This is a copy of a history draft...
that was taken out in secrecy.
The late king's will was...
left in a secret document.
I finally found it, Your Majesty.
I found the scribe who was doing his night duty...
in the late king's chambers when he passed away.
Are you scared or is it the smell?
Get in and respond to the call of nature.
He hid his identity and is currently living in...
Dongjeokjeon outside of Dongdaemun.
I believe the Queen Dowager is up to something.
Yesterday, she took Prince Jin Seong with her...
on an outing outside the palace.
The closer I look at her, the more amazing she is.
What if the Queen Dowager...
knows the existence of that secret document?
What if she is trying to find the scribe...
to get a hold of it?
That is why I must find it.
Find it as soon as possible and destroy it.
I was...
I thought about it long and hard.
I think I really must...
get married to you, Your Highness.
Instead of getting married to a stranger,
it would be better to marry you...
since I know who you are and we are friends.
I think it would be great for you to get married to me.
Young lady, Prince.
Oh, we are here.
Are you not going to answer me?
Do you think I am insane?
Marry the Chief Royal Secretary's daughter.
If you do,
I will let you live.
Whatever. I do not want to marry you either.
It would be great if he was just a scumbag,
so I will completely forget about him.
Or if he was a prince who is so smart,
then I do not dare to make a move on him.
He is half and half, yet he is so snobby.
(Queen for Seven Days)
(Episode 3)
Deities, dragons,
please listen to the prayers of the people of Joseon.
A drought broke out since last year, drying the crops,
and the people's lives became difficult.
The streets and gutters are filled with corpses.
I am not worthy enough,
so I am the one with sins and faults.
- But the people have done... - Never in history...
would a King come himself to hold a rain ritual.
He is willing to embrace his people's opinion.
His Majesty has great intentions.
However, 12 ceremonies are held at sites such as...
famous mountains, great rivers,
and Royal Ancestral Shrine to perform...
ancestral rites for the North dragon divinities.
The ministers are supposed to...
perform and participate in those ceremonies.
Are you suggesting...
that His Majesty performing...
this ritual is against the custom?
His Majesty cannot do everything by himself.
He is doing this...
because he is earnest and desperate for rain.
He is being fastidious and obsessive.
He even wants to control...
natural disasters.
Please pour us an abundance of rain.
It would be wonderful if he could.
Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
- Please be careful. - Please be careful.
- Your Majesty. - Please be careful.
Father.
I do not know the Great Jade Emperor...
or the Dragon King of the sea.
I have never...
been acquainted with them...
nor have I depended on them.
However, Father,
are you watching?
My sincerity and prayer are true to heart.
I earnestly hope it would rain.
Lizards are considered...
as dragons that bring rain and the wind.
- So... - Wait!
Where did you put my lizard water holder?
You were going to give it to the King anyway.
It all turned out well.
It went to the right person and you saved money.
Thank you so much.
Why did you specifically buy a lizard water holder?
- Lizards are dragons... - Lizards are dragons...
Anyway, they are called dragons.
Dragon represents the king,
so she thought it would suit the King.
I see. Lizards are dragons that live in a ditch.
That is so childish.
- No, it is not. - No, it is not.
Anyway, put a lizard in a pot,
cover it with a leaf,
wet a branch of a willow tree,
tap on the pot, and cast a spell.
Lizards. Lizards.
Bring about clouds and breathe out the fog.
Let the rain pour down.
If you do, I will let you go.
This is a palace custom.
How do you know this?
Seo Noh.
Seo Noh, what are you doing there?
These are my friends, Father.
Grandmother.
Are you all right?
I do not believe you should be here.
You better head home.
Seo Noh's father is very strict.
Keep a close watch on the clerk living in Dongjeokjeon.
If any of the royal people approaches the clerk,
regardless of the reason...
or his rank,
kill him no matter what.
Never...
see those two again.
They saved me today.
They said they would be my friends.
They cannot be your friends!
Why do you hate me?
Why...
Hey!
Split up!
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
Why...
Why are we running?
Someone is tailing us.
Why?
What did we do wrong?
We could get killed, even if we did nothing wrong.
Pardon?
It is because I am a prince.
I have been taught since I was little.
When I detect danger,
I have to run first.
What? Why?
You are surprisingly interested in...
how the people are doing.
Why do you pretend not to care?
Are you wary of your in-laws?
What?
Think about it.
You pretend not to see or hear.
You keep your mouth shut.
That is what women do...
when they get married.
You are acting like a woman who just got married.
You are right.
That is what I must do to survive.
I am scared you might run away without me.
They could not have gone far.
Split up.
Dear heaven and earth,
please let them not see our footprints.
Please.
Oh, no. Someone is coming.
He is coming.
It is all right. Do not be afraid.
Rain.
- It is raining. - It is raining.
It is raining.
