"Cruel Palace" "Episode 7" "Where are you going My Lady?" "I said I am going to see His Highness." "Why must you go to the King's palace?" "He hasn't come here the last few days so I'm going to go ask him why." "You cannot go there whenever you please." "I am going to walk myself over there." "Why am I not allowed to do so?" "My Lady!" "Lady Kim!" "My Lady!" "Please listen to what I have to say." "Who lives here?" "Why is it so large and beautiful?" "It was Her Highness's quarters." "The Queen?" "So this... is where the Queen lived?" "Let's go." "Kim Sook Won." "I am here to see His Highness." "Has His Highness requested to see you?" "A wife is here to see her husband." "Why must I receive a calling to see him?" "You mustn't do this!" "Once His Highness grants permission" "My Lady!" "My Lady!" "My Lady" "I said that's enough!" "My Lady" "Given the current state of the nation how dare I even think of being married again?" "Your Highness." "If the palace does not have a Queen it is no different than the nation losing a mother." "Especially with the Crown Princess having been dragged away to Shimyang the only other person to hold the palace together" "I said that is enough." "Your Highness." "You must not waste another day in giving orders to begin the selection for the next Queen" "Are you trying to make me look like a shameless person?" "Even if I were to accept a new Queen..." "I will select her from among my royal concubines." "That is not possible Your Highness!" "What does a healthy and young King such as yourself have to lose to select a royal concubine as your Queen?" "You need not make this such a big deal." "If I do otherwise, what will the people think of me?" "Please leave now." "It humiliates me to listen to this further." "Is this person standing in front of me" "Kim Sook Won?" "Pretty." "Your Highness." "Who" "Have you forgotten who I am?" "What brings you here?" "What do you mean?" "I came because I missed you." "You came because you missed me?" "Yes." "It has already been quite a few days since you have come to see me." "Has it really?" "How could I have forgotten about you?" "Thy say even the most compatible married couples are bound to lose interest if they do not spend 100 days together." "Does it... make you uncomfortable that I am pregnant?" "No." "How could it?" "Do you know how depressed a woman becomes when she is bearing a child?" "I suppose... if Your Highness so pleases there are young and pretty girls" "My Lady." "What do you know to be interrupting?" "You cannot even live the life of a man." "How would you understand a woman's feelings?" "[Kim In" " Royal Advisor]" "Advisor Kim." "She has put you in your place." "This is no laughing matter Your Highness." "This is very serious for me." "I have been busy lately." "I completely forgot about you." "Starting today, I will not miss a single day and I'll go to you to say hello so don't be too upset, will you?" "This is why I like Kim Sook Won." "Please don't sigh in front of me." "When you let out a sigh my heart completely melts for you." "Are you going to continue to tease me like this?" "I suppose..." "I am pretty foolish." "If you are to wed a new Queen what use will it be if I were to have a son?" "You'll be so in love with a beautiful woman from a well-educated and wealthy family." "Would you even so much as glance our way?" "Yam Jun..." "I... plan on making one of the royal concubines my Queen." "Just give birth to a son." "If you just have a son..." "Do you understand?" "I just have to give birth to a son..." "Is that so?" "So are you saying you just left?" "What else could I do?" "He said he would make a royal concubine his Queen." "That's exactly it!" "His Highness is trying to make Kim Ja Jeom's daughter his Queen!" "He likes her so much he washed her hair himself!" "Your words are too harsh!" "Kim Ja Jeom's daughter is poking around the entire palace!" "I cannot just stand by and watch any longer!" "There is reasoning to what he is saying." "I don't know about anything else but Her Majesty should be selected from among the aristocratic families." "Right now is not the time to be making such a fuss over selecting a new Queen." "Then how long do you suggest we leave the Queen's quarters vacant?" "We have the Crown Princess, do we not?" "Do you think China will release the Crown Prince and Princess?" "We must do whatever we can to bring them back." "How will we do that?" "We must reach out to our allies and defeat the barbarians." "What?" "Do you intend to completely obliterate our nation?" "Whatever happens would be better than the present." "Prime Minister, we must hurry and bring in a new Queen." "That way we can restore