A sweeping historical and emotional short drama about the heavy price of power. "My Mother Died to Crown Me" tells the story of a royal heir whose path to the throne was paved by a mother’s ultimate sacrifice. Amidst palace intrigue, betrayal, and the weight of a crown soaked in blood, a new ruler must decide if the kingdom is worth the cost of a broken heart.
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00:05dad is the godfather of the moretti family running the city's black market arms trade
00:09mom is the only heir of the severino family
00:16mom and dad's love is a legend in new york's popular world
00:22on the surface the severinos run a high-end private hospital
00:26in reality they control new york's underground drug trade
00:29and mom is the family's top doctor years ago dad saved mom from an assassination attempt
00:35he got framed for leaking secrets because of that he loses his chance to become a core member of the
00:40east coast mafia commission he never regrets it because she loves mom the private medical center
00:46outside new york close to the public is dad's gift home the night i'm born dad hires new york's
00:51biggest orchestra to play outside our state all night people say i'm the only witness to this
00:56legendary love until i'm five a beautiful woman starts visiting our house often
01:02she's always by dad's side she corners me in the garden strokes the toy dad gave me
01:07you know your mom's old now she can't even hold a scalpel steady
01:32i don't fully understand but i repeat her words to mom
01:36the next day i hear the family talking about her the moretti family's genius sniper vivienne
01:41suffers permanent nerve damage in both hands from an accident mom is in the study polishing her
01:46scalpel blades shining nina mom just got rid of a piece of trash for you do you like this gift
01:57dad when are you back
01:59i barely finish the words when i see him storm past me face dark heading straight for the study
02:03he kicks the door open mom sits at the desk calmly polishing a silver scalpel with a velvet cloth
02:11sophia was this you vivian's hands ruined her whole life is over do you even know how important she
02:18was to me mom looks up she was trash i cleaned her up what's the problem
02:30what's the problem
02:34she was a genius do you know how much effort i put into training her as an assassin
02:40and you just destroy her my legs go weak that gun i've seen it
02:45dad uses it on every mission it's killed countless enemies i scream and rush forward
02:49throwing my arms around mom to shield her dad you can't hurt mom for a moment the fire in dad's
02:56eyes
02:56wavers when he sees me the gun dips slightly mom quickly pulls me into her arms i can feel her
03:02heart
03:02racing but she's smiling so your subordinates matter more to you than your own daughter
03:12sofia you disappoint me
03:16vivian only admires me she did nothing wrong it's you you can't tolerate anyone
03:22from today she stays in our house i'll take care of her myself until she recovers
03:29this is what you owe her i watch his broad back disappear and for the first
03:33time the legends about dad they don't seem so bright anymore
03:39i watch his broad back disappear and for the first time the legends about dad they don't
03:43seem so bright anymore the next day vivian moves into our house she's in a wheelchair her hands
03:49wrapped in thick bandages dad pushes her inside himself she stays in the guest room next to mom
03:54and dad's bedroom that used to be my room the one with the best sunlight but dad tells me to
03:58give it
03:58to her dad hires the most professional private nurses to care for her around the clock he even
04:03moves his study into her room so he can work while keeping her company dad barely goes anywhere else
04:08even at night he stays in her room i often hear laughter light and happy and dad's gentle voice
04:14soothing her overnight it feels like mom and i don't belong in our own home anymore vivian is a good
04:19actor when dad is around she leans weakly in her wheelchair speaking softly eyes always red boss
04:27it's my fault if i didn't admire you so much if i didn't hang around mrs morella wouldn't have
04:32misunderstood my hands it's okay as long as i see you every day i'm happy don't worry i'll make
04:39sure she answers to you but the moment dad leaves vivian's eyes turn sharp as knives i'll be back soon
04:45vivian clean this room a five-year-old brat still playing with such childish things yes miss tell
04:54sophia this is compensation her precious daughter now belongs to me
05:00tell sophia this is compensation her precious daughter now belongs to me nina don't cry remember
05:10when a dog bites you you don't kill it right away you first pull its teeth cut its claws so
05:14it can't bite
05:15or scratch then take your time watch it panic and despair i half understand
