Part 25
GlLWHA ROOM, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG She's very beautiful.
GlLWHA ROOM, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG And courageous.
Her eyes are clear as a lake.
She's skinny with a tiny face.
But she's a darn good fighter.
That looks like her.
Let's hurry up.
His Majesty will be here shortly.
That's good enough.
Continue.
His Majesty says to continue.
They're for Generals Ha Hogae and Majo's funeral.
Hurry.
Yes, My Lord.
Your Majesty, here it is.
lt looks just like her.
lt looks as if My Lady will jump out of this painting.
What are you saying? She's our enemy!
This lady tramp.
Your Majesty, this tramp killed Captain Takchi.
With this man, she killed Ha Hogae.
CHOl Ll
Are they brother and sister?
That's impossible.
They're not brother and sister.
A solider heard her call him ''brother. ''
General Ha Hogae, General Majo,
you lived forthe independence of Nakrang
and you gave your lives fighting against Goguryeo.
Generals!
Generals.
Generals!
Ha Hogae.
You were my loyal retainer and
a hero of Nakrang.
l vow to avenge your death.
Bring them.
WANG HOL
Throw them in the fire so the generals can see it!
l let you go today.
But l'll slay your enemies and offerthem to your graves.
Wrap them with the flags of Nakrang.
His Majesty has spoken.
Anyone who kills Wu Naru, this man,
orthis girl called Puku will be promoted to general!
We'll avenge the deaths of the generals!
DONGGOBl llpum's aunt
YOUNGANJUN, MO HASO'S CHAMBER, NAKRANG
Wrap it well and pack it among herthings.
MO HASO What is the meaning of this?
The princess our Lahee wouldn't go on living
if she loses her dignity.
Despite the king's command, l can't send this to you, Lahee.
Lahee, Mom will save you.
Are you returning from General Ha Hogae and Majo's funeral?
Yes.
Give this letterto the Queen of Goguryeo when you arrive.
Your Majesty, please take a look at these.
l brought these from the art room.
GlLWHA ROOM / Responsible for royal paintings of Nakrang They're the ones who killed General Ha Hogae.
These young people killed General Ha Hogae?
But she's a girl.
He's the young man who told me that Jamyung died.
She called this man ''brother. ''
And he called her ''Puku. ''
Puku?
Puku from Happy Joy troupe.
BANSUJUN, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG See?
BANSUJUN, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG What did l tell you?
Jamyung put a noose around her own neck.
You were right, Your Majesty.
WANG JA-SlL Why... How l wish to tell the king...
Your Majesty, the enemy you swore to kill is Jamyung.
CHlSO But Princess Jamyung killed them unknowingly.
Since she didn't know, wouldn't he forgive her?
A king's word is worth gold.
Even so.
Even a king can't have his way sometimes.
He can't ignore his officials and the people.
Even so.
You're right.
l can't ignore ''even-so''
l must write a letter to Song Maeseolsu.
To the Queen of Goguryeo?
l have to ask Song Maeseolsu to kill Jamyung.
SUYANG HALL, Prince Hodong's chamber
JAMYUNG
You'll get wet from morning dew.
l like it out here.
l can feel clear energy enterthrough here.
Puku.
lNDANG / Between the eyes BAEKHOE / Center of the head lf you open the lndang channel, you can see the future.
lNDANG / Between the eyes BAEKHOE / Center of the head lf you open the Baekhoe channel,
you'll be enlightened.
We said we'd forget about Nakrang.
lLPUM / Donggobi's nephew What will you do if you that out?
lLPUM / Donggobi's nephew We even killed Nakrang generals.
You don't understand how that weighs on me.
lt was different from when l killed the men of the Seonbi tribe.
Giving up something after you've attained it is different
from giving up before you've attained it.
What if
he is llpum?
What if
Donggobi, what if he is.
lf he is my nephew llpum.
She must be Princess Jamyung.
Kids like us are all sold or abandoned.
They sold their children to put food in their stomachs,
or abandoned them to die.
Your Majesty.
l am so confused.
Shall l fetch the priestess?
She's at Yulguhun for Minister Do's funeral.
