"Cruel Palace" "Episode 6" "Does it make you so happy that you are young?" "Of course it does!" "I am happier than you are." "You are happier than I am?" "I thought Your Highness would be" "I would be what?" "would be a wrinkly old grandpa." "What's that?" "You thought I was a wrinkly grandpa?" "Yes, Your Highness." "But you're actually so young in real life." "I feel so much better." "I was almost rejected by you!" "Your Highness!" "What do you mean rejection?" "Think about it." "Who would want to get married to Your Highness?" "Why do you ask?" "You have taken all the pretty girls." "How could a girl like me be good enough for you?" "Even if you were to acknowledge me once in a while you'd probably get sick of me quickly." "That's true." "But it still doesn't matter." "I have been with the nation's strongest man." "What else could I ask for?" "Why you you you you." "Your Highness." "I am Court Lady Kim." "Come on in." "I am going to have to sleep here tonight." "Then please go to your quarters for a bit." "What for?" "If you go rest there for a bit we will complete your sleeping arrangements for tonight." "What preparations?" "They are so picky!" "Please wait for just a bit Your Highness." "You think I'm acting like this because I'm desperate for a woman?" "Do you like Lady Kim?" "I like her boldness!" "She takes after her father Kim Ja Jeom." "More shallow-minded than anyone else!" "Well... it is most likely part of Kim Ja Jeom's plan." "He probably thinks he knows everything about me." "Don't you think?" "If we start talking about shallow-minded people he and I are no different." "Ruining a good thing..." "That's exactly what you did Court Lady Kim." "You think I said he looks young because something is wrong with my eyes?" "You did a good job." "I guess... what else can I do now?" "He's the only regular man inside the royal palace." "I have no choice but to believe it." "First we will bathe you." "I take a bath and wait every night." "Why do I have to do it again..." "Come on in." "We will inspect your body first." "What are you doing?" "What are you going to do to me?" "Undo her hair and see if she's hiding anything on her body." "Have you slept with a man?" "I asked if you've ever slept with a man." "No I have not." "There are always ways to find out later on so don't think of lying to me." "Check even the most secretive places." "If she has even a single needle hidden" "I will behead you all!" "ThereisnothingLadyKim." "My Lady..." "We will wash your body now." "Someone is probably looking to take my place." "What could be going on inside the barbarians' heads?" "Like Kim Ja Jeom said..." "They might be thinking about putting the Crown Prince in my place." "Forget the barbarians." "Kim Ryu..." "What could Kim Ryu be thinking?" "He's probably thinking very hard about what he should do." "If he gets rid of the current king and reinstates a new king he'll think it will be in his favor." "Kim Sang Hun..." "will Kim Sang Hun protect me?" "He lives solely for the nation..." "So wouldn't he put a knife through my back?" "No!" "That's impossible!" "Should I rebuild the army, find allies and bring down the barbarians?" "In..." "Is that possible?" "Choi Myung Kil?" "Will Choi Myung Kil protect me?" "He is the reason I split my head open as I... bowed down and surrendered before the barbarians!" "Because he said I had to live!" "Who exactly is going to live and who is going to die?" "That wretched man!" "I cannot sleep..." "I have not had a peaceful night..." "Even if I fall asleep for a bit" "I wake up from nightmares of the barbarians!" "Should I drag them out to the sea?" "Your Highness..." "I want to see them scream for forgiveness as they are dragged away to sea!" "Where has the royalty's power and authority gone... that I must be dragged like a group of crazy dogs?" "Bring the parrot's blood." "What do you mean parrot's blood?" "To enter the palace they must make sure you're a virgin." "If the parrot's blood blends smoothly onto your wrist then you are a virgin but if it does not then you are not a virgin." "You cannot get away with lying when faced with a parrot." "You know very well that parrots speak our language?" "So if you're not a virgin you cannot move into the royal palace." "That's enough." "If the Chinese offer my reign to my son and tell him it's his to have... what would he say?" "Your Highness" "I don't think he'd accept it immediately..." "But... would he really?" "Your Highness." "Suspicion leads to suspicion." "I have so many thoughts my imagination is beginning to run wild." "If that's the case then it might be better for me to throw down my crown myself." "Then wouldn't the laughter of the people mocking me not be as loud as it might be?" "Your Highness." "You seem to be more preoccupied tonight than others." "What are you all doing?" "Go and bring me that girl immediately!" "Please do not continue to be rude to His Highness anymore." "His Highness may