My Lord!
No! I can't just let His Lordship die like that!
If that happens, I won't be able to live on.
My Lord!
What are you doing? Quickly kill him now.
Yes.
Secret peony order!
Hang on.
What did you just say?
I have secret orders from Her Majesty, the Queen in my hands.
What?
You still haven't found the Grand Prince?
Cheon Bong asked me to inform you that the Grand Prince is safe and sound. Please do not worry.
Did Cheon Bong really ask you to tell me that?
That's right.
So please quickly conduct the rain praying ceremony.
What? You don't believe me?
How can this be?
How is this with you?
Of course it's the orders of Her Majesty, the Queen.
If you're curious about the reason, you should sheath your swords first.
Go to the pavilion behind the temporary residence and you'll find His Highness, the Crown Prince.
That secret peony order just now...
If you're curious about that, first divulge the contents of the secret orders that you received.
Intentionally scalding your hand to conceal the scar on your hand...
that was also among them.
Not bad.
Now I know why the Crown Prince wanted to keep you at his side.
If I had really done well, I wouldn't have been wronged and fled.
Thus we should now form a new deal.
If you let me go here, you and your daughter...
We'll go to Ming China together, right?
Indeed, you're smart. You're capable of understanding.
No.
Today, your crimes will all be revealed to the world.
That way I can clear my name
without the need to make a deal with you.
Aigoo, I'm a victim too! (Aigoo - oh dear, oh my god)
Why have you come here?
You're not quickly calling Merchant Jang out here?
Merchant Jang is not in.
That wily old fox!
Where did he go?
That...
What are you doing? Quickly speak the truth!
Yes... He said he was going to attend the rain prayer ceremony.
Rain prayer ceremony?
Yes... My Lord. My Lord, you're now...
Just because I've been dismissed, does it make sense that I can't even recapture an escaped slave?
Well then, just pretend that you caught him.
But you can't let him escape again.
Can I really say that I caught him?
Thank you very much, My Lord.
- Let's go! - What?
I'm also a victim!
- Come along! - Seriously...
Not so forcefully...
You caught the swindler?
Of course. I caught him.
Aigoo! You're so amazing!
You're clearly so skilled. How come you didn't catch him before?
Now I know why they call you the Red Demon.
Indeed, the Red Demon stands out from the crowd.
Then my orabeoni can clear his name, (Orabeoni - older brother)
and I don't need to be a slave anymore, right?
What?
Then the prescriptions?
They're not with Mak Bong. They've already fallen into another's hands.
T-Then...
Don't despair.
I know who has it now. It's just a matter of time before finding it.
It's the truth.
I'm going to the rain prayer ceremony to find the prescriptions.
During this time, watch over Mak Bong carefully.
Rain prayer ceremony?
The Grand Prince wasn't even found, and they just went on with the ceremony.
Crown Prince, you're only now revealing your true colours.
You've even forsaken your brother.
How is it?
He hasn't been found yet.
If you don't want your bones buried here, you must find him.
Find him!
Ahh... isn't this of no use?
It's going to rain by doing that?
It won't. It's all useless.
Indeed.
If it was going to rain with just that, it would have rained long ago.
Hold him back.
You might as well take this child who is soon to die of starvation as a sacrifice to the heavens.
You've exploited the people's sweat and blood.
The offerings you've prepared won't be able to move the heavens.
Drag him out of here.
You might as well give this child as an offering!
Give this child as an offering!
Hold off.
Bring the meat soup over.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness, you mustn't do that.
How can you take the sacred offers for the heavens...
If the heavens are enraged because of this,
then I won't plead to these heavens.
Your Highness.
For whom am I holding this rain prayer ceremony and pleading the heavens for a heavy rain?
Isn't it so that everyone under the sun will no longer die of starvation from the drought?
Eunuch Hwang.
Yes, Your Highness.
Leave behind food for this child.
Collect all the remaining food and distribute it to the hungry people.
Quickly!
If the heavens are angered because of this and are unwilling to make it rain,
even if I have to die, I'll use my tears to make rainfall.
