[Scarlet Heart: Ryeo]
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[This drama is created with the background of the historical facts from the founding of Goryeo by Taejo Wang Geon until the rise of 4th King Gwang Jong.]
I will be marrying the king.
I will be the king's wife.
I will be the queen.
Unless I hear it from the king...
I will not believe it.
There are things the king cannot say.
All of the families are deliberating on how they can dethrone the king.
He put a stop to relocating the capital city to Seokyeong.
The Yoos of Chungju are anxious because someone they mistreated became king.
Also, the powerful families of Songak...
See?
These are the very things that the king cannot speak to you about.
For you, this small and pretty room in which you can wait for him is enough.
However, if a woman who is satisfied with a mere room becomes the queen...
this nation will be in trouble.
His Majesty will have to give up his throne.
Your Highness.
You're saying that you can stop it?
One more thing.
A king cannot marry a woman with a scar on her body.
I've presented you with how we will co-exist together.
It is up to you whether or not things worsen.
I am a Hwangbo of Hwangju.
I am the daughter of the late King Taejo.
If I cannot do it, who can protect him?
That girl cannot become a queen.
If I say I will do it...
I will do it.
You must have forgotten.
In order to avoid marrying the late King Taejo
she cut her own arm.
A woman with a scar on her body
cannot marry the king.
If you insist on marrying her, there is one thing you can do.
You can give up the throne.
Which one do you want to give up?
Is it the throne?
Or is it Hae Soo?
I will not lose either.
Others may give up something.
I rose to the throne in order to acquire everything.
So...
do you really think I would throw Hae Soo aside over a scar on her body?
I...
became a king with a face like this.
[Episode 18] I asked to see you because I have news.
The Yoos are requesting independence.
The ministers are asking for control of the military and taxes again.
Since the relocating of the capital city to Seokyeong was halted
the powerful families of those districts have only been protesting.
The Chungju Yoos and Hwangju Hwangbos are both turning on you.
This fight will not die down soon.
I think you're trying to say something.
Do not talk in circles.
Then I will get to the point.
You should marry Princess Yeon Hwa.
If you marry Princess Yeon Hwa, all of your problems will be resolved.
That is the opinion we all have.
I decide who I marry.
It can't be...
You can't be thinking of marrying that girl from the Damiwon like they say.
You must not be too attached to the throne.
Watch what you are saying!
Whether it's the Chungju Yoos or any other strong family
they will try to tear this nation apart.
Are you going to let Goryeo fall apart during your reign, Your Majesty?
Your concern is excessive.
Your father worked too hard to build this country.
He sacrificed so much.
He did so much to protect it.
That is the only reason I worry.
That is why I cast my son out.
And that is why I'm offering up my daughter.
That was written by Hae Soo.
She writes words that no one knows.
Seeing what she did in the Damiwon, she is not a normal girl.
She has no background.
Yet, she has many weaknesses.
I do not care about such things.
What is so great about this seat?
You know that you must die to leave it.
Chae Ryung.
You're here?
Did you get in trouble or something?
I have good news, so smile.
Good news, you say?
His Majesty has agreed to let you stay in the palace.
Is that true?
But...
What is this about Princess Yeon Hwa becoming the queen?
Why would she become the queen instead of you, Lady Hae?
Princess Yeon Hwa has ordered us to prepare for a royal marriage.
It's all a misunderstanding, isn't it?
Court Lady Hae.
This place used to be full of life.
The 10th Prince loved this flying wing.
Wow! Look at this!
What is this? Wow!
The 3rd Prince and 8th Prince enjoyed reading those books over there.
And that picture of the stars?
The 14th Prince liked that a lot.
See, that one is my star.
Oh, which one is mine?
You can't see it. It's too dark.
Yes. Thank you.
The 9th Prince was always asking me about alchemy.
Baek Ah was always busy drawing.
All of that went by in the blink of an eye.
I know that you cared about the princes very much.
Yes, very much.
That is why I'm going to say this.
Give up on marrying the king.
The king will be stubborn until the end.
You should let him go first.
I don't want to.
I've gone through a lot and waited a long time.
I only did so because I believed I would be happy one day.
If I were going to give up like this, I would have given up long ago.
If the king is going to remain steadfast, why would I do that?
I'm going to hold on.
What has happened to everyone that was here?
In a palace where the king is in danger, there is the smell of blood.
You don't know when and where something may happen to him.
