Queen For Seven Days (7일의 왕비)

Episode 13

King, Lee Yoong

First Vice Premier: Sin Soo Geun, Important

Young Lady, these Snail Brides pulled off another incident.

I thought they were only giving rice to starving people,

but they also caught corrupted officials.

This is what the king should carry out.

No way.

Sin Soo Geun, with marriage we could bring him to our side.

Sin Soo Geun, with marriage we could bring him to our side.

The moment Yeok has a will of his own, it is a traitorous mind

and everything he does contributes to treason.

No way.

Grand Prince.

What is this? Why is it like this?

Try to see if anything is missing or if someone entered here.

- What's going on? - The lock on the door was broken and door to the secret room was left open too.

What?

It's nothing.

- Who's there? - What is it?

Catch him!

Sin Soo Geun, with marriage we could bring him to our side.

Your Majesty, you already knew about everything

and asked me to become a spy?

Why?

Do you really want me to kill the Grand Prince with my own hands?

Is that why you had me marry him?

What kind of a punk...

Yeok.

I think it was a petty thief.

If it was the Royal Chief Secretary's people, the Royal Forces would be here already. But nothing happened.

Please handle it well so there won't be any consequences.

Why is he so pale? It's as if he's seen a ghost.

Seo No's father turned out that way and the secret room was exposed. How can he be alright?

That's true. Look at us. Even a petty thief broke in.

I will go to the Queen Dowager.

Seo No.

Why are you so surprised? We have to work. Customers will be here soon.

Still, you should take the day off...

I am going to move my father's grave next to grandmother's grave located in Dongjukjeon village.

In order to do so, we need to drive away the current king.

There is no time to rest.

Oh my! Oh my! You scared me.

Where is Chae Gyeong?

Weren't you two together?

If not, where did she go?

Your Majesty, please deliberate on this matter.

Your Majesty, please deliberate on this matter.

I have been unfairly treated, Your Majesty.

After reading the Snail Bride's bulletin,

you pushed for Ryu Ja Gwang's impeachment. Still, it's unfair?

That is so.

You should show your loyalty to me through work,

yet you dared to write an anonymous petition criticizing me. And this is unfair treatment?

It's for you, the royal family, and for this country of Joseon,

I had no choice—

You show absolutely no sign of remorse.

Do you think you're being unfairly treated as well?

N-n-no. Your Majesty.

That's good. Then, pay for your crimes.

Remove their bodies.

After discovering the betrayal of my loved one,

finally, I face the real world that was unknown to me before.

The king whom I supported for a long time

had become a ruler who reigns with tyranny.

I

was a very foolish and dim-witted girl.

Chae Gyeong.

Chae Gyeong!

Chae Gyeong broke into the locked pawn shop?

Yes. She hit the pawn shop door lock several times with a blunt object.

It finally has begun. Suspicion, a crack in their relationship, and monitoring.

Chae Gyeong will soon be here to give her report.

I will catch the evidence and make a move then.

So until then, watch over the pawn shop more thoroughly.

Yes.

The late king's secret order is engraved on a woman's body.

That scribe really had this with him?

Yes, while preparing for his funeral, I went through Seo No's father's belongings, just in case.

Seo No's father had this sewn into his clothes. I found it.

A woman's body.

The secret order is engraved on a woman's body as a tattoo.

I will have the late king's palace maids and concubines checked.

For someone to have her body engraved with the secret will ordering abdication of the throne to Yeok,

she must be someone who can help him.

It won't be the late king's concubine.

Every single one of them wants her son to become the king.

Why would they help Grand Prince Jin Seong to the throne?

Tattooed onto a woman's body.

The Queen Dowager is talking about the woman of the secret order.

Did they find out the identity of that woman?

Not yet.

If we find the woman of the secret order, what will you do next?

As soon as the Queen Dowager makes her move,

we will have to step forward first.

Whoever that woman may be, she won't be favorable to us.

