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What...
What did I do so wrong?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Father.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Father!
How can you still not read the basic letters at your age?
How will you claim the royal throne by being so slow?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Father!
I am of royal blood.
This wasn't the kind of life I was supposed to live.
This country doesn't belong to His Majesty.
It belongs to my great-grandfather, my father, and me!
I haven't forgotten! I know that very well!
And yet, you're still not meeting my standards!
How am I going to trust you?
No one will think you deserve to become the king!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Father!
What in the world...
did I do so wrong?
What more could I have done?
What else was I supposed...
to do?
Who's there?
You...
May his soul rest in peace.
(Prince Mil Poong, Yi Tan)
But I'm not going to care about that from now on.
Are you saying Yi Tan is...
inside the palace right now?
No one saw him leave the palace.
That means he's still inside.
Why is he here?
What's he trying to do?
Ring the bell to gather the soldiers.
Make sure all the king's guards are back in the palace.
And order the rest of the soldiers to guard the King's palace,
the Queen Dowager's palace, and the Queen's palace.
Yes, Your Highness.
(King Gyeongjong)
What's going on?
Your Majesty.
(The Queen)
Why is the bell ringing at this hour? What is going on?
How's the King? Is His Majesty safe?
Stop the search immediately!
We shall return to the palace! Let's get a move on!
Return to the palace!
- Return to the palace! - Return to the palace!
Return to the palace!
He's dead.
It seems like he got stabbed by a small knife.
- Your Highness. - Prince Mil Poong killed him.
I need to go to the King's palace right now.
Prince Mil Poong is inside the palace?
All the soldiers in the palace are looking for him.
But you must escape just in case...
Prince Mil Poong.
Protect His Majesty and Her Highness!
Your Majesty, please step back.
Yi Tan!
What do you think you're doing?
How dare you?
You're here.
I knew it.
I knew you'd come for me.
I'm not here to see His Majesty.
I'm going to go with you.
Do you think I'm going to die all by myself?
No!
You have no idea...
how much I adore you.
Prince Mil Poong.
I'm going to take you with me.
If I die,
I'm going to die with you.
(Episode 16: The Trace of Evil)
Open the door! I said, open the door!
I will choose to die if I want to! It's my choice to make!
If Prince Mil Poong fails to become the king,
my life is as good as over.
Dal... Dal Moon.
Please do me a favor, Gun Tae.
Let me...
keep her here for a while.
I can't...
return to being Bok Dan.
Dal Moon.
If I were to return to my old self,
I'd rather...
prefer death.
- Come over here. - Let go of me.
- Let go of me! - What did I do wrong?
What did I do so wrong? You jerks.
Let go of me!
- Come here. - Let go!
Get off me!
- Seriously. - Get off me.
You jerk.
Hey, stupid.
Get off!
Master.
- My gosh. - Stop.
You stupid jerk.
What state did you put me in because you couldn't do your job?
How dare you act up like that here, you jerk?
- Drag him off. - Yes, sir.
Come over here.
Get off me! Get off!
- Get off me! - Get over here.
I'm Do Ji Gwang.
Now, you're being looked down upon...
even by low lives.
That's why you should've lived right when you had the chance.
Take the criminal to the interrogation room.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
(Jo Tae Koo, Chief Justice, Soron)
(Min Jin Heon, Chairman of Congress, Noron)
I'm the direct descendant of Prince So Hyeon.
The throne was supposed to be mine and my father's!
I'll be a king, Prince Yeoning.
That's why I came back.
No.
Won't you die by my hands before that?
Remember.
You're dying because of your brother.
Hwon.
No!
Why did you step up?
You aren't someone who stands up at places like this.
What if I took the throne?
What if I am willing to become a king like you?
Do you really not know?
We don't know, sir.
We really don't know.
How dare you...
Captain.
What about that her?
Luckily, she seems to have calmed down.
But Captain...
Captain!
Prince Mil Poong's house became a mess.
He must've been finished off, right?
Weren't the soldiers looking for anyone else?
Who?
Oh, do you mean that cruel woman that Prince Mil Poong kept with him?
It's her, right? She used to be Kim Chang Joong's concubine.
Then she fell in love with Prince Mil Poong.
Can't you be careful about what you say?
Why are you being so careless about saying such things?
What?
I'm not saying things that didn't happen. Why?
That wicked woman. The concubine.
[VIU Ver] SBS E31 'Haechi' "The Trace of Evil" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
It was because of that woman.
The woman named Yoon Young,
who was Prince Mil Poong's woman.
I can't clearly understand...
why you would care about such a woman like her.
But...
I'll protect her well until it's safe for her.