stability among the people!" "[Do Reu Gohn]" "The Crown Princess's business skills are quite impressive." "Since we must first look to her to make any sort of purchases." "She knows how to maximize her profit gains." "If you were upset in any way" "I apologize." "We are going to war with the JamSung region next month so we've sent the list of supplies we need." "I'm leaving it to you." "We will make preparations without any problems." "Do you not miss your country?" "May I be honest with you?" "I miss it like crazy." "Will you let us go back?" "If you become the next leader of your country." "Joseon does not forgive a son who has betrayed his father." "That is the difference between our countries." "Let me know if you ever change your mind." "I will gladly let you return to your country." "What is going on?" "His Highness must have lost his mind." "What do you mean lost his mind?" "How upset must he be to be acting so?" "Release me already you barbarians!" "Your Highness!" "Brother!" "Why are you doing this?" "In order to save our people we have started a trade business and farmed our own land!" "Yet what use is all that?" "It seems I will grow old and die in this country!" " Brother!" " Please don't restrain him." "Let him do as he wishes." "I want to go back." "I cannot take any more of this!" "I'm sorry." "I overslept." "Let's go take a look." "Once we sell the war supplies this month let's buy the entire slave market." "If we combine it with the money father sent us we will be able to save hundreds of people." "How excited do you think father will be?" "You cannot return to Joseon until His Highness dies." "My Lady..." "His Highness has already lost all respect as a king." "My wife!" "I am not telling you to accept Do Reu Gohn's offer." "I am telling you to find your own way to survive." "The Crown Princess opened her eyes to the new world before the Crown Prince." "The empty Manchu land that they were brought to as hostages was not a painful prison for her but rather a growing country where a new future was unfolding." "Build a new nation." "That is the only way for Your Highness to survive." "What do you mean we must do whatever we can to bring back the Crown Prince?" "So then should I take his place as hostage?" "I apologize Your Majesty but that is the overall sentiment of the nation..." "The nation?" "I have still not forgotten!" "Are you saying that this petition to have me dethroned is actually the voice of the nation?" "This is trash written by those rotten rebels!" "So Do Reu Gohn highly values the Crown Prince..." "Of course he does!" "Foolish boy..." "He has accepted the generosity those barbarians have shown him." "How dare he tries to turn his back on his father!" "His Highness has always been a simple-minded man." "They say that he became enraged as soon as the topic was brought to his attention." "[Kim Ja Jeom]" "Ja Jeom..." "He is a King that you and I brought to the throne." "If you and I combine forces who's to say we cannot bring a new King to the throne?" "Let's work together once again." "What do you say Ja Jeom?" "What did that weasel say?" "Rumors in the court say that he is trying to dethrone His Highness" "It's not an easy task." "There is no way the Crown Prince will turn his back on the King." "The Crown Prince who is so devoted to his father desires to rise to the throne?" "Lord Kim, you must work with the Prime Minister once more!" "I cannot do that." "Kim Ryu is my worst enemy." "He is the one instigating this entire ordeal." "The person that had me left to die on the deserted island was that old hag." "I am engraving each and every detail in my mind." "The man I must kill... is the one I must keep alive." "Lift me higher!" "What are you doing?" "My arms are going to fall off." "Are you sure it's this house?" "Every woman that marries into this house gives birth to sons!" "Little bit more!" "Higher!" "What is it dear?" "Is something wrong?" "That feels good..." "That smell!" "How dare you!" "My back!" "My dear!" "Are you okay?" "My dear!" "So many stars are shining tonight!" "Go on in and go to bed!" "Thief!" "Thief!" "There's a thief!" "Thief!" "Thief!" "Don't come near me!" "Don't come near!" "Get a tighter hold!" "Oh my oh my!" "Oh my!" "I'm dying!" "Not a single part of my body is okay!" "There he goes!" "There he is!" "Corner him!" "Go on that side!" "Did you say to pluck the wing feathers?" "Not the wings!" "The tail feather!" "The longest and widest one" "Hold onto it." "Tail?" "Tail?" "Let's see...the longest tail feather." "The longest" "Oh my my!" "Get him!" "If Yam Jun has a son you have me to thank for it!" "I even got peed on" "Welcome My Lady." "Court Lady