- Second Secretary! - Yes, Your Majesty!
Go and arrest the prince.
Yes, Your Majesty!
- Come with me! - Yes, Sir.
Let's go.
Halt!
Bow and receive the order of the king!
What is the meaning of this!
Your Majesty!
The chief of the palace army shall answer me.
What is the reason the soldiers of the palace army are carrying weapons in the palace?
Your Majesty...!
What is this outrage I see before me?
Have they all taken up arms against the prince?
Your Majesty, please execute me for not protecting the prince!
- How dare you...! - Your Majesty!
- Arrest all of them! - Yes, Your Majesty!
- Arrest all of them! - Yes, Sir!
Take Princess Hwa Wan and put her on house arrest in her chambers.
Take all of the ministers here and imprison them in the tribunal dungeons.
I will hold them guilty of treason.
Yes, Your Majesty. Take them away!
- Yes, Sir! - Your Majesty!
- Father! - Your Majesty!
Please listen to what I have to say first, Your Majesty!
- I... I only wanted for...! - Take the Queen away!
Your Majesty!
Put her on house arrest. She is not to leave her chambers at any time.
She will be charged with treason as well!
- Your Majesty! - Take her away!
Your Majesty!
- I'm alright. - Escort His Majesty into his chambers!
Yes, Your Highness!
Your Majesty...!
Go and await your judgment.
- Take her away! - Yes, Sir!
Wait, where are you taking us? Where?
- Let me go! Let me go! - How dare you lay your hands on me!
Walk! Keep walking!
Close!
Go in!
I said go in!
- Go in! - Don't touch me!
Go in!
Open this gate! I said open it! Open it, you sons of bitches!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
What will happen to us now?
Are we going to be executed?
Minister, is it over for us?
Your Highness! Your Highness!
Make sure that no one enters or leaves this place.
- Do you understand? - Yes, Sir!
- Take the queen away! - Your Majesty!
Put her on house arrest. She is not to leave her chambers at any time.
She will be charged with treason as well!
Hey!
- What is it, Sir? - Did you hear? His Majesty is awake!
What?
- What did you just say? - Didn't you hear?
His Majesty regained consciousness and had everyone seized and arrested!
- Did that really happen? - Yes!
It's over! It's really over!
The five armies have now approached past Dukchon Valley.
They will reach the Capital in three to four hours.
This is His Majesty's decree. Send it to the five armies and stop their approach.
And in case something happens, dispatch the palace army outside the city gates.
Yes, Your Highness.
- I'm going to go out for a while, Uncle. - Out? Where?
I can't stand this. I'm going to the market to find out what's going on.
The market is completely shut down. There is not even an ant in sight.
The people are saying that the soldiers were heading towards the palace in the morning.
What if something happens to you?
I can't just sit here and do nothing.
Song Yeon!
Uncle!
Dae Su!
- Why are you two outside? - Dae Su, what's going on?
Has something really happened? Where are those soldiers going?
No, Uncle, everything's alright.
What do you mean, Dae Su?
His Majesty woke up from his coma, and had the insurgent soldiers arrested.
Even the five armies that are headed here will soon be demobilized!
His Majesty woke up?
That's what I said! The prince is now safe and they're all behind bars.
So it's all over!
Really?
Is that true? His Majesty regained consciousness and gave those orders?
The Ministers were all imprisoned.
Even the Queen and Princess Hwa Wan are under house arrest.
They will all be charged with treason!
Mother!
Surely Heaven has helped us! Heaven awoke His Majesty to help us!
How else would something like this happen?
Yes, Mother!
So where is the prince now?
He is with His Majesty in the Grand Palace.
How is His Majesty? Has he now recovered?
Please forgive me, Your Highness, but that is not so.
- Not so? What do you mean? - His Majesty's condition is still critical.
It is a miracle that he regained consciousness.
Are you telling me that he will never fully recover?
Please forgive me, Your Highness.
Please have me executed!
Why did you come here?
- Leave us for a while. - Yes, Your Majesty.
I have heard about what they did the past few days.
- Your Majesty... - They opposed my abdication using my last decree.
And they tried to have you decrowned.
If that was not enough, they brought soldiers into the palace and tried to harm you.
How could this have happened?
How?
I will never forgive them for this.
I will have all those involved even in the slightest and have them punished!
So you must organize a tribunal for me as soon as possible.
I will have their lives for their crime.
Your Majesty, please allow me to handle this.
You have not yet recovered.
