(All characters, organizations, places, cases, and incidents...)
(in this drama are fictitious.)
(Episode 21)
Gosh.
Darn it.
- What is it? - What?
What?
You cannot look me in the eye.
You seem anxious.
Gosh.
I am nervous.
Now?
Yes, I am.
I do not know why I am nervous now.
This is odd. I am acting weird, right?
You are such a coward.
And you do not feel nervous at all?
I feel...
as if my heart is about to...
I am completely fine.
Really?
Yes.
Dong Joo.
We deserve death, Your Majesty.
We did not know...
that it was a grave crime.
When you were burying the dead bodies,
did you see Yu Yeon Kyung and the family's bodies?
I think I might have seen the lady we used to serve.
- Well... - They were all dead.
All of them were dead.
The lady who ran away from her house...
and even her daughter were dead.
After checking that all of them were dead,
we buried all of their bodies.
Is that so?
Fine. Where did you bury...
their bodies?
I visited the gisaeng house where Hwa Su is staying.
She did not go to that gisaeng house either.
- I will search outside the city... - That is enough. Take a seat.
Pardon?
Seeing how you were not able to find her after much effort,
she must really hate me.
Should I be relieved that she did not go to him?
We cannot go in like this. What if someone sees us?
Did you not hear that you should take absolute rest?
No one is at home, anyway.
Who would be in the yard this early in the morning?
Hey, that is all right. Just put me down.
- Come on. - Put me down.
Come on.
See? I told you. No one is...
What?
- Goodness. - I was wrong.
- Darn it. - Hey.
Hey, it is Dong Joo.
Okay.
You know what?
He came to find you.
He is from the palace.
From the palace?
I do not mind having one more servant under me.
May I ask why?
Why I am asking for such a favor?
She is the girl who gave advice on how to treat...
His Majesty's insomnia which even physicians gave up on.
Please accept my request.
Yes, Your Highness.
We are alive and together now.
So...
can you not follow your heart and just like me?
I just...
like...
I really...
like you.
Did you ask to see me?
I need you to do a task for me.
I will spare you a few royal guards.
Okay. What is my task?
Bring them in.
I do not think they remember the spot.
We cannot search the entire mountain as it is vast.
There was a rule...
that we were not allowed to come out when we heard a bell rattling.
And meanwhile,
Lord Heo often visited an isolated house...
in the village for widows.
An isolated house?
You just said you could not go out.
How would you know that?
Just because my friend saw...
what she was not supposed to witness at the house,
Lord Heo murdered her.
Hey. What are you talking about?
Tell His Majesty what the dead widow saw at the house.
She told me that there was a young man.
She said that he was to do great things later on.
- Who is that man? - Your Majesty.
There is something I must tell you about that man, Your Majesty.
The man over there has something to tell you.
Everyone else except these two may leave.
- Goodness. - Goodness.
- Goodness. - Since you cannot seem to remember,
we shall return for today.
- Yes, my lord. - Yes, my lord.
Whose burial ground...
are you looking for?
Sorry?
It is...
Lord Yu Yeon Kyung's tomb.
He was killed for plotting treason against His Majesty.
We did not know...
that burying him was such a grave sin.
We have no idea...
where we buried him.
Then why did His Majesty...
want us to dig it up?
You see,
they have died.
They have all died,
but he does not believe that.
The girl died as well.
I am telling you the truth.
All right. You may leave.
Let us go.
It was your son...
whom the chancellor had hidden at that place.
That is why he had to get rid of all evidence...
through killing and burning the document.
No, Your Majesty.
Everything he is saying is a lie.
When we lived on that island, my brother once said...
that he wanted to rise...
to the highest position.
- What? - Your Majesty.
Back then, I thought he wanted to become a general.
The chancellor did not want Prince Yeongchang on the throne.
He wanted your son on the throne.
Enough. Enough!
Do you not know how hard it was to get rid of him?
So how could you spare him...
and attempt to put him on the throne in my stead?
How dare you? How could you?
What are you so afraid of?
I believed...
that you no longer belonged in that position.
How dare you?
A king...
should not kill his subjects or his own offspring.
Do you not know that the king should be just in his ruling...
and protect his people?
Shut your mouth!
You abandoned your people,
your long-time friend,
and even your own baby.
