![]() It starts with ‘a’, ends with ‘-utopsy report.’ Trapped, Hwa-ryeong is forced to relinquish the document.Įlsewhere, Ik-hyeon finds refuge with Uiseong - and it only takes a little blackmail to convince him to help. The question is, what’s Cheong-ha’s safety worth to Hwa-ryeong? The Dowager Queen has an idea. ![]() Despite Hwa-ryeong’s fierce defense of her daughter-in-law, the Dowager Queen now has leverage: if she goes public with the Crown Princess’ condition, it could lead to her deposition. False alarm, he announces! It was all a cruel misdiagnosis - Cheong-ha’s pulse confused him, owing to her childhood heart disease. Turns out, the palace is roiling with dodgy physicians: it doesn’t take much to get to Cheong-ha’s. Add a few more doodled love-hearts and glitter, and you’d have my old notebooks from junior high!īy the time Cheong-ha wakes, the Dowager Queen’s latest scheme has reached a boil. Here, he discovers Cheong-ha’s super secret to-do list. Seongnam, by now as besotted with his new wife as he rightfully ought to be, recites poetry to her as she sleeps. It comes with a nasty side order of fatigue, courtesy of her heart condition. Close examination from a physician reveals that ailment to be… pregnancy. Meanwhile, Cheong-ha is suffering from a mysterious ailment. For once, the Dowager Queen finds herself hopelessly outplayed. However, she’s willing to trade that report for Physician Kwon - alive. ![]() Hwa-ryeong has Taein’s autopsy report, which she will use to reveal the truth of his murder. Physician Kwon is Prince Ik-hyeon, she informs her nonplussed mother-in-law, and he’s out for revenge. Still, she has one last card to play - albeit through gritted teeth. Hwa-ryeong’s options are narrowing without Ik-hyeon’s testimony, the former Crown Princess and Grand Heir will forever remain in exile. How, asks Master Toji, does he think history will remember him? As hero - or usurper? Taein’s murder - and his own complicity - has cast a decades-long shadow over his reign. When he visits a defiant Master Toji in prison, he reveals as much. It’s clear he’s concerned with saving his own skin. He demands to see Physician Kwon dead before the day is out. Swallowing her grief, Hwa-ryeong pleads with the King, who is bullishly insistent that Physician Kwon cannot be the missing Prince Ik-hyeon. The same cannot be said for Master Toji, who is speedily arrested along with his co-conspirators. Before her guards can do anything, Ik-hyeon flees. His apology is a flat, perfunctory thing: he cannot regret avenging his brothers. Now, Hwa-ryeong’s grief only reminds him of his mother’s pain. Initially, it was an opportunity: Ik-hyeon sabotaged the Crown Prince’s treatment in order to deduce what killed his brother, Taein. Why? Was it for revenge? Not at first, no. Hwa-ryeong faces her son’s murderer, with only one question on her lips. The battle for the King’s soul - and, in turn, the nation - is underway, and no scheme will be left unturned in the process! All the evidence is in place, but the Dowager Queen will stop at nothing to conceal it. 40 DecemUnder the Queen’s Umbrella: Episodes 15-16 (Final) by alatheĮndgame approaches as our heroine fights to reveal the truth of her son’s murder.
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