[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, groups, places, and incidents have no connection to historical facts. The use of animals during filming was done with props or special effects.]
[Song Ga Myeol Yi] It's a mess! These things fell from the sky...
[Episode 11] The year I turned two years old,
my father left that place to start his business, and my family followed him. Thus,
although Byeokcheon is my hometown, I know nothing about that place.
The Crown Prince is calling in people from Byeokcheon to the Eastern Palace.
Still, if it is your father's hometown, you would have heard something about Byeokcheon.
I vaguely remember him saying that it was cold, being located in northern Joseon,
its land was barren and located in the border town, so it was really hard to live there.
Did something like this happen before?
[Prepare to return to your hometown]
Step aside! The Minister of Justice is passing through!
Step aside.
What is going on!
[Du Guk Byung Min] [Undermine Nation Ill People - To eat away at the nation and cause the people to grow ill]
- You failed to catch him? - I searched...
the entire area carefully, but I could not find any trace of him.
It appears life has become comfortable for you.
Who is the one who pays for your daughter's medicine?
Will I have to end your daughter's life before you stop making mistakes?
I am sorry, Your Excellency!
My daughter's life is in your hands,
so I won't mess up again!
Please trust me.
Come here!
Is there anyone inside? Come open up!
- Hyungnim... Did Hyungnim come home? - Yes, yes, yes...
Oh, Hyungnim!
Hyungnim! Hyungnim, Hyungnim!
Hyungnim...
- Hyungnim, could we go inside for a bit- - Leave my presence, all of you.
Yes.
Hyungnim, I have something to talk to you about privately inside...
Hyungnim, let us go inside... Hyungnim!
Hyungnim, you probably already know this,
but the rumor says the Crown Prince is bringing eunuchs and
court ladies from Byeokcheon into the Eastern Palace.
And that is not all. As I was returning home, an arrow flew toward the sedan chair,
and there was something like this tied to it.
Take a look at it. "Undermine Nation Ill People? What bastard did this without having any fear?
How do I catch him and relieve my anger, Hyungnim?
You really don't know who those guys are?
I am asking if you ever saw those words on the red paper before!
Did you get an arrow, too, Hyungnim?
I asked if you've never seen those four words, "Du Guk Byung Min" before!
I-I-I...
- I-I have not. - Damn you!
"Du Guk Byung Min." You really have not seen those four words in Byeokcheon?
Byeokcheon...
To think I made such a pathetic and stupid bastard
a minister just because you're family...
Damn you!
Have you forgotten what I had to do to pay the price for making a dim-witted idiot
like you the governor of Byeokcheon?
Just so I could save you, I...
I remember! I remember it now!
Those bastards in Byeokcheon...
So those words that they wrote...
I-I-I-If it is "Du Guk Byung Min"...
- Then there really is a remnant of those bastards- - Damn it!
If you do not have any more questions to ask me, then I will be on my way.
It appears there is no one in the palace who knows anything useful.
There was no piece of information about Byeokcheon to take note of,
and none of them seemed to be lying.
Your Highness.
What are you trying to find out?
Bring a lantern and follow me.
Your Highness, are you going to the library?
Your Highness, were you looking at the moon?
Then, are you on your way to see the Grand Prince?
Watch your step.
What in the world...
are you doing?
I tried to move this rock, fearing that you may hit it...
Thus, I am blocking it with my body.
You think that I will not see a rock this big?
Geez.
Follow me.
If I did not watch out for you,
you would most definitely have tripped over that rock, Your Highness.
What are you thinking so deeply about that you are not even responding-
While you are watching my step, do you not watch your own?
Who cares about my step?
How come you are walking to and fro without any destination?
If you tell me the destination...
By chance,
do you just want to stroll?
I get it now.
Meander all you want. Go wherever you want
and walk as much as you want. No matter where it is,
I will escort you there until you say,
"I am done. That is enough."
Shine the way properly.
Understood, Your Highness.
Do you not find the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat strange?
What about it do you find strange?
The report of the Byeokcheon's governor Jo Won Oh.