His Majesty does not believe in fortune-telling or priestesses.
He won't like to see her in the palace.
DANGUN SHRlNE
l've heard that you are very capable.
But you seem very young.
A priestess's power is measured
only by the purity of her soul, not her physical age.
Can you tell me if she's my daughter?
Such insolence.
How dare you laugh in Her Majesty's presence?
How can l, a total stranger, know when her own mother doesn't?
Then what do you know?
Then answer is within you, Your Majesty.
l can only help you in finding your answer.
Please sit down.
You'll catch a cold.
Let me be.
Puku.
Just as l believe in myself, you have to believe in me.
Let her be.
Your Highness.
PRlNCE HODONG
You must know, since you're also a martial artist.
Everyone comes across a moment
when a new threshold must be crossed.
lf she's interrupted at that moment,
she'll never cross that threshold.
Let's just watch her.
Let me see your hands.
lt must've been so hot.
Let me put some whale oil on them.
Lady, can l come live with you?
What?
Child.
So pretty.
Baby.
Your Majesty.
Did you find your answer, Your Majesty?
Jamyung.
Jamyung!
Jamyung.
Puku!
Hangkai.
ls my vision true?
lt'll be true if you believe it to be true,
and if you doubt it, it'll be only a delusion.
Go and see Puku in Goguryeo.
See if Puku is my daughterJamyung.
lt'll be a delusion if l doubt it, but.
But l don't understand my feeling?
l wish to hear everything that was spoken
between the queen and you.
Tell me everything.
The queen has herfate and you have your own.
You'll gain nothing by peeking into someone else's life.
Do you wish to die?
This is not my burial site.
You sound very enlightened foryour age.
l had a friend.
JAMUK, royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant His name was Jamuk.
JAMUK, royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant You must know him.
You're out of your mind.
Jamuk couldn't have been yourfriend when you're so young.
He'd be seventy if he were alive.
ln this world,
there are many things beyond human comprehension.
Human's eyes, nose, lips, ears, and even heart can't be trusted.
He called out to me from the pond in the garden
when l was coming here.
ls that where you buried Jamuk?
lf you're lying,
your head will be cut and thrown in that pond as well.
What did Jamuk say?
He says ''l told you a long time ago that you alone
cannot make fate, but have you forgotten already?''
Jamuk says it's a gift from him. He wants you to keep it again.
GUEST CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO
KlNG DAEMUSHlN lf you can't bring what l need,
l'll take it from yourfather Choi Li.
LAHEE
You call me your princess, but you treat me like a hostage.
Follow me if you wish. l'm going to see your prince.
lsn't this is the three-legged bird?
That symbolizes Goguryeo.
Yes.
What about the Gyeruna tribe?
l've heard that every tribe has a different flag.
lt's a yellow dragon.
The guardian deities of
the Biryuna, Hwanna, Gwanna and Yeonna tribes
are the turtle, white tiger, phoenix and blue dragon.
There is no bear?
Bear is on the flag of Nakrang.
l think l saw it in Eunpo.
What's the matter?
What did you see?
Puku.
l wish the poison had gone to my head and l'm going crazy.
l wish my meditation had led me to muddled thoughts.
ls it something you can't tell even me?
l can't say it out loud.
One can change the future with one's will.
l thought one's fate is uncontrollable.
l'm scared of what l'll have to face in the future.
JAMUK/ Former Royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant You alone cannot make fate.
Like weaving fabric,
fate is made up of the desires of you and those around you.
You alone can't make fate.
What else does fate hold in store for me
besides becoming a queen?
Be it Jamuk, his ghost or Heaven! Nothing can stop me.
How can Heaven, which is so far away,
control this world?
Please calm down, Your Majesty.
Mo Haso is sending Donggobi to Guknae Palace.
You can't take your eyes off of herfor even a minute.
Yes, Your Majesty.
BAEKDUONG / Poison made of honeysuckle lt's poison.
BAEKDUONG / Poison made of honeysuckle Poison will be too obvious.
ANDRA KlNGDOM, lNDlA, BlMlJA, lt's paste made of lacquer
ANDRA KlNGDOM, lNDlA, BlMlJA, and castor seeds.
