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Gu-cheon.
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Gu-cheon!
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You need to wake up. Come back!
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Gu-cheon!
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Are you all right?
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Gu-cheon! Gu-cheon!
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THE EAST PALACE
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So you managed to deal with
the 13 court ladies' spirits
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in the salt storehouse.
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You did very well. You may leave now.
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There is something I must ask.
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Did you have anything to do with
the salt storehouse seal getting broken?
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You have changed,
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seeing that you now have the bravery
to ask such questions.
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However, you must've seen by now
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the bloodshed that words
other people have said
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can unleash within the palace.
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Or have you forgotten about your mother?
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"I'll dry out the seed
of the East Palace."
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Those were the words
of the Most Favored Lady of the Court,
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who drowned in the pond 30 years ago.
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She is the pond spirit, is she not?
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Who was that woman, actually?
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And what was the reason for her death?
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Are you the only one who knows of this,
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or does Gu-cheon know as well?
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I am the only one who knows.
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Do not say anything about it to him.
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Who was the pond spirit
when she was alive?
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I can catch her if you can answer me that.
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I am only telling you this one more time.
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Stop digging into the pond spirit,
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and find a way to catch it
without uncovering its identity.
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Cease this incessant prying immediately.
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Anyone who tries to uncover
the palace disgrace dies.
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Even if they are
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a child of the royal lineage.
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I assume you are not better?
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You're recovering much slower than before.
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Well, sending 13 spirits
back to the afterlife
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took most of my yang energy out of me.
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I will never do such an amount again.
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All right.
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Can you explain what happened?
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Why did you strangle me back there?
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- I strangled you?
- Yes.
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It was
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like you were almost possessed.
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Down in that world…
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I lose a large amount of my yang energy
when I fight.
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And when I lose too much yang energy,
I end up in a spirit-like state,
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even after coming out of the water.
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At times, I lose consciousness briefly,
and I'm unaware of anything at all.
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That is why I must leave here
as soon as I'm able to.
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And that is the reason
I hate hunting spirits.
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Right.
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Now that I've revealed to you my secret,
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you should tell me…
what's really on your mind right now.
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Who is it that you want to kill
while you're here?
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The person who killed my mother.
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A cursed object filled with human remains
was found in the salt storehouse.
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You gave His Majesty only one princess,
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and then, because of that,
you were never seen again.
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Out of jealousy, you cursed the Queen
and the rest of the concubines,
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did you not?
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I am innocent.
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That was not my cursed object.
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I swear it's not mine.
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Enough.
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This is your doing.
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- Your Majesty.
- Keep going.
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Your Majesty!
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Ten years ago,
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it was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager
who framed my mother
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and forced her out of the palace.
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It is Mother. Please help her.
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Mother and the court maids are innocent.
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Oh, please, Father.
The Queen is hurting Mother.
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I know that it is all my fault because
I heard a strange voice, but I promise--
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Enough.
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She will be stripped of her station
for burying a cursed object
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and then banished.
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That is the only way she will live.
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But that cursed object was not Mother's.
It was not, Father.
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The spirit in the salt storehouse said,
"The serpent's shed skin--"
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It's best you hold your tongue.
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You must not tell me
that you hear such things.
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Not any child that bears my blood.
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Unless you wish to bring disgrace
to our name.
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Do not tell a single soul any of it.
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Do you understand?
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How foolish you are.
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How utterly foolish.
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You need to learn your place.
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Now, mind your tongue in the palace.
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You and your mother
shall be cast out at once!
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But, Father, please…
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How could you?
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After we were cast out of the palace,
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Mother was poisoned to death.
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All because she uncovered
the cursed object in the salt storehouse
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and drew close
to the secret of the pond spirit.
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The one who sought to protect
the pond spirit's secret
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is the one who killed my innocent mother.
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Are you sure you should be saying this?
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I need you to be able to unravel
my mother's secret.
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That's why I place my trust in you.
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Good heavens.
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What a life this is.
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You can leave now.
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We need to find the true identity
of the Most Favored Lady of the Court.
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Get ready and come out.
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I went to pay my respects
at the Queen Dowager's quarters
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and saw Saeng-gang walking by.
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She was dressed as a court lady
and accompanied by a man.
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Have you made her do something dangerous?
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You need not concern yourself with it.
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Mother,
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do you not remember?
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You need only attend to my son.
