Episode 37
I heard His Majesty is here. Is he inside?
Yes, Your Highness, but...
His Majesty is inside.
Your Majesty!
It has been a long time, my prince.
What are you doing here?
What do you mean?
I am asking you why you are here at the Grand Palace!
What a strange question. Why else would I come here?
I came to see His Majesty.
It seems that you are here to see him as well.
But unfortunately, you should turn back.
His Majesty is troubled today. Please go back and come again another time.
Forgive me, but I do not think it is for you to decide.
What?
Have you forgotten His Majesty's orders?
Have you forgotten what crime you are being punished for?
Return to your chambers. And do not come to the Grand Palace again.
I will not allow you to come here again.
Tell His Majesty I wish to see him.
What are you doing? Tell His Majesty!
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Majesty, the prince is here.
Your Majesty, the prince wishes to see you!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, the prince is here.
- Forgive me, Your Highness, but... - Your Majesty! It is I!
I have something of importance to speak to you about. Please allow me to enter.
I do not wish to speak to anyone right now.
Tell him to come another time.
- But Your Majesty...! - What did I tell you, my prince?
I told you it would be better if you came another day.
He is not in ill health, so do not worry about that.
If you return to your own palace, he will send for you when he is ready.
I doubt His Majesty would refuse to see you forever.
- Let's go. - Yes, Your Highness.
Kim Gui Joo has returned to Dosung?
Not only that, he was pardoned by His Majesty? What are you saying, Father?
I didn't believe it either, so I inquired at the Secretariat.
They confirmed it was true.
The more surprising thing was that no one within the palace knew of this.
Even the prince was unaware of this, Your Highness!
Are you saying that His Majesty did this without consulting anyone?
Yes, Your Highness!
That cannot be! Kim Gui Joo tried to kill the prince!
How could His Majesty pardon him so easily?
How could he do this to the prince?
Your Highness, it is Attendant Yi.
Your Highness, there are reports that the queen visited His Majesty.
What? The queen?
But that is not all.
After His Majesty met with the queen, he rejected the prince's request to see him!
- What...? - How... how can this happen!
I am certain this is another conspiracy by your enemies!
They have maligned your favor with His Majesty!
But even so, I do not understand the situation.
His Majesty knows well what kind of people the queen and Lord Kim are.
No matter how they manipulate him, His Majesty wouldn't forgive them so easily.
Perhaps this was his intention from the first place.
What do you mean?
Don't you understand, Your Highness?
The queen and her brother should have been executed.
But His Majesty prevented their deaths and eventually restored them back to their positions.
- This means it was always his intention... - Be cautious with your words!
That is impossible.
- But Your Highness...! - There must... there must be a reason.
There must be a reason he has done this.
He has never made a rash decision. He has never made an unreasonable judgment!
I am sure he will confide in me later. He will tell me his reason for having done this!
The queen is no longer the queen.
I will never forgive her.
I am sure you feel the same.
Why else would I come here? I came to see His Majesty!
I will tell you what the physician was afraid to, Your Majesty!
Will you still kick me out, Your Majesty?
If this is yet another one of your wiles,
I promise you I will exile you away from the palace for your disobedience!
So tell me, what is this illness that the physician was afraid to tell me?
Do you know what illness I am suffering from?
Yes, Your Majesty!
Your illness is what you have suspected already.
You are suffering from dementia, Your Majesty!
How do you know this?
Answer me! How do you know this?
You came to visit me.
You came to my chambers several times!
Do you understand now, Your Majesty? Do you understand why I know?
But you did not remember it!
I was so worried about this that I could not sit still. That is how I came to know!
I was so worried about your health that I made inquiries.
Your Majesty! Dementia does not differentiate between peasant or king.
Dementia evolves the same way in a farmer as it does to a king.
Dementia reveals a side of a person that no one wants to reveal to others!
Your Majesty! Who can take care of you and protect you from others?
Who can you show this side of yourself to, Your Majesty?
I am the queen of this nation.
No one else must see this side of you!
This is my role and my responsibility!
This is my love, Your Majesty!
But Your Majesty, I will cure you of this illness!
After I found out about your illness, I have studied about this illness!
I will find a cure of you, Your Majesty! Please allow me to do so!
So that is what happened.
My dementia made me make those erratic decisions that I didn't even remember afterwards.
My dementia caused me to pardon the Second Royal Secretary.
Did you make me do so?
Your Majesty! How can you say such a thing?
I did not even know that you summoned him back to the palace!