If someone dies because of your stubbornness
will you be able to absolve yourself of blame?
I have seen many people fall.
In order to stop another tragedy, the throne must become stronger.
You may be able to be a source of comfort for His Majesty
but you will not be able to be his source of strength.
You are not the king's match.
Who said you could come in here without permission?
It's just that everyone already knows how much you favor me, Your Majesty.
Because of you, people will say that I only look scary on the outside.
Then do you want to go outside and have fun with me?
Have you forgotten?
It's the night of the exorcism rite.
It's not even the last day of December.
You can't go around outside just because of the exorcism rite.
Not in the palace. Let's go to the market.
You want to leave the palace?
It's a bit sudden to go out.
We have to get the soldiers and the court ladies ready.
No one will recognize us.
If you just wear something else, no one will know that you are king.
I was talking to Chae Ryung here
when you passed by.
Don't you remember?
Oh, this is...
It's not as good as the original, but it's pretty to look at.
It's nice to look at.
It looks a place where your wishes would come true, right?
Did you pile them up yourself in order to get your proposal?
Yes, I did.
You said you would propose to me at the prayer tower.
I was thirsty so I dug a well.
When I first met you, you should have run away.
I ran away but you caught me.
I don't remember what first drew you to me.
There are so many reasons now.
I have to live with you.
Let's live together.
Marry me.
I cannot.
I...
cannot do anything for you except provide comfort.
It will be hard for me to marry you.
Who have you been talking to?
I will not give up on you over that scar.
No one can force me to.
I won't give up either.
I will continue to stay with you.
If I become a queen or your wife, I'll be tied down by palace rules.
I won't be able to see you when I want and I'll have to follow etiquette.
That doesn't suit me.
You know that.
I'll be all right.
I really...
am fine.
Even if I can't marry you...
you can't leave me.
I won't let you go.
You have to be mine.
You can't go anywhere.
I will never allow it.
You...
are my only queen.
Yeon Hwa of Hwangju's Hwangbo will be the new queen.
Work well with the ministers.
Let us celebrate this matrimony.
Congratulations on being proclaimed the queen.
Long live the queen. May many blessings come.
Long live the queen. May many blessings come!
You...
are my only queen.
I wasn't invited either.
Though Yeon Hwa told me I must come.
Are you going to stay even after being treated like this?
Don't worry about me.
I'm not unhappy.
The late King Taejo told me not to look too far ahead into the future.
He told me to treasure the present.
That is what I'm doing.
Why don't you just come to me then?
I would be good to you.
I am getting so tired of this place.
Let's go somewhere far away, like birds.
Yes, let's see everything like butterflies and live freely.
I know you will take me far away to the battlefields and make me watch you fight.
Just tell me you want it.
I will take you out of here.
Will you do anything I want if I say I want it?
Yes. "I am willing."
You only need to say "I am willing."
Remember that.
"I am willing."
There will be many ways in which Hae Soo can be used against you in the future.
- It is best to get rid of a risk-- - You.
Focus on being a queen.
Do not cross the line again.
My lady?
Are you all right?
When your heart is hurting, your other ailments start to hurt more.
Thank you.
I remember how Lady Hae used to pile these stones at the 8th Prince's home.
Yes.
She did build many of these.
I miss her.
What are you praying for?
I wasn't praying for anything.
I was thinking of my mother who passed away.
I'm doing very well.
My younger siblings are doing well, too.
You were ill before. Are you better now?
I wanted to make you better.
Still, it's a relief that you didn't get sicker.
I think that every now and then.
I am doing very well.
I... am doing very well.
Doing very well.
Now that you are all in here, I am feeling extremely satisfied.
So, in light of my enthronement
I'd like to designate the era name for my reign.
His Majesty would like to call this era "Gwangdeok."
It is a good name, isn't it?
We will do as you wish, Your Majesty.
Also, as you commanded
we are looking into how to distribute rice to those who were forced into labor.
Ah, as for the management of the finances...
please leave it to us.
Let's do that.
With ministers as trustworthy as you all
I can go and enjoy hunting.
I think I will catch up on my reading.
Astronomer Ji Mong wanted me to read:
"Essentials of Government in the Zhenguan Reign."
There is no better book to learn the principles of virtue.
Also, the 14th Prince Wang Jung...
is guilty of treason and will be punished by having to return to his hometown.
Your Majesty.
You must have a clear reason for the weight of this punishment to make sense.
