Queen: Love and War (간택 - 여인들의 전쟁)

[ Announcement: Governor Hong Ki Ho's daughter has been selected as the queen ]

What are you doing right now?

Lady Hong cannot become the queen.

She is already selected as the queen.

- That cannot be. - King!

Please ask everyone to leave, Grandmother.

King.

Let's have the ladies leave and talk among us...

Everyone, please leave the room.

- Court Lady Jung. - Yes, Your Highness.

Please leave now, Queen Mother.

What?

His Majesty did?

Did something happen?

Why is it taking so long to deliver the result?

Make Lady Jo the queen.

Why is it Lady Jo all of a sudden?

Did you not hear that we already chose Lady Hong?

It cannot be Lady Hong.

How so?

She faked her identity.

What do you mean, "faked her identity?"

You know better than anyone, Grandmother.

You're the one who allowed the

resurrected queen to participate in the selection.

What in the world are you talking about?

Should I summon the priestess?

Before the selection started,

I saw the queen entering the palace with the priestess.

You deceived me from that point on, Grandmother.

We need to reinstate her as the queen

so the culprit of the assassination shows his face again.

I am not suggesting her to be our sacrifice.

If you and I catch the culprit together,

we can protect the queen.

That is not protecting but using.

King.

You have no idea...

what it is that I truly want to protect, Grandmother.

What is the reason you are doing this?

By chance,

did that Jo Heung Gyeon do something?

Please let us live.

Please send us back.

Please...

I'll bring another bowl.

We can never accept Jo Heung Gyeon's daughter.

How did he threaten you exactly?

What did he say he would do if we do not select his daughter?

If you will not change your mind,

I have no choice but to reveal what you did.

What did you just say?

You are the eldest of the royals who should set an example.

I'm sure you do not want to dishonor yourself for switching the identity

of a candidate for a selection.

King!

The Queen Dowager is here.

I will announce the result of the final round of selection.

The candidate who is chosen to be the queen

is the daughter of Jo Heung Gyeon, the left state minister.

It is Young Ji.

Lady Kim and Lady Hong,

please take a deep bow to the new queen.

Your Highness, how did it go?

Jo Heung Gyeon's daughter was selected.

Pardon?

Did you say Jo Heung Gyeon's daughter?

If so...

- how about my Song Yi? - Why bother asking?

She got disqualified.

Geez...

I knew this would happen.

You should've taken extra care for her.

Are you blaming me for this?

Do you know what that cheeky Song Yi said during the

evaluation of the final round?

She said she would abandon her family.

How could I defend a girl like that?

Song Yi said that?

That little...

The water has already been spilled.

I do not want to see any of you. Please get out of here!

Aigoo...

Your Majesty.

You have to leave now.

The Royal Secretariat has been waiting to announce the result of the selection.

Han Mo.

You must bring back Kang Yi Soo's wife safely.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You may leave the palace now.

My lady!

How dare you hold your head up high

and walk by putting dirt on an aristocrat's skirt?

Where's the dirt?

You servant b****...

What are you doing?

Don't take it out on an innocent person.

Although no one is watching, we are still in the palace.

You should know that much if you are an aristocrat.

Don't act superior.

You have been rejected just like me too.

Let's go!

Are you okay?

How about you? Are you okay?

My lady.

You were disqualified, right?

Say something to your new daughter-in-law.

I have a mouth but no words.

You should say something instead.

I have a lot of room to grow. Please teach me well.

I will do my best gladly.

Do not think of this lightly.

The women here spend every day

enduring shame and pain.

You are not in a position to be glad.

Please stay alert.

I will keep that in mind.

You will have to live in a separate villa.

It would be better to keep it short.

By law, the villa has to be outside the palace.

I am thinking of using Hwigyeongjae,

where the candidates used to stay in.

Yes, Your Highness.

Congratulations, Your Excellency!

You are the father-in-law to the king.

Congratulations!

I was worried because you seemed so relaxed.

I guess it was just meant to be.

The left state minister is above chief state minister now.

It won't be so far-fetching to say the left state minister

is above the king anymore.

Please do not forget me when that happens.

We are in the palace.

Please watch your words.

This is Officer Han.

What brings you here, Officer Han?

His Majesty must have something to discuss with me.

I was expecting you.

Did the Queen Dowager betray us?

I heard the King changed the result.

The King did?

That makes no sense.

I've witnessed him defending that woman in front of me.

How could he choose Jo Heung Gyeon's daughter all of a sudden?

Anyway, our plan has been ruined.

Your Excellency.

We won't be able to carry out our plan without military rights.

We need to find

a different plan somehow.

Your Excellency.

His Excellency Hong Ki Ho sent a letter urgently.

- Hong Ki Ho did? - Yes.

What is it?

Hong Yi Soo's wife and Hong Yeon disappeared from the temple.

Here are the palace ladies who will be assisting you.

You may keep your servant as your palace lady.

Byeol!

Congratulations, my lady!

I mean, Your Highness!

They are probably alive.

If they meant to kill them, they would've done so at the temple.

Who do you think took them?

Should we tell Eun Bo about this?

Don't tell her.

If you say her mother disappeared while under our care,

she would no longer trust you.

Send someone out and look for them thoroughly.

Your Excellency.

Are you considering accepting Eun Bo as our member?

She's the daughter of Kang Yi Soo, the author of the Theory of Enlightenment.

That is good enough of a reason.

That would be the perfect way to cheer up the members

who are tired of waiting.

Is that really the only reason?

Don't worry.

I'm rescuing you upholding the King's order.

The King's order?

- My lady! - Are you okay?

Let's get out of here first.

Careful.

I took them to a safe place for now.

However, Your Majesty...

when I arrived at the warehouse,

the real Lady Hong was held captive there.

You mean Hong Yeon?

We need to send her back to her family.

Summon Hong Ki Ho, the governor of Gyeonggi.

Yes, Your Majesty.

By the way,

did your dream not get actualized this time?

I think I changed the dream.

I do not know how this would

change the future either.

Your Majesty...

What should I do with Kang Yi Soo's wife?

She can't be with the Queen...

She can't be with Eun Ki.

They might be put into danger again.

I think...

we should let Baek Ja Yong take care of her.