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That aside…
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the Queen Dowager
is harboring some ulterior motives.
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It seems she intends…
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to have Prince Iksang's eldest son named
Crown Prince.
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Well, even so,
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we must act for the sake of
the Jongmyo Shrine and good fortune altar.
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Are you saying that even though you know
what I had to endure for this seat,
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you still choose to come and tell me
to act for the sake of the shrine?
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Things will not unfold
as the Queen Dowager intends them to be.
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My son will take the throne,
and I will make sure that it does happen.
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It will be his.
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Yes.
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Even if I do have to conjure spirits.
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There.
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Why did we sneak
into Lady Jang's quarters?
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It's not as if we are thieves.
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Are you the sage of morality? Huh?
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Lady Jang has spent her entire life
by the Queen Dowager's side.
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She must know all of her secrets.
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So I'm trying to scare her into spilling
everything about the pond spirit.
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Then do it correctly, all right?
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And what is that?
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Madam.
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You're back earlier than usual.
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I was not feeling myself.
I came back to rest.
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Wait! Uh…
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Who… Who are you?
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Who gave you permission to come in here?
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The pond spirit is…
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is right here, with you.
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Wait, are you not that feng shui man
who recently got here?
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- What are you doing in my quarters?
- Sh. Sh.
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Look at these footprints on the floor.
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What…
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This is not pond mud.
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Get out of here immediately,
or I'll call someone.
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- Hold on!
- I will!
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I can feel the pond spirit.
It's close to us.
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What?
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The pond spirit is over there.
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What… What is…
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Hey you! You should earn your keep.
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- This bastard…
- Do what you do best. Now!
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- What do you think you are doing?
- Hey! Come on.
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What are you doing? Explain yourself.
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- Hey.
- How dare you pull such an absurd stunt!
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Somebody come in here now!
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Where is that crying coming from?
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I will dry out the seed
of the East Palace.
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It's the pond spirit.
The pond spirit has come.
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Did I not tell you when I went
to the Queen Dowager's quarters?
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A won-gwi seeks out the one
responsible for its death.
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Homage to Amitabha Buddha.
Homage to Amitabha Buddha.
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Homage to Amitabha Buddha.
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You said you were a feng shui master?
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Do you also know how to deal with spirits?
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Speaking of which…
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The thing is, Lady Jang,
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this spirit will come looking for you
again any moment.
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It will?
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What should I do if it does?
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In order to keep
the pond spirit from coming in here,
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I have to know exactly how it lived
when it was alive.
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Do not worry, Lady Jang.
You can tell him everything you know.
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He will keep it a secret
from the Queen Dowager.
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He's capable of doing that.
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What?
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Of course.
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So, then,
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who might that ghost be?
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The spirit is…
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the late King's
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last Most Favored Court Lady.
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A woman of the lowest birth,
nothing more than a menial labor maid,
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caught the late King's eye
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and received his favor
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and even conceived his child.
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But it later came to light that the woman
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was in a relationship with a royal guard.
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When Her Majesty found out
about that fact…
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…she ordered the royal guard
to be tortured.
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Hold still!
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But he did not readily confess.
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So soldiers were sent out,
and they uncovered evidence.
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- And in the end, he admitted to the crime.
- Search it!
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It turned out that the child
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was not the late King's at all.
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It was the royal guard's.
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After enduring torture,
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the Most Favored Lady miscarried
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and died with resentment
for the royal family burning in her heart.
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I will dry out the seed
of the East Palace!
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Then what happened to her body?
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Do you know?
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It was secretly taken out of the palace.
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A grave would never have been an option.
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And her belongings?
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As a traitor to the Crown,
the body was burned.
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So there is nothing left of her
besides her memory?
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She had no family,
so it was to be expected.
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So the Most Favored Lady of the Court
cursed the royal house
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after dying for her own wrongdoing?
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Surely that isn't everything.
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A hidden palace disgrace lies behind this.
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I will have to ask it myself, then.
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Is there a way to summon the spirit?
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Then what will you do?
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There's no way to send it
to the afterlife.
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Lady Jang mentioned
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that everybody who entered
the royal guard's house
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seemed to have met an untimely death.
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It appears the royal guard's spirit
has settled himself there.
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Exactly.
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There's a reason the royal guard died
and remained in that house
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instead of moving on.
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Since they were lovers,
her belongings may still be there.
