(This drama is fictional and all characters, organizations,)
(and events are unrelated to historical events.)
Why were you standing there?
That way!
Forget "no touching" today.
Your Highness.
Are you all right?
Who is that?
Let us go. Go out.
(Episode 9)
I let them sleep in separate rooms so they can rest comfortably,
but I guess I made a mistake.
I heard something break in the house.
I woke up to that sound as well.
The door was ripped too.
It is suspicious, so we must take a look.
However, we may end up interrupting them.
It would not be strange if all of our household goods ended up broken.
That is the passion of newlyweds.
We should protect their privacy.
Keep your distance from the house as you stand guard.
Yes, sir.
I should go to the annex.
Will you keep watch over them?
- Yes. - Take good care of them.
Control yourself, woman.
You had to cause this trouble, didn't you?
Do you want to fight with me?
Who on earth are you fighting with?
Stay out of it.
This is between Kim So Yong and me.
As long as I'm in here,
I'll move this body as I please.
The soul inside supposed to be the owner of the body!
You must be still drunk.
You are unable to distinguish between a dream and reality.
- Thank goodness. - What are you talking about?
Even when I'm drunk, I always find my way home...
No. This isn't a dream.
There's no way you would show up in my dreams.
I am sorry that I appeared...
in your dreams.
Forget about your nightmare.
(Episode 9, Light and Darkness)
That tickles, Hong Yeon.
It is not here. If this is not the place, where is it?
What is wrong?
He was not flustered because of the past.
- Hey. Hey. - What?
I was told we should not go near the main house.
- Why? - I do not know.
- Have a seat. - Okay.
Honestly, I am worried about our Queen.
Did you hear anything?
About the Queen.
I heard that she runs around all over the place...
when she wakes up in the morning.
My gosh. Stop talking nonsense.
I saw her all her life, and I have never seen her run.
- My gosh. - It is true.
- My gosh. That is strange. - No, that is what I heard.
- No. - I do not believe you.
It is not.
- Oh, my. The chicken! - Grab it.
Stop right there!
He was wearing the robe of the Department of Justice.
That means...
You will end up dead. Stop drinking.
I am thirsty.
The more I think it is wrong, the more I want it.
I feel like I will die of thirst.
If you are thirsty, you must drink water, not liquor.
Over here. Bring us some water.
Yes, sir.
The more liquor you drink, the thirstier you get.
I slept so well as if I got hit and fainted.
I know.
My body feels so light.
You. You.
The land this house is on must be good. I slept so well.
Is it natural for you to wake up next to me?
Why would this be unnatural?
Unlike in the palace, we do not need to pick a date to share a room,
so it is more natural to sleep in the same room at your home.
It makes sense.
He's in enemy territory, so he needs to sleep next to me as a cover.
Your acting is so good today.
Okay. Let's pretend we had a hot night together.
It was such a hot night that it's a complete mess...
in here.
I guess you remember it this time.
I would have been sad if you had not remembered it...
like our first night together.
Is this a side effect of her memory coming back?
I'm like a calm baby when I sleep.
I don't have time to waste here.
I need to become an irreplaceable person to Sunwon soon.
So that even if a catastrophe occurs in the Han family,
they will never find me.
The man in the mask and I had the same target.
How much does Kim Byeong In know?
The ledger must not go into their hands.
I will return to the Palace today no matter what.
I will get the ledger today no matter what.
You will get sick like this.
When is the Queen returning to the Palace?
I will send a letter so she could return with King quickly.
I have never found life in the Palace to be boring,
but with the Queen gone for a couple of days, it feels so empty.
Is the Queen's food that exceptional?
It is not about her cooking. I have grown to like her.
Affection can be quite a scary thing.
I was hungry this morning...
I mean,
I missed the Queen dearly which made me wake up.
Gosh, you have my sympathy, Your Highness.
This is why being tamed can be a scary thing.
I am under the impression that I am using others,
but at one point, it was me who had been tamed.
That is why you must find other people who can be of use to you.
I will instruct the royal chefs to learn the Queen's recipes.
You have made my life at the palace very comfortable.
I have no reasons to leave the palace.
This is why I hold my current position.
It is to keep the perfect world you have, Your Highness.
Oh, right.
Tell Byeong In to come and see me from time to time.