It is more important for you to be at ease and regain your health.
Therefore, please allow me to take care of this matter.
Your Majesty!
Alright. Do as you wish.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Forgive me.
I almost wasn't able to keep your father's last request.
Your Majesty...
He must have sent me.
Your father must have sent me back to save you.
Commander, reorganize the rest of the men and assemble all the officers.
- There is something I must say to them. - Yes, Your Highness.
I will obey your orders and block the invaders and traitors from attacking the palace!
- Commander... - Thank you, Commander.
Your Highness! Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - What is it?
You must go to the Grand Palace now!
His Majesty has regained consciousness!
He is asking for you!
Hurry and prepare the tonic!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, are you really awake? Can you recognize me, Your Majesty?
Your Majesty!
San...
Your Majesty...!
Is Official Park still not here?
He was here earlier, but he left to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Rites.
How can you be late on a day like this?
He's right. I was so excited to come back to work that I couldn't sleep last night.
- Song Yeon, you felt the same way too, right? - Yes.
Song Yeon, then is the rumor true?
What rumors is it now? I don't believe your rumors anymore.
No, this time it's really true. In three days, the criminals are going to executed!
I heard that too! I heard that the people to be executed are over a hundred!
There will soon be bloodshed in the Capital!
- Oh no...! - Bloodshed...?
Official Park would like all of you to gather.
As you know, I have just come back from a meeting at the Ministry of Rites.
Now that the order to shut down all government offices have been lifted,
you may now all finish your work.
But Sir, there are terrible rumors circulating around the Capital.
Will there an interrogation of all the ministers and officials that were arrested?
Yes, I am sure there will be consequences for what has happened.
But that is for the government to determine. You should focus on your work.
Don't spend your time thinking about such things. Do you understand?
Yes, Sir!
I doubt you have forgotten.
This is His Majesty's resolution, Prince!
His Majesty's last decree before his officials and the people of this nation...
was to decrown you!
- Second Secretary! - Yes, Your Majesty!
Go and arrest the prince.
Your Highness.
Yesterday's events seem so long ago.
What about you? Do you have any regrets?
Regrets, Your Highness?
While waiting for the soldiers to come bursting through any moment,
I thought of you.
I felt remorse and sorrow for you.
I know well what your dreams and ambitions are.
But because you were with me, you could not even fulfill them.
Are you asking me if I stayed up all night filled with regret?
To be honest, I did stay up all night.
But it was not because of regret, Your Highness.
It was because my heart leapt at the thought of dying with such honor.
I realized that I had already fulfilled all my dreams and ambitions,
by being by your side at this time of danger.
Regret? Not at all, Your Highness.
You gave me an opportunity to live a life worthy of a man.
Have I ever said 'thank you' to you?
Thank you.
The reason I have survived until now is because of you.
Your Highness!
- What is this? - It is a list of everyone involved.
Apart from all the Ministers, it also includes the names of all those secretly supporting them.
What are you planning on doing with them, Your Highness?
This incident not only involves the Queen and Princess Hwa Wan.
It also includes your grand-uncle, Minister of Justice Hong In Han.
I am worried that this will cause some hesitation in your judgment of their crimes.
Yes, you're right.
As you said, I am hesitating.
It gives me more sorrow to punish them than joy.
But do not worry. I will not run away from it.
It is not because they caused the death of my father.
This country cannot stand on firm ground if crimes are not punished appropriately.
I will do what I must do.
Your Highness...
- I will stand guard here. Go to the south gate. - Yes, Sir!
This way.
My Lord!
- Has anyone seen you? - No, My Lord.
Give this letter to the Personnel Minister.
Yes, My Lord.
He said that if you do as the letter says, there will be a solution.
Your Excellency! The lives of the ministers and the future of No Ron
rests in your hands!
Hot! Hot!
- Are you trying to burn me? - Forgive me, Sir!
- I wouldn't do it on purpose now. - Who knows? Maybe it's payback for your bloody nose!
I asked you to give me one!
Why are you laughing?
Sir!
So you were all here? What were you doing?
- We were applying poultices. - Why are you covered in bruises?
Well, you know we've been busy lately.
Yes, you're right. But you don't have to worry anymore.
Because of your hard work, this corrupt government is finished!
Anyone there?
Did you summon me, Your Excellency?
- Make preparations to enter the palace. - Yes, Your Excellency.
What is this?
You want me to hold only Kim Gui Joo and the two lieutenants of the palace army responsible?
