WEBVTT 00:17.789 --> 00:19.332 Tell me, Crown Prince. 00:21.126 --> 00:22.919 Why do you resent Father? 00:26.840 --> 00:28.550 Why are you doing this? 00:29.551 --> 00:32.220 Now you mean to hurt Father after murdering Prince Yeongan? 00:32.720 --> 00:33.805 Look closely. 00:37.600 --> 00:39.018 Look closely. 00:40.854 --> 00:42.105 See how I died. 00:55.034 --> 00:57.370 It was Father who poisoned me. 01:04.127 --> 01:06.254 Father killed me. 01:07.964 --> 01:09.716 Now you know. 01:10.258 --> 01:12.051 You're awake! 01:12.135 --> 01:13.136 Your Majesty. 01:13.219 --> 01:14.345 Your Majesty. 01:20.393 --> 01:21.227 Chief Eunuch. 01:21.311 --> 01:22.604 Yes, Your Majesty. 01:22.687 --> 01:24.814 Summon the Chief Royal Secretary. 01:27.358 --> 01:28.276 Your Majesty. 01:31.070 --> 01:32.906 We have no time to spare. 01:35.116 --> 01:37.660 The plague must be contained at once. 01:37.744 --> 01:39.537 Carry out the edict as written. 01:43.333 --> 01:46.836 Are you saying that you are ordering us to kill 01:46.920 --> 01:48.963 everyone in the entire village, Your Majesty? 01:49.047 --> 01:51.382 PUT THEM ALL TO DEATH 01:53.635 --> 01:55.261 And do not delay. 01:56.554 --> 01:58.181 He is an ak-gwi. 02:00.141 --> 02:02.393 A living, breathing ak-gwi. 02:03.853 --> 02:05.855 It was Father who killed me. 02:07.523 --> 02:10.777 He killed me when I learned of all of his sins. 02:18.826 --> 02:22.705 And now you will be next since you know the secret as well. 02:23.539 --> 02:25.208 - I am next. - He will kill you too. 02:25.291 --> 02:27.502 You are next. You know the secret, do you not? 02:27.585 --> 02:29.879 Father poisoned me. Father killed me. He killed all of us. 02:29.963 --> 02:31.756 I will die next. 02:31.839 --> 02:33.549 He will kill you soon. 02:34.050 --> 02:36.052 I know the truth as well. 02:39.222 --> 02:42.976 THE EAST PALACE 02:43.059 --> 02:44.811 You are next. 03:01.911 --> 03:03.079 Damn it. 03:04.580 --> 03:06.624 I can't see clearly from here either. 03:51.085 --> 03:52.545 Princess. 04:07.435 --> 04:10.646 You defied my direct order to save Prince Yeongan. 04:11.147 --> 04:14.400 And in spite of that, you hid in here and deceived me, 04:15.651 --> 04:17.612 making your King look like a fool. 04:17.695 --> 04:21.032 And because of that, Your Majesty, I saved you from the spirit. 04:21.115 --> 04:23.284 I'm told you unearthed the Crown Prince. Is that right? 04:23.910 --> 04:25.078 Where is the body now? 04:25.661 --> 04:27.413 I'm unable to tell you that. 04:27.914 --> 04:31.125 It is essential to destroy the spirit. 04:31.209 --> 04:34.670 Even if that spirit was your son, Your Majesty. 04:39.509 --> 04:41.427 I will give you ten days. 04:41.511 --> 04:43.262 Destroy the spirit within that time. 04:43.346 --> 04:44.389 But ten will not suffice. 04:44.472 --> 04:45.556 Ten days. 04:45.640 --> 04:49.185 If so, then you must follow every one of my instructions. 04:49.268 --> 04:51.062 Mind your tongue. How dare you speak to His-- 04:51.145 --> 04:54.023 I will place a protective ward in your bedchamber 04:54.107 --> 04:56.401 to keep the spirit from entering the room. 04:56.484 --> 04:58.945 Unless you wish to cough up more blood 05:00.196 --> 05:02.365 and linger before death's door. 05:15.294 --> 05:16.712 On one condition. 05:17.213 --> 05:18.256 And that is 05:19.632 --> 05:22.009 it's to be installed outside the hall. 05:56.544 --> 05:57.420 There you are. 05:59.255 --> 06:00.256 Princess. 06:02.633 --> 06:03.676 Princess. 06:03.759 --> 06:04.802 Saeng-gang! 06:07.513 --> 06:08.764 It can't be… 06:12.810 --> 06:15.062 Princess, are you all right? 06:27.617 --> 06:28.784 Are you all right? 06:35.917 --> 06:37.668 What happened? 06:38.586 --> 06:40.171 You lost consciousness. 