UNDER THE QUEEN'S UMBRELLA
EPISODE 10
Do you know Physician Kwon O-gyeong?
Do you mean the physician who treated His Royal Highness?
Yes.
I heard you were the one who recommended him
as the physician for the Crown Prince.
Is that true?
How could a mere concubine
make a recommendation for the physician of the Crown Prince?
However, I did mention to my father
that Physician Kwon treated me for a stomach ulcer.
But…
why do you ask?
I wondered
if I could find his whereabouts through you.
I wish to bring him back to the palace,
but I cannot seem to reach him.
May I ask why you wish to bring him back to the palace?
How could you lose the ground plan?
Our plan may get exposed if the location of our armory is revealed.
You need to see this too.
Is this not a royal edict?
A royal edict?
You are appointed as the head of the Royal Commandery Division?
What is the King after? Why do you think he gave me such an edict?
This may be a trap.
You cannot make a rash move.
No.
It does seem dangerous,
but it could also be an opportunity for us.
Your Majesty.
Do you suspect Physician Kwon was involved in the death of His Royal Highness?
Does it not seem strange?
Not only did he suddenly disappear,
but his whereabouts are also a mystery.
Have you not heard from the one we sent to his hometown?
No.
We are trying to look into his past,
but it does not seem easy to find any traces of it.
In that case,
look into the connection between the Chief State Councilor and Physician Kwon.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Grand Prince Muan is in Hanseong right now.
What?
Grand Prince Muan?
Why is he there?
Hanseong?
So,
you wished to speak to me?
I will accept your offer,
receive the royal edict, and go to the palace.
You made a wise decision.
Let me escort you there according to the royal command.
But on one condition.
You cannot take Seo Ham-deok to the palace.
Why not?
Are you anxious since I am about to win the contest?
He is plotting treason.
He is a rebel who gathered monks to plan a rebellion.
I even saw the weaponry he hid in a cave.
Do you expect me to believe you?
I found this in his chamber.
It shows the way into the King's bedchamber and the hall of governance.
On top of that, Seo Ham-deok is under suspicion of murder.
I do not care.
I will bring him to the palace
even if he is plotting treason or murdered someone.
If you insist on taking him,
I will stop you.
I will tell Father everything.
Is that so?
Go ahead and try.
But you better do your best.
I will kill anybody who stands in my way.
Even if it is you.
Travel relentlessly. You must arrive before Grand Prince Gyeseong.
How could you stray during the contest
only to spend the night with a woman?
It is not a sin to fall in love.
Does that make it okay?
Forget it.
You no longer qualify.
Go to the quarters of the Crown Prince and retrieve your plaque yourself!
Yes.
I was planning on doing that anyway.
To be honest,
I do not even have the slightest ambition to be the Crown Prince.
To be even more honest, that is what you wanted, not me.
I never said I wanted to do it.
Court Lady Shin.
Take him away immediately before I kill him myself.
What will you do about her?
I am not fooling around with Cho-wol.
Please allow me to have her as my concubine.
What?
Your concubine?
You are not even married, yet you wish to have a woman you love
-only as your concubine? -You must leave now. Hurry!
Where is she right now?
Have you forgotten what I said to you?
I have not.
So I tried my best.
I thought
I could do it if I tried.
Did you think it would be easy to take your heart back?
That is why I tried to stop this
before your love grew deeper.
Do you think he will be any different from other noblemen?
He says he is not fooling around with you
but he only wants to have you as a concubine.
He may be my son,
but he is not someone you can depend on for life.
I do not wish to depend on him for life.
I am happy to remain as a jieum he shares his heart with.
JIEUM: CONGENIAL FRIEND
It is not too late to take back your love for Grand Prince Muan.
If you tell me to cut our ties,
I shall do that.
However,
I cannot promise to take back my love for him.
I was the one who gave him my love and let it grow.
It was all my choice.
Please let me choose how this will end.
I thought you would be different.