05:25that night a lot of people come to our house doctors from the severino family hospital and important
05:30members of the meritti family dad thinks mom will give in he relaxes a little at the dinner table mom
05:36raises her glass smiling calm and graceful tonight i invited everyone to witness something miss vivianne was
05:43badly injured in an accident leaving permanent nerve damage in both hands as a doctor and godmother of
05:48the morechi family i feel deeply for her so i've decided to personally handle all her rehab for free
05:53using all my resources until she fully recovers dad and vivianne's faces change instantly a killer
06:01doing rehab for her victim this isn't treatment it's torture vivianne's pride is under the scalpel
06:07stripped away one cut at a time
06:11vivianne's pride is under the scalpel stripped away one cut at a time
06:15dad almost loses it on the spot but he looks around at all the heads of both families in the
06:19room and grits his teeth forcing himself to stay calm sophia you mom sets down her wine glass cutting
06:25him off what you don't trust my medical skills or do you think i'm taking revenge her gaze sweeps
06:34the room landing on the doctors what do you think mrs marati is world class of course we trust her
06:40yeah having mrs marati in charge is vivianne's luck he knows mom is setting him up publicly in front of
06:46all these people he can't question his wife's skills he can't admit she's taking revenge if he does it'll
06:52look like the alliance between the mariti and sabrino families is broken for a family boss that's deadly
06:58vivianne sits in her wheelchair trembling with anger her hands under the bandages seeming to ache all over
07:05sophia don't get smug mr moretti won't let you get away with this vivianne relax
07:13the first step in nerve rehab is electrotherapy
07:18don't worry i'll handle it myself making sure the current hits every damaged nerve ending
07:24vivianne's face drains of color electroshock therapy she knows exactly what that means
07:33i'll handle it myself making sure the current hits every damaged nerve ending
07:38vivianne's face drains of color electroshock therapy she knows exactly what that means
07:44i can already see her struggling on the treatment table screaming at me after sending the guests
07:49away dad finally loses it he slams his hand on the table enough sophia do you have to be this
07:55cruel
07:56cruel luca when you brought that woman home did you ever think about how i feel when you pointed a
08:03gun at me for her did you think about i'm your wife when you let her bully your daughter did
08:07you
08:07think about being a father you're the one who pushed everything to the limit
08:18her voice is quiet but every word cuts straight to the heart the whole dining room falls silent
08:23dad moves his lips but no words come out nina let's go home it was my fault okay my fault
08:32my fault
08:38it was my fault don't you need feelings and then what i gave you a chance i messed everything up
08:45i
08:45apologize but please don't take my daughter away please i'm sorry i'm so sorry this is supposed to be our
08:52home it's all my fault it's all my fault please don't leave don't take our daughter with you but
08:57the way she says it it's time to go please don't leave please don't leave it feels like stepping into
09:08a cold empty hotel after that night dad gives in he can't risk his future and reputation vivianne's
09:21rehab treatment is set the location is the private medical center dad once gifted mom outside new york
09:27the next day mom moves us there she says the house is too dirty and needs disinfecting
09:31the retreat is beautiful like a fairy tale castle but the air feels heavy and tense
09:35every nurse and doctor bows respectfully when they see mom eyes full of awe and fear vivianne's treatment
09:41room is at the very back i sneak a peek once through thick glass i see vivianne strapped to the
09:47table
09:47mom wears her white coat and mask eyes cold and focused she holds two metal probes moving them
09:53along vivianne's arms every touch makes vivianne's body jerk violently she lets out muffled sharp screams
09:59the sound it's like nail scraping glass piercing my ears i run back to my room trembling under the
10:06blanket dad comes to see me once he looks thinner bloodshot eyes he holds me close voice force i know
10:12mom's hurting you but vivianne she doesn't deserve this please talk to her make her stop she'll break
10:20vivianne if this goes on i look at him seriously daddy do you still love mommy he freezes doesn't answer
10:27for a long time he just hugs me tighter as if drawing strength from me nita grown-up things are
10:32complicated you'll understand one day i don't understand all i know is mom is unhappy vivianne
10:38screams become the retreat's daily soundtrack a month later they finally release her curls up at
10:43the sight of anyone whispering over and over don't shock me please don't shock she's gone mad when dad