Castor seeds, LACQUER Use it before Donggobi
Castor seeds, LACQUER finds Jamyung.
l, Chiso, obey your command, Your Majesty.
l, Ryu Ji, leave to meet the King of Goguryeo.
Do whatever is necessary to bring Muhyul out to meet me.
l'll obey your command, Your Majesty.
Let's try to get along, Lady-in-waiting of the first queen.
This will be a long and boring trip if you frown the whole way.
GUKNAE, GOGURYEO
ENVOYCHAMBER, GUKNAE PALACE
Was that it? ls that what you saw?
Yes, it was the flag of Nakrang.
You're frustrated because you don't know what that means?
Yes.
See?
Neitheryou nor l know what that means.
Then we do one orthe other.
You just wait and see if it's what you'll do in the future.
Or just ignore it.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S OFFlCE, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO l, Ryu Ji, the Prime Minister
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S OFFlCE, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO of Nakrang, offer my greetings to the King of Goguryeo.
To send their prime minister as an envoy.
Nakrang must've been desperate.
So what does the King of Nakrang want from me?
Our king wishes to see you in person for negotiation.
OSUNJUN, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO Our queen sends her congratulations
on the birth of the prince.
l'm grateful.
This is a letter from our queen.
Your Majesty.
All right.
What is it?
The lady-in-waiting of the Second Queen of Nakrang
wishes to see you.
SONG MAESEOULSU Show her in.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
The second queen must be very worried about Princess Nakrang.
Yes, Your Majesty.
lt's a letter she sends.
Your Majesty.
Why...
Leave me, both of you.
l'll give my reply when l'm done reading.
The Queen of Nakrang says she'll be grateful
if l persuade the king to release Princess Nakrang,
and the second queen demands that
l must release Princess Nakrang.
She has a very unique character.
She should be begging.
Yangdeok, read Wang Jasil's letter.
She wrote something very interesting here.
l can't read, Your Majesty.
l dearly wish you to kill the girl Puku.
But she wanted herforthe Great General of Nakrang.
That's why it's interesting.
Bring Puku.
Words can't express my shame to Father and the queens.
You must only think about yourself now.
l want to change first.
l brought these from your quarters.
l brought all yourthings from Eunpo on my way here.
Which do you wish to wear?
Bring it to me.
Send my word to Prince Hodong that l wish to see him.
Yes, Your Highness.
Chiso, l'll go.
Have you been well, My Lady?
Me?
Our queen treated your arm when you were injured from
a dagger at Naebingwan in Dongmohyun.
l'm the queen's lady-in-waiting.
l see.
l'm a criminal of Nakrang, who brought Princess Nakrang
here as a hostage and killed Nakrang generals.
Why do you greet me?
l'm just happy to see you.
What are you doing? The queen is waiting.
- Let us go. - Your Highness.
Will you allow me to talk to this young man for a moment?
l said all l have to say in Luoyang.
But l didn't.
l have a nephew.
A very long time ago, he was abandoned to the sea in Nakrang.
What am l going to do with her?
How am l going to shut her up?
He is my older sister's one and only son.
My sister died for our master, and my nephew.
was abandoned to the sea to protect her daughter.
Your master.
Can you tell me who the master was?
Donggobi.
What is it?
The princess wants to see you.
You can't be fooling around in Goguryeo palace.
The crown princess is looking foryou.
Please tell me more about your master's daughter.
Come find me if you want to hear more.
You look much better now that
the envoys have arrived from Nakrang.
Are you feeling better?
l'm feeling great.
May l sit down?
We're in the Goguryeo palace. You don't need my permission.
You say you are feeling better, but maybe not.
Your Highness, it is l, Donggobi.
Come in.
You asked for me?
l didn't call foryou.
But Chiso said.
l didn't ask foryou, so you may leave.
Go and get some rest.
You must be tired from your journey.
What happened?
You and l are sharing a room.
Did you expect to have the room to yourself?
That's not what l meant.
The princess never asked for me.
l guess she changed her mind.
She didn't want you to interrupt her conversation
with Prince Hodong.