I know this is wrong.
She has to pay for what she did too.
That's right.
She's a wicked woman.
A concubine.
That's who she is.
She's a woman who would do anything to get what she wants.
She also egged on Prince Mil Poong from behind to do evil things.
But...
if she had more when she was born,
she might have not made such decisions.
If I...
could give her what she wanted...
Captain.
That's why I couldn't watch her die.
I didn't do anything for her.
I couldn't watch her...
lose her life in front of my eyes.
(Department of Justice)
- Your Highness. - Your Highness.
Is this for certain?
Are we sure there aren't any signs of additional coups?
The attack on the palace last night was done by Prince Mil Poong alone.
No other military movements were found.
How are the Palace Guards and the Ministry of War doing?
The National Security Council has given orders...
for the Palace Guards to guard the Royal Palace.
The Ministry of War is guarding the palace gates...
to strengthen our security.
What about Hanseongbu and the police bureau?
I have given orders to increase security within the city.
Don't let your guard down...
until everything is clearly revealed.
Emergency orders to gather soldiers have been given.
Let's work harder on our security so people won't worry.
- Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness.
I heard...
Saheonbu is interrogating Wi Byung Ju and Do Ji Gwang.
They say that the investigation will be finished soon.
We'll make sure we find who was behind this case.
What about Prince Mil Poong?
Did he confess his crimes?
Come in, Your Highness.
Do you admit all of these crimes?
Would it be any different if it was you?
If you were in my boots...
A strong and rightful officer?
How long do you think you'll be able to stay that way?
Do you think you'll still be able to be like that...
if the Crown Prince falls and you lose your connections?
Connections?
To the end...
You just never had the chance to show your rock-bottom.
If I was acknowledged for what I was capable of,
I wouldn't have come this far.
I could've done it like you.
Prince Yeon Ryeong.
The one who killed Yi Hwon...
must be you, Prince Mil Poong.
He took the throne from you...
and you wanted revenge.
Me? No.
That's not true.
"Remember."
"You're dying because of your older brother."
You're wrong.
The one who killed Prince Yeon Ryeong...
is you.
If you hadn't interfered with me,
poor Yi Hwon...
wouldn't have died.
Prince Mil Poong!
Your Highness.
Why is it you and not me?
How am I different from you?
If a peasant like you can take the throne,
why can't I take it?
Whatever happens,
I'll make you pay for your crimes.
No matter what.
I'll go all the way.
Do that, please.
I'll look forward to it.
Calm down, Your Highness.
Prince Mil Poong will be judged by royal law.
Why is it the Crown Prince and not you?
Are you really curious?
It's simply that...
you made different choices.
You and the Crown Prince.
Whoever it is,
the person you are right now...
is the result of the choices you made.
If you don't understand what I'm saying,
you're still hopeless.
It wasn't the place for me to step in.
Forgive my impertinence, Your Highness.
Different choices?
May I ask what you meant?
Do you really not understand?
Until you reached where you are now,
you always chose...
for the sake of a great cause than for your own self.
And that's...
one of the reasons why...
Cho Hyun Myung and I chose you...
as the future king.
Isn't that so, Junior Second Rank?
Vice Minister of Taxation.
Junior Second Rank.
You're free from all charges.
The rest is up to us.
Please, return confidently to the Crown Prince Palace.
Your Highness.
The King is arriving.
Today,
I will pronounce on the results of the scholar's treason case.
The investigation results of the treason case show...
that some of the evidence was manipulated...
and there were base intentions...
to falsely accuse the Crown Prince.
But the scholars Kim Sun Young, Yi Gi Jin, and those involved...
were proven to have had motives of treason.
All of them will be exiled to extreme regions.
Kim Chang Joong and Yi Yi Gyeom...
were also proven to have had motives of treason when I was Crown Prince.
They will have to pay severely for their crimes.
Those who plotted against the Crown Prince...
will pay for their crimes as well as their past crimes.
They will be exiled and will be given poison.
(Poisoning: When the king orders poison on someone)
Also, Prince Mil Poong Yi Tan who manipulated this case...
and caused disorder in the royal court...
will be locked up in a thorn hedge...
and given capital punishment.
(Thorn hedge: A thorn fence preventing prisoner from escaping)
My lord.
In this world,
whose final days...
would be so different from yours?
Please, don't leave too many regrets.
During the late King's reign...
(Kim Chang Joong, Noron)
The will of my father, who also received poison,
was never become an official of the royal court.
My brothers followed his advice.
But I alone set foot on this path to hell.
Eventually,
this is how it ends.
I'll do what I can...
to find a way for your descendants to live.
