The King's Affection (연모)

THE KING'S AFFECTION

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NOTICE OF RESIGNATION

Please stay healthy, Your Royal Highness.

I hope you won't be lonely.

NOTICE OF RESIGNATION

Lord Jung!

Is it true that you're leaving the Capital?

Yes, I'm afraid it just happened that way.

How can you be this indifferent?

Despite my confessions of longing for you,

you're leaving.

Lady So-eun…

Please don't leave.

My feelings for you only just started to grow.

I've only just been made aware of them.

So how can you leave like this?

I apologize…

for not realizing…

your feelings for me.

It was a pleasure

to have…

met you.

Are you sure?

Yes, the farewell would have brought anyone to tears.

Audacious, is it not?

A lady hoping to be the Crown Princess

has given her heart to another.

I hope you're not going to let this grave piece of information

stay between just us.

What? I don't think I follow.

His Majesty is looking to join forces with the Minister of Personnel

to regulate Lord Sangheon's authority.

Rumor has it that the Crown Prince already met with Minister Shin's daughter.

Wait.

Are you saying that she has already been chosen as

the future Crown Princess?

That all depends on you now.

The Minister of War's daughter is whom Lord Sangheon wants as the Crown Princess.

This information would surely grab his attention.

Do you not agree?

Gosh.

Are you saying

that the Minister of Personnel's daughter harbors feelings for another man?

Yes, and if you give me the word,

I would gladly notify the Queen Dowager this second.

I could even find a witness to present.

What is it that you want in return?

Pardon?

What I want in return?

If this matter is swayed in my direction,

I will make sure to repay you in the capacity you desire.

This is the future Queen we're discussing.

A lady

who harbors feelings for another man? The Crown Prince's tutor, no less?

I advise that it would be wise of you to remove her name from the process

before this matter causes serious problems.

It cannot end at just that.

As Your Highness implied,

the Minister of Personnel made a mockery out of the royal family.

What is considered as our nation's sacred event was discredited

so eliminating her from the process cannot be enough.

Her being eliminated from the process

will let you choose whomever you desire as Crown Princess,

so what more could you want?

The Minister of Personnel put forth his daughter as a candidate

despite her transgression and therefore, he should also answer for his crime.

APPEAL TO THE KING

It was I who ignored my daughter's pleading

and entered her as a candidate

for the Crown Princess selection.

Please reprove this foolish father

for not realizing where his daughter's heart lies.

How could this be your fault?

I let my greed get the best of me which resulted in the loss of a loyal subject.

I am the one…

who should be blamed.

I will never be able

to seek forgiveness from Your Majesty,

His Royal Highness, and the other officials.

It was I who ignored my daughter's pleading

and entered her as a candidate

for the Crown Princess selection.

Please reprove this foolish father

for not realizing where his daughter's heart lies.

Please, I beg you not to do this.

-Come on. -Please don't do this.

I must hurry home. Lady So-eun awaits me!

Why you…

Screaming will not do you any good. Nobody can help you anymore.

Your master has been demoted,

so who can possibly save you now?

Now, move.

Hurry along.

Who may you be and what is with the imposing stance?

Step aside.

Must you indulge in such indecent behavior within the Capital?

You must have a lot of time on your hands.

I thought you were busy planning your wedding.

The period of your house arrest must have been too short.

If it is what you desire,

I could see to it that you never leave your house again.

I rested well thanks to you.

Sitting at home all day almost gave me an itch that could kill.

However, it will not happen again

for I'm also dangling from the lifeline that's around you.

Were you the one who informed the Queen Dowager about

the Minister of Personnel's daughter?

It must have broken your heart

to have found out about the involvement between your tutor

and the one you almost married.

Who knows? They could very well be together at this said moment.

And might I remind you

that this girl belonged to the family who mocked yours.

That being said,

it will be in your best interest to just be about on your way.

I have unfinished business with this girl, you see.

Off we go.

Let go of her.

Disobey my orders

and you will be taught the weight of the law.

Are you threatening a royal relative

in the name of defending this lowlife?

She is one of my precious people.

I will not stand idly by when an attempt

to harm my people is being made.

Right, of course.

All right.

Are you all right?

Yes, Your Royal Highness.

I was headed to the minister's residence myself,

so you may join me.

That reminds me!

I hope you're aware…

of Lord Sangheon's promise to reward me for gaining the leverage on Minister Shin

which resulted in his demotion.

We should go.

I heard you saved my maid.

Words cannot possibly convey my gratitude.

I heard you will soon be returning to your hometown.

Forgive me, Your Royal Highness.

I wronged you in the severest of ways

and should never be pardoned.

Hardly.

One's heart is not an object that can be controlled at will.

That day,

I was grateful for the honesty you displayed.

I say so…

as a coward who hid my feelings.

If it were not for these circumstances,

I even thought of how we could have been

good friends.

A friendship between

a man and a woman may not be possible, but still.

Anyway…

I wish for your good health and peaceful life.

My father will be home soon.

Please let him know I send him my best regards…

and that I await the day we meet again.

Jan-i?

Jan-i!

Jan-i!

Oh, no. Jan-i…

Jan-i!

Oh, no…

Jan-i…

Jan-i…

No…

…and the one you almost married.

Who knows? They could very well be together at this said moment.

Jan-i!

EPISODE 11

Damn it.

Your Royal Highness, what brings you here of all places?

How dare you?

What is the meaning of this?

Why am I enraged?

Because a girl died.

An innocent girl died!

Why did you kill her?

She didn't do anything wrong! Why?

Let me go first…

Being the Crown Prince

doesn't give you the right to disrespect your elder!

This time around,

I will not let your behavior slide.

Damn it.

I already told you everything.

It is true that I passed the house at that hour,

but I did not kill anyone.

Who would be crazy enough to kill a slave in broad daylight?

Why would I waste my time and energy on a life worth nothing?

That's just preposterous.

Do you not agree?

Then how do you explain the scratches on your face

and this jade button that was found with the victim?

Oh, this?