He created suspicion of my abdication by questioning the late king's wishes.
He opposed me with purpose.
Taking into consideration that he is a brother with whom I share a mother
I am not executing him, only removing him from office.
I will send him to his family in Chungju.
If he even steps foot into Songak after today
he will be put to death.
Sent to his hometown?
My Jung is being sent back home?
Queen Mother! Call the doctor!
Sent to his hometown?
He's being exiled to his hometown.
It's the biggest punishment after execution.
He has been removed from his position of Grand General and all titles.
He will not be allowed to return to Songak.
He cannot go anywhere but his home in Chungju.
He is a person who led an army of 300,000.
He felt trapped in this palace and jumped over those walls daily.
You say he'll be trapped in his home?
We must talk to the king. If something happens to Jung--
You cannot get involved.
You have no son.
You could get hurt if you get involved.
It isn't simply an argument between brothers anymore.
Woo Hee is right.
You should keep an eye on it for now.
Talk to the king once he has calmed down a little bit.
How is the Queen Mother?
The doctor told us that neither Your Majesty nor His Majesty
should leave the Queen Mother if you can.
Jung...
Bring Jung to me.
I will bring the king.
Jung...
I need to see Jung.
Jung.
Your Majesty.
I will take care of the Queen Mother myself from now on.
No one may enter this room without my permission.
You need to recover soon.
Mother.
I must see the Queen Mother. Move.
I said move!
I won't take a single step until I see my mother. Move.
Please let Jung inside.
If something happens to the Queen Mother
it will haunt you forever.
You sent for Jung, didn't you?
I forbade everyone from sending him a message.
You are the only person who would do it.
Yes.
I did it.
He is apart from his mother and cannot see her, so he should be at her deathbed.
He would be executed for his return.
Your Majesty.
Forget about the deathbed.
Be relieved that I haven't killed him.
If Jung is allowed into the palace...
I will not let it go, even if it is you.
It has been five days and you haven't even had a sip of water I've given you.
Do you plan on dying like this?
Jung.
Look.
Which son is by your side now?
The complete and perfect Yo...
is in the afterlife now.
Jung, who is the apple of your eye, can't even be by your side.
All you have is me.
I have become king and I am protecting you.
You will remember today.
You threw me away today, Mother.
But I will not leave.
From now on...
I will make sure I'm all you see.
I will build a temple in your honor.
I will build the largest and grandest temple in all of Goryeo
that perfectly honors you, Mother.
Also, I will create stories about our relationship and spread them everywhere.
I will tell them how much you cared for me.
And how fond I was of you, Mother.
We will be a mother and a son who loved one another so much.
Everyone will know about it.
And I...
I will become your one and only precious son.
This...
is my revenge...
for being thrown away by you.
You can leave now.
I will take good care of Mother.
Your punishment will be re-instated soon.
Why are you on Jung's side too?
You, of all people, should be on my side!
This is not about taking sides.
Because of your ego, Jung was not at her deathbed.
He is not the pitiful one.
It was always me who was cast aside!
Your Majesty.
Right before she died...
she finally touched this face of mine.
In all my 25 years of life, I have never had her to myself.
Is it so wrong to send her off on my own?
You...
should have said you understood me.
Who was it that put the mercury in the bath at the Damiwon?
It was Wook, wasn't it?
I don't know anything about it.
The girl who was a servant at Wook's home, Chae Ryung...
was she not a servant in your home originally?
Wasn't it you and Wook who put her in the Damiwon?
The attack on our oldest brother and Wang Gyu's Revolt...
Those were all Wook's ideas, right?
If it wasn't Wook...
I will have to assume it was you.
It wasn't me.
You know I don't have the capacity for that.
If you continue to hide it
we will punish you for selling silver to merchants by fooling them of the weight.
The punishment is being put into a boiling cauldron.
I only did the things that I was told.
It was all... Wook.
He planned it with the late king.
Then... I will ask you one more thing.
- Woo Hee. - Yes.
What's with the mood here?
Where is Chae Ryung?
What's going on? Why are you all here?
The king wants us to watch.
The king?
He says that is what will happen if you speak carelessly in the palace.
What is going on? Why would he do this?
Why would he do such an awful thing?
A Damiwon court lady committed a serious crime.
She is being punished by a beating.
A Damiwon court lady?
Who is it?
It is Chae Ryung.
Soo!
Soo, Soo!