06:42.131 --> 06:46.093 It appears that… you were taken over by the Crown Prince. 06:48.054 --> 06:50.848 He decided to use your body to hide his own. 06:52.934 --> 06:54.060 Then he must… 06:55.019 --> 06:56.812 He must still be clinging on to me? 06:57.396 --> 06:58.439 I don't know. 07:00.066 --> 07:01.275 You don't know? 07:03.945 --> 07:07.114 I can't see any spirits. I injured my eyes in the Realm of Gwi. 07:09.992 --> 07:11.536 Get some rest for now. 07:12.620 --> 07:14.789 I will go look for the Crown Prince's body. 07:16.332 --> 07:17.500 That will not be necessary. 07:20.127 --> 07:21.587 What do you mean by that? 07:22.213 --> 07:24.674 Even if you do find his body and put his spirit to rest, 07:24.757 --> 07:27.552 it has been made clear that we will not be spared. 07:29.303 --> 07:31.305 For it is the King that killed his own son. 07:34.809 --> 07:36.102 Killed his own son? 07:41.065 --> 07:44.443 The rice they had placed in his mouth had turned black. 07:46.779 --> 07:48.322 He was poisoned. 07:53.703 --> 07:55.830 If we do not meet a similar fate, 07:57.373 --> 08:00.167 then we must uncover the incidents and find the proof 08:00.251 --> 08:01.836 of what happened 30 years ago. 08:01.919 --> 08:03.129 That it was all my father. 08:04.255 --> 08:07.216 We must do this before more people are killed. 08:08.092 --> 08:10.720 I sent the troops and carried out the order you commanded. 08:10.803 --> 08:13.556 However, some soldiers decided they should release 08:13.639 --> 08:17.435 several women and children, and those who did appear to have fled. 08:23.858 --> 08:27.486 And are those who took it upon themselves to release them still there? 08:28.446 --> 08:30.406 They are, Your Majesty. 08:30.489 --> 08:31.907 Seize them all. 08:31.991 --> 08:34.243 Then, in front of the rest of the troops… 08:36.787 --> 08:38.080 behead each one. 08:45.546 --> 08:49.425 I suppose that I have no choice but to meet the Crown Prince's spirit. 08:50.509 --> 08:52.011 What do you mean by that? 08:52.094 --> 08:54.639 I must ask directly how he learned… 08:55.181 --> 08:56.807 learned of the crimes my father committed. 08:57.933 --> 08:59.894 He might be asking for my help 09:00.519 --> 09:02.730 so that he may ease his resentment. 09:02.813 --> 09:06.776 Princess, he's an ak-gwi who has taken lives. 09:07.485 --> 09:08.778 So forget it. 09:09.445 --> 09:10.529 Here, make this instead. 09:14.200 --> 09:15.910 What am I looking at? 09:15.993 --> 09:19.080 A ward to keep the Crown Prince's spirit from clinging. 09:19.163 --> 09:20.915 It’s best to keep it attached to you. 09:38.349 --> 09:40.059 It must be frustrating 09:41.060 --> 09:42.603 not being able to see anymore. 09:44.814 --> 09:46.565 There's one good thing though. 09:47.983 --> 09:50.611 It's nice that, for the first time in my life, 09:51.404 --> 09:53.948 I can't see spirits or gwi-maes at all. 10:00.496 --> 10:02.123 Then you'd wish to 10:03.749 --> 10:05.835 continue not being able to see? 10:07.753 --> 10:08.879 Forever? 10:11.716 --> 10:13.551 Whatever my wishes are, 10:14.593 --> 10:17.596 my sight must return if we want to find the Crown Prince. 10:19.140 --> 10:21.058 It's the only way we'll get through this. 10:44.373 --> 10:46.417 What are you doing? 10:48.544 --> 10:50.880 I just wanted to check whether 10:50.963 --> 10:53.257 the Crown Prince's spirit has secretly clung to you. 10:55.176 --> 10:59.388 But with my sight as it is, how could I even know, right? 11:09.273 --> 11:10.941 About your eyesight… 11:13.402 --> 11:16.447 Do you think it is restorable? 