Post by TheBo on Nov 8, 2011 15:15:50 GMT -5
Ep 44
Yeong-jo wanders the marketplace with two (worried) guards. He learns he is beloved by the peasants. Song is taken to Y-J (making everyone at Dowahseo nervous because she never shows up for work). Surprised to see him, she learns he wants her to make a portrait of Sado, from Y-J's memory, for San. (Y-J had burned all Sado's portraits.)
San bullies the head imperial guard, sworn to secrecy by Y-J, into telling where he is, then goes off with his top men on horseback. Physicians and attendants will follow.
Song succeeds in painting the portrait, and alone, Y-J tells Sado he'll see him soon and be a better father then. When San arrives the next morning, the king is in a dead faint. They bring him home and there, he dies.
The nation immediately goes into deep. sincere mourning. All the royal women are shut out from being at Y-J's side in death, so they mourn at home--Lady Hye, Hyeoui, Princess and even the Queen. At Dowahseo, Song has a more private moment of remembering Y-J's gift of a precious ring from his own mother and thanks to her for being San's true friend.
San receives a last, loving letter from Y-J. Preparations for the funeral go forward, even as the coronation is prepared for. At Dowahseo, Song, Yi and Tak are put in charge of the coronation. Tak and Yi fight like schoolboys for ascendancy, and Song runs to tell Dae-su of her honor. Dae-su plus two will be promoted to imperial guards protecting San as king.
Jeong posts "anonymous" tracts saying San caused Y-J's death, offering a reward for San's assassination. His secret idea is to foment the people against San and get Qing (China) on his side as a possible king-nidate. Hong wants San to investigate, but the nation is in mourning so San wants it kept quiet. Hong secretly investigates.
Jeong hires God's Sword, an ex-imperial guard who brooks no nonsense from Jeong and demands 10,000 pieces of silver--half the national budget--to assassinate San. As preparations for the coronation go forward, Jeong puts pressure on his supporters--including San's nervous uncle--to sell all they have to pay God's Sword. (This seems like it would take too long, but oh well.)
While Song's at the grand palace supervising preparations, Lady Kim has a chance to lord it over Chobi and the other damo. Chobi thinks she recognizes Lady Kim from somewhere.
Dae-su plus two think the Norons are simply running, but Hong is on the alert. God's Sword has gotten a job painting the Grand Palace for the coronation. Song notices he doesn't really know what he's doing, and then he disappears into the palace grounds. He buries a sword by San's palace; San catches him finishing up and demands an explanation.
Yeong-jo wanders the marketplace with two (worried) guards. He learns he is beloved by the peasants. Song is taken to Y-J (making everyone at Dowahseo nervous because she never shows up for work). Surprised to see him, she learns he wants her to make a portrait of Sado, from Y-J's memory, for San. (Y-J had burned all Sado's portraits.)
San bullies the head imperial guard, sworn to secrecy by Y-J, into telling where he is, then goes off with his top men on horseback. Physicians and attendants will follow.
Song succeeds in painting the portrait, and alone, Y-J tells Sado he'll see him soon and be a better father then. When San arrives the next morning, the king is in a dead faint. They bring him home and there, he dies.
The nation immediately goes into deep. sincere mourning. All the royal women are shut out from being at Y-J's side in death, so they mourn at home--Lady Hye, Hyeoui, Princess and even the Queen. At Dowahseo, Song has a more private moment of remembering Y-J's gift of a precious ring from his own mother and thanks to her for being San's true friend.
San receives a last, loving letter from Y-J. Preparations for the funeral go forward, even as the coronation is prepared for. At Dowahseo, Song, Yi and Tak are put in charge of the coronation. Tak and Yi fight like schoolboys for ascendancy, and Song runs to tell Dae-su of her honor. Dae-su plus two will be promoted to imperial guards protecting San as king.
Jeong posts "anonymous" tracts saying San caused Y-J's death, offering a reward for San's assassination. His secret idea is to foment the people against San and get Qing (China) on his side as a possible king-nidate. Hong wants San to investigate, but the nation is in mourning so San wants it kept quiet. Hong secretly investigates.
Jeong hires God's Sword, an ex-imperial guard who brooks no nonsense from Jeong and demands 10,000 pieces of silver--half the national budget--to assassinate San. As preparations for the coronation go forward, Jeong puts pressure on his supporters--including San's nervous uncle--to sell all they have to pay God's Sword. (This seems like it would take too long, but oh well.)
While Song's at the grand palace supervising preparations, Lady Kim has a chance to lord it over Chobi and the other damo. Chobi thinks she recognizes Lady Kim from somewhere.
Dae-su plus two think the Norons are simply running, but Hong is on the alert. God's Sword has gotten a job painting the Grand Palace for the coronation. Song notices he doesn't really know what he's doing, and then he disappears into the palace grounds. He buries a sword by San's palace; San catches him finishing up and demands an explanation.