10:50comes to pick her up he sees her like this the cold ruthless mafia boss his eyes are red almost
10:56bleeding
10:56he doesn't yell at mom he doesn't lose his temper he just stares at her calmly eyes like a deep
11:01unfathomable abyss sofia you win he says it quietly mom takes off her glasses wipes them
11:07voice calm as ever the war has only just begun dad carries the broken vivianne out of the retreat
11:14i think it's over i'm wrong dad's counter-attack comes faster and harsher what he wants to destroy
11:21isn't mom's career or reputation it's me
11:28dad uses the family connections to transfer me to a new school in fact it is not a school it's
11:33a
11:33training camp run by several east coast families designed to turn kids into professional assassins
11:38he says i'm the future heir of the moretti family but mom has spoiled me too much i need real
11:42training
11:43he says it's for my own good but every other air gets private education no air ever gets sent to
11:48an
11:48assassin training camp mom disagrees luca if you dare touch nina i swear to god if you like playing
11:55games then let's play i want to see whose methods are better your ways of torturing people or my ways
12:03of training i'm taken away in a black suv mom runs after the car screaming my name heart-wrenching
12:09i press my face to the window watching her figure shrink until she disappears the camp is worse than
12:15anything i imagined it's health the instructors follow dad's orders without question they're
12:19especially strict with me at five years old but i train with 10 year olds wake up at 4 a
12:24.m run 10 kilometers
12:26with weights finish or no food days are filled with combat shooting obstacle courses kids die here all the
12:32time fall down no comfort only cold scolding future heir of the moretti family this is all you got
12:39don't you dare embarrass us crying tears are for the weak you want to be weak you die here at
12:48night i lie
12:49on the cold metal bed covered in bruises aching for mom i get sick often running high fevers but the
12:56doctors are cold one shot then mr morelli said minor illnesses don't need treatment pushing through
13:02builds your willpower i feel like i'm dying one stormy night i get another high fever i hear the
13:08dorm door crash open a tall figure stands in the doorway it's dad he walks to my bed sophia want
13:14to see your
13:15daughter red hutch the abandoned warehouse of the poor come alone don't play games or you better be
13:21ready to collect her body he hangs up roughly lifts me from the bed wraps me in a blanket and
13:25tosses me
13:25into the car i don't know where he's taking me i only know there's no love in his eyes only
13:31burning
13:31insane hate he's not trying to train me he's using me to drive mom crazy
13:40the abandoned warehouse looms like a giant beast in the dark the air smells of rust and gassing weeds grow
13:46in the cracks of the cracked concrete floor dad ties me to a rusty iron my fever keeps rising i
13:52keep
13:52screaming for mom mom nina don't be afraid your mom will be here soon daddy just wants to play a
13:59game
13:59with her a game about choices soon the screech of brake shatters the rainy night mom is here she's all
14:09alone wearing a thin coat soaked to the bone when she sees me tied to the pillar the normally calm
14:15eyes fill
14:15with fear and rage luca you madman let my daughter go dad smiles standing between us see that sophia
14:23nina's running a fever of a 103 if we don't treat it she'll fry her brain and become an idiot
14:28mom turns
14:29pale as paper what do you want simple now you choose jump in yourself or watch your precious
14:35daughter burn into a food a cement shoe one of the family's cruelest punishments the feet go into the
14:40cement wait for it to harden throw the man in the river even the body never floats i'll give you
14:4510
14:45seconds 10 9 mom looks at me tears pouring down she seems to be regretting loving a man like this
14:53getting tangled with him and dragging her own child into the mess three stop i'll jump she turns back
15:02nina i'm sorry mom loves you then she closes her eyes and steps in
15:21dad's smile freezes he can't believe what's happening a familiar figure steps out from behind the soldiers
15:27it's the head of the medical center the one mom trusts most he walks to the iron barrel helps mom
15:32down then turns to dad with a pitying smile mr moretti you lost madam knew you'd try to threaten her
15:39with your daughter so she replaced all the cement here with ordinary plaster powder beforehand dad is
15:45completely stunned he looks at the barrel then at mom's safe unharmed and his expression shifts from
15:49shock to anger to total defeat like a tiger with its teeth pulled he collapses to the ground sofia
15:56you're cruel mom brushes the plaster from her feet walks up to dad speaking slowly luca