11:16.530 --> 11:19.492 I have to find the damn shaman who did this to me. 11:21.368 --> 11:24.163 The one hiding him is the one wishing for the King to be dead. 11:27.666 --> 11:29.543 Do you suspect anyone at all? 11:37.927 --> 11:40.638 Why have you come all the way here? 11:41.138 --> 11:42.932 I have a matter to inquire about. 11:43.015 --> 11:45.351 Have you held a shamanic rite lately? 11:45.434 --> 11:47.228 A shamanic rite? 11:47.812 --> 11:50.105 When Prince Yeongan collapsed, I believe it was you 11:50.189 --> 11:51.732 who summoned a shaman. 11:51.816 --> 11:53.359 Where might he be currently? 11:53.442 --> 11:57.154 You sought me out to ask such a thing? You wretched child. 11:57.738 --> 12:00.908 After everything you did, you have the nerve. 12:01.951 --> 12:05.079 You've become pathetic. 12:07.331 --> 12:09.542 Your Majesty. 12:20.970 --> 12:22.638 What's important is… 12:26.767 --> 12:28.727 I would guess that he has to be 12:28.811 --> 12:31.897 the feng shui master His Majesty brought in. 12:31.981 --> 12:33.983 Why have you arrived with him? 12:34.066 --> 12:37.194 He's inspecting the palace grounds by His Majesty's command. 12:37.278 --> 12:39.947 - The Queen Dowager's-- - You speak nothing but lies. 12:40.030 --> 12:44.535 I know full well of the heinous acts he has done here. 12:46.412 --> 12:48.998 You, speak for yourself. 12:49.081 --> 12:52.710 Is there still a spirit in this palace 12:52.793 --> 12:55.087 that wants to end the royal bloodline or not? 12:55.170 --> 12:58.299 A spirit in the palace? Uncle would scoff and simply laugh in your presence. 12:58.382 --> 13:00.384 What did you say? 13:01.719 --> 13:03.679 Whether spirits are at work or not, 13:03.762 --> 13:07.099 is it not a relief that His Majesty has recovered? 13:07.683 --> 13:10.352 Considering that the plague continues to spread. 13:10.436 --> 13:13.606 Oh. Princess, have you not heard yet? 13:13.689 --> 13:15.190 Your Father 13:15.941 --> 13:18.402 deployed his troops to where the plague had broken out, 13:18.485 --> 13:19.987 and once there… 13:22.907 --> 13:24.867 commanded that everyone be put to death. 13:31.999 --> 13:35.377 Children and elders alike, every last one of them, dead. 13:46.388 --> 13:48.933 He is an ak-gwi. A living, breathing ak-gwi. 13:49.016 --> 13:51.352 He is an ak-gwi. A living, breathing ak-gwi. 13:53.479 --> 13:57.858 They say it was the first act His Majesty took upon awakening. 13:59.401 --> 14:01.654 - Mother! - Leave no one alive! 14:03.405 --> 14:06.617 Mother! Please, wake up. 14:08.369 --> 14:09.912 He will kill everyone. 14:09.995 --> 14:11.246 Father poisoned me. 14:11.330 --> 14:12.998 He will put us all to death. 14:13.082 --> 14:15.542 You are next. He will kill you soon. 14:15.626 --> 14:16.627 He is an ak-gwi. 14:20.422 --> 14:22.883 Get your hands off the Princess at once. 14:26.595 --> 14:29.181 A centipede as large as a snake was on you. 14:30.224 --> 14:32.017 What's with all the bugs here? 14:36.355 --> 14:38.315 Uncle, what news do you have for Her Highness? 14:38.399 --> 14:40.150 Have you come to report on the plague matter? 14:40.234 --> 14:41.568 I have no official post. 14:41.652 --> 14:44.071 Why would I concern myself with matters such as this? 14:44.154 --> 14:46.448 The reason I have an audience with Her Royal Highness 14:46.532 --> 14:49.451 is to pay my respects, as His Majesty issued an edict 14:49.535 --> 14:52.037 appointing my eldest son 14:53.914 --> 14:55.833 as Crown Prince. 15:02.923 --> 15:07.136 Bring Prince Iksang's eldest son, Prince Inha, into the palace 15:07.219 --> 15:10.264 so he can learn the proper customs and hold the investiture ceremony 15:10.347 --> 15:11.807 as soon as possible. 15:12.433 --> 15:14.309 The nation is in turmoil. 15:14.810 --> 15:17.896 Since the East Palace cannot remain vacant any longer, 15:17.980 --> 15:21.108 I will take Prince Inha as my adopted son 15:21.191 --> 15:23.152 and seat him upon the throne. 