The King's Affection (연모)

THE KING'S AFFECTION

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This was all Prince Wonsan's doing!

All I wanted was to confirm if His Majesty is indeed a woman.

A woman?

The truth you have discovered

will be buried alongside you.

He is not here. Let's go.

-Yes, Commander. -Yes, Commander.

I have something to tell you, Your Majesty.

I am…

getting married.

I do not want to lose you, Your Majesty.

And this is the only way…

for me not to lose you.

Stop right there!

I have yet…

to tell you to stop.

Stop!

That is an order.

Forgive me,

Your Majesty.

I will get married.

I will do as you say.

So please

keep His Majesty's secret.

You must keep it…

no matter what.

EPISODE 18

Oh, my. How gorgeous.

The madam at Commander Jung's put a lot of thought into these gifts.

My lady.

Your Highness!

So-eun.

You did not have to bring anything. Thank you, Your Highness.

Congratulations.

Are the preparations going well?

There are still many things to arrange.

But it still feels surreal.

You seem a bit exhausted.

Is something wrong?

No, it's nothing.

Is it because of that rumor?

The one about His Majesty and Lord Jung.

I heard it too.

But do not worry, Your Highness. You know that it is not true.

The rumor will go away once he and I get married.

So do not give it another thought.

As you instructed earlier, I talked to the Ministry of Works about

the renovation of buildings and gates at the Royal Confucian Academy.

We still have some leftover rice bags from before.

And we have an excess of roof tiles.

Thus, the materials and workers…

I do not want to lose you, Your Majesty.

And this is the only way…

for me not to lose you.

So we can proceed with the renovations, Your Majesty.

Right. Scribe Jung of Seungjeongwon…

Scribe Jung. Come here.

Come join us here.

Come here.

Scribe Jung has good news.

He is getting married soon.

So he has to prepare for the wedding

and will be very busy.

So would it be all right

if Scribe Kim brings you the reports for the time being?

Yes. That will be fine.

Then we will take our leave now, Your Majesty.

I am still trying to find the poisonous herbs I told you about.

If I can find both herbs,

we can prove that the statement about the poison in the State Tribunal's records

is not true.

Are preparations for the wedding

coming along well?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I see.

Thank you for your hard work.

You may leave.

So were you able to find Lord Changun?

I wish to speak to His Majesty about the upcoming auspicious day.

Indeed. It is coming up very soon.

You have been informed of Scribe Jung's upcoming marriage, right?

Marriage? Scribe Jung is getting married?

Have you not heard?

I thought you were his best friend.

Does His Majesty know as well?

Are you all right, Your Majesty?

I am fine.

Your Majesty, I believe that is enough for the day.

I am worried that you may injure yourself.

I said I am all right.

Your Majesty.

At least let me have this. Please.

Marriage?

What is this nonsense?

It just happened that way.

A mere rumor was enough to sway your feelings?

How could you make her falter

with feelings as shallow as yours?

Fine. My feelings were shallow.

These shallow feelings were all I had.

All right?

What?

We never had a chance to be together forever anyway.

It worked out for the best.

You bastard!

Tell me why you are doing this.

You would never do something like this without a good reason.

A strange rumor is going around at the courtesan house in the Capital.

A man who resembles Lord Changun has been claiming His Majesty is a twin

and may be a woman.

I was told you wanted to see me.

Yes.

I called you because I wanted to ask you something.

Your Majesty, your herbal tonic is ready.

Come in.

Fortunately, the swelling will not persist.

Your royal physician is here.

What are you doing?

Please forgive me. It was my fault.

-See if he is hurt. -Yes, Your Majesty.

-Court Lady Kim. -Let me see.

-I am all right. I said I am fine. -My goodness.

-Goodness. -Are you hurt?

No. Thankfully, the tonic was not too hot.

I am glad to hear that. You may leave now.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I feel awful about this.

His Majesty hurt his hand while training.

I was just there to examine it.

I see. Is he all right?

Yes. I also took his pulse

and it was good as well.

He will have no problem sleeping with the Queen.

I see.

Keep an eye on him and report back no matter how insignificant it may seem.

Yes, my lord.

Just as we expected.

It's busohwa .

Was it really necessary to search everywhere just to find that?

You ought to use your brain. Not only your body.

I thought you were smart.

Did you look into the sonangcho ?

Today, I have an appointment with the pharmacy owner to buy

- sonangcho . -Really?

What did I tell you? I told you I could find it.

Are you sure it is sonangcho ? When? Where?

No. This is dangerous, so make sure to go with Eun-seo.

Eun-seo? He is not here.

He is really busy. He said His Majesty gave him a task.

He left for Pyeongan Province.

By the way,

you are about to get married. But look at your face.

How did you bust your lips?

Take care of yourself.

I know it was your father's idea,

but at least show some interest.

Ji-un, I think the Inspector General's daughter

has a kind heart and she seems like a nice lady.

Ji-un.

And she also takes such good care of us.

I was in the area, so I thought I would drop by.

I did not know that you would be here.

We received the wedding gifts.

Selecting them must have required some effort.

And I heard that your mother selected everything on her own.

Yes.

What happened to your face?

Oh, this.

It's nothing.

Please use this.

Lord Jung.

Is this marriage not what you desire?

That is not why…

I am sorry.

But I will try.

Even if it takes some time.

So-eun will wed Jung Ji-un,

Commander Jung's son.

Your Highness. You must get ready for your night with His Majesty.

All right.

Your Highness.

The Chief State Councilor wanted to see me earlier today, so I went.

Why would he want to see you?

Forgive me, Your Highness.

Yu-gong.

I told him everything.

That you and His Majesty have been using two sets of blankets.

What?

But I told you not to tell anyone.

Lord Sangheon was frightening when he was questioning me.

Starting today, we will be sharing a blanket.

What do you mean?

There are awful rumors going around the palace.

And to put an end to the rumors,

we must do this.