Apart from them, Industry Minister Yi Tae Suk, Justice Second Minister Oh Yin Chul,
and Rites Second Minister Bae Yong Su will confess to their involvement as well.
So please close this incident by just holding them responsible, Your Highness.
Are you joking with me, Minister?
They took the palace army and invaded the palace.
They took the king's own soldiers to strike the palace!
This is clearly treason. How can you ask me to cover this up?
You're right. What they did was outright treason and insurgency.
But if you try to punish all of them, they will all create explanations for their actions.
Explanations?
His Majesty gave an Imperial Decree stating your decoronation.
This is an unwavering fact.
Are you saying that is a legitimate explanation?
You know well that His Majesty was not himself when he gave that decree!
Yes, I know that well.
But how will you explain that?
His Majesty gave a decree to decrown you.
And the next day, he told you of his plans to abdicate.
Why do you think that is?
- Isn't it because he is suffering from dementia? - Minister!
Why did you keep silent on that issue despite all the trouble you've had so far?
Isn't that because you did not want to mar the reign of His Majesty?
If you take them out and interrogate them,
they will surely talk about His Majesty's condition.
And this will all be recorded in the historical records of the Royal Scribes.
That is my biggest worry.
If we don't stop the investigations at this stage, we will not be able to stop the rumors.
That is not the only reason why I am entreating you.
There are over a hundred officials involved in this incident.
There is only one reason why I was on your side.
It was to prevent our government from collapse.
But if you intend to punish all the No Ron members,
I have no choice but to oppose it.
You promised me that you would not cause the collapse of the present government.
I am entreating you to keep that promise.
You must close this incident with only a few men being punished.
That is the only way to protect His Majesty and prevent the collapse of government!
Please hear my plea, Your Highness.
Why did you keep silent on that issue despite all the trouble you've had so far?
Isn't that because you did not want to mar the reign of His Majesty?
You promised me that you would not cause the collapse of the present government.
I am entreating you to keep that promise.
You must close this incident with only a few men being punished.
That is the only way to protect His Majesty and prevent the collapse of government!
We were able to reveal the truth with your help.
They were plotting to decrown the prince and make Prince Eun Jun the new Crown Prince.
- Is that really true? - Yes, Your Excellency.
What a fearsome opponent they are. Let us go and inform the prince.
You mean that all the people listed here were involved in this incident?
Yes, Your Highness. These people all received letters from the queen.
They may not have been involved directly, but their support of her is clear.
Tell the tribunal to send the imprisoned Ministers to the Audience Chamber.
I will pass judgment today.
His Highness the Prince!
Last night...
An inconceivable event happened in our government.
Some of you here had contempt for me,
and plotted to harm me by invading the palace with armed men.
This cannot be forgiven or forgotten.
It was treason of the highest sort.
Therefore today...
with the power given to me by the king, I will pass judgment.
Your Highness! Please have mercy!
- It is all a misunderstanding! We were... - Silence!
Do not open your mouth! You will remain silent!
You will only listen to what I have to say. Do you understand?
Yes... yes...!
Kim Gui Joo, who disobeyed His Majesty and dispatched soldiers into the palace,
Oh Myung Ho, Lieutenant of the palace army,
Yi Jae Hyun, Second Lieutenant, Jang Ik Pil of Artillery Command...
These men will have their titles stripped from them, and exiled as traitors.
Industry Minister Yi Tae Suk, Justice Second Minister Oh Yin Chul,
and Rites Second Minister Bae Yong Su will be punished in the same way.
The rest of the Ministers will be investigated by a State Tribunal.
Your Highness! A State Tribunal?
- Their involvement in this treason is clear! - Do not say anymore.
- Your Highness! - I said do not speak!
This will conclude this incident.
The crimes of the other officials will be investigated by the tribunal.
The head of the State Tribunal will be Hong Gook Young.
You may all return to your homes.
Your Highness, a State Tribunal? We have sufficient evidence of their guilt!
What else do you want us to find?
Chief Inspector Hong is right. I cannot understand your intent.
If you free them by preparing this State Tribunal, they will think of another way to escape!
That is what I want.
I want to conclude this incident at this stage.
Your Highness!
I said a State Tribunal will be set up, but it is only an excuse.
We will have no more investigations or interrogations, so conclude the tribunal quickly.
What do you mean by that, Your Highness?
You want to let them go like that? You want to free them so easily?
Your Highness!
I'm sorry I disappointed you. But this is the best option I have.
