Eps 1 : The Beginning Storm
Hanyang-Joseon's capital city, the old name of Seoul-tonight was covered with a storm. Earlier, lightning and thunder continued to color the night sky, making the moon unable to show its elegance in the sky. Nature seems to show its wrath. Or maybe nature is giving a warning to their disagreement about a tragedy today.
In the middle of the storm that night, the Injeonjong yard looked crowded. No matter the rain that fell, all palace officials knelt down in the yard and shouted the same thing repeatedly. Meanwhile, behind them, several rows of royal soldiers seemed to reinforce the tense situation that was happening at the palace tonight.
"Your Majesty, please depose the queen!"
"Your Majesty, please depose the queen!"
"Your Majesty, please depose the queen!"
The ministers repeatedly shouted the same request. The request was for Queen Yoo, who was serving from her throne. While the ministers continued to kneel to make a request in the Palace Hall, King Seongwoon was pensive alone on his throne. Repeatedly, the red-robed man considered the desires of the ministers. However, his little heart shouted that he did not want that.
His eyes rolled when the door of the palace hall opened and Eunuch Song stepped into the room. The atmosphere of silence still surrounded the palace hall; one could only faintly hear the sound of the requests of the ministers who resonated on the walls.
"I don't want to do it, Eunuch Song. I did not get my heart to revoke the title mother from my child."
The voice of King Seongwoon sounded so soft and full of despair. Eunuch Song, who heard the sad narrative of King Seongwoon, could only bow his head. As a servant who has accompanied King Seongwoon since becoming the crown prince, Eunuch Song can understand well the sense of King Seongwoon.
"Your Majesty, I can only say that please strengthen your heart. However, this must feel heavy. Choosing between Queen Dowager Shin and Queen Yoo is not something you want.
A long sigh was exhaled by King Seongwoon again. The attention fell on the parchment containing the request of the officials who had been present on his throne table. The pain again crept into the heart of King Seongwoon, and with a broken heart, his hand stretched out on the royal gold stamp and put red ink on the parchment. At that moment, King Seongwoon felt his world had been destroyed.
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"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! "
The sobs of the sadness of the Central Palace, the official residence of Queen Yoo. No matter the rain of storms that flushed that night, the entire ladies of the palace were kneeling and crying over Queen Yoo-their leader.
Meanwhile, several royal troops also stood to prevent all access to the Central Palace. Until suddenly, a man who was a royal military general, Kim Suk-Yeon, entered the yard of the middle palace and made the ladies cry louder and call for Queen Yoo in a miserable voice.
Without saying much, General Kim Suk-Yeon broke into the central palace with several soldiers. Soon after, General Kim emerged from the room, followed by Queen Yoo, who had been forcibly brought with two soldiers on her right and left.
"Your Majesty the Queen! Strengthen yourself!
"Your Majesty, you have gotten so much vile slander. The sky won't just stay quiet! "
"Your Majesty, please strengthen yourself."
The central palace ladies shout for encouraging words for Queen Yoo. The gaze of hatred and anger was shown by the ladies to General Kim and the soldiers. The central palace ladies were very sure that all of this must be a big conspiracy to depose Queen Yoo.
Queen Yoo did not show the slightest anger. His romance looks calm without ripples, even though he is being treated so disrespectfully. The soldiers slightly dragged him out of the central palace to a large courtyard right in front of the entrance of the central palace. A black stretcher has been provided to send Queen Yoo out of the palace.
"Tell The Queen to immediately enter the stretcher!" General Kim's command
Hearing General Kim's orders that were so firm, Queen Yoo stopped and jerked the escort of the two soldiers on the right and left. Her eyes gave off a look full of hatred. Slowly, Queen Yoo stepped toward General Kim and looked at him sharply in the eyes.
"Are you not afraid of heaven's power?" asked the queen.
General Kim only smiled sarcastically at the question asked by Queen Yoo. The man only looked at his two subordinates before giving the order to immediately place Queen Yoo on a stretcher.
Again, Queen Yoo was forcefully pulled to immediately enter the stretcher. Until suddenly, a voice made Queen Yoo freeze in place. A voice successful made her heart roll and realize her regret because she left something very important at the palace. Her son, The Crown Prince Yeongan.
"Mother! Mother! Mother!"
The steps of The Crown Prince of Yeongan to approach his mother stopped because he was in the field of several soldiers. The soldiers did not let the young prince approach his mother. This clearly made Crown Prince Yeongan throw a sharp gaze at the soldiers.
"Get away! I want to meet my mother! "Get away!"
Queen Yoo's defense collapsed after seeing the face of her son in tears. Queen Yoo's tears rolled down well with the heavy rainwater. The Queen's heart was like being stabbed by a knife, seeing her son's hand reaching over him. Her heart, as a mother, screamed to the sky, asking that her son could survive the cruelty of the palace politics later.
"What else are you waiting for?! Immediately put the woman into a stretcher!"
General Kim's command broke the sad atmosphere between the mother and child. Without feeling, the soldiers immediately pushed Queen Yoo's body into the stretcher. letting Queen Yoo go without giving the chance to convey her last greeting to Crown Prince Yeongan.
"Mother! Mother! Mother!"
Under the rain that night, Crown Prince Yeongan sat down after the soldiers no longer held his body. The crying and screams of the crown prince, Yeongan, were shouted with lightning and roar in the night sky.
Both hands of Crown Prince Yeongan clenched strongly with the departure of a stretcher that brought his mother. The young prince, swearing in his heart, will not forget the most bitter events in his life. Until darkness claimed his consciousness.
"Mother! Mother... Please don't leave me," said the Crown Prince Yeongan very softly before finally falling unconscious.
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"Queen Dowager, you have tried very hard. We are very grateful for your help."
Some officials bowed respectfully to The Queen Dowager Shin, who had just recovered from the unfortunate incident that happened to him. She smiled and nodded satisfiedly after her dream was achieved getting rid of Queen Yoo.
"I only do what I have to do. After all, the royal family must be free from disgrace," she said as she sipped the tea from her cup.
"We are greatly helped because you know the rotten scandal of the late former queen. Really, behind her graceful attitude, she has a nature that is similar to a bitch."
"Right! That's why we have to get rid of it. But, have you completed the final stage of this deprivation, right? " Queen Dowager Shin gave her full gaze to the officials.
"Of course, Your Majesty. We have confirmed that the former queen was killed on the way to her exile hut. We clearly don't want to take risks in the future by letting it stay alive. "
Laughter was immediately chanting beautiful from the lips of Queen Dowager Shin Shin after hearing the narrative of his allies. Her laughter was transmitted to his loyal officials. That morning, after the storm stopped, Queen Dowager Shin and her followers chose to celebrate her victory with joy.
Without them all realizing, The Crown Prince accidentally heard all that from behind a closed door. The young prince was about to deliver his morning greetings to Queen Dowager Shin - his grandmother. But, what he heard this morning was very unexpected.
The Crown Prince Yeongan was stunned in a place with both hands clenched firmly on the side of his body. His teenage soul was torn between pain and sadness. He shattered his handsome bright smile and wrapped his heart in darkness.
The young prince immediately turned away from the residence of The Queen Dowager Shin. Anger and emotions were bubbling up on his handsome face. Eunuch Jang, who realized the emotional changes of The Crown Prince Yeongan could only be silent, could not say anything. The loyal servant of the Crown Prince Yeongan did not think that Queen Dowager Shin could be so cruel, even to her own daughter-in-law and grandchildren.