(This drama was remade based on historical facts.)
Yeo Ji, no!
What are you doing?
You're...
"Murder the master"?
(Murder the master: An act of murdering one's master)
What does that mean?
Why would you kill your master?
Just kill me! I was already determined to die anyway.
You're a girl?
Hey, are you okay?
Hey.
Is...
Is anyone there?
Hey, wake up.
What...
is going on, Your Highness?
Be careful, Yeo Ji.
This is...
Is he dead?
Is he?
- Executive Inspector. - Executive Inspector!
Your Highness.
Your... Your Highness.
Your Highness?
Jipyeong Oh?
That's...
Jipyeong Oh!
Step back.
This is a murder scene.
Make sure nothing gets harmed.
And arrest...
the Crown Prince immediately.
Let's go.
Hurry up! Let's go!
Master Mun Su.
Are you okay?
Yeo Ji!
- The Crown Prince got arrested. - What do you mean?
You should go see for yourself.
Why are you hesitating?
I told you to arrest the Crown Prince.
Don't you dare...
lay a finger on me.
I will walk...
with my own two feet.
Your Highness.
(Episode 10: The Girl with the Black Tattoo)
What did you just say?
The Crown Prince got arrested by the Saheonbu?
My apologies, Your Majesty.
But it seems true that the Crown Prince has been arrested...
at the murder scene.
Then is the Crown Prince at Saheonbu now?
Your Majesty.
The Crown Prince committed murder?
What happened?
I'm not sure about the details.
But how could they arrest the Crown Prince?
He's the Crown Prince!
It's because they're Saheonbu.
They can kick out nobles and go against royals.
However,
a member of Saheonbu died in front of them.
Do you think...
Saheonbu will fear him when he has no power?
- Chief Inspector! - Chief Inspector!
Let's go.
What is going on right now?
Please explain this to me, would you?
Master, why was the Crown Prince at that courtesan house?
It was because of us.
He came to tell us that we were in danger.
That's how this happened.
But murder is ridiculous.
He won't do that.
I'll go.
I must see him.
Have you lost your mind? Saheonbu is everywhere out there.
Then do you want us to just sit back and watch?
The Crown Prince has been arrested.
But we know nothing!
Isn't it crazier to just stay like this?
The Crown Prince was there.
The Executive Inspector witnessed that too.
How should we see this?
But he's the Crown Prince.
We can't hastily consider him guilty...
Then why are we members of Saheonbu?
A member of Saheonbu, our family, is murdered!
If we can't punish the Crown Prince because of his title,
shouldn't we quit our jobs?
Stop. Don't you think I'd know all that?
The only thing that's certain...
is that the Crown Prince was alone at the scene.
Yes. Only the Crown Prince, Jipyeong Oh's body,
and a bloody knife was found there.
Of course,
the Crown Prince denied that he committed the murder.
Don't you dare lay a finger on me.
I will walk...
with my own two feet.
However,
I am not the murderer who killed Jipyeong Oh.
Of course, I want to trust him.
Why wouldn't I?
Summon everyone to the palace.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
How dare Saheonbu arrest the Crown Prince?
But if this is true,
how much trouble will this cause?
My lord.
(Min Jin Heon, Head of Hanseongbu, Noron)
The Crown Prince?
And how severely will the kingdom plunge into chaos?
That's why...
I want to trust that you didn't murder Jipyeong Oh.
I really want to trust that.
Then...
Then why can't I go back?
How dare you arrest me and lock me up here...
when I'm the Crown Prince?
Your testimony...
This testimony doesn't make any sense.
You're smarter than anyone.
But why do I see something suspicious in your testimony?
Are you trying to hide something?
Get out of my way! Move!
- Get off me. Move. - Let go of me!
- Move. - Move!
Have all of you gone insane?
Please let us through. We must see the Crown Prince!
The Crown Prince has been framed!
You heard screams for help and rushed over.
But Jipyeong Oh was already dead from being stabbed by a knife.
How many times are you asking that?
And you only saw the back of an aristocrat running away.
My goodness.
I'm starting to get bored of this.
Was it a woman?
Just kill me!
I prepared myself for that anyway.
You're a girl?
- Why? - Why?
What did I hear from you then?
I am sure it was your voice.
Yes, you saw the murderer.
That is, if you're not the murderer!
Step back, Inspector Park!
I know how you feel.
But Saheonbu works only based on the set principles.
Are you talking about investigating the Crown Prince without permission?
Shouldn't crimes by royals be investigated...
by the Department of Justice?
Saheonbu also has the right to investigate crimes by royals.
What do you know to say that?
Forget it. Drag them out!
- Let go of me! - Move!
Don't you hear me telling you to move?
Now!
So you should answer me.
Who did you see?
And why are you lying?
If you can't explain that,
you'll become the murderer.
Then try making that happen.
Isn't that what you're best at?
Your Highness!
Master, it's a mess outside.
How dare you draw your swords in front of Saheonbu?
You're the Department of Justice!
Hand over the Crown Prince, who is kept captive here.
The Department of Justice will handle this from here.
This case belongs to us, Saheonbu!
I told you that we are taking over from here.
Junior Second Rank! Are you picking a fight?
Are you refusing His Majesty's orders?
- What? - What are you waiting for?
Follow His Majesty's orders immediately!
- Yes, my lord. - Yes, my lord.
- How could you? - This can't happen.
How could Saheonbu be kicked around by the Department of Justice?
(Daecheong)
Are you from the Department of Justice?
We came to take you by His Majesty's orders.
However, I would like to tell you this first.
The Department of Justice...
won't make things favorable...
for you.
There's no such place in this kingdom...
where things are favorable for me.
Escort the Crown Prince.
- Yes, my lord. - Yes, my lord.
Your Highness!
Wait.
