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What an uneventful end for the legendary Mu Jin.
- Treat her with the utmost respect. - Yes Sir.
Episode 3
General, you must not close your eyes!
Do you remember?
You used to come to my bookshop and borrow a book everyday.
You were interested only in the books and never spoke a single word to me.
I used to think that you were mute.
But then I saw the books that you borrowed.
I could tell right away that they had never been opened.
It was like that everyday.
Only then did I realize how you felt.
You spoke to me first.
"Are you here for the books, or are you here for me?"
My face became so hot and I couldn't hear because of my pounding heart.
I couldn't answer you, but then you continued.
"Why don't you stop looking at the books and look at me instead?"
Do you remember?
How could I forget?
It was the happiest day of my life.
General! Please open your eyes!
General!
My Queen...!
You're sleeping, aren't you?
You must be doing it to tease me...
I don't like this game. I don't like it at all!
Open your eyes, Seonhwa!
It's me! I'm here!
I must be dreaming. I must be having a nightmare!
Somebody... Somebody wake me up!
Your Majesty, please compose yourself.
You must be strong at times like this.
You did this!
You lied when you said you would help them.
You made this happen!
Euija...! Where is Euija?
Did you kill Euija too?
If that is what you think...
...then put me to death.
But know that I am your woman, and I am a citizen of Baekje.
How could I do something that would break Your Majesty's heart and destabilize our kingdom?
Do you really expect me to believe that forked tongue of yours?
Do you not fear the Queen?
I do.
I am afraid that you will become unstable.
If so, then the only way you can control your sadness is...
... if I die and accompany the Queen to the underworld.
How dare you die without my permission?
I will find out the truth.
I will find out the truth about the Queen's death.
All of the Central Army is with us.
The entire Central Army?
If we still can't find him, then dispatch the armies of the Five Provinces.
We don't even do that for a war.
That is why you need to find him quickly.
And when we find him?
Mu Jin has already killed the Prince. We are merely looking for his body.
What?
You still don't get it?
When you find the Prince's body, you will be promoted to Minister.
I will do my best, Prime Minister.
Halt!
Halt, or I will put this arrow through your head!
Why did you run away? Lift up your head!
Shall I cut off your head to see your face?
Please have mercy!
What happened to you?
I met some soldiers up on the hill.
They kept asking me things I didn't know. They punched me and kicked me.
The soldiers from the Central Army must be ahead of us.
Hurry back home and forget this ever happened!
Thank you Sir!
- Hurry! - Yes, sir.!
But... But if something happens...
... open this and read it.
If you are reading this in safety, that is fortunate.
But if something happens to either of us,
you must live in disguise. Don't even trust your Father.
That is the only way you will live.
You little rascal, where do you think you're going?
Tell His Majesty that Euija is back.
- What a crazy little bastard! - Go and tell him!
Tell him that his son is alive and has returned!
Just a little more!
Oh dear, just a bit more!
Just a bit more!
A bit more! Breathe out!
A bit more!
Use a bit more strength!
Oh dear, she's losing too much blood.
I don't know if she'll be able to have this baby.
You scared me!
- When did you get up? - Is my wife inside?
Yes, she's using all of her strength to have that baby.
She's lost a lot of blood. How is she?
That's what's frustrating!
She doesn't have enough strength. The baby's head comes out and then goes back in!
Can I go inside?
That is no place for a man!
Just be a bit more patient. I'll try my best to deliver the baby.
Thank you...
Let's try this again.
He hasn't regained consciousness yet?
No, he's awake and sitting outside.
- Really? - Yes.
So stop worrying about him and push out that baby.
We promise to repay your kindness.
What kindness?
It's good that the sick become well and I get to do some good.
Let's try and push again, alright?
Oh dear, the mother... the mother...!
My dear...
What should we do? The bleeding won't stop!
Open your eyes, my dear!
Please!
Can you recognize me?
The baby...?
The baby is well.
Is it a boy... or a girl...?
It's a boy.
It's a beautiful girl. She looks exactly like you.
I had hoped for a boy who looked like you...
Still...
... the baby looks like you...
... I'm glad...
My dear...
Myung Ju!
She never even got to feed her own baby.
Poor woman!
I wish I could go with you...
... on that lonely road to the underworld...
I wish I could stand guard over you...