15:25.487 --> 15:26.905 He will kill me. 15:27.948 --> 15:29.283 I know he will. 15:30.284 --> 15:31.702 He is a man 15:32.828 --> 15:34.830 who killed his own son. 15:35.372 --> 15:38.709 He would not… hesitate. 15:39.752 --> 15:43.130 RABBIT 15:48.093 --> 15:51.180 Why? Why'd you hit me? 15:51.847 --> 15:53.307 You need to get a hold of yourself. 15:53.390 --> 15:56.435 Dark thoughts weaken your mind and make the heart fall apart. 15:56.935 --> 15:59.480 A spirit could just slide in through those cracks. 16:01.732 --> 16:02.941 Set the ward. 16:04.068 --> 16:06.737 My sight still fails me, so you will have to do it. 16:17.164 --> 16:18.165 Lower. 16:18.874 --> 16:20.834 - Place it lower. - I'm doing that. 16:21.627 --> 16:23.128 It's as low as it can be. 16:23.670 --> 16:24.671 RABBIT 16:24.755 --> 16:25.589 I said to-- 16:25.672 --> 16:27.925 I'm letting this slide only because you can barely see. 16:36.892 --> 16:40.312 Why are we putting up these rabbit signs, and why upside down? 16:40.395 --> 16:43.148 The Crown Prince was born in the Year of the Rabbit. 16:43.732 --> 16:45.067 If it's upside down, 16:46.026 --> 16:49.571 his soul cannot pass through here without a body to hide in. 16:51.865 --> 16:53.659 So you need to be careful. 16:54.368 --> 16:56.870 Unless you wish to have your body taken by him. 16:57.371 --> 16:59.498 There was no other choice when it happened. 17:01.583 --> 17:04.002 I'm not sure how one could stay so collected 17:04.503 --> 17:06.630 after finding out your father's a murderer. 17:10.843 --> 17:12.427 I'll say this again. 17:12.970 --> 17:15.681 You must keep your wits about you going forward. 17:18.725 --> 17:21.061 If not, you must stay close to somebody else, 17:21.145 --> 17:22.855 somebody you can rely on. 17:31.947 --> 17:35.117 There is someone that I can rely on about this. 17:44.376 --> 17:45.460 Saeng-gang. 17:47.004 --> 17:48.297 Hello, Grandmother. 17:48.380 --> 17:49.798 Have you been well? 17:51.717 --> 17:53.260 Good for her. I'm glad. 17:53.343 --> 17:55.470 You are leaving the palace? 17:56.013 --> 17:58.640 I came here so I could tend to Prince Yeongan. 17:58.724 --> 18:01.435 But that's no longer possible, unfortunately. 18:01.518 --> 18:02.811 With you and Gu-cheon here, 18:02.895 --> 18:05.230 His Majesty should be safe from all of this. 18:05.856 --> 18:09.359 However, this matter of the late Crown Prince… 18:10.235 --> 18:13.197 It's hard to believe he's become a spirit, isn't it? 18:18.952 --> 18:23.123 This palace is truly a frightening place to be. 18:23.665 --> 18:25.751 It's not a place for an old woman. 18:28.128 --> 18:30.130 He looks like a walking corpse. 18:30.214 --> 18:32.799 - I hear you. - Right? He can't even eat or speak. 18:33.342 --> 18:35.427 If a shaman loses their presiding deity, 18:35.510 --> 18:36.929 they honestly may as well be dead. 18:37.012 --> 18:38.805 Heavens! Let's get going. 20:03.140 --> 20:04.766 Take me in. 20:27.497 --> 20:30.334 I shall be your new presiding deity. 20:31.168 --> 20:34.463 Your Royal Highness! 20:56.568 --> 20:58.153 Gu-cheon, what happened? 21:01.156 --> 21:02.282 My eyes. 21:03.241 --> 21:05.118 I can't see at all anymore. 21:09.247 --> 21:10.707 That damned shaman. 21:11.750 --> 21:14.336 He must have burned the object that cursed my eyes. 21:14.419 --> 21:16.797 He's already begun with a new presiding deity. 21:22.844 --> 21:24.971 Isn't there something we can do about it? 21:25.680 --> 21:28.141 Now that I can't see spirits at all, 21:29.476 --> 21:31.311 this work is doomed. 21:33.313 --> 21:35.399 Is there any way to bring back some of your sight? 