cake dough, right?
How can you make it into a pulp?
How could you pound a rice dough as if it's your parents' mortal enemy?
Wasn't it how it is done?
Why does this jeon (Korean pancake that can be made with various ingredients) taste like this?
Who panfried this?
Me! I was in charge of making the cod jeon.
What is everyone doing? What is wrong?
A calamity befell us. The rice cake to be used at the banquet turned into gruel.
And the cod jeon turned into a salty burned mass!
I am sorry. I will remake it quickly.
No, no, not necessary!
Well, the rick cake can be turned into rice sujebi (rough hand-pulled dough soup).
And this cod jeon...
is delicious!
This is delicious?
Rice sujebi? There was such a dish?
You, please come and see me.
Take this.
No, Sir. When I ruined the dishes, how can I accept money?
No, no, no. You are a good worker.
Just like the rumor, your skills would put a court lady cook working at the suragan (royal kitchen) to shame.
I do?
So, hurry and go. Didn't you say you have to leave early today?
When there is work to be done, I will send for you again.
This much?
This is too much for a day's wage...
Sister!
Joon Jae.
Why were you waiting outside? It's cold.
Sister, let's hurry home.
Come along.
Uncle.
Do it quickly.
Before Yeo Ji comes and tries to help us, we have to finish this so people can eat the food.
What are two men doing when there is a whole woman among us?
I am sorry but can you keep it quiet?
I have the civil exam coming up the day after tomorrow.
He's going to fail for the eleventh time in the end.
- So dirty, why would you throw a shoe?!- I will place the first, you punk.
Great Learning...
Uncle Jang Dal...
Ah Bong!
Lord Moon Soo?
Yeo Ji, hey dude!
So nice to see you, punk! How long has it been?
- Ah Bong...- Hello, Macho Man.
It's been a long time.
Lord Moon Soo...
Has it been hard?
Punk!
Well, that person is here, the Chief Inspector (fourth highest rank in Saheonbu) from Saheonbu.
You are here, Chief Inspector Wi!
We meet often nowadays.
If we meet often, we'll grow more attached to each other and that's all good, right?
Let's go in. We should have a drink.
I heard that you got promoted to the post of chief inspector.
Please go easy on me. I cannot drink too much today because I have some business to take care.
I see. Come on in.
What? Yeo Ji is going around houses holding banquets and she cooks?!
That is, I didn't know it myself,
but I must have been born with a gift.
They said my cooking is better than that of a court lady working in suragan (royal kitchen).
What is the kid saying?
I don't know. Do the nobles have peculiar taste buds, too?
As for me, I can't even chew the gruel Yeo Ji makes.
That's what I'm saying. Still, after every one of us got kicked out of Saheonbu,
the only one functioning like a human being is Yeo Ji.
She earns a lot from here and there.
Lord Moon Soo, this too...
Hey, Cheon Yeo Ji, tell me frankly.
Do you, by any chance..., gamble?
- What?- Or do you beat up passersby to rob their money?
Dice-throwing or pickpocketing?
No matter how much I think about it, this is strange.
What do you think?
- Just study.- Yes, just study.
How can you say that to a nobleman? Hey, Yeo Ji!
Yeo Ji, you shouldn't do that!
No matter how hard life is, you have to be a good girl.
Yeo Ji...
How did I know, you ask.
Isn't it obvious? Just from the list of the jailbreakers, I could tell.
Who is behind this.
Your Highness!
Norons did it to do away with the right state councillor the Sorons recommended.
Prisoners escaping from the prison...
It's all His Majesty's fault that the country is in this mess.
With this pretext, the Norons must have put pressure to discharge the Soron right state councillor.
You must be drunk already.
You must have orchestrated this.
And the reason you have such a long face right now must be that something went wrong slightly.
I will release you.
In return, you have to do something.
I will leave the prison gate open, so first run away with other prisoners.
Among the escapees, there was a petty criminal you had arrested.
But once outside, he must have severed communication with you.
What to do...
If he gets caught by the police bureau, you will be in quite a sticky situation...
Your Highness, I think these remarks are inappropriate...
That guy, I will catch him for you.
Pardon?
As a gift to celebrate your promotion.
Because I feel like I should pay this price to grow closer to you.
Pardon me, but there's something I've been wanting to ask you for a long time.
Even though this is in the past, weren't you friendly with the late Inspector Han?
But why...
Was I?
That's when I acted up, not knowing anything about this world.
But when I learned what happens to those falling out of favor with the powerful,
I grew up.
I think a Namin who now stands with the Norons know what I mean.
You never beat around the bush.
