(Missing Crown Prince)
(SUHO)
(Hong Ye Ji)
(Myung Se Bin)
(Kim Ju Hun)
(Kim Min Kyu)
(Missing Crown Prince)
(All characters, locations, organizations, and incidents...)
(in this drama are historically irrelevant and fictitious.)
(Production guidelines were strictly followed...)
(when filming with children and animals.)
That is it.
You are pregnant.
Sang Rok.
Soo Ryeon.
(Episode 19)
The night air is cold. Why did you come out?
Are you admiring the moon?
If we get caught while on the run,
we will both die.
Why are you suddenly bringing up what we both know?
You are pregnant now. I cannot get our child killed.
The baby is listening in my womb, so please stop.
Even if we manage to run away without getting caught,
our child will have to live in hiding forever as fugitives' child.
I cannot let that happen.
I know.
It did nothing wrong other than being born to fugitive parents.
It is such a cruel fate for the child.
What can we do though?
There is nothing we can do for the child.
We should...
return to the palace.
- Sang Rok. - Let us return.
We will go back and survive no matter what.
Sang Rok.
- Please... - I will do whatever it takes...
to make sure our child can survive.
I will kill everyone if I have to.
I will make sure...
our child can live at all costs.
The two of us can find our way from here on, so you should go.
- Will you be all right? - We are almost there.
I am afraid someone might see us. Hurry up and go.
I will keep her safe,
so do not worry.
I trust that you will take good care of her.
- I will contact you. - Okay.
- Your Majesty. - Gosh.
Let us go.
That is enough. You should get going.
You are burning up.
You have a high fever.
I am just a little tired because I walked for a while.
If you are unwell, the child will also feel unwell.
Do you not know that?
If you are worried about our child, hurry up and leave.
If a problem arises,
what will happen to the child?
Fine.
This is done.
But about the King...
He will watch your every move.
Would it be possible to make a move without getting caught?
Do not worry.
I have a plan.
More importantly,
how did the King regain consciousness overnight?
That is what I do not understand.
How did it happen without me knowing...
I checked and made sure that the book was still there.
(Five)
My gosh.
Who did this?
It was Myung Yoon.
Myung Yoon? When did she do this?
On the day of Prince Gwangchang's memorial ceremony,
you were not at your palace.
(Five)
However, we cannot be sure that it was Myung Yoon.
Perhaps, it was someone else...
Out of everyone who had a reason to visit your palace,
she was the only one who would recognize this book and needed...
to view what was in it.
Was it you?
Did you...
take the book?
Yes, it was me.
Do you truly not realize what you have done?
I simply did what I had to do.
Cornering your own father into a deadly situation?
Is that what you had to do as my child?
I did it because I am your child.
As your child,
I believed that it was my duty to right your wrongs.
Do you hate me that much?
To the point that you would side with them to get me killed?
Do you...
hate me that much?
Yes.
I hate you.
I absolutely hate you and resent you.
When I think about Mother, I am filled...
with bone-deep sorrow and resentment.
As of this moment, you are not to leave the house.
You must stay in your room. You are grounded.
I refuse.
- What did you say? - I said, "I refuse."
Until His Majesty fully recovers,
I will visit the palace every day.
If you keep trying to stop me,
I will...
move out.
Moo Baek, are you outside?
Lock Myung Yoon in her room.
Make sure she does not even step out of her room.
Please let her go.
How dare you. After scheming with Myung Yoon...
to deceive me,
you are daring to disobey me now?
You may take my life.
Please let her go, and I will do...
everything you say.
If you order me to die, I will gladly take my own life.
So please...
let Lady Myung Yoon go.
You may go.
The moment you leave this room,
you are...
no longer my daughter.
Your Royal Highness.
Your Royal Highness, how did you find me here?
Did you bring him here?
No, I...
- I ran into her on my way here. - Yes.
We ran into each other, apparently.
You must go to the palace now.
Is His Majesty unwell?
Did you sleep well last night?
Yes, I did.
It seems that the fever has gone down,
but it will spike again if you push yourself too hard,
- so please... - Understood.
I will take it easy.
I think he is still having difficulty breathing.
Can it not improve with some herbal medicine or acupuncture?
Is it very uncomfortable?
No, it is fine.
Do you not see that I am fine?
I heard you cough when I came to greet you in the morning...
You said you had to go to the Crown Prince Tutorial Office.