The report of Jo Won Bo, who went out to suppress the rebellion.
That was it.
Is not the most important thing missing?
- You damn bastard! - Die!
There was no record of an interrogation of Song.
For such a terrible crime, it is only natural to demonstrate the severity of the crime.
But there was no interrogation?
[Song] The leader of the rebels was Byeokcheon's blacksmith, Song.
About forty bandits led by him
stormed the Byeokcheon government office,
and attacked the officials and soldiers.
Supposedly, by the time the Right State Minister arrived, the group of forty bandits
had already conquered five villages nearby and set up a new nation.
That means, in less than a month,
all the people of Byeokcheon turned into bandits and joined the rebellion.
Does that seem plausible?
- Is it not strange? - But...
since it is written in the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat, would it not be true?
If...
that really is the truth...
What is wrong, Your Highness?
I hope that the ones who sent me the ghost's letter,
killed your family, and shot a poisoned arrow at me
are not the people from Byeokcheon.
Are they not also my people?
Your Highness, they are not your people.
They are rebels and bandits.
Do you remember the curse written in the ghost's letter?
It said everyone would turn their backs on me, and I would become alone
and wander through all the land mad.
If my people...
are cursing me like that,
then would that not be so sad?
Is that why you, Your Highness,
hope that they are not the ones behind all this?
I did not know you were investigating the Byeokcheon case with that in mind.
However, do you not think the remaining bandits
instigated the Sabangahn case and declared "Song Ga Myeol Yi"?
But the report from the Minister of Justice and the words of the
Right State Minister after he returned could be false.
Manyeondang's young master said he would look into the dried peony petals in the head shaman's incense burner.
That should act as a key to unraveling the case.
Does the monk ever tell us when he is coming?
All I do is just provide him with a meal whenever he drops by.
A few days ago, I heard there was a house where he stays
whenever my master comes into the city.
Do you know it, by chance?
Is that true? I do not know about it.
This is the first time I'm hearing of this.
There is an item that came over from India, so I want to ask my master about it.
If he comes, please send a word to Manyeondang.
Yes.
Please do so.
Eunuch Go and Scholar Park, you two are here.
It has been a while.
Is Manyeondang's young master inside?
He is...
but it is almost like he is not, either.
Master! Get up!
Scholar Park and Eunuch Go are here.
I have not heard from you and was getting curious.
It is nice of you to come.
What happened?
There is a hidden sorrow deep in my heart.
Although I may not be famous or renowned,
I, too, am a strong, mature man.
I may be different, but I am not lacking.
Gosh.
Fly, woodpecker!
Peck at my heart!
He got rejected by a woman he was in marriage talks with...
cruelly and miserably.
That is why he is so out of it.
It has only been a few days, so
he goes back and forth between being fine and weird,
normal and crazy, and going mad.
Oh, goodness...
You, beautiful one...
do not pass by so cruelly, but comfort me also.
My body is weak because the spring breeze is too strong.
I fear that I may fall over.
It so happens it is snowing in the middle of the night,
outside the window.
It is snowing when the spring breeze is blowing...
What a complete mess.
Myung Jin's heart...
is cold...
Have you looked into the peony petals?
Yes. I heard that my master's master had visited India.
We are waiting to ask him, hoping we may be able to find a clue.
But I do not know when that master would come...
I mean, is that all you two care about?
Myung Jin's heart, Myung Jin's feelings! You do not care about that?
How could you be so uncaring of me!
Is my wounded heart poked full of holes from the woodpecker's pecking
- not important at all? - Woodpecker's...
That cruel woman looks like a woodpecker.
Oh, goodness...
Everyone, please leave. I want to be alone.
Aigoo, seriously, this is so frustrating!
Just let it go and move on.
Forget it! You do not know how I feel, Friend!
With your handsome face, would you have ever been rejected by a woman before?
Everyone, please leave.
Young Master, are you inside?
The Buddhist priest is here.
What?
- My master is here? - Yes.
He is my master's master.
These are my friends.