My name is Hae Soo.
You are my servant, Chae Ryung. Right?
Yes, of course!
What happened?
Why didn't you tell me she was ill?
My apologies, Your Majesty.
Get out.
Chae Ryung...
Chae Ryung.
You can't get up yet.
Soo.
Go away!
Soo.
How could you?
How could you do that?
How could you do that to a person?
You beat her to death like a dog?
Chae Ryung... had been spying on you this whole time.
What?
She told the 9th Prince about us.
You still lots of work to do here.
That information got to the Queen Mother.
Hae Soo wrote this.
She took your belongings from the Damiwon.
They created suspicion that you were a foreign spy.
- Is this writing too? - Yes, it is.
You should learn to read and write too.
How can I learn at this age?
She holds some responsibility for preventing us from getting married.
It was also Chae Ryung who put the mercury into Moo's bath.
You and I are the only ones who are there for his baths.
So, what is this about mercury?
It wasn't me.
I'm telling the truth.
Do you remember when you first entered the palace?
Through the cave that comes up to the Damiwon's bath.
It was Chae Ryung who first told you about that place.
Lady, we need to get going now!
Be careful.
Chae Ryung learned about it from the 9th Prince.
That was why Eun couldn't run away.
The 9th Prince and Wook knew about it and had the royal guards waiting there.
Soo.
How could I have forgotten this place?
Chae Ryung told me about it.
I said I was frustrated being unable to see you.
Wook knew about that place...
That was...
She was trying to stay by your side to keep us apart.
She was waiting for a moment to harm you.
I had no reason or need to forgive her.
That girl...
her only crime was being born as a slave.
She was my little sister.
Rest.
Get more rest.
Forget everything.
It was Wook.
It all came from his head.
It all started with him.
He dares to use the throne as bait.
And thinks he can play around with me however he pleases?
Your Majesty.
You should look into it some more.
Who do I have left?
All I have is you and Hae Soo.
It's all because of Wook.
Now I've become a monster to Soo.
I will never let him get away with this.
Dear Lady Hae Soo.
I received this here.
I don't know how to read.
I only know my name.
How much of it was a lie?
My lady, please watch over my family.
I know the end is coming soon.
I wanted to admit everything to you.
I don't have the chance to do that anymore.
I am just a person who couldn't stop loving once I started.
I'm a foolish person like that.
Please help me.
- Give me a little, please. - Go!
Help me, please! I'll do anything.
Just a little bit of help.
I like your persistence, little girl.
Thank you. Thank you!
I'm certain that you will understand how I feel.
Chae Ryung doesn't regret it.
I don't resent anyone.
Whether there is value in doing something or not...
that is something only you can answer for yourself.
Soo.
Are you no longer angry?
I told you not to get greedy.
You were fooled by a mere mask.
Get out.
You told me to be satisfied just being a queen.
Then you should make this deal properly.
We are after the same thing within the Goryeo household, Your Majesty.
You want to protect the throne and I...
need an heir.
I need to make our son into a king.
What if I tell you to turn your back on Wook and your family?
Can you do it?
Can you completely turn on your brother and family?
If you become my only queen...
then I will make our child the Crown Prince.
You will be the queen and the Queen Mother.
The room was empty so I came to see if you were here.
What should I do now?
The person I love...
killed my little sister.
The king knew long ago that Chae Ryung was up to something.
That's why he tried to get her to leave the palace and your side.
But she latched on to you.
If she had not tried to stay in the palace longer
he would not have done that.
No matter what she did wrong...
how could he punish her so cruelly?
I don't know how to escape this misery.
Chae Ryung...
was just a person in love.
Don't do that.
When you make that face, even I get anxious.
How do you think my brother feels?
He is very worried.
He is genuinely concerned.
I have a favor to ask.
Give this to Jung.
You have to give him this message, as well.
What is it?
"I am willing."
If he does it...
you won't be sad anymore, right?
That's right.
"I am willing."
Hae Soo... desperately...
wants it.
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[Scarlet Heart: Ryeo]
I have something to confess.
Did you really intend on marrying Wook?
Yes, I did.
From now on, I will not see you again.
This Goryeo must belong to my son.
Let's get married. You are my eternal companion.
Isn't that a dead hawk?
You have cursed His Majesty!
Is this treason?
This is a misunderstanding. I am clearly being framed, Your Majesty.
For the crime of treason, you will have to be put to death.