Since you were...
a branch of Noron.
For that alone I'm grateful.
(Yi Yi Gyeom, Noron)
I ask you, Chairman of Congress.
Thank you.
I thank you too, Chairman of Congress.
Power doesn't last 10 years.
A flower doesn't stay red for 10 days too.
But even after we're gone,
nobody in this palace will realize that fact.
They will go the same path as we did.
Even you too.
You're right.
Power doesn't last 10 years. A flower isn't red for 10 days.
(Even the greatest power doesn't last for 10 years.)
If you're afraid of that saying, how would you do politics?
(Those who come to power will inevitably fall.)
People here live for that one day...
when they can overrule with power.
(Injung Gate)
(Episode 32 will air shortly.)
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I heard you had nothing to eat for several days.
Right?
You'll die doing that.
Don't you have to get revenge on me?
You're being nice to me.
Back then as well as now.
To a wretch like me.
Are you of strong stomach...
or are you just stupid?
You know that I don't thank people for such things.
You know how ungrateful of a wretch I am.
Of course. You still have some energy.
I'll take this...
Did you forget? I'm the wretch who ditched you.
Just let me be.
I will.
Since you're alive now.
Like you said,
I don't want to hang onto someone who left me.
Just...
I just...
couldn't let you die like that.
Eat up.
You'll regret this.
For letting me live.
You know?
Eventually,
I'm going to...
hurt you.
That doesn't matter to me.
It's okay.
As long as you're alive.
Are you going out, Your Highness?
I'm going to see Mun Su and Dal Moon.
You'll have a good time for the first time in a while.
Just because Yeo Ji isn't there,
are you guys going to have a wild night?
Me?
I've left behind such habits a while ago.
I don't remember a thing.
A dog doesn't give up its old habits.
A dog?
Look how you speak to the Crown Prince.
It would've been nice if Yeo Ji was with you today.
She went to Yangju on Saheonbu business.
You must be sad, Your Highness.
Such unnecessary words.
Where is Ja Dong?
Isn't he back?
He went to take care of something...
at the Office of Maintenance.
Really? This late?
So you're saying there's a blood stain that wasn't there before?
Yes. Could it be from some animal?
It feels ominous.
Why is such a thing at the Royal Infirmary?
(Royal Infirmary)
I'll tell Office of Maintenance...
to wipe it off first thing tomorrow.
Okay.
This wine is...
the worst smelling wine in the world.
It's Wi Byung Ju wine. Here we go.
It smells really bad.
That rascal tastes disgusting.
It's worthy of its name for sure!
That's right.
Cheers.
Anyway, give Dal Moon...
a glass of Wi Byung Ju wine.
What?
Like a real man,
you apologize first.
What apology?
Fine. If you want one from me.
May this traitor receive a glass?
Come on. It's not only my fault.
If you told me earlier, I wouldn't have misunderstood.
If you misunderstand me again, you'll probably kill me.
I thought my neck was breaking.
A grown man acting weak.
So, where does it hurt?
What should I for you?
Should I blow on it?
What are you doing?
Blowing in my ears?
When did I blow in your ears?
I'm blowing where you said it hurts.
Why are you doing this?
I said I'm okay.
Why are you enjoying it?
Mun Su, you still haven't fixed your old habit.
- Your Highness. - Your Highness.
You're not the only one.
He blew in my ears too.
- What? - I did hear...
that Your Highness is gay.
That means...
- Mun Su is also... - Come on.
Not me.
It's a wrong rumor.
But Mun Su,
why aren't you married yet?
Could it be...
Your Highness, don't do this.
Why are you supporting him?
I'm not that kind of person.
Seriously.
Ah Bong, Jang Dal, explain this for me.
I don't know.
Hearing what he said,
I am getting doubts.
What?
You're right. The only girl he's close to...
is Yeo Ji the manly man.
Are you going to do this too?
Stop that.
Stop it. Seriously.
It's ridiculous that I'm asking you this.
Gun Tae, Storyteller, does it seem to you that I'm...
Don't touch me.
Hey.
I have a wife and kids.
Are you really going to do this to me?
I said I'm not.
I'm more of a man than any man.
What should I do? Do you want to check?
- Goodness. - What?
- Just drink up. - We must've gone a bit too far.
Mun Su doesn't seem he'll calm down soon.
That's why I tease him.
He gets worked up so easily.
I again, learned something from the King of the streets.
Thank you.
I'm sorry...
I didn't let you know beforehand.
And there's another secret I haven't told you.
But I don't think...
I could ever tell you that secret.
That's okay.
If you have to do so,
there must be a reason.
