The Throne Page #5

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My Lord, you must stop this.

And pay your respects

to the new Queen.

I don't even visit my own mother.

Why would I bother visiting her?

What would the Grand Heir

learn from your behavior?

Grand Heir! Grand Heir!

Is he all you care about?

I don't exist in your eyes, do I?

My Prince, I beg you

to reconsider for my sake.

Oh my poor mother.

Is the old fart mistreating you

since he has a new young wife?

Please!

I know, I know...

I'll stop by tomorrow morning

to show my face. So, don't you worry.

It doesn't fit!

- Bring me another robe.

- Yes, Your Highness.

Here is a new one.

It's a brand new robe

completed this morning.

Your Highness must hurry.

The Queen hasn't had her breakfast

to wait for your greeting.

This is not right. It's all wrong!

Your Highness. Sir...

Bring out another.

A new robe!

Right now!

Please calm down, Sir.

Bring out a robe!

There are no more, your Highness.

Get me another!

I beg you to take heed.

There are no more robes.

Your Highness!

What's delaying him?

I cannot tell whether she is

thoughtful or just dumb.

You mustn't speak of

the Queen that way.

I wonder how she bewitched

the Father so completely.

I heard they only hold hands in bed.

Everyone that the old fart

favors are here.

I cannot spend another day

in the same palace as him.

Have the old man move

to Gyeonghui Palace.

Or we shall all die together!

I hear you, brother. I'll do all I can

to make that happen.

I will... I guarantee you, brother.

THE SIXTH DAY:

Stop shaking, you wretches.

I'll die from dizziness.

He's still alive.

You cannot be here, Your Highness.

Step aside!

I'm afraid I can't, sir.

It's the royal command.

What is your name and rank?

Head of the King's guards,

Kim Do-su, Sir.

I shall remember your name.

Step aside.

Father, your daughter-in-law

brought you water.

Father, your daughter-in-law

brought you water.

Father, your daughter-in-law

brought you water.

Come out of there, Father.

Come out of there, Father.

Father, your daughter-in-law

brought you water.

Father, come out of there.

Please come out.

Your daughter-in-law brought you water.

Your daughter-in-law brought you water. Father!

Didn't I order to let no one in?

Can't a son offer water

to his own father?

The Grand Heir

is to stay with his mother's family

until further command.

Does a king need many vassals

to be a good ruler?

Even with few vassals, one can be a good ruler

if he is a loyal king.

Will it be easy to bring in wise men?

If the king sets good examples,

it will be easy.

A child barely 10 years old

has such a deep insight!

Then, can one match the heavenly high

virtues of kings Yaw and Sun?

Even though unattainably high, one can match

that by endeavoring day and night..

Pass. He has passed.

It's a pass!

Lineage of our dynasty depends

only on the Grand Heir.

How can a son like this

come from a father like him?

'Like father like son'

doesn't apply to my family.

Who is Sukjong the Great

who rests here?

He is my great-grandfather

and a king who reigned

for the longest period of 46 years

in Joseon's history.

You must reign for even longer,

Grandfather.

WW do you say that?

Because that is the filial duty

in royal household.

What does it mean to be King?

And to be a subject?

I have sat on this throne

for 37 years.

I'm no longer sure

what it means to be King.

The king doesn't always get to

hold the sword handle,

and a servant doesn't

always hold the blade.

Study hard.

If you're not a learned king,

you can't hold the sword handle.

I will take that to my heart.

Son,

I heard you visited Sukjong's

tomb with your grandfather.

Yes, Father.

Do you really enjoy studying

that much?

Yes, Father.

Why do you enjoy it?

Because it makes Grandfather happy.

Is that right?

I hate myself for that.

How dignified is that arrow

that flies freely through the air!

I could not attend your royal wedding

because the King didn't allow it.

I'm sorry for that.

My dear daughter-in-law.

Man and wife must always cover

each other's mistakes.

And not subject themselves

to trivial rules of etiquette,

but love each other dearly,

and more dearly for eternity.

I'll take that to my heart.

I wish to turn over the throne

to the Grand Heir.

Who among you

will submit a petition

to depose the Crown Prince?

I'm afraid I cannot

obey that command, Sire.

Even after witnessing all

the misconducts of the Prince?

I was even forced

to move out to this palace.

Huh?

As his teachers, you are responsible

for what he has become.

Write the petition as I instructed.

It is a royal command.

Finally, what we feared has happened.

This was why the King

promoted us to ministers.

Your Majesty,

your joy and your wrath

change so whimsically

that it is difficult to discern

your true intentions.

I beseech you on my knees

to suppress your anger and

to show benevolence to the Crown Prince,

so that harmony can be

restored in this dynasty.

Your Highness,

please go to Gyeonghui Palace

and reconcile with the King.

If you don't, all your vassals

will be put to death.

When did I have any vassals?

Power cannot be shared

even between father and son.

Just a few more years, and

you'll sit on the throne.

Is it that hard to visit the King now

and then and pretending to study?

I don't want to live like that.

I can't live like that.

I shall live by my own ways.

Take a seat, mother.

Make yourself comfortable.

My dear mother,

please forgive your son for delaying 6 years

in celebrating your 60th birthday.

Please forgive me.

May you be blessed with

long life and good health.

Bow.

Rise.

Bow.

Rise.

Bow.

Rise.

Bow.

Rise.

The Grand Heir shall bow 4 times.

But it is against the decorum.

Wearing a queen's ceremonial robe

alone can cause trouble.

If the King hears that

we bowed 4 times...

Who is the head of this family?

At least for today,

let my mother be the Queen.

Finish your bows.

Bow.

Rise.

Bow.

Rise.

Everyone shall bow 4 times!

Bow.

Rise.

Bow.

Stand back!

It's the Queen's royal progress!

Stand back!

It's the Queen's royal progress!

Stand back!

It's my mother,

the Queen's progress!

It's my mother, the Queen's progress!

Stand back.

Stand back.

Stand back.

Since vice-premier died to act

against the Crown Prince's deposition,

Ministers Min and Yi

have also committed suicide.

Those weak-hearted souls

only speak of reforms and cause.

They run away when they're

scared to face the real world.

The King's troubles are deep.

We could help him.

Why would he have any feelings left

for the Crown Prince who

doesn't even come to see him.

If only the King's mind is set...

This could end in your death.

I am prepared, my Lord.

Know that your family

will be taken care of.

The Crown Prince associated himself with

Buddhist nuns and courtesans.

He killed a eunuch

and conspired to kill the King

by storing weapons in a cave

behind the palace garden.

I can't read any more.

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