You don't understand, Your Majesty!
When I heard what you did, I was so shocked I wanted you to take it back.
But I couldn't do so in the end!
I was afraid that if I did so,
others would find out about your illness, Your Majesty!
But I don't care about that, Your Majesty!
No matter how others misunderstand me, I will still carry this to my grave!
This problem will not be resolved by keeping silent.
If my illness is that serious...
then we must tell the prince and the Ministers and find a way.
Tell the others? Why do you say such things?
Do you not know what will happen to the government if your illness is known?
And what if the people find out?
You know better than anyone how much chaos that would plunge the nation into!
You can always tell the others after we have cured you of your illness, Your Majesty!
My illness is not a curable illness.
No, Your Majesty! I know this illness well!
You will be cured of this illness! I will make sure of it!
You will have a difficult and torturous time. You may not be able to handle it.
I am not asking for forgiveness! How could I dare do so?
Once you are cured of your illness, I will obey your orders again!
But at this moment, please allow me to stay at your side, Your Majesty!
Please allow me to do so...
so that I may atone for my crimes, Your Majesty!
Mak Soon!
This is oxtail. Simmer it overnight and give it to Song Yeon.
- Thank you. - Don't look at me like that!
I'm doing this for Song Yeon.
You know, Mak Soon... Those men who come to your inn...
I asked about around about them. They're no good and not suitable for you.
What?
Don't shake your tail at anyone just because you're lonely.
What will you do if you meet a bad fellow and ruin your life?
What? Shake my tail?
Are you looking down on me because I'm a widow?
Why are you getting angry? I'm just telling you to be careful!
And so what if I'm not careful?
To put it simply, anyone will be better than a eunuch!
What? What? That woman...!
- Who... are you? - Is this the house of Sung Song Yeon?
Yes.
This is from the princess.
These are priceless herbs from the Royal Pharmacy and food from the Royal Kitchens.
You should know how fortunate you are.
Do you know how kind our princess is?
Thank you, My Lady. Please thank the princess for me as well.
I don't need a thank you. If you're really grateful, then lay low!
The palace is rife with problems as it is. Don't add to it!
Rife with problems? Has something happened?
Look at you! I told you to lay low!
What are you going to do if you know!
Forgive me, My Lady.
Then I'll be going.
That's fine. No need to see me out.
So how was Song Yeon doing?
I'm not sure, but she looked perfectly healthy on the outside!
Indeed? How fortunate! I'm so glad!
- Glad? I wish she had just died...! - Be cautious with your words!
How can you say such things?
I was... just thinking that, that's all.
But now she's back, Your Highness! What do we do now?
What will you do if the prince wants her by his side?
His Highness will keep her far from him.
What?
It's what he promised Mother, so he will keep his promise.
But I will prevent that from happening.
I will help her to be by His Highness' side.
What do you mean, Your Highness?
What do you mean you will help her?
Your Majesty, it is the Royal Physician.
What will happen to me now?
- Your Majesty...! - Do not fear me. Tell me the truth.
It is my body and health. I have to know the truth.
Will my memory worsen?
Please forgive me for saying this, but yes, Your Majesty.
You will begin to lose your memories of recent and minor events.
And then you will start losing memories of major events.
Does that mean that in the future I may lose all of my memories completely?
Tell me. Are you saying I will forget important events and even people close to me?
Forgive me, Your Majesty!
What else?
- Your Majesty! - Tell me.
If we cannot treat your dementia, you will lose control of your hand.
If that happens, using chopsticks when you eat,
and writing with a brush will be impossible...
All that will be left is a useless body.
I will no longer be a human...
Your Majesty, please do not say that!
How can you say such things?
Do you have a solution?
I am not looking for a cure.
I am asking you if there is a way we can slow down the process.
- Your Majesty! - I still have things to do.
I want to know if I have time to complete them.
So tell me. Is there a way to slow it down?
I heard His Majesty was looking for me. Is he inside?
Yes, Your Highness. He is waiting for you.
Your face is clouded. You look like you haven't slept all night.
And who can blame you? Lord Kim has been pardoned and the queen is visiting me again.
You must be aghast.
Your Majesty!
Why did you give such orders?
Why did you pardon Lord Kim and forgive the queen?
Yes, I know that is what you think.
But right now, I cannot respond to your question.
Your Majesty!
I asked you to see you so that I can give you this pitiful answer.
I cannot tell you anything right now, so I'm asking you to wait.
It won't be long. Let me think about it for a while.