I thought it was something serious when you said you wanted to talk.
Let's go in.
We should drink up.
Your Highness.
About Prince Mil Poong.
When will he receive poison?
Isn't it earlier the better?
He was exiled already.
Why would you be in a rush?
There's something that's bothering me.
On the day of his exile,
the look on Prince Mil Poong's face...
What about the look on Prince Mil Poong's face?
What do you mean?
Your Majesty. Are you okay?
It's nothing serious.
But why are the lights in the royal palace on?
Who are you?
Crown Prince.
Was I...
merely afraid?
Did I do that to the Crown Prince just because of that?
Your Majesty. What's wrong?
I'll call the royal physician immediately.
No. Call the Chief Royal Secretary first.
Immediately call the Chief Royal Secretary.
(Queen Dowager's Palace)
Have you really made your decision?
By any chance...
just like last time,
if you're trying to test the Crown Prince...
I thought you would get worried about such things.
That's why I came to see you first.
And...
I had a favor to ask.
From me?
What brings you here?
You should've called me to your palace.
It doesn't matter if I visit you or you visit me.
I'm here to deliver a message from His Majesty today.
What?
The Chairman of Congress and the Chief Justice.
I called you two today...
because of a special order.
Please tell us your orders, Your Majesty.
Today, Seungjeongwon will announce...
that I have ordered vicarious governing...
to the Crown Prince.
Your Majesty, that must not happen. That's...
I have made my decision, Chief Justice.
And this isn't a trap to corner the Crown Prince like before.
Your Majesty.
So as the heads of Soron and Noron,
I want you to gather agreement.
I'm planning to calm down the confusion in the palace...
through this action.
But Your Highness,
I can't accept this.
His Majesty asked me to tell you this...
because he knew you would act like this.
He wanted me to convince you for him.
You must know this too.
Father wanted to give the throne...
not to me,
but to the Crown Prince.
Your Majesty. That's...
I'll teach the Crown Prince how to rule.
I want to discuss the future of this kingdom with him.
I have been born and raised within the palace.
I'm not enough, but I am the King too.
As the King, wouldn't there be...
at least something that I can teach the Crown Prince?
His Majesty is serious, Crown Prince.
So don't be negative about the vicarious governing.
Just be loyal to him.
Your Highness.
This...
must be the late King's will.
And I want to see two brothers working together as allies...
to discuss the future of this kingdom...
within this palace.
(King Sukjong)
It was you, Crown Prince.
You were the king of this kingdom...
that our father had in mind.
What answer do you want from me?
Do you want me to apologize for not dying back then or...
Are you happy?
You ruined yourself as I mocked you.
And are you happy about that?
Father.
You could've led a proud life and let the world know about it.
Even if half of the blood in your veins were from a low life,
you could've led a proper life by your will.
But why are you living like that?
Why is that all you can do?
Why do I live like this?
Yes.
I am too great that I can't choose, but to live like this, Your Majesty.
I can't do anything even if I tried to do something.
Yes.
That's how you were, Prince Yeoning.
That's why it broke my heart even more...
every time I saw your capabilities to be a king.
I...
will die soon, Prince Yeoning.
But before that happens,
can you show the world...
all the great traits I know that you have?
I'm asking if you can...
take better care of yourself...
and show the world what a decent man you really are.
[VIU Ver] SBS E32 'Haechi' "The Royal Infirmary" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
The Crown Prince has arrived!
The Crown Prince should start sitting in attendance...
for the vicarious governing.
(Sitting in attendance: The Crown Prince sits before the King to work)
Inscrutable are the King's favors, Your Majesty.
From this day forward,
I shall follow His Majesty's orders...
and discuss...
our country's affairs with all of you.
I will have a lot to learn.
And therefore, I look forward to learning...
from every single one of you.
- Inscrutable are... - Inscrutable are...
- the Crown Prince's favors. - the Crown Prince's favors.
Then...
shall we begin our first discussion of our country's affairs?
For my first act of vicarious governing,
I shall follow His Majesty's orders...
and accept the request made by Section Chief Yoon...
to conduct personnel appointments for the three agencies.
I will begin...
by innovating the personnel of Saheonbu.
Therefore, I will have the current chief inspector replaced.
(Replace: A replacement of personnel)
And in accordance to the request of Section Chief Yoon,
I will appoint Yi Gwang Jwa,
the current vice minister of taxation,
as the new chief inspector.
Your Highness,
I don't understand.
- The chief inspector... - Do you truly wish...
to disagree with me on my very first day?
The new chief inspector, Yi Gwang Jwa,
shall come forward and obey my orders.
I have a message for the new chief inspector, Yi Gwang Jwa.