How dare you?
What are you so afraid of...
I told you to be quiet.
Your Majesty...
What... What have I done?
No. No. No!
(20 years ago during the Japanese invasion)
I was taught that you should be responsible for your decisions.
But where are the ones who must take responsibility now?
Why do the people who have no power to choose...
their country or their king...
have to meet such wrongful deaths?
Your Highness...
I will be different.
Even though they have no choice,
I will make sure they are happy to be my people.
I will bring forth such a world.
I have always admired the tears you had shed...
to this day.
Yun.
I wanted to stay by your side...
and make your wish come true...
Do not talk anymore.
Call a physician! Call him this instant!
No.
You may not die. No!
No. No.
Yun! Yun!
No! Yun!
No!
Yun...
What will you do?
I must see the Queen.
How will you do that?
You should meet your son and...
He must...
never find out the truth.
The Queen is the only one who can protect him until the end.
I will look for a way.
No. I will find it myself.
You may leave.
I was told to protect you until the end...
by Lord Heo.
My lord.
Are you injured?
I am okay.
Did you find the burial ground?
They could not remember the location.
It was such a long time ago.
They may leave.
We do not need to find it anymore.
What do you mean?
So...
Send them away first. I must wash up.
- Thank you, my lord. - Thank you, my lord.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
I am sure it was His Majesty's order.
So...
I am forever grateful.
Right. I am sorry.
Let us go.
Yes, my lord. Thank you.
How could you already start working when you are still unwell?
Did you have to start today?
Forget it. I will do it.
Sit down and rest.
Or stand there and watch me.
Gosh.
By the way, why are you here?
I came to see you.
I am going to snatch you away once you leave the palace.
And what will you do after that?
Gosh, you have not planned yet.
Well...
There are just too many.
I have not yet made up my mind.
Shall we ride the swing?
Okay, let us do that.
And for tomorrow...
Do you know that a ssireum match will be held at the marketplace?
Let us go watch that.
And the day after that...
Well...
What is it?
It is nothing.
All right. Let us do everything that we can.
Okay. I will be waiting at the back door.
Hurry up and go. Someone might see you.
Okay.
Bye.
There.
What is this?
"I picked it up on my way here."
That was what Master Hwang told me to say.
But it was pretty, so I got it for you.
Bye.
Go.
Bye.
Chief Administrative Officer Yeon.
Why do you look at me that way?
Come to think of it,
you have never looked peaceful...
from the moment I first met you up until today.
Do you know that I felt the most peaceful...
when I sneaked outside...
and met you?
Did you hear...
about what I have done today?
Yes, Your Majesty.
All right. I see.
Is it because of that man I and Lord Baek are chasing after?
- Is it because Lord Heo hid him... - No.
It is all my fault.
Everything is my fault.
Ever since that day.
Everything has turned awry...
since that day.
If you are aware of that,
then there must be a solution.
I frequently have nightmares...
of that night.
It is scary and frightening.
But do you know what I am the most afraid of?
It is that if I were to go back,
I would...
not have the courage to make a different choice.
Your Majesty.
Do you remember...
Your Majesty.
Am I...
a part...
of that dreadful night?
Open the door! Open this!
Open!
Is anyone there?
The skies desire a new king.
Repeat what you have just said.
Your son who will be born on November 19...
will become the next king.
What did you say?
How does that make sense?
Look at me.
I am sweeping the battlefields...
in my father's place.
I am still alive and well.
And yet,
the next king will be born in a few days?
Right.
That was what my father had wanted as well.
If it was not for the war,
I would not have become the Crown Prince.
However, I am now the Crown Prince.
I have finally become the Crown Prince!
So enough with what the skies want and tell me.
What should I do?
What do I need to do?
You can neither change...
nor prevent what the skies desire,
Your Highness.
Do you know the gravity...
of what you have just said?
I cannot lie about what the skies want...
just because I am afraid...
of losing my life.
I will change that fate.
I will prevent it from happening.
I will make sure...
that I become the king!
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
I will call the physician.
Or should I call the head eunuch?
Why...
are you crying?
No, Your Majesty.
I was not crying.
Your Highness.
This is your child.
This is your son.
I truly wish...
that you will never find out...
what kind of person I am.