The King's Affection (연모)

Thirteen!

Fourteen!

-Fifteen! -Yeong-ji.

Sixteen!

-Let me face the punishment. -Seventeen!

Eighteen!

-My lord! They don't know anything! -Nineteen!

-I gave them the orders. -Twenty!

Get him out!

No! Please, my lord! No, Jil-geum!

No, my lord! Please stop.

Yeong-ji!

I must go back to them.

Let go of me. Please…

No…

Did you send out the soldiers, Father?

Yes, I did.

They have done nothing wrong.

Please release them.

They were following my orders.

I'm sure they were.

After all, you were the physician at Samgaebang.

Then…

you're punishing them despite knowing everything?

-Why would you do that? -I only want one thing

from you.

That you have a proper job at the palace.

Starting now, you'll do what I tell you to do.

If you do, your friends will be safe.

The Crown Prince shall now enter.

I hear you come with glorious recommendations.

I look forward to…

I will be your tutor starting from today. I am Royal Tutor Jung Ji-un.

What are you doing here?

It's a great honor to meet you again, Your Royal Highness.

I told you I wouldn't be lenient with you if we ever met again.

Have you forgotten it?

How could I forget?

However, I cannot disobey a royal command.

I have been appointed by His Majesty.

So I have been put in charge of your lectures.

Please forgive what I did that day.

Now, let us begin with the Classic of Poetry.

You want me to revoke my appointment of a new royal tutor?

Yes. Royal Tutor Jung Ji-un

comes from a noble family, but he operated a clinic named Samgaebang.

With his devious acupuncture skills,

he tricked noblewomen and noblemen.

On top of that, from what I hear, he covets wealth.

And at times, he sneaks into the palace and befriends court maids.

His behaviors are known to be crude.

I cannot respect him as my tutor.

Please reconsider, Father.

The royal tutor in question was recommended by the Left State Councilor.

Do you have any proof for your claim?

Please interrogate Chief Gu Chun-saeng

and the court maids in charge of embroidery.

EPISODE 4

My duty is to guard your quarters, Your Majesty.

I would never secretly bring in an outsider to the palace.

I would never do such a thing, Your Majesty.

A female physician performed acupuncture on me as I was feeling fatigued,

but I have never met a physician from Samgaebang.

On top of that, I heard the physician from Samgaebang

is currently imprisoned at Hanseong Magistracy.

How can he be locked up and be at the royal institute at the same time?

You may all leave.

Father, they are all lying.

You should summon Jung Ji-un and ask him yourself.

He will say that he met me at Hongwolru.

Hongwolru?

Were you at a courtesan house?

I only stopped by when I went out in disguise.

You are the Crown Prince.

Not only did you go out without my permission,

but you also went to a courtesan house.

You are truly frustrating and foolish.

I must attend to the state affairs. You can leave now.

But…

I understand, Father.

So that wraps up my crash course on the family tree of the royal family.

And now,

I will share high-level information with you

as you are a new lecturer.

Have you heard

of the Ice Prince?

That's the Crown Prince's nickname.

He's known to always be cold and heartless.

Hence, the nickname.

And everyone must stay five steps away from him.

So he's also known as Five Step Prince.

But…

Why do you have drawings of animals around him?

These drawings display ranks in the royal family.

Ranks?

I thought you might find these useful too.

So I risked my safety to assemble them.

All right. First off, we have a tiger.

The tiger represents bravery, grit, and power.

He's the eldest son

of His Majesty's late brother, Prince Dohyeon.

-The superintendent at the Royal-- -Prince Wonsan.

PRINCE WONSAN

How did you know that?

As for the hawk here,

he's very helpful to everyone.

-The Second Minister of Rites-- -Prince Jaeun.

PRINCE JAEUN

I guess you came here prepared.

Then who's that rabbit?

Well, let me tell you who this rabbit is.

He seems docile, but has a lot of support.

The son of the Queen and grandson of the Chief State Councilor.

He's the second-in-line to the throne, Prince Jehyeon.

PRINCE JEHYEON

Who's that vole?

The fields have eyes.

Do you know who has ears?

It's Prince Changun.

He's the stepbrother of His Majesty

and the black sheep of the royal family.

Well, I don't need to go into details for this one. Right?

Are you at it again?

You don't give up. Do you?

Royal Tutor Park is always in need of more sleep.

Hello, Royal Scholar Yang.

Hello, there.

My goodness. The institute seems to be full of life today.

Get up!

All right. A new royal tutor has been appointed today.

What do you say? That calls for celebratory drinks.

We already drank last night. Not again.

What? Sounds good. Right?

I'm sorry.

But I have a prior engagement today.

Ji-un.

Ji-un. What are you doing here?

How are you feeling?

Are you okay?

How could I be?

They beat me up so much that I can't even take a dump.

I'm sorry. You're going through this without me.

What about Yeong-ji?

I heard that she's at Hanseong Magistracy.

But I'm not sure.

Hang in there. I promise to get you out.

Ji-un.

Don't go out of your way for us.

Yeong-ji and I… I mean…

if my sister and I hadn't met you,

we would've died a long time ago.

No matter happens to us,

we won't resent you.

It will be difficult to continue our investigation

on Royal Tutor Jung and Samgaebang now.

It looks like Jung Seok-jo

already bought off everyone involved.

I doubt that he wanted to waste a golden opportunity

to make his son a lecturer.

Wouldn't this be a problem?

The lecturer has a private audience with you almost every day.

He will be very close to you.

If, by any chance, he finds out about you--

That will never happen…

because he'll end up resigning before anything happens.

Well, may I ask how you'll get him to resign?

Nothing can be easier than making a lecturer resign.

What are all these?

As my knowledge is limited,

I'm struggling to understand them on my own.

I would like you to transcribe every single book here

with footnotes.

Pardon?

Every single book here?

Why? Is that a problem?

-Gosh. -He's even strong.

Did you get on His Royal Highness' bad side already?

What do you mean?

Goodness, Royal Tutor Jung. You must stay strong.

Because…

this is only the beginning.

At least for now, you'll have an easy task such as transcribing books like this.

But things will get worse.

Well, this is awkward

It is customary to give gifts to new tutors.

But instead, I prepared a light meal with some drinks.

I hope you won't mind.

I'm honored, Your Royal Highness.

Be careful. He wants to get you drunk, so you'll make mistakes.

So you must not get drunk in the Crown Prince's presence.

Never.

Why don't you drink up?

Yes, Your Royal Highness.

The bigger the glass, the better. Right?

Isn't this a bowl for soup?

Would you like a drink?

Court Lady Kim. Escort Eunuch Hong out.

I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness. Get up.

I got it!

It's in here.