Favorable or not, why does it matter?

We just need to see that wench's body.

That tattoo engraved on her body.

If my men kill her and bring her to me,

you could

look over her body.

Yes. I will do that.

Give it to me. I will do it.

You must feed this to her.

No matter how much I think about it,

I can't watch you die again.

How can I let you die by my own hands?

Before your traitorous mind is discovered by anyone,

I will change your mind.

I was being selfish.

Even though I knew it would hurt you like this,

I desired you.

As soon as you find out, come to Biseoseong library in the palace.

I will cancel the exile of Vice Minister of Defense, Ryu Ja Gwang,

and promote him to Minister of Defense.

- Your Majesty. - Please deliberate on this matter.

You are not punishing the criminal but promoting him to a higher position?

Your Majesty, the people know about this matter already.

However if you cover up his crimes like this—

Naturally, they will come to believe that the contents of the bulletin are false

and my decision is the truth.

As long as the people believe me more than

the Snail Brides or whatever ratty people.

If someone believes the words of the Snail Brides and criticizes my decision,

that is challenging the superiors and treason. Don't you agree?

Deputy Commander.

Yes, Your Majesty.

It seems like you have many grievances against me.

That is not true, Your Majesty.

That is not true?

But what can I do? I have many grievances against you.

When you should be checking the coming and going of the Capital Defense during their night duty,

you were leisurely enjoying your time in the alleyway pawn shop.

- I guess you don't want to work? - I am deeply sorry, Your Majesty. I meant—

I am ordering that the Capital Defense Deputy Commander Park Won Jong be put on probation.

You don't have to attend the court sessions for a month.

Your Majesty.

If I see your face in the palace,

I will take it as disobeying the royal command

and punish you with the crime of challenging your superior.

I will uphold your order.

Oh, what nice weather.

Look at those annoying people. They are still monitoring us. They should just leave.

Welcome. Long time no see.

- Do you really give rice? - Of course.

The officials who submitted the Defense Minister's impeachment petitions had their heads cut off.

They died for writing an impeachment petition?

My uncle was suddenly ordered to be on probation too.

Lord Ryu Ja Gwang was reinstated, even promoted.

The king has finally gone crazy. That's like burying his head in the sand.

He must have felt that not the King, but the Grand Prince was running politics behind the scenes.

If he will be like this about everything, bulletins will be useless.

Now people won't even try to read the bulletin unless they are very brave.

Still, we can't stop what we were doing.

We cannot stay put worrying about the unpredictable king's next step,

when there are so many corrupt officials everywhere in Joseon.

We have to eliminate them as soon as possible for Joseon to run properly.

By the way, where is the Grand Prince?

His wife is sick so he's with her.

If something arises, I am supposed to hide the bamboo scroll under the terrace stone of the men's quarters.

Please become the king as soon as possible.

Once you're the king,

you can protect the remaining people.

Lady of the House, you're here.

My lady, are you recovered?

They are all spies.

Miss! Are you finally feeling better?

I've been aching for a few days and it's time I should get up.

That was fast!

The Grand Prince toiled quite a bit to lower your fever.

I thought he might collapse from fatigue at that rate.

Regrettably he's just fine.

I laugh thanks to you.

As long as you laughed, it'll do.

Oh, speak of the devil.

Why are you out here?

You can't be well yet.

Greetings to the Grand Prince and the Lady of the House.

I can't let them catch on no matter what.

I heard you toiled a lot due to me these past few days.

Well... toil...

Let's go on in first.

What?

This place is full of palace staff.

We can't trust anyone besides my nanny.

So?

We don't know how they will report to the superiors

or whether they'll make up matters that never happened,

so I'm just taking precautions.

That's very unlike you.

That doesn't suit you, Chae Gyeong.

If it's something you believe in, you do not cower.

You always behave according to what you see

and according to what exists. That's your charm.

Me?

I can no longer do that.