enjoy your boldness tonight but he will eventually grow tired of it." "If you make even a single mistake with His Highness you will never be given a second chance." "So you must bear him a son." "Thank you." "I was soaking in hot water for so long the parrot's blood had to blend smoothly..." "His Highness is here!" "Please let him in." "Everyone leave the quarters now." "Leave and close all the doors!" "You must not Your Highness." "If you're even attacked during your sleep" "Leave I say!" "I... am a pathetic old man..." "I am nothing but a scarecrow who has lost all support and stuffing." "Your Highness!" "If I play this harp you must dance along to the music." "Is a concubine's daughter trying to become the first wife?" "Put out the lights!" "So that it's darker than inside a tomb!" "Don't leave a single ray of light!" "Nobody... will be able to belittle me for being a concubine's daughter." "I'm going to make the nation kneel before me." "In front of me... everyone..." "Will kneel before me!" "Hooray!" "Success!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "My Lady!" "Congratulations Queen Mother!" "That dumb man!" "What does he mean Queen Mother?" "What's wrong with that?" "If Kim Sook Won will just have a son" "Please don't say such a thing!" "Even if the queen's place remains vacant how could that possibly be offered to a court lady-in-waiting?" "After he spent the night with Kim Sook Won he has been the happiest he's been in a while." "Is that so?" "Queen Mother!" "It is I, Lee Hyung Ik!" "Tha--that!" "Who is he?" "He is an acupuncturist who is very well-known in the marketplace." "An acupuncturist?" "Speaking of, he comes everyday begging for a job at the royal palace." "Could you possibly be a resource for him, Court Lady Kim?" "Sure." "You saved my life!" "You have no idea how much he's been nagging me!" "Madam!" "The yard is so full there is nowhere else to put all this!" "Oh my!" "What is all this, that His Highness has sent us?" "Are you going to throw it out if there's nowhere to put it out here?" "Bothering me with such petty things!" "[Lee Hyung Ik" " Acupuncturist]" "My Lady!" "Is it this room?" "Do you like it My Lady?" "Sure..." "I like that it's big." "If you spend more time with His Highness they will move you to a larger and more beautiful room than this." "How much bigger is the Queen's quarters?" "I have never been inside but" "I have heard it is about the size of the King's quarters." "My Lady..." "'Don't even think about it.' Is that what you want to say?" "It's nothing like that" "It's not something for a measly court lady-in-waiting." "Is that not what you're trying to say?" "Can't a girl dream?" "His Highness has promised me." "That he would grant all my wishes." "Do not think of coming to my home from now on." "Does that upset you?" "Then you'll have to first take care of my blabbering mouth." " What?" " I'm pretty loose-lipped." "How dare you attempt to threaten me." "Wife..." "Wife?" "If I accidentally slip even just once would you be okay my wife?" "Much less Lady Jo?" "What is this?" "The sun is still up!" "You animal!" "You dirty" "Oh my my my my my!" "A noble is the highest" "Royal noble consort, sook ui, so yong" "What is this?" "Sook won is the lowest on the list!" "Unbelievable!" "It's going to take over 10 years to move up to a noble status!" "It's not always like that." "What do you mean it's not?" "Even if I move up one level each year" "It will still take six years!" "If His Highness takes a great enough liking to you then a sook won can become a so yong overnight and if you have a son you won't be just a noble but maybe even the best, a bin." "Is bin the highest?" "Above that is just Her Majesty." "The only way is to have a son..." "Then how come Court Lady Lee hasn't become a so yong or sook ui and is still a court lady?" "That's because she's not from an aristocratic family." "Someone from a common family can never become part of the royal family." "And why is that?" "A royal concubine is no different than a government official." "A sook won is like the 8th highest ranking military officer and a so won is like a royal historian." "However a court lady will always be a court lady." "I got it." "That's enough." "So... that... is the only way for me to survive..." "Pardon?" "Having His Highness all to myself." "Noble Lady Jang is here!" "Welcome, My Lady." "Congratulations." "I hear you spent last night with His Highness?" "Yes... it just happened..." "What do you mean 'it just happened?" "'" "What kind of language is that?" "Please have a seat over here, My Lady." "My Lady?" "I should have gone to see you myself." "That was rude of me." "You don't need to bow." "It's just me." "I will make sure to stop by your quarters three times a day from now on." "This is getting a bit difficult to stand by and listen to." "How dare you address the Noble Lady like that?" "Where did you learn such a thing?" "Outside of the palace, we would