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20 YEARS AGO

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Let's go.

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What does it say?

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I want you to write down what I say.

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No! His Majesty will not
forgive you for this!

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Yeong-san!

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Yeong-san!

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You don't have much time left
to save his life.

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It's a son! You have a son!

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Your Majesty!

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They committed treason!

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Prince Hamyeong and Min Ik-pyeong

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invaded the palace
with a group of soldiers!

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You must hurry up and escape!

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I want you to
protect the Queen and my son.

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Your Majesty.

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We found a letter written by you

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that was on its way to Qing.

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We, the vassals,

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can no longer serve a traitor
who tried to hand over Joseon

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to the barbarians of the West as our king.

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You threatened our country's foundation
through your social gatherings

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and made the people of this country
live in misery.

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Admit your faults and kneel before us.

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Let's get this straight.

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It's not the letter
that caused you to betray me.

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It's because I refused
to listen to the scholar-officials.

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I just wanted to give everyone a chance
to learn and do something meaningful.

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Just like how I gave people
from undistinguished families a chance

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to become government officials,

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I am going to do the same
for the peasants and women.

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That is what you're guilty of!

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You tried to overturn
the strict moral customs of this country!

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What good are those customs

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when they only allow the privileged
to study academics

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and spread their wings?

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That is not what this country should...

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Jae-gyeong!

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Jae-gyeong!

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-Hurry up and lie him down.
-Okay.

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What happened? Who did this?

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I made changes to His Majesty's letter.

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I don't know what to do now.

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Please tell me what to do.

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I'll do anything

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to set things right!

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It's not your fault.

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They probably planned this
for a very long time.

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Teacher.

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Please protect Hui-yeon.

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You must stay alive.

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I am a historian. Please let me in.

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His Royal Highness has ordered us
to strictly guard Nokseodang.

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Even historians aren't allowed to enter?

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-How is this considered "guarding"?
-Your Highness.

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FINALE

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Lady Hae-ryung.

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I was so worried.

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A bunch of men dressed in black
barged into our house

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and made a mess of your room
and your brother's room.

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They work for Min Ik-pyeong.

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Are you sure no one got hurt?

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Yes. We found a separate place to stay.

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Let's go there.

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I am scared to even walk outside.

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Gak-soe, lead the way
and show me where Jae-gyeong is.

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What?

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Yi Jin did that?

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Yes.

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His Royal Highness placed guards
in front of Nokseodang

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and forbade Prince Dowon
from leaving the place.

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He must've made up his mind.

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The Queen Dowager sent you a letter.

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Her Majesty has finally picked a date.

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My lord.

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Hae-ryung.

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The person who found the daily record
was Third Inspector Goo's sister?

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Yes, I am Goo Hae-ryung, an apprentice
at the Office of Royal Decrees.

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Did you read the daily record?

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Yes.

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However,

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I can't tell you what it said.

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I can't reveal it to anyone

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including you.

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You must think that's your duty
since you're a historian.

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However, that daily record
must be revealed to the world.

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If we had that,

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it wouldn't have taken so long
to achieve what we had planned to do.

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If your plan is to set things right

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regarding what happened
in the year of gyeongo,

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I'd also like to take part.

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-Hae-ryung.
-That day,

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you two may have lost your teacher.

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But I lost my father.

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Why do you keep thinking
that I wasn't a victim?

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His Royal Highness
refuses to listen to anyone,

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and there are soldiers
guarding Nokseodang.

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We can no longer guarantee
the safety of Prince Dowon.

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If you have a plan,

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please share it with me.

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Chief Royal Secretary.

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Did you really talk to His Majesty?

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Yes, he told me that he'll be here.

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He should've been here a long time ago.
Why isn't he coming?

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Do you think
he's trying to turn his back on us

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because things are getting out of hand?

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I am not surprised. People have begun
to find out about the dethroned king.

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And on top of that,
even the historians have started

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to talk about the year of gyeongo.

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Officer Min

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is the one who started this.

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He shouldn't have
brought that petition to the palace.

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Hey, watch your mouth.

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I will punish

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Officer Min myself.

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However, the center of all this
is Prince Dowon.

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The dethroned king's son is alive.

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And that's why the Queen Dowager
and the people of Seoraewon

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are continuing to have false hope.

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My lord, are you planning to--

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There will be a banquet

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to celebrate the 20th year of
His Majesty's enthronement.

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And before that banquet,

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Prince Dowon will vanish soon.

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My gosh.

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Your Highness, you should eat.

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You can't starve yourself
just because you don't feel well.

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No, it's okay.

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How are things outside?

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Well, things are very quiet.

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-It's like the calm before the storm.
-What about Hae-ryung? Is she doing okay?

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My gosh, I can't believe you're worried
about her even in this situation.

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The situation is what makes me worried.

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I got confined
just for talking about the incident.

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But Hae-ryung

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even wrote a petition to His Majesty.

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And there's nothing I can do

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to keep her safe.

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Who's there?

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Someone entered this place.
Have you seen anyone?

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No, that's impossible.

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I can't believe they're going to hold
a banquet despite the current situation.

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They should consider what's going on.

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His Majesty cares about his face
more than the scriptures of Confucianism.