16:04i told you the war has only just begun you think kidnapping nina gives you leverage over me
16:10you underestimate a mother and overestimate yourself soon the soldiers mom brought have dad under control and
16:17take him away she reports his actions to the mafia commission dad is investigated for abusing his
16:23power maliciously targeting the severino air and kidnapping the moretta air i returned to the
16:29medical center with mom after the fever subsides i fall seriously ill mom never leaves my side
16:34she feeds me cooks for me tells me stories her arms are still warm but something feels different
16:40her gaze besides love there's a sharpness i don't fully understand
16:44two weeks later after consulting with moretti family leaders the commission hands dad over to
16:49the severino family he loses his position as moretti mafia boss i as the heir become the new
16:55leader of the family the severinos lock dad in their private prison for 10 years they try to make mom
17:00divorce dad cutting ties with the moretti family but she refuses on the day dad goes to prison mom is
17:06pruning an orchid she does it slowly like she's crafting a work of art nina do you hate your father
17:11i shake my head i don't know what hate is i only feel sad that's right don't hate hating someone
17:17is exhausting the cleanest way is to remove them from your world like trimming these extra leaves mom
17:23starts teaching me more than fairy tales and piano she teaches anatomy letting me know every bone every
17:28vein every nerve she teaches chemistry showing me the makeup of poisons and how they act on the body
17:34she teaches psychology how to read people how to exploit human weakness she says nina i can't
17:40protect you forever the sharpest weapon in this world isn't a gun or a knife it's your mind you
17:45have to be stronger smarter colder than anyone else that way no one will ever hurt you again i become
17:50her perfect creation calm rational even cold 10 years pass in the blink of an eye
17:58when i'm 15 dad gets out of prison he's old now his back is hunched half his hair is white
18:04the fire in
18:04his eyes completely gone he comes looking for us that day i'm in the garden watering mom's newly grown
18:10black tulips he stands not far away staring at me guilty trying to make up for the past nina
18:18you've grown so much his voice is dry horse like sandpaper scraping across wood i ignore him keeping my
18:24focus on the flowers he fidgets takes a worn cloth doll from behind his back this this was your favorite
18:30when you were little i kept it all these years i look at the doll the one he brought me
18:34from france
18:35when i was five vivian had thrown it in the trash but somehow he saved it do you want something
18:41i ask
18:42coldly my coldness stabs him a sheen of tears forms in his cloudy eyes nina i know i was wrong
18:52every day these 10 years i've been regretting it he's almost begging can you let me see your mother
18:59mother i just want to say sorry just once then mom comes out of the house she wears an elegant
19:06white
19:06dress 10 years have passed yet there's no trace on her face only more poised more icy calm she stands
19:12on the steps looking down at him like he's a stranger luca what are you doing here dad trembles
19:19moves a few steps forward then stops abruptly sophia i leave his face changes instantly his fists clench
19:28the pleading in his eyes turns to resentment and anger
19:35the pleading in his eyes turns to resentment and anger sophia you're going too far i've already paid
19:42for what i did what more do you want can't you forgive me i am nina's father mom smiles father
19:49the father who used his daughter as a weapon for for revenge luca what right do you have to say
19:57that
19:57word i warn you leave now and never come near us again or i won't mind sending you back for
20:03another
20:0410 years dad loses it completely sophia you witch you you ruined everything he lunges like a mad beast
20:13at mom i instinctively jump in front of her but he doesn't aim for mom his target is the black
20:18tulips
20:18behind me the priceless black tulips mom spent 10 years cultivating from dutch seeds the main ingredient
20:24for her new medicine he wants to destroy it but before his foot hits the flower bed
20:29he screams convulses and collapses flat foaming at the mouth eyes rolling back acute heart attack
20:34mom watches coldly as he rise in pain then pulls out her phone 911 this is sophia's private medical center
20:41someone's having a heart attack we need an ambulance she hangs up nina see trash belongs in
20:47the trash polluting my garden how awful the ambulance screams in and out sirens by the time
20:57they carry dad away he's in a deep coma i stare at the cloth doll on the ground my heart
21:02a mess of
21:02emotions mom walks over picks up the doll and tosses it into the nearby trash can useless thing just takes