The water smells funny.
Don't be difficult.
You can't expect the same waterfrom here.
You're an ignoble man.
l'm the Prince of Goguryeo.
And you're the Crown Princess of Nakrang.
What would you have done
if yourfather ordered you the same?
There's a limit to what l can do.
Even if l love you, did l have to deny my position
as a prince and be killed for defying my father?
ls that the only way to prove my love foryou?
l no longer believe your heart anymore.
And l don't believe that you came back from Simbeon alive
just to spare me from heartbreak.
Why?
Because of Puku?
ls that it?
Does a man have many hearts?
Can you love more than one woman?
Do you think l'm a eunuch?
l'm a man, a healthy young man.
You didn't expect me to have a woman at my age?
You should've married me sooner if you didn't like that.
To a man, women fall into two categories.
Women who satisfy his lust,
and the one woman he truly loves.
You jerk... You were awake.
Your words were so sweet.
So sweet they brought tears to my eyes.
l didn't want to open them.
As you promised me, make me happy.
You think that's possible?
Let's make Goguryeo and Nakrang brother countries with our union.
Even with all my flaws.
l'm just a prince of powerless Goguryeo,
but can't you just embrace me for who l am?
l thought l told you to go to Nakrang as a gift.
The war broke out and l couldn't go.
Puku. Just who are you?
The queen asked you a question.
Your Majesty, l've asked that question myself many times.
Puku, who are you? What are you?
lt seems that many people know who l am,
but l don't know who l am.
ls that right?
lf by chance you know who l am, please tell me.
l beg you.
ljust asked out of curiosity.
l don't know anything.
ls that true?
How ridiculous.
Why would l bother lying to nobody like you?
l plan to give you to Princess Nakrang as her maid.
Will you go?
Your Majesty.
Prince Hodong is here.
You came for her.
Bring Haeaewu.
You don't have to wake him from his sleep.
But we must follow proper protocol.
Do you know what the king says every day when
l take Haeaewu to offer his greetings?
Be loyal to your brother.
Haeaewu, you must be a loyal subject.
Your Majesty.
Haeaewu, your brother is here.
You must offer your greetings.
Grow big and strong.
Grow up to be a good subject, and be loyal to your brother.
ls she your woman, prince?
l plan to give Puku to Princess Nakrang as a maid.
But if she's yours, l'll have to change my plans.
ls she your woman?
- Puku is. - l am.
l'm not the prince's woman.
l'm his slave and bodyguard.
Really?
Then you'll wait on the princess when
Nakrang's ladies-in-waiting leaves.
SUYANGJUN / Prince Hodong's chamber You have no right over my servant.
All the women in the palace are my slaves.
They are all under my jurisdiction and no one
can stand on my way.
Your Majesty.
But l'll leave her be if you admit that she's your woman.
l'll serve the princess.
Are you sad l didn't say you were my woman?
l'm a powerless prince, so there may be many more instances
where l won't be able to protect you.
Well, l am a girl so l can't say l neverfantasized about
becoming a second queen, or even a concubine at least.
Let's do that.
l'll make you my second queen the day l become.
Let's not make such promises.
Puku.
People can't know what's ahead of us.
l never knew l'd meet you and stand so close to you.
And we don't know what path we'll take tomorrow.
So there's nothing we can promise?
Just the present. This very minute.
lt's good as long as we're happy in the present
when we're together.
Serving Princess Nakrang.
is something l have to do.
l'm doing it because l want to.
There's something l want to give you.
lt's the only thing my mother left behind.
Aunt gave it to me secretly on my ninth birthday.
She must've had a lot of jewelry, since she was a queen.
Father wanted me to consider
Queen Maeseolsu my birth mother,
so he probably buried everything with her, orthrew it all away.
lt's the horn you use to call your hawk.
l'll be there when you call for me, whereveryou are.
Just as Boruk came to me no matter where l was.
You said that people can't know what's ahead of us.
Even if we're apart, when l hearyour calling,
l'll come to you no matter where you are.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG l received a message from Minister Ryu Ji.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG King Muhyul agreed to meet you at Eunpo.
l must inspect Mukbang, Minbong and Algi first
before l go to Eunpo to meet with King Muhyul.
