The King's Affection (연모)

THE KING'S AFFECTION

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Your Majesty.

May I ask why you are leaving without seeing His Royal Highness?

Please dethrone the Crown Prince!

-Please dethrone him! -Please dethrone him!

We beg of you to make the right decision!

-We beg of you, Your Majesty! -We beg of you, Your Majesty!

Please punish him accordingly!

-Please punish him! -Please punish him!

Your Majesty, I ask that you give us an answer.

-We ask for your answer, Your Majesty. -We ask for your answer, Your Majesty.

The Crown Prince…

shall be dethroned.

-What? -Lord Sangheon.

-How is this… -The Crown Prince is dethroned?

Please I beg of you, Your Majesty!

I ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

I ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

-We ask that you reconsider! -We ask that you reconsider!

-Please, Your Royal Highness. -Please, Your Royal Highness.

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness.

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness!

This cannot be, Your Royal Highness!

-Please, Your Royal Highness! -Please, Your Royal Highness!

Your Royal Highness, this cannot be…

EPISODE 12

Did you decide to dethrone me

because of what happened with my uncle?

No.

Last night…

I was at your quarters.

I had known all along…

that you were a woman.

Since when…

You are very special.

Don't forget that.

My beautiful…

daughter.

Mother.

Mother.

Announce it.

The Crown Prince shall now enter.

Please protect

the Prince…

our child.

It does not matter now.

What has happened, has happened.

Then why have you not…

said anything all this time?

Do you resent me?

I pictured this day

for a long time

and wondered what would happen

if you were to find out.

I was afraid.

I have never resented you as the Crown Prince.

However…

I resented you as someone who had been born…

in this palace.

Because I was only a kid…

who wanted to be loved by her parents…

just like everyone else.

There is something I wish to ask.

If you could…

go back to the day I was born…

would you make the same decision?

If it were not for the late King's order,

could things have been different?

I would like to ask you that.

Leave the palace.

And live your own life.

I…

have never lived my own life.

If this is what you want for me…

I will accept it.

Are you really trying to get yourself killed?

You show up here after a month and demand to see His Royal Highness.

Don't you know no one dares to go near him?

He was dethroned! If you go see him, you could go down with him!

Leave me alone. I do not care.

You reckless fool.

Over there. Isn't that His Royal Highness?

Don't tell anyone I let you into the palace.

Leave me out of this.

YEON-SEON

Yeon-seon.

I was wrong.

I will never leave you alone again, Your Royal Highness.

Never.

What are you doing?

You must leave.

You cannot be here.

Your Royal Highness, I will stay by your side…

no matter what you say.

I will…

protect you, Your Royal Highness.

It's nice to be back here.

The flowers, the trees,

and the pond. Everything is as I left them.

But…

the air here is not as fresh as the air in Onyang.

Would you like to come with me?

We can sit together just like this

and admire the flowers blooming and withering away every year.

At night, we can stargaze.

On rainy days, we can listen to the rain

falling in our yard together.

I am afraid…

I cannot.

I had a dream.

A dream that I was in the distant future.

When I woke up from it,

my heart ached a bit.

My future has always

given me heartache.

It was painful

and burdensome.

Your Royal Highness.

I thought that you had changed.

But I'm relieved to see that you have not.

I am…

truly glad.

You ought to go on your path, Royal Tutor Jung.

For I…

will now go on mine.

I told you.

No matter what you say,

I will stay by your side, Your Royal Highness.

I…

want you to be happy.

In the same way…

that you hoped that I would be happy every day.

Please live a happy life.

This is…

the last favor

I ask of you, Royal Tutor Jung.

I am here, my lord.

So tell me. Did you look into what I asked you to?

I confirmed that Great Lord Changcheon's soldiers were at Mount Odae.

This ledger confirms that the military supplies were moved there.

To those who do not know how to wield a sword,

even the best sword can be dangerous.

It seems His Majesty was foolishly greedy.

His Royal Highness

is departing for Ganghwa today?

As soon as you hear from me,

you must bring His Royal Highness back to the palace.

It will not take long.

Yes, my lord.

How was your life outside the palace?

You will have to move into the palace soon.

You should get things ready one at a time.

I am sorry.

Do not apologize.

I just…

thought I should.

How nice it feels to have a cup of tea with you.

I have been scared for nothing all this time.

I pushed you away

because of my feelings of inferiority.

Do not cry.

You cannot be weak.

In the palace,

you must always be confident

and act with assurance.

I am sure you will do well.

And you must.

Gyeom…

you are my only brother.

GANGNYEONGJEON

Your Royal Highness.

I am afraid we should leave now.

I will leave the palace now.

May you…

stay healthy, Father.

Your Majesty, this is Commander Yoon.

I have prepared everything as you ordered.

Look after

my child.

I had kept the truth from you.

I will sacrifice my life for your forgiveness, Your Majesty.

Thank you…

for keeping

my child's secret all these years.

You should be careful too.

GWANGHWAMUN

I shall leave now.

Please have a safe trip, Your Royal Highness.

Make sure that His Royal Highness is safe.

Your Royal Highness. May you stay in good health.

I have not seen the bodyguard, Kim Ga-on, for some time now.

You don't think he ran away by himself, do you?

Stop worrying about nonsense. Focus on serving His Royal Highness.

Where did he go?