be like sister-in-laws." "What was that?" "We are all fated to live for His Highness anyways." "So what I'm trying to say is I'd like for us to get along like sisters." "You uncouth" "That's enough." "My Lady!" "That young girl is" "Now you mock me?" "I just find it funny that you can call her that but I can't!" "I've heard enough!" "Today you lost the battle." "That's enough." "What are you doing?" "Go ask to bring us tea." "Yes." "You should sit as well." "You should know your place." "Has a python ever become a dragon?" "No matter how much His Highness may like you a court lady will forever be a court lady." "That's right." "Always remember where you stand." "We must set her straight and put her in her place early on!" "If we leave her alone she will be toying with all of us!" "I'm worried about you." "What do you think?" "Didn't I just shut Court Lady Lee up completely?" "Yes!" "It felt so good!" "Forget about the old ones." "I have to set Court Lady Lee straight first." "Measly Court Lady remain standing?" "My Lady." "You must come up with a plan or you could be in danger!" " Ae Yang." " Yes My Lady." "Did you say you have a family member who is a merchant?" "Yes My Lady." "Then..." "He must be able to get us whatever we need." "Just say what it is you need My Lady." "What are you looking for?" "Ask him to get us celandine and a raccoon heart." "Celandine and a raccoon's heart?" "Celandine is a hairless poppy plant." "There was a belief that if you wore celandine and a raccoon's heart as a talisman you would be able to defeat your enemies and that the talisman would save you from danger." "The only things women trapped within the royal palace devoting their lives to the king could do to defend themselves were to use talismans to protect themselves or to put a curse on each other to take down the opponent." "Who did you say is back?" "Did you just say Kim Sang Hun?" "Yes, Your Highness." "You mean Kim Sang Hun came back alive?" "Yes, Your Highness." "The gods do not fail us." "They have returned an important existence back to us!" "Sang Hun!" "Welcome back Sang Hun!" "Your Highness!" "Sang Hun!" "Sang Hun!" "How much have you suffered?" "It is all my fault." "Because the king is so incompetent" "I was not able to help you at all even though I knew of the suffering you were enduring." "Your Highness." "You must first accept my greetings." "What do you mean?" "That is nonsense." "I do not deserve it." "What do you mean you do not deserve it?" "You are the leader of this nation Your Highness!" "Oh my!" "Oh my!" "[Kim In" " Royal Advisor]" "I am so embarrassed to see you" "[Choi Myung Kil]" "Here here here." "Forgive me." "I almost lost an irreplaceable supporter." "That's right." "Money made from work done in the Manchu Dynasty was used to buy people off the slave market and bring them back to Joseon." "However, because funds were limited not many were able to come back." "The women had endured unspeakable circumstances and were not happily greeted back into society." "These women who were called 'hwan hyang nyuhs' were considered soiled by the barbarians and so the treatment they received was unspeakable." "Look here!" "Yes, Vice Marshall Jo!" "Will you also be attending the event tonight that His Highness has organized?" "Yes I will." "Which leads me to say." "What do you think about meeting with Lord Kim before then?" "Well... hello!" "Let's have some tea together." "Okay." "You've gone through a lot, surviving out there in the cold barbarians' land." "It wasn't much." "It is nothing compared to what the Crown Prince is" "That's right." "I heard the Crown Prince had endured quite a bit." "Yes." "Have a seat." "I cannot even begin to describe it." "Recently he is even farming himself." "The rice His Highness farmed with Her Highness last season totaled 3,319 bags and the servants they bought in the market using the money from the rice were some of our people that came back with" "You shouldn't say such things." "Excuse me?" "This is why I wanted to see you first." "What... do you mean?" "How must His Highness feel about giving the" "Crown Prince and Prince Bong Rim to the barbarians as hostages?" "He's been so worried he's barely been able to eat." "Yet if you tell His Highness that the Crown Prince is doing his own harvesting how would His Highness feel?" "Have some tea." "If His Highness asks you should probably answer him like this." "How should I respond?" "You've traveled a long distance." "Thank you very much Your Highness." "Drink up." "I hear you brought back 100 of our people with you on your return." "Yes, Your Highness." "How many of our people were dragged away by those barbarians during the invasion?" "There is no way to recall an exact number but there were at least tens of thousands." "Many of those people have already returned" "Your Highness." "In Shimyang there is a marketplace where they sell our people as slaves." "The appalling practice was not