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He's trying to show
that the royal family is doing fine.

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I really don't get it.

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He always ignores what's important.

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The Office of the Inspector-General?

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What?

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Hey, what brings you here?

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Officer Min, step forward.

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The Second State Councillor
gave orders to imprison you

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for having caused trouble
and rebuked the vassals

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merely with a bunch of rumors.

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-Take him.
-Yes, my lord.

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What? No, wait.

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If the petition is the problem,
you can take me instead.

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I am the one who wrote that petition.

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Officer Min just did
what I asked and read it out loud.

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What do you think you're doing?

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How can you accuse him like this?
All he did was read the petition out loud.

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You can't punish historians
for what they say.

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A historian's job is to record history,
not speak of it.

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-Move aside.
-We can't do that.

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This is obviously a retaliation.

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You're trying to shut us up!

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That's enough!

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Don't cause a scene.

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-Stay in your seats.
-Officer Min.

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But...

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Are you okay?

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-Yes.
-How could this happen?

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How could they use such an absurd reason

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to arrest a historian?

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Officer Yang, aren't you
going to do anything?

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Didn't you hear who gave that order?

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He even arrests his own son.

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Anyone who acts out
could literally get killed.

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What brings you here?

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Chief.

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I have a favor to ask.

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Your shift's over.

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Get to your positions.

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Your Highness.

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-Hae-ryung.
-Your Highness.

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BOOKSTORE

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Whose house is this?

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You should go inside.

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They are waiting for you.

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I...

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So Baek-seon, the military chief,

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am honored to greet the one and only heir

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of the royal family.

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I served the Queen

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ever since she was pregnant with you.

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I was there on the day

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that you were born.

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What kind of person

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was my mother?

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No one ever told me about her.

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She was very wise and benevolent.

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She never mistreated anyone
just because they weren't aristocrats.

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And she even taught court ladies
how to read and write.

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Your Highness.

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We have already

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passed the point of no return.

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We are going to end everything
at the banquet

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that's going to be held in a few days.

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However, if anything goes wrong,

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we'll no longer be

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able to protect you by your side.
So please--

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Don't tell me to stay out of this.

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I don't want to be a coward.

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It doesn't matter.

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You must stay out of this.

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The Queen Dowager and I have endured
such a long period of time

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just so we could protect you.

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No matter what happens, we must make sure

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that you're safe.

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If we don't come back by 7:30 p.m.,

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you must leave immediately.

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The palace is a mess
because of the daily record and whatnot.

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Must we hold a banquet?

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If we cancel it last minute,

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people will only be more suspicious.

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And you must show everyone
that you're still standing strong.

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Okay, fine.

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Do whatever you want.

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There's one thing you must keep in mind.

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The royal family and government officials
will be there.

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The Queen Dowager might use that day
to her advantage.

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Therefore, don't get swayed
regardless of what happens.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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I am saying

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you should accept
whatever I might do to Prince Dowon

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and the Queen Dowager.

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Prince Dowon is locked up.
He's not even allowed to leave his place.

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-What more can you do--
-Everything I do

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is for His Majesty and you,
the successor of the royal throne.

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My judgement is not wrong.

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Please do not forget

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that you two can be here now
because of my decision 20 years ago.

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What exactly is that duty of mine
that you are speaking of?

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Just being the powerless,
weak, pathetic prince

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who is confined to his residence?

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Yes. That is your duty.

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You cannot and should not do anything.

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Your Royal Highness.

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What brings you all the way here?

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Did you

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read the daily record?

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I am not asking you to show it to me.

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I just need an answer to one question.
I have to check something.

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-Will you not do that for me?
-As you already know,

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I did many things
I shouldn't have done as a historian.

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But for the first time,
I think I am doing the right thing.

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Please wait here.

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I wrote down a copy
because Officer Min told me to.

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My lord.

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What happened?

261
00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:37,887
His Royal Highness set him free.

262
00:26:43,727 --> 00:26:44,978
What are you doing outside?

263
00:26:45,687 --> 00:26:46,980
Can't you fall asleep?

264
00:26:50,483 --> 00:26:52,235
How can I sleep when your room

265
00:26:52,861 --> 00:26:54,070
is right next to mine?

266
00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:02,245
I was just thinking.

267
00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:06,333
"What will happen to me after tomorrow?"

268
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,505
If things don't go well,
please don't move.

269
00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,216
If I end up leaving,

270
00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,427
I'll need an address to write to.

271
00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:21,097
There's no need.

272
00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:25,268
Wherever you are,

273
00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:29,439
I'll be there with you.

274
00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:35,737
You finally left the palace
and met people who wish to follow you.

275
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:38,948
So,

276
00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:43,161
I can't let you become all alone again
without having anyone to lean on.

277
00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:46,373
I won't allow that.

278
00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:48,541
I will stay

279
00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:51,044
by your side.

280
00:27:58,802 --> 00:27:59,803
No.

281
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:02,847
You should live the life you want.

282
00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,559
-Your Highness.
-The day I left the palace,

283
00:28:07,811 --> 00:28:09,562
I realized something as I saw you

284
00:28:10,605 --> 00:28:11,773
standing in the garden.

285
00:28:13,733 --> 00:28:15,819
I wasn't locked up in Nokseodang.

