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Tear Jerker / Moon Lovers

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  • In spite of how she treats him Wang So still cares about his mother enough to keep suspicion off her. (Which he does by killing the assassins she hired to kill Wang Mu... Yeah, it's that sort of family.) Queen Yoo isn't even slightly grateful. She calls Wang So a beast and tells him to get out.
    Wang So: It was for you, Mother.
    Queen Yoo: Mother, Mother, Mother! Hearing you call me "Mother" makes my skin crawl.
    • Wang So's reaction. He looks shocked for a minute before he forces a smile.
    Wang So: If you were my mother, you would care if I were injured. So why doesn't my mother ever look back at me? I waited so desperately for that.
    • Queen Yoo tells Wang So he's not her son; he's the son of the Kangs in Shinju. Wang So looks utterly devastated as he staggers away from her.
    • Wang So collapses in pain from his injury. Queen Yoo doesn't even get up to help him.
    • Wang So describes how the Kangs treated him. They threw him into a wolf's den and left him to fight off the wolves alone for the whole night. Sometimes one of the Kangs mistook him for her dead son and wouldn't let him out of her sight, then when she remembered who he was she beat him and locked him up.
    Wang So: She'd demand to know where her son was. Asking why there was an unsightly monster... [he breaks off, trying not to cry] It could be three days, or four. I didn't get one sip of water, but no one came to check on me.
    Queen Yoo: What of it? A mother only recognises a son who will make her shine. You are my shame, disgrace, and flaw.
  • Wang So saves Wang Jung's life, and in return Queen Yoo forces him to promise he'll never go near Wang Jung again.
  • Wang Yo gets Wang Eun to ask Wang So to take off his mask. Then Wang Yo bursts out laughing after Wang So storms out.
  • Ha-jin is blamed for Queen Yoo's poisoning attempt. She's arrested and tortured, and the only way Lady Oh can save her is by confessing she's responsible and being executed in Ha-jin's place. When she's released from prison Ha-jin kneels in front of the palace for hours, trying desperately to make the king spare Lady Oh, but it's all in vain.
  • The deaths of Wang Eun and Soon-deok. Wang Wook and Wang Yo try to force Wang So to murder them. Ha-jin tries to help them escape, but Yeon-hwa figures out where they're hiding and sells them out to Wang Yo. Soon-deok dies trying to save Wang Eun, while Wang Yo shoots Wang Eun and fatally injures him. Wang Eun begs Wang So to kill him, and as he dies he reaches for Soon-deok's hand but she's too far away for him to reach.

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