If there is no solution...
Then I will tell you everything.
So give me some time.
Your Majesty, I do not understand what you are saying.
What is this that you have to think about?
Your Majesty!
It won't be long. Let me think about it for a while.
If there is no solution...
Then I will tell you everything.
Your Highness...
I heard you were at the Grand Palace, Your Highness.
Your Highness...
Something's strange.
What do you mean something's strange?
Did something happen at the Grand Palace?
No, nothing happened.
His Majesty told me nothing. He only told me to wait.
Wait, Your Highness? Wait for what?
That's what I don't know.
I asked him what he meant, but he looked tortured and evaded my question.
But something is definitely wrong. I have never seen him like that.
- Chief Inspector Hong. - Yes, Your Highness.
I need you to find out something.
Yes, Your Highness. Please give me your orders.
Do you understand me? I give you one month.
For one month, you will not take your eyes off me.
You will record everything I do and say for the next month.
- Do you understand? - Yes, Your Majesty.
- Alright. You may leave. - Yes, Your Majesty.
His Majesty has ordered a scribe to record everything he does and says?
What is the reason for this, Your Majesty?
He is looking into the situation, and he will make his judgment accordingly.
His judgment, Your Majesty?
If he feels that he cannot look after the matters of the nation, he will give up his crown.
What?
Find out about that scribe. We have to have him in our power no matter what.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What about the thing I asked you to handle regarding the princess?
Don't worry about that, Your Majesty. No Ron officials are already coming to speak to me.
The princess and the Secretary are already being alienated.
What would you like to do, Your Majesty?
If you order it, I will take the private army and kill...
No. We must still use caution.
We should not stir up the bee's nest.
Then do you intend to let them be?
Do you know what punishment is worse than death?
When I lost everything and was held captive in my own palace, I found out what that was.
The princess and Secretary Jung will receive the exact same humiliation that I experienced.
Your Highness, Secretary Jung is here.
Let him enter quickly!
So, have you found out?
Yes. I found out that Her Majesty summoned her family's physician to the palace recently.
Her physician? Why did she do such a thing?
I'm not sure, but I am certain it is connected to the events that are happening now.
You must hurry. We are running out of time.
What is everyone doing? I sent a message to everyone to come see me.
Why is there no news from anyone?
Everyone in the palace is in conspiracy, Mother.
What do you mean by that?
I'm saying that many of the ministers have already visited Lord Kim Gui Joo.
They cannot do this. They willingly took our side when we turned against the queen.
Organize a meeting. I will speak to them myself.
- That is not a good idea. We must... - I don't want to hear it!
I don't care about saving face! Don't you understand?
If they turn their backs against us, our lives may be at stake!
Did you hear the news? The princess has called a meeting!
No one knows what to do!
What will you do, Minister? Will you go to the meeting?
I must.
She has ordered all of us to attend this meeting.
She... she?
What... what do you mean?
- Is everyone inside? - Yes, Your Highness.
The princess and Secretary Jung are here.
Your Majesty...!
Welcome, princess.
I am disappointed to see you here.
I told you to lay low in silence. Did you take my words lightly?
- What... what is this? - What are you doing?
- Take the princess outside. - Yes, Your Majesty!
- Let me go! Let me go! - Mother... Mother!
Secretary Jung, if you want to remain alive and see your mother again,
do not do anything.
Let me go! I said let me go!
How dare you do this to me! Let go! Let go of me!
- Anyone there? Come and help me...! - Your Highness!
Are you looking for them, Your Highness?
Your Majesty, please forgive us!
We were only doing what the princess ordered!
Yes, Your Majesty. How could we turn our backs on you?
We did not want to do so! Please accept our loyalty to you!
Please accept our loyalty! Please accept our loyalty!
Who is it!
Your Majesty...!
Why are you so surprised, princess?
Did you think that I would order these men to harm you in any way?
Don't worry too much.
I have just forgiven those men out there who stabbed me in the back.
How can I, the queen, harm you, Princess?
But if I am to spare your life...
I must see you atone for your sins.
So what will you do?
How will you show me your atonement?
Please...
forgive...
Please forgive me.
- Let's go. - Yes, Your Majesty.
There you are. Are you fully recovered?
Yes, Sir. Forgive me for causing you worry.
It is enough that you have returned safely.
Why did you ask to see the two of us?
His Majesty has ordered the Bureau to bring him the map of Kyunggi.
His Majesty? Why is he asking for this map?