- So please follow my orders. - No!
I can't do that! What are you so afraid of?
You are the Grand Heir of this country!
You will soon be the ruler of this country!
Why are you giving up this opportunity to pull them out by the roots?
Did you order me to head the State Tribunal?
If so, I will reveal all of their crimes!
I will pull them all out of government!
I will cause all of them to be executed!
- Chief Inspector Hong! - I have nothing else to say to you.
I will take my leave, Your Highness.
- Chief Inspector Hong! That fellow...! - Let him be.
- We cannot blame him. - But Your Highness...!
Your Highness! Secretary Jung is here!
Mother!
What has happened? How did you come here?
- I was just released. - What?
The prince just ordered a State Tribunal to investigate our crimes and set us free.
What did you say? A State Tribunal?
But in reality, this incident is being concluded with Kim Gui Joo and a few others being exiled.
You can now breathe with ease.
What is going on? Why is the prince being so lenient?
- It is because of His Majesty. - What?
The prince fears the widespread knowledge of His Majesty's dementia.
He will no longer pursue this incident.
So the prince plans to ending this with only Kim Gui Joo and a few other officials?
Everyone else will be investigated by a State Tribunal, but as that will take such time to set up,
you can come up with a plan to extricate yourself. You can now let go of your worries!
- Please calm yourself, Mother! - Move aside! I must speak to the prince.
I must know his reason for doing this!
Why did you make such a decision?
How can you release them when you know their crimes so well?
Was it His Majesty? Did he ask you to release them?
Not at all, Mother. Why do you say that?
If it wasn't His Majesty, then why would you do such a thing?
- Mother...! - They killed your father.
Now they have even brought soldiers into the palace to try and kill you!
They are conspirators of treason!
If you free them, they will run at you with a sword again!
So why are you freeing them? Why are you allowing them to cause you more pain?
Son!
Oh, come on in!
What's wrong? What's that expression on your face?
- Do you have a room available? - Yes, it's heated. Go on in!
What happened? I'm so curious!
This isn't happening! Who are they?
They ran at us with intent to kill us and the prince!
But he is going to free them? What nonsense is this?
Please say something! I know we have to obey the prince.
- But this is just ridiculous! - There must be some politics involved.
- It's useless to talk about it, so stop it! - Politics? What politics?
Of course there's politics! There must politics that men like us can't understand!
Fine, but I don't know politics. Maybe I'll just myself and get rid of all of them!
If the prince can't do it, then I'll kill all of them!
- Are you insane? - You're drunk! Stop it!
No, I'm not drunk. I've been drinking but the more I drink the clearer my thoughts!
I'm going to go and destroy the people who have been trying to kill us!
- Dae Su! Dae Su! - Let me go!
- Let me go! Please let me go! - Dae Su!
- Your Majesty, the prince is here. - Let him enter.
Did you ask for me, Your Majesty?
Yes, I did. Your face is clouded. Do you feel unwell?
Your Majesty, why do you concern yourself with my health?
The Royal Physician has told me that you need to be shielded from all worry.
Please do not worry about me.
Alright. But I must ask you one thing.
What is it, Your Majesty?
How did you judge the criminals?
Why are you silent? Is there a problem?
No, Your Majesty. I have given them a judgment according to their crimes.
Indeed?
It is not an easy task to give out punishment.
Even so, you must be sure to not be lenient.
You must make your judgment according to their crimes. Do you understand?
Yes, Your Majesty.
And one more thing...
You may make my condition public if you need to defend your judgment.
- Why aren't you answering me? - Your Majesty,
I can't obey those orders.
I'll be alright. You need to do this.
That is the only way you will silence their defense of my last decree.
Do you understand my meaning?
I have nothing to fear from others knowing that I am suffering from dementia.
If I think about how I have made others suffer because of my dementia,
I regret not dying earlier.
Your Majesty, please don't say that!
- San... - Yes, Your Majesty.
I am filled with sorrow at leaving you with such a heavy burden.
That is why you must punish them before I am gone.
- Brother! Brother! - I have no such brother. Move aside!
Why are you being this way, Brother?
- You...! - Please help me, Brother!
Please help me see the princess!
Do you think she will allow such a thing to happen?
How did you become such a two-faced man?
Brother, please...!
I will ask, but I can't guarantee anything.
I... I... Brother!
- She says you may enter. - Really?
Don't just stand there! Go in!
Yes... yes...!
Your Highness! Thank you for seeing me.
