Love Song for Illusion (환상연가)

Your Highness, why did you not tell me?

I asked you several times, but you told me nothing. Why...

Wait! Please hear me out.

Please let me explain, Your Majesty.

Halt.

Do you not hear the command of the Crown Prince? Halt!

Crown Prince. What are you doing now?

Your Majesty, she is an assassin.

She was dressed as an assassin on that day,

so it was natural for that woman to deem her an assassin. However,

I told her...

to dress in that attire.

What did you say?

On the night of your birthday party, I was with her... No.

Gye Ra, you are still here?

Her name was Gye Ra before she became a concubine.

I promised...

to meet Gye Ra...

and spend some time together outside the palace.

That was why I told her to dress in this attire.

Then,

were you two already acquainted?

Yes.

I thought the dancer you chose on that night was Gye Ra.

It was my mistake.

You scared me.

The chosen dancer.

I wish to have her.

Was that why you were in such a rush?

I apologize.

You two had been together already.

Is that so?

I just asked. Is that so?

Yes, it is so, Your Majesty.

As you know,

I have the hobby of making clothes.

She was a woman I came to know at a fabric store outside the palace...

I visited from time to time.

That is...

a handwritten pattern she brought to me a long time ago.

Write down everything I say.

I do not want a low neckline as it will look vulgar.

I wish to use my shoulders at ease,

so make the armhole wide.

Draw a pattern as you like...

according to these requests.

You could see...

that these were written and drawn by the same person.

Also, this was the dress I made...

according to this pattern.

Her body remembers the movements.

As I believed so.

Gye Ra. What are you up to?

What are you planning?

I can walk on my own, Hong Gun. I am fine.

No, Your Highness.

It must have come as a huge surprise.

I am glad the Crown Prince explained the misunderstanding.

It is so beautiful.

I cannot believe the Crown Prince made these clothes.

Lagerstroemia Indica.

How lovely.

Eunuch Neung said the Crown Prince's...

favourite flower is Lagerstroemia Indica.

Is that so?

What are you doing?

Let me carry...

Goodness.

Your Highness.

I was on my way to see my mother and we crossed paths.

Your Highness.

I congratulate you on becoming a royal concubine.

Thank you.

This is my bodyguard.

I see.

Gye Ra has most definitely lost her memory.

Could it have been an accident or...

I do not know.

I could also be someone's plot.

That cannot be.

Gye Ra would never give in without a fight.

Did you not see for yourself?

Something must be done.

Now that this has already happened, we must take action.

What kind of action?

Cut it loose.

Before the tail gets caught.

Why on earth did you try to defame the girl?

Why say "defame," Your Majesty?

These were found near her chambers,

and out of concern for you, I...

Who was it? Who put you up to this?

- Was it Yoong? - No! Why would he do that?

Then who was it? The Crown Princess?

It could have been her.

Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is here.

The dancer was jealous that the Crown Prince...

had fallen for another girl,

so she made up a lie.

I ordered she be punished severely.

Well done, Crown Princess.

This must have been a ploy set up by those...

who were jealous of her.

She is the Crown Prince's concubine.

She could be Asatae's future queen, so how dare they slander her?

I spend every day already overcome by worry...

about those who threaten my life.

Is anyone there? Bring food and drink!

And call the entertainers!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Why on earth did you do such a thing?

Without talking even to me about it?

Well...

I heard one of the dancers had vanished, and I thought...

it would be perfect if I made it look like an assassination attempt.

The Crown Prince would get into trouble...

if it were revealed that he covered it up.

And if people were to talk about...

his madness resurfacing,

then I thought he could even be deposed.

Did you think...

something that massive would be that easy to pull off?

You fell for...

the Crown Princess' tricks again?

The Crown Princess?

- Then again... - Yes.

She left out a rotting piece of meat...

and you...

took it willingly.

That vixen.

I hate her so much.

Your Highness.

I am so relieved your concubine was cleared of suspicion.

I was so anxious.

It was all down to you and your wisdom,

Your Highness.

Do you believe so?

Of course, I do.

Then why...

did you do it?

Did you think...

that would be enough to get her thrown out of the palace?

Your Highness. What are you saying?

The dancer that Premier Jin brought forward as a witness.

She is an impostor.

Your Highness.

What you say is preposterous.

You did it for me, I am sure.

Cornering me...

would be no good for either of you.

Your Highness. You are mistaken.

How could my father and I plot such a thing?

The dancer from the King's party.

I took her somewhere safe.

Shall I bring her in for questioning?

The dancer the King picked out.

She is hiding somewhere, you said.

I am sorry about that.

It was Master Ak Hee's command.

The Ak Hee fool is not entirely stupid.

I had that arranged just in case things did not...

work out too favourably.

Why does an ominous feeling always turn out to be right?

The King would never remember a lowly dancer's face.

It would have been easy to tell the other dancers...

what story to tell.

Your Highness.

The Crown Princess is blameless.

It was my idea from start to finish.

Your Highness.

Why do you think I went to such lengths?

I did it as a father who felt sorry for his daughter...

married to a man who did not care for her.

Give me any punishment.

I will accept it gladly.

Father.

Your Highness. It was just a misunderstanding.

The dancer was jealous of your concubine and lied...

Stop it, Wife.

You try too hard.

I would not punish you.

I envy my wife...

for having such a doting father.

Do not worry.

I will keep quiet about this.

What you did kept me quite entertained.

Also, it helped confirm the ambitions...

of the inhabitants of the detached palace.

Identify yourself.

I want to know too.

- So, you are a dancer? - You said I was a dancer.

You fell for me when you were making clothes for me, did you not?

Wait! Please hear me out.

Please let me explain, Your Majesty.

Who on earth are you?

How did you seduce Ak Hee and end up here?

Are you truly an assassin?

Your Highness.

What is it?

Sajo Hyun, go ahead.