I'm not sure about that. Retrieve the map and go to the palace.
Yes, Sir.
You're going to enter the palace? Official Park is too much!
Why is he making you work so hard already?
I'm fine, Sir. I'm fully recovered now.
You're not fine! Illness from being cold is difficult to recover from!
- I heard that too! - That's right!
- Now I feel like I'm home. - What do you mean?
I feel like I'm really back when I hear all of you worrying about me.
Worried? Who's worried? I was hoping I could go to the palace instead!
You've changed since you went on that outing!
- Chobi is outrageous! - But I'm pretty!
In any case, welcome back, Song Yeon!
- Your Majesty, the Bureau artist and Damo are here. - Alright.
Aren't you the child that drew the Maehwa painting?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I wanted to ask you here again, and I am glad to see you!
I'm honored, Your Majesty!
- Did you bring the map I requested? - Yes, Your Majesty!
Good. You may leave.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Wait.
You may remain.
Why does His Majesty keep telling Song Yeon to remain behind?
- Do you know how to read maps? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Then you will look at the map and confirm something for me.
I will begin to recite each mountain and river, as well as each village on that map.
You will correct me if I am wrong.
- What? - Can you do it?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I will begin with the villages in the Northeast.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Towol, Jung Pyung, Naedaeji...
Choongtong, Hyunam, Sunggwol...
- Am I right? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Next will be villages in the Southwest.
Munnae, Saemal, Gobunjae, Anhadong...
Sungi, Jangyi, Seobong, Shinbong, Hongchun...
- Have I gotten them right? - Yes, Your Majesty. They are all correct.
Really? Good. I'm glad! I'm really glad.
Now, let's move on to the next map.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What do you mean the physician is not here? Has he left the palace already?
No, Your Highness. The physician is in His Majesty's chambers.
- His Majesty's chambers? - Yes, Your Highness.
Alright.
Something is strange, Your Highness.
According to my sources, the physician is giving tonics and acupuncture to His Majesty thrice a day.
But no one else is allowed to be in the chamber.
How can that be?
When His Majesty's health is being checked, the physician must be accompanied by the Chief Secretary!
Go to His Majesty's chambers and tell the physician I want to speak to him.
Yes, Your Highness.
Song Yeon!
- Your Highness! - Why are you wearing that?
Have you started working at the Bureau again?
Yes, Your Highness. Official Park told me that I could return to the Bureau.
But it is still too early for you to work. Why have you done such a foolish thing?
No, Your Highness! I'm fine now. I can do errands at the palace now.
- Song Yeon...! - I will not show you my weak side anymore.
Please do not worry about me any further.
Alright. I will believe your words.
So you better keep your promise. I cannot bear to see you sick again.
Your Highness...
It is late. You should head home.
Yes, Your Highness. I will take my leave.
Alright. I'll see you soon.
As the tonic is potent, it may be difficult for you to tolerate.
Is it alright, Your Majesty?
Yes, it is tolerable.
You may leave now.
Yes, Your Majesty!
In order to prevent memory loss, we must perform acupuncture.
And if you recite things by memory, it will slow down the deterioration.
Welcome, My Lord! Everyone is waiting for you!
- You're here, My Lord! - Yes, what have you found?
I investigated the queen's family as you ordered, and I found something suspicious.
Something suspicious?
A few days ago, Her Majesty summoned her family's physician to the palace secretly.
- Her family's physician? - Yes.
How strange. She could have summoned the Royal Physician instead.
But she deliberately summoned her family's physician...?
- Anything else? - I heard this from a palace maid.
His Majesty selected a new scribe and ordered him to record everything he did and said.
But why is so strange about a scribe recording His Majesty's words and actions?
But that is the strange thing.
He ordered the scribe to not only record him during meetings and audiences,
but everything from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep.
What?
- Is that really so? - Yes, Your Highness.
That is so unlike him.
He has always distanced himself from the scribes and he thought them as nuisances.
But for him to select a scribe to record his actions and words even in his own chambers...
That is not the only strange thing.
Don't you find it suspicious that the queen summoned her family's physician into the palace?
I'm certain that there is a problem with His Majesty's health.
What?
I spoke to the Royal Physician yesterday after I heard he saw His Majesty alone.
He told me that it was His Majesty's order.
A family physician entering the palace, and the Royal Physician inspecting the king alone...
I suspect it is the same reason.
But I cannot guess what that reason is.
There is something wrong with his health, but why is he trying to hide it?
We had a Cabinet meeting today.