Do you...
need to speak to him?
He is your adopted son. I had been too indifferent.
I can give him some errands from time to time.
You are getting old now.
You must focus only on important matters.
Everything that concerns you is important to me.
What are you doing?
Starting now, the Department of Justice...
will check the identities of the royal guards.
As royal guards serve to protect the King by his side,
we must be thorough to check their identities.
Do not allow them to take a step forward.
All of the royal guards have been verified...
through proper channels.
People can easily buy and sell genealogy charts nowadays.
Who knows?
Some guards might have entered...
the palace to plot treason with fake identities.
Cooperate with us, so we can fulfill our duties.
If you cannot find any evidence of your claim,
I will...
use my authority to the fullest extent.
That is if you can continue to hold your position.
Unless you are involved in the scheme, step aside.
- Search everywhere. - Yes, my lord.
Search every corner.
Do not leave any document.
Bring all of them to the Department of Justice.
- Yes, my lord. - Yes, my lord.
I hope you had a peaceful night.
I have brought in a beautiful bird.
What do you think?
The bird has beautiful feathers.
I have brought this precious bird in to celebrate an occasion.
Do you have good news?
The ill-fated relationship between the Queen...
and the Royal Noble Consort Eui is stronger than I had thought.
There is something I have not told you.
In fact, I have not told anyone.
It is a secret that only the Queen and I know.
The Queen believes I have stolen the King from her because of...
what happened eight years ago.
The poison on our arrow is growing stronger.
It is time for us to use our second item.
Yes.
It is difficult to find something similar,
so it is taking me some time.
But I will bring it to you even if I have to make it myself.
Use this.
They will find out about our royal guards in no time.
Let us find a way.
A man from the Department of Justice ran into you last night.
He saw your face. Will that be a problem?
I do not think he recognized me.
If we run into each other again,
he will realize I was going after the ledger.
But he was wearing a unique mask. It looked like a goblin.
Did he have a scar on his chin?
Yes. It seemed like an old scar.
He is the one who tortured O Wol.
So this confirms that Kim Jwa Geun...
had made his move through Kim Byeong In.
Fortunately,
he does not know that the location of the ledger has changed.
Tonight is the last chance we have.
Your Majesty, I have a letter from the palace.
This is the letter from Training Commander Kim Jwa Geun.
The head of the Department of Justice has come to deliver it.
Any member of the Department of Justice...
could have easily brought it to me.
But you brought it instead?
Do you have that much time on your hands?
I have brought it personally as it is very important.
Your Majesty and the Queen are asked to return to the palace right now.
The Training Commander...
is demanding me to return to the palace?
He is relaying the message from the Grand Queen Dowager.
I will stay here one more night for the Queen's health.
- Tell him that. - But...
I am done here.
Do not disturb the Queen's rest and go back.
Gosh.
His Majesty seems very concerned about the Queen's health.
I will relay that to him.
I will have breakfast with the Queen in her room.
Bring us your usual breakfast. Please make it light.
Yes, Your Majesty.
We will serve you our usual breakfast.
As Royal Noble Consort Eui's house is nearby,
I will ask about O Wol and return.
That is a great idea.
I felt bad for turning her away yesterday.
I will not be at the palace for one more night.
Please look after her.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Queen used to stay here all day. But now that the Queen is gone,
the royal kitchen feels so empty.
Now, I can breathe again.
Hey, you punk. Add more canola oil.
You punk.
You must chop it more finely.
You must cook it quickly not to mess up the shape.
Things here are surely pleasant and peaceful.
I do love being the boss.
- Royal Chef! - Royal Chef!
- Stop it. - Royal Chef.
- Royal Chef. - Royal Chef.
- Go back in. - Yes, my lord.
Excuse me, Court Lady Choi.
Court Lady Choi.
By the look on your face,
I take it that the Queen has not recovered yet.
No. She has made a full recovery.
Then, why the long face?
Lately, Her Highness has put me through a lot.
So when she is not around,
I thought I would not have to nag...
and I would feel at ease.
And?
I think I am getting even crazier.
I am worried to death about how unruly she would be without me.
Oh, my. They say you care more about a troublesome child...
rather than a good child.
Stop frowning.
Here.
Open it.
I picked it up off the ground on the way here.