... on that dark road...
But this child holds me back.
The days I spent with you were the happiest of my life.
Now the days without you are going to seem like endless fields of frost.
I will miss you terribly.
I'm afraid of forgetting what you look like.
But I will withstand it until the day we meet again.
Until then, this child is you. This child is our hometown.
Farewell...
My love... my Queen...
You're alive...
You're really alive!
Your Majesty. You wanted me to forego becoming Crown Prince.
You promised you would protect us if I did so.
Why did you let us go?
Why didn't you protect us?
Now that Euija has returned, the people will be filled with pity for him!
Don't be too angry, Father.
We still accomplished our goal even though the process was different.
Besides, she killed herself. What a burden off of our shoulders.
The fact that she killed herself on her way to Silla supports the fact that she was a spy.
Let us tell the people the facts,
...and that is what they will think.
No one will feel sorry for the son of a spy.
Perhaps that is true, but I don't like it.
We can watch him for now. We can always act later.
Your Highness, the Chief Secretary asks for an audience.
Send him in.
Welcome.
Your Highness, Taehak scholar Han Byuk has requested for a formal investigation
because he suspects that the accusations against Mu Jin and the Queen are a conspiracy.
I took care of the request. But what should we do with him?
He must have a death wish.
I'll take care of it. You may leave.
Yes, Your Highness.
Mok Gyun is also a problem. He knows too much.
Yes, if the one who got away knows too much.
Mok Han Byuk, Guilty of Grand Treason, Silla spy
This cannot happen! Let me go!
I want to speak to the Prime Minister!
We couldn't find the bodies, but...
... they both fell from the cliff after I wounded him with my sword.
I doubt they survived.
So this is how...
This is how it ends...
14 years later... 626 A.D.
Moon Geun: Gye Baek's stepbrother
Aren't you going to give us our food and drink?
My apologies!
I prepared this for you.
This wine is the legendary Boon wine from Tang!
In Chinese, it's called Fen Jiu.
It's strong, but the aroma is...!
It's fantastic!
So this is really the legendary Boon wine?
You're going to give it to us for free?
To be honest,
there was a banquet for some young noblemen who returned from their studies in Tang.
There was some Boon wine left, so I saved it to give to you tonight!
We're so grateful!
Thanks!
I didn't do it for this...
... but I'll use it well.
Well then, please enjoy!
- You did something wrong, didn't you? - What?
You tricked them with that leftover wine! (Gye Baek)
Hey!
We split 50/50.
- I'm going to tell the customers. - Go ahead!
How would they know the difference?
Excuse me!
Alright, you rascal!
Here here...
What the hell are the men in Silla and Goguryeo doing?
Why won't they take you away?
You're going to become rich at that rate!
I knew wine would be the best way to wake you up, Father!
It's good.
I brought some meat. Go and have a drink with Uncle Cheon Dol.
Mother will be worried, so please don't drink too much.
And on your way home, buy Mother a hairpin.
Then she won't nag you.
You're really good-looking, Father!
I'm a burden to you, aren't I?
You're my father!
Wouldn't you do the same if you were me?
Go on, Father.
Father!
I'm going to make a lot of money and make you happy.
Eun Go
This is Pu Er tea from Tang's Yunnan Province.
It is made from whole matured leaves.
You can seep it up to 7 times and still taste the fragrance.
I ordered it specially for you because I thought you would like it.
Whole matured leaves?
Pu-Er tea from whole leaves? Dammation! (Cho Young)
You could boil roots and twigs and it would taste better than this!
- What? - Take it and get out of here!
But this is really Pu-Er tea. Perhaps you don't know your tea...
Hey, when it comes to tea, I'm a Taehak scholar and she's Lao-Tse!
Take this swill and get out!
You may be a customer, but you certainly have a foul mouth!
What? You want to hear a foul mouth?
That's enough. It is almost time for our guest to arrive.
I ought to... Consider today your lucky day!
You must have done this to earn tips.
In the future, don't trick your customers like this.
I don't trick my customers.
Idiot...!
I'm a little late.
Welcome, Sir. It's been a long time.
We have just brought in perfumes of amazing quality.
I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Hey hey! Let go!
What is it?
The Pu-Er tea that you gave me... You tricked me, didn't you?
What are you talking about?
Would I trick my own brother?