286
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:18,571
I was just waiting for you.

287
00:28:22,575 --> 00:28:23,952
My whole life,

288
00:28:25,912 --> 00:28:27,414
I waited for you

289
00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:30,917
to come and find me.

290
00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:35,505
So it's okay

291
00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:39,676
even if I must change my name

292
00:28:41,177 --> 00:28:42,679
and keep moving around to run away.

293
00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:44,347
"I am waiting for the day

294
00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:48,560
when I can see her again."

295
00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:52,522
If I think like that,

296
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:56,443
I can get through anything.

297
00:30:15,855 --> 00:30:18,566
Bow four times.

298
00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:21,152
Bow.

299
00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:26,282
All rise.

300
00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,038
Bow.

301
00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:37,252
All rise.

302
00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:41,631
Bow.

303
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:45,593
All rise.

304
00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:51,766
Bow.

305
00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:57,856
All rise.

306
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:15,248
This is from all the royal relatives
and senior officials of the royal court.

307
00:31:15,832 --> 00:31:19,043
"Because Your Majesty quelled the rebels
in the year of gyeongo

308
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:22,755
and protected this kingdom,
this reign of peace could begin.

309
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,676
Hence, all living things on this land
are indebted to Your Majesty.

310
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:28,720
May Your Majesty

311
00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:31,389
live a long, healthy life

312
00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:35,268
so that you can continue to leave
your mark in history for years to come."

313
00:31:35,351 --> 00:31:38,062
-For years to come.
-For years to come.

314
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,036
What are you doing? Get back to your spot.

315
00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:56,247
Your Majesty,

316
00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:58,750
I, Third Inspector Goo Jae-gyeong,

317
00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:01,294
wish to confess to the crime I committed
in the year of gyeongo

318
00:32:01,377 --> 00:32:03,338
and ask you to punish me for what I did.

319
00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:07,091
The dethroned king's secret letter
found at the borders

320
00:32:08,051 --> 00:32:09,469
was fabricated.

321
00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:14,474
Min Ik-pyeong,
who was the Fourth Censor at the time,

322
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,019
ordered me to revise the letter
so that it reads

323
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:21,814
the dethroned king wishes to sell
Joseon off to foreigners from the West.

324
00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:24,025
The dethroned king
and everyone at Seoraewon

325
00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:26,736
were set up by Min Ik-pyeong.

326
00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:34,577
Here,

327
00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:38,581
I have evidence to prove it.

328
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:44,796
In this letter, which the French physician
at Seoraewon sent to his brother,

329
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:49,258
he wrote that the King of Joseon does not
believe in Catholicism and that Seoraewon

330
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:55,306
is a place where people study
new culture and technology.

331
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:57,850
Third Inspector Goo,
you must leave at once!

332
00:32:58,434 --> 00:33:01,479
How dare you spew such nonsense
on this happy day?

333
00:33:01,562 --> 00:33:02,647
Your Majesty.

334
00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:04,857
I sincerely beg you.

335
00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:07,193
Second State Councillor Min Ik-pyeong

336
00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:09,278
dared to deceive you,

337
00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:14,033
brought disgrace upon the royal court,
and caused such dishonorable tragedy

338
00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:16,077
that cannot be undone.

339
00:33:16,953 --> 00:33:18,162
Please take his life

340
00:33:19,122 --> 00:33:20,665
along with mine.

341
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:36,389
Your Majesty,

342
00:33:37,056 --> 00:33:38,599
Third Inspector Goo used to work

343
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,727
at Seoraewon, which makes him a criminal.

344
00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:44,397
He should have been executed 20 years ago.

345
00:33:44,897 --> 00:33:46,816
However, he has managed to stay alive

346
00:33:46,899 --> 00:33:49,027
because he betrayed
his teacher and friends.

347
00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:53,114
Who would believe anything
that comes out of his mouth?

348
00:33:53,239 --> 00:33:55,616
I agree, Your Majesty.
He used to be at Seoraewon.

349
00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:57,660
What more do we need to hear?

350
00:33:58,494 --> 00:33:59,787
He is slandering

351
00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,874
the Second State Councillor as well as
all other high-ranking officials.

352
00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:05,877
That's right. He is trying to
drive a wedge between Your Majesty and us

353
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,047
for he is holding a deep grudge
against all of us.

354
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:10,840
-He must be dragged out at once.
-However,

355
00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:14,010
the fact that he used to work
at Seoraewon is not important--

356
00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:15,303
Be quiet!

357
00:34:17,597 --> 00:34:20,016
Anyone who supports him

358
00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,311
will be punished for treason.

359
00:34:30,234 --> 00:34:31,277
Second State Councillor.

360
00:34:31,986 --> 00:34:35,615
Then, go ahead and punish me first
for treason.

361
00:34:36,991 --> 00:34:40,078
If believing that man's words
is considered a crime,

362
00:34:40,787 --> 00:34:43,664
go ahead and take
this old woman's life first!

363
00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,213
Are you finally revealing
your true colors?

364
00:34:51,047 --> 00:34:52,381
Second State Councillor!