(Seoyeon: Education system for Crown Prince)
- Yes. - Then get going.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Buyong Pavilion.
Get going. What are you waiting for?
Yes, Your Majesty. I will be off, then.
Buyong Pavilion.
Your Majesty. Please forgive me for saying this, but...
If you must ask for forgiveness, do not say it.
I told the Head Eunuch...
to arrange a room for you to stay.
I would like you to stay there for the time being...
and check in on me every morning and evening.
Could you do that for me?
Yes, Your Majesty.
What do you mean?
Please forgive me for saying this,
but many members of the Seoin Faction...
were supporters of Yoon Yi Kyum,
so they are having a hard time with the investigation.
I did expect it to happen,
but this may be our last chance to uproot the problem,
so we must not make a single mistake.
Yes.
We will do our very best.
As you are well aware,
Yoon Yi Kyum will not give up...
just because he is behind bars now.
We do not know what they would do if we gave them more time,
so please hurry.
You do not seem well.
Do you feel unwell?
No.
I am fine, so do not worry about me.
- I am worried about you... - I am fine too.
You know I like to play and spend time idly.
Anyway, why did you ask for me?
He wishes to see you.
Who?
Your maternal grandfather wants to see you.
No, I refuse.
- I do not want to see him. - Dosung.
He is still your grandfather.
What my so-called grandfather did to my own father...
Mother.
Do you not resent Grandfather?
I resent him too.
Even just thinking about the cruelty of it...
makes my heart race and smothers me.
But what can I do?
He is my father and your grandfather.
Just once.
Please meet him just once.
We do not know when he will be sent into exile.
Once that happens, you may never see him again.
Please, do it for my sake.
It may be your last chance to see him again, so meet him just once.
Please?
Dosung.
I was told that you were confined to your residence.
Can you be out and about freely like this?
I am here with His Majesty's permission.
Father allowed you to visit the palace?
Yes.
I was told to visit the palace today...
so that the new Inspector General can take over my duties.
What brings you here, Your Highness?
Are you here to see your maternal grandfather?
The Namin Faction will be sure to kill your maternal grandfather.
After that,
they will go after the Queen...
and Your Highness.
(Hoe, Ogyeong, Paok)
(Escape between 3am and 5am on the 1st)
Who sent it?
It was probably...
Prince Dosung.
I knew you would come to see me.
I...
How could you do such a horrendous thing?
- Prince Dosung. - Even if you are blinded by power,
you cannot do such a thing and still call yourself human.
Do you not fear the sky?
How dare you try to assassinate my father?
Please hear me out first.
What more did you want?
It is not true!
I was framed for it.
Just like the Queen Dowager,
the King framed me...
so that he could banish me from the palace for the Crown Prince's sake!
Do you expect me to believe that?
Try to come up with believable excuses if you wish to deceive me.
I did it...
only for you and the Queen...
It was for my sake...
that you tried to kill my father?
It was for Mother's sake that you tried to kill her husband?
Prince Dosung, I was only trying to protect the family...
Stop!
Please, that is enough.
Because of you, Mother is in such a precarious situation now.
You still have something to say?
I only came here because Mother practically begged me to.
This is the last time.
I do not wish to see you again.
What do you want...
this old man to do?
Confess to everything you did...
and beg for forgiveness.
That is the only thing...
you can do, Grandfather.
(Buyong Pavilion)
Why did the new Inspector General call you here?
He tried to sound me out, using the takeover as an excuse.
I suppose he wishes to make a notable contribution.
Even now, he must be keeping a watchful eye on us.
So is it okay that we are meeting like this?
They already know about it anyway.
If they were going to take issue with it,
they would have exposed it already.
- Even so, you should be careful... - How are you feeling?
Are you all right?
Do you feel any discomfort?
No, I am fine.
Anyway, I heard Myung Yoon was in the bedchamber again.
What is going on?
You still have not had a chance to talk to her?
Myung Yoon is...
no longer my daughter.
Sang Rok!
This is why I told you to clear up the misunderstanding first.
What are you thinking,
letting her believe that you killed her mother?
It cannot be undone.
It is not like she would believe me now...
if I told her that I did not kill her mother.
So, why did you say that to her in the first place?
Do you think Myung Yoon will be at ease...
if the misunderstanding about me is cleared up?
Do you not think that she will be...
even more conflicted between me and the Crown Prince?
Even so,
letting her think that her father killed her mother...
is too cruel.
