Queen Insoo (인수대비)

I will appoint you as a Queen, but I will make you receive the King's greetings.

Do you have anyone in mind?

How about Lord Youngpyung's daughter?

Again with the delaying! - That child cannot be, Your Highness.

Are you saying that everything I've done to secure this seat should get taken away from those wenches?

Lets rather all die together!

What should we do?

Since even His Majesty cut off his path to see you.

Queen Insoo ~Episode 39~

Die? What are you talking about?

I'm frustrated. Tell me.

You don't have to know.

Where does it hurt, so you are dying?

I will know, if you tell me.

How can you pretend to not know?

What do you mean?

You really don't know that Her Highness is selecting the Concubine for you right now?

Ah, you mean that? That's not my mother, but my grandmother...

It's your mother.

Soobin is trying to separate you and me, so she is choosing the Concubines.

You must be happy, since you'll be able to live with pretty Concubines.

Then a mere court servant like I will be forgotten by you immediately, right?

Song Yi,

I told you that I only have you.

You've been avoiding me, since you're afraid of your mother, so of course...

Song Yi!

Just let it be.

If I don't get to see you, then I don't even have a desire to live.

So before I get discarded by you, it is better to just die.

Whether death by the rope around my neck or death by drinking poison!

Song Yi,

I promise that I will not discard you, no matter what happens.

I promise.

Even if you get Concubines?

What if Her Highness doesn't allow you to see me?

Would you still come see me?

Just stop. Would you keep that promise, since you're afraid of your mother?

Why can't you believe what I'm saying?

Then, are you going to see me every night?

If you break the promise?

Then,

you will never have to see my face again.

Your Majesty...

I can't live without you. If you discard me,

then I can't even live for one day, Your Majesty.

Don't worry.

I will protect you.

Is that true?

Yes, Ma'am.

It's not only that.

Song Yi's servant named Hyang Yi said...

She ate the wawhang and pretended to be sick?

Due that that, His Majesty couldn't go to greet Her Highness.

This despicable wench!

If you let Song Yi like that, then she will make a chaos.

Are you saying that His Majesty promised you then?

Yes, mother.

You did well. Whether they're choosing the Concubine or not,

what matters is that His Majesty only looks for you.

That's not sufficient. I must get chosen as the Concubine, no matter what.

Tell my brother to bring the brother from the great house.

I will personally meet him and come to an agreement.

What are you doing? Hurry up and greet Her Highness.

You've raised you daughter well.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Sit down.

Yes, Your Highness.

Let's sit.

You sit down, too.

Yes, Queen Dowager.

Did you called me Queen Dowager?

When I enter the Palace, then there are three Highnesses.

My mother told me that.

The elder one is the Great Queen Dowager, who is grandmother of His Majesty,

and next is Queen Dowager Insoo, who is the mother of His Majesty,

and the next is the King Yejong's wife, Queen Ansoo, she said.

Really?

I became the Queen Dowager due to this child.

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Who is she interviewing?

I don't know it very well, but the child that Queen Insoo has chosen as the Concubine

is the daughter of Yoonho.

She would get stubborn until the end?

Your Highness, how could you be upset about such?

What my daughter-in-law does is as such!

She must disobey my will for her to feel refreshed inside.

Your Highness, this is about choosing His Majesty's Concubine.

As mother of His Majesty, of course she'd like to be involved.

Is that why she is being stubborn? She is just trying to break me.

Anyway, whose daughter did you say it was?

I know her as the daughter of the Defense Officer, Lord Yoonho.

Defense Officer, Yoonho?

Yoo...Yoonho?!

Do you know him?

That Yoonho, you said? The world sure is small!

Your Highness, there is no need to worry at all.

The Defense Officer, Yoonho is...oh what is he again?

He is the distant family of our father,

and when it comes to that Yoonho's daughter,

ah yes...that Yoonho's daughter is your third cousin's grandchild.

Really?

I wonder if Soobin knows about that fact and trying to choose Yoonho's daughter.