Do you know how humiliated I was before Miss Eun Go?
- Tell me the truth! - Alright, let go of me first!
You little...
To be frank, I only made 10 pun from the 5 yang you gave me.
They told me the tea was really high-grade!
Who's "they"?
They're notorious hooligans. They pack a punch!
Just forget about what happened.
You're not going to tell me?
I... It was Yong Su...
You don't have to look far.
There he comes.
Are you Yong Su?
Who's this?
- Did you swindle me out of my Pu-Er tea? - Pu-Er tea?
It's been a while.
Oh, the Pu-Er tea!
Tasted good, didn't it?
5 yang for my tea, and 5 yang for the humiliation I went through!
That's 10 yang!
If you pay me 10 yang and apologize, I'll pretend this never happened.
Hey, that's enough!
Are you drunk?
Listen, if I say this is wine, it's wine. And if I say it's Pu-Er tea, it's Pu-Er tea.
Got it?
Chief!
Are you crazy?
Blood!
Apologize to me!
You bastard!
This is not going to be good!
- Hey! - Get him!
I'm going to borrow this!
Hey, give that back!
Look carefully!
I think he went this way.
- Are you sure he went this way? - It's definitely this way!
- Hurry! - I'm going to kill him when I find him!
I'm so hot! What are we doing?
- He's really going to get it. - I'm going to kill him!
Chief, don't worry. I'll catch him and flay him alive for you.
That way!
Chief!
Kill him!
Can I kill you too?
Chief!
Answer me. Can I kill you too?
Why can't you but not me?
That's not fair.
Have mercy!
- And if I do? - I'll turn over a new leaf.
I haven't lived that long.
But seeing my own brother, I don't think people change so easily.
- I think this might be your last step... - Wait!
I'm a man too!
You can be our Chief!
Let us live today, and if you're not happy with us...
You can do as you please with us!
- Don't just stand there, you fool! - Chief!
What now?
This is genuine Pu-Er tea. Please take it.
Let's go.
Please take it!
It was never my intent to trick you.
I don't want it. I don't care if it's genuine or fake!
I don't want you to think I'm a trickster!
If I wanted to, I could have you killed.
If I ever see you again, you will find yourself in the Underworld!
What a temper!
That boy's got some pride!
I think he likes you, Miss!
Stop saying nonsense.
Think about it, Miss!
Every time you go to the tavern, he is always the one serving you.
Do you really think that is a coincidence?
I doubt it's because of me.
As far as looks go, I think he's quite alright.
If you think he's that good-looking, you can have him.
Miss! How could you say that!
I have standards and ideals too!
Miss!
Cho Reng!
Get ready for the morning call to the Queen!
Euija: Future 31st King of Baekje
Your Highness, are you alright?
What brings you here, Your Highness?
Where is Her Majesty?
She has not risen yet.
Not yet?
Is she unwell?
It was thundering all night.
Don't you know that Her Majesty hates thunder?
She must not have slept all night!
She must be unwell! We should summon the Royal Physician!
Cho Reng! Go and summon the Royal Physician!
- Your Highness, please compose yourself! - What is this commotion?
Your Majesty, did you sleep well?
I couldn't sleep all night because of my worry for you.
I'm so glad to see you're well. Now I can relax.
Euija.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Don't you know that when you make a commotion like this, it causes me to frown?
I told you not to come. Why do you continue to harass me?
Your Majesty...
I will obey your every command.
But please allow me to pay my respects to you everyday.
You raised me after I lost my mother.
It may have been Queen Seonhwa who gave birth to me,
but it was you who raised me.
You are my only mother.
If I cannot even pay my respects to you,
everyone will point at me and call me ungrateful.
Please allow me to pay my respects to you every morning.
If you're truly concerned about me,
then you shouldn't do what I don't like.
Leave me!
Please forgive me for offending you!
But if I don't know how you are, I am not able to breathe.
At least allow me to inquire after your health to your maidservants.
Do as you wish.
Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you!
Let's go!
Oh, who do we have here?
Prime Minister!
And here we have my dear brother Prince Gyogi, future leader of our kingdom!
Your Highness.
The Crown Prince has yet to be appointed.
How can you say such things before your inferiors?
It's no secret.
I worry that your words would be relayed to His Majesty.
Did you hear anything that I said?