Why do you not realize...
that you are making her live in misery by doing this?
If you refuse to tell her the truth, I will tell her.
No.
She will not believe me either.
I will ask Master Geowoo to tell her.
She will believe Master Geowoo.
Leave her be.
We will let Myung Yoon...
stay with the Crown Prince.
- Sang Rok. - She must stay by his side.
Only then will she survive...
even if our plan fails.
Myung Yoon.
Even after everything that happened,
you sneaked into the palace for a secret rendezvous?
I am ashamed and disgusted...
that we are breathing the same air.
Watch what you say.
You are speaking before Her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
To me, she is just my despicable father's secret lover,
who caused my mother's death.
Have you forgotten already?
I told you that you were no longer my daughter.
How dare you call me your father?
Why are you being like this? Please...
We should go.
What are these flowers for?
Did you find them on the ground again?
Oh, how did you know?
They are very beautiful.
The spring flowers are in full bloom outside.
Let us go outside.
But what if someone sees us?
Then we will hide among the flowers.
You look...
just as beautiful as a flower.
My lady.
My lady?
"When the spring breeze starts to blow,"
"the plum, cherry, apricot, peach,"
"and pear trees in the palace..."
"begin to bloom one by one."
"The shepherd's purse..."
"and samaras in the mountains..."
"also say..."
"that the spring breeze..."
"came for you."
No, it is "The spring breeze came for me."
Exactly. It came for you.
"Spring Breeze" is...
such a perfect poem for this scenery, is it not?
Yes.
Here comes the spring breeze.
Winter is gone, and spring is here now,
so we can worry about the cold, snowy days later on.
The thing is,
I saw my father...
and the Queen Dowager in front of Buyong Pavilion.
You did?
He is supposed to be confined to his residence, but he is here.
Should we not let His Majesty know right away?
All right.
I will let him know when I see him later.
- Is everything ready? - Yes, my lord.
But must you do it?
I apologize.
I am worried what would happen to Lady Myung Yoon.
Please forgive me.
My plan must succeed for Myung Yoon's sake.
If you are thinking...
that I must fail for Myung Yoon to be with the Crown Prince,
then you are wrong.
Whether I succeed or not,
Myung Yoon is already a traitor's daughter.
The Crown Prince...
cannot marry her...
no matter how much he wishes to.
Of course, I believe that the Crown Prince...
will not kill Myung Yoon even if I fail.
She will be spared,
but she will have to live in hiding for the rest of her life...
even if she gets lucky and avoids becoming a slave.
Do you think Myung Yoon will want to live like that?
If you understand what I am saying,
you should pray that my plan will succeed...
for Myung Yoon's sake.
It has been a while since I told you to investigate...
Yoon Yi Kyum and Yoon Jung Dae for framing the Crown Prince,
but I have yet to receive a report from you.
And how come no one is discussing the deaths...
of Kim Dal Saeng and Heo Jin Soo at the Royal Infirmary?
Yoon Yi Kyum, Yoon Jung Dae, and Choi Sang Rok.
Are you trying to protect them for you all belong to the same faction?
Who is your King?
Shall I replace everyone from the Seoin Faction...
with those from the Namin Faction to make you listen to me?
I expect you to submit a report...
with the criminal's confession by tomorrow!
- Yes, Your Majesty! - Yes, Your Majesty!
(Gongcho: A suspect's statement containing a confession)
Father!
- Father! - Your Majesty!
I am fine. Leave, all of you.
Your Majesty, you must get your pulse checked first.
Please understand.
- Please understand. - Please understand.
I told you all to leave!
Your Majesty, your pulse is so unstable that I can hardly feel it.
You need absolute rest at the moment...
That means I will not die right away.
- Your Majesty. - Fine, I will be careful.
You must detach yourself from the state affairs for the time being.
Thank you for your help. You may leave now.
Your Majesty.
You must not take that medicine.
Are you there, Head Eunuch?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I need some rest.
Leave now.
Is he that unwell?
Yes.
His Majesty needs rest.
However, he has been overworking himself for days.
It is only natural for his health to deteriorate.
What should we do?
Your Royal Highness.
Actually...
Your Royal Highness. It is I, Gap Seok.
Come in.
Greetings to Your Royal Highness.
It has been a while.
When the Queen Dowager wedded the former King...
and moved into the palace
your father made a bad decision.
He tried to take his life by jumping off a cliff.
