Lovers of the Red Sky (홍천기)

(This drama is fictional and people or stories are not tied to reality.)

It's the last step.

You're here.

Your Majesty.

Is that...

really you?

It's me.

Your Majesty.

You seem well. I am truly relieved.

You look dreadful.

I can tell what you've been through.

Your Majesty.

Why did you leave a message...

in the Wolseongdang request box?

Were you aware that I was Ilwolseong?

The person who sent the message to Wolseongdang...

was me.

Prince Yangmyeong.

(Prince Yangmyeong Lee Yul, King Seongjo's third son)

I have known for a while that you led a double life...

under the alias Ilwolseong.

At the Sealing Ceremony around 20 years ago,

and after the dragon rainmaking ritual,

you have been biding your time to get revenge.

I'm aware of that also as the dead investigator told me.

Why did you let me be when you knew all that?

Now is the time for me to come clean.

After my father passed,

I struggled due to the long drought that ravaged our nation.

I was not aware

my father had ordered your father to be killed.

How am I...

to believe this?

The day your father died,

the investigator was there and he informed me

that Ha Sung Jin was dead.

And that...

it was the Demon's doing.

I am talking about the Demon that is inside your body.

I risked my life to seal the Demon,

and my son lost his sight to bring us rain!

Is this what we get in return?

Father!

Your father tried to expel the Demon from your body.

Disappear this instant.

The Demon woke up...

Om Mani padme...

and killed him.

That cannot be. That...

Ha Ram.

My son.

Get out of...

my son.

No.

After that day,

I revoked my father's command and brought you to the Palace.

To find a way to protect you and the people around you,

and to find a way to seal the Demon.

Did I...

Did I do something...

as monstrous as killing my own father?

That was not your fault.

It was the evil energy within you that killed him.

No, Your Majesty. It can't be.

That cannot be.

You are lying, Your Majesty.

Calm down, Scholar Ha.

That is impossible.

The blood on my clothes...

was of my father's that the investigator had spilled!

Yes.

For your whole life,

that is what you believed.

You were young then and I couldn't bring myself...

to tell you the truth.

Even though they were clear facts.

Ha Ram.

Dear Samsin.

Please...

help him.

This happened due to terrible karma that we can't take back,

but I will make it up to your family...

for the rest of my life.

Also,

for as long as I live,

I will fight the Demon so that...

nothing like that happens again.

I promise.

I apologize as well.

What happened to your father...

is not at all your fault.

Please, no. There should still be time.

It's me that Prince Joohyang wants.

My gosh. What will happen?

How dreadful.

What will happen to them?

It seems like Painter Hong will not come.

Carry out the execution.

What?

Master Choi.

Master Choi.

- Master Choi. - Oh, dear.

Master Choi.

No! Stop!

Stop!

- Cheon Gi. - Please stop, Your Highness.

Cheon Gi! Get out of here! Run!

You're here.

I knew you would come out of desperation.

Why are you doing this?

Let them go.

Why do you keep making me angry?

You killed my father.

How many more people will you kill?

Your father died because you ran away.

If all these people die today, that will also...

be on you.

Watch closely as to what happens...

when you disobey my order.

You darn monster! You're not even human!

Do you not fear the heavens?

I am...

the heavens.

Don't do this!

The King commands you stop immediately!

- My gosh. - The King?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Father.

How dare you do this?

You fool!

You must be aware of your crimes.

Release the captives and clean up.

Yes, Sire.

Prince Joohyang. Come to the Palace immediately.

You heard the command! Do as the King said!

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Untie them.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

- My gosh. - We're safe.

- Master Choi. - Cheon Gi.

- Cheon Gi. - Master Choi.

- Troublemaker. - Are you okay?

Cheon Gi. Are you not hurt?

Have you been eating?

I'm fine. You almost died...

and you're worried if I ate?

I'm destined to live a long life.

What more do we need to say?

We're all alive and we're reunited.

Why did you come here?

He wouldn't be able to kill us if you didn't show up.

No. I'm truly grateful, Troublemaker.

Don't mind what he says. I'm so grateful you showed up.

I'm so sorry. Thanks for hanging in there.

- It's fine. - Cheon Gi.

I am glad you are all safe.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

My gosh.

Thank you.

- We owe you. - Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

No.

You risked your life to come here. You're the one who saved them.

So, Eun O...

What happened to him?

He tried to flee from Prince Joohyang's residence.

He was injured...

and he passed away shortly after.

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

My goodness...

Cheon Gi.

Oh, gosh.

My gosh...

Scholar Ha spoke to the King and saved Painter Hong.

He took sides with his enemy?

Have you truly changed your mind?

My gosh.

Dad!

Your father died because you ran away.

If all these people die today, that will also...

be on you.

My poor Cheon Gi.

You've suffered so much...

looking after your sick dad.

Father, wake up.

Father, no. Don't do this.

Sir.

Miss Hong. You cannot sleep?

No.

My dad...

died because of me.

My father...

died when I was ten.

I thought the king...

had commanded his investigator to kill him.

So I swore to do the same...

to those who had killed my father.