Oh, yeah, my student. Did you not say you had something to ask my master?
You may ask right now.
Well...
Oh, no, never mind. It was all my misunderstanding.
You do not need to pay attention to it.
There is a pretty fish living in that gourd bottle.
It is fascinating, right?
Is that not fascinating?
Why were you looking for me?
I have something I want to ask you, Master.
Yes.
It does appear to be an item
from India.
In India, they would pour oil mixed with various perfumes
on dried flower petals
and use it for various purposes.
Then, do you know what these dried peony petals are used for?
These are...
nothing special.
They are commonly used incense made for
helping someone relax.
Wait, then in the process of drying-
Wait, you there!
What have you stolen, you bastard!
- Aigoo! - Oh, my!
- Gosh! - Catch that thief!
Thief! Thief!
Catch the thief!
You bastard!
Catch that thief!
Aigoo!
Let me down, let me down!
Open it, open it!
Aigoo...
That bastard...
No...
This precious... This expensive thing...
This kid did it!
Do you know how difficult it was to obtain this!
You! You little bastard!
You bastard! You are no better than a dog or a pig!
Not only did you block the path of a noble,
but you broke this blue-white porcelain!
Do you think this is easy to obtain?
Do you know how much this costs?
This is really expensive, you bastard!
How about you break, too? Break!
Please do not get involved. They will pick on you for going out under disguise.
- Break! You should break, too! - What?
How could you stomp on a little child?
Are you okay?
This child did not do that on purpose.
How could you beat him so harshly?
H-How did the laws and customs of this nation
end up in this pitiful state?
W-Who does this bastard think I am? All right.
Everyone show your respect! He is the Minister of Justice.
Oh, we did not know.
I am sorry that I did not recognize you, Your Excellency.
However, could this porcelain be worth more than someone's life?
Although there are lowly classes, there is no such thing as a lowly life-
Are you, a lowly person, trying to teach me?
If you speak to me one more time with your lowly lips,
I will rip open your mouth and kill you and at least take your life as payment.
All right, say something. Go ahead and say something!
Hurry up! Come on!
Geez!
Who are you?
Huh?
My apologies, Your Excellency.
This is my student, but he is uneducated and foolish,
so he dared talk to you, not realizing how great you are, Minister of Justice.
Geez, as this foolish fellow's master, I am embarassed
and apologetic.
However, if I think from this fellow's perspective,
how could he not step in when he saw this poor child
and can sense his difficult predicament?
Also,
how could you tell him to shut his mouth?
You have a mouth for speaking.
If you shut people's mouths because they are lowly, young, or foolish,
where will you hear the people's voices, Your Excellency?
Whose son and what family do you belong to?
I do not want to use my family and my father's name in a place like this.
However, I will tell you my name.
My name is...
Kom Mung Jin!
Kom Mung... Kom Mung Jin!
I do not know how prestigious your family is,
but seeing how they educated their child so poorly, there is no point in knowing.
However!
It is the duty of adults to educate a foolish young man like him
who in his youthfulness lacks fear, so I will teach you.
Bring me that little bastard.
Y-Yes...
- Come over here! - No, you cannot!
- Come here! - Please spare me!
Go over there, you bastard!
Well, in Joseon,
there is something called the national law.
You would know that too if you read.
Then you would probably already know that
this bastard needs to compensate me for the harm done to me, right?
Tell him how much money I spent on that broken porcelain.
It was around 200 nyang.
- Whoa! It costs that much? - 200 nyang?
Your Excellency, how could this child pay you such a large sum?
Then, does it not make sense for him to pay for it with his body?
If he were to be put in jail,
about 200 years should do it.
P-Please spare me! Spare me!
Even if you were to go to my house and work all your life as a slave,
would you be able to pay that back?
Not only that, you bastard.
You!
Did you not chase this little kid?
I am sure I heard you yell out, "catch the thief."
Well...
I thought he had stolen something very important,
but it was not worth your attention, Your Excellency-
Did this bastard steal that?
Why are you not answering me?