- It is raining. - Cheer for the King.
- Cheer for the King.
It really is raining.
Your Majesty, congratulations.
Cheer for the King.
- Cheer for the King. - Cheer for the King.
It is raining.
- Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Congratulations.
Father, do you see this?
Do you still feel that I am not worthy to be the King?
I will not doubt myself any longer.
I am the King of Joseon...
in my deeds and my name.
Prince.
- Do you see the hut there? - Yes.
Let us run to it.
Your Highness, it is raining.
Congratulations.
Yes, His Majesty's devotion moved the sky.
Queen Dowager.
Mother.
I am here to discuss Prince Jin Seong's marriage.
And it is raining right now. This is a good sign.
I visited the Chief Royal Secretary to discuss this.
However, they still have not given me an answer.
Therefore...
I have written an official request.
It is time that you stepped up, Queen.
If Prince Jin Seong becomes the son-in-law...
of a subject His Majesty trusts the most,
would it not make their relationship better?
Up to a few years ago,
the two of them had a great relationship.
I wish...
my sons could go back to that time.
That is everything I want.
So I need your help, Queen.
I am more comfortable in a war suit than a court suit.
Court suits are too heavy...
and burdensome.
Tell the royal dresser...
to make my war suits with lighter material...
and with narrower sleeves.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What do you think?
Yes, Your Majesty.
If the sleeves are narrower,
it will be easier for you to...
No.
About Prince Jin Seong.
Prince Jin Seong?
Are you finished?
He is speaking with the Chief Royal Secretary.
He gave a strict order to not let anyone in.
Am I just anyone?
That little kid...
thought I said it in the spur of the moment.
He said he will never marry your daughter.
I was rather mean to him,
and I was a bit harsh with my words.
However,
my decision was not made spontaneously.
As you know,
Yeok is not just my brother.
He is a director heir of the late king...
and a strong political rival for me.
Your Majesty, but...
I am not marrying him into your family...
because he is my beloved brother.
It is because he is my political rival.
I cannot trust anyone else...
except you.
Your Majesty, we have a problem.
My predictions were correct.
About Dongjeokjeon.
Let him enter.
Why would Yeok go there?
Why on earth would he be there?
It is as expected.
Queen Dowager must know about this as well.
She is the late king's wife.
Get him.
We will find out after we interrogate him.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Will you really betray my trust?
If you know anything about this,
I will never forgive you.
I came to tell you...
that I am never going to marry you.
I mean, if I marry...
the daughter of his closest subject,
that would make me look as if...
I am suspicious and scared of my brother.
It hurt my pride and I did not want that.
I think if we get married,
it will make the relationship...
between the King, you, and my family even better.
We become a family.
You are so naive.
While we were chased after by those guys,
I thought something to myself.
If we can run away without getting caught by them,
that would mean the deities are helping us out.
It would mean that we should not be scared.
You really are a girl, after all.
That sounds superstitious.
Even if it is,
that is how I carved up the courage.
So do not be scared of this world...
which the adults have set up.
It is not like you did anything wrong.
It is because this world is weird.
You must...
like me.
Pardon?
Did the rain stop already?
Now, even the tiniest pebble...
will set off a great wave...
since he is very sensitive.
He has been living...
with a deeply wounded heart.
I do not wish to see him be hurt...
because of the same reason.
My Prince, are you having fun?
Yes.
Your Majesty.
I, Ministry of Taxation Shin Su Geun, am here.
I am so grateful, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
you appointed me to be your dog.
So I have no choice to be a dog.
With my beastly fangs,
I will slaughter your precious...
Prince Jin Seong.
Prince Jin Seong has to die...
for the present King and I can take over Joseon.
Come on, hop on.
You cannot walk with those legs.
I will not ride on your back.
Why not?
Are you keeping your distance from me?
Because a boy and a girl should not sit together?
There is a gazillion of reasons.
Gazillion?
It means "a lot", My Prince.
Will you ride on my back if I ask you to marry me?
I guess you like me now, do you not?
I will be off, Bird Dropping.
Seriously. Come on.
Prince.
See? You have to ride on my back.
Go on.
I am accepting your offer only because...
it is rude to keep refusing it.
Please understand that.
Okay.
All right.
Why are you so happy?
Goodness. Please let me off.
Let me off now.
What was that? Were you trying to scare me?
All right.
When we get married,
let us have fun like this forever as friends do.
No.
No?
I will not be fooled again.
I do not want you teasing me.
I mean it this time.
We will get married.
But it will not be an arranged marriage.
I will marry you because I like you.
Okay.
Are you tired?
It is because you are too heavy.
No, I am not.
Okay.
Will you keep sitting there like that?
I have never thought you were wrong.
But today you were.
Why did you do that?
If you befriend someone out of your league,
you will have to pay for it.
A person should know his place.
Father.
All right.
We are here.