something" "I could bare to watch with my own eyes." "Is that so?" "Your Highness." "To save one of our people and bring him back costs just over 30 silver yens." "In order to bring them all back we will barely have enough even if we sell our nation." "Then do you have any other solutions?" "We must fight the barbarians." "Your Highness." "Our nation's pride and dignity is evaporating with each passing day as our people stand out there." "While our armies may be weak we still have an abundance of resources and people so in the end we will be able to defeat the Manchu Dynasty." "If we find an ally during this time and attack the barbarians-- we will probably be able to bring back our people that were sold into slavery." "I have also had those thoughts in mind!" "Do you think I do not think about these things?" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "I have not yet forgotten the humiliation I endured in front of those barbarians!" "I apologize!" "I apologize Your Highness!" "How is the Crown Prince doing?" "Yes, Your Highness." "He's probably suffering a great deal!" "Just because he has an incompetent father." "Do not worry too much, Your Highness." "The Crown Prince is getting along quite comfortably." "Really?" "The Chinese king treats the Crown Prince as he would his own brother so they've grown close..." "Tell him the truth!" "He treats the Crown Prince as he would his own brother?" "Yes, Your Highness..." "Your Highness." "He is only trying to lessen your worries of" "That is enough!" "My dinner from last night must not be sitting well." "Everyone remain seated!" "Your Highness." "Please ride on the royal litter." "My goodness!" "How thoughtless can you be?" "I--I just..." "Prime Minister, please clean up this situation." "What is it you want me to do?" "We must undo His Highness's misunderstandings." "What misunderstanding?" "Is His Highness a three-year-old child?" "Why..." "A court official of a nation..." "A herring is probably more thoughtful than you!" "Didn't you say that the Chinese prince is the highest ranking official in the nation?" "For such a man to look after the Crown Prince as his own brother..." "Isn't the reason for that obvious?" "His Highness wouldn't" "The entire world knows the Crown Prince resents me!" "What do you mean?" "Do you think I do not know that the Crown Prince resents me for the girl that was originally selected to be the Crown Princess committing suicide by hanging herself because I was against the marriage?" "I listened to you and told His Highness and got myself in a lot of trouble." "What should I do now?" "This is 150 gold yens." "It is His Highness's orders to give this to the Crown Prince." "What... do you mean?" "When His Highness heard that the Crown Prince was using the money he earned from farming to buy back our people to bring home" "His Highness was greatly touched." "Then..." "Why did he get so angry in front of us?" "Would the barbarians leave the Crown Prince alone if they knew His Highness was helping him?" "That is why he appeared to be angry." "There are countless spies listening throughout our land." "You must remember that." "Do you still not understand?" "So he is worried for the Crown Prince's safety and so only appeared to get angry." "Is that what you are saying?" "That's it!" "That's it!" "[Shimyang]" "Can we get it all within this month?" "Will it be possible?" "You will have to give us at least three months." "They are to be used in the royal palace!" "We have some stock on paper and cotton but we do not have any otter skin on hand." "I will give you however much you want so get it for us within the month." "Do we not have three otter skins left?" "They will give us more if they are desperate enough." "Have you not already tripled the price?" "We must not settle for that." "We should get ten times that amount." "Then that is no different than a thief." "Those men are thieves that stole our nation." "Even if we were to get 100 times that amount it would not be enough." "Sister-in-law is a wise woman." "Yes." "She puts me to absolute shame." "We're glad to see you." "We were worried because we'd run out of ginseng." "Where did you get the money to purchase all these?" "His Highness gave 150 gold yens to us." "They asked us to pay 15 silver yens for otter skin that they get for 5 yens." "Plus they tell us to wait three months!" "It's hard to set a price on something so valuable." "Your Highness, you must teach the Joseon royal couple a lesson." "That's just the nature of business." "It is because you keep covering for them that the Crown Prince is acting the way he is!" "We need to be absolutely sure that Joseon will not turn around and stab us from behind." "To do so, we have no choice but to use Joseon's Crown Prince." "Please do not worry." "I will make sure he becomes the next ruler of Joseon." "The prince... is probably waddling around by now, right?" "Were you thinking about the child?" "I thought