Quickly do as I say.
Yes, Your Highness.
What's this atmosphere?
Even so, what's the use if it doesn't rain?
What is this?
Rain. Isn't this rain?
This...
His Highness, the Crown Prince's benevolence towards his people
has touched the heavens!
Your Highness, the Crown Prince, please observe the sufferings of the people!
How can this be?
Please go with agassi to hide from the rain. (Agassi - young lady)
Ajussi, I will no longer make you save His Lordship.
As such, please allow me to return to the temporary residence.
Why must you say such unsettling words?
You don't know why you were just about to lose your life?
I know.
But right now the confession letter is in your hands. They wouldn't...
You are truly...
Do you truly not know what I'm feeling to be holding onto that confession letter?
I know.
I know very well.
I'm sorry, Ajussi.
This is the last time. Please let me go.
Then, I will no longer go against your orders.
- It's raining! - It's raining!
The heavens helped Hyeongnim.
They helped Hyeongnim.
What are you doing there?
As a citizen of this nation,
are you not happy seeing this rain?
Being drenched by the rain will only exacerbate my illness.
You haven't been ill like I am so you don't know, right?
I worry the rain will leak in. I'm scared.
But seeing everyone so happy, I want to be happy like them too.
Then again, Mother probably detests this rain profusely.
The heavens are siding with His Highness, the Crown Prince and us.
The heavens are helping us?
As they say, "the pear falls as the bird takes flight." (Idiom: two unrelated things appear related by coincidence of timing)
The Crown Prince really has such good luck.
Is this really luck?
This thing called rain brings such a pleasant surprise.
Didn't Your Highness already know beforehand that it was going to rain today?
You knew?
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness who has a high attainment in astrology,
I had sensed it when we went to the Gwansanggam. (Gwansanggam - office responsible for astronomy, geography and weather)
Really? Is that so?
My expectations were not wrong. It's truly fortunate.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, the Crown Prince.
The one who wanted to see me secretly was the Right State Councillor?
Why would the Right State Councillor...
The confession letter that remains is in the hands of the head of the merchant group, Jang Hong Dal.
It hasn't been long since he left the temporary residence.
I heard from Cheon Bong,
that thanks to you, not one drop of blood was shed,
and the rain prayer ceremony was peacefully completed.
It's thanks to His Highness, the Grand Prince's well-wishes for Your Highness.
Yes. Is the Grand Prince safe and sound?
Yes.
Not only was the rain prayer ceremony completed without a hitch,
we've also obtained the prescriptions that can have them arrested.
From the looks of it, your killing of Deok Pal at their behest
has been weighing on your heart.
Do you truly believe that I killed Deok Pal?
As a physician, I couldn't kill Deok Pal in order to save my daughter.
Till the very moment that Deok Pal died, I had done my utmost.
However,
in order to save my daughter, I had to flee before giving my leave to Your Highness.
Was that the best way?
No. Even if you only had that one viable path,
you still should have told me you had no other choice than to do that.
If I did that, it would only cause Your Highness greater grief.
You wouldn't be able to say to me, "kill your daughter for me."
I didn't come here merely to unravel the misunderstanding with Your Highness.
Only if Your Highness is able to successfully complete the rain prayer ceremony
and obtain the trust of the people and His Majesty
are you able to clear my name.
That's why this time you have to make use of the prescriptions and confession letter left by Do Saeng,
and help me clear my name.
My Lord.
Agassi, you can't be like this.
Have you forgotten that you promised Elder that you'd return to the temporary residence?
Nothing should have happened to His Lordship, right?
Please tell me.
Tell me His Lordship is okay.
That person should have been finished off by Lord Gim Chi Yong.
You should end this infatuation.
How could you utter such terrifying words?
Then what am I to do?
What can I do?
My Lord!
My Lord. Where exactly are you?
This time is the final time.
Please... please, be alive.
As long as I have witnessed Your Lordship to be still alive,
I won't look for you again.