Of course we are not good drinking buddies for no reason.
Here, have a cup.
(Episode 10 will air shortly.)
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Joon Jae, you should bow to your father.
And then right after, even his wife passed away.
Lord Jeong Seok and Lady, too... The bastards as good as killed them both.
But after all that, we can't do anything.
How does that make sense?
- Until when must we—- Stop it. We're in front of Hyung-nim's ancestral tablet.
That's why I'm speaking up. To speak for our lord who was wrongfully accused!
I told you to stop.
There are moments when you need to endure even if it means you have to bite your lips down until they bleed.
Even if you feel like you'll go crazy out of anger,
until you gain the power to be able to do something.
My Lord.
Lord, please calm down.
The memorial service hasn't ended yet.
[Inspector Han Jeong Seok's Ancestral Tablet]
Lord Moon Soo.
I'm sorry.
Joon Jae is around,
so I can't be like this but...
But... Even though I endure and live, I can't stand it.
Anger wells up in my heart!
This world seems like such bullshit.
Hyung-nim Jeong Seok passed away so unfairly like that, but those bastards still live so well.
And Prince Yeoning...
I heard he's like that, too. He forgot it all and is living well.
When our hyung-nim died because of him...
That bastard lives on as if nothing happened!
So what?
However he lives, why does it matter to us?
I have ears to listen with, too, so I know.
How Prince Yeoning Lee Geum is doing.
To survive somehow, he's looking for a rope to hold on to.
A rope like Wi Byeong Joo at that.
A bastard like that.
Are you okay?
Here. The thing you asked for.
So forget Prince Yeoning, my Lord.
Yeo Ji.
The reason he lives is different than ours.
Hwon,
it's already been this long.
Since I started to live this way.
Okay, okay, brushes for sale!
Please, let me get first place. Gosh.
Why are there so many people?
Do they have nothing to do that they're taking the exam?
But half of these people are those who came to grab a seat for the test takers.
You know, those who get paid to grab a good seat for someone else at the exam site.
Wow, look at their build.
Makes sense. The location of your seat is important.
You have to sit as close to the front as you can to look at the question earlier and write down your answer.
They don't even look at late submissions.
That's how I failed last time.
Of course you would have ten reasons for your ten failures.
Oh, it'll become 11 now.
Gosh, you!
You jerk! It's because I don't do anything illegal and take the exam fairly.
Do you surrender?
What is this person doing?
Hey you. What are you doing right now?
How could you cut in line in broad day light?
Are you talking to me?
I looked and there was an open spot, so I came and stood. Is that not allowed?
Stay.
Yes, it is an open spot.
We will open the doors to the examination site!
The doors are opened!
I'll go, Ah Bong. Let's hope to meet again alive.
- Aigoo.- Out of my way!
No! I have to go!
Civil Service Examination. Preliminary Testing.
- Get out of my way!- Aigoo!
Aigoo.
You there!
Come this way!
You are...
Get up!
This way. Out of my way!
Here. Over here.
It's this way. Come this way.
- Come this way!- Put some strength into your legs.
This way. Over here.
Get off!
- Here. Sit on this seat.- Sit here.
- Me?- You're lucky.
- I hired people to get two good seats.- Yes, over here.
And what timing! That's when I saw you.
- What are you doing? Quickly, take a seat.- Sit down.
No. I am thankful, but I will decline. This is illegal.
What are you talking about? Everyone else does it.
Just because everyone does something that breaks a law, it doesn't mean that action becomes legal.
I am studying to make a world where the law wins, so...
Good luck.
H- h- hey!
Hey!
This can't happen.
Lord.
I told you to speak informally.
I apologize.
There is no worse chaos than this. There will be many cheaters so look around secretly.
Yes.
You caught the man I asked for right away.
As expected, the back streets of Hanyang are in your hands.
You realized that the Noron has to do with the prison break.
You have keen eyes.
I could see through things before, too. It wasn't useful so I chose not to look.
Did you find a use for it now?
Perhaps. Even if I found a use, I don't want to tell you.
Even if our relationship is no longer awkward,
I haven't forgotten that you're Min Jin Heon's dog.
It seems like you are spending money for something else, too, through Gun Tae.
Isn't it about time you stepped forward?
The damo and that lord named Park Moon Soo. They have a deep misunderstanding about you.
It's not a misunderstanding. It's the truth.
I betrayed them.
Both of them faced large consequences for believing in someone like me.
Let's stop with the small talk. I'll be off now.
The state of affairs will become very loud soon.
I don't know how you decided to use yourself,
but for when it happens, you might want to hurry.
What do you mean the state of affairs will become loud?