These days,
you seem like mine but not.
These days,
you seem like mine but not.
These days, you seem like mine but not.
Why did he give me the trash he picked up on the way here?
My goodness.
The more I get to know him, the weirder he gets.
He could just throw it away. Why would he give it to me?
Oh, my.
Have you heard from O Wol?
Oh, no.
Did something bad happen to her?
She did not arrive at the house.
I think she went somewhere else as she feels sorry for you.
I have been asking around about her. Do not worry too much.
I told her about it over and over but she still...
I am looking for the norigae you handed to her.
If she had to go to the other place, she would have sold it.
I am scared...
if I lose all my people.
When is His Majesty coming back to the palace?
He is going to stay...
one more night.
It is not what you are thinking.
I cannot tell you the detail,
but it will be over tonight.
It is probably not that the King...
does not have time to care about other things,
but his feelings for me have changed.
Probably it is only me who is hanging onto the childhood memories.
I remember when I came back to Hanyang...
and met you with His Majesty two years ago.
Even if that day was the first time he saw you,
he definitely...
would have loved you.
Your words encourage me.
So this is the usual breakfast.
I'm the one who needs to convalesce. Why would you stay one more night?
I am staying to take care of you, My Queen.
You receive treatment from doctors and get medication from pharmacists.
The King has to take care of politics, not my health.
Do you know how much the citizens are suffering?
What you said is right, My Queen.
Yes, eat the terrapin soup quickly...
and go act like a king.
Don't waste the sacrifice of the terrapin.
Rather than the sacrifice of the terrapin, I will...
go out in disguise to see what the people are going through today.
I will come back at a late hour,
which means I have to stay one more night again.
You don't want to be at the palace too, right?
How awful if it's even worse than your in-laws' house.
Yes. It is nice and comfortable here.
What kind of person is Grand Queen Dowager?
She is the older sister of Lord Kim Jwa Geun.
She did not once stop out of the palace after she entered the palace.
If I present specialties from outside the palace...
to Sunwon who never went outside the palace...
You know...
They always eat gukbap in period dramas.
What does it taste like?
How would I know the taste of such a lowly food?
[VIU Ver] tvN E09 'Mr. Queen' "Light and Darkness" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥- Synced with Subcake Android
It is not that great.
It's scary how much you can miss something from the past.
They made broth with beef brisket and white radish,
seasoned it with doenjang and warmed the rice up by pouring the broth.
It has a lot of meat too. It's humble but has its own charm.
Jeotgal isn't used for the radish kimchi that accompanies the gukbap,
so it goes well without overpowering the taste.
They said Heonjong had gukbap every time he went outside the palace.
Darn it.
I have to pay taxes for my neighbor who ran away without paying them.
They are basically thieves.
Watch your tongue.
Do want to be beaten to death?
It is either I die from biting my tongue,
or I run away and join bandits.
Watch my tongue? I have nothing to lose!
They are taking everything. I wonder what the King is doing.
What do you expect?
Of course, he is one of those who are taking everything.
He is a puppet king who was given the throne to turn a blind eye...
to these things and approve anything they ask him to do.
Darn it.
Hey, hey.
I was listening behind you.
I see you have been going through a lot!
The people are dying because of such a foolish king.
Take this drink and forget your worries.
From what I see,
you look like a person of position.
I am a fake aristocrat.
The genealogical was so expensive.
I am basically a beggar without this garment and the genealogical record.
I heard some young people are all looks but no substance...
these days and you are one of them.
How dare you!
The country itself is all looks but no substance.
If people have substances, it will only be taken away.
That is funny.
Oh, my. This fake nobleman...
- has an interesting point of view. - It is funny.
They made a man from the traitor family a king.
It is not only empty but also rotten!
Does it make sense that a person from the family...
that committed treason throughout generations from his grandfather,
father, and brother became the King?
And what was the King thinking when he accepted the throne?
He is living at the mercy of the Kims...
who killed all his family like a gutless loser!
I know.
- Darn it. - It is true.
You've crossed the line.
You're free to curse at him,
but it's not nice to talk about his family!
There's a line you shouldn't cross even for malicious comments!
Moreover,
do you think being a king is all about living a comfortable life?
Being on the throne, he's living in danger of getting poisoned...
and getting his head chopped off all the time. It's brutal!
