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

BLOODY HEART

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

Tonight, I will allow you to embrace me.

You came all the way here to see me.

That is more than enough for me.

By trying to save me,

you will be saving Councilor Park as well.

I cannot let that happen.

You are not

Councilor Park's niece.

You cannot be.

I will find a way.

So never…

attempt to die again.

Do not…

leave me alone.

BLOODY HEART EPISODE 9

How could His Majesty do this?

What… are you reading so intently?

I am reading…

about the life that your daughter has led.

I cannot remember the last time I felt this powerless.

No one has ever given me such a huge sense of defeat.

I want to know what I failed to see.

Were you afraid?

I was.

Are you having regrets?

I have always lived intentionally

so that I would regret nothing.

Nothing mattered more to me than my loyalty to the King and my parents.

Do you know what made officials like me

take up swords and commit treason?

A tyrant.

People were starving in the capital.

They relied on human flesh to survive.

Women were… violated.

The heads of my honorable friends

were decapitated

and displayed.

Every morning,

I had to pass by the decapitated heads of my friends…

on my way to the palace.

I was determined to prevent another tyrant from rising.

I committed myself to foster a wise king by my hands

and build a system

to keep him and his power in check.

That is why I had to take that path.

I had to!

I knew I would be covered in blood

and condemned for generations.

But I…

I had no choice

but to take that path.

Tell me, Haksoo.

There were qualities

that I longed to see

in the tyrant, the late king, and His Majesty.

Why is it that

I see them

in your daughter now?

You and Lady Park

devised a secret plan behind my back.

Forgive me, Your Majesty.

Kyun.

I have chosen Lady Park as my companion.

It will be a difficult journey, Your Majesty.

She will be…

my wife.

Relay this to Siwol.

He must pass the upcoming special examination.

Yes, Your Majesty. I will see to it that he does.

His Majesty is delayed.

I see.

I hear that the drought is severe.

We will have a bad harvest this year.

What are you looking at so intently?

I… I stepped on it!

Fortunately, it did not break.

Is that the fan I gave you?

I brought it

to give you an answer.

An answer?

THE LOVE CHILD BETWEEN BAMBOO AND PAPER

The day

you gave me this fan,

you said this to me.

"The love child between bamboo and paper.

It is the clear wind."

It is one of the old poems that stood out to me.

Will you…

accept this?

Can I give you an answer now?

I love you.

I loved you long before you loved me.

I loved you more dearly than you loved me.

Our journey will be difficult,

but not as difficult as losing you.

Will you be my wife?

Please…

be my queen.

You have so much to lose, Your Majesty.

But you will be…

with me.

YEONGHWADANG

Please go on in.

His Majesty named this chamber Yeonghwadang himself.

"The gentleness within brings prosperity."

I believed that he was teaching me the virtues of a queen.

I was wrong.

They were the virtues

of a concubine.

These ornaments are gifts from His Majesty.

How lovely they are.

Who cares?

They mean nothing!

Please calm down, my lady.

Stop.

Any gifts from His Majesty should be treated as His Majesty himself.

If His Majesty finds out, you may get in serious trouble.

If I become demoted,

I know you will be more delighted than anyone.

Do as you wish.

I would rather get expelled than put up with this humiliation.

The silk wrapped around wedding boxes

does not merely serve aesthetic ends.

It conveys the bride's parents' wish

that their daughter would be treated with respect.

Think about those who care for you.

You have delicate hands for someone of low birth

and are quite crafty.

Thank you, my lady.

Would you perhaps

like a viewing of the wedding boxes?

-Wedding boxes? -Yes.

Silk is wrapped around the corners making them presentable and eye-catching.

Where is Ttonggeum now?

Bring her to me right now.

Ttonggeum.

Do you remember the bamboo box sellers that once visited my house?

-Of course, my lady. -One of them was a woman.

Did you see her face?

I sure did.

Did she perhaps

bear any resemblance to Lady Park?

That is impossible, my lady.

How could a lowly merchant woman look anything like Lady Park?

They have no resemblance at all.

Is that right?

I guess you are right.

In fact, she was one abhorrent-looking woman.

There were pockmarks all over her face,

not to mention her swollen, absolutely unsightly hands.

I get goosebumps just by thinking about them now.

If you will excuse me, I will go and check on the eunuchs at the King's Palace.

Court Lady Kim.

I need you to visit my private home right now.

Look here. I want to be of assistance to you.

I hear you want one of your relatives named Siwol

to take the special examination.

I'm thinking of doing you a big favor--

Eavesdropped again?

If you eavesdrop on His Majesty and me once more…

then I will cut off your ear.

"Consummation on the 7th in 3 months shall lead to conception."

Not yesterday then.

Are you suggesting that I desire something else?

I have yet to foresee what it is you desire.

However, a son conceived on this date

will possess the utmost power and authority in Joseon.

Is that what you truly desire?

You vulgar and ignorant monk.

Do you truly believe

one can gain power just by conceiving a son?

The woman's family

shall serve as her sword.

As she wishes to put her family on the throne,

her sword

shall be pointed at you in no time.

By my daughter-in-law's sword,

do you mean Councilor Park?

Yes, Your Highness.

Then answer me this.

What do you think

will happen…

to you tomorrow?

You shall pay for trying to come between me and my people.

Try and survive without a single ray of light or a single drop of water.

If you are Maitreya, you will live.

But if you are a mere human being,

you will die.

ON THE SEVENTH DAY IN THREE MONTHS

Please visit Master Lim held at the Police Bureau.

Truth be told, His Majesty gave me the same order.

What are you planning to do?

It depends on how Councilor Park reacts.

Will he try to take advantage

of our superficial relationship now that I spent a night with His Majesty? Or…

will he treat me as his enemy who bears a grudge against him?

I do not know what is on his mind yet.

I remember who you are now.