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Episode 17
How did it go?
We haven't found the culprit yet,
but Muhyul helped us immensely in finding the cause of all these events.
There is something more urgent than finding the culprit.
And what would that be?
Eerie talebearing is spreading on the streets.
Eerie talebearing?!
They're talking about a wraith.
Such talebearing is spreading all over the capital.
What is even more fearsome than tales about chimerical wraiths...
are the jitters of all the people who believe such hearsay.
If we don't hurry up and stop the innuendo,
the situation could become much more serious.
I think it would be best if Your Majesty disclosed the truth about this matter.
Go ahead and tell me.
What are these wraith stories about?
That a wraith has come back to life, and brought along ominous consequences.
A wraith has come back to life?!
They say that is the wraith of a prince, who perished twenty years ago.
That such prince, who should have met his demise, is either still alive...
or he has come back as a wraith to avenge his past.
Your Majesty.
Don't let such heedless talebearing dispirit you.
His Highness's fate has nothing to do with this adversity.
This is surely someone's execrable expedient to foster discord in the court.
Wasn't it clearly shown by all the clues His Highness discovered?
Then...
do those men know Muhyul's identity?
Aware he's alive, did they commit such harrowing deviltry?!
Yes, Your Majesty.
What on earth is happening here?
Hey.
Are you aware of anything?
A prince who perished twenty years ago?! What is that all about?
If you know anything, tell us.
What could possibly be the reason His Majesty's visage...
was beclouded by dread, the moment he heard of this?
I only learned of this not long ago myself.
The entire palace is trying to shroud a cyclopean secret.
A secret?!
They say His Highness Prince Yeojin is not the King's third,
but in truth is his fourth son.
Before Prince Yeojin, His Majesty's third son was born...
and perished right after.
What?! Why did the third prince die?
Apparently, His Majesty bestowed him to the heavens in sacrifice.
His Majesty?!
Killed his own son?
He was born under the nefarious fate of causing Goguryeo's downfall,
and after His Highness was born, endless calamity engulfed our country.
Even his mother, Her Majesty the Empress, withered in demise.
Then, what's all that talebearing about?
He already perished, bestowed to the heavens in sacrifice.
Why are people insinuating he's still alive?
Does it make sense that a specter would come back to life?
And what would I know?!
Then, is the third prince still alive?
Make some sense, will you?
I have a favor to ask you.
If that boy is truly alive,
the chieftains of the Council will not spare his life.
So, give me your help in finding that boy.
If you wish to find His Highness, wouldn't it be best to alert the supervisor?
The council is trying to espy Hye Ap's movements.
Should she find that boy, we risk exposing his identity.
Hence, it is your help I need.
We would love to aid Your Highness in every way,
but know nothing regarding His Highness the Prince.
At the shrine, you will find an ancestral chamber,
where all the royals' relics lie.
There, you shall find my mother and Haemyeong's relics as well,
so that child's relics will be surely there.
Are you telling us to enter the shrine?!
Yes.
Enter the shrine, and find anything which will help us...
ascertain that boy's whereabouts.
Entering the shrine without His Majesty's consent is proscribed by law.
How are we going to enter that place?
I am fully aware of how toilsome this task will be.
But that is our only chance at the moment,
so find a way to enter that place.
What now?
What do you think? I can't.
Didn't you see Her Highness imploring us to?
Muhyul.
We'll have to help her.
Do you have a death wish?!
Everyone dreads this mysterious prince,
but Her Highness is the only one trying to protect him.
Let us help her.
Hey! Are we in any position to help others?
Balso is right about that.
It's too daunting a task for us alone.
Every day you and I live is a gift.
Hadn't His Majesty spared our lives, we would already be wandering the netherworld.
If His Highness Haemyeong were still alive,
he would have wished to protect his brother.
You lunatic fool.
The ancestral chamber is strictly interdicted by royal command.
If they capture us there, our necks will be on the line!
That is why I can't do it alone.
I need someone like you, aware of all the palace's secret paths.
What happened?
Talebearing regarding the third prince being alive is whelming the market,
and the people's thundering grievances for King Yuri are on the rise.
To protect his child,
he engaged in such villainous calumny with the Council and his people.
It is only natural this would happen.
This baleful gale shall certainly swelter King Yuri's resolve.
But should he learn our Biryu clan beclouded his legacy through these events,
we shall bear in mind an even more impetuous tempest could hit us.
You needn't worry about that.
But, do you really think that servant of Prince Haemyeong...
is indeed the third prince?
We can just observe how King Yuri approaches this matter.
I am curious myself.
Whether he is truly a prince or not.
I see something bedims your soul.
Is that man responsible for the clouds which engulf you?
If you wish to succeed,
your resolve shall twinge any personal pathos.
Yes.
Thanks to you, we can finally find some respite.
What is it you wish me to do now?
We shall take this opportunity, and continue smothering King Yuri's resolve.
Continue on this path, until this calamity crumbles that throne.
Yes.
- Your Excellency. - What is the matter?
Anseung arrived.
Anseung?!
Master!
Master.
- Did you find out? - Yes.
I was spying on the Biryu clan, but nothing to report.
- Nothing? - Yes.
- Are you sure? - Yes!
All the private guards were in complete silence.
That... Who was it again... That... That... Her Majesty's brother...
- Anseung, you mean? - Yes! Anseung, Anseung!
Aside from that man coming out with the Ubo,
I didn't see any chieftain there to meet the Sangga.
So I was right, after all!
Right about what?
Think about it. The entire capital is being turned upside down.
Why would the chieftains quietly sit back?
I'm smelling something, that's what it is.
Keep observing the Biryu clan.
Ahh... and if they find out, then what?
If they do, then it's your pro...
We finally get a decent chance, and you can't even take a few risks?
Chance?!
No need to know.
Yeon!
I shall inundate you with herbs, so take good care of those patients.
There is something more urgent than getting herbs.
What is that?
The patients are all scared by those rumors.
What is this talebearing about the ghost of a prince who died twenty years ago...
suddenly coming back to life?
Ehhh! It's all balderdash!
Back then, His Majesty bestowed the prince to the heavens in sacrifice.
The third prince perished that day, for sure!
I saw it clearly with my own eyes!
Then, why is such falsehood spreading?
Isn't this old man bestirring himself to find that out?!
Hey. How are we going to enter that?
There surely must be a way.
And Chubalso?!
He left, saying he'll go ask around.
Ask whom?
Don't ask me.
You know he's a man of endless wiles,
so he might find something we can't even imagine.
The pestilence which started in the capital is rapidly spreading nationwide.
The emergency herbs and rations we stored are giving us some relief,
but there is no way to curb this solicitous public sentiment.
Your Majesty.
We must swiftly unravel a solution for this quandary.
If we don't do something, a terrible quagmire might engulf us all.
Do you think everything that is happening...
is heaven's reprisal for sparing Muhyul's life?
I would never believe that.
This entire calamity was concocted from the start.
A mere contrivance it could be,
but it still doesn't explain this pestilence.
Were you looking for me?
Dreadful misfortune is clouding Goguryeo's skies.
Was this your doing?
Nunim!
You may leave us!
What is your underlying motive for such villainy?
Is smothering our royal family what you wish for?!
Was this really the Biryu clan's doing?
Everything that is happening is for Prince Yeojin's sake.
For Yeojin's sake?! And what's that supposed to mean?
Someone enfeebling His Highness's future legacy is among us,
so you can't just sit and stare at his malefaction.