365
00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:56,636
The Queen Dowager has been in league
with the remnants of Seoraewon

366
00:34:57,136 --> 00:34:59,055
to disseminate The Story of Ho Dam,

367
00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:01,682
exhibiting her disrespect
toward Your Majesty.

368
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,310
She is trying to sabotage me
and Your Majesty

369
00:35:05,311 --> 00:35:07,688
so that Prince Dowon
can ascend the throne.

370
00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:10,566
Until when must I pretend
I know nothing about her plan?

371
00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:13,361
Even at this very moment,

372
00:35:14,737 --> 00:35:18,491
soldiers from the Military Training Corps
are on standby waiting for her orders.

373
00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:27,667
Your Majesty!

374
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,363
Dowon, you should not be here now.

375
00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:58,781
Leave.

376
00:36:00,616 --> 00:36:01,701
I am no longer

377
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,162
Prince Dowon.

378
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,252
I am the son of Yi Gyeom, Prince Huiyeong.

379
00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:14,547
I am Yi Rim.

380
00:36:15,631 --> 00:36:16,716
Dowon!

381
00:36:21,053 --> 00:36:22,763
Shut your mouth!

382
00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:26,267
You have had many chances to kill me

383
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:30,021
in the past 20 years.

384
00:36:31,105 --> 00:36:32,023
So why is it

385
00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:34,650
that you have kept me alive?

386
00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:37,695
Is it not

387
00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:41,115
because you also know

388
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:44,202
that the dethronement cannot be justified?

389
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,914
-I told you to shut your mouth!
-Because of your guilt

390
00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:51,959
of killing your innocent brother

391
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,048
and stealing the throne from him,

392
00:36:59,675 --> 00:37:02,220
you have kept me alive until this day.

393
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:07,642
Such insolence.

394
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,144
How dare you.

395
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:26,244
All historians must stop writing!

396
00:37:36,003 --> 00:37:38,005
Did you not hear my royal order?

397
00:37:38,547 --> 00:37:41,926
If you do not leave at once,
you will be beheaded right here!

398
00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:06,033
How dare she...

399
00:38:06,617 --> 00:38:08,286
A female historian is disobeying my order?

400
00:38:11,747 --> 00:38:14,375
What are you all waiting for?
Drag that wench out of here!

401
00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:17,586
Your Majesty!

402
00:38:23,384 --> 00:38:24,385
Your Majesty.

403
00:38:26,220 --> 00:38:27,346
Even if you slash my throat,

404
00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:30,850
we, historians, will continue writing.

405
00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:40,484
If I die, one of my fellow historians
will take my place.

406
00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:42,945
If you kill that historian also,

407
00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:45,781
another historian will take his place.

408
00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:50,828
Even if you kill all the historians
on this land

409
00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:54,332
and take all the writing brushes
and paper from us,

410
00:38:56,917 --> 00:38:58,669
you will not be able to stop us.

411
00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,342
From mouth to mouth,

412
00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:09,472
from teachers to their pupils,
and from elders to children,

413
00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:13,642
history will be told.

414
00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:18,773
That is

415
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:23,527
the power of the truth.

416
00:40:03,109 --> 00:40:04,235
Your Majesty!

417
00:40:05,027 --> 00:40:06,320
We, historians,

418
00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:08,739
cannot back down.

419
00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:14,203
Your Majesty, they are all traitors.

420
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:16,247
Please do not hesitate.

421
00:40:17,123 --> 00:40:19,166
Take their lives at once.

422
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,299
-Your Majesty!
-Drop your sword.

423
00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:51,615
Your Majesty.

424
00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:53,826
A truly loyal subject

425
00:40:55,494 --> 00:40:57,371
never tries to blind and deafen the king.

426
00:40:58,372 --> 00:41:00,040
Do you still not see it?

427
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,127
The Second State Councillor
is the one who is trying

428
00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:06,088
to sabotage Your Majesty,
your kingdom, and your people.

429
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:08,257
He is the one

430
00:41:09,675 --> 00:41:10,926
who is trying to harm you.

431
00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:27,443
Please accept the request

432
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,070
from Prince Dowon and the historians.

433
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,824
If anyone was falsely accused,
please reinstate them.

434
00:41:33,908 --> 00:41:35,618
And if anyone committed a crime,

435
00:41:36,243 --> 00:41:37,369
please punish them.

436
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,706
Find out the truth

437
00:41:40,789 --> 00:41:43,125
behind everything that happened
in the year of gyeongo

438
00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:45,836
through a special investigation committee.

439
00:41:52,927 --> 00:41:55,137
Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

440
00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:58,516
Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

441
00:41:58,974 --> 00:42:01,227
Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

442
00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:05,898
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

443
00:42:06,273 --> 00:42:08,901
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Right the wrongs!

444
00:42:08,984 --> 00:42:13,405
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

445
00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:16,367
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Right the wrongs!

446
00:42:16,450 --> 00:42:19,495
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

447
00:42:19,578 --> 00:42:21,664
-Please, Your Majesty!
-Right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

448
00:42:21,747 --> 00:42:25,000
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

449
00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:29,338
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

450
00:42:29,421 --> 00:42:31,131
-Please right the wrongs!
-Your Majesty!