"Even if one is born into a low social status or as a woman,
their life should not be any different."
I heard you were the one who taught him so.
Is that not why you established Hyewolgak?
Just resent me instead.
When it comes to my children,
I am only a selfish woman who speaks empty words.
-Over here. -Here.
Over here.
Hush-a-bye
Hush-a-bye, my baby
Sleep well
My baby
Hush-a-bye
5 YEARS AGO
-How can this be? -Goodness.
-What has she done? -Goodness me.
-She should be ashamed. -He should kick her out.
It is that girl.
You wretch!
How dare you frame your master and report him to the government office?
Frame you?
You raped me!
You little…
You are still out of your mind.
What are you all doing?
What is going on?
I am teaching a lesson to my loose handmaiden,
so mind your own business and go on your way.
I wanted to go on my way,
but you two seem to contradict each other.
Is it true that you were raped by him?
That wretch.
You will get hurt if you stay here.
I am all right, so you should leave.
I am all right too.
Stay right behind me.
Is it true that you raped this woman?
Rape?
That lustful lowly brat wanted to turn her life around,
so she threw herself at me.
She is a promiscuous woman, so the child may not be mine.
-My goodness. -Why did she do that?
-What was that? -Did she slap him?
-Oh, my. -She slapped a nobleman.
You wretch! Did you just lay your hands on me?
Yes, I did.
Not only did you rape that woman,
but you also framed and humiliated her,
inflicting harm on her again.
You must be out of your mind.
What are you all doing?
Stop right there!
Goodness, Your Majesty the Queen.
-Her Majesty? -She is the Queen?
-Goodness. -Oh, my.
Are you all right, Your Majesty?
What shall I do?
Should I make a request to His Majesty
and get to the bottom of it?
I deserve to die.
-Please forgive me, Your Majesty. -You are wrong.
You are not to apologize to me.
Yes.
I am… I am sorry, Eo-ri.
Not only did I rape you,
but I also blamed you for everything.
Please forgive me.
Your Majesty.
You have consoled me enough.
I plead with you to stop.
Once you leave,
my life may become even harder.
I have already meddled with your life.
-Over here! -I got you!
Over here!
Hey!
I got you!
-Here! -Over here!
This is where you will stay from now on.
-Show her the way. -Yes, Your Majesty.
This way.
-Right here. -Over here!
My baby
Will wake up
Hush-a-bye, my baby
Do you also think I am too harsh on Cho-wol?
That girl did not back down against me.
I guess she grew up well here.
She seems to be destined to be a part of your life.
After all, Hyewolgak was established because of her.
Have you decided on the name?
Yes, I feel like the baby is a girl.
So I will name her Cho-wol.
Cho-wol…
What a beautiful name.
Goodness.
What is it?
My baby suddenly began to move after hearing that name.
Hush-a-bye, my baby
Hush-a-bye
My baby
GRAND PRINCE MUAN
PRINCE UISEONG, GRAND PRINCE SEONGNAM, GRAND PRINCE GYESEONG, PRINCE BOGEOM
I will take it separately.
This is from Her Grace, Consort Tae.
You have one day left.
You must leave at sunrise as you promised.
Shin Baek-deok!
Give him four mal and five doe.
-Very well. -Goodness, that was worth my while.
That was worth it.
Next, Hwang Sun-ok.
One basket, so give him one mal and five doe.
One mal and five doe.
One basket of ocean quahogs should give them three mal.
But they only get one mal and five doe per basket.
Yes.
Only half of the profit goes to the people of this island.
A fifth may be his commission,
but another three-tenths is gone.
Or someone could have embezzled it.
It opened.
I just grilled these.
-Would you like a taste? -I am all right.
What are you doing?
You cannot do this.
If you are searching his chambers while he is gone,
I will keep watch.
You have to come out.
People are coming.
"Manwol Island chibuchaek"?
CHIBUCHAEK: A TRANSACTION RECORD OF MONEY AND GOODS
Where did he embezzle such great wealth to?
