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

BLOODY HEART

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

From now on, we will have tea together every day.

After your lecture, please come to my chambers.

I slipped poison

in your tea.

No king was ever safe from poisoning.

Until you have grown a tolerance for it,

you will suffer from stomachaches and fevers.

But hide your symptoms.

The pain will be yours to manage.

The royal physician cannot know.

It should neither be recorded in the infirmary journal.

Resent me for this, Crown Prince.

A mother…

knowingly giving her son…

poison to consume!

Poison!

You would rather have me…

grow a tolerance to poison than see me be poisoned.

I will drink it.

So please Mother…

Do not cry.

BLOODY HEART EPISODE 13

Look into Jung Euikyun.

Yes, my lord.

Do you believe that he took in the monk as a boy?

Coming between the meritorious subjects

is not a scheme able to be conjured by the Queen Dowager

nor a monk.

Were you the one who controlled the Queen Dowager,

Your Majesty?

I, Ham Changik, Governor of Jeolla Province,

bow before you as summoned.

Why did Consort Park

stay behind at the palace?

Was she detained?

An accusation made by a court maid

has the court ladies of Chaeokdang banned from leaving the palace.

It must be why Consort Park also chose to stay behind.

Is that all?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Let me see your face.

So this is what you look like.

I have wished

to praise you in person.

I will remember you.

I am much obliged, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

I worry that you are depleting your energy.

Please rest.

You are dismissed.

It is too dangerous to meet Siwol in person.

Please do not ask to see him again.

Kyun.

Yes, Your Majesty?

Do not…

abandon him.

He is my loyal subject and one of my people.

I refuse to only see him…

as a stone on a Go board.

Father, I hope I did not make a mistake.

His Majesty is not as intimidating as I expected.

Why did you not tell him about Consort Park?

You said that the news

will do no good while he recovers.

I have learned what not to say from being your son.

Does the Queen Dowager truly see her as a great threat?

Even I cannot sway her.

When you were out in disguise,

weren't there those who attacked Consort Park?

Yes, Lady Cho was behind it.

It was by the Queen Dowager's order.

We must bring Consort Park here.

I will relay the message.

Off I go, then.

Siwol.

Are you safe?

Do not worry about me, Father.

Off I go.

Things are looking bad.

I will find you a way out.

Doing so will be an admission of guilt.

It will not matter if you lose your life.

Ttonggeum has been detained.

How long…

do you expect her to keep silent?

You will be accused of high treason

should she tell a lie.

The Queen Dowager has already

banned your court ladies and maids from leaving the palace.

If you wait any longer,

you might remain trapped here.

Ttonggeum is still not speaking.

So much for the eunuchs saying that she soon will.

What do I do?

If this continues, I will be arrested for accusing an innocent.

You framed Consort Park who outranks you,

so the punishment will be severe.

Father!

Did the Queen Dowager have you summon me?

You dug yourself in a hole knowing that I would dig you out.

After all, what the Queen Dowager covets is military power within the palace.

Do not involve me

in your frivolous feuds.

If Consort Park lives, I will lose my life.

Please.

Father, please do not let me die.

Please!

Please save me this once!

Father, please save me this once.

-Father… -Open the doors.

Please do not let me die.

There are not many options for you, Minister Cho.

Either become a traitor along with your daughter,

or eliminate Councilor Park and Consort Park.

I do not follow.

Who will then manage state affairs

while His Majesty remains incapacitated?

That is not my concern.

The Central Army consists of those loyal to Councilor Park.

Armed patrol officers within the palace that are only loyal to him

must surely make you just as anxious.

Focus on guarding the palace as you have been.

All I need is Councilor Park and Consort Park to be gone.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, are you awake?

I left her

to fend for herself.

Send word to the Queen Dowager's Palace.

I can no longer leave Consort Park alone in the palace.

Yes, Your Majesty. I am sure word has been delivered.

May I ask why you have not ordered the Left State Councilor to resign?

He has made it clear that he will not accept it.

Your Highness,

the meritorious subjects have been loyal to him for a long time.

If they choose to side with him once again--

Do you hold resentment toward Councilor Park?

If not, let this matter rest.

Yes, Your Highness.

When will His Majesty die?

Once he does,

the Minister of War will be of no concern.

He will succumb to his illness as is wished by the Maitreya.

Stand down.

Are you afraid of what may come?

To have such armed guards beside you.

Does that wicked monk advise you to get rid of me?

Yes, and so didn't they start turning their backs to you?

What are you planning to do after gaining all that power?

What exactly is power to you?

They had the audacity to decline your summons.

It is why I must meet them in person.

Being in office is what they have been continuously avoiding.

Stubborn as they are, they will fight till the death for their beliefs.

But they are the ones who will replace

the current meritorious subjects.

They say that the Office of Palace Eunuchs has gone as far

as to replacing the State Council.

Why would you want to appear in front of such filth?

We only worry that you will lose your life in vain.

Ever since scholar Yoo Haksoo was executed,

I have stayed clear from state affairs.

I also turned a blind eye while meritorious subjects abused their power.

However, students of the Confucian Academy have either been executed or imprisoned

while speaking their minds

and that I cannot stand idly by.

Do not stop me from a righteous death.

How foolish of you.

You clearly do not realize when to be proactive

and when to await the right time.

You refused to answer your King's summons.

You turned a blind eye to political matters

and buried yourself only in books.

Your… Your Majesty!

Stay safe and prepare for what is to come.

Once I remove the traitors within the palace,

I will appoint members of the Sarim

and have them design the world they have been dreaming of.

I promise you this…

as your King.

I, classics licentiate Moon Simhyun, bow down to His Majesty.

-We bow down to His Majesty. -We bow down to His Majesty.

Before we join the court,

we wish to know where you stand.

Go ahead.

Do you believe

that Yoo Haksoo was behind your mother's murder?

No.

Of course I am well aware of how he was unfairly treated.

Then,

please accept our appeal regarding his status as a traitor.

For a long time, my friend has been wrongfully known as a murderer.

If you reinstate his status,

those who support his beliefs

will choose to be loyal to you.

I give you my word.

Someday,

I will reinstate Yoo Haksoo's noble status.

My lord, when did you arrive at the office?