Kim!" "How can I ever repay you?" "Thanks to you our dear Yam Jun is set for the rest of her life!" "Mother!" "My Lady!" "Kim Sook Won!" "You have no idea how much I've missed you!" "Did you bring it?" "My dear!" "Why do you have such a strong craving for rice cakes from the market?" "I'm sure there is much tastier and healthier foods in the palace-- your cravings are quite extraordinary!" " These are the rice cakes?" " Yes they are." "This ax is made from a kitchen knife that belonged to a family that gave birth to many sons." "You'll have a son if you wear this around your waist." "Really?" "And these are male chicken feathers." "If you sleep with this under your covers daughters will become sons!" "And I planted a plant in the pond in our backyard and a jujube tree in the front of our house." "The pond and yard are for girls while the pond plant and jujube tree are for boys!" "Mother!" "I need to stop talking..." "No matter what it takes" "I must have a son." "If I just have a son" "I can become a Queen." "Really?" "Tell the doctor to find a better way." "He's been so upset we haven't found him a job inside the palace." "So tell him that's why we need to find a way for me to have a son." "Alright, don't worry." "I'm been hiking up the mountain every day and praying." "Please let our dear Sook Won have a son." "Mother!" "Before Kim Sook Won entered the palace was there a boy she was close to?" "Were they serious?" "I'm not sure I understand..." "Are you speaking of the boy Nam Hyuk?" "Kim Sook Won... may possibly have a child that looks like him." "That's why I ask." "As far as I know" "They were not serious." "Can you swear on it?" "With your life?" "My Lord!" "How could I possibly know the details of their relationship!" " But from what I've seen" " That's enough." "Your shot skills are pretty useful." "I feel much more relaxed." "I may not have learned much" " But when it comes to shots" " Wook." "If ever you run into Kim Sook Won relay this to her." "Your father... was worried." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "So you even peed your pants?" "Man!" "Don't even talk about it!" "I thought I was going to die on the spot!" "You should have just said you don't know anything!" "It seemed as though he already knew everything." "How could I lie?" "Anyway, what do we do now?" "If Yam Jun really had physical relations with that boy..." "I can't just ask her straight out..." "They wouldn't have gone that far..." "I'm afraid the Nam boy will go around talking about it." "Does he want to die?" "He can't talk about it himself." "Keep a close watch on how the Nam boy is doing." "One wrong move and we could be in big trouble!" "Okay!" "My Lord before things get out of hand" "I cannot get blood on my hands first." "Kim Sook Won must get blood on her hands for me to gain control over her." "A King that does not protect his nation is not a King!" "How can a King that surrenders to barbarians and knows no shame, be called a King?" "To put our trust in such a King is not faith but foolishness!" "Stop!" "That boy got his girl taken away and lost his mind!" "What do I do now?" "People are blinded by anger but now he's building a rebel force!" "Hold on." "I can't sit here and do this." "Oh my!" "Oh my!" "Oh my!" "My boy!" "Why are you doing this?" "You eavesdropped on a rebel army meeting so you're as good as dead." "So I have no choice but to kill you." "My boy!" "Please let me live!" "What use will it be killing a man like me?" "I will keep my mouth shut so please save me!" "Even if you were so angered!" "You have your entire future ahead of you!" "You should not be working with rebels!" "If you do this you will be putting Yam Jun in danger!" "Yam Jun is pregnant!" "She is bearing His Highness's child so her future is set, is that not right?" " So" " That child is mine." "Why you!" "Do me a favor." "Let me see Yam Jun just once." "No matter how hard I try to forget her..." " Ma'am!" " Yes?" " Bring us more drinks!" " Okay!" "I will make sure to pass on the message to her." "So don't do anything foolish and just study!" "Don't you feel bad for your aging mother?" "Foolish boy..." "What are you doing?" "Well you know... the world does need to be turned upside down once in a while." "The people of our nation are starving to death since surrendering and the man that calls himself the King steals another man's woman..." "I completely understand how you're feeling." "Sir..." "Okay okay..." "I completely understand even if you don't say anything my boy." "I know and Yam Jun knows." "That child is mine." "Not an offspring of the King but my very own child..." "Forget about it!" "What does it matter who's child