

The mother who adopted him was cruel and likely insane, and he was frequently left in a locked room for days in a row without food or water.

As tears roll down his cheeks, he tells her of the horrid life he led with the Shinju Kang clan, and how he killed all the monks and burned the temple. That’s why she sent him to be adopted, he knows, and in his rage, he breaks one of her vases as he collapses to the ground. With tears in his eyes, So asks her if she turned her back on him because of his face. I doubt she means literally, but there’s certainly no better way of renouncing blood ties than that.
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“I did it for you, Mother,” he begins again, unsure, but she takes offense to his almost pleading use of the word “Mother.” She tells him that hearing that word come from his lips makes her skin crawl, and orders him to leave.Ī broken-hearted So can’t help but wonder why his mother cares so little for him, only to be coldly interrupted by the queen, who says he’s not her son, but rather the son of the Shinju Kang clan. “You’re like a beast,” she adds, and the smile instantly dies on So’s face. The queen slowly realizes what he’s done, but shatters So’s expectations when she asks him if he thought she’d commend him for what he did. He’s like a little boy coming to his mother for approval, only this little boy killed a bunch of people and burned a temple down. He’s made it so that no one can come after her, and erased all traces of her wrongdoing. “Do you know what I’ve done for you, Mother?” he asks, still smiling. Queen Sinmyeongsunseong wakes with a start to see her unloved son looking so dangerous, even as he steps forward with a smile.īut he’s not there to menace her-just the opposite, actually. So stalks into his mother’s room, his sword still dripping wet with the blood of the renounced monks he just killed en masse. Angsty princes covered in blood are all well and good, but angsty, vulnerable princes with a soft spot for a certain someone are even better. And while this hour has its dark moments, it seems like the show is willing to reveal its softer underbelly, which goes a long way toward helping to endear it to us. 653 SeptemMoon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Episode 4 by HeadsNo2įeelings start to get murky as our heroine becomes more and more a part of our princes’ everyday lives, and though she may not always have the best solutions, at least she’s always willing to try.