I'll obey Ajussi my entire lifetime. So, please...
Did you see His Highness, the Crown Prince?
Yes. But My Lord, why are you here?
Have you caught Mak Bong?
That's right. You guessed correctly.
I investigated Jang Hong Dal's merchant group as you suggested in your letter and I caught Mak Bong.
However, the prescriptions and confession letter have already fallen in to the hands of Jang Hong Dal.
I just encountered Jang Hong Dal here.
Is that so? I was on my way to catch him.
His Highness, the Crown Prince has also given the order to have them pursued.
In that case, he isn't at the temporary residence now.
That means he'll be over there.
You know where he is?
You reckon I wouldn't even know that much?
My Lord!
In that case, I'll go with you too.
What?
I'm sorry. However, Agassi is now clear about your wishes
and she won't act recklessly again.
Would the child who clearly understands my wishes have behaved in such a manner?
That fellow Choe Won is quite scary.
Aside from not calling me father, she has never gone against my wishes.
That's right.
Because this matter is as important as not calling me father, that's why she's treating me this way.
Elder.
Then again,
she is after all the agassi that I once served.
Why would she call me father?
That's right.
Do Mun, it's probably the first time you heard of it.
Back in the day when I was a servant at Vice Minister Hong's residence, Da In was the agassi that I served.
Who has come?
Who are you?
Where has all this riffraff come from?
You bastard...
Elder, Lee Jeong Hwan and Choe Won have come.
What? Why would Choe Won...
I'll go out and take care of it.
That's not needed.
Go and hide for a moment.
No. I won't leave you and go.
Are you not listening to me either?
Please quickly retreat.
Hurry up and hand over the confession letter.
Don't continue to be someone your adopted daughter Da In is ashamed of.
You bastard. You've got a hardy life.
The confession letter?
He doesn't have it.
Did you give to the guy from just now?
I was wondering why he backed off so quickly and dodged away.
Where did that fellow go?
Let's just stop it here.
Please take him to His Highness, the Crown Prince first.
If this person is arrested, that fellow will surely reemerge.
Da In. Where's Da In?
Don't look for Da In.
If you go looking for Da In again, she'll be exposed to danger!
In that case, please convey this to her.
By her nature, to have been separated like that earlier,
she must be feeling guilty thinking that I died because of her.
You have to help me convey to her that I'm safe and sound.
I will convey that to her too.
You hurry up and bring over His Highness, the Grand Prince.
Because the rain prayer ceremony troubled me,
a problem must have arisen with my stomach.
Is there no physician here?
Your stomach isn't unwell. It's because you're hungry.
Who asked you to be stubborn and not eat?
You can eat this.
You are so daring.
I already said that I don't eat this kind of food.
Forget it if you don't want it.
I didn't want to give it to you either.
I only offered it to you because your stomach kept rumbling.
I'm so hungry.
Prodigy is eating really well nowadays.
You used to be like this bad young master and made a fuss not wanting to eat this kind of food.
Don't say those things.
What? You want some more?
Wait!
Give that to me?
This?
It's not because I'm hungry,
but I'm eating it to experience the life of the people.
Do the people really eat this kind of food to survive?
Eonni! (Eonni - older sister)
Rang.
Is our Rang doing well?
You've become healthier.
Yes, I even got the moxibustion treatment that I hate the most.
You don't even know how scary and painful it was.
If you gave me the treatment, it definitely wouldn't have been painful.
Eonni, are you feeling unwell?
No.
Rang, where is your father?
Father isn't here right now.
Eonni! Eonni!
What is this? Is that beautiful lady really sick?
Looking at how warm her body is and the trembling,
it seems to be a cold.
The lips are purple too.
Elder brother, help me to change the water.
O-Okay.
There is a problem.
Inside... someone is about to die.
Are you talking about Rang?
No. It's not Prodigy.
Then is it the Grand Prince?
No. It's that beautiful lady.
If it's the beautiful lady...
Da In. Is Da In here?
How is she?
Based on what Prodigy said, she has caught a cold.
