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Arrest Consort Sook immediately!
Episode 59
Yes, My Lord. Arrest Consort Sook!
Why are you standing there? Didn't you hear His Lordship's order?
How dare you!
They will not obey you, Third War Minister.
They are here at my command to arrest you.
What?
- Arrest the criminals! - Yes, My Lady!
Let go! How dare you arrest me!
You wretches! Let go! How dare you!
I'm not the one you should be arresting!
The Queen has issued an emergency decree to arrest Consort Sook.
Emergency decree? You mean this, Third War Minister?
- Your Highness. - Chief Secretary, what...?
Yes, as you advised,
The Queen issued an emergency decree to arrest the criminal...
...who threatened the Crown Prince's life.
And the criminal is Lord Jang Mu-Ryeol. You, Third War Minister.
What did you just say? The Queen issued a decree to arrest me?
Impossible! That's impossible!
Her Majesty would never issue such a decree.
No! That's not possible! She would never do such a thing!
- That decree is fake! It's fake! - No..!
Your Majesty.
I issued that decree. That decree was ordered by me.
Your Majesty!
Why are you doing this to me?
Third War Minister, you will obey the decree.
- Your Majesty! - Did you hear me?
Your Excellency...
The Queen had the Third War Minister arrested?
What is happening?
- How is that possible? - We are trying to find out the details.
It's clear that Consort Sook was behind it.
Let go, you wretches! Do you have any idea what you're doing?
My Lord!
What's going on? Why is this happening?
How did you do it? How did you manipulate the Queen?
You should know more about manipulations than I, Third War Minister.
Why do you ask me?
Do you remember when I told you that not everyone is like you?
Not everyone pursues things blindly for their own benefit,
...and blames politics and power.
No, Third War Minister.
True politics punish those who do such things.
You claim that those in politics have no choice? Rubbish.
Politics require sincerity and truth.
Now you will see for yourself what true power is.
Do you really think you can finish me off?
Do you have evidence? Can you prove that I did anything?
You will be the one who ends up dead.
You're the one who tried to harm the Crown Prince.
Do you still think that I'm not aware of your hidden motives?
Do you?
- Your Majesty. - How is the Third War Minister?
He seemed flustered at this unexpected turn of events.
Yes, I'm sure he never expected any of this.
I never imagined any of this could happen...
Until you came to inform me of His Majesty's plan to abdicate.
Until you did that,
I sincerely trusted everything Lord Jang told me.
Your Majesty...
In any case, we avoided a major catastrophe, Consort Sook.
To tell you the truth,
When I received you order to leave, I was desperate.
Your Majesty!
Consort Sook is here.
Please allow me to ask you one thing, Your Majesty.
Was Jang Mu-Ryeol the reason...
...why you have given orders for me to leave immediately?
Do you continue to think that I mean to harm the Crown Prince?
Your Majesty, do you remember that I tried to tell you something last night?
His Majesty is...
...planning to abdicate!
He has made this decision in order...
...to save both the Crown Prince and Prince Yeon Ing.
What? Abdicate?
The Third War Minister knows that, Your Majesty.
Therefore,
What he is really afraid of isn't my supposed plot to harm the Crown Prince.
What he truly fears is Prince Yeon Ing having power over him.
Consort Sook!
Now, Consort Sook...!
If Lord Jang wants us to leave the Palace,
There must be something he is planning.
That means that we can reveal what that is by really leaving the Palace.
But before that, can you trust me even if I don't?
Please accept my request, Your Majesty.
Please give me some time!
Your Majesty, I will reveal the Third War Minister's motives.
- Deliver this to Her Highness. - Yes, My Lady.
I ordered the Office of Investigations to find these for me.
This shows that the original route of the Crown Prince's journey...
...to the Bureau of Veteran Affairs passes through Gyodong and Takdong.
What?
But last night, the route was changed suddenly.
It was changed to the same route...
...that I would have taken to Yihyun Palace today.
Something has been planned to take place on that route.
That is the Third War Minister's secret.
Please believe me, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, you must seize them before they escape.
- Me? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Order an emergency decree as Queen.
Have Consort Sook and her supporters all arrested!
Emergency decree?
Yes, since the Crown Prince hasn't arrived yet,
Your emergency decree is like an imperial decree.
There is no time to waste. You must have them arrested!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...!
Your Majesty, what will you do?
The Chief Secretary is waiting for your emergency decree.
Your Majesty, you must seize them before they escape!
Something has been planned to take place on that route.
