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Father, the Daughter You Threw Away Is Queen

Ep. 14 · Is It My Fault I Was Sold?

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Recap (black band). — The money she had paid and the pin both came back. Then, in her new clothes, the Queen Dowager's summons came.
Title card · establishing shot — Ep. 14 · Is It My Fault I Was Sold?
The guest annex from outside. The head court lady (seen from behind) closes the door. / Inside. The Queen Dowager at the head of the room (out of focus), Min Chi-gyeom in the low seat for answering, Yeonhwa and Yi Heon to the side. — The same afternoon. The guest annex north of the palace. clack The Queen Dowager — the king's mother. The minister had been summoned over the forced sale his son had made. He has no authority to judge a marriage.
Min Chi-gyeom. Quiet — courteous and smooth, a trace of a smile. To the Queen Dowager. — Min Chi-gyeom: "Would you take as queen a woman who has been inside a courtesan house?"
Yeonhwa lifts her head. She begins composed and turns to cold anger on the second sentence — low and slow. — Yeonhwa: "Is it my fault that I was sold?" Yeonhwa: "It was your son who did the buying, my lord."
Yi Heon, about to answer for her, closes his mouth and listens. / Min Chi-gyeom speaks to the Queen Dowager rather than the king. Smoothly — at ease. — The king began to answer for her, and then listened to her instead. Min Chi-gyeom: "The world does not know such particulars."
Yi Heon rises and takes a step toward the door. / (hands) He pushes the closed door wide open. The light of the yard pours in. — the door sliding
Yi Heon with the light of the open door behind him, looking straight at Min Chi-gyeom. The king's voice — broad, unhurried. — Yi Heon: "If they do not know, they shall be told. The one to hide is not the victim."
Yeonhwa looking at him in the light of the open door. / The Queen Dowager's face for the first time. She raises a hand and cuts off Min Chi-gyeom's next words — the hand goes up and stops. — He said he would not hide it, and he said it after opening the door. The Queen Dowager raised her hand. Min Chi-gyeom's next words were cut off.
(hands) That hand coming slowly down. / The Queen Dowager to Yeonhwa. Short and low. — Queen Dowager: "Do you wish for this marriage?"
Yeonhwa glances once at Yi Heon.
Yeonhwa from the front. Composed, low — not a wish but an order of things. — Yeonhwa: "I wish to set my mother's matter right first." Not a wish, but an order of things.
Yi Heon speaking to Yeonhwa directly. Slow and warm. / (hands) Yeonhwa's hand releasing the sleeve it had been gripping. — Yi Heon: "The investigation will go on to the end, marriage or no marriage."
The Queen Dowager from the front. A ruling — addressed to Min Chi-gyeom alone. Her voice rises once on the second sentence. — Queen Dowager: "As for the marriage, I will hear what the two of them wish." Queen Dowager: "The minister may withdraw."
Min Chi-gyeom's face, two seconds — the smile frozen where it is. / (new) Min Chi-gyeom's back as he leaves through the open door. The sound of a cushion dragging. — His dignity froze, smile and all. a drag There was only the sound of a cushion dragging.
Evening. The dining room of the annex. Evening light beyond the open door. / Yi Heon outside the open door, taking his leave. — That evening.
(hands) Yeonhwa's hand setting out one more empty bowl. / Yeonhwa. Half amused, half a whisper — the first time she asks first. — Yeonhwa: "Will you… eat with me tonight?"
Yi Heon turning back. An awkward smile — from surprise. His face is a small closed-mouth smile. / (hands) She sets the rice paddle in front of his place. — Yi Heon: "May I?"
Yeonhwa. Laughing — actually laughing out loud, her face a small closed-mouth smile. / Yi Heon sits down smiling and tips some of his share back to her. Warmly. — Yeonhwa: "I put off the wedding, not the meals." Yi Heon: "Then today too, half each."
(overhead · the reference composition from Ep. 4) Two bowls at the same height. This time on a palace table. — From the table in the thatched house to the table in the palace. The height of the bowls was the same.
The open door. The head court lady (seen from behind) withdraws. The two at the table are small. — That evening, I was the one who asked first.
End card. — End of Ep. 14 / Next — This Time I Choose Knowing

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