451
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:35,010
Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

452
00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:39,181
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

453
00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:44,353
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

454
00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:49,191
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

455
00:42:49,275 --> 00:42:53,404
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

456
00:42:53,487 --> 00:42:58,200
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

457
00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:00,160
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please!

458
00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:03,289
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

459
00:43:04,164 --> 00:43:08,085
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

460
00:43:08,877 --> 00:43:11,297
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please, Your Majesty!

461
00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:13,924
Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty.

462
00:43:14,008 --> 00:43:18,095
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please, Your Majesty!

463
00:43:18,178 --> 00:43:21,390
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!
-Please right the wrongs, Your Majesty!

464
00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:24,018
-Please right the wrongs...
-Please, Your Majesty!

465
00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:22,326
You'll have to pour me a drink
at my memorial ceremony every year,

466
00:44:23,786 --> 00:44:25,537
so I suppose
I shouldn't ask you to do it yet.

467
00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:27,956
Did you have to do such a thing?

468
00:44:33,212 --> 00:44:35,172
In my childhood memories,

469
00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:39,134
you were always like a big mountain.

470
00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,764
You were never stingy
when it came to books

471
00:44:46,141 --> 00:44:48,185
even though that meant
you had to wear shabby clothes.

472
00:44:52,439 --> 00:44:54,191
You fought against the scholar-officials

473
00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:58,570
with nothing but courage and knowledge.

474
00:45:02,408 --> 00:45:03,450
So why...

475
00:45:04,701 --> 00:45:06,036
What made you...

476
00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:10,874
What made you become like this, Father?

477
00:45:16,839 --> 00:45:18,215
Do you remember?

478
00:45:23,178 --> 00:45:24,221
"U-won.

479
00:45:29,143 --> 00:45:30,686
We, scholars,

480
00:45:30,811 --> 00:45:32,521
must have a clear conscience.

481
00:45:35,524 --> 00:45:36,817
That is our duty as scholars."

482
00:45:39,611 --> 00:45:41,363
You once said that to me.

483
00:45:42,197 --> 00:45:43,824
That is how you taught me.

484
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:46,160
Right.

485
00:45:47,202 --> 00:45:48,454
When I was young,

486
00:45:50,038 --> 00:45:51,623
I used to hate the scholar-officials.

487
00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:56,211
They monopolized authority
with the highborn nobles

488
00:45:56,628 --> 00:46:00,174
and completely shut the weak
out of opportunities.

489
00:46:01,717 --> 00:46:02,759
However,

490
00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:06,054
once I came into possession
of power myself,

491
00:46:07,556 --> 00:46:09,308
I did not want anyone
to take it away from me.

492
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:16,690
Power...

493
00:46:18,025 --> 00:46:19,610
is like the Spring of Greed.

494
00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:23,947
You get blinded by your greed
the moment you taste a drop of it.

495
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:28,035
After all,

496
00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:29,786
I was just one of those

497
00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:32,748
ordinary men.

498
00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:36,793
Nevertheless,

499
00:46:38,504 --> 00:46:40,923
I do not regret the decision I made
in the year of gyeongo.

500
00:46:42,549 --> 00:46:45,636
The dethroned king led the people astray
with the foreigners' teachings

501
00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:48,430
and violated the moral standards.

502
00:46:48,514 --> 00:46:50,474
He was wreaking havoc on this kingdom,

503
00:46:50,557 --> 00:46:53,602
which the former kings and the
wise scholars had worked so hard to build.

504
00:46:54,353 --> 00:46:55,687
Someone had to stop him.

505
00:46:56,897 --> 00:46:58,565
Even if you cannot understand me now,

506
00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:01,902
history will prove
that I made the right decision.

507
00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,121
No.

508
00:47:16,750 --> 00:47:18,126
You're wrong.

509
00:47:19,545 --> 00:47:21,213
A new world will come.

510
00:47:21,296 --> 00:47:23,006
Not the world of scholar-officials,

511
00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:27,386
which the former kings
and the scholars built together.

512
00:47:29,471 --> 00:47:31,014
It'll be a world created by the people,

513
00:47:32,015 --> 00:47:33,267
for the people.

514
00:47:35,435 --> 00:47:36,728
Joseon will become such a nation.

515
00:47:39,356 --> 00:47:40,691
That is

516
00:47:44,152 --> 00:47:45,320
what I will write.

517
00:48:47,090 --> 00:48:48,258
How did it go?

518
00:48:48,342 --> 00:48:51,219
The special investigation
committee's hearings will begin tomorrow.

519
00:48:51,803 --> 00:48:54,890
They are summoning Min Ik-pyeong
as well as everyone else

520
00:48:54,973 --> 00:48:57,059
who partook in the dethronement process.

521
00:48:57,768 --> 00:48:59,561
I've submitted
Officer Kim Il-mok's records

522
00:49:00,395 --> 00:49:01,938
to the special investigation committee.

523
00:49:16,411 --> 00:49:17,746
-Hae-ryung.
-I know

524
00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:19,831
that you must be

525
00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:22,959
so relieved now.

526
00:49:25,587 --> 00:49:27,381
But please don't expect me

527
00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:30,676
to act like I am okay.

528
00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:34,388
I am barely managing to hold it all in.

529
00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:40,936
I did not

530
00:49:42,104 --> 00:49:44,773
choose to take care of you
because of guilt.