What is this atrocious behavior?
You forced me to let you stay here,
and then you even went through my chambers!
-I was-- -Leave this island now.
Right now!
What is that?
Manwol Island chibuchaek.
The money he took from and gave the people of the island is recorded here.
Even if you find something through that,
we have already been kicked out.
Would he even budge?
If he truly defrauded all this money,
he should be kicked off the island, not us.
We do not have the right to decide who stays here.
Our mission is to simply bring Park Gyeong-u to the palace.
You should find a means to persuade him instead.
No, I do not want to persuade him to come to the palace.
Now that I found out there is a nobleman who defrauds the people,
I must right this wrong no matter what.
I will get to the bottom of this.
So if you are going to join me, give me what you have in your arms.
MANWOL ISLAND CHIBUCHAEK
It is all falling into place now.
Park Gyeong-u…
What an interesting man.
What was that?
It means I will stick with you to the end.
What is on your mind?
I was thinking about how I shall deal with the opposition
of the court officials.
That will be the last mountain I must conquer in this contest.
Yes.
You must cross that mountain
to bring back the true meaning of taekhyeon.
Mother has recovered from her ailment, so she will not just sit on her hands.
However, this time,
I cannot crown the prince according to what others want,
but according to who truly has what it takes.
Goodness, be careful.
Come here kids.
-How nice. -This tastes good.
This is nice.
Goodness.
-Master. -We got a lot of ocean quahogs.
You have worked hard.
-Please eat. -Thank you.
-Go on.
You have worked hard.
Eat up, everyone.
-Please excuse me. -Very well.
Go on then.
Why are you still here?
I have unfinished business with you.
Is that so?
Did you not look into me and search my chambers
because you were suspicious of me?
If you are a corrupt man who defrauds the people,
we should even search your undergarments to discern the truth.
So? Did you find anything?
Yes.
You took an excessive amount of commission from the people
and even pocketed three-tenths more, according to this book.
Appointing a talent is like using dishware.
However, you found out that I have been defrauding the people.
You must discard this broken dish now.
Discarding may be a way,
but we tried putting the broken pieces together.
Then we finally saw how you used the defrauded money.
Yes, the commission you took from them
was used to pay off the villagers' debts to Uichang, the Righteous Granaries.
And today, the village finally paid off the grains they took out from Uichang.
And the additional three-tenths you took is right here.
-Goodness, this is good. -All right now.
You created a cooperative society with that money.
You helped them open up a store to help make a living in the low season
when ocean quahogs are not caught.
In the end, the three-tenths you took became the capital for their independence.
Manwol Island will now do well even without you.
Yes.
They found economic independence, just as you wanted.
You are right.
What you two said is right.
However, I have bad news.
I do not wish to work for the King.
What if you are to work for the people, not for the King?
If you come with us, we will help you implement your theory
for the sake of our people.
So,
please work for other children of this kingdom who are like Yeon-ji.
You are both bright, just like your father.
Do you know who our father is?
Very well.
Let us leave when the sea opens up tomorrow morning.
I send you my children, the candidates for the next Crown Prince.
Please discern which one of them is fit to become the next King.
You said you could not be my subject.
But that does not mean you cannot be the teacher of the Crown Prince.
I ask this of you as a friend.
Grand Prince Seongnam is not of royal blood?
No.
On top of that, Her Majesty became pregnant
during the period of mourning for the late King.
If he is not the child of His Majesty, he should be kicked out of the palace.
This is how we end up losing yet another grand prince.
It is too early to be relieved.
The final evaluation must be made.
How will the King conduct the final evaluation?
It must be the same way as the cohort selection.
That is not likely.
Do you not know what he is like?
He seems so confident, so it means he must have another plan.
He may have planned something
ever since he decided to turn the taekhyeon into a contest.
Is this rumor truly going around the capital?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Yes, it has spread everywhere from the deep mountains to the palace.