Lift your head. Lift your head!
You... You're...
Who are you, and what do you do?
I am just a lowly man who barely scrapes by every day, Your Excellency.
Show us what that little kid stole from you.
Everyone, look here closely.
I am not merely doing this to take out my anger.
I am executing the dignified national law.
Bring what that kid stole over here.
Well, just as they say that a needle thief becomes a cow thief,
it is bastards like him who become the nation's worst thieves. The traitors!
No!
This clearly counts as a crime of theft,
I will turn this bastard over to the Police Bureau!
Confucius said,
you cannot carve a rotten tree,
and a wall made of dirty soil cannot be repaired.
I suppose such lowly people like you
would not know the words of Confucius.
It means there is no use in scolding bastards like him.
They need a scalding punishment to learn their lesson.
Yes, very wise of him.
All right, let us drag him away.
Yes...
I told you to come. Come with me!
You should stop, Minister of Justice.
Gosh, what is with today?
Let me down. Let me down.
What bastard today...
Fine. All right.
Wait...
How are you here...
Could a passing scholar say a word to you, Your Excellency?
Oh, a scholar? I-I suppose...
I watched everything from the beginning, and this child did not break the valuable porcelain
intentionally but it was an accident.
Though it was theft, it was just a few pieces of cold rice and sweet potato.
The law of Joseon leaves room for extenuating circumstances,
so how about you just let him go?
My title is that of the head of the Justice Department,
so how could I turn a blind eye toward a law-breaker like this
while I get paid with government money, S-Scholar?
Also, punishment is necessary
because by punishing one person, it causes ten million people to fear the law.
So I have no choice but to make an example out of him.
You are so knowledgeable about the law,
but you must not have read the words of Mencius.
You do not know anything about compassion.
Mencius said if you lack compassion, you are not human.
What that means is that if you lack a compassionate heart,
you are not a human being.
Take a look at this child.
Judging by his appearance, he either has no parents to take care of him,
or even if he did, they were unable to take care of him for some reason.
He probably stole because he was hungry,
ran because he felt guilty about stealing,
and in the process, broke your porcelain, Your Excellency.
Well, you think I would not have compassion at all?
Yes, I knew you would.
However, having a compassionate heart and
running to save a person in need are different.
Anyone can feel compassion, but it is difficult to put it into action.
What will you do, Your Excellency?
Will you just feel compassionate
or put it into action?
Put it into action!
Yeah, I agree.
Even so, he broke my valuable porcelain-
As I understand, blue and white porcelain ware was considered luxury items by the late kings.
So they banned private usage except for using them as drinking cups.
You are the Minister of Justice, who should be administrating the law.
Yet how is it that you possess the banned goods?
I am so curious about that.
Well...
It is okay. I do not mind keeping it a secret...
for you, Minister.
Between you and me, you know.
I feel compassionate toward you.
So I will forgive you!
It is a secret.
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
I will walk.
- Follow me! - Move! Hurry!
Geez!
Are you all right?
Damn it! Geez!
Gosh!
Geez!
Geez...
Put it here.
Step aside!
Here comes the Minister of Justice!
You should have done it sooner! Much sooner!
Step aside!
Did you get something to eat?
- Sister. - Have you been starving, too?
No, I ate a lot of food.
I ran errands because there was a party at some lord's house.
I am sorry that I ate alone.
I am happy that you ate, at least.
I cannot believe he became a minister.
Did you know that?
How could that bastard be alive and well?
Just let it go.
Where are your parents?
I heard they passed away.
That is apparently why my sister piggybacked me and ran away.
Ran away? From where, exactly?
Sister said our hometown is Byeokcheon.
As we ran away from there, my parents
passed away, as I heard.
Use this money to get medicine for your sister.
I will pay in advance at the tavern from earlier.
Go eat there whenever you feel hungry.
But if I go back there and get sent to the Police Bureau again...
That will never happen. You can feel free to go there.
I live next to that tavern. Ask them and visit me anytime.
You heard my master's name, right?
It's Gom Mung Jin.