531
00:49:50,028 --> 00:49:51,154
To me,

532
00:49:52,406 --> 00:49:53,490
you have always been

533
00:49:55,492 --> 00:49:56,702
my sister.

534
00:50:06,503 --> 00:50:07,546
I will

535
00:50:08,922 --> 00:50:10,507
always be your sister.

536
00:50:12,759 --> 00:50:14,136
Goo Jae-gyeong's sister,

537
00:50:16,054 --> 00:50:16,888
Goo Hae-ryung.

538
00:50:24,938 --> 00:50:26,106
You silly goose.

539
00:50:30,068 --> 00:50:32,446
His Majesty said he will

540
00:50:32,821 --> 00:50:35,073
leave everything in your hands.

541
00:50:35,699 --> 00:50:36,742
I see.

542
00:50:37,743 --> 00:50:41,747
Everyone who was involved in it,
including Min Ik-pyeong,

543
00:50:41,830 --> 00:50:44,332
will receive the punishment they deserve.

544
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:46,918
As soon as the investigation is completed,

545
00:50:48,044 --> 00:50:48,879
I will

546
00:50:49,629 --> 00:50:51,256
step down as the Crown Prince.

547
00:50:52,674 --> 00:50:55,218
I hope you won't resent me too much.

548
00:50:56,970 --> 00:50:58,054
I won't, Your Majesty.

549
00:51:04,311 --> 00:51:05,520
Your Majesty.

550
00:51:14,112 --> 00:51:15,405
I will leave.

551
00:51:15,781 --> 00:51:16,948
No,

552
00:51:17,032 --> 00:51:18,742
you need to hear this, too.

553
00:51:24,956 --> 00:51:28,084
Your Majesty,
please dethrone me as a prince.

554
00:51:28,668 --> 00:51:31,129
-Dowon.
-I am aware that you have wished

555
00:51:32,172 --> 00:51:34,174
for me to ascend the throne
for a long time.

556
00:51:35,008 --> 00:51:37,969
However, that is not where I belong.

557
00:51:38,053 --> 00:51:39,805
What do you mean?

558
00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:43,099
You are the only son of the former king.

559
00:51:43,183 --> 00:51:45,519
That is where you should be.

560
00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:50,273
Even the times that I've lived as a prince
was too much for me to handle.

561
00:51:50,357 --> 00:51:52,275
Instead of living the life expected of me

562
00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:54,945
as someone's son, I now wish to live

563
00:51:56,196 --> 00:51:57,531
as an ordinary man,

564
00:51:58,949 --> 00:51:59,825
as myself.

565
00:51:59,908 --> 00:52:02,118
That is not what your fate
has in store for you.

566
00:52:02,202 --> 00:52:06,665
You were born to be
the King of this country.

567
00:52:06,748 --> 00:52:07,624
I do not

568
00:52:08,542 --> 00:52:10,126
wish to live such a life.

569
00:52:10,210 --> 00:52:12,254
You ought to do it
even if you do not want to.

570
00:52:14,506 --> 00:52:15,507
The beginning

571
00:52:16,424 --> 00:52:18,468
is always the hardest for everyone.

572
00:52:19,052 --> 00:52:21,972
However, if you just
get through that stage,

573
00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:25,559
you will become a sage king
whom everyone greatly admires.

574
00:52:25,892 --> 00:52:30,355
I will assist you
to the best of my ability.

575
00:52:34,109 --> 00:52:35,610
NOKSEODANG

576
00:52:41,408 --> 00:52:43,285
-How did it go?
-Not well.

577
00:52:43,368 --> 00:52:44,911
I think the Queen Dowager

578
00:52:45,704 --> 00:52:47,289
needs more time to accept it.

579
00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:52,669
What about you?

580
00:52:53,628 --> 00:52:54,546
Are you ready

581
00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:58,550
to leave Nokseodang?

582
00:53:05,974 --> 00:53:09,311
NOKSEODANG

583
00:53:47,766 --> 00:53:48,850
Yes.

584
00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:52,312
It's not like

585
00:53:53,688 --> 00:53:55,315
I'll forget all the memories of this place

586
00:53:56,942 --> 00:53:58,318
once I leave.

587
00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:03,073
Let's think of it as turning a page.

588
00:54:06,201 --> 00:54:07,452
This isn't the end.

589
00:54:09,245 --> 00:54:11,081
A new chapter will begin.

590
00:54:13,291 --> 00:54:14,584
All right.

591
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,605
3 YEARS LATER

592
00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,026
Oh, dear.

593
00:54:53,790 --> 00:54:54,916
Hey, Yang!

594
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,504
Hey, Yang. Bang, bang!

595
00:55:00,296 --> 00:55:02,007
Keep that up,
and I'll punch you real hard.

596
00:55:02,090 --> 00:55:02,966
Hey, come on.

597
00:55:03,550 --> 00:55:06,136
We are all seventh-rank officers.
Ease up, please.

598
00:55:06,219 --> 00:55:07,345
Don't worry. It's okay.

599
00:55:13,768 --> 00:55:14,978
Hey, clerks.

600
00:55:16,771 --> 00:55:18,314
Finish it by three o'clock.