Go through every corner of the capital and retrieve every single one.
THE LADY WAS IMPREGNATED BY ANOTHER MAN…
The rumor is spreading like wildfire.
Please give my son back!
He is an unlucky prince who cannot be in our genealogy.
Consider him never to have existed.
Let go of me.
Let go of me!
The Queen Dowager's confidence
came from this.
I will not leave before I get the medicine.
I need that medicine right now.
By the way,
what happened to the one who was ill then?
He briefly recovered after that medicine.
But my older brother's illness worsened, and he passed away.
I see.
So it was for your older brother.
I am sorry.
No.
I got the medicine thanks to your collateral,
and I got a chance to talk to him for a short while.
Thank you.
Did you really come to Manwol Island because of me?
Yes.
I came right away when I heard that you were here.
Why?
Thump.
This is the usual speed of my heartbeat.
But whenever I see you…
Thump, thump.
It beats normally.
What do you mean?
It means I like you.
It is so pretty.
It really is.
When you see
another beautiful sunrise just like this one,
you will surely think of me, right?
Are we not leaving?
I have to reveal the truth
before Seo Ham-deok arrives at the palace.
Prince Uiseong is returning to Hanseong with Seo Ham-deok on the palanquin.
I killed a civilian to make Seo Ham-deok come with me.
However, he is coming under one condition.
Please kill the other inspector you came with.
We must move quickly.
The Queen Dowager has a different plan now,
so I must take this chance to get rid of Grand Prince Gyeseong.
What are you thinking?
If things go wrong after inflicting harm on a grand prince,
our family will be wiped out.
I cannot let Prince Uiseong become a murderer.
This is a great chance
to drag the Queen down along with Grand Prince Gyeseong.
So Father, hurry and send swordsmen who can keep a secret.
Grand Prince Gyeseong will have chosen the fastest way back to Hanseong.
Do not inflict the slightest scratch on his body.
We must catch him alive.
Once the evidence is in my hands,
it is my turn to step up.
I will create a reason why Grand Prince Gyeseong must die.
What did you just say?
I said it is impossible for Grand Prince Gyeseong to be crowned.
He has a hideous nature
and an immoral heart.
What is the basis of your statement?
There is evidence.
You will know once you see it.
If a letter is found along with his body,
nobody will become suspicious.
In the end, Grand Prince Gyeseong will be known as a prince
who took his own life because his secret came out.
Once the King finds out his secret,
he will want to cover it up quietly.
Consort Ko.
Show His Majesty the portrait.
How long will you make him wait?
-Your Majesty. -What brings you here, My Queen?
I came to retrieve Grand Prince Gyeseong's property.
Consort Ko.
Give that to me.
Give it to me now.
What in the world is that thing?
It is nothing, Your Majesty.
What do you mean, it is nothing?
How long will you try to hide Grand Prince Gyeseong's hideous secret?
Hideous secret?
What do you think this is for you to say something so absurd?
This is a portrait of Grand Prince Gyeseong as a woman.
He is only a man on the outside.
He is a woman at heart.
Consort Hwang.
If you fail to prove what you just said,
I will never
forgive you.
Very well.
But if what I said is true,
hold him accountable for bringing disgrace on the royal court,
as well as the Queen who bore him, brought him up,
and yet failed to rectify his hideous heart, Your Majesty.
Bring it to me.
Now!
Consort Hwang, explain this.
How is this painting related to Grand Prince Gyeseong in any way?
I know the contest is fierce,
but how dare you slander him like this?
Your Majesty, it is not like that.
I will not condone this incident.
Your Majesty.
May I punish Consort Hwang
according to the rules of the ladies of the royal palace?
You may do that.
Let us go.
Where is that portrait?
Where did you put it?
Consort Hwang.
What are you talking about?
The portrait of Grand Prince Gyeseong as a woman!
Have you gone insane?
How could you say something so atrocious?
Also, Consort Hwang,
we are both first junior consorts.