That is the Third War Minister's secret.
Please trust me, Your Majesty!
Who do I believe? Who?
I don't know why I made that decision then.
I don't know why I ordered the arrest of the Third War Minister, instead of you.
It was so unlikely that you of all people would want to protect the Crown Prince.
It should have sounded like a ludicrous lie,
But I felt like you was sincere.
It didn't sound like you were lying to me.
Your Majesty...
That is why you must prove it to me.
That what you say is true, rather than a lie.
Yes, Your Majesty, I will.
I will never let down the trust you put in me.
Sir, are you all right?
I'm fine.
You must have suffered a lot.
You should hurry. Her Highness is waiting.
You mean you agreed to gather the private army...
Because you knew the Third War Minister's plan?
Yes, it was obvious that he was pushing us to take drastic measures.
So you decided to dance to his tune?
But we never imagined he would risk the Crown Prince.
So the real problem starts now. How will we find concrete evidence?
We've already started on that, Lord Shim.
What? Already started...?
What? His Majesty?
He's going to find the evidence?
Yes, His Majesty is going to find it for us.
His Majesty...?
Inspector Cha, what's all this about?
When Lord Jang took command over all the soldiers,
I told my brother that something was suspicious.
Something is strange, Chun Soo.
The Third War Minister wouldn't have let himself be without a way out.
He would never make a reckless attempt on the lives of the Prince and myself.
You mean he won't make the attempt in the Palace?
Yes, that's right.
That is why the Royal Guard must not return to the Palace.
That means the Royal Guard is needed elsewhere.
Chun Soo, we must send a messenger to Chief Suh and His Majesty.
Yes, Your Highness.
What is it?
A message from the Palace, Your Majesty.
- A message for me? - Yes, Your Majesty!
This is Dong Yi's seal...
This is the message that Consort Sook sent to me.
What is your opinion, Chief Suh?
I agree with her judgment, Your Majesty.
The Third War Minister that I know...
...won't directly make an attempt on Consort Sook's life.
If he does,
The fact that he took command over the soldiers will become an issue.
So that means Consort Sook...
It won't be Consort Sook and the Prince that will be in danger.
That is why she has asked...
...to monitor the movements of the Third War Minister's subordinates.
The answer to everything will be found there.
If a large army leaves the Palace to go after them,
They will know something is going on.
But the Royal Guard is already outside the Palace.
- Do you know what I mean? - Yes, Your Majesty.
The crown's strongest army, the Royal Guard,
...is able to move secretly.
- Did you find out what I asked? - Yes, Your Highness, we've found it.
The palanquin carriers' water was found to have poisonous mushroom toxins in it.
This was a deliberate attempt to delay your departure.
Identify the maids who gave you the water.
Yes, My Lady.
- Find them. - Yes, My Lady.
Don't lose them!
Your Excellency!
What happened to the Third War Minister?
He's been imprisoned at the Tribunal. There's going to interrogate him soon.
This is the Queen's emergency decree. There is nothing we can do!
No, we cannot allow this to happen!
If he confesses we were involved, it's over for all of us!
Your Excellency, perhaps we should get rid of anything that could be used against us.
We must hurry!
We must act before he can point the finger at us.
Hurry! We must reach the place before 5 am.
What is it?
The men who bought the explosives are here.
What?
What brings you back here?
All of you need to leave the capital for a while.
- What? - This should be enough for all of you.
Look, you can't just tell us to leave! What's going on...!
- If you stay here, all of you will die! - What? Die?
Soldiers! Run!
Sir, you need to run! Hurry!
That's him! Make sure you capture him alive.
Yes, sir!
- Go around the back. - Yes, sir! Let's go!
Hurry!
My Lord!
My Lord, are you all right?
I'm fine. Arrest that man!
He is the steward of Lord Im Sang Hyun, the Third State Councilor.
- Take him to the Tribunal! - Yes, sir!
So this is what that shooting star meant.
My Lord?
Shooting stars can also be a sign of fulfilled desires.
The people's superstitions make a lot of sense.
Why is there no word from Steward Bang?
I'll go find out.
Your Excellency, do you think something went wrong?
There is no time to waste.
Go back to your homes and prepare to return to the Palace.
We must meet with the Queen before His Majesty returns to the Palace...
There is no need to hurry.
I have yet to return to the Palace.
Your... Your Majesty!
There is no need for you to wear your ministers' robes either.
Third State Councilor! War Minister! Tribunal Commissioner!
You will all accompany the Royal Guard!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?