601
00:55:18,690 --> 00:55:21,151
We are no longer clerks.
We are administrators now.

602
00:55:21,234 --> 00:55:22,736
The junior ninth rank!

603
00:55:23,528 --> 00:55:26,698
His Majesty gave us the rank a long ago.
Why are you still calling us "clerks"?

604
00:55:26,781 --> 00:55:29,242
Hey, it's not even that much better
than being a clerk.

605
00:55:29,409 --> 00:55:33,288
It's very different.
There's a huge difference, okay?

606
00:55:33,371 --> 00:55:34,205
Don't ever forget.

607
00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:38,418
We were the ones who pulled all-nighters
and got all the work done

608
00:55:38,501 --> 00:55:42,088
when you senior officers were swamped
because the Annals Compilation Committee

609
00:55:42,213 --> 00:55:45,884
for both the former king
and the king before him was formed.

610
00:55:47,260 --> 00:55:48,845
I am just speechless.

611
00:55:50,388 --> 00:55:51,514
That little...

612
00:55:52,307 --> 00:55:54,100
Until when will they go on about that?

613
00:55:54,684 --> 00:55:56,186
For the next 500 years, probably.

614
00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:58,063
-Officer Yang.
-Yes?

615
00:56:00,148 --> 00:56:01,483
Do you have complaints?

616
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:04,110
Want some?

617
00:56:04,652 --> 00:56:06,946
That rice cake won't do.

618
00:56:08,448 --> 00:56:09,908
I found acorns.

619
00:56:09,991 --> 00:56:12,577
-Well done. Put them down here.
-The footsteps...

620
00:56:18,124 --> 00:56:19,167
Sa-hui.

621
00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:21,878
Something else came for you
from the palace.

622
00:56:22,420 --> 00:56:23,463
Oh, boy.

623
00:56:24,756 --> 00:56:27,300
Who keeps sending you these things?

624
00:56:29,469 --> 00:56:30,428
ELEMENTARY LEARNING

625
00:56:30,512 --> 00:56:31,554
MYUNGSHIMBOGAM

626
00:56:35,809 --> 00:56:38,686
I can finally take off
this mourning dress.

627
00:56:39,562 --> 00:56:42,065
Who knew three years would feel this long?

628
00:56:42,690 --> 00:56:43,566
U-hui.

629
00:56:44,359 --> 00:56:45,193
What?

630
00:56:46,277 --> 00:56:47,904
I am no longer married
to the Crown Prince.

631
00:56:47,987 --> 00:56:49,280
I don't have to watch what I say.

632
00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:55,578
Just a moment.

633
00:57:06,172 --> 00:57:07,590
First Historian Min U-won.

634
00:57:08,508 --> 00:57:09,717
OFFICE OF ROYAL DECREES

635
00:57:10,301 --> 00:57:11,928
His Majesty has ordered you to return.

636
00:57:13,304 --> 00:57:14,389
Let's go!

637
00:57:31,030 --> 00:57:33,158
I suppose we still have a long way to go.

638
00:57:33,241 --> 00:57:36,911
Petitions pour in like this
every time Seoraewon is brought up.

639
00:57:38,455 --> 00:57:40,957
It is a lot less compared
to what we received last month.

640
00:57:41,708 --> 00:57:46,004
Well, I should be able to respond to
all of them in about three to four days.

641
00:57:46,588 --> 00:57:47,964
Please do not overwork yourself.

642
00:57:48,590 --> 00:57:51,301
It is not something
we can achieve quickly.

643
00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:54,596
That is why I am doing my best
to persuade everyone, one by one.

644
00:57:55,180 --> 00:57:58,016
Seoraewon should be more
than just our dream.

645
00:58:06,983 --> 00:58:09,319
Another letter came for you
from the royal villa.

646
00:58:11,404 --> 00:58:14,657
I told him that I will never forgive him.
He is truly persistent.

647
00:58:17,410 --> 00:58:19,287
Any word from Eunuch Heo?

648
00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:22,332
He will return to Hanyang today.

649
00:58:26,461 --> 00:58:29,631
All we do is pack and unpack,
travel on ships and horses.

650
00:58:30,173 --> 00:58:32,717
-What an ordeal.
-That's what I am saying.

651
00:58:33,551 --> 00:58:35,929
Had I known this,
I would've just stayed at the palace.

652
00:58:39,516 --> 00:58:41,518
I won't come back tonight,
so don't wait for me.

653
00:58:43,311 --> 00:58:46,439
My lord! You're going to that house again?

654
00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:47,649
Don't wait for me.

655
00:58:54,072 --> 00:58:55,114
Goo Hae-ryung.

656
00:58:58,201 --> 00:58:59,244
Goo Hae-ryung!

657
00:59:20,390 --> 00:59:21,474
When did you get here?

658
00:59:25,186 --> 00:59:26,437
Sir.

659
00:59:27,730 --> 00:59:31,067
I had a lot of work to do,
and I even had dinner with my colleagues,

660
00:59:31,859 --> 00:59:33,528
so I am exhausted right now.

661
00:59:33,611 --> 00:59:34,988
So can't you

662
00:59:36,072 --> 00:59:37,865
just come back tomorrow?

