This is the Recap & Ending for K-Drama The Red Sleeve Cuff: Episode 12. King Youngjo throws the sword to Yi San and mistakes him as Crown Prince Sado. Yi San pushes King Youngjo over and cries to tell him that he’s not Crown Prince Sado.
The Red Sleeve Cuff: Episode 12 Recap
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King Youngjo confirms that the person he tries to hurt is Yi San. He doesn’t know what to do because he cannot make decisions in the right way as a king. Yi San asks King Youngjo to give the last order before he gets off the throne.
Head Court Lady Jo bows to Queen Jungsoon when she passes by. She’s surprised to see Deok-Im following Queen Jungsoon. She’s shocked after the maid reported something to her. Queen Jungsoon shows up at the court. She asks King Youngjo to take a look at the truth document.
Queen Jungsoon tells Deok-Im to let King Youngjo know the place where the truth document stays. But Head Court Lady Jo stops Deok-Im and gets her to get on knees to King Youngjo. She tells him that the maid is a liar. She tries to take her away to punish her.
It’s thunder. Deok-Im runs to get on knees to King Youngjo. She reminds him that he wrote the document and hid it somewhere after he heard his son was gone. He looks for the truth document from the wall behind his throne. He finds it.
King Youngjo tears up when he reads the truth document. He tells people that he promised to give the throne to Yi San after he killed Crown Prince Sado. Yi San learns that the one who had the deal with King Youngjo was his father. He tears up as well.
King Youngjo tells Baek-Ik to summon Princess Hwawan. Head Court Lady Jo catches the chance to flee. Princess Hwawan arrives at the court. King Youngjo tells her to hand over the royal seal to Yi San. She cries to get on knees to him and blames him for giving the task to her.
Princess Hwawan reminds King Youngjo that people will think he passed away if she does so. But he points out that he actually passed away as a king. He tells the ministers that he has to give the royal seal to Yi San because he’s not qualified to be the king. Princess Hwawan has to give the royal seal to Yi San in front of the ministers.
Head Court Lady Jo returns home. She picks up the king’s clothes from the ground. Wol-Hye joins her. Head Court Lady Jo takes out the papers from the king’s clothes. She throws the papers into the fire. She gives the clothes to Wol-Hye. She tells her not to trust the new king, and thinks the king needs them. She adds that she’s going to take the duty. Wol-Hye leaves with the clothes. Head Court Lady Jo tears up.
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Tae-Ho returns to east palace. He reports to Court Lady Seo that Yi San got the royal seal from King Youngjo. She’s happy to hug Court Lady Kwon. He tells her that Deok-Im went to see Queen Jungsoon. Deok-Im pays her respect to Queen Jungsoon and thanks her for helping Yi San.
Deok-Im goes to Crown Prince Sado’s house. Yi San is surprised to see her. She tells him that she came to the house to wait for him. She asks him about his wound and takes a look at his hand. He tells her that she’s the only one who worries about his hand. He grabs her hand and tells her that he’s going to confess his feelings to her.
Head Eunuch breaks into Head Court Lady Jo’s room. He tells the followers to arrest her. But she asks him for letting her go to the jail on her own because they have friendship. He agrees to it. She leaves the room and walks into the jail.
Head Court Lady Jo is summoned to the king’s palace. She pays her respect to King Youngjo. She sits on the floor. He tells her that the envoy reported to him that she tried to kill Yi San. He asks her why she wanted to do that. She tells him that she did that because she hates Royal Consort Yeong.
Head Court Lady Jo mentions King Youngjo betrayed her and married Royal Consort Yeong after she tried her best to help him be the king. He tells her that he feels guilty for what he did to her. He tells her to leave.
The Red Sleeve Cuff: Episode 12 Ending
Yi San walks in the king’s palace after King Youngjo passed away. He stares at the throne and pays his respect to King Youngjo. He remembers what he did to him. He walks to the throne and he has a seat. He tells himself to take the duty as a new king.
Kyung-Hee is going to see Bok-Yeon with Deok-Im. They buy Bok-Yeon gifts in the market. But Kyung-Hee gets angry after finding out that Bok-Yeon came a waitress serving the customer at the restaurant. She reminds her that she’s still a lady even if she left the palace.
Deok-Im brings the medicine to Yi San. She asks Tae-Ho to inform it to Yi San. But he tells her to walk into the study. Deok-Im has to wait in the study when Yi San is having meeting with the ministers. He tells her to leave after the eunuch reminded him that Deok-Im has waited for him for a long time.
Yi San returns to the palace and explains to Deok-Im that he didn’t intend to get her to wait after he drank the medicine. She wipes off the medicine from his lips and puts the snack into his mouth. She tries to leave. But he stops her and tells her that he wants her to be his wife.
The Red Sleeve Cuff: Episode 12 stars Lee Joon-Ho, Lee Se-Young, Lee Deok-Hwa and Park Ji-Young.