21:09up space she takes my hand and leads me into the study on the wall hangs a huge diagram of
21:14the human
21:14nervous system see the vagus nerve with the right drug or physical stimulates you can overexcite it
21:19making the heart crash blood pressure drop triggering cardiac arrest the whole process looks exactly like
21:25a natural heart attack nina guess how i did it a chill runs down my spine i remember just now
21:32when dad
21:33lunged at mom i instinctively stepped in front of her i was holding the small watering spray inside it
21:38his mom's specially prepared nutrient solution a few drops accidentally splashed onto dad's hand is it
21:45the nutrient solution smart girl it's a specially designed neurotoxin colorless tasteless absorbed
21:53through the skin the timing of the attack depends on the dose and absorption speed i calculated it
21:58perfectly enough for him to reach my flower bat mom you you meant to kill him
22:08mom you you meant to kill him no i just wanted him silenced forever a dead man or a vegetable
22:15won't
22:15go around spreading lies ruining my reputation it's better for you for the medical center
22:23for everyone suddenly i understand what she meant 10 years ago when she said the war has only just
22:28begun her goal was never just to send dad to prison her goal was to erase him from this world
22:33completely
22:34leave no trace three days later news comes from the hospital dad survived but the brain damage from
22:40prolonged oxygen deprivation has left him a vegetable he's moved into our medical center the same room vivienne
22:46once stayed in mom personally designed his rehabilitation plan every day i watch nurses wheel him into that
22:53treatment room where vivienne's screams once echoed i don't know what happens inside all i see is dad's
22:59body shrinking before my eyes wasting away like a plant drained of every drop of life and mom's black
23:04tulips bloom more vibrant than ever almost unnatural on my 18th birthday mom throws a grand coming-of-age
23:12party for me the venue is the banquet hall of our medical center important figures from every major
23:17family in new york's underground world attend mom holds my hand introducing me to each of them
23:22this is my daughter nina and the future head of both the moresi and severino families
23:27applause fills the hall people look at me with admiration and envy but i feel like i can't breathe
23:33all of this feels like a carefully built cage halfway through the party and uninvited guest
23:38storms in vivienne 10 years have passed she is no longer the hysterical woman trapped in a wheelchair
23:43she wears a sharp black leather jacket and flawless makeup her hands are still curled
23:47unnaturally but her eyes are clear again cold and vicious
23:52sophia her shrill voice instantly silences the entire hall 10 years i'm finally back and i'm here
23:59to expose of this true face of this poisonade newman i want to file a report 10 years ago sophia
24:04deliberately injured me and leave my hands permanently disabled 10 years ago she framed
24:09the boss of the morechi family and sent him to prison she's nothing but a murderer the entire hall
24:14erupts in shock all eyes turn to mom but mom remains perfectly calm she even lifts a glass of champagne
24:20and gently swirls it vivienne watch your mouth you say i hurt people where's your evidence
24:34evidence evidence this is the evidence for 10 years i've spent every single day collecting proof of
24:42your crimes i found the employee who switched the cement for you back then he's willing to testify and
24:47i traced the source where you bought the neurotoxin sophia today is the day you fall one of the investigators
24:53steps forward and begins carefully flipping through the documents for the first time mom's expression
24:57changes but it isn't panic it's amusement she looks at vivienne like she's watching a clown perform
25:02viviana you know what your biggest weakness is you're too stupid and far too impatient
25:11you think finding my evidence will bring me down did it ever occur to you why it was so easy
25:17for you to
25:18find it vivienne's expression stiffens what do you mean it means i let you find it every piece
25:27including today when you brought investigators and walked straight into my territory she snaps
25:34her fingers the banquet hall doors slam shut dozens of men in black suits pour in from every direction
25:39surrounding vivienne and the investigators in an instant the hall becomes a sealed cage the guests
25:45tremble in fear even vivienne begins to panic sophia what are you doing are you challenging the
25:51authority of the commission no she walks up to vivienne and speaks in a voice only the two of them
25:56can
25:56hear i'm simply finishing what i started 10 years ago taking out the trash for good
26:07vivienne's pupils shrink instantly she tries to step back but two bodyguards grab her shoulders and hold
