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This isn't a dream, is it?
You really are alive, aren't you?
There's something I wanted to tell you.
Young Master.
I...
also...
love you.
[Episode 34]
Move! I said I am here to see the King.
You cannot enter without His Majesty's permission.
- You scoundrel! - Let the Dowager Queen inside.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You should be confined in your palace. Why are you here?
The royal family genealogy?
Were you studying the family line?
You memorized it all when you were 10.
Why would you be studying that now?
A person's memory can fade with time.
You shameless rascal!
Do you think writing that out will make you a part of the royal family?
You are nothing but a fake.
How long do you think you will get away with pretending to be real?
Your Majesty.
If you continue to say strange things, people will think you are getting old.
You scoundrel! I've known since you first got here.
I knew then that you were a fake.
So, what?
Will you bring the real one and seat him in this throne?
Do you think I cannot?
Try it if you'd like.
The real one is dead.
The boss of the pack carriers was killed by Dae Mok.
You knew the true identity of the real Crown Prince...
Do you still think you are the Dowager Queen who has power in Joseon?
You have lost your power and all you have left is your life.
Do you not realize that?
You scoundrel!
Shall I take a guess at why you are truly here?
Is it not because you are afraid for your life?
You are scared Dae Mok might not give you a deadly flower pill.
Yet, you cannot bear to kneel to Dae Mok and beg.
Why don't you try getting on your knees and begging me?
Then I could ask Elder Dae Mok as a favor to you.
- Why you... - Do not forget it.
Now... I am the real one.
Eunuch.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You can escort Her Majesty back now.
Wiggly.
Your brother has brought some very rare snacks.
Come on out and eat them with me.
Hm... I guess you want to play Hide and Seek with your big brother.
Let me see here.
Where could my Wiggly be hiding?
Found you.
Wiggly.
Do you still find it hard to be comfortable around your brother?
Yes.
Your brother...
would like for us to become close soon.
Here. Would you like to try some, Wiggly?
It's sweet and delicious.
Wiggly, do you not want to live here with your brother?
I liked living in our herbal medicine store with Mom and Ga Eun.
Can't you come live there with us?
Your Highness.
I will call you "Your Highness", from now on.
I cannot continue to call you Young Master Chun Soo.
Ga Eun.
Do you think I should return and become King?
Your father was a loyal subject.
I caused him to die.
I was a foolish Crown Prince.
No, Your Highness.
On top of that, there's the late King, my father.
He joined forces with Dae Mok.
He killed the reigning King before him.
Do I really have the right to become King?
Do I have legitimacy?
Your Highness, you have never overlooked the suffering of your people.
Do you remember?
All the people at the market nearly lost their living because of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
You saved them.
Here you go. Give my store papers.
If it were not for the boss, we'd all be on the streets.
You know that, right?
I can still clearly remember how joyful the people were.
I also heard you stopped an army in order to avoid a civil war.
I cannot sacrifice people...
in order to return as King.
You could have returned easily as King, but you thought only of the people.
It was you who gave up on that path.
You say you have no right or legitimacy?
Legitimacy is not in the blood.
I believe it is in the love you have for the people.
The heart you have for the people is what gives you legitimacy, Your Highness.
You do get the right only by being in the line of descent.
Your Majesty.
That's for trying to save me.
I am just happy to be able to see again, Young Miss Ga Eun.
Your Highness, we received a message from Lady Mae Chang.
She says she will get help in the palace and search for that ceramic jar.
Ceramic jar?
The late King left some secret orders behind to prove my identity.
They are inside some ceramic jar.
They are hidden in a ceramic jar in the Crown Prince's greenhouse.
You must...
give that to Chun Soo.
That is why Lady Youngbin said that.
She told me to get the ceramic jar to Young Master Chun Soo.
My mother?
She said it was in the Crown Prince's greenhouse.
I will go into the palace and find it.
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You know Lee Seon is not like he used to be.
That is why I must go.
Is there anyone else who can enter the greenhouse naturally?
Please let me help you with this.
But, we are finally together...
Your Highness.
I believe we can make 50 antidotes within the time frame.
What should I do?
"Gold-Cicada-Emerge-Skin."
We will use this crisis as an opportunity.
We will shed ourselves of dead skin and will arise as golden cicadas.
You will use the antidote to determine who will live and who will die?
Is that what you mean?
We need a list of those who need to die.
Then...
that will be about 75 people.
It will be a chance to make the Pyeonsoo-hwe stronger.
Dowager Queen, Choi Sung Ki, Minister of the Right...
Minister of Sentencing, Lee Joon Kyung.
What about the Minister of the Left?
For you, Your Highness, and the people...