They are homeless children without parents. Please take good care of them.
I will give you more money if needed.
Thank you in advance.
Y-Yes.
See you next time.
- Thank you in advance. - Yes.
Oh, boy, that Fellow...
The more I see him, the more I like him.
He is crispy on the outside but soft on the inside.
His exterior is crispy, but he is soft inside.
Do you not think so, Student?
Yes, it seems so.
I like that Scholar Park.
I think you are...
not so bad, either.
Your Highness was right.
Byeokcheon could not just have bandits.
Even if those homeless children belonged to the bandits,
they did not do anything wrong.
It is so nice to see us standing side by side.
I meant the shadow. Were you not looking at that?
We look friendly. Do you not think so?
Do not cling to me!
I did not cling. It was the shadow.
I told you not to cling.
Just go your way! Why are you doing this?
I am on my way. This is my way.
Seriously!
Do not follow me.
- It is an order. - Yes.
Hong Je Yong, a citizen of Byeokcheon
is writing to you on behalf of the poor people of Byeokcheon.
Jo Won Oh, the governor of Byeokcheon, is someone who eats the country away
and makes the people ill. I could not help but report this to you.
[Du Guk Byung Min: Eat the country away and make the people ill] Du Guk Byung Min...
[Du Guk Byung Min]
Du Guk Byung Min...
[Hong Je Yong]
Did somebody survive?
The rumor says the Crown Prince is bringing
eunuchs and court ladies from Byeokcheon into the Eastern Palace.
[Song Ga Myeol Yi]
Your Majesty, I, Jo Won Bo,
wish to clearly reveal the evil doings of the rest of the rebels from Byeokcheon.
That is why I dared to present that irreverent letter to you, Sire.
Tell me where you got this letter immediately.
I am ashamed to report this, but when the former head shaman of the Shamanist Bureau
announced her horrible curse,
that letter, which contains the same curse, was spread to the people of the capital.
"The Song family will destroy the Yi family."
Your Majesty, Joseon's law says an anonymous letter must be burnt
after reading, even if it is regarding the country's affairs and not speaking of the content.
But how could it be considered an anonymous letter if it is clear who wrote it?
The head shaman mentioned the name Song, the bandit of Byeokcheon,
and admitted that she was one of them.
Do you mean their people are outside the palace as well?
I believe you must prevent anyone from Byeokcheon from being given
any government position, so we do not hear of Byeokcheon anymore.
Please stop them from holding office.
Ban the people from Byeokcheon from applying for the state exam.
Where is Byeokcheon? It is in the West.
That region is close to where the barbarians are, and they are uneducated.
Even the former king left an instruction not to hire people from that region.
How could a minister of a nation be worse than a street ruffian?
Chief State Minister, we need to find a way to stop them.
How could we stop them? If you have an idea, let us hear it.
You know His Majesty.
If someone gets in his way, he abandons them no matter how faithful of a servant they are.
He saw that evil letter.
He must be already leaning toward the Right State Minister.
Master! There is a notice from the palace!
They will prevent the people from Byeokcheon from applying for the
state exams and getting any government positions!
What on earth...
Get out of the way!
[Notice] Those poor people from Byeokcheon.
- They are banned from holding office! - That is what they deserve.
Have you not been to Byeokcheon?
It was totally filled with bandits.
If you have not gotten your bundle stolen there,
you cannot be considered a peddler!
You are right. You are right.
My cousin took in someone who ran away from Byeokcheon as a slave out of pity,
and he got everything in his storage shed stolen!
They say not to hire anyone from Byeokcheon,
not even as a slave because they lie and steal all the time!
Even if there were bandits in Byeokcheon,
did they not get wiped out 10 years ago?
They might have changed their names and lived in hiding somewhere. Who knows?
Let me do some face reading.
Are you...
from Byeokcheon by chance?
What are you talking about?
Your joke is way out of line!
Just forget it if you are not! Why are you getting so angry?
I think there is at least one person from Byeokcheon among us.
Let me do some face reading. Let us see, let us see...