21:40.445 --> 21:43.615 There is one way, but it is far too dangerous. 21:44.908 --> 21:46.118 Why is that? 21:46.201 --> 21:49.287 Because it means disturbing what must never be disturbed. 21:57.504 --> 21:59.714 But if you're able to bring back your vision… 22:02.175 --> 22:03.301 then we must do it. 22:03.385 --> 22:04.219 No. 22:05.011 --> 22:08.014 I would rather flee than commit such an act. 22:08.807 --> 22:11.435 I will survive somehow, as long as I stay hidden. 22:12.769 --> 22:14.938 Where do you think you're going? You can't see anymore! 22:19.359 --> 22:21.236 Since it's come to this, 22:21.820 --> 22:23.738 you should flee the palace and come with me. 22:23.822 --> 22:27.159 The moment we flee, His Majesty will send out his troops to have us beheaded. 22:27.993 --> 22:31.204 And I don't wish to leave the palace again for something that was not my fault, 22:31.788 --> 22:32.914 like when I was a child. 22:34.332 --> 22:37.502 I will have to seek out the Crown Prince's spirit alone if you won't help us. 22:37.586 --> 22:40.464 I'll find a way to keep us both safe, even if you can't. 22:40.547 --> 22:42.215 And how would you do that alone? 22:45.093 --> 22:47.304 If the Crown Prince's spirit comes near me, 22:48.638 --> 22:49.764 I'm not going to stop it. 22:50.599 --> 22:53.226 Do you not remember how dangerous this is for you? 22:53.894 --> 22:55.103 If the spirit takes your body-- 22:55.187 --> 22:56.104 That will not happen. 22:56.188 --> 23:00.734 No matter the cost, His Majesty's sins must be proven. 23:07.073 --> 23:08.867 You have honestly gone insane. 23:21.796 --> 23:25.175 Did you see the Princess's complexion? 23:25.675 --> 23:28.178 Her complexion, Your Majesty? 23:30.722 --> 23:31.973 Did it not look as though 23:32.057 --> 23:35.936 she was being tormented by a kind of spirit? 23:36.436 --> 23:40.440 So could that spirit, the Court Lady, 23:40.524 --> 23:42.651 still linger in the palace walls? 23:42.734 --> 23:43.985 Definitely not. 23:44.069 --> 23:46.112 That tragic young man called Gu-cheon 23:46.196 --> 23:48.949 certainly destroyed the spirit of the Most Favored Lady. 23:49.032 --> 23:50.784 I felt my body grow lighter. 23:50.867 --> 23:54.496 All of the resentment I had to endure has now vanished. 23:54.579 --> 23:56.831 And yet Prince Yeongan still died, 23:56.915 --> 24:00.502 and both His Majesty and the Princess have fallen ill. 24:04.631 --> 24:10.345 Could it be that another vengeful spirit is after the throne and His Majesty? 24:13.181 --> 24:16.142 Oh, Your… Your Majesty. 24:16.226 --> 24:20.188 It was my very own shame that clouded my sight. 24:20.272 --> 24:23.400 Why was His Majesty the only son of the late King 24:23.483 --> 24:26.152 to have somehow survived this calamity? 24:26.236 --> 24:30.407 How did he, out of everyone, survive the terrible curse? 24:31.866 --> 24:35.287 - Indeed. There must be another cause. - That will be all today, Your Highness. 24:35.370 --> 24:38.123 There was a physician at the Royal Infirmary 24:38.206 --> 24:41.501 who examined the Princes that died 30 years ago. 24:41.585 --> 24:43.295 Find him at once. 24:49.676 --> 24:51.136 He is dead? 24:51.928 --> 24:53.471 Yes, Your Majesty. 24:53.555 --> 24:58.059 I traced the royal physician who attended to the Princes that died 30 years ago. 24:58.143 --> 25:00.645 And, a few years after that, 25:00.729 --> 25:03.690 he suddenly vomited dark blood and died. 25:03.773 --> 25:07.694 The symptoms seem to match those of the dead Princes. 25:10.322 --> 25:14.117 So, whatever targeted the royal house 25:14.868 --> 25:17.287 was not the work of spirits here. 25:20.040 --> 25:20.957 Pardon? 25:24.878 --> 25:27.797 Where is Prince Iksang's son right now? 25:31.968 --> 25:33.720 Oh! Prince Inha! 25:33.803 --> 25:35.305 - Madam! - Prince, what happened? 