We... we don't know what you mean...!
Silence! I advise you to keep silent, Councilor.
That is if you wish to live another day.
Your Majesty!
Dong Yi!
Your Majesty!
Are you all right? Have you come to any harm?
Yes, Your Majesty. I'm perfectly fine.
Forgive me!
I should have known something like this would happen in my absence.
No, Your Majesty. You took care of everything for me.
Dong Yi!
I will never forgive them for this.
I will not let them live for what they have done to you and the Prince.
It looks like this is the end for you, Third War Minister.
Take the criminal to the interrogation area!
Yes, sir!
- Continue the torture! - Yes, sir!
His Majesty the King!
Your Majesty! I know nothing.
I've been framed!
I never tried to harm the Crown Prince.
This is Consort Sook's plot and manipulation.
You don't seem to understand why I'm here, Third War Minister.
Hear me well, Third War Minister.
I'm not here to hear excuses.
Neither am I here to hear your confession.
Your Majesty...!
You are guilty of having contempt for me and the crown...
...for your own personal gain.
Do you know what price you will pay for that crime?
You will not even be able to die in peace.
- Officer, continue the torture! - Yes, Your Majesty.
- Torture the criminals! - Yes, sir!
- Your Majesty, Consort Sook is here. - Send her in.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Welcome, Consort Sook.
- Your Majesty. - You've proven it to me, after all.
How did you plan all of this?
It was because of your grace that I was able to do it, Your Majesty.
If you hadn't put your faith in me, none of this would have been possible.
Don't say that, Consort Sook. I am so grateful to you right now.
I almost committed a great crime against the crown.
And yet you saved me from making that mistake.
Your Majesty...
I will not accept any protests or pleas.
They are guilty of holding me in contempt.
I will punish them without mercy.
There shall be no pity for them, do you understand?
Chief Secretary, announce the sentence.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The criminals Jang Mu-Ryeol and Im Sang-Hyun,
Kang Mu-Ju and Yi Sung-Jun....
...are guilty of holding the royal crown and court in contempt.
Therefore, His Majesty hereby sentences them...
...to the most severe of punishments within the law.
Third War Minister Jang Mu-Ryeol and Officer Min Hong-Jun...
...shall be beheaded immediately.
And their heads displayed on the capital gates...
...to be made an example to the people.
Third State Councilor Im Sang-Hyun and the rest...
...shall be sent to exile and subsequently executed.
In this way, order shall be restored to the crown and court.
So this is what you have come to.
How unfortunate.
If only you had used your rare intellect for a better purpose...
If only you had done that.
A better purpose?
Do not presume you're better than me, Chief Suh.
You'll come to see the end soon too.
Prince Yeon Ing as Heir Successor?
The child of a lowborn concubine to ascend the throne?
Wake up, Chief Suh.
Do you really think that's possible in our nation?
Both Consort Sook and Prince Yeon Ing...
...and all of you.
If the Crown Prince becomes King, none of you will be allowed to live.
Do you really think that Crown Prince will let you all live?
Do you think the Soron faction will let you all live?
All of you will be slaughtered.
Wait and see...
You will all face a worse end than me.
I will tell you what my end is.
What the world has become...
I'll tell you when I get to the underworld.
Take him away.
Your Highness...
How much more blood needs to be shed?
Consort Hui and the Third War Minister...
They have all died.
I dreamt of a world where people didn't fight for power with plots and conspiracies.
A place where blood wasn't paid with blood.
I've been wondering how I am different from them.
No, Your Highness. You're different from them.
Your late father once said the same thing.
He wondered if it was the right thing...
...to take up the sword for the world he dreamt of.
But he also said that...
The world we dream of will never come with struggle or a fight.
He said that is why we must hold on to our swords.
Chun Soo...
You have long abandoned all the easy roads, Your Highness.
You never stooped to their level in order to gain power.
You never used that power for yourself.
Right now, you're fighting the hardest battle by yourself.
There are those of us who empathize with you and cherish your dream.
You must keep that in mind, Your Highness.
Remember us and be steadfast in your battle.
- Send in the Chief Secretary. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Abdicate? What did you just say, Lady Jang?
- Father's going to do what? - He's going to abdicate, Your Highness.
He has summoned all of his ministers...
...and has announced his intention to abdicate.
Your Majesty, you're going to abdicate!
That is not possible!
We will not accept this decision. Please reconsider!
Please reconsider your decision!
I have declared my intention.
My goal is not to cause chaos or to test your reaction.