The one who saved your father back then was your mother.
With that encounter, the two got married.
Your father became a doctor by mastering...
medical techniques from his father-in-law,
who worked at the Royal Infirmary.
It would have been great if it ended there.
Learning about Soo Ryeon's miserable life...
as the Queen Dowager became...
the source...
of all troubles.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! No!
Soo Ryeon!
Court Lady Kim!
This way.
When the Queen Dowager was on the verge of death...
because of the constant ill-treatment from the deposed King,
your father hid Her Majesty in his house.
Did you just say the Queen Dowager?
My apologies to shock you, my lady.
No, it is all right.
But you are holding a sword.
I will explain in detail over time.
With that in mind today...
When your father had gone to your mother to explain the situation,
the assassins sent by the deposed King...
had already invaded the main building of your house.
Let us go.
My lady!
When your father returned to the room,
the assassins mistook your mother for the Queen Dowager...
and had taken her life already.
Go.
You must stop them.
Do not talk.
First,
let me see your wound.
As long as...
they know you hid the Queen Dowager,
we are not safe.
They will try to kill all of us.
Our dear Myung Yoon.
To save her,
you must stop them.
Had your father not listened to your mother,
gone after the assassins, and stopped them,
not only your father...
but also you would not have survived.
Your father...
To save you,
he had given up on your mother.
He...
did not...
kill her.
I do not believe you.
When I asked if he had killed Mother,
Father...
clearly said he did so.
Because your mother died because of him,
your father thinks he killed her...
and lived...
reproaching himself all his life.
He is a poor soul.
I feel sorry for you.
Your mother too.
And even...
your father.
What...
must we do with this karma?
Thank you for coming all the way here.
Do not worry about it, Your Royal Highness.
- Escort him. - Understood.
This way, please.
Is His Royal Highness and Lady Myung Yoon's fate that bad?
Their fates have already taken different paths.
By different paths,
do you mean they cannot be together?
His Royal Highness is gifted with the fate of becoming the King,
while...
there is no wealth nor honor in Myung Yoon's fate.
Do you understand now?
Your Royal Highness.
There is nothing I can do for you,
but why do you keep giving...
and giving?
I have not given you anything.
Do you not hate my father?
If I were you,
I would hate him with every fiber of my body.
But still, you invited Master Geowoo here...
to clear the misunderstanding I had about my father.
How about a drink?
Let us drink.
There is something I have been indulging in.
(Byuk: Enjoying something to the extreme)
That would be you.
(Byuk: Enjoying something to the extreme)
You have developed a strange habit.
They say spikes form in your mouth...
if you do not read every single day.
As for me,
the same happens if I do not get to see you smile...
- at least once every day. - My gosh.
One might think you coated your lips with honey.
Honey is what is on your lips.
How could they be that sweet?
Someone might hear you.
You...
are what I indulge in.
No. I meant what shape these looked like.
They look like petals.
You are right. They are apricot petals.
The apricot petals you like.
Gosh.
My lady!
Why do you look so surprised?
Surprised? No, I am not.
You kept threatening me,
so I expected you to look like a goblin,
but you are actually quite beautiful.
What?
You may be a physician,
but I am not just your patient.
I am also your husband.
There is no way of knowing what will happen between two people.
I hear those who are meant to be will end up together.
Who knows? Fate could...
bring us together again.
You are simply the first woman I have ever loved...
after entering this world.
So I ask you to please remember me...
as a man who loved you,
not as the Crown Prince.
Until the petals that fall...
make a mountain of their own...
I will remember you forever.
You and the Crown Prince cannot be together.
I know that you have a good heart...
and am aware of all that you did to help me get better.
That is why I am grateful.
If there is anything you want,
I truly would love to grant every request.
I am honored, Your Majesty.
However, I cannot allow you...
to be with the Crown Prince.
It is not just because of your father.
The Crown Prince...
needs people he can rely on.
Those who can aid him in tough situations.
Do you understand what I am saying?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I will leave as soon as you recover.
Do you not resent me...
for saying this?
Hardly, Your Majesty.
I am worthy of dying,
but you showed boundless generosity.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
The universe is cruel.
Why is it that someone like you...
had to be born as Choi Sang Rok's daughter?
Last time, we were on the opposite sides of these bars.
Back then,
you told me to kill myself for the sake of the others.
I am sure you remember that.
For Dosung who you truly cherish,
you will confess to all of your crimes...
and be punished accordingly.