25:35.388 --> 25:37.223 No! 25:37.307 --> 25:38.600 Summon the physician at once. 25:38.683 --> 25:39.559 Yes! 25:51.571 --> 25:53.114 What brings you here so late? 25:53.198 --> 25:55.825 You have been summoned by Her Majesty, Princess. 25:56.409 --> 25:57.577 For what reason? 25:58.328 --> 26:00.372 Prince Inha has fallen unconscious. 26:02.666 --> 26:04.751 Then why is it I have been summoned? 26:05.418 --> 26:06.711 In his chamber, 26:07.545 --> 26:09.005 we found a box of confectioneries. 26:09.089 --> 26:10.382 Mm. 26:12.300 --> 26:15.637 It bears the same markings as the box you brought Her Royal Majesty 26:15.720 --> 26:16.888 the Queen Dowager. 26:17.972 --> 26:20.183 Her Majesty says that he appears to have collapsed 26:20.266 --> 26:22.894 after consuming what was inside the box. 26:28.817 --> 26:30.026 Your Highness? 26:43.415 --> 26:44.541 Saeng-gang. 26:46.501 --> 26:47.544 Saeng-gang. 26:48.044 --> 26:49.462 Saeng-gang! 26:50.046 --> 26:51.047 Saeng-gang. 26:53.133 --> 26:55.635 What is wrong with you? Have you come to your senses? 26:58.304 --> 26:59.681 Wait, why am I here? 26:59.764 --> 27:01.599 I'm wondering that as well. 27:01.683 --> 27:04.352 You appeared out of nowhere and just stood there without a word. 27:04.436 --> 27:06.271 I should take my leave from here. 27:10.066 --> 27:13.361 What is going on with you? You can tell me, your grandmother. 27:18.199 --> 27:19.325 Grandmother. 27:21.327 --> 27:22.829 It's happening again. 27:24.831 --> 27:26.750 I think Father is 27:28.334 --> 27:29.961 becoming the pond spirit. 27:30.044 --> 27:31.838 I believe he is turning into it. 27:33.047 --> 27:34.924 The pond spirit, you say? 27:35.008 --> 27:37.761 The one who killed his brothers 30 years ago was… 27:39.596 --> 27:40.805 It was His Majesty. 27:41.639 --> 27:42.640 What are you… 27:45.226 --> 27:47.353 - What are you trying to say, child? - And now, once more… 27:48.229 --> 27:50.190 It appears he'll do the same thing. 27:51.316 --> 27:54.402 He had Iksang's son summoned here to the palace and poisoned him tonight. 27:59.240 --> 28:00.158 That cannot be. 28:00.241 --> 28:03.369 A lotus-patterned confectionery box was found in the Prince's chambers. 28:03.453 --> 28:05.038 My mother received it as well. 28:06.873 --> 28:09.793 She died after eating the contents of one just like that. 28:10.835 --> 28:12.670 - That cannot be. - It's true. 28:13.755 --> 28:15.173 Grandmother, please. 28:15.256 --> 28:17.926 You also noticed something amiss about Father, did you not? 28:18.009 --> 28:20.178 If you know anything, please say it. 28:20.261 --> 28:22.096 He must be stopped, no matter what he does. 28:22.180 --> 28:23.723 And if there's no other way, 28:24.808 --> 28:27.060 then he must relinquish the throne on his own. 28:46.871 --> 28:48.373 I do apologize. 28:49.332 --> 28:50.458 Disappeared? 28:50.542 --> 28:51.626 Yes! 28:51.709 --> 28:53.795 I was certain she would be here. 28:53.878 --> 28:55.672 Oh, then where'd she go? 28:56.965 --> 28:59.008 Wait, just tell me what happened. 29:03.847 --> 29:06.057 When she heard from Lady Jang, 29:06.140 --> 29:09.310 who recently found that Prince Inha had collapsed, 29:09.394 --> 29:13.189 she suddenly started to push people away and walked off somewhere alone. 29:13.273 --> 29:16.234 They say the Princess's face, it was pale. 29:16.317 --> 29:19.404 She didn't look like herself at all, like her spirit had fled. 29:24.033 --> 29:26.494 The Princess's heart has fallen apart. 