it is?" "The sun will set and rise regardless..." "And she has gone to the King..." "This is nice." "You didn't get to say goodbye and cannot even tell her to take care of herself." "Rest... rest..." "Oh my!" "You didn't even tell us you're coming and" "I was actually going to visit you tomorrow during the day." "I came here saying that I don't feel well." "I'm so nervous I cannot just sit around waiting!" "You shouldn't..." "What do you mean a rebel force?" "What does all that mean?" "No it's that... it's just..." "It's not like that..." "Look at me when you speak!" "My and my son's lives depend on this!" "Did the doctors say it's a son?" "The ax and feather must have been effective!" "Mother please step outside for a bit." "Now!" "Completely ignore your mother's efforts..." "I'm so scared of my own daughter!" "What did he say?" "Details... please tell me all the details." "I told him you are pregnant with the King's child so he should get over you and move on now." "And then?" "I" "He said "It's mine!"" "The fact that the child is his is something you're very well aware of and I know as well but" "He said that?" "That it is his child?" "By now..." "I thought he'd have forgotten about me..." "I suppose... well..." "It's not easy to forget." "The first time I mean..." "I have to see him." "What are you going to do when you see him?" "I have to make him change his mind!" "He's not one to change his mind I tell you!" "If he could he wouldn't be gathering all those men and having those meetings!" "Everyone will die if the truth comes out anyways." "What'd I do wrong?" "But we must save this child!" "If it is for this child I can do anything." "So what..." "We don't have time." "I have to go back to the palace tonight." "Come closer." "[Nam Hyuk]" "If I give birth to a son" "He promised I would become His Queen." "Then..." "This child... may become a King." "This child... will become a King." "Do you still not understand?" "Your son will become King." "I never once thought you would leave me." "I told myself you'd come back to me one day... and lived each day waiting for you." "I've tried everything to forget about you but" "The more I did that" "It was that much harder to erase you out of my mind." "Even while reading I think of you and can't read anymore... and sometimes I'd wake up in the middle of the night and go running to the door." "When I think of you in the arms of that old King..." "I'm never letting you go again." "Even if it is the King's." "I will never... lose you again." "Father!" "Even if the skies fall the poor will not become rich!" "Is a concubine's daughter saying she wants to be a wife?" "The pathetic sights I see now that I'm poor!" "If I die... my child also dies..." "So... just..." "let me... bury you in the past..." "For me... and for your son..." "My name is Nam Hyuk." "What is your name?" "Yam Jun." "Yam Jun!" "Be my wife." "If you were just a regular boy we could get married and live together..." "A new world will open up for us." "A new world where upper and lower classes do not exist..." "Let's either die together or run away together." "I beg you." "I don't think I can live without you." "Has she given birth yet?" "No, she is actually having a very difficult time." "What do you mean she's having a difficult time?" "It must be because she's one month premature." "What do you mean?" "Just hang in there a bit more!" "Your mother is here!" "My Lady!" "Oh my!" "What do we do?" "What are you doing?" "Do something!" "Be quiet!" "Okay." "My Lady!" "Please just push a bit more." "Just a bit more..." "She's not even screaming in case something goes wrong with the baby..." "Quite a stubborn character..." "It's coming!" "It's coming out My Lady!" "You just need to push a little bit more!" "It's coming it's coming!" "Just a bit more!" "She must have given birth." "What came out?" "It is a son?" "My Lady..." "Is it a daughter?" "They say that the fist daughter brings peace to the home My Lady." "Throw it away." "My Lady!" "Throw it away I tell you!" "How unfortunate... she's had a daughter." "Throw it away!" "I don't even want to see it!" "Subtitles by DramaFever" "I want to become a Queen." "It's a place that's too much for you to handle." "I have never met a man who doesn't like a young girl." "Sleeping alone will be unavoidable." "What great secret do you have to keeping him all night?" "I have my ways." "You have to find a medicine that will make you die silently." "That is the only way I can figure out a way to survive." "What do you mean poisoned needle?" "You must not trust anyone." "Who will protect me within this large palace?" "Just wait and see." "You will drive yourself crazy."