about it." "Why His Highness did not even send a single letter." "That's because" "They say that they told him that you are farming yourself and selling those resources." "And that is why he sent us 150 gold yens." "It is evidence that father supports us." "As he was sending us the gold..." "Did he not have even a moment to write us a letter?" "Wife..." "If he had at least... told us news of our son..." "I wouldn't be so nervous and upset right now." "Do you know why I'm happy here?" "Every night I fall asleep with you by my side and start each day with you." "I feel the same way, my wife." "The Manchu Dynasty was not only unfamiliar with farming but because of the current war with other countries, lacked resources." "So the food that the royal couple harvested was sold off at a high price." "Additionally, because business with Joseon was booming" "Joseon merchants gathered in the Shimyang marketplace and fulfilled new heights of success." "With that money they earned, Crown Prince So Hyun and the Crown Princess worked hard to buy Joseon servants and either hired them to work for them or sent them back home." "A new world was beginning to unfold before their eyes." "I hear you have great skills." "No sir." "I am still improving" "If you just put your mind to it you can take a person's life with one shot... or leave a person with only one leg to use..." "I hear you can even make people deaf and blind." "If I plan for it and administer shots then I can definitely do that much." "Then it is no different than me leaving my life in your hands right now..." "How could I..." "Let me get a taste of your shot skills." "If it's useful at all" "I will get you a job at the royal palace as you wished." "What are you doing?" "I asked to get a taste of your skills." "Yes..." "Please lay on your side." "My shots hurt a bit." "Feels good..." "Oh yes..." "Jang!" "Yes My Lord!" "Find out every single detail about that man." "I have many uses for him." "Got it." "[Nam Hyuk]" "How will you do anything great when you can't even forget about one girl?" "Is His Highness inside?" "These days, as soon as it gets dark out he runs over to Kim Sook Won's quarters." "Is that so?" "He doesn't communicate with anyone else at all." "Stop it!" "Welcome My Lord." "Is His Highness asleep yet?" "His Highness... is..." "washing Kim Sook Won's hair..." "What do you mean he's washing her hair?" "Okay okay." "Here..." "That's right... that's right..." "that's right..." "Hot!" " That's hot!" " Startled me!" "The water is too hot." "Is it?" "No..." "Is it not lukewarm?" "Did I scare you Your Highness?" "How could I not be?" "If this fair skin is even burned by hot water" "Do you like me that much?" "Thanks to you I've become 10 years younger." "So of course I'm happy." "Why are you sighing?" "Tell me what it is." "Your Highness gets younger by the day yet if I get older by the day..." "Then you will bring a new young girl to be your new concubine." "Did I not promise you?" "I will only keep you by my side from now on." "How many times must I make this promise for you to believe me?" "That's it." "That's it." "Here here." "Let's put your hair down..." "Just give birth to a son." "I will make you my queen." "Yes." "Just have a son." "Okay." "Okay." "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "This is actually very fun." "What's wrong?" "Yam Jun!" "Your Highness" "What's wrong?" "Yam Jun!" "My dear!" "Yam Jun!" "Yam Jun!" "Wake up" "Is anyone out there?" "Bring a doctor immediately!" "Yam Jun!" "Yam Jun!" "Be careful Your Highness!" "Where is the doctor?" "Hurry and bring the doctor!" "Kim Sook Won has fainted you fools!" "Hurry and bring him!" "Bring a doctor I tell you!" "Your Highness!" "What are you doing?" "Reveal what is wrong with her!" "Pardon me, Your Highness..." "So do you know what it is?" "Don't keep me waiting!" "Pardon me, Your Highness, but Kim Sook Won seems to be with child!" "What?" "Did you just say with child?" "Yes, Your Highness!" "My pretty girl is with child, you say?" "Let's see." "My dear... open your eyes." "I thought you had fainted and my heart dropped." "Open your eyes I tell you." "My my my." "Why are you crying?" "Here here here." "I... cannot believe it..." "I am bearing Your Highness's child..." "It feels like a dream." "I..." "Okay... just have a son." "Who's to say I can't give you the world?" "I will give you whatever you want." "Yes... just have a son." "I will make you a queen and your son a crown prince." "Subtitles by DramaFever" "If she just has a son" "I will pick my queen from one of the royal concubines." "Tell them to find a good method." "I have to have a son." "Were they serious?" "That child is not the king's but mine." "What does it matter who's child it is?" "He's going to become a king." "Who's to say I can't bring in a new king?" "Take my hand one more time." "You should not get blood on your hands." "It's coming out My Lady!" "What is it?" "Is it a son?"