(Episode 29)
Give me that medicine. Hurry up.
I need that medicine. Give me that medicine.
Excuse me.
Excuse...
I will call the royal physician.
Minister of Finance.
Minister... Minister of Finance.
Minister of Finance.
I met the King for the first time when I was 11 years old.
Some had told me...
that the Crown Prince from a country called Goryeo had come to visit...
and that he wanted me to be his wife.
- I see. - I was curious, so I spied on him.
He was so tall and scary-looking.
I had a nightmare that night.
- I see. - He came asking for me...
the next year and the next.
My father, the Emperor, refused saying I was too young...
and that he could not send me too far.
Of course.
When I was 15,
I had watched him secretly and was going back to my room...
when I saw someone stand in front of me holding a flower.
- It was a peony. - Was it His Majesty?
Lady San!
I came to Goryeo for the first time when I was 16 years old.
I could not speak the language well, and the people here scared me.
But he was the strangest and the scariest.
After my marriage,
he had become the King.
Do you know why I am telling you...
such a long story?
No, I do not.
After my marriage, I only had one person to lean on.
My son, the Crown Prince.
I live to give the Crown Prince what he needs, wants,
and to save him.
My father had said the same thing.
Even right now, the people on the King's side...
are making fun of the Crown Prince.
They are trying to take him down...
and even kill him if possible.
Kill him?
The Crown Prince needs power.
And for him to gain power, he needs your father's properties.
Will you give them to him?
Something bad has happened.
Father.
Father. Father.
Father, why are you lying down like this?
Father, open your eyes. Father!
Father. Father.
The medicine. Did you take your medicine?
It has to be here somewhere.
- Where is it? - San.
He always carries one on him. Have you not seen his medicine?
Where is it?
Why is it not here?
Father.
Why is your hand so cold?
Father, please answer me.
If you took the medicine, you will wake up soon.
Father.
But why is his face so cold?
His heart has stopped abruptly.
He must have had a chronic disease.
He would not have been in much pain.
Did you not see the white paper his medicine was in?
If he had took the medicine, the paper would be here somewhere.
I will know it when I see it.
It has the words "Cheon Yeol" written on it.
San.
The medicine.
The medicine was there.
Father, wait a moment. I will get your medicine.
San. San.
San, calm down. San!
I found it.
- Stop. - I found his medicine.
- I told you to stop. - He just needs to take this.
San, get a hold of yourself.
But...
why is his medicine here?
What is she talking about?
I was waiting for you.
Master Lin.
You should be out hunting with the King.
Why are you here calling my name?
I will tell you again. I am not your enemy.
I was told Lord Eun was in danger.
Was that fake bait?
How much do you know about Princess Won Sung?
You can guess how dangerous she is.
Prince Gang Yang is here.
The King's eldest son.
The son of your aunt, Princess Jeong Hwa.
The man who...
should have been the Crown Prince.
What is he doing here?
What are you doing?
She was 16...
when Princess Won Sung came to Goryeo...
to marry our King.
This is where I sleep.
You may come whenever you wish.
The first thing Princess Won Sung did...
was name Princess Jeong Hwa a concubine.
My little prince.
Peekaboo.
The following year, after she produced a son,
she became even more cruel.
She made Kublai Khan's grandson cry.
How dare you make the Emperor's own blood cry?
Please do not be angry, Your Highness.
You made my child cry!
Prince Gang Yang is here.
He is staying with me in secret.
I heard he was at a temple.
Temples can be dangerous.
What do you mean?
Whether it be here or there, he is still alive.
We feared for his life.
He should have been Goryeo's Crown Prince.
You can meet him.
Gang Yang.
Gang Yang?
He is not in his right mind.
Give me that.
It is not food.
He was at the temple...
when the Queen sent some cookies.
He had those...
which caused a serious fever.
Since then,
he has been like this.
You are speaking nonsense.
The physician who discovered...
the cookies were poisoned...
was found dead the following day.
The Queen summoned Lord Eun.
To discuss the marriage.
- What marriage? - Between you and Lady San.
I heard your father agreed to it.
Were you...
not aware?
Lord Eun is dead.
I believe the Queen had something to do with it.
- Lord Eun? - Yes, Your Majesty.
She wanted to get her hands on his money...
- Yes. - So she killed him?
I believe so.
And the Crown Prince?
Mother and son are so very close.
I assume they plotted this together.
I brought...
a viper into my own land.
That viper...
spawned another viper.
I let it all happen.
What are you doing?
She dared to slander my name.
- I asked if it was my father's. - Be quiet.
Tell me if it is!