As King, I have made the decision...
...for the benefit of the royal court and crown.
I will not change my mind.
Your Majesty, you cannot do this!
We will never accept this decision.
Your Majesty!
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
But please reconsider your decision.
My mind will not change, Chief Suh.
Your Majesty!
Carry out my orders and make sure that...
...security is tight in both the Palace and Yihyun Palace.
You mean you knew of His Majesty's plan?
Yes, His Majesty informed his plan to Consort Sook.
Even if it's for the sake of Prince Yeon Ing,
Abdication is not the answer.
Even if His Majesty runs the nation in abdication,
The chaos in government will be inescapable.
As his subjects and ministers, we cannot allow this to happen.
Your Majesty, you know this is unreasonable.
Please reconsider your decision.
- I can't do that, Dong Yi. - Your Majesty...!
Have you forgotten...
...what you had to go through in my absence from the Palace?
That is our reality.
There will always be a battle for the crown.
If this is the only way to stop that battle,
I will not change my mind.
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty! I will not obey!
I beg you! Please rescind your decree and take back the throne, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, please take back your decree!
Let's go. I must speak with Her Majesty.
Yes, Your Highness.
The Crown Prince is performing the repentance ritual.
The Confucian scholars and ministers have been in protest.
But His Majesty's mind remains unchanged.
Your Majesty, why are you so silent?
Perhaps you should meet His Majesty and...
Make preparations to leave, Lady Yi.
- There is someplace we must go. - Your Majesty?
~ Reading Chinese classics ~
Your Highness, you should read the next verse.
I'm sorry, Master. I can't seem to concentrate.
Is it because of what's happening in the Palace?
Yes, Master.
What does they mean when they say Father is stepping down from the throne?
That would never happen, right?
Your Highness...
Yes, that will never happen, Prince Yeon Ing.
Your Majesty!
You must be Prince Yeon Ing's teacher, Woon Hak.
Yes, that's right, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, what brings you all the way here?
- I'm here to see you. - Your Majesty?
I came to see Prince Yeon Ing in his lessons.
Is it all right if I am present?
Please, Your Majesty.
Her Majesty went to see Prince Yeon Ing?
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness, why do you think she went to see him?
Consort Sook!
- Your Majesty. - I was just about to summon you.
Please forgive me for asking,
But why did you go to see Prince Yeon Ing?
- Has he done something wrong? - No.
I just wanted to see him studying before I made my decision.
Your Majesty?
You must have come to ask me to change His Majesty's mind.
You want me to tell him the abdication is a bad idea.
Yes, Consort Sook. I agree with you that abdication is not a possibility.
But before His Majesty can change his mind,
There is something that I need to decide first.
Decide? Decide what, Your Majesty?
The Palace is rife with rumors.
Monitor all the palace maids and make sure they don't talk.
Yes, My Lady.
My Lady, the Queen has sent an urgent order.
The Queen?
Your Majesty, did you just say that...
You are going to adopt Prince Yeon Ing?
That's right.
If so, after the Crown Prince ascends to the throne,
He will have an undeniable right to become Heir Successor.
What of it, Consort Sook? Will you let me take care of the Prince?
Your Majesty!
My Queen!
That is the decision I have made after much consideration, Your Majesty.
If the Prince's standing becomes more stable,
Then even if you don't abdicate, both of the Princes will be protected.
But My Queen...
How did you come to make this decision?
It's because of Consort Sook.
But Your Majesty, why are you doing this for Prince Yeon Ing?
How could you...?
Perhaps it's because I don't want to lose to you.
I was ashamed of myself...
After I realized you turned down the position of Queen...
...to protect the Princes.
I was ashamed for not being to imagine that..
Someone could make that kind of decision.
Your Majesty...
Since you turned down the position of Queen...
...to protect the Crown Prince,
As the Queen who took your place, I will protect Prince Yeon Ing for you.
Now I understand what you meant when you said that it wasn't a sacrifice.
I am filled with joy after making my decision.
I am grateful to you for teaching me this too.
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, how will I ever repay your kindness?
How will I repay you for your heart?
She wants to adopt Prince Yeon Ing to protect him...?
How did the Queen come to think of this...?
It is probably because...
Consort Sook's sincerity touched and moved Her Majesty's heart.
Just like it did for you and the rest of Her Highness' supporters.
Your Majesty, if she does this,
Then you will not have to abdicate after all.
Both the Crown Prince and the Queen feel this way.
Please trust Her Majesty,
And stay on the throne for the sake of the Crown Prince and Prince Yeon Ing.