It seems she was drenched in the rain.
It's Sanghanpyojeung.
How can this be?
Prodigy, must you be like this?
Didn't you say, if I took you to where your father is,
you'll let your father like me a bit more than that beautiful lady?
That is when the beautiful female physician isn't sick.
Because I've been sick before,
so I'll unconditionally side with the one who is sick.
I'm also sick too.
Once I see your father, it beats really quickly. It's heart illness.
That isn't an illness but feelings.
Feelings?
The feelings of loving my father to death.
Then what should I do with those feelings?
Anyway, what is that bad young master doing?
He ate 3 bowls of grassroot congee just now and now is sleeping over there.
Hey, how are you feeling?
My Lord.
Yes, I'm here.
Is it really you?
Don't overexert yourself.
It's all right.
Thank you for being safe and sound like this.
Don't worry about me. You should worry about yourself.
You used to be very strong, how did you become like this?
Don't worry about me.
This illness came about because I was worried that you had fallen to the hands of Lord Gim Chi Yong.
Now that I don't have to worry, I'll conquer this illness and recover.
Seeing how you can answer me,
I'm more relaxed now.
I can relax too.
Being able to personally see that you're safe and sound.
Don't fall sick.
My Lord.
Don't fall sick because of me again.
I didn't know I had been prescribed so many yin nourishing decoctions.
Aren't these the prescriptions that are harmful to me?
You actually approved of them so easily.
His Highness is asking you. You have to answer.
This is a conspiracy, Your Highness, the Crown Prince.
It was Choe Won who fabricated false evidence...
Conspiracy?
Then what about the matter of putting jim poison in His Highness's medicine?
That was personally bought by Joseon's richest Merchant Jang.
You should say something.
Your Highness, I'm being wronged.
There isn't any evidence that I bought the jim poison.
I personally saw the content of the confession letter.
"Through the merchant group, Jang Hong Dal brought back a jim poison from the Ming Empire."
"Afterwards, that jim poison..."
"Apothecary Deok Pal and I daringly put it in His Highness's medicine."
This is a conspiracy.
How could I do something as outrageous as that?
You're saying I'm lying?
Your Highness,
although the evidence is in the hands of Merchant Jang now,
there is one other person who has read the confession letter.
That person is none other than the person off of whom Merchant Jang forcibly snatched the evidence,
Mak Bong, the slave from the Royal Investigation Bureau.
The arrival of Her Majesty, the Queen.
After losing your brother, you still have the free time to do this?
Your Majesty.
Why did you personally come to such a dangerous place?
Why must I come here?
In order to protect his hyeongnim,
your brother who went to the rain prayer ceremony with you has disappeared.
Not only do you not go and find your brother, you continue the rain prayer ceremony here.
Being able to complete the rain prayer ceremony smoothly is also what brother wanted the most.
Furthermore, I've already sent people to find brother.
He'll be found soon...
What if he can't be found?
What are you going to do then?
Your Majesty, please calm down.
Please give me a bit more time.
Seeing that you're so confident,
it couldn't be you that has kidnapped the Grand Prince, right?
Do I have the time to arrange all this?
I have been investigating the people who poison me under someone's orders.
Are you going to mention the poisoning again?
It looks like the blow of your father taking back the abdication
has made you unable to come to your senses.
We should be doing our utmost to find the Grand Prince now.
Your Majesty, the Queen.
Unless I can personally see the Grand Prince,
I won't even take a step out of here.
Thus, quickly find my son!
I'll drink the rest later. It's too bitter.
How can you be even worse at drinking medicine than my Rang.
Here.
Swallow it.
Don't leave any. Drink it all.
Very good.
Here. Eat this.
I can eat it myself.
I'll feed it to you.
You have to chew it carefully then swallow it.
The fever has gone down a lot. Do you feel a bit better now?
Yes, I feel alive now.
Merchant Jang Hong Dal...
Your adoptive father,
has been taken away by the Crown Prince.
You can say that I was the one who caught him.