29:27.996 --> 29:30.373 Do you know where the Princess is now? 29:31.499 --> 29:32.375 I do. 29:32.876 --> 29:35.420 A place where there is someone she can rely on. 29:39.799 --> 29:42.635 But that man, Gu-cheon, does he… 29:43.678 --> 29:45.722 does he know anything about this yet? 29:48.308 --> 29:49.934 Not about this. 29:50.560 --> 29:52.812 Only I, who can hear the voices, 29:54.230 --> 29:55.648 know what's happening. 30:00.945 --> 30:02.196 Don't lie to me. 30:07.785 --> 30:09.120 Sorry? 30:11.331 --> 30:12.540 Saeng-gang. 30:17.420 --> 30:18.421 Mother? 30:42.654 --> 30:44.072 This is a spell. 30:45.114 --> 30:47.742 You must not remain at that person's side. 30:53.247 --> 30:55.291 I know you are the pond spirit. 30:55.375 --> 30:57.126 I know you are the pond spirit. 30:57.210 --> 30:59.504 It will all be revealed sooner or later. 30:59.587 --> 31:03.383 Seems your mother is outside the chamber. 31:03.466 --> 31:05.635 How long will she keep following me around? 31:05.718 --> 31:07.720 This is why I never wanted to come here. 31:11.891 --> 31:15.728 So… might she have other spirits with her? 31:17.563 --> 31:18.648 Saeng-gang. 31:19.857 --> 31:22.110 You must not remain at that person's side. 31:22.944 --> 31:24.570 You must not remain at that person's side. 31:24.654 --> 31:26.364 You must not remain at that person's side. 31:26.447 --> 31:29.075 You must not remain at that person's side. You must not remain… 31:29.158 --> 31:31.911 The serpent's shed skin killed the dragon's child. 31:31.995 --> 31:34.831 The serpent's shed skin killed the dragon's child. 31:37.125 --> 31:39.460 It's dangerous. It's too dangerous, Saeng-gang. 31:39.544 --> 31:41.671 Your Grace. 31:42.964 --> 31:45.717 Nobody must know about this poison. Understood? 31:51.055 --> 31:52.515 When I was a child, 31:54.392 --> 31:57.937 you always came to see Mother and I after we were cast out of the palace. 31:58.771 --> 32:00.064 And each time, without fail, 32:00.148 --> 32:03.192 you came bearing bundles and boxes filled with food. 32:14.954 --> 32:16.998 The one who poisoned Mother… 32:19.208 --> 32:20.835 Grandmother, it was you. 32:23.588 --> 32:27.216 Yes, and now, you have consumed the very same thing. 32:29.052 --> 32:31.554 I used only a weakened dose, 32:32.138 --> 32:34.390 so you will not have the same fate as the others did. 32:40.980 --> 32:43.816 You will simply spend the rest of your life unable to speak, 32:43.900 --> 32:46.486 lying like a living corpse, eternally. 32:51.449 --> 32:52.700 Grandmother. 32:53.284 --> 32:55.203 So you were the pond spirit. 33:02.418 --> 33:04.754 - Your Royal Highness! - Bring a stretcher now! 33:05.505 --> 33:07.423 - Summon the physician! - Oh no! 33:08.841 --> 33:10.510 Go, you, you, you, go! 33:21.145 --> 33:23.731 I cannot believe he suddenly passed away 33:24.315 --> 33:25.775 while riding a horse. 33:25.858 --> 33:28.486 His Majesty's health was always so frail. 33:30.530 --> 33:32.281 The Crown Prince passed away 33:32.365 --> 33:35.618 not long after the death of the Most Favored Lady of the Court, 33:35.701 --> 33:39.539 who promised… to end the royal line. 33:42.208 --> 33:44.627 What a splendid coincidence that is. 33:45.795 --> 33:47.713 I present this to you, Your Grace. 33:47.797 --> 33:50.633 Nobody must know about this poison. Understood? 33:54.053 --> 33:56.514 We must make sure that the people believe 33:56.597 --> 34:00.059 that the Princes died at the hands of the spirit's curse. 34:02.311 --> 34:06.357 I'm referring to the pond spirit who cursed the royal family and died. 34:06.440 --> 34:07.775 Your Majesty. 34:10.153 --> 34:11.237 The Queen, 34:11.320 --> 34:14.615 who turned the Most Favored Lady of the Court into the spirit, 34:14.699 --> 34:17.660 has to be the one to take the blame for all of this. 34:18.327 --> 34:22.039 THE SERPENT'S CAST SKIN KILLED THE DRAGON'S CHILD 34:22.123 --> 34:24.125 There is surely someone among you wenches 34:24.208 --> 34:25.751 who has insulted the royal house. 