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We must stop by his house immediately.
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Have you lost your mind?
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An untimely death is your big plan?
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Have you made a plan?
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I'm the one who can leave
and come back as I please.
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I know of another way I can leave.
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If I become a soul.
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Is that even… possible?
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It is, but also dangerous.
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If the body and soul drift too far apart…
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it will be difficult to return.
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If I fail,
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my soul could lose its way…
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and I will become a spirit.
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If that happens,
I will surely become an ak-gwi.
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And what is that?
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An ak-gwi is someone who died
but is burdened with great karma.
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In life, you…
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Are you all right?
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Do you see something
in that well over there?
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You do not look very well.
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If you need my yang energy, I could--
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If you wanted to give me your yang energy,
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then you would have to hold me close
and lend me your warmth.
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Can you do that?
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Forget it.
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I have no intention of doing that either.
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So are you going to stay like this?
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No. It will only get worse.
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Then from now on, I will go with you
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to that realm to help you.
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Two are better than one.
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Teach me how to go there.
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Let's be perfectly clear.
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You would like me to show you
how to die like me?
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I should be spending my days helping you.
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There is only one way you could.
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Go and tell the King what you know.
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Tell him we can't capture
the pond spirit any longer
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and that I may lose my mind
and start killing people,
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so he must let me go.
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That is not possible.
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You have to find a way.
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And do not naively believe
that he will let you leave the palace.
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Then I must choose
to leave here in death after all.
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If I die within these walls,
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I will return
as an intensely ruthless ak-gwi.
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And when I do come back…
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the first person I will kill is the King.
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I'm sorry.
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Are you daring
to threaten His Majesty's life?
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Why does it matter to you?
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You hate him as much as I do.
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Yes, however, he is this country's King.
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Those of royal blood are all the same.
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They use whoever they please
to get what they want,
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and they don't blink
over the death or life of others.
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You're just the same as the rest.
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Miss?
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Royal Noble Consort Sukbin
wishes to see you.
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It has been a while, Grandmother.
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His Majesty told me everything.
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How could you think to disguise yourself
as a court lady and enter the gates?
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And why are you back
in these walls again, Grandmother?
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It was you who hated coming in here
more than anybody.
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You will not be answering my question,
will you?
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Predisposed to change the subject.
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I am exhausted.
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- Oh.
- Goodness gracious.
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Saeng-gang.
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I hope you do not get swept up
in palace strife again,
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like you did when you were a child.
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In the end, Grandmother,
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only you worry about me.
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After Mother and I
were driven out of here forever,
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you were the only person
who took care of us,
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no matter what went on.
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And how is that man?
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I have heard that he is strange
and rather dangerous.
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He is strange, I must admit.
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But he is the one
I need most in this moment.
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He can be dangerous as well.
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But I do not care, as long as
I do not begin seeking his friendship.
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The palace is a place
where the healthy become ill.
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And people with darkness in their hearts
will end as ak-gwi.
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So you see, you must take care.
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Gu-cheon.
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Gu-cheon?
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My baby.
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Let me hold you just once.
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You have missed me, have you not?
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Come here.
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This is an ill omen.
People have died here before.
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That is why the well was sealed.
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And now
another menial labor maid has died.
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A menial labor maid carrying wash water
walked by the well at dawn
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and saw a man was by it.
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- Is that so?
- Yes.
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The maid said it was the feng shui master
staying at the East Palace.
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Shall I turn him over
to the State Tribunal for questioning?
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No. The Queen Dowager's
70th birthday banquet is drawing near.
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This must be handled discreetly.
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We must not make a fuss.
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Yes, madam.
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Gu-cheon.
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Explain this bloodstain.
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What is this?
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Explain to me why you were
wandering around at midnight.
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Whose blood is this?
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What do you mean "whose"?
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Are you telling me
that I have hurt someone?
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Then it must be your blood.
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Where were you hurt? Why were you hurt?
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My nose must have bled
after I had nodded off.
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After fighting the court ladies,
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I lost my strength.
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And that Ggeomeoksali
is still draining my yang energy.
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I have already told you
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that I lose my yang energy
in the other world.
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Prince Yeongan.
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You must regain your strength,
Prince Yeongan.
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It was not this severe before,
Your Majesty,
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but his condition suddenly worsened.
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Coming here,
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it brings me back to the days when
I lived in the East Palace as a young boy.
