Queen: Love and War (간택 - 여인들의 전쟁)

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Well...

where is my mother?

She's in good health right now.

You'll be able to see her soon. Don't worry.

But...

there's something you must do first.

Something I must do?

Feed this to the King.

What's this?

It's poison.

Kill the King with your own hands.

The poison will not spread immediately. You will have time.

Starting tomorrow night, I will send a litter near

the side gate of the palace at seven o'clock every night.

Get on it discreetly after you accomplish the mission.

What are you talking about right now?

You are telling me to poison His Majesty with my own hands?

Why would I?

No, I will never do that!

You will have to.

Your mother's life depends on it.

- Sir! - Do you think that is everything?

The owner of Buyong Agency, your colleague, Hong Ki Ho, and his family.

All of their lives depend on it.

If you refuse to follow the order,

I will reveal that you are the dead queen's twin sister.

If so,

everyone who participated in your lie will die.

Are you...

threatening me right now?

Don't even try to take the poison yourself.

That won't fix anything.

Is this the greater cause the Prince and you spoke of?

Starting the new world using such a dirty method?

Greater causes call for sacrifices.

If my secret is revealed,

neither the Prince nor you will remain unharmed.

This is about taking over the throne.

Do you think we are not ready to take such a risk?

So if you want to save everyone...

kill the King.

Remember.

You have three days.

My mother...

I need to know if my mother is indeed safe first.

Please tell me where she is.

You should get going for now.

The King's concubine shouldn't be outside of the palace for too long.

I will reconnect with you.

My Lady!

Are you okay?

You look so pale...

Did something happen?

Jeolla had a severe drought this year.

The people in the region will have a tough time this winter.

I will send them a letter saying to reduce their tributary food.

Send it through the Royal Secretariat.

Yes, Your Majesty.

What is the time?

It has not even been 30 minutes since the last time you inquired.

Consort Hong has not returned yet either.

Did I ask you that?

Just answer the questions I ask.

Report to me as soon as Consort Hong returns to the palace.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You already told me that too.

I successfully gave her the poison.

But...

she wanted to see her mother first.

If you let her,

she will demand her mother's release.

Wouldn't it be better to calm her down by telling her how she is?

If we tell her that she is safe,

it might motivate her to proceed.

All right.

You may do that.

But our fate depends on this as well.

- We'll have to be careful. - Yes.

Sir.

You must remember what I told you a long time ago.

- If this plan fails... - It won't fail.

We lost Kang Yi Soo

and Hong Ki Ho turned his back on us.

I will walk toward

the new world with you, Your Excellency.

I will make sure to prove that they're wrong

and we're right.

My Lady.

His Majesty told me to bring you to him.

Do you mean now?

Yes, immediately. Right now.

His Majesty told me to find out when you are returning.

He kept pushing me out to come and check.

I almost froze to death.

Please come.

Did you have a nice visit with your mother?

Yes.

But...

you look pale.

Why are you trembling so much?

It must be from staying out for too long.

Are you feeling ill?

Let's go back inside.

No, Your Majesty. I'm fine.

Are you sure you are all right?

I am really all right.

Did you not summon me to say something?

I just wanted to show you this place.

This is...

This has been my favorite place since I was the crown prince.

Whenever I did not want to study

or had worries, I used to come here.

Oftentimes...

I used to think of you here as well.

I always wanted to come here with you at some point.

I finally get to do that now.

I want to show you the places

where I was born and raised in

with all of my wonderful memories.

Slowly, one by one.

Kill the King.

Why do you look troubled?

Why are you always so sweet to me?

I lied and deceived you.

What do you mean, deceive me?

What are you talking about all of a sudden?

Do you feel guilty about saying you are Hong Yeon?

You do not have to worry about that. It is all in the past.

That is not all.

What do you mean by that?

It is nothing.

I apologize, Your Majesty.

I would like to go back to my chamber.

Then, go back and get some rest.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Where were you just now?

- The thing is... - Did you see His Majesty?

Yes, Your Highness.

Do you take me lightly, Consort Hong?

I told you to behave properly.

I definitely warned you.

It is not like that...

Since I am worried I might disturb His Majesty since he is busy governing the country,

even I cannot see him easily even though I am the queen.

Forgive me.

You should know your place.

You will be given more than just a warning next time.

The King is only seeing Consort Hong

- neglecting the queen? - Yes.

He did that on the first night of marriage too.

There are a lot of eyes and ears around as you know.

I understand what you mean.

I was not happy to accept her as the queen either,

The queen needs to be respected

for me to maintain my status as well.

I am worried that awful rumors might spread

outside the palace.

What is King thinking anyway?

He took in the queen,

but he is avoiding her like that.

Sometimes I feel a bit strange

when I see Consort Hong.

She sometimes feels like a different person.

Please do not think too much of it.

It is probably because she got emotional after seeing her mother today.

What happened to the clue I made Wal look into?

I do not like how lazy he is,

but he must have found something since he used to be an informant.

I will send Officer Han along.

I need to find the evidence as soon as possible.

That way, everything will get back to normal.

You said you saw a man in a straw hat last time, right?

You just need to sit there and tell him

how his eyes and mouth looked.

This Hyungnim is an amazing artist.

You can't tell if it's a picture or a real person.

Please help me out.

Aigoo, I'm busy preparing for the day.

Give me the washcloth! Let me do it.

I'll do it. You just need to sit here and describe to him.

Hyungnim will do all the work, I said.

Sit down, sit down.

- Okay, fine. Scrub hard! - Yes, yes...

Please watch this, okay?

Get started.

Go ahead, ma'am...

He had slanted eyes

and the eyebrows were thick

and dark like that.

Aigoo!

Give me! You did a lousy job.

What are you talking about? Even flies might slip on it.

Are you done describing?

He did make it look like him.

Aigoo, Hyungnim. May I have a look?

The spy at the Royal Investigation Bureau contacted me.

He said the owner of Buyong Agency visited Kim's barracks.

Just as I expected.

The King is retracing your steps using him.