He's going to be adopted by the Queen.
That means he is going to be a successor to the throne.
That means he will be safe.
I know! This is such great news.
How could we have known that...
Her Majesty would make such a great decision?
I know! Her eyes made her seem like she was an evil and greedy person.
Yes, but her eyes must have looked that way...
Because her thoughts were so deep.
- So that means... - Hey! Hey!
- Isn't that Ho-Yang? - Why is that fool back here?
Hey, Director Hwang!
When is Consort Sook going to be leaving the Palace?
Why isn't she coming out yet?
Why are you waiting for her?
Why do you care whether she stays or goes?
I... No need for you to know that. When is she coming out?
- I doubt she's going to be leaving. - What?
I know you're a jobless oaf, but haven't you heard the news?
Her Highness was going to leave the Palace...
Because His Majesty was going to abdicate.
But now that the Prince's standing is stable,
She has no reason to leave.
Then I was so happy for nothing.
That means she won't be coming to me.
Are you out of your mind! Off with you!
You better go to a physician.
It's over! Everything is over!
Then they shouldn't even have announced that she was going to leave.
I had such hopes. How could they do this to me.
Enough! Find a young woman and get married.
No! No one else will do.
She's the King's woman, you stupid boy!
Ho-Yang, I'll find you a woman who looks exactly like Consort Sook, all right?
How is that possible? No one is as beautiful as her.
Woe is me! Woe is me!
Let's go! Let's go find a woman who looks exactly like Consort Sook.
Yes, I'm going to go crazy looking at that boy.
I'll go to Qing if I have to, but I'll find her.
But they won't be able to communicate.
He just wants her to look like Consort Sook.
Woe is me! Woe is me!
Your Majesty...
Dong Yi.
It may be for his sake,
But won't you feel sad at giving away your son?
No, Your Majesty. I gave birth to him.
That can never change, so this means he will have two mothers.
And to think that a generous woman like Her Majesty will become his mother,
I don't know how I can ever repay her for the joy and thankfulness I feel.
It's becoming quite chilly at night.
- Let's go inside for some hot tea. - Wait, Your Majesty.
Can't you be here with me for just a while longer?
- What? - Here...
I want to remember everything about this place.
The conversations we had.
The events that we went through together.
I want to remember everything.
What do you mean by that?
You want to remember this place? But you can come back here anytime.
Why do you speak like someone who will never come back here?
Dong Yi...
Your Majesty.
I will leave the Palace as originally planned.
What?
I will leave for Yihyun Place in accordance to your decree.
Dong Yi!
What? Mother's going to leave the Palace?
Didn't you say Father was going to rescind that decree?
- Your Highness! - Ae-Jong...!
No. I will never permit that.
- Your Majesty... - I gave that order so I could go with you.
So why are you insisting on leaving alone?
That is the only way Prince Yeon Ing will grow up as the Queen's son.
- Dong Yi, that's... - Your Majesty.
The only mother Prince Yeon Ing must serve and acknowledge now is the Queen.
Please allow him to serve Her Majesty with all of his heart.
Please allow me to leave.
No, I will never let you leave. What will you do?
You want to give up everything?
All of your entitlements? Your child?
Then what will I have given you?
I didn't keep you at my side to leave you with nothing.
Your Majesty, you have given me your heart, your concern and your love.
How can you say that you have given me nothing?
Dong Yi!
You asked how I could give up everything?
That's because my heart is full.
I'm almost bursting because my heart is full with your love.
That is sufficient for me. In fact, I am overflowing with it.
So please allow me to leave and use that overflowing heart for the world.
Please allow me to use that heart for you and the people.
Please.
Dong Yi...!
Your Highness.
His Majesty will not agree to this.
Yes, but he will give in to me.
He knows that is what I truly want.
Come to think of it,
It seems that I've always acted like a spoiled child...
...demanding His Majesty to do what I want.
Must you really do this?
You don't have to leave the Palace to...
No...
The only mother Prince Yeon Ing has in the Palace must now be the Queen.
I trust Her Majesty.
I am certain she will love and care for him.
I will want to embrace him and see him grow up next to me.
I will want to know how his day is every single day.
But now my duty as his mother are no longer those things.
Your Highness...
When the day comes when he ascends to the throne...
And becomes the father to his people,
I want to teach him what to do then.
I want to teach him not to be ashamed of the lowborn blood in his veins.
I want to teach him never to forget it,
And to become a King for the lowborn people.
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