I don't feel any regret about this,
but I keep feeling apologetic towards you.
Saying these now, I...
You don't need to blame yourself.
It was ajussi and Lord Gim Chi Yong that joined hands, and made you bear the injustice.
All sorts of wicked things that ajussi and them are doing,
I don't want these things to continue happening either.
I'm sorry.
No...
You don't need to feel apologetic towards me.
I need to go to where ajussi is.
I need to go and see ajussi.
You can't.
My Lord, what should I do?
What exactly should I do?
What should I do if they continue on like this and their eyes meet? (take a liking to each other)
My heart won't listen to me either.
What should I do?
Let go of me.
Did you come alone?
What about my father?
I came to get that kid.
Then why did you drag me out?
I can't continue watching anymore.
Let's meet eyes too.
Grand Prince.
Shouldn't I be going back now?
Yes, I'll take you back.
Your Majesty.
How can you have me commit suicide?
It's not other people,
but I am your brother, how can you...
Don't you know what crime it is for not being able to protect your nephew who is a prince?
And Crown Prince,
you're still acting so righteously when you didn't even protect your own brother properly.
I don't know if the reason you're so at ease is because you're the one who kidnapped your own brother.
I'm really burning with anger.
Brother, shouldn't you hand over your life now,
to warn others of how big of a crime this is?
Grand Prince!
Mother.
You're saying that you weren't kidnapped by your hyeongnim nor were you imprisoned?
You're saying that while your hyeongnim was praying for rain,
you went for a walk?
That's right.
I felt that the world outside was very fascinating, so I went to see the people.
Take off your clothes.
Mother.
Starting from now, you aren't my son anymore.
Mother.
Will you not shut up?
Hurry up and take off your clothes.
Starting from now, you aren't my son or anything at all.
I'll find a boy from the royal family and take him as an adopted son.
From now onwards, I don't have a son like you.
Mother, please beat me instead.
I'm willing to be beaten, until your temper has soothed.
Is that so?
Since that is your wish, then I'll do so accordingly.
Please don't be like this.
Are you not going to give that to me?
Are you planning on beating my brother to death?
Yes, that is my plan.
Being unfilial like him who goes against his mother,
he is a son that is even worse than an animal.
What is the use of keeping him?
How can you be like this? You might as well just beat me.
On behalf of my brother, I'm willing...
To die?
Grand Prince tell your hyeongnim.
If he wants to dissuade me, then immediately release Lord Gim Chi Yong.
If not,
then you must take off your clothes in front of your hyeongnim and get out.
Mother.
What are you going to do?
Are you really planning on abandoning your bother?
I'm sorry.
I'm unable to abandon you,
so you should abandon me.
Your Highness.
Eunuch Hwang, come in.
Yes, Your Highness.
Quickly take the Grand Prince out and give him medicine.
Yes.
This time,
I don't want to be made a fool of by Your Majesty's sinister plan due to my brother.
What did you say?
Don't you know that a minister can't be arrested so easily...
How could I not know?
That's why I went to see Father right when I got back to the palace
and begged him to allow for the arrest of the person who led the Right State Councillor in the attempt to murder me.
Thus, please don't make a rash move this time.
I hope you can conduct yourself with dignity. You must conduct yourself with dignity.
My Lord,
what should I do?
What exactly should I do?
Although you're quack, your skills are very remarkable.
It's all thanks to you,
that we could complete the rain praying ceremony without any loss of life.
And for His Highness, the Crown Prince, he had a wonderful reversal of fortune.
I only did these things to clear my name.
To clear your name?
Is that all?
You don't even know what you have done.
It looks like your level of tolerance is very different compared to your grandfather.
You know my grandfather?
Using harmful medicine prescriptions to murder the cornerstone of the nation is a treasonous crime.
Now that the evidence and witness are gathered,
take the Right State Councillor Gim Chi Yong and Jang Hong Dal to prison.
Royal Investigation Bureau's Inspector Lee Jeong Hwan who was dismissed wrongfully
and risked his life to find the truth of this case will be reinstated.