These eunuchs all did something wrong in the past.
I punished them appropriately and kept them.
Punished them appropriately?
I pulled out their tongues so they couldn't speak and stuffed their ears so they couldn't hear.
They only know how to follow what they see.
I didn't know you had such talent, Brother. (Gyogi: Consort Sataek's son)
Yes, let me know if you need them.
If you need, I'll make eunuchs like that for you.
There is one person I would like that done to.
Who?
It's nothing. I'll tell you later.
Alright then. Tell me later.
Yes, Brother. Please go on your way.
Have a good day. Let's go!
What a fool!
He's the laughingstock of the Royal Family.
Why don't you kick him out of the Palace, Mother?
He is Queen Seonhwa's son.
His Majesty would never allow that.
Despite what His Majesty wants, if I had put my mind to it,
I could have kicked him out of the Palace a long time ago.
Then do so.
Are you saying that you're deliberately keeping him close?
I can't quite figure out if he's truly become a fool,
or if he is simply hiding his claws.
If he was hiding his true self, how could he have done so for so long?
Wouldn't that make him a formidable foe if he truly was doing that?
Mother, you give him too much credit.
Your Majesty, the Chief Secretary is here.
Send him in.
Prime Minister, the Tang Ambassador is here. Please come with me.
I wonder what fault he's going to find with us today.
I have a feeling I know.
Did you just say warning?
The Emperor has repeatedly asked you to make your peace with Silla.
You ignored his request and sent your armies to attack Wangje Fortress.
You even executed its governor.
This has caused our Emperor to worry deepy about peace on the peninsula.
How can we not give you a warning?
Ambassador!
We may be allies but this is excessive meddling.
Eight years ago, when Silla attacked Gajam Fortress, Tang did nothing to help us.
Why do you sit idle when Silla attacks us?
Is it fair when you constantly try to stop us when we wage war against Silla?
General Yoon Choong.
My Emperor has requested...
that the general responsible for the attack of Wangje Fortress be removed from his position.
How dare you!
Besides, Gajam Fortress originally belonged to Silla.
What will you do, Your Majesty?
We should never have attacked Wangje Fortress.
We are at a standoff with Silla and now Tang is angry with us.
We have lost more than gained with this war.
The attack on Wangje Fortress was not just your idea. The Ministers and the people all were in support.
It was never my idea.
I clearly told you to focus on our domestic affairs.
In the past five years, we conquered six fortresses.
We also took over Silla's Neuknohyeon Fortress.
We have gained over 3,000 acres of territory.
How can you say we have not gained?
This is your accomplishment, Your Majesty.
Do you still have issues with attacking Silla?
It's not that.
I'm worried about our increasing conflicts with Tang.
They are a useful ally. We have no need to bow to their whims.
The more we agree to their demands, the less they will respect us.
I agree with Her Highness.
This is not a bad time to show them your resilience and strength.
Are you sure that resilience and strength is mine?
Your Majesty...
What do you think?
I've never seen anything more fine in quality.
I was told that the musk is the same one that is used by Tang royalty.
The Queen will like the sound of that. (Young Myo)
But do you have a plan?
It will be Queen Sataek's birthday in a few days.
I have already made arrangements to be the first to present her with a gift during the banquet.
I will bring these fragrances to her as a gift.
Does it ache badly?
It must be going to pour soon.
- Bring me some wine. - You've had enough.
It's my medicine.
Fine. It's a miracle elixir.
He should be breaking these wine bottles.
Gye Baek's a crazy fool for giving you more wine!
He looks a lot like her.
Yes, it's fortunate he looks nothing like you.
Those lips and eyes...
The playfulness and the serenity...
Even the heart...
I miss her.
What a miserable fellow you are!
I couldn't protect her.
It happened such a long time ago. Just forget everything.
When I heard you had died after being labeled a spy,
I quit my position and left.
But when you showed up with only one good arm five years ago,
I was happier to see you than my late wife.
And when I realized you had a family, it brought tears to my eyes.
But this...
This life you're living... It really isn't living.
Why didn't you just live as a hermit up in the mountains?
You can do so many things with just one arm.
You could... help me with my work.
Where are you going?
Damn it!
Go home before it starts raining! Don't make Gye Baek worry!
"At midnight, the pawnshop by the East Gate"
Two bolts of silk for one bolt interest.