34:33.426 --> 34:34.427 And then, 34:35.303 --> 34:37.680 after all the Princes are dead… 34:39.974 --> 34:41.517 my own son 34:42.518 --> 34:45.313 will become the Crown Prince. 34:50.902 --> 34:52.987 So I must remove anyone at all 34:53.821 --> 34:56.073 who might reveal the secret. 34:56.616 --> 34:59.702 Anyone who would harm my son, no matter who they are, 34:59.785 --> 35:01.162 with no exceptions. 35:02.997 --> 35:05.583 So is that why you killed Mother as well? 35:06.167 --> 35:07.418 You killed her, 35:07.501 --> 35:09.879 all because she came to learn of Father's secret later on? 35:09.962 --> 35:12.006 What? Later on? 35:12.715 --> 35:15.885 Your mother was with me from the beginning of it all. 35:34.403 --> 35:38.407 That was the very reason your lowly mother, a mere court lady, 35:38.491 --> 35:41.118 was able to become a concubine of the King. 35:52.046 --> 35:56.050 That throne was made with the help of your father and your mother. 35:56.133 --> 35:58.386 And you, my dear child, 35:58.469 --> 36:01.097 are simply the product that sin created. 36:12.191 --> 36:13.985 He must be stopped. 36:16.070 --> 36:19.824 We must prevent any further sacrifices. 36:21.534 --> 36:23.953 There were never such things as spirits. 36:24.912 --> 36:27.623 No spirit sought to wipe out the royal bloodline. 36:29.166 --> 36:30.501 The King… 36:30.584 --> 36:32.670 He himself is the living ak-gwi. 36:32.753 --> 36:34.672 The King must be stopped. 37:22.762 --> 37:23.804 Saeng-gang? 37:24.472 --> 37:25.514 Saeng-gang! 37:33.105 --> 37:36.192 Spirits have crossed the threshold of this place. 37:36.776 --> 37:38.277 Where has the Princess gone? 37:38.361 --> 37:39.862 I do not know where. 37:39.945 --> 37:42.782 But first, you should attend to… 37:50.164 --> 37:51.540 My son. 37:52.124 --> 37:53.334 My son. 38:06.180 --> 38:08.140 She discarded the ward. 38:09.725 --> 38:11.477 It’s broken now. 38:23.447 --> 38:27.284 What sin have you committed that has made you so afraid 38:27.368 --> 38:30.538 that you've had spells written on every door? 38:33.874 --> 38:37.711 Answer me now! What did you do to make your own granddaughter lose consciousness 38:37.795 --> 38:39.713 and yield her body to a spirit? 38:55.729 --> 38:56.939 What is that? 38:57.022 --> 38:58.357 A straw effigy. 38:58.941 --> 39:01.110 It will take the misfortune in my stead. 39:01.193 --> 39:02.945 In your stead? What does that mean? 39:03.028 --> 39:04.447 You must hang this up 39:05.906 --> 39:08.033 exactly where I told you. 39:08.784 --> 39:11.203 And what will you do in the meantime? 39:12.121 --> 39:13.581 I will save the Princess. 39:13.664 --> 39:14.832 Huh? 39:15.875 --> 39:18.919 I warned her to be careful, to not get possessed by a spirit. 39:19.920 --> 39:22.173 How foolish and pathetic of her. 39:24.675 --> 39:25.676 Here. 39:45.362 --> 39:47.323 So in the end, it comes to this. 39:47.823 --> 39:50.242 Be it always my cursed fate. 41:33.887 --> 41:35.389 RABBIT 43:33.465 --> 43:34.967 Help her, please. 43:38.262 --> 43:39.596 You can save Saeng-gang. 43:40.931 --> 43:42.266 Please help her. 43:44.476 --> 43:46.228 Please save my daughter. 43:49.189 --> 43:50.607 My sins 43:51.900 --> 43:55.571 have put my daughter in grave danger. 43:55.654 --> 43:56.739 Your Highness. 44:02.578 --> 44:04.621 Save my Saeng-gang. 44:06.665 --> 44:08.542 Save her from that ak-gwi. 44:20.095 --> 44:21.263 Princess! 44:25.768 --> 44:27.644 Regain control of yourself. 44:29.605 --> 44:32.566 If you are to withstand the Crown Prince's attack, 44:32.649 --> 44:34.568 you must keep your wits about you. 44:35.152 --> 44:36.153 Are you listening at all?