Are you from the palace?
Are you a spokesperson of the King or what?
Who on earth are you?
Me? I am...
I am a member of the King's fan club.
- What? - What is that?
"Fan club"?
Anti-fans are fans too.
Anyway, talk about his family one more time.
I will just flip the table!
- Got it? - Okay, okay.
Do not come near me!
I am sorry.
The bill, please!
Come here.
Oh, my.
Look at your temper.
Let go of me. Let go.
I really didn't get upset.
You said you're in disguise.
Your identity can't be revealed.
So I got angry for you.
Why? What?
You're a flipping amazing actress.
Do you even know what that means?
Is it not something good?
What does "fan club" mean by the way?
I can say they're honorable people
who wish for someone's happiness...
and success with pure hearts.
So it is like a spirit guide.
How about "anti-fans"?
Well...
Those who are even more interested in that person than the fan club?
Even more powerful spirit guide.
I do not deserve such feelings you have in me.
Whatever. If I get dethroned,
I'll sell gukbap and make a living.
Do not say such a thing.
I will not let that happen.
I am also your anti-fan.
Sure. That surely reassures me.
We should go our separate ways now.
You and I have different goals.
Let's see if there's a good restaurant people line up for.
"An" must mean "comfortable". "Ti"...
"Fan"?
I thought I had devoted myself to my studies.
I have a long way to go.
- Try our sample. - My goodness.
- There is a lot. - Oh, my.
- You should buy some, my lady. - Try it.
- I want it. - Gosh. What are you doing?
That looks good.
You startled me. What are you doing?
If you go into sketchy alleys, dressed in expensive clothes,
you will easily become a target.
- What target? - My goodness.
May I ask what you rich people are doing here?
This is what I am talking about.
Step aside. I do not want to hurt you.
Do you like her?
Gosh, there is no point.
And quit dreaming...
that I am the only one here.
This is what I always felt.
As you are an educated bandit, your expressions are classy.
- Be classy. - Yes.
Do not worry. I will protect you.
I am your anti-fan.
What is he saying?
That scared me.
Regardless of the era and where I am,
I should always stay away from shady places.
Take care of them for me, Cheoljong.
But if something happens to him,
will history change?
Hey! I was in the Special Forces!
He already lost?
Cheoljong.
Are you dead?
I don't know how to get home.
My gosh. What brings a rich lady...
I thought you came back because you were worried about me.
Did you come back here because you cannot find your back home?
What happened to those thugs?
They ran after a guy who was wearing a more expensive robe.
Do not worry. I will protect you.
I am your anti-fan.
What is he saying?
The era we live in is not peaceful...
that you cannot show us your back.
You must recognize a crisis when you are in one.
My gosh. That was like a poem.
Hey. Is that from the Qing Empire?
It looks nice. If we sell it, we can feed ourselves for five days.
Take it off.
You should never show your back.
I did not kill him.
But I plan to kill the next guy that comes at me.
By the way, why is he on the ground?
He is drunk.
Anyway, you got so lucky.
What's up with your clothes?
Come to think of it, I will not be able to go around unnoticed...
in a nobleman's robe.
What are you doing?
I need to buy some things.
I left in a hurry, so I couldn't bring money.
- Okay. - You are robbing a robber.
Hey. No.
Let me see. It is not fair to take the whole thing.
Have a bowl of gukbap.
Here.
- Let's go. - What do you need to buy?
Go on.
He knew how to fight.
Seeing how he was guarding the room,
I am sure the item exists.
Will you be able to recognize him if you were to see him again?
Of course. My lord,
I need the medicine.
I made myself very clear.
I said if you failed, I will not give you the medicine.
How will you pay me back?
Will you give me your hand?
I will repay you.
I swear it on my life.
All right. Guess what this is.
This is the moon jar from the Goryeo Dynasty.
Really? This is so valuable.
- How much is it? - It is fake.
Buy it if you want to use it as a protection again.
How dare you con me?
Pick one.
I'm all-in.
My gosh. My lady, you cannot gamble that much money.
This is a capitalistic society where money wins.
- I'm all-in. - I am sorry.
- Hey, what are you doing? - My lady.
My lady.
- Open it. - Open it.
A trickster like him must have his gang around the table.