Two bushels of rice for one bushel interest.
A hundred yang of silver for 40 yang of silver interest.
Those fools always need to be beaten before they'll pay up!
Now let's clean up and go home!
Sir, we're closed for the day.
If you need something, come back tomorrow during the day.
I need it right now.
What?
Your head.
This is the third time.
You men always put your head here and never come back for it.
Stand back. I only want your boss' head.
We're here, Chief.
Why are you here?
We promised to serve you as our Chief. We should crawl here if we have to!
Right, Brother Moon Geun?
What? Oh yes...
If you're finished with work, let's have a drink.
This is real Fen Jiu.
So you're here.
- Who is he? - Go outside for a while.
Dok Gae: Leader of Killers for Hire
It's him.
Not enough?
I'm giving you this much because you've never made a mistake.
I don't make much profit.
You can go.
- What... what is it? - I was quite explicit.
Oh, you mean the Wi Je?
We're wring the head of chickens.
What do we know of those who slaughter cows?
We've only heard rumors of them.
Don't seek me out again.
Wait.
Here here... raise your cups!
It's bitter!
Actually... this is the first time I've ever had wine.
- What? Really? - Yes, really!
Gye Baek has never had alcohol before!
You must be the only man in the world whose first taste of alcohol is Fen Jiu!
This is so strange.
You never once budged when I asked you to drink. Why today?
That's because he likes me!
That's not why I'm drinking!
Yong Su, you...
Have you ever been slapped by a girl?
- What? - Did you...?
Yes! But strangely...
My heart beat so fast...
I want to see her...
I don't know if Wi Je still exists.
But I know someone who left them after he lost his leg.
I could try and contact him.
So tell me now. Why are you looking for them?
I heard a man should join Wi Je if he wants to serve Baekje.
So you want to become famous?
You're either too lowborn to serve in government, or guilty of some major crime.
But you know something?
I heard that one has to bring a tribute if he wants to join Wi Je.
And it won't be a mere chicken's head, but a tiger's.
Just tell me whose head they want.
Thanks, Brother.
I thought I was going vomit my intestines out.
But you know, why do people drink if it makes you feel so terrible?
Because feeling terrible often disguises other feelings.
What... what are you talking about...?
Father...!
I'm heavy, aren't I?
I'm glad you're heavy.
Because you think I'm all grown up?
Did you ever carry Mother on your back?
I couldn't.
Why not?
Mother looks a bit haggard now,
but she should have been quite pretty when she was young.
She sure was.
She was much more beautiful when she was expecting you.
So why didn't you carry her on your back?
I'm not sure.
You should have. No wonder all Mother does is nag!
Father...
There is someone I want to carry on my back too.
Even while I was drinking, all I could think about was her.
You must like her a lot.
But she doesn't like me.
I'm just a waiter at the tavern. She's far superior to me.
I'm sure she'll come to like you too.
Really? How do you know that?
That's because you look exactly like your mother.
What? I don't think so.
But you know...
... your back is awfully wide and warm, Father.
You want your birthday banquet to be at the South Gardens?
But the South Gardens were created by His Majesty as a memorial to Queen Seonhwa...
I know. That's precisely why I want to have it there.
His Majesty will be furious. What is your intention?
Tang is standing with Silla and giving us grief.
How can there a place in Sabi where Silla blood is mourned?
More importantly,
the nobles and governors from the border regions
are deeply upset by our inability to stand up to Tang.
If we use this opportunity to execute the Silla prisoners of war at the South Gardens,
their loyalty and confidence in us will be restored.
What an outstanding plan!
What did you say?
They're going to throw the banquet in the South Gardens and execute the Silla prisoners there?
Please forgive me, Your Majesty.
Fine, now they're determined to get rid of everything that I hold dear.
Your Majesty, you must stop them from doing this!
What power do I have to stop them?
I want to go back.
I want to go back to the days when Seonhwa and I were free and I was just Buyeo Jang.
No, Your Majesty! You must not think like that!
This is your Palace and your home.
They cannot be allowed to stain it with blood.
There is nothing left for me to do but to grow old and die.
Hey! I'll do it.
Let's go!
- The wind blew it off course! - When will you be able to catch an animal for the Queen?
Don't you think these arrows are too old?
Gyogi...! What is the matter?
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