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The truth is, Won Deuk...
isn't Won Deuk.
Then... who's Won Deuk?
I...
don't know either.
Are you saying you made me marry someone you didn't even know?
I did it to save you. I just wanted to save you.
I thought it'd be better than you dying or becoming Lord Park's concubine.
Where are you going?
I have to tell Won Deuk that he's not Won Deuk.
Hong Shim, can't you just continue living this way?
He may get into accidents, but he's smart and upright.
In my eyes, he's the perfect match for you.
Do you hear yourself?
He could have been a noble. His family could be looking for him.
No, he's dead.
I saved him from dying.
If it wasn't for me, he'd be dead already!
So you want to trick Won Deuk into thinking he's Won Deuk?
I can't do that.
- Hong Shim! - Father.
I've never been disappointed in you
for as long as I've known you.
But this is definitely not right.
That was an arrow, right?
It looks like Lord Park sent another man out of spite.
I should tell the secret royal inspector. He couldn't have gone far.
You mustn't move just yet. We don't know how many men and arrows they have.
I'll lure them that way. Don't go anywhere.
Don't go.
Stay here with me.
The crown princess is pregnant?
Is that true?
She said she'd known about it for quite some time, but she couldn't tell anyone.
She wasn't in good health, so she was afraid of a miscarriage.
It seems as though she suffered a great deal.
Don't you think that the queen's curse was responsible for that?
That talisman of violent temper and bad company threatened the baby.
Your Majesty, you mustn't overlook this serious matter.
It is an embarrassing matter to be left in the historical records
so I ask that you dethrone the queen and Prince Seo Won
and make things right once more.
It's a glorious day.
We should be worrying about the crown princess's health.
How about we send a royal physician for a thorough examination?
Yes, go ahead.
I apologize, Your Majesty
but the Book of Odes states that a ruler who cannot win popular sentiment
has no reason to be the ruler
and therefore, cannot be the ruler any longer.
What will you sacrifice, and what will you gain from it?
There is a custom and procedure to follow in dismissing anyone.
I cannot decide to dethrone a royal member overnight.
Please give me some time.
It may take a long time to win popular sentiment
but it only takes a second to lose it.
Therefore...
I ask that you make a decision as soon as possible.
I understand.
How about we stir up the public sentiment by starting a fire in Mount Mokmyuk?
Do you call that a plan?
That will make the public think that the queen caused the fire too.
That's enough.
Do you think the crown princess's baby...
is that of the crown prince?
Is it not a known secret in the palace that those two are not happily married?
Your Highness, saying that could get you a death sentence by poison.
Please be careful.
This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for your half-brother.
How could he find the talisman? Do you call yourself family?
I apologize, Your Highness.
Do you think this is something that an apology can resolve?
This won't do.
I must speak to His Majesty immediately.
Not in that attire, Your Highness.
If you must go, I suggest you wear your mourning attire.
Whether or not you're going to kill me, please give me some food.
Killing someone by starvation
is the most brutal way to kill a person.
Please come in, look me in the eyes
and kill me quickly.
I thought I had good judgment, but I must have been wrong this time.
Are you going to kill me for finding the talisman?
If I wanted to kill you, I would have done so already.
Do you have any idea what your petty ambition has caused?
I have an idea.
I heard that the queen could be dethroned.
Left State Councilor used you.
You helped Left State Councilor in his efforts to dethrone her.
People will find out eventually.
She was the one who planned His Highness's murder.
It wasn't the queen who attacked His Highness.
It's my duty to plan such things
but I don't remember doing that.
You wouldn't have kidnapped me just to claim your innocence.
I don't know why you're behaving in such an unruly manner
but I suggest you stop being so rash.
This isn't a matter you should be interfering with.
I have a favor to ask you.
I need two things.
An official uniform and a palanquin.
My life is hanging on a thread these days.
We can't stay here all day.
I must check.
Don't lure them anywhere.
We don't even know how many there are. I can't let all of them go after you.
Since you seem very worried, I'd better send someone else.
Wait...
They must have left. Look, nothing happened.
What do you think you're doing? Why didn't you throw your own shoes?
Are you telling me to go home barefooted?
Where did you throw them?
Ugh, where did they go? Goodness.
- Where are they? - Try these on.
I wanted to buy ones with cherry blossoms on them
but they only had plum blossoms.
I'll make sure to gift you with cherry blossom shoes in the future.
Why aren't you trying them on?
I guess I have no choice. I'll put them on for you.
No, that's okay.
That's okay. I'll put them on myself.
They suit you.
I...
have something to confess.
I already know what you want to confess.
I know that you were a daughter of a noble family.
What? I don't know what you're talking about.
What's a daughter of a noble family?
You knew that the book I hid was a ledger.
That means you can read.
I just became familiar with it after working odd jobs.
You're able to read, but you didn't transcribe books.
You could have made money with that.
That tells me you wanted to hide your identity.
We didn't have a book store until just recently.
You also knew that the poor-looking man was a secret royal inspector.
That wouldn't have been easy to figure out.
Goodness. He blabbed about it himself. That's how I found out.
Your Hanyang dialect comes out from time to time.
I picked it up while working at my cousin's house in Hanyang.
If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to.
I don't mind getting to know you little by little.
Why do you look so glum?
Are those shoes not to your liking?
No, that's not it.
It's just that I'm worried Lord Park will keep harassing you.
I have an idea, so don't worry.
The air is fragrant with the scent of barley.
I may have forgotten the past we had together...
but I will never forget this moment with you.
I must check your identity. Please open your window.
I'm Officer Jung Jae Yoon of the Capital Bureau.
Why are you in a palanquin?
Isn't the fact that I'm here all that matters? Please move aside.
Your Majesty, I suggest you don't attend the rainmaking ceremony this time.
You must attend the rainmaking ceremony in my stead.
Please retract your order.
What's more important than the rainmaking ceremony?
Isn't it possible for you to think
that something terrible has happened to me
that is difficult to resolve?
Something terrible that was difficult to resolve?
Because of that, His Highness didn't want to attend the rainmaking ceremony.
But he had no choice but to go.
Kim Cha Eon made the proposal.
Does that mean Left State Councilor murdered His Highness?
That's not His Highness's seal.
That's because it's a secret letter.
Please check his handwriting.
What is it that you want? Is it a position or an offering?
It's to win over your heart.
What did you say?
I wish to work for you instead of the late crown prince.
That's why I'm giving this secret letter to you.
Here you are. Why are you so late?
We went to see a physician.
I said I was okay, but she wouldn't stop worrying.
Because of his wounded arm.
Oh yeah. You got hurt from saving Hong Shim, didn't you?
I'm so proud of you. My son-in-law is so brave.
It's my duty to protect my woman.
But if you're that proud, will you let me eat a bowl of rice soup?
I haven't eaten all day long, so I'm quite hungry.
Just one bowl? You can have two bowls.
Do you mean that?
Mi Geum, make him a hearty bowl of rice soup.
Sure, right on it.
Goodness.
Hong Shim, can we talk for a moment?
Sit down. Sit down.
You haven't told him yet, right?
No, not yet.
You did the right thing.
If you suddenly tell Won Deuk that he's not Won Deuk when he believes he is
imagine how shocked he'll be.
I still haven't decided if I'm going to tell him or not.
All things happen when the time is right.
He's bound to regain his memory sooner or later.
I'm sure he'll remember soon. We can tell him the truth then.
How will he regain his memory when we're fooling him?
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