I increased the number of meetings in each province to 12 per month.
At noon, I met with the Culture Minister to...
Your Majesty, are you alright?
Yes, I'm fine.
Have I forgotten anything that happened today?
No, Your Majesty. You have remembered everything.
Indeed? Are you sure?
- Yes, Your Majesty! - Good. Then you may leave.
Yes, Your Majesty!
The Crown Prince went to Pyongyang last April,
met with War Minister Cho Suk Soo and amassed an army of three thousand men!
Crown Prince Sado
- Father! - Continue!
Hurry! Find the evidence of his treason!
- Father! - Move aside!
I am searching for evidence of your treason!
Evidence of treason? This is my chambers, Father.
Why are you looking for evidence of treason here?
Your Majesty! This letter from Pyongyang just arrived!
Do you see this letter? Will you still deny your act of treason?
Did you covet the throne so much? So much that you gathered an army to force me out!
I wanted to believe you! I wanted the ministers to be wrong about you!
But you are my son, and yet you drew your sword against me!
Are you saying you tried to believe in me?
No, that was not so. You never believed in me!
If you truly believed in me, if you thought of me as your son, you would not have done this!
You wretch! What are you saying to me?
What is this letter? And what are you planning to do?
I am innocent! I am being framed by the ministers around you!
How else can I say?
You wretch!
Who are you? Who sent you?
It was me.
Why are you so surprised? I haven't forgotten the present you gave me.
Tonight, I will repay you.
Do something!
Did you think you would go unpunished for the humiliation you gave me?
If I killed you now, I would have no regrets!
Then what is stopping you? Do as you wish!
But this time, you'll have to kill me!
Because next time, I will send you poison as a gift!
What? You wretch, how dare you...?
Fine, if that is your wish, I will send you to the underworld!
You son of a bitch!
Have you seen Chief Inspector Hong today?
- No, not today. - Me neither.
He told me to investigate something by today and now he's missing!
It's so late already! Where is he?
Sir!
What happened to you! Look at me!
- Dae Su... - Sir! What happened to you?
Who did this to you?
S... Sir!
Kim Gui Joo, that crazy bastard! I won't let him get away with this!
Don't be involved in this. Do you want to become like me?
- Sir! - More importantly, have you found out what I asked?
It was as you said. I have been watching the scribe's house.
And Lord Kim Gui Joo's manservant was going in and out of the house.
I really don't understand what is going on.
What exactly is going on with His Majesty?
A few days, Song Yeon was sent to the palace.
He wants her to bring him maps everyday so that he can memorize them!
What? His Majesty is memorizing maps?
- Is that true? - That's what I just said!
He put the prince in danger by pardoning Lord Kim, and now he's memorizing maps?
Has he gone senile? How can he do this?
- I'm so frustrated...! - Wait!
Maybe...? But that can't be!
There is something wrong with his health, but why is he trying to hide it?
His Majesty selected a new scribe and ordered him to record everything he did and said.
He ordered the scribe to not only record him during meetings and audiences,
but everything from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep.
It can't be...! His Majesty can't be...!
Repair the Young Woo Won♪? (♪The gravesite of Crown Prince Sado)
Yes, Your Highness. According to reports,
the grave is not only rundown, the grave mound is almost collapsing.
I am not surprised. It has been neglected for so many years.
His Majesty the King!
What is the meaning of this! How dare you conduct the Cabinet without informing me?
Forgive me, Your Majesty, but you ordered me to handle the Cabinet by myself a while ago.
I don't want to hear it! How dare you give me such a pitiful excuse?
Your Majesty...!
I heard you all discuss the most outrageous thing!
Is that why you decided to have the Cabinet without me?
- What do you mean, Your Majesty? - Do you not understand what I'm saying?
Repair the Young Woo Won? How dare you repair a criminal's grave?
The late Crown Prince Sado was a criminal!
You should be thankful that we did not demolish his grave!
How dare you suggest to repair it?
Your Majesty, please do not be angry!
I just wanted to take care of my father's neglected grave.
Father? Who is your father?
Your Majesty...!
I have changed your lineage to be the son of my first son, the late Crown Prince Hyo Jang!
You should know this already. You are the son of Crown Prince Hyo Jang, not Sado!
A son of a criminal is a criminal also! If you truly consider Sado your father,
you cannot become the Crown Prince, and cannot become king!
Now tell me, who is your father?
Whose son are you?
- Your Majesty...! - Why don't you answer me!
Whose son are you?
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