Get ready.
Yes, Your Majesty.
YULGUHUN, NAKRANG
lt's all right. l'll do it myself.
Are you still upset about Dochal?
l'll be upset until you forget about Princess Jamyung.
MO YANGHAE You might as well tell me to die.
Sister-in-law.
l know you well.
You're righteous yet tender.
You're strong yet soft.
You even married me to save my life.
You can't hate me forever.
General, it is l, Do Sugi.
Come in.
ljust returned from the mountains.
Did you give him a good funeral?
Thank you for making all the preparations.
l need to talk to him alone.
Do you resent my sister-in-law?
Sugi. l cherish you,
but l can't have you by my side if you resent Sister-in-law.
l'll help you go whereveryou want.
l'm a slave and a retainer of Younghojangwon,
just as my father was.
l can't leave my master.
l do not resent Lady Mo.
Don't everforget your word.
General.
They say a man cries only three times in his lifetime.
When his parents die and when his master dies.
But since we must fight Goguryeo now,
save yourtears for later.
l'll keep that in mind.
lf you're so curious, go see her.
Yes, she could be your aunt.
Are you afraid that Puku's not your real sister?
Yes.
lf she's the master's daughter.
Who cares?
You've lived as brother and sister until now.
That's not going to change.
Where are we going?
To Princess Nakrang's quarters.
Why?
The first queen's lady-in-waiting promised
to tell us who we are.
Your Highness.
What is the reason for such commotion?
You must act gracefully.
Donggobi is dying.
What are you saying?
l think she's caught a contagious disease.
Call a doctor now.
No, Your Highness. She could be contagious.
But Donggobi is the queen's most cherished maid.
Your Highness.
- What's going on? - l don't know.
Aren't they going to Princess Nakrang's chamber?
Donggobi, what happened to you?
She can't talk.
Donggobi.
DUCHANG / Smallpox She has smallpox.
DUCHANG / Smallpox That's not possible.
How could she get smallpox overnight?
Donggobi.
No, Your Highness. You'll catch it.
You must leave the room now.
What is going on?
What's going on?
Princess.
Please return to your chamber now.
WANWOLHYUN / WU NARU'S HOUSE But l was told to come and
keep Princess Nakrang company.
A lady-in-waiting from Nakrang caught smallpox.
Oh no...
They're such trouble.
Princess, let's go home now.
What if Princess Nakrang caught it too?
What if she dies before she marries Hodong?
lt's tea made with red beans, black beans and mung beans.
They say that apricot blossoms will prevent smallpox.
l've brought some from the icehouse
forthe prince's bathwater.
l'm worried about the prince.
What shall l do about the Princess of Nakrang?
Quarantine her chamber,
and have the princess stay in Hodong's chamber.
But what if Prince Hodong catches.
l couldn't want anything more.
And tell the second queen to move into the envoy chamber.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What shall l do about the Queen of Nakrang's lady-in-waiting?
Take her out the West Gate and burn her alive.
You must leave for Eunpo now.
Don't make a fuss. We do not know for certain yet.
lt'll be too late when we know for certain.
Your Majesty, l think it's best to leave early to meet Choi Li.
All right.
Hodong will come with me.
But the lady-in-waiting told us to come.
ljust need to see herfor a minute.
What happened to her?
She has smallpox.
Get away from her if you don't want to catch it.
Princess, you must keep your distance.
Donggobi, you can't speak, but you can hear me, right?
l'll never let them burn you to alive.
l'll make sure they don't put you in the fire alive.
Wait.
Get out of the way.
l'm the boy who was abandoned.
l'm the boy who was in that boat.
You're looking forthe girl who was stabbed
in the chest with a coral hairpin?
That's me.
Please tell me.
You said you'd tell me who my brother and l are.
- Get out of the way. - My Lady!
Princess Jamyung.
Princess.
llpum!
Princess Jamyung.
llpum!
lt escaped us yet again.
We lost another chance to find out who we are.
l can't even ask her if it was the second queen who stabbed me.