Of course she wouldn't know that, since our clan doesn't have contact.

You did well. Her Highness must be fond of you.

Father!

Yes.

I heard Queen Dowager is a scary person,

but I wasn't afraid at all when I met her.

Is that so?

Yes, father.

Did you like her?

She looked as filled with virtue.

If she was lucky with time, then she could've been a Queen and more.

It's a relief.

She is the third cousin's grandchild to my mother-in-law?

That's why there is no reason for the Great Queen Dowager to reject her, right?

I'm sorry to say this,

but even if something bad happens to the Queen,

then wouldn't she capable of filling that position?

I am also thinking of that while choosing the Concubine.

Did you call in Yoonho's daughter?

Did you know about it?

You should've told me earlier that that's the case.

I was going to tell you after seeing her first.

Of course you would have.

You should be fond of her first.

Would you call her in once?

How old is she?

She is eleven.

Even if she is my distant family, what can be done by bringing in an eleven-year-old Concubine?

We're trying to get an heir instead of waiting for the sick Queen.

What's there to rush? The King is still young.

Well, that's right.

Then, let's choose Yoonho's daughter.

Well, do it then.

Then.

It's not sufficient with only one.

This family is members are rare. Even if he doesn't get on par with Sejong The Great,

His Majesty has to have at least ten children, so we won't worry about heir.

Your Highness... - Since we're selecting

we might as well choose 3 or 4 more from young women. That's what I'm saying.

How about just do as what the Great Queen Dowager said, Your Highness?

What would be a problem by choosing 3 or 4 more Concubines?

Are you saying that by not knowing my mother-in-law's inner scheme?

She is trying to take the King away from me.

How could she? His Majesty's filial piety is so deep.

My mother-in-law is trying to make my son living with women only.

You don't know? It's obvious.

You should fight about what;s worth fighting about.

This person! You still don't know that noble even after serving her that closely?

The world sees Soobin as grave, arrogant,

and they say she has mysophobia.

Moreover, there probably isn't someone who is as jealous as she can be.

She is just full of love.

However, would the exceedingly devoted as the son, His Majesty

would really go against his mother?

This person, haven't you heard the saying, child inside your chest?

How many times a month would he look for his mother, when His Majesty grows up a little more?

There will be myriad of women all over the Palace, so why would he reject that and

go find his mother's chest?

The Great Queen Dowager doesn't want to give up the power she holds in her hand.

In order to do that, she must separate the relationship between His Majesty and Soobin,

but that's not an easy task. Hence why she is using women.

That's what I'm saying. She is trying to pinpoint my family

and try to take over His Majesty by herself.

Yes, you saw it correctly, Your Highness.

What good it will do by bringing in a mere eleven-year-old young child as a Concubine?

Your Highness, you may not get deceived by Soobin.

Get deceived? How dare you saying that kind of nonsense? Don't you know who I am?

Your Highness, His Majesty only looks for Song Yi.

That's why Soobin is asking to select only one Concubine.

Don't worry. I already know Soobin's inner scheme.

She probably think that she is the only smart one. No way.

This time, I am the one who sits on top of your head.

Reciting Old Korean language

Reciting Old Korean language.

Reciting Old Korean language.

I guess Her Highness made him study all night.

I guess so.

Reciting in Old Korean language

Mu Al Chuh Mu You Gong Yi Bool Go

What does that mean?

First, do not kill the disobedient child and exchange the Crown Prince,

and you cannot make the Concubine as the real wife.

Second, respect the others and cultivate the competent people,

and reward those who have virtue.

Third, respect the elders...

Eunuch elder, Do you know the reason why Her Highness is

making him study all night?

Isn't it because of Song Yi?

Then, who do you think will win?

With what ability could Song Yi?

Right?

Eunuch Elder, would you bet on Her Highness as well?

I've been living for a quite a bit,

so choose it wisely.

If you don't want to become a slave in your old age...

Song Yi that wench is over,

since Her Highness is protect His Majesty like that.

During the reign of Chunchu, the five Kings gathered