Let go! Let go!
I'm not feeling happy, so I want a slave to pour some wine for me.
Why aren't you listening to me?
Let go of me!
Even if I become a prostitute,
I definitely will not pour wine for you who is even lower than an animal!
What did you say? Are you looking for death?
You're the one who is crazy.
Since you have been bullied for so long, you'd surely be holding a deep grudge.
I'll give you a chance to pay him back.
Were you that timid? Weren't you quite harsh towards me?
If you dare to touch me again...
When the time comes...
Just say that when that times comes, you'll report it to me.
I'll report it to him.
If you need a woman to pour you wine, then go to a gisaeng house.
The person here, don't touch even one finger of hers.
Really?
Yes.
Those people who framed your brother are already arrested,
so you won't be a slave anymore very soon.
Did you know?
The clothes of the Royal Investigation Bureau's inspector is the most suitable for you.
And I was thinking what it was. I knew this ages ago.
Thank you.
For being able to come back.
Ajussi, are you okay?
Are you hurt?
I don't want see you.
Leave.
Ajussi.
What are you crying for?
Isn't this what you hoped for?
No. How could I hope for it to become like this for you?
Be quiet.
I'll be out very soon.
This matter will not proceed as you desire.
You don't need to shed your crocodile tears here.
Ajussi, you should quickly beg for mercy to atone for your crimes.
As your family,
I'll also willing help you atone for your crimes too.
Be quiet!
Are you still going to stand by Choe Won's side?
I won't see him again in the future.
From now on, I'll stay by your side.
Thus, please don't go down the wrong road again.
Lord Gim Chi Yong.
Since there is such a conclusive evidence,
it doesn't look like it's necessary to say anything.
All that's left is Jang Hong Dal.
Tell me.
After you escaped and got Min Do Saeng's confession letter taken by Jang Hong Dal,
the record that said in order to poison the Crown Prince,
Jang Hong Dal secretly brought back a Jim poison from Ming Empire,
do you still remember?
You're talking about that?
Today is the first time I've seen him.
You bastard!
Your Highness.
This person has something to report.
Give him the writing materials.
Quickly do it.
This is Lord Gim Chi Yong's signature of approval on the prescriptions.
This is the signature this person just drew.
Then, have you seen this before?
Yes.
A few months ago, Physician Min Do Saeng of the Royal Hospital
got me to copy this signature.
Although they still need to suffer a bit more before they come to their senses,
I still need these people, so what can I do?
Thus, if the confession letter can't be found before tomorrow,
Lord Gim Chi Yong and Jang Hong Dal will be released due to lack of evidence.
The confession letter.
The confession letter must be found.
Elder, are you all right?
What are you doing here?
I'll be released tomorrow.
Take care of Da In properly.
What are you going to do about the confession letter?
Although it's safer to burn it,
this is the only way to keep Da In from any danger.
Take it and secretly hide it well.
If this person is arrested, that fellow will surely reemerge.
Where is the confession letter?
I don't know.
Merchant Jang hid the confession letter because of you.
Yet you still say you don't know.
I don't know.
Is that so?
Since you're already useless, you should die then.
My Lord.
You should take a look at who it is that you're seeking to denounce.
As the Red Demon, what are you going to do having suffered such a great humiliation?
Please wait a moment.
What is it? Do you still have something to say?
Who are you?
He is the treasonous criminal!
The treasonous criminal is over there.
This is the conclusive evidence that can clear my name.
Jubu Min's confession letter.
Now take back the crimes that you've given me.
-=Next Episode Preview=-
This girl! This girl, what am I to do?
Since you have accepted my order, why did you do such a foolish thing?
Be gentler...
Are you not going to tell the truth?
Since you even know that, all the more reason you should die.
My Lord!
-=Episode 13=-
-=Sanghanpyojeung: flu-like symptoms=-
-=The following morning=-
That was the best way.
No.
Your Highness, the Crown Prince, please observe the sufferings of the people!
He shouldn't have gotten far.
No.