Please spare me a moment.
I know these people.
Step back.
Your Highness.
This time,
you should trust us.
We'll prove that you were framed...
no matter what.
Mun Su.
Is everyone...
hurt again...
because of me?
They were mere scratches.
What is he doing?
Is he fooling around even now just because she's a female?
Your Highness.
Why...
"Murder the master".
I saw...
a tattoo that said, "Murder the master".
(Saheonbu)
Also...
What? What else did he say?
Also,
it was a little girl.
Come see me,
Yeo Ji.
What?
There was a murder and we're inspecting.
What's that?
Oh, yes. It's a bucket toilet.
Go ahead.
The murderer of Jipyeong Oh...
was...
a little...
peasant girl.
Did you hear?
The awaited time has come sooner than expected.
(Prince Mil Poong, Yi Tan)
Lower your voice.
We're in the Hall of Paradise where the Buddha dwells.
They say the Crown Prince killed a man.
He just became Crown Prince.
That's because he was born of a peasant.
Still, how can you murder someone?
I don't trust him.
(Jamojeonga)
The situation is serious in the palace...
and even the people are against us.
Now they're finding fault with his background too.
If you're a peasant, you should side with the Crown Prince.
Why are they spreading such rumors?
I'll go out on the streets and try to change the mood.
Are you sure?
Storytellers should be telling stories even when they're dying.
Excuse me.
Do you have a minute? My master wants to see you now.
What does that mean?
Are you also saying that the Crown Prince did it?
If not, why don't you convince me Your Majesty?
Going to the courtesan house and lying about it is serious enough.
But murder?
And the Crown Prince...
isn't even cooperating with the Department of Justice.
If it's a false accusation, why isn't he fighting back?
And the other officials.
What are they doing?
Move out of the way!
I told you to get out!
Get out?
You rascal! This is Noron's office.
That's why you should leave.
You don't deserve to be Noron.
- How dare you... - Act foolishly and offensively?
I will not associate with people...
who appointed that kind of a Crown Prince.
How dare you raise your finger at me like that?
You rascal! I'm the Prime Minister of this kingdom.
- Stop this! - Get out of my way!
- Oh my goodness. - How dare you raise your voice!
We're the frustrated ones.
Why is Noron making the fuss?
Let's go.
I have to go to the investigation room.
How dare you.
You imbeciles.
Do you really want to die?
How can learners of Confucius and Mencius...
be this vulgar?
Go on and hit me too. I said, hit me.
- Try hitting me! Go on! - What a disaster!
- Get out! - No, you get out!
- What a mess! - You scoundrel!
Did you tell Queen Dowager that we're coming?
Yes, she said she'll meet you soon.
She must be desperate since it's her husband.
Court Lady Heo.
What happened?
Did he come back safely?
You keep saying the same thing.
Cho Hyun Myung, Junior Second Rank?
You're pretty tenacious, too.
You're strange.
(Cho Hyun Myung, Junior Second Rank, Soron)
You're making things more difficult.
The situation will only get worse for you.
Even if I speak, nothing will change.
Since I answered you all night,
let me ask you something.
The murder case involving the aristocrat.
Was the case solved?
Why do you ask?
Because it doesn't feel like somebody else's business.
A court lady from the Crown Prince Palace is here.
It's the Crown Prince's lunch time.
I'd like to serve him.
I hope it's not impossible.
Yeo Ji.
Your Highness.
You've grown thin overnight.
It doesn't matter.
But my good looks should be the same.
Your good looks?
Still,
it's nice...
to see you like this.
"Murder the master"?
You mean the slaves who planned to kill their masters?
Yes, you would know it.
Such slaves were prevalent during the late King's reign.
It's the slave group formed...
to kill their own masters.
If I'm right,
that slave group has been formed once again.
Saheonbu's jipyeong's death.
And the death of the official from the Office of Taxation.
There should be more aristocrats that are murdered.
And the culprit...
was a girl?
That's why...
I couldn't say anything.
She was only 12 or 13.
I was so shocked...
that such a young girl would do such a thing.
The main reason I didn't speak at Saheonbu is...
You were worried about the consequences that could follow.
I was little, but I still remember...
when that rebellious slave group was first found out.
Master, please show mercy.
- Strike! - It was a cruel time.
It was not only the rebellious slaves...
that were gotten rid of during those times.
Maybe that's why...
the Crown Prince is holding out.
And his adversary...
is the Saheonbu, the highest legal agency.
Since their own member died, they'll be really brutal.
And he probably knows that.
Secretly find out about the background.
Their crimes should be punished,
but we should prevent it from developing into a storm.
Your Majesty.
At least I should...
know the reason, Crown Prince.
What the background is to the incident you're pursuing.
And how that is...
related to yesterday's incident that involves you.
(Supreme Court)
Is everyone agreed?
Executive Inspector Wi Byung Ju and Daejangcheong officials...
have resolved to resign.
Team Leader Joo Young Han...
and 22 other inspectors have also agreed.
What are you doing?
We have cases to investigate.
Get out, you traitor.
You and Park Mun Su are the only exceptions.
Let's see how you two run the Saheonbu!
Consider me once and hold on please.
You shouldn't do this.
You were the head of Saheonbu.
Don't you not know what the Department of Justice did?
- Please... - Let me go.
Chief Inspector! Chief Inspector!
(Saheonbu)
(Resignation letter)
(Gwanghwamun Gate)
I'm sure you know what it means to defy the king's orders.
Answer me.
What happened?
Your Majesty.
Why is it that you can't tell me?
Do you not trust me as much as I trust you?
I want to help you, Crown Prince.
Was I mistaken about your sincerity?
"Murder the master".
Do you remember that term, Your Majesty?
I'm talking about the incident...
that put the entire country in chaos...
during the period of the late King.