What? What is up with your eyes?
- Let go! - It is me.
- Let go! - I am from Byeokcheon!
Huh?
Did everyone see that? Take a good look and spread the news!
That Min Myung Jin, the youngest son of the Chief State Minister, is from Byeokcheon!
Have you not seen me in Byeokcheon?
You know me, do you not? Long time no see!
You crazy bastard!
- You are a freaking lunatic! - What the hell?
- What do you mean? - Are you serious right now?
Your Highness, one of the bedchamber court ladies wishes to see you.
What is it regarding?
Please let me see His Highness for a second!
This is so unfair! Why are you doing this?
- Please let me see His Highness for a moment! - Leave.
These eunuchs and court ladies are getting kicked out for being from Byeokcheon.
I have lived in the palace for over 30 years.
I was not even there when the bandits flooded into Byeokcheon!
But you are kicking me out for being from Byeokcheon?
That is so unfair, is it not?
I am not the one who set the oyat tree on fire.
Why do you kick me out, Your Highness?
Please help me!
You are the only one I can implore!
The Crown Prince called me the other day.
So I just answered his questions truthfully.
I really did not do anything, Your Highness!
Forgive me, Your Highness.
Get her out of here!
Your Highness, Your Highness!
Stop!
I...
have no place to go.
What power could I have?
If you hang in there,
we will see each other again.
Please summon me to return, Your Highness.
It is His Majesty's order!
My goodness...
Your Highness the Crown Prince!
Did you want to see me that day to ultimately do this?
I told you I do not know anything about Byeokcheon nor the remaining rebels!
This is so unfair, Your Highness!
Please do not abandon me, Your Highness!
Your Highness!
Your Highness, please help us! Your Highness!
Take them.
- Your Highness! - Please, Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - I did not do anything!
I do not know of anything!
I never told you a lie, Your Highness!
Your Highness!
Get them out of here!
I will go to His Highness.
[List of dismissals]
They all lost their positions overnight
and got kicked out of the palace?
[National Directory of First Place Winners in Liberal Studies for Civil Service Examination]
[National Directory of First Place Winners in Military Service Examination]
Your Highness, have you been reviewing
the directories of civil service examinees due to the Byeokcheon incident?
Since Right State Minister defeated the rebels of Byeokcheon,
there were only three people from Byeokcheon who passed
the civil service exam in the past decade.
Same with the military service exam.
Even if they passed, they were assigned to the countryside or islands.
So they had to leave Hanyang.
Now they cannot even take the state exams.
What should we do about this?
Father, please rescind the decision to ban people from Byeokcheon
from taking the state exam.
This decision will put countless people from Byeokcheon's lives on the brink.
The eunuchs and court ladies who got kicked out for being from Byeokcheon,
and the government officials who lost their positions should be dealt with first.
I looked at the list of people who passed the state exam in the past decade.
[National Directory of First Place Winners in Liberal Studies for Civil Service Examination]
Since Byeokcheon became the symbol of rebellion,
they were discriminated against and prevented from being appointed or promoted
because of Bungwan System* even if they passed the exam. (Appointed to difference offices based on age and ability)
Crown Prince.
Do you disregard what I said about the Crown Prince not getting involved in politics?
- Looks like His Highness is here. - During the rebellion 10 years ago,
I will wait.
they were executed without a hearing, let alone three hearings as the law dictates.
Father, the report from the government official does not tell the whole truth.
You must get the to bottom of this and clarify everything.
If you do not correct the past, the loyal subjects will have nothing to rely on,
and the treacherous subjects will continue with their evil conduct.
Enough!
That is enough.
"You only believe the treacherous subjects. It is an unjust situation.
You must correct things."
Crown Prince, are you giving me this long speech
to say that I made the wrong decision?
- I... - How dare the Crown Prince of Joseon
defend the army of bandits who stirred up the country?
How come you only believe the Jo family of Seongju?
Your Majesty, the Right State Minister is here!
I have something to tell my father. You had better leave, Minister.
If so,
I will come by next time.