663
00:59:40,451 --> 00:59:42,203
I missed you like crazy
during the whole month

664
00:59:42,287 --> 00:59:44,747
that I was away from Hanyang.
What? Tomorrow?

665
00:59:45,873 --> 00:59:47,875
Well, it's not like I didn't miss you.

666
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,129
Do you know how many times
I saw you in my dream...

667
00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:57,552
You had dreams about me? Tell me.

668
00:59:58,136 --> 00:59:59,262
In your dreams,

669
01:00:00,388 --> 01:00:02,473
-what were we doing?
-Well, you know.

670
01:00:03,516 --> 01:00:07,437
I dreamed about how we saw those flowers
on our trip to Jeju Island.

671
01:00:17,322 --> 01:00:18,948
Tell me about your trip.

672
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:21,117
What did you see on this trip?

673
01:00:22,702 --> 01:00:25,204
I saw dolphins in the Yangtze River.

674
01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:27,790
-Dolphins?
-Yes.

675
01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:31,252
They were swimming in big pods
right in front of my boat.

676
01:00:31,502 --> 01:00:33,046
It was such a beautiful sight.

677
01:00:33,838 --> 01:00:37,884
They are as big as calves,
but their skin looks very shiny.

678
01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:39,802
And they have pointy beaks.

679
01:00:43,514 --> 01:00:45,975
Tell me more.
Any other interesting stories?

680
01:00:46,351 --> 01:00:47,769
What else...

681
01:00:48,353 --> 01:00:52,315
Actually, no. If you're curious,
buy my book and read all about it.

682
01:00:55,234 --> 01:00:56,653
Don't be so petty.

683
01:00:56,736 --> 01:00:58,237
At least you should buy my book.

684
01:00:58,821 --> 01:01:02,408
I heard that only 12 copies
of the other travelogue I wrote

685
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:05,870
were sold in the entire Hanyang so far.

686
01:01:08,539 --> 01:01:10,792
Anyway, you should get some rest, then.

687
01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:12,960
I won't...

688
01:01:14,462 --> 01:01:15,505
bother you.

689
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:19,008
I'll get going, then.

690
01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:29,519
I am leaving.

691
01:01:32,814 --> 01:01:33,981
Sir.

692
01:01:34,982 --> 01:01:36,025
Lock the door, please.

693
01:01:39,862 --> 01:01:41,197
Hurry.

694
01:01:54,544 --> 01:01:56,087
Oh, dear.

695
01:01:56,254 --> 01:01:59,257
They practically live together.

696
01:01:59,841 --> 01:02:01,134
Why won't they get married?

697
01:02:01,426 --> 01:02:03,344
I just don't get it.

698
01:02:04,637 --> 01:02:06,180
They'll get married when they want to.

699
01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:10,017
Right, how could such an old man like you

700
01:02:10,268 --> 01:02:13,354
understand our generation?

701
01:02:16,274 --> 01:02:17,442
"Our generation"?

702
01:02:18,192 --> 01:02:20,820
You and I are around the same age.

703
01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:23,781
Don't talk as if you're around their age.

704
01:02:24,532 --> 01:02:25,616
We are around the same age?

705
01:02:30,872 --> 01:02:32,915
Had you been born a few years earlier,

706
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,251
I would've had to call you
my ancestor. And what?

707
01:02:38,421 --> 01:02:39,714
You're so funny.

708
01:02:40,923 --> 01:02:44,093
It's the funniest joke
I've heard all year, seriously.

709
01:02:44,677 --> 01:02:46,471
-Goodness.
-It's so hilarious.

710
01:02:49,348 --> 01:02:50,349
That wench.

711
01:02:51,058 --> 01:02:53,644
Why is it that
I just can't grow fond of her?

712
01:02:54,312 --> 01:02:57,273
I am sure Seol-geum
isn't exactly fond of you either.

713
01:02:58,524 --> 01:02:59,358
You little...

714
01:03:21,172 --> 01:03:23,633
Hae-ryung, it's six o'clock.

715
01:03:23,716 --> 01:03:24,884
You have to go to work.

716
01:03:25,885 --> 01:03:27,303
You have to go to work.

717
01:03:28,262 --> 01:03:29,639
It's six o'clock.

718
01:03:49,951 --> 01:03:51,619
What? Did you forget something?

719
01:03:52,453 --> 01:03:53,496
No.

720
01:03:59,919 --> 01:04:02,046
This way, I can start my day off right.

721
01:04:06,008 --> 01:04:07,093
See you later.

722
01:04:08,052 --> 01:04:09,929
All right, have a good day.

723
01:04:31,117 --> 01:04:32,243
-I am a historian.
-Stop.

724
01:04:34,787 --> 01:04:35,830
Seriously.

725
01:04:36,497 --> 01:04:39,584
It's been three years.
Shouldn't you remember my face by now?

726
01:04:41,252 --> 01:04:42,962
I work at the Office of Royal Decrees.

727
01:04:45,172 --> 01:04:46,591
Historian Goo Hae-ryung.

728
01:05:15,786 --> 01:05:17,872
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
ROOKIE HISTORIAN GOO HAE-RYUNG

729
01:05:47,276 --> 01:05:49,403
Subtitle translation by Eun-sook Yoon