Do you have something to say...
or do you need to go to the bathroom?
When you make a vow, you should hold a ceremony.
When you make a promise, you should leave a token.
That is only natural.
Here.
Stretch your finger out now.
This one.
It fits perfectly!
My token is...
Prince!
Prince.
What is it? What is wrong?
Please save my father, Prince.
My father could get killed.
I'm the one who stole the rice, but he is arrested.
What are you talking about?
We already resolved the situation.
That cannot be why he is taken away.
The Royal Investigation will not take him for that.
I should have been taken away.
I should have been punished for what I did.
Prince.
Listen, Seo Noh.
As soon as the dawn breaks,
I will run to the Royal Investigation Bureau.
I will tell them he is innocent and to free him.
So go home for now.
Nothing will happen to him.
What about me?
You should learn to speak in Hanyang dialect.
Pardon?
Prince.
Take care of Seo Noh and his grandmother.
If we make a rash move,
things may get worse.
Prince.
If this is because of the rice,
I will be punished for this.
So you have to tell me.
It is not your fault.
Never.
Please spare me.
What is your name?
Mak Gae, Your Majesty.
Your real name.
I do not have another name.
What is your occupation?
I do not have anything I can call a job.
I am a tenant farmer who farms...
Shut your mouth.
If you lie one more time,
I will not ask you with words.
Your name.
Mak Gae. It is Mak Gae.
Were you the late king's scribe?
What are you talking about?
How do you know Prince Jin Seong?
Prince Jin Seong is...
Why was the Prince at your house?
Why was he associating with your son?
That is a misunderstanding.
The Prince does not know anything about...
About what?
What does Prince Jin Seong not know?
That is a misunderstanding.
The Prince does not know anything about...
Family should live together...
and die together.
You are wrong.
We cannot live like that.
Throw that out. Throw all of them out!
Your Highness, about the wedding...
This is not the right time.
Father, this is Chae Gyung.
Come in.
Your Highness.
You must be Chae Gyung.
You used to be so small,
but you are all grown up now.
Why were you not asleep?
Did you read the letter?
No, I really have not.
Okay, then.
I already heard about it from your nanny.
You should go and sleep.
We must discuss something with the Queen.
Your Highness,
at...
the Royal Investigation Bureau today...
No, it is nothing.
Take care of Seo Noh and his grandmother.
If we make a rash move,
things may get worse.
If Chae Gyung gets involved with the Royal Family,
them and the Royal Court will be in a violent turmoil.
Do not forget about my prophecy.
Priest.
Do not trust...
the late king.
If Chae Gyung gets involved with the Royal Family,
the Royal Court and...
the Royal Family will be in a violent turmoil.
Su Geun.
This is impossible.
Please stop this at any cost.
Your Highness,
Chae Gyung cannot marry Prince Jin Seong.
Prince. Prince.
Let go of me. Yesterday...
- Your Highness. - Your Highness.
What brings you here?
I am sure you know.
What is the reason?
Dongjeokjeon is...
the land owned by the Royal Family.
They must offer all of their crops.
He embezzled the rice from that land.
That cannot be.
I have already filled up their storage.
That is why...
he is also charged for deceiving the Prince.
He has embezzled rice for the Royal Family,
and he has not told the officials the truth...
after he has committed such a crime.
He has disregarded his authorities.
You also know that...
disregarding authorities is as much of a heavy crime...
as treason in Joseon nowadays.
His Majesty...
will not overlook anyone those who deceive...
and disregard him and the Royal Family.
It was just a bag of rice.
It was rice...
which they grew and harvested themselves.
Their portion was in that mere bag of rice.
It does not matter if it was a bag or a grain.
They are all His Majesty's rice.
Are you saying you will really punish him?
For disregarding the authorities, he will be executed.
Your Highness.
Your Majesty, please hear me out.
Please let him live.
He did not do anything wrong.
Leave.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
- Yung. - All rise for the King.
- Greetings, Your Majesty. - Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I will stay here until you are finished.
As soon as he sees that,
he will wish to impersonate...
the King to save the man in prison,
not knowing that it will seal his fate.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
I told you to leave.
Are you refusing to obey my order?
A beheading?
How is it a crime to be killed for?
No. He is innocent.
He showed contempt!
What crime is worse than that?
No crime is worse than that,
but some things are worth more.
A person's life.
Then...
are you saying...
I arrested an innocent man...
and made up a crime to put on him?
That is not it.
Then...
will you...
disobey your king and intervene with politics?
- No. - Then what?
I am saying you could be mistaken.
I am objecting because the punishment...
could be disproportionate.
It can be discussed in court with the ministers...
or at the Royal Investigation Bureau.
I am asking that you give him a chance...
to be judged fairly.
You are still the same.
Again, my decision...
is below yours.
Listen carefully, brother.
What you need is not a fair trial.