Show some courtesy.
Are you finally awake?
Are you all right?
What happened?
Please forgive me, Your Majesty.
I have put Grand Prince Gyeseong in danger.
What do you mean?
I revealed his secret to Consort Hwang.
You must hurry.
His life is in danger.
Consort Ko, you must switch out the portrait first.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You must save Grand Prince Gyeseong. Hurry.
And Court Lady Shin.
Find out what Consort Hwang is up to.
The Queen Dowager and Chief State Councilor
know about you.
Many people in the palace found out.
You must
hide this for the rest of your life.
So…
please hide here
until you fully recover.
No.
I have no time to be here.
Seo Ham-deok is about to begin a rebellion.
I must inform Father of this immediately.
He already knows.
Hear, Seo Ham-deok.
I wish to appoint you as the head of the Royal Commandery Division.
Do you accept?
I receive your boundless grace.
Father, please recant your royal command.
During the mission, I witnessed Seo Ham-deok's plan for treason.
He is a rebel who gathered monks in an attempt to start a rebellion.
A rebel? Impossible, Your Majesty.
Shut your mouth!
Arrest the rebel, Seo Ham-deok!
Your Majesty, I am not a rebel.
I am not a rebel, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
I am being framed!
This is slander!
Let go of me!
Your Majesty!
I wanted to arrest him in Mount Gyeryong,
but I wanted to complete my mission and bring him to the palace,
so I had to hide it until this moment.
Prince Uiseong.
Yes, Father.
If you had known Seo Ham-deok was a rebel,
even if bringing him was your mission,
you should not have brought him before me, the King.
I apologize.
Seo Ham-deok was arrested?
Yes.
The King already noticed and brought him in.
The King?
Does this mean everything was a trap?
If Seo Ham-deok was caught,
it means it is a matter of time before we are exposed.
Yes.
We may also be in peril if he gets tortured and reveals it all.
Find out where Seo Ham-deok is confined and who is interrogating him.
You must move discreetly.
Yes.
You have done well.
It has been a while.
Have you been well, Your Majesty?
Very well.
Between the two princes, whose royal edict did you accept?
GRAND PRINCE GYESEONG
PRINCE UISEONG, GRAND PRINCE SEONGNAM, PRINCE BOGEOM
Mother.
Thank you.
You have done well.
Please tell me I have done well after the contest is all over.
Very well.
I will.
By any chance, have you all seen it?
Only the identification plaque of Grand Prince Gyeseong is gone.
Oh, my. Then Prince Uiseong must have won in Mount Gyeryong.
By the way, has Grand Prince Gyeseong returned?
I have not seen him here.
Well, I guess it is taking a while for him to return.
That young man must have many things he wants to do
outside of the palace.
What is taking so long?
The decision has been made.
Both Prince Bogeom and Grand Prince Seongnam made it.
Congratulations, Your Grace.
Prince Bogeom…
Does that mean a total of three princes are up for the final evaluation?
Yes, Prince Bogeom, Grand Prince Seongnam, and Prince Uiseong are up.
I am so proud of my son.
But from now on, the contest will depend on their power, not competence.
Prince Bogeom could become the cohort, but could he really be crowned?
Then what must I do now?
Before we discuss that, you must all come now.
Why have all ladies of the royal palace been called?
What is going on?
As of today, the rank of Cho-yeon of the Hwang family
shall be demoted
from first junior consort to fourth junior consort.
Fourth junior consort?
That is the lowest rank among concubines.
Oh, my, what is going on?
Your Majesty.
You cannot do this.
Your slandering and defaming of the Grand Prince
should be paid for with your death.
But I am showing you mercy,
for you are the mother of Prince Uiseong, Fourth Junior Consort Hwang.
It is not that I cannot kill you.
I choose not to.
I only wish to keep my son's secret.
Fourth Junior Consort Hwang.
How did you end up like this?
How dare you?
How dare you look a Third Junior Consort right in the eyes, Fourth Junior Consort?