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This place still sends chills
down my spine.
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So what brings you
to such a dreadful place?
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How much longer do I have to wait?
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I came in person to hear your answer.
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First of all,
allow me to leave the palace.
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If I stay here any longer,
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then all of the palace's yin energy
will kill me.
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If you let me leave here,
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I will find a way
to capture the pond spirit.
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Tomorrow is the Queen Dowager's
70th birthday banquet.
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Eliminate the pond spirit
and restore Prince Yeongan.
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You will have until noon.
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Your Majesty, I just--
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Your life means nothing to me.
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The day you will leave here
is the day that I no longer draw breath.
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If my son cannot walk directly
into the Queen's banquet
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on his own two feet tomorrow,
I promise I will kill you
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and bind your soul to this palace
for all time.
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Do you understand?
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Do you understand?
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Wait. Are you not the feng shui man
who has been staying in the East Palace?
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Why are you in a place
reserved only for women?
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- Where is the owner of these quarters?
- Pardon?
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I may be younger than you,
but I am still a court lady.
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Watch how you speak to me.
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This will not do. You should be helping.
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Wait, what? I… I mean… What?
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The order came from Miss Saeng-gang.
Hurry.
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Uh, oh…
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What is he doing?
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Wait. What are you doing?
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What exactly
did Miss Saeng-gang order you to do?
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Place this brass basin
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near the residence
of the royal guard's house in Jungchon.
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Mark my words.
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You must not spill this water.
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I have no choice
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but to become a soul and seek out
the royal guard through my blood.
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What is going on?
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It looks like some lightning
struck the jujube tree just now.
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This does not bode well.
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What calamity is this
on the Queen Dowager's 70th birthday?
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Good heavens. What should we do?
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Have you heard of
lightning-struck jujube wood?
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I have not.
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At this rate, every peach tree
in the palace will be stripped bare.
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That is exactly what I am saying.
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This stuff rots away
the moment I cut a spirit with it,
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unlike jujube.
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Jujube wood.
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How's it different?
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Since it's a jujube tree
struck by lightning, it's sturdy,
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and it sinks in the water as I do.
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It drives away evil spirits,
so it's ideal for striking them down.
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Heaven is on our side.
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Gu-cheon.
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This is exhausting.
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You cannot take it.
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I must protect it.
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Stop it!
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What are you trying to protect,
even in death?
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It's my crime.
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I have to return it.
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It is
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my crime.
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I did it.
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I did it!
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This is the sword
stained with your blood. Take it!
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I killed her.
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After she became the King's woman,
I framed her and
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betrayed her as well.
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They said
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that if I made a false confession,
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the Queen Dowager would at least
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spare my family from extermination.
35:30.650 --> 35:36.572
I… buried the baby shirt
that she had made with all her heart.
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I buried it beneath this tree.
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Therefore,
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until she returns, I must protect it here.
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I have to.
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I must beg for her forgiveness.
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Huh?
36:50.438 --> 36:51.772
What are you doing?
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Miss Saeng-gang! Miss Saeng-gang!
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- No!
- Hey, Gu-cheon. Gu-cheon!
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Uh, is… is he alive?
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This madman went into the other realm
without a tether.
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Now I can't pull his soul back.
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Come on! Where is your soul being held?
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Hey! Gu-cheon!
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Are you on your way back?
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If the body and soul drift too far apart,
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it will be difficult to return.
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- If I fail, my soul could lose its way.
- Come on! Gu-cheon!
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And I will become a spirit.
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If that happens,
I will surely become an ak-gwi.
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I will not let you
wander the realm as a spirit alone.
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I will come and find you, Gu-cheon.
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Please wait for me.
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Please.
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Gu-cheon.
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Come to me.
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Over here.
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Mother.
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Gu-cheon!
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Do not go any closer!
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- Gu-cheon.
- That gwi-mae lures people to their death.
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We have to leave this place now.
Follow me out.
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- You missed me, did you not?
- Gu-cheon!
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- Please take a closer look!
- Come on.
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Gu-cheon!
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Mother.
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Mother.
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I died because of you!
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Let go of me!
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Gu-cheon!
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Then I must choose
to leave here in death after all.
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If I die within these walls,
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I will return as
an intensely ruthless ak-gwi.
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And when I do come back…
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the first person I will kill is the King.
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Did he plan…