What is it that you are insinuating?
Step aside.
San.
Stop it.
Do not do this.
She just lost her father.
Why must you...
- No! - San.
My father is fine. This pill will...
When I got there, he had already...
I called the royal physician, but it was too late.
Your father...
is gone.
San.
The Queen needs Lord Eun's riches.
She must get her hands on whatever she needs.
You know that.
Master Lin, you cannot enter.
If you do, we must arrest you.
Did the Minister of Finance enter the palace?
- He did earlier today. - Is he still here?
I did not see him leave.
And Lady San?
- Did she enter? - Early this morning.
She went to the Queen's chambers.
Is something going on there?
They are pretty when they run. Even when they stand still.
Especially when they sleep.
- I apologize. - For what?
Master Lin, come with me.
- Why are you here? - Where is Lady San?
Have you forgotten your status?
Where is Lord Eun?
Where is he?
He is dead.
He entered on his own accord.
- Earlier today... - He had a chronic illness.
- So... - Where at?
- At Wonseongjeon? - Yes.
- What about Lady San? - I am looking after her.
Seize him, and get him out of the palace without anyone noticing.
- Move aside. - I gave a King's order to save you.
How dare you break that order?
If you, my closest man, breaks my order,
what kind of authority would I have upon others?
So do leave for now.
- How did he die? - I said he had a chronic disease.
Was he by himself?
- What are you trying to ask? - Was there anyone...
who was sent there by the Queen in the room with him?
- What is with you all? - Any poisonous tea, crackers, or...
What are you trying to say?
What are you insinuating that my mother did?
I will escort the Minister of Finance as well as Lady San.
- I said I will look after them. - I cannot trust you.
- What or whom can you not trust? - I cannot leave her...
in this palace anymore.
- Lin. - I will...
look after her.
My father will not take his medicine.
He is not breathing.
His body is so cold.
You should take him home.
I will come with you.
Let us go.
I want to go home.
I want to go home with my father.
- Jin Gwan, Jang Eui. - Yes.
Prepare a carriage for her.
- Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness.
I called Wang Lin...
into the palace.
And he has my order now...
to take the Minister of Finance back home carefully.
I swear, it was my first time seeing it.
Up until Lady San picked it up,
I had no idea the medicine was there.
I brought Lady San here on your order. I do not know anything.
What do you want?
I... I do not know anything.
Tell me what you want.
Your Highness, please...
Tell me what it is that...
Your Highness.
Are you sure the Minister of Finance is dead?
They just took his body away.
- Was he murdered? - Doctors tried to take a look,
but his daughter stopped them.
Someone just died in my palace.
What should we tell the people? The royal subjects will be talking.
Before they say anything else,
I must take his assets.
If what they want is his assets,
I will take it first.
The first thing I wanted was for the Crown Prince to be alone.
It will not be easy to separate the Queen and the Crown Prince.
Their bond is very tight.
We must accomplish that which is hard.
Even if that does happen,
then what? People are complimenting everything he does.
Those ignorant soldiers and sly royal subjects are...
praising him nonstop until their mouths runs dry.
Praising him means they expect a lot from him.
The more they expect, the more they will be disappointed.
It will be very easy to get them to turn back.
If that does happen, will that be the end of him?
Lastly, his best friend and his love will have to turn away from him.
That will be the moment when we get to see his rock bottom.
He will either crumble down...
or overreact out of rage.
How is His Majesty doing?
He has never been this gentle since I began to serve him.
Bu Yong's medicine is so mysterious.
Wait, is it Queen Mu now?
Queen Mu, a queen like no other queens.
This had bothered me from the start.
This incense burner which was left in this room...
This is not the burner which they use at Wonseongjeon.
My mother is very sensitive to fragrances.
I do not know anything. I was ordered to clean up this place.
Secretly in the middle of the night...
Why?
I do not know.
- Find out. - Yes, Your Highness.
- The royal physician is waiting. - I will hand it over right away.
I cannot trust you.
I cannot leave her...
in this palace anymore.
- Lin. - I will...
look after her.
I want to go home.
I want to go home with my father.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
This is a stimulant incense made with musk and jingyeongcho.
A stimulant?
Jingyeongcho is not grown in this land...
What kind of effect does it have on someone with a heart condition?
It is gravely dangerous. It will stimulate his circulation...
to cause difficulty in breathing as well as a cardiac arrest.
That court lady belonged to Wonseongjeon.
She confessed that it was the Queen's order...
to quietly remove the incense in the reception room.
I could not check it with Her Highness.
Take your time.
Take a deep breath.
You should take your time.
It is okay.