The king's morality
causes him to act upon his filial duty without a fail.
A mother gains honor through her son as it is loyalty more important than any other thing as a human being.
Your Excellency.
Just what is going on?
Which crazy person is creating a situation?
Your Majesty, I bow down and plead that you select a noble title for your mother,
fulfill your righteous duty, and raise your dignity.
This...
Your Majesty, the one who died without a reason,
your mother, Jang Hui Bin, please reinstate her status!
Jang Hui Bin? (King Gyeongjong's birth mother, killed during the conflict between Noron, Soron and Namin during King Sukjong's reign)
Did Soron deliberately invoke the Hui Bin incident?
This will inevitably
result in war between Noron and Soron.
That person's petition is outrageous!
You must burn his petition and kill him right away.
Please grant my request.
Please grant the request!
Please grant my request.
Please grant the request!
If that is the case
next comes...
what comes next will be...
What does His Majesty intend to do?
Today, he didn't even say that he will take our words under advisement, as he always does.
No matter how much power Noron gets, the throne is still the King's.
Would he be pushed away without a fight?
So does he intend to fight us? How?
What can't he do when he knows it means death if he falls off the throne?
The heir. The time has come for us to decide who the heir to the throne will be.
What? The heir?
I am saying that we Noron must decide who the heir will be.
It is no longer just Noron.
Soron will also try to support their own heir.
The heir? Already?
It is for the next one to sit on the throne. If the heir is selected by Noron, His Majesty will be in danger.
If Soron selects the heir, they can protect the king's authority.
The Queen is already looking for a son to adopt.
This is Prince Ancheong's second son, Prince Hyeonryung.
The third son of Prince Gwangmin...
Hurry and open the gate and greet the Dashing King. (Dashing King = name given to rebel Li Zicheng near the end of the Ming Dynasty)
When the Dashing King comes, you need not offer him any grain. (Dashing King = name given to rebel Li Zicheng near the end of the Ming Dynasty)
These are the words that were spread among the citizens during Li Zicheng's Rebellion. (Li Zicheng's Rebellion = the farmers' rebellion that destroyed the Ming Dynasty)
It was to create expectations in the people for this rebellion.
But in the end, Li Zicheng did not achieve his objectives
and that song became false.
Because Li Zicheng did not have enough ability nor people on his side to accomplish it.
He was in the same position as me.
In order to achieve one's objective
one must have the capacity and a supporting organization, first of all.
But not myself, nor Soron has such power.
Your Majesty.
When yourself is not sufficient enough, you need to either use your opponent's power
or find an alliance.
Right, someone who can fill the gap for me.
I need an alliance.
Do I have any reason to enter the palace? I need to enter the palace urgently.
Do you mean right now?
I do need someone to guide some royal clan members to the Queen's quarter.
Right. The Queen is adopting an heir.
But you have to go to Mohwa Hall (residence of visiting envoys from China) now, Your Highness.
To Mohwa Hall? Why there?
You need to welcome the Qing's envoy.
Why do I need to do that? There are other royal clan members...
The thing is, they requested for you.
Me?
Who requested for me?
Mohwa Hall (Where envoys from China are received and entertained.)
Hyung-nim, it's been a while!
You... Tan.
Even from the Qing, I heard the news of you taking a position at the Royal Clan Management Office and becoming a human.
So it is true. I was really surprised.
No way... you are the one who called me out through the envoy?
I got acquainted with the upper-class people in Qing.
There's nothing money can't do.
I wanted to see you first.
For real. For the past one year,
I haven't forgotten you for even one day.
Remove your dirty hand. It's disgusting.
Do you remember?
My fight ends when I win the battle.
I am going to become the king, Prince Yeoning. That's why I came back.
No. Don't you think you'd die by my hands before that?!
Calm down, or you might regret this later.
Just... what are you up to?
I told you I will become the king.
I am all done with my preparation to be the next king.
I heard all the women who ate raw silkworms bore children.
Boys at that.
You must produce an heir for you and for the King.
I saw you meet the young princes earlier.
If I can't get pregnant despite all my efforts,
then I'd have to adopt a reliable prince.
That will keep the King's safety, don't you think?
Your Highness, you're here.
That Queen bi^ch whined after eating a silkworm,
I swallowed it, too to show her it's nothing.
That's why you are my partner, being so ferocious.
It was hard to convince that bi*ch.
You can do it well, right?
You should be next to me when I am seated in the throne, right?
As this country's new queen that is.
I told you I will become the king.
I am all done with my preparation to be the next king.
What does he mean by the next king?
Tan...
did you perhaps...