The reason this country became so corrupt...
is because the Saheonbu failed to do its job...
of monitoring the government officials...
and enforcing the law in a fair manner.
Therefore, I wish to appoint you...
with a heavy responsibility to reform the Saheonbu.
So I hope you will fulfill your job...
with your utmost loyalty.
Inscrutable are the Crown Prince's favors.
I swear on my life...
that I will do everything that is asked of me.
The chief inspector arrives!
Is my life going downhill from now?
Inspector Joo, be quiet.
What? "Inspector Joo"?
Okay, Inspector Park.
Bow to the new chief inspector!
That's okay.
(Bow: An act of greeting the organization's superior)
From now on, we'll get rid of this unnecessary empty formality.
But this is a part of the Saheonbu's culture...
At exactly 7am, after everyone's finished with their meals,
we will have a meeting at the Daejangcheong.
What's going on? What does he want?
What do you think?
He's saying you shouldn't waste time on unnecessary formalities...
and just focus on working hard.
Master Yoon Hyuk.
Inspector Park.
What's going on?
Why are you wearing a uniform again?
Isn't that for the team leader?
This is...
Oh, this. Yes, I'm back.
It's the first personnel appointment made by the new chief inspector.
I was just getting used to the section chief position,
but I got asked to come back.
I can't believe Yi Gwang Jwa is the chief inspector.
I can't believe Yoon Hyuk is the team leader.
We're doomed. We're totally doomed.
I'm glad you're back.
I think working at the Saheonbu is going to be more fun now.
I missed all of you.
- I'm glad you're back. - I look forward to everything.
I know it's the norm to accept the first decision...
that the Crown Prince makes as the King's proxy.
But I didn't know you'd use that opportunity to strike the Saheonbu.
"Strike"?
That's quite a violent term.
I'm only trying to renew the Saheonbu's discipline.
A new leader isn't enough to change the entire organization.
I'm sure you know that.
Yes, of course.
That is why I am planning to do more...
than just change their leader.
This is why Prince Mil Poong...
shouldn't have gotten caught that night.
I'm saying this because I saw him at the palace that night.
I wonder why he didn't run away when he surely had the chance.
It's such a pity.
You saw...
Prince Mil Poong that night?
Officially speaking,
I was not aware of his crimes.
Therefore,
there was no reason for me to report him.
Wait. Wait right there.
What do you mean...
Prince Mil Poong had the chance to run away?
Your Highness.
What time did the officer...
of the special judiciary agency witness Prince Mil Poong that night?
- Was it during the time of the dog? - Pardon?
(The time of the dog: From 7pm to 9pm)
I think so.
But why do you ask?
That means Min Jin Heon was right.
Your Highness, what exactly are you talking about?
Prince Mil Poong entered the palace at around 8pm.
But he got caught by the king's guards at around 10pm.
Do you understand?
He had enough time to run away.
But he still stayed in the palace.
Why did he do that?
What was he trying to do?
Yoon Young, I trust that you know...
what it is that you need to do.
This is not...
the end for us.
Where are you going?
I'm going to go outside for a while.
But Dal Moon...
I'll be back, so don't worry.
Where else...
would I be able to go?
Your Majesty.
It's possible that we lost track of what he was up to...
because we were too focused on the fact that we caught him.
Order the Department of Justice...
to gather every single information they can find.
Yes, Your Highness.
You're here.
I knew it.
I knew you'd come for me.
I wonder why he didn't run away when he surely had the chance.
It's such a pity.
There's something that's bothering me.
On the day of his exile,
the look on Prince Mil Poong's face...
What was it, Yi Tan?
Why did you stay?
What were you up to?
Your Highness!
What happened?
His Majesty fainted while drinking his medicine?
I'm sorry, Your Highness.
But I'm not quite sure what his illness is.
I tried to examine him...
What kind of nonsense is that?
How can the royal physician not know the King's illness?
Your Highness.
What brings you to the Royal Infirmary?
Blood?
- You found a bloodstain here? - Yes.
It was right here.
The Royal Infirmary made a request to have it cleaned up,
so the Office of Maintenance came and cleaned it up a few days ago.
The Royal Infirmary?
No one saw him leave the palace.
That means he's still inside.
Why...
For what?
It can't be.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Are you okay?
Do you recognize me?
Goodness.
Is anyone there?
- Call the doctor right now. - Yes, sir.
Your Majesty, you have to drink this. Come on.
No!
Stop that, Your Highness.
Crown Prince, what are you doing?
- Your Highness. - Get rid of the medicine.
Don't give him medicine from the Royal Infirmary.
(Haechi)