I am sure all the spectators are there to encourage gambling.
You were born a king.
And yet, you seem to know the streets inside out.
Goodness. But you denied it so strongly.
That is my weakness.
My family has swept away in a scheme to commit treason.
Prince Ganghwa.
My family history is my weakness that drags me down.
Do you have nightmares...
where you get chewed out in the court or what?
A real nightmare is not the dream I have when I go to sleep.
A real nightmare...
Why did you stop midway?
I forgot what I was about to say.
Actually,
I have been meaning to ask you a question.
How come you have not told anyone about that night?
- About what? - How I tried to harm you.
Oh, that? I do not want to get involved.
I just want to skate over all the hardships.
I wish there would be peace in our empire soon,
so I could lounge around.
Saving the empire is totally not my style.
Gosh.
I should get up to greet you, Prince Yeongpyeong.
But I slept on a cold mountain,
so my whole body aches.
If I had stayed there for one more night,
my handsome lips would have gone numb.
- Are you done? - What do you mean?
Your whining.
Including some bragging.
I do have more to go on,
but I will stop here as you seem to have an urgent matter.
Gosh. All right. What is this about?
I heard that you make the best masks.
Go pick some over there.
My gosh. The teeth...
I do not want a typical mask.
I am thinking about selling unique masks to civil servants.
"Unique"?
These days, you seem to be mine, but not
At the same time
Boil the water.
- Boil the water. - My gosh.
Yes, sir.
- Royal Chef. - Yes?
The Grand Queen Dowager would like a late-night snack,
but I am not sure if you will be able to make it.
Why you...
I have worked in the royal kitchen for 30 years,
and it has been 12 years since I became the Royal Chef.
How can I be worse than the Queen? If anything, I am better than her.
I trust you fully.
Darn it. Again.
Again.
Hurry up.
This is all we have?
I milked all the cows we have in the barn.
There is not a single drop of milk left.
Nonsense!
What?
You incompetent jerk!
Your Highness.
I suddenly feel so annoyed, and everything upsets me.
Neither one of these mixed-up body,
and the other body that's lying like a corpse,
feels like me.
I don't even know if my name is Jang So Yong or Kim Bong Hwan now.
Well, your memory came back.
so I am sure you feel confused.
Do you know what I hate the most?
I'm getting more accustomed to this body.
I feel comfortable wearing a skirt now.
You must be on your period. I will bring you a pad.
(Sanitary pad)
I'm...
on my period?
Court Lady Chun!
Yes, Your Highness.
Why has the Queen not returned to the Palace yet?
I will send another letter right away.
It is not like we are at war.
Send it as soon as the sun rises tomorrow.
Yes, Your Highness.
Is my brother's word not as powerful anymore?
It is a sin to get older.
I am so hungry.
I still have one left.
There is nobody in here.
Special Director Hong.
It is you. Come in.
Were you waiting for my return?
How did you know I just came back?
Goodness.
Hold on.
How could you look so terrible in two days?
Special Director Hong.
Did you lose all your money to a swindler?
Did you lose the deed to your home?
That is a mistake I made when I was 14 years old and naive.
It is a bigger problem.
Did you lose the deed to your land?
That already happened when I went to get back the...
Your family has had a lot of misfortune too.
Should I choose family or love?
That is the question.
Poor thing.
Poor thing. Goodness.
It really is a big problem.
Your Highness. The Grand Queen Dowager...
requests that you come to Tongmyeongjeon Hall quickly.
Did you call for me?
You do not believe that you are at fault...
for the death of the late king. Am I right?
That is why you are doing all that you can to blame my family.
Your Highness.
You may insult me all you want,
but please protect our late king.
You are using my son as a shield again.
I cannot believe you are impudent enough to blame someone else...
to cover up your guilt.
A human being must know themselves...
to avoid making the same mistakes twice.
Thank you for your lesson.
I am so tired that I cannot take off my socks.
I would gladly take them off for you.
It is Surit-nal soon.
That is the expiration date of my tolerance.
I have returned.
I see.
I heard that the Department of Justice was quite busy today.
I heard you went against the Royal Guard Division.
Many things were suspicious,
so I wanted to find evidence before reporting it to you.
There are many suspicious people in the Royal Guard Division.
There are exactly seven, I believe.
Were you aware of them?
