Yes, really.īefore she can answer, and with the sounds drawing ever nearer, Jeongjong writes his answer and holds it out to Su in shaking hands. As he coughs from his mysterious illness, he begins to write the decree his mother wanted, but with a twist: Su gets to pick the next king. “What have I done so wrong?” I was afraid that I would be cast aside as well, just like So was.” Sounding like a lost little boy, he says that his mother told him he wasn’t lacking.īut then he pivots back to blaming Su for everything, throwing her to the ground in the process. King Jeongjong starts laughing as the sounds come ever nearer, though tears fill his eyes as he pours his soul out to Su. So says he won’t forget what she’s done, and the men behind him cheer. “I will help you enter the palace without any bloodshed,” she says, the gate open behind her. But before they can advance, Princess Yeonhwa comes out to meet them, accompanied by only a few soldiers. To that, her mother can only say that she will cast Wook aside, presumably in order to survive.Īlongside Grand General Park and Baek-ah, So leads an impressive number of forces to storm the palace gates. “What if I want the whole world?” the princess asks haughtily. She tells Yeonhwa that she could give up love in order to have the world at her fingertips, or have love, but not the world. Unlike the evil queen, Queen Sinjeong is much more levelheaded about what’s to come, and though she says she’ll follow Princess Yeonhwa’s lead, she tells her daughter that there was something she never taught her: “If you want to become master of the palace, you must be willing to give something up.” Su turns to leave, but the king rises on shaky legs to advance menacingly toward her. Despite her pleads to the contrary, he now claims to finally understand So, and orders his mother to be taken away.
“Then… what will become of me? Am I even your son? What am I to you, Mother? Just something that exists to sit on the throne?” Jeongjong cries as he says this, the realization hitting hard. She pleads with her son to put it to paper that he’ll be abdicating the throne to Jung, since they can’t lose the throne. Queen Sinmyeongsunseong rushes in to declare that So’s leading a revolt. Because So was able to then take what was rightfully his, he’s ended up like this. He swats away the tea she offers, claiming it’s poison, but then he decides to blame his entire situation on her.Īccording to King Jeongjong, the reason he’s plagued by the ghosts of Hyejong, Eun, Soon-deok, and even King Taejo is because she helped So to cover up his scar. The palace gates are closed against the sound of a revolt let by So, as Su nervously tends to the king. “I know that.” But concern floods her expression as she implores him to not kill his brothers, to which he nods his head in agreement, taking her hands in his. But there’s always love, and these two better relish it while they still can.Īfter telling Su of his desire to become king, So manages a smile as he asks, “Why, do you not want me to become king?” Su says she doesn’t, but that she hates the idea of being separated from him even more. Loyal family members are in even shorter supply. Everyone’s becoming increasingly more isolated with all the major changes taking place within the palace, and friends seem to be in short supply. It’s lonely up at the top, and no one’s coming to realize that more than So. 588 OctoOctoMoon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Episode 17 by HeadsNo2