[Saheonbu]
Your Highness, no matter how urgent, for you to come to Saheonbu is a bit...
Would I have come here without even an excuse?
This is a request for an investigation relating to the corruption of royal relatives.
Let's say we discussed about that.
No way. It's not even possible.
There's no way Lord Min Jin Heon and Noron will allow it.
What if Prince Milpoong brought a supporter who can force it upon us?
I don't care if you believe or not...
but at least tell this to His Excellency Min Jin Heon.
So before he is put in the hard spot,
tell him to come to find me.
I'll contact you as soon as possible.
I'll be waiting.
Who has such guts to dare to trespass into Saheonbu?
Yeo Ji, why are you here?
[Han Jeong Seok]
Is it because of Inspector Han—
It's nothing that concerns you, Your Highness.
Who's there? Who's inside?
[Archives]
What's going on?
I heard something strange coming from the records room.
What?
Move aside.
Shh! Hide quickly.
Who's in there? Who is it?
You surprised me. What's going on?
Prince Yeoning.
Why didn't you make any noise? You scared me.
I'm sorry. But why is Your Highness here...
Why? I can't be?
That is... not without permission.
I see. Then I'll come back with Chief Inspector Wi's permission. I didn't know.
Yeo Ji.
Hide quickly.
Prince Yeoning, why...
why did you help me?
Really? Are you sure that guy was paid off?
Remember how you said that there was a weird scholar at the exam site?
The one who saved a seat for you and later tried to even show you his answer.
Yes, what about him?
Who are we? We used to be assistant investigators working for Saheonbu.
We caught him.
He said he was paid by someone to help you.
Why? Who would do something like that to me?
Well...
What are you talking about?
Who was paid to help Lord Moon Soo?
Prince Milpoong? Prince Milpoong is back?
Yes. Also according to Prince Yeoning,
he is certain that Prince Milpoong has a trick up his sleeve that the Noron cannot beat.
You're good at getting to know people.
Prince Yeoning? You hang around with such person?
I've closely watched over Prince Yeoning for a while.
He has the eyes to accurately read the flow of the state of affairs and—
It's not the right time for that. Surely there is something else you must take care of?
The prisoners that escaped. The job I trusted you with.
Minister, without a problem, I will—
Yes, you will need to take care of it without a problem.
If we don't want you or me or the Noron to face trouble.
I will keep that in mind.
I have to head over to the party held for the Chinese ambassadors.
Yes.
Prince Milpoong?
How tiring.
Ambassadors in this state of affairs right now?
That girl. Why is that girl with the Queen?
Oh, Yoon Yeong? What do you mean, why?
She asked me to introduce her to the Queen.
Saying if she got close to the Queen, wouldn't it help me as well.
What did you say?
Minister of Interior, she is skilled even though she may not look like it.
She quickly turned the Queen to her side.
Prime Minister!
What did you do?
Don't you know who that girl is?
Wh- why are you being like this?
It can't be.
Your Majesty has arrived.
[Chinese ambassadors]
Your Majesty, it's an honor to meet you.
Welcome, Ambassador. You took great efforts to come here.
It wasn't too hard.
I had good company while traveling.
Company while traveling?
Your Majesty.
I, Prince Milpoong, am here to pay respects.
Prince Milpoong?
How did this happen? Why is Prince Milpoong here?
Your Majesty, have you been well?
This unfaithful humble servant came only now to pay respects, Your Majesty.
No way...
No way. Was this it? Prince Milpoong, you will
use the Queen as your promoter,
and using China as your support,
you plan to become the King's adopted son?
Oh no.
I see that there are times when you look like this, too.
Prince Yeoning.
Your head must hurt.
Since you're the one who gave and took away the throne from Prince Milpoong.
I told you to look for me sooner than later.
Didn't I warn you through a messenger?
What is it that you want to say?
You didn't come forward to just brag.
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Don't you need a prince, Your Excellency?
Someone who will become a king that acts like a pawn on a chess board.
A prince like that.
[Haechi preview]
♫ You whom I love ♫
♫ Become the moon light ♫
What are you trying to do? Why are you interfering here?
Their weaknesses are in the palm of my hands.
You're investigating in illegal matters involved with exams, right?
Your Majesty!
Will you be able to reveal the truth?
Do you believe that the Noron will fall apart because of something small like that?
Hey, Your Highness. What are you doing?
- This was it.- You really!
From the beginning, it was this.
What are you trying to do, Your Highness?
I waited for this moment for so long.
A cracked pottery will break apart easier.
Prince Milpoong will shake the Noron first for me.
♫ I break down inside of you ♫