26:12her in place sophia have you lost your mind there are so many people watching mom lets out a soft
26:18laugh
26:18ladies and gentlemen i apologize for the disturbance it seems we've had a small accident but now please
26:24enjoy a special program i prepared for you as soon as she finishes speaking the giant screen in the center
26:29of the hall lights up surveillance footage from the medical center appears on the screen is vivienne
26:34she sneaks into the records room stealing files
26:40then she meets with several employees who were fired from the medical center handing them envelopes of
26:45cash finally the screen freezes on a scene of vivienne embracing a man i recognize him he used to be
26:52dad's
26:53underboss the same man who betrayed him during that conspiracy years ago the one who was later shot dead
26:57so vivienne had been working with him all along her so-called admiration back then was never real
27:02it was a calculated approach what she wanted was revenge revenge against luca and sophia the two
27:08people she believed destroyed her lover when the video ends the entire hall falls into dead silence
27:15no that's not true
27:21no that's not true vivienne's face turns as white as paper she framed me
27:26sophia framed me mom walks up to her eyes cold framed you vivienne all i did was show everyone
27:34exactly what you've done no more than 10 years ago you and your lover conspired against my husband
27:41trying to steal family secrets and ruin him i only crippled your hands that was already mercy but you
27:47never learned your lesson you really think i didn't know what you've been doing these past 10 years
27:51every person you contacted every meeting you had every word you said all of it was under my control
27:59i kept you alive simply because i wanted to see how big a wave a stray dog like you could
28:04make
28:05turns out not much every word mom says cuts into vivienne like a knife
28:11the investigators understand the situation now they close the file and look at vivienne coldly vivienne
28:17you will come with us now and assist with the investigation into the old leak of family secrets
28:22vivienne completely loses control like a mad woman she breaks free from the bodyguards and lunges toward
28:27me she pulls out a gun and points it straight at me sophia if i can't kill you i'll kill
28:32your daughter
28:33then you'll know what it feels like to lose the person you love most everything happens too fast
28:38no one has time to react all i see is a bullet flying straight toward me
28:45mom steps in front of me the bullet sinks deep into her chest blood instantly spreads across her
28:50white dress like a crimson rose blooming suddenly in the snow
28:56the whole world seems to fall silent i watch mom slowly collapse my mind going completely blank
29:02mom warm blood soaks through my dress sticky and burning hot call an ambulance now the banquet hall
29:09erupts into chaos vivienne is restrained on the spot looking at mom lying in a pool of blood
29:14she bursts into hysterical laughter sophia you lost in the end you still lost i can't hear anything
29:22in my world there is only the sound of mom's breathing growing weaker and weaker
29:25her hand grips mine tightly her lips move like she's trying to say something
29:30i lean closer to hear her nina don't be afraid do you like this gift there is even the faintest
29:39trace
29:39of a smile at the corner of the lips i suddenly look up at the chaotic scene around me was
29:44this
29:44part of her plan too her own life is her final coming of age gift to me when you cut
29:49the weeds
29:50you remove the roots with her death she will make sure vivienne can never rise again with her blood
29:55she clears the last obstacle from my path with her blood she clears the last obstacle from my path
30:03the ambulance finally arrives as they lift mom onto the stretcher she gathers the last bit of strength
30:09and presses something cold into my palm it's the silver scalpel she polished countless times
30:14the blade gleams reflecting my tear-streaked face the hospital hallway is brightly lit yet cold as ice
30:21the emergency room light stays on for a long long time then finally it goes out the doctor walks out
30:28exhausted and shakes his head i'm sorry we did everything we could i stand there unmoving i
30:34don't cry i don't scream i only tighten my grip on the scalpel in my hand mom i received your
30:40gift
30:40don't worry from today on i will become you a better version of you i will become the rightful leader
30:45of
30:46the mariti and severino families and yon who dares lay a hand on them will become the next piece of
30:50trash
30:51beneath my scalpels i lift my head and look toward the window at the end of the corridor outside the
30:56night is deep and my war has only just begun
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