I will find that jar.
Ga Eun. I truly do not wish to see you in that dangerous palace again.
What brings you by so late?
Lee Seon.
There is big trouble.
The Crown Prince...
The real Crown Prince is alive.
He took three deadly flower pills. How can he be alive?
He is able to fight off the poison.
As long as he is alive, he will try to get back his throne.
I have a way to stop him from doing that.
I have a very good plan.
A plan, you say?
Go on and tell me.
I will tell you how to keep the real Crown Prince from ever becoming King.
So, why don't we make a deal?
A deal?
All right, I will hear your deal.
What are you planning on doing?
I will take it from him.
Everything... from the real Crown Prince.
I will take it away.
Listen up, Ministers.
The marriage selection process run by criminals has been nullified.
We will need to select a new Queen.
Therefore, I have given it some serious thought.
I will now announce the results.
I have decided to restore the status of former Hansungbu Magistrate, Han Gyu Ho.
His daughter, Han Ga Eun, will become my Queen.
The seat of the Queen has been empty for a long time.
You must be good and virtuous to your royal ancestors.
You must be a mother to the nation.
You have been chosen to be the Queen.
You will become Mother to all the people of this nation.
Accept your duties as the Queen.
Elder Dae Mok, how could the King dare do this?
He chose the Queen without consulting anyone.
She is the daughter of a man executed for investigating the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Prime Minister, you thought you were going to become the father of a Queen.
You must be incredibly disappointed.
You are one to talk.
You thought you would be gifted with that honor.
You must be disappointed.
I gave him permission to choose who he wanted as Queen.
Why would you do such a thing?
We wanted the Queen to be a member of the Pyeonsoo-hwe...
We need to use bait that the fish likes when we are fishing.
I cannot use bait that suits my tastes.
The Queen can be switched out whenever we please.
Do not concern yourselves with small matters.
Still, a Queen is not a small matter.
Elder Dae Mok.
It is all right.
Did the head merchant send you?
The head merchant...
passed away.
Head Merchant Hwa Goon?
You're saying she died?
Dae Mok killed his own granddaughter.
Head Merchant...
What can I do to repay you?
Become King.
I know she would have wanted you to become King, Your Highness.
Do not let her death...
be for nothing.
It was not just anyone, but the chief of the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
She dared to burn the deadly flower fields?
And Dae Mok's granddaughter, at that?
I have already killed her myself and taken care of it.
Will this be resolved by her death?
The Pyeonsoo-hwe have lost the deadly flower pills.
What will you do now?
I will use this incident.
I will transform the Pyeonsoo-hwe into something new.
I will make a list of people who need to die.
Anyone who opposes the Pyeonsoo-hwe even a little will be gone.
If you do not pledge loyalty to the Pyeonsoo-hwe...
this will happen to you.
They will be made examples of.
This could end up being for the best.
What is this?
It is a list of people who will die.
The original is elsewhere.
This is a copy I made in secret.
That day, Young Miss Hwa Goon, burned all of the deadly flowers.
There are no more deadly flowers or deadly flower pills.
Dae Mok will only give the antidote to those who follow him.
All of these people...
will be left to die.
Of course, Dowager Queen and her subjects.
The Minister of the Left?
Is he not one of Dae Mok's men?
There is not enough antidote.
Not all of the Pyeonsoo-hwe members will survive this.
Then the people who will not get an antidote and will die...
How many in total?
I heard it will be around 75 people.
Get everyone... and bring them here.
Everyone...
must hear what I have to say.
I am the son of a traitor.
I wondered if I truly have the right to become a King.
I was very conflicted.
Also, I thought one thing.
I came to one conclusion.
The late King joined forces with the Pyeonsoo-hwe in order to become King.
But, I...
will become King in order to destroy the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
If we cannot get the antidote within a dozen days
all of the 75 people listed here...
will lose their lives.
Though they are members of the Pyeonsoo-hwe, they are still my people.
If I turn my back on people dying, how can I call myself a ruler?
Therefore...
I will return now as the King.
I will not hold back or hesitate any longer.
I will return as King, make the antidote, and save my people.
They will pay for manipulating the government.
I will punish Dae Mok and the Pyeonsoo-hwe.
Everyone...
will you please join me?
Your Majesty!
I accept your command!
- I accept your command! - I accept your command!
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[Ruler: Master of the Mask]
I will take off my mask.
You want to be real starting from the root.
How long will you stand by and watch?
Join me for the sake of Joseon's future.
The fate of Joseon will be determined, here, on this very spot.
I will make sure to catch him and bring him to you, Elder.
There are traps in every direction.
Will he really survive and make it to the throne?
I... am the real King of this nation!