Did you think I left them alone because I was unaware?
If you look into them like that, what do you think they would do?
They will dig themselves a deeper tunnel and go into hiding.
They'll become more clever and act in secret.
What you can see cannot pose a threat.
You have to make them believe that you do not see them.
That way you can go after and kill them right away...
when they cause a problem.
I was short-sighted.
Did you think...
I simply put him in that position because...
he is not capable of doing what a king should do?
It is because I implanted fears into his mind myself.
It is easy to handle those who have fears.
If the one sitting on a higher seat fears me,
my power is greater than his.
When it comes to matters related to the King, I will ask you first.
Go in and take a rest.
They will never find you if you hide in here.
I will come and get you no matter what.
But until then, you should never, ever come out.
What about my brothers? What about you, Mother?
I am fine as long as you are alive.
You are my only son.
If you die,
I will die anyway.
Hurry up!
It is all an illusion.
It is not real.
I should hurry and get the ledger.
Was I mistaken?
It is impossible.
I am innocent, Won Beom.
I am falsely accused. I cannot close my eyes, my son.
Won Beom! Won Beom!
- I did not do it. - Won Beom.
- Won Beom. - Won Beom.
- You are the only one who is alive. - I am resentful.
- No, it is a lie. - If your whole family died...
It is just a fear inside my mind.
- No, no. - I curse you.
- No. - I curse you.
Kim So Yong.
What is it? She looks just like her.
Do you think you will be like the number one Kim So Yong?
There is something they have in common. They do not have mothers.
"This book is written by a scholar of Joseon."
(Dongmongseonseup, Kim So Yong)
I will discuss the summary of Five Relationships.
Father and son, ruler and subject, husband and wife,
elder brother and younger brother, and friend and friend.
These are Five Relationships.
You memorized everything until the book is ripped.
Why would you recite it again?
Today is my mom's funeral day.
It is her book.
So that is what you do when you miss your mom.
(Dongmongseonseup)
I cry every day.
Then I found a way to see my mom.
What is it?
If I die, I can see my mom.
You are alive.
Did you also come here to die?
What are you talking about?
I came here to die.
Do you want to live? Because you are scared of dying?
No.
Everyone died except for me. That is scarier.
Then...
let us go together.
Let us do it on the count of three.
Yes.
The sound is coming from here!
Brother?
Do you know how much I worried about you?
The whole family was searching for you.
Brother.
I will come down.
Just give me a ladder.
Fine.
I am sorry. I thought about it, but I want to live.
You actually want to live too, right?
I will come back.
If you want to live,
if you want to live again, come up to give it back to me.
- Does it reach the ground? - Yes!
Father.
Please.
Lady So Yong, Lady So Yong.
Father, please. Please, Father.
Father! Please!
Please, Father!
- Please. - Put the rock on it.
Father, no! Please no!
Father! You cannot do it!
No! Father!
Please no! Father! No!
Please, Father! You cannot do it!
Father, no! Please, Father!
Father!
Both Mother and that child...
I did not believe their promises anyway.
It will only stop after I die.
It will not stop until this well is filled with rainwater.
Never.
Save me, save me!
Save me! Save me!
Save me! Please!
I am sorry! Please save me!
It is my fault.
I am responsible for his death.
Because I did not keep the secret.
Because I told the maidservant about him.
You heard what the adults said.
His family committed treason.
He did nothing wrong though.
You are a good person, are you not?
Please, Brother.
Hurry up and come.
My brother is indeed a good person.
Save me. Save me.
Please. Save me.
We should hurry and go.
You really came.
You came as you had promised.
(Dongmongseonseup)
I want to live.
Like you.
(Kim So Yong)
People are afraid of darkness.
So they try to chase it away by lightening it up with light.
(Confidential)
But the stronger the light is,
the darker the shadow is.
Hwa Jin.
(Mr. Queen)
What happened?
I know right. I almost touched him.
It was dangerous.
You might have come as you wanted.
But you cannot go as you want.
I am sure it is fabricated.
You are saying it is a fake identity?
I will defeat the barbarian using another barbarian.
This is how I become irreplaceable.
From K-food to K-beauty.
Fears and anxiety paralyze one's reason.
You are indeed my anti-fan.
I had a lot of concerns, but I found a way.