You must abide by the royal customs and treat me with respect from now on.
Mother, calm down.
I will make sure I repay them for this humiliation.
You must
become the Crown Prince.
Yes, Mother.
I will be crowned
and return you to your rightful position.
This is a forged letter found at the scene
where Grand Prince Gyeseong supposedly took his life.
However,
the handwriting of this letter
was confirmed as your writing, Court Lady Nam.
Who was it?
Tell me who gave you the order to forge this note right now.
If you do not, not only will I take your life,
but the one you serve will also be put in danger.
It was not me.
Someone else
has imitated my handwriting.
Open the doors.
What do you think you are doing, Queen?
I was expecting you.
Court Lady Nam.
Tell me what happened.
Your Royal Highness.
That letter was written in my handwriting.
But I have not done such a thing.
Your Majesty.
What kind of a trick are you playing?
You may all leave.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Yes, I have played a little trick.
I changed it with Court Lady Nam's handwriting.
What are you trying to do?
How can the Queen use such a cheap trick like a lowly scoundrel?
I am only returning what I have learned from you.
You have framed
the Chief State Councilor
for your attempted murder of Grand Prince Seongnam.
Therefore,
I only turned
what the Chief State Councilor did
to Grand Prince Gyeseong into your doing.
I did not know you would resort to such a lowly way, Queen.
When you created those slanderous papers about Grand Prince Seongnam,
you should have been ready to face this.
What is it
that you want?
Now,
would you…
like to hear my offer?
Your Majesty.
We must now begin the final evaluation.
The evaluation
will not be held here.
I summoned you here today
for the unity of the Crown Prince's tutors.
In that case,
who are the evaluators and where will the final evaluation be held?
The final evaluation of the taekhyeon
will be made by the Confucian scholars of Sungkyunkwan.
-That is implausible, Your Majesty. -That is implausible, Your Majesty.
The scholars of Sungkyunkwan?
How could you leave the evaluation to those young scholars?
This is impossible, Your Majesty.
What do you think, Chief State Councilor?
It is said that a subject is the mirror image of a king.
So although I found out about your crime,
how could I put all the blame on you?
Do you not think it will be a fair fight
even if the scholars evaluate them?
I believe it is right to do this your way, Your Majesty.
It was your decision
to begin a contest as a means of the taekhyeon.
Chief State Councilor, why are you doing this?
What do you think, Minister Yoon?
I cannot say there is no concern as this is a novel method.
But I do think it is worth a try.
If there is any opposition,
you must speak up now.
The scholars have all gathered.
I see.
Things will become quite busy.
Your Majesty.
Since when did he plan on leaving the decision to the scholars?
Are you saying
you will leave the final evaluation to the scholars?
Yes.
They are the ones who can come to a decision
without taking a side.
They are the furthest away from vested interests and politics.
But most of them are the sons of court officials
or those who are involved in some way.
It is impossible, even for those scholars, to be freed from such interests.
However, they will become the subjects of the next King.
Hence, he is trying to let them choose the King themselves.
If things go as planned,
Grand Prince Seongnam will avoid a disadvantageous situation.
That way,
no matter what the result is,
I will be able to accept it.
But the Queen Dowager and the officials will not leave them alone.
They will make an attempt to reach them.
Of course.
However,
nobody can leave that place
until the Crown Prince is decided.
PRINCE UISEONG
GRAND PRINCE SEONGNAM
PRINCE BOGEOM
UNDER THE QUEEN'S UMBRELLA
You have come far by showing great performance during the contest.
Either Prince Uiseong or Prince Bogeom should remain in the contest.
It is advantageous for us to let them compete against each other.
We need to make that person stand on our side.
This is the only way to get the scholars to turn their backs.
From now on, the general opinion of the scholars will fluctuate.
Please choose Prince Uiseong.
I cannot accept it
if I lose like this.
Subtitle translation by: Eun-sook Yoon