You, how dare you butt in?
I told you not to confront the Right State Minister.
Why are you so reckless?
Countless crown princes were harmed for
getting involved in politics even before taking the throne.
The Right State Minister is not an easy person.
He is not someone you can handle.
Do you think he is only targeting the Left State Minister's family to tear them up?
Do you truly not know that he can point his arrow at you as well?
If so,
what am I supposed to do?
Should I just live as a puppet and secure my position?
If I have to be a puppet,
it is a meaningless position, is it not?
If you cannot get past empathy and compassion,
you will end up dead. Did I not tell you?
If so, are you on the throne only to survive?
You wretch!
Have you been considering me
as such an inadequate king all this time?
I asked you if you
have been considering me as such an insignificant king.
Crown Prince!
Answer me.
You told me to
doubt, doubt again,
and not trust anyone. That is why.
I rejected the ones near me and even friends.
I nearly died trying to do my best not to give any affection to anyone.
However...
when I look at you, I have no idea what
I tried to...
protect so desperately.
Because I was given a position that was not mine,
because...
I dared to take my hyungnim's position,
I, at least...
I, at least, wanted to become the Crown Prince whom Hyungnim would not be ashamed of.
That is why I tried so hard to listen to you and worked hard.
But I feel ashamed right now.
I am ashamed that I just
sit here like a puppet.
How come...
you make me feel so ashamed, Father...
King.
You can only secure the throne
by abandoning the Crown Prince.
There is a nighttime lecture today.
Get ready, so we do not run late.
I am deeply sorry, Your Highness.
His Majesty ordered you not to step outside of the Eastern Palace.
Before there is another order, you may not visit the King's Palace, the Queen's Palace.
And you are banned from participating in the morning study, evening study,
daytime, and nighttime lectures.
His Majesty also ordered the masters of Prince Training Hall
not to enter the palace, Your Highness.
Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
Open it.
Open the door right now!
Forgive me, Your Highness!
Forgive us, Your Highness!
Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
You cannot, Your Highness!
Your Highness!
Forgive us, Your Highness.
You cannot step outside the Eastern Palace.
Also, His Majesty only allowed a eunuch to enter your room
so others cannot go in and out frequently.
It has been 10 days since His Highness was trapped inside
the Eastern Palace.
Today is the 15th day.
There is nothing I can do for His Highness.
How come we do not hear from the palace?
Did His Highness forget about us?
Gosh...
There is no way!
Scholar Park is not coming, and neither is Eunuch Go.
I miss them.
Do you not?
- Yes. - Geez!
The four of us should be drinking on a night like this!
Yippee, whoopee, hurray! Hurray!
- How nice! - How nice!
The weather is so nice.
Today is the 20th day
since I saw His Highness.
His Highness has been confined in the Eastern Palace
for a month.
His Highness, are you enduring all right?
His Highness.
It is way past your bedtime.
Do you know what
the crown prince's duties are?
What are they?
Moon Chim Shi Seon.*
It is also called Woon Jung Shin Sung. [The crown prince's duty to greet the king and queen]
I ask how the king and queen are
and inspect royal meals.
Do you know what else is there?
Attend the law lecture review sessions
and polish your studies.
However,
Father banned me from doing any of that.
How could I be considered a crown prince?
I cannot do anything.
All the things that the crown prince can do.
I cannot do any of those things.
How could I be the crown prince anymore?
I am already...
a fallen crown prince.
I think Father is trying to abandon me.
If he is not,
he cannot be doing this.
♪ Your cry is steeped in pain ♪
♪ The words you swallowed ♪
♪ Tell me everything ♪
♪ The world has coldly ♪
[Our Blooming Youth]
Was it true that the Crown Prince is confined in the Eastern Palace?
It means he has been ousted.
I know that you are not Go Soon Dol.
You cannot trust this person.
Who is whose mother, exactly?
What are you doing right now?
Your Highness, you must oust this person!
Did you also kill my family?
I can protect you, and you can protect me.
The herald who came to Gaeseong.
It was him.
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