Bloody Heart (Red Single Heart / Beulgeun Danshim / 붉은 단심)

BLOODY HEART

THE PEOPLE, GROUPS, PLACES, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE PURELY FICTIONAL

Are you saying…

you would rather be my enemy?

When you of all people

are aware of how my life has been?

When I am finally close to strengthening

the royal authority--

There will be no end to it.

That is why I chose this path.

No.

No, you are to stop.

You must stop.

If you choose to stand against me,

I will…

have to eliminate you.

I wanted power desperately

only to protect you.

I did not want to lose my wife in vain just as my late father did.

I shall

continue on my path. It is the only way to protect you.

Please do so, Your Majesty.

Go down your own path.

However,

take that journey for yourself, and not for my sake.

I will

protect myself.

I will protect myself…

with everything I have.

BLOODY HEART FINAL EPISODE

What do you mean?

The consort is Yoo Haksoo's daughter, the deposed crown princess?

That is correct.

What will happen to Councilor Park

if that is true?

His crime is too dire.

Why did you make such a foolish choice?

If I didn't shake around His Majesty's design,

all members of Sarim and the Royal Court

would have been pushed around by him.

I do not know what your deal with the consort was,

but you'll regret this.

I think through every choice I make so that I do not regret anything.

Respectfully escort him to the State Tribunal.

-Yes, my lord. -Yes, my lord.

What did I want to do with power?

Nothing.

I only hoped to protect.

The one thing that made the ones I missed return and visit

was power.

Let us go.

Your Highness. And also Mother.

How could you do something this serious?

I have no excuses.

You shouldn't dare to rebuke the consort.

This is something your father and I did.

Mother.

My lord has kept his promise.

It's now your turn.

You must keep your promise to keep our family

and Councilor Park safe.

I shall do that.

I will trust your words.

The consort was the former crown princess?

What does that mean?

You must calm down, Lady Cho.

She had committed such a grave crime.

Why won't you discuss her punishment?

Didn't I tell you?

Even His Majesty turned a blind eye to it.

Father.

We cannot bring down the consort.

But Councilor Park is over.

Stay low.

You are to be the queen, but you have not been installed yet.

And His Majesty is

capable of deposing you even after you become one.

Aren't you happy?

I'm scared.

Father and Brother. Do you wish for me to become queen?

You can only survive in the palace

only if you have His Majesty's favor or power.

What I'm the most afraid of is that you might end up

growing old all alone.

The consort is afraid I'll take the path of the deposed king

and his queen.

Do you

also believe I'll walk down that path?

No matter which path you take,

the path you choose is the right one.

You are

always stronger than me.

I am nothing but a lowly man.

This lowly servant was taken in and taught to be useful,

then I was freed from my servanthood and acknowledged

only by the late King.

And the late King said

I was the only one he could trust.

He asked me to look after you.

I have seen the humiliation of the late King,

and I saw the devastating death of his queen.

I cannot let you go in misery too.

Please do not waver.

Call in the Three Offices.

The least I can do… is warn her.

My father is Scholar Yoo Haksoo,

and I am his daughter.

My father and I have our foundation in the Sarim.

I am one with all of you.

Therefore, please join me.

We shall do that.

We were unfairly framed and banished to the wild,

unable to even breathe at ease as criminals.

Yes, you were chased down as a traitor,

then you came to this place all alone.

We will do everything in our power

to make you the queen and your son, the prince.

Thank you.

-Thank you for your grace. -Thank you for your grace.

-Consort Yoo. -Consort Yoo.

For this issue, please join forces with the meritorious subjects.

I promised Councilor Park that I will reduce his sentence

in return for taking my true identity back.

Your Majesty.

The consort's social status shakes the foundation of this nation.

We cannot condone this.

Councilor Park confessed everything as his fault.

Why do you blame the consort?

So should we not hold her responsible for deceiving her superiors?

His Majesty condoned this and took a part in this.

If you wish to hold her responsible, hold His Majesty responsible first.

Then first, we must hold the late King responsible

for letting the consort live.

And punishing the late King?

That is unprecedented!

What should I do?

Should I punish myself?

Or should I punish the former King, my father?

Your Majesty, please do not say that.

We cannot discuss this issue anymore.

But how astounding is this?

The subjects and the Sarim are enemies, yet you two stand together.

Councilor Park Gyewon is the one who caused everything.

He'll be held responsible.

Father. It is I, your son.

Come in.

Your Highness!

Please spare my life, Your Highness.

-No! -Your Highness.

I received His Majesty's order to take Han and have her interrogated.

Take her away.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

The King must be trying to annihilate everyone who's on my side.

Your Highness!

I will meet the King myself

and speak with him in person.

THE KING'S QUARTERS

I beg you, Your Majesty.

Please forgive your mother's sins.

Mother.

Why are you doing this?

If I dishonored you in any way, please just lash me!

I heard the royal office

has been chaotic every single day because of me.

I wish to grovel and plead for your mercy.

Your Majesty, you must abandon me

and show your majesty.

That's enough.

You are most unsightly.

Will your subjects kill me

to save themselves?

Or…

will they begin a coup

and dethrone an undutiful son like you?

No matter which side it is,

there won't be any justification.

But if I hurt myself,

their rebellion will be more justified.

What must I do to apologize

for my disobedience?

Send me to the palace in Onyang along with my court ladies.

I no longer have any strength to hold out in the palace.

I will allow it,

Mother.

The palace is filled with people who'll stab your back

once you show them mercy.

That is why I need someone who will absolutely take my side.

If they weren't with me,

they were always against me.

I will…

take your side and live with you

until the end of my life.

Then why are you doing this?

Because I do not wish to lose you.

I am not your enemy, Your Majesty.

I wish to be a subject who gives you candid advice.

Please accept me.

You must accept me.

The Queen Dowager is leaving today.