It is my forgiveness, understanding,
and mercy.
Gain the habit of obedience...
and then come back.
Yung.
How dare you.
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Call the royal physician.
I will.
Your Majesty.
Come inside.
Seo Noh.
Seo Noh?
Seo Noh.
It is...
all my fault.
It is all my fault.
It is my fault.
I got involved.
Help me.
Father, Mother.
Your Majesty.
Your Highness.
You cannot possibly be so immature.
What were you thinking?
What do the ministers say?
It was refreshing.
"Gather all the ministers..."
"and hold a meeting or a trial."
We had not heard anything like that in a while.
Some said that...
none other than the King's brother could object to...
the King's decision.
Did they show interest?
About what happened in Dongjeokjeon, not me.
A peasant's life is at stake.
Who would wish to go against the King...
for something as menial as that?
You found fault with my decision, however,
I shall forgive you.
You talked back to me...
in front of the ministers and officials, however,
I shall forgive you.
I will forgive you for...
daring to say no innocent man must die.
However,
if you are trying to save the clerk's life...
because of the will,
and if you are deceiving me...
while just biding your time until you become of age...
Your Majesty, you might hurt yourself.
I will never forgive you.
I will kill you myself.
The gates were closed 15 minutes ago,
Your Highness.
Open the gates.
Yes, master.
Even stones are getting in the way.
Why are you here?
What happened?
Stay out of it.
How can I?
Seo Noh's grandmother died.
He needs his father...
to host the funeral.
When? Why?
On hearing that Seo Noh's father had been taken,
she tried to give chase and collapsed.
She was already gravely ill...
and the added shock...
Tell me the truth.
The King ordered...
he be beheaded.
I will get him out.
What if you end up being framed?
Why do you not ask my father to...
Who can I trust?
The Chief Royal Secretary does anything for the King.
Do not give me that look.
We all got hurt.
I feel like I am going crazy.
Why is no one stopping this from happening?
I will talk to them.
Father, Mother, Uncle, the Queen.
I will see them all.
If that does not work, the King...
So you have connections?
You are the only daughter...
of the high and mighty mister.
So you think they will listen?
Your Highness.
What if Seo Noh's father dies while you confirm...
how well-connected you are?
Will you take responsibility?
How can you say that?
I wanted to stay out of it.
It was you who talked about the value of a life.
I know that.
That is why I regret doing so.
Then stay out of it!
You have regrets.
You, the scared secretary's daughter...
can stay out of it.
If you stop me once more,
I will not see you again.
You there, wake up.
Open the gate.
The King said the drought is a special circumstance...
and decided not to punish you.
Let me in.
No, Your Highness.
You must not get involved.
Turn a blind eye.
You must turn a blind eye.
Release him this instant.
Please.
Please leave me in there.
I caused this.
I cannot let you die.
I am just an excuse.
You...
Your Highness. Father.
Did you think I would just stand out here and whistle?
Did you let him take the man?
The Prince carried him himself.
Chase them, now!
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
Halt.
Over there. After them!
Father.
You must go alone from here.
What?
I must end this.
And earn you time to get away.
How?
- My own way. - But...
Can you please do as I say just once?
Get going. Hurry.
Seo Noh.
They must be close by!
Search thoroughly!
- Yes. - Yes.
Seo Noh, I really need to rest.
Father. Please wake up.
Seo Noh, we must get going.
A relative of mine was appointed...
as a magistrate and leaves for the south tonight.
Hurry.
1, 2, 3.
Come on, hurry.
We must leave before dawn.
Yes, master.
- Put that here. - Over here.
Let me see that.
- Hurry. - Thank you.
Come on.
Hurry up.
Here you go.
His lungs are weak.
He has to move down south where it is warmer.
He is leaving very suddenly.
Please look after him.
I will. My master gave his permission.
I shall do as he bids.
He is my friend, so look after him too.
Do not worry.
I think he will make a good worker.
Hurry up.
It is over there.
Help me with this.
Eat this on the way.
We need to stack this as well.
What about you and the Prince?
You know who we are. The King will not kill us.
I will...
repay you one day.
You need not. We are friends.
Thank you.
Stop!
Father.
Did you have another nightmare?
What time is it?
The bell rang out not so long ago.
Your Majesty.
Did you really do it?
Yes.
Why?
Why did you do it?
Why on earth?
I did it for the throne.
What?
Did you just say...
you did it for the throne?
(Queen for Seven Days)
Are all these...
petitions asking me to pardon Yeok?
Say that it was the girl's doing.
Only then can you survive.
Prince Jin Seong said...
you are behind all that had happened.
I...
I told you never to show up again.
Do not do this, Your Highness!
I will survive and become a king.
Do you not think pretending not to recognize...
Prince Jin Seong would be the best for him?
It is you.
Why did you lie? It is you.