The Crowned Clown (왕이 된 남자)

The Crowned Clown

The characters, organizations, locations, and events in this drama are fictional and have no relation to historical facts.

That's right.

I'm that two-nyang dog from back then.

I couldn't find you wherever I looked. So you were hiding inside the palace.

If you lay a finger on my sister Dal Rae,

I will never leave you alive!

Look at you playing this role so well.

I knew, but for a moment I thought you were the king.

Alright.

Is there anyone else who knows your identity besides Chief Royal Secretary?

Well, then again, it's a secret that you would never dare share.

Where is His Majesty right now?

When did he say he would return?

Where is His Majesty?

He is far away.

Far away?

Then, when...?

I do not know myself

whether he will approach as lightning does,

or return as faintly as the strays of light during dawn.

Whether he will approach as lightning does,

or return as faintly as the strays of light during dawn,

I do not know.

Well, even if he returns right away, it does not matter.

You are fake.

If it gets revealed that Chief Royal Secretary used you to monopolize the government,

even His Majesty, who approved of all this, will find it difficult to keep the throne.

But I will have to hurry.

I will let you know how to save your sister.

Give an order right now that you will personally interrogate the criminal.

Then, I will punish Chief Royal Secretary who put a lowly clown on the throne and monopolized the government.

And I will expel the traitorous subject who played around as the king from the throne.

Before that,

I need to see if my sister, Dal Rae, is safe.

Alright.

Of course, you must want to save your sister.

First, get down on your knees.

Do you not want to save her?

When you go to the interrogation, call Chief Royal Secretary as the criminal.

Then, I will call your sister forth as a witness.

I understand.

I will do so.

Episode 13 Your Highness.

Something big has happened.

What happened?

The king has ordered an interrogation.

Interrogation?

If it's regarding the crimes that broke the moral principles, the authorities should be the ones who deal with the matter.

Did he really order an interrogation?

Yes. They're already setting up the rack in the yard of the empty palace.

Sir.

I was on my way to find you.

After Sin Chi Soo left the palace, there was an order for an interrogation.

An interrogation? - They are already preparing for it in the yard.

The judges have already arrived.

His Majesty has arrived.

Your Majesty, since the criminal to be interrogated, has arrived, please speak his name aloud.

Chief Royal Secretary.

Chief Royal Secretary, come forth.

Call forth the witness.

Chief Royal Secretary, receive this royal command.

Sin Chi Soo, head of the appointed judges,

bring forth the criminal, Sin Chi Soo!

Let go! Let go!

I am not a criminal.

The criminals are Chief Royal Secretary and that man, who played for him!

I warned you.

If you lay even a finger on my sister Dal Rae, you wouldn't live.

I am going to play with you properly now.

You bastard, you lowly clown.

How dare you say you'll play with me?

You bastard, even a ghost would spit in your face.

You bastard,

even a ghost would spit in your face.

You are a bastard who spouts nonsense with no basis.

You are a bastard who spouts nonsense with no basis.

How dare you show contempt for me, the king of this country?

You must truly wish to die!

Everyone, you must not be fooled by this bastard's clownish act.

This man is only a clown who has the same face as the king.

That treacherous Chief Royal Secretary

is hiding the true king and put this lowly clown on the king's throne.

We should bring the true king back as soon as we can,

and expose the crimes of these two men!

Who on earth would believe you?

I have definite evidence.

That girl is this clown's sister.

You can just ask her.

If you do not wish to die, answer truthfully.

This man is your older brother, correct?

My older brother,

the thing is...

My older brother

no longer exists in this world.

He already died.

It is a lie! This is a lie.

She is lying. This wench!

Are you not afraid of the heavens?

Do you know where this is? How dare you lie!

It is the truth. Would I dare lie in front of the king?

Your Majesty, it is not right to treat this pitiful child as a criminal.

Eunuch Jo, take this child away.

Yes, Your Majesty.

No. No! Everyone, come to your senses!

We cannot just let that child go!

Prince Jin Pyeong, what are you doing?

Prince Jin Pyeong, do you also believe what this man says?

No, he is saying utter nonsense.

How could we think the same as that wicked man?

You will regret this!

When the true king returns,

not only these two men but none of you will be forgiven— - Shut up!

I cannot listen to your nonsense any longer!

What are you all doing? Tie the criminal to the rack!

Yes, Your Majesty!

I am not a criminal. I am not a criminal!

The criminal is Chief Royal Secretary!

And the man sitting on the throne is a lowly clown!

How impertinent! Cover his mouth up this instant!

He is a clown.

That man's name is Ha Seon!

I'm not a criminal.

That bastard... That bastard...

Start the interrogation against the traitor, Sin Chi Soo.

Your Majesty, there is a witness who will expose all of Sin Chi Soo's hidden crimes.

Bring them in this instant.

As Your Majesty already knows, Court Lady Kim was previously

the one that tried to check if there were any scars on your body.

So to find the mastermind behind that plot,

I sent her to Sin Chi Soo's house, and she disappeared.

How dare she?!

How dare you try and examine the king's body?

He doubted the king.

But, thankfully, Officer Jang found that Court Lady Kim was alive.

Call Sin Chi Soo.

I have to demand and ask him how much longer he will keep me like this.

Start the interrogation of the witness.

Is it true that Sin Chi Soo put you up to slandering the king?

Yes.

He asked me to see if the king was fake or not by examining his scar.

You!

He killed the royal artist Song Ji Sang.

He made posters of His Majesty's face and posted them all over the city.

It was all Sin Chi Soo.

Goodness...

This is shocking.

From a long time ago, Sin Chi Soo made me

burn medicine around His Majesty's bed that caused him to have hallucinations.

He also bribed the court physician and the court ladies.

This led to false reports of Court Lady Park from the Queen's palace attempting to kill Seon Hwa Dang.

Did Seon Hwa Dang have a part in this ploy?

Seon Hwa Dang does not know of this event.

Sin Chi Soo was worried that the plan might fail

and ordered me to feed her actual poison.

You are indeed a vicious and cruel person.

Regarding your punishment, I will decide on it after discussing it with the judges.

Until then, confine her in prison.

Yes, sir.

Until criminal Sin Chi Soo confesses, torture him.

You clown! You jerk!

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Will you confess to your crimes now?

I have committed no crimes.

He says he has committed no crimes.

What do you think?

Your Majesty, there is a witness and clear evidence of Sin Chi Soo's sins.

And his crimes are so serious that we cannot even bring them up one by one.

In particular, scorning Your Majesty by putting up posters

and throwing public sentiment into chaos are high crimes that must not be forgiven.

The Minister of Justice is right.

Conforming to the Great Ming Laws,

it is only right to order his beheading.

You bastard.

The sentence of beheading for criminal Sin Chi Soo

has been granted royal permission.

Uncle!

You cannot enter.

I came to see my uncle. Please give me a little bit of time.

Uncle.

It's not true, right?

Tell me that you didn't give me poison on purpose.

Right. Aren't I right?

Come close.

In my room, there is a plant that I cherish a lot.

Take the item inside it for safe keeping.

What are you—

What are you saying? What plant?

If you want to live,

hurry up.

Do you understand?

You must leave now.

What are you doing, instead of dragging the criminal out?

Yes, sir.

You've worked hard.

I'll take her from here.

You must have been surprised to be called to the palace.

Why aren't you asking anything?

I know you wouldn't answer.

So why would I ask?