Do not be mistaken. I allowed you in so that I may say something to you.
What is it, Your Highness?
Do you think it is over because the prince forgave you? It is not so!
If that is what you think, you are sorely mistaken!
- Your Highness...! - How can this be covered up so easily?
Even if the prince forgave you, I will never forgive you, Uncle!
Your Highness, I....!
- Your Highness, he is regretful... - Regretful?
Is this something that can be settled by merely being regretful?
- Leave my chamber. Leave! - Your Highness, I...!
Alright... alright.
Fine. If that is how she feels, then I have no choice either!
What do you mean by that?
If you won't help me, then I will help myself!
Help yourself? With what resources?
Don't you know a cornered rat will attack the cat?
Wait and see!
Why, you...! Wait! Wait!
My goodness...
Attendant Yi.
- Make preparations to go to the Grand Palace. - Yes, Your Highness.
- Your Majesty, the princess is here. - Let her enter.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Welcome.
How is your health, Your Majesty?
I do not know why I live so long.
How will I ever atone for the sins in my lifetime?
Your Majesty, please do not say such things.
The sin I have committed against you will not be forgotten even in my death.
So release all the bitterness you have in your heart.
Your Majesty!
I am already joyful that you finally understand the Crown Prince's true intentions.
- But... - What is it?
But I have come here because I really do not understand what is happening.
Did you order this outrage to be covered up?
What do you mean?
Cover up? How could that be?
The prince has decided to forgive the enemies who tried to kill him.
Was it because you ordered it so?
Is that true?
- Anyone there? - Yes, Your Majesty.
- Any news from the Grand Palace? - No, Your Majesty.
His Majesty will ask to see me soon! I'm sure he will!
- You must inform me immediately when he does! - Yes, Your Majesty!
Sir!
- You're here. - What are you doing?
Can't you see? I'm fishing.
This is no time for you to be fishing!
Then what else can I do?
There is nothing for me to do.
You can try to change the mind of His Highness!
This is not that kind of situation.
I can no longer work with the prince.
Go on and leave me.
Sir!
I think the fish are avoiding me today.
I should go somewhere else.
You should be trying to catch His Highness' mind, not fish.
You should return to the palace with me.
I apologize for the inferior room.
- Please have some tea. - Thank you.
This tea is the only thing I can offer you.
Please leave this unworthy place after you've had your tea.
I completely understand how you must be feeling.
It is only understandable how a young man like you cannot understand the prince.
Are you saying that you understand and agree with the prince's decision?
- Yes, I am. - How is that possible?
How can you understand such a decision?
- Do you become a child when you're older? - Don't get too excited and listen to me.
Why do you think the prince forgave them?
It has nothing to do with politics. There is only one reason.
It is his love for His Majesty.
Love?
It is because he did not want everyone to know and make records of the king's dementia.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
I am proud to serve such a man.
It is not the prince's ability and talent that I respect.
It is his heart.
At the Year-End Festival, you found out that the Queen and her brother
were behind the assassination attempt of the prince and still forgave them.
Having survived that, they have made yet another attempt to eliminate him.
Why must the prince forgive them again?
- Grand Eunuch, are you there? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Did you call for me, Your Majesty?
Why did you do such a thing?
What do you mean, Your Majesty?
I am asking you why you forgave them?
Your Majesty! How did you ...?
Was it to hide my condition?
Is that the reason why you forgave them?
Your Majesty!
You do not yet realize the reason why I came back from the dead.
You do not know why I am prolonging my life.
That is because I wanted to protect you as your father wanted.
Your Majesty!
But now you're saying that you are covering up this traitorous crime because of me?
Then I must finish what you could not.
Your Majesty!
The king has asked for you!
Really?
What did I tell you? I said the king would send for me!
It's alright now. Everything will be alright now!
Chief Secretary!
His Majesty has asked to see you, Excellency.
What is it? Why is he suddenly summoning him?
He said that he was going to give an Imperial Decree.
Do you know what it's about?
I'm not sure.
- Tell His Majesty I am here. - Yes, Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty, the Queen is here. - Let her enter.
Your Majesty, did you ask to see me?
Take a seat.
I am just about to give an Imperial Decree as to your position.
I summoned you so that you are aware as well.
What do you mean by my position, Your Majesty?
I will give my Imperial Decree now. Write down what I say.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Today, in the year 1776, on the thirteenth day of the second month
Queen Jung Soon of the Kim family shall be decrowned...
and exiled from the palace.
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