Do you not know...
that if I am found guilty of high treason,
Prince Dosung and the Queen...
will no longer be able to secure their positions?
Even if I were of the Namin Faction,
they would not be left in peace.
If you truly wish the best for Prince Dosung,
you should take the initiative...
and have me released.
Is it your wish...
to make me a tyrant like the deposed king...
who killed his own family?
(Pyemosalje: Expelling one's mother and killing a younger sibling)
To me,
Father and Joseon...
mean more to me than the Queen and Dosung.
I will see you again at the interrogation.
Could...
Could he have meant that?
Inspector General Choi?
Are you the one who broke us out?
Yes.
Why?
Because the enemy of my enemy...
is a friend.
What is this?
- It is poison. - What?
You betrayed me once,
and I cannot guarantee that you will not betray me again.
Consume it.
How dare you?
Why did you break us out if this is what you had in mind?
Agree to the coup,
and I will give you the antidote.
Did you say a coup?
I am puzzled as to why you are shocked.
What other option do we have...
if we wish to survive?
It is a path we have already taken once.
What is stopping us from doing it a second time?
Who will ascend the throne?
Who else...
but Prince Dosung?
Now,
say what it is you need.
I will need the aid...
of the Seoin Faction.
The palace is still crawling...
with rats who sided with the sinners!
Am I wrong?
The Inspector General will speak!
Forgive me for saying this,
but those who have been hindering the investigations...
are currently present in the royal court.
The Seoin Faction must be punished, Your Majesty.
That is wrong, Your Majesty.
Namin scholars were in charge of guarding the prison.
Have the Namin Faction...
take responsibility and punish those involved!
- What are you saying? - How dare you?
- That is preposterous. - It is outrageous.
- You know he is right. - How dare you blame us?
- But he was right. - Such nonsense.
Enough!
Even though we are in this mess,
you are busy arguing among your factions.
I deeply deplore...
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty?
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty! - What happened?
- Your Majesty... - Get a physician.
Bring me Lady Myung Yoon.
Lady Myung Yoon left...
as soon as the gates opened...
to visit her residence, Your Royal Highness.
Father.
My lady.
What I wanted to achieve...
must now...
be done...
by you as the Crown Prince.
Are you prepared...
for what is to come?
Yes, Father.
I...
have faith in you.
I will do my best.
Bring me...
the Queen...
and the ministers.
Help me up.
The Crown Prince will approach.
A father passing the crown to his son...
is sanctioned by the skies as an honorable act.
(Jeonwi: A king passing the crown to his heir)
Due to my illness,
I will not be able to fulfill my official duties.
The state affairs I must deal with...
only leaves me more worried.
That is why I will have the Crown Prince take over...
and focus on my recovery...
while resting in peace.
The Crown Prince, Gun,
who is smart, modest,
good as a brother and son, generous, and benevolent...
is qualified to ascend the throne,
so I officially announce his accession to the throne.
(Daebo: The royal seal)
(Seonwi: Abdication of the king)
The ministers and officials of the royal court...
will accept my sincerity...
and help each other as one...
to bring peace to our nation.
I apologize.
How could you even say such a thing?
Now that I have abdicated from the throne,
the Namin Faction...
will not...
let you and Dosung...
live in peace.
Forgive me for not being able...
to protect you.
His Majesty shall now enter.
He has ordered you to stand up.
We greet His Majesty.
- We greet His Majesty. - We greet His Majesty.
Father will be referred to as "sangwang" out of respect.
The former king...
will head to Onyang Temporary Palace to focus on his recovery.
It will be your duty...
to prepare for the journey.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
How should we address the Queen?
The Queen...
committed a mortal sin by killing the royal taster...
who attempted the murder of the former king.
As it is customary of the royal house,
Queen Yoon will be deposed...
and will be confined to her private residence.
Prince Dosung will also be deposed,
stripped of his title, and forced out of Hanyang!
(Munoechulsong: A punishment of stripping one's title...)
(and forcing them out of Hanyang)
(Missing Crown Prince)
Do not just stand there and protect Her Majesty.
The Grand Queen Dowager...
has been murdered tonight.
Is this the reason you wanted to be King?
To remove both your mother and brother?
Be grateful that I did not order you to take poison.
Order that instead.
If I wish to be King,
I must lead a rebellion.
It will be my brother and not my father who I dethrone.
I will be King.