The Throne Page #4

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But we haven't been able to prepare

without your word, Your Majesty.

Lady Yi, when the King doesn't issue a decree,

there must be a reason, right?

What should I do?

His Majesty is swamped with duties.

We, concubines, shouldn't

trouble him further.

How dare you...!

I won't hear any more of it.

Leave! All of you!

You dare disrespect the Crown Prince's

birth mother, only because the King favors you?

Strike her harder.

Give it here!

You spiteful wench! I'll teach you

a lesson you won't forget.

What do you think you're doing?

Leave us!

However little your affection

for the Queen is,

you're yet to issue a decree

for her 60th birthday.

Is that your intention

or that of your new consort?

Isn't it thoughtful of

the Crown Prince's birth mother

in wishing to celebrate the Queen's birthday?

And yet, the new consort

was disrespectful to her,

instead of learning from her. So, I am showing

discipline among the royal consorts.

If you act this way,

I cannot be King anymore.

What did you say?

Are you siding with that lowly thing

because she has conceived your seed?

Lowly thing?

You call her lowly?

You're the one who made me,

a low-born, king.

Why don't you take away my throne, too?

I shall abdicate my throne.

Grant your royal permission!

Fine.

Suit yourself.

I give you my royal permission.

No, Your Majesty!

We beg you to rescind the decree.

Your Majesty!

I beseech you to revoke.

It cannot be accepted.

Your Majesty! Please rescind

the royal decree to turning over your throne.

How many times did I tell you

that I don't care for the throne?

I already obtained permission

from the Queen Dowager.

Let's go.

Your Highness, the King has left the palace.

Let's get up now.

Please go back, Mother.

Your Majesty the Queen Dowager, will you allow

the unthinkable to happen to the Crown Prince?

Please revoke your royal permission.

I shall teach the King a lesson

so he won't distress

the poor Crown Prince again

with insincere threats of abdication.

But till now, you are the one

who's been protecting the Crown Prince.

You're the only one in court,

who can save him now.

Though I may be a frail woman,

I'm the Queen Dowager of this country.

How can I revoke the words

that I've already spoken?

However, Your Majesty, if you delay

the Crown Prince dies.

Please save him, madam!

If that is the case,

it will all end when I die.

From this day forward,

do not bring me food.

Your majesty!

Tell the King that

my aging ears misheard him

and mistakenly issued the permission.

Your Highness, the Queen Dowager revoked

her royal permission.

Please rise.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your...!

If you had stayed put,

you'd have become King in time.

Why did you have to make her revoke

her permission, and drove her to her death?

I am to blame for her death.

You despicable serpent!

Do you think I don't know

how you really feel?

Yes! It is all is my fault.

The soul that left us today

If you may visit us

enjoy this good food

and drink from this cup

May you pass unto your descendants

the good fortune unspent in your life

Following the words of this mantra

please rid of grudges

and all hard feelings

but encourage kindness

and unload all worries

May only luck remain

May you enter nirvana

and reincarnate as a man

Namo Amitabha

By the Seven Stars

and the Supreme God...

That's enough. His Highness doesn't have

the constitution for alcohol.

Fill the cup.

I fear for your health, Sire.

Does this look like wine to you?

These are the bloody tears of

my grandmother whom I got killed.

Your Highness, the King asks for you

at the Palace Academy.

You've been neglecting

your duties as regent,

using the passing of the Queen

and Queen Dowager as excuses.

So, I came here to greet you.

I see you have abandoned your studies.

Look at the state of your attire.

Where is your hat?

And your coat tie is all loose.

You... Have you been drinking?

I have, Sire.

A Crown Prince, drunk during

the period of mourning...

Don't you know an army commander was beheaded

last month for violating alcohol prohibition?

Majesty, His Highness doesn't have

the constitution for alcohol.

You Majesty should smell

his breath for wine.

I just told the King that I drank.

How dare you say otherwise?

Leave us.

One should not scold even a dog

in front of an elder.

How dare you scold a court matron

in front of me?

I did so as she dared to

make an excuse.

Bring water so I can

cleanse my ears.

I am at fault

for appointing a useless wretch

like you as the Crown Prince.

A mere woman risks her life

to defend me.

Yet none of you spoke a word!

THE FIFTH DAY:

Mong?

Is that you?

Does the Royal Grandson

feed you well?

And Crown Princess brushes you?

Why didn't you bark last night?

Are you frightened of the King, too?

Shouldn't we seek a way to protect

the Royal Grandson?

My intention was to save

both the King and the Crown Prince.

Let me take care of my nephew

the Grand Heir.

I beg your pardon?

Who in here other than myself

can make him King?

You must entrust me with your son.

Father listens to me.

Absurd.

Surely, you cannot bet the life of this family

on words of a low rank princess.

Since the new Queen is installed,

the King's health has improved.

This is without a doubt...

What are you doing here?

I must seek ways to

save myself and my family.

Should the Grand Heir become King,

it'll be the end for all who

didn't stop his father's death.

What do you suggest?

We must do everything to prevent

the Grand Heir from ascending the throne.

Then what?

If the new Queen bears a son,

that will put an end to the matter.

And even if that fails, we could put

a dumb royalty on the throne

and have the Queen rule

as regent behind the veil.

Indeed, it was our fathers

who drank poison

to save the King when he faced

charges of treason.

Father,

Brother...

I'm terrified of the King.

What is greater than a mountain

and deeper than an ocean?

It's the love of a parent.

What do you think?

It's the King's benevolence.

It's a man's heart.

A man's heart?

Why is that?

I learned that a man's spirit

is higher than a mountain

and a woman's fidelity

is deeper than an ocean.

Sorry I...

If there's anything I can do

for you, tell me.

I beg Your Majesty not to promote

the men in my family.

I am blessed

with a wife of great wisdom.

I'm not asking him to do

daily greetings.

It's been over a month since

his new mother, the Queen is here.

And the Crown Prince doesn't

pay his respects?

Due to his illness,

he has not been out

for some time now.

Have him visit me

when he gets better.

Yes, Your Majesty.

What nonsense!

Is he in his death bed?

Died in vain

is this young soul

Your Highness...

Open it.

White Guardian of the West

Black Guardian of the North

Yellow Guardian of the Center

Where is the Crown Prince?

My dear mother...

How have you come to this,

having to serve a young Queen?

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