Episode 34
JAMYUNG
l understand we're on the run
but this is too pathetic.
Maybe we should just kill ourselves.
lf you want to die die by yourself.
Your Highness.
PRlNCE HODONG You have no idea.
how l came this far.
Unless the crown princess tells me to die l can't die.
PRlNCESS NAKRANG
Your Highness we must return now.
He must be thirsty.
l'll go to the icehouse.
ENVOYCHAMBER JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG How is he?
ENVOYCHAMBER JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG l can't say.
Your Majesty
please save the officer as you would your men.
Your Majesty.
CHOl Ll
Officer.
Officer!
Please stay strong.
Stay alive and leave His Majesty alone.
You must stay by His Majesty's side.
The King of Goguryeo has admirable subjects.
Save the officer's life.
l'll do my best Your Majesty.
WANG HOL
EUL DUJl Officer of right
The officer is in a critical condition.
l do not care.
But he was once yourteacher.
l meant to kill him.
lf he's not dead then he must be alive.
Quench yourthirst.
Our men are watching.
What do you think you are doing?
Go back to your chamber.
You must not lose your dignity because of me.
This is why l can't trust you.
Why can't you trust him?
How can a man cruel enough to kill his teacher
love a woman dearly?
How can he risk his life for a woman?
Because she's not just a woman.
Because she's Lahee.
To every man there is a woman he can't resist.
And to me.
she's the Crown Princess of Nakrang unfortunately.
You don't need to explain your feelings to everyone.
Because l believe you.
l'm not thirsty.
lt's not just water.
lt's my tears and blood. l vow to save your life.
lf l can't save you.
l'll go with you.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE JlNYANG PALACE We must return Prince Hodong to Goguryeo.
l agree with him.
l also agree.
MO YANGHAE He has proved his sincerity by slaying Eul Duji.
How can we send him back?
RYUJl / Minister He will be very useful
when Haeaewu succeeds the throne.
MO HASO Prince Hodong is a cold and cruel man.
A prince should be strong.
Being cold and cruel is not a fault.
lf we allow him to stay
it means we consent to his marrying the crown princess.
The priestess has said it is the will of Heaven for
the crown princess to marry the great general.
WANG JA-SlL l agree with the priestess on this matter.
Since when did we take advice from the priestess?
Since when did this kingdom belong to Puku
and not to Father and me?
Crown Princess l told you not to disappoint me anymore.
Go ahead and name the great general
as your successor if you wish.
Crown princess!
l'll give up.
l'm the crown princess in name only.
l'll abandon Nakrang
just as Prince Hodong abandoned Goguryeo.
Be quiet!
Nakrang already belongs to the priestess!
Give it to Puku!
How dare you!
Please allow us to leave Nakrang.
lf you can't kill me with him when you kill Prince Hodong.
Fine!
A crown princess who abandons her country
for a man does not deserve to live!
l'll kill you right now!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Please calm down.
No Your Majesty!
Leave this room now!
Go back to your chamber!
This is all because of that wench.
l can no longer forgive Puku.
LAHEE'S CHAMBER
l heard that you have a younger sister.
Would you be happy if she were alive?
Could you cherish her if Jamyung came back?
SUYOUNG HALL JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG
lLPUM The priestess is praying.
Get out of my way.
The priestess is also my slave.
Did you feel so wronged?
Crown princess.
lf you weren't a lowly circus performer
you could've had Prince Hodong.
Did you feel wronged?
You hold such a huge grudge against him that
you kill want to kill him in the name of Heaven?
And the crown princess?
She went inside the shrine armed.
l don't understand
how losing your love would drive you to murder.
You're a cunning thing.
l read your intentions when you came back as a priestess.
Please calm down.
lf you didn't want to kill Hodong did you want to kill me?
You should appease your anger.
What did l take from you?
Hodong, Nakrang and the title of crown princess
the first queen and the love of the people?
What do you mean?
Of course you must be jealous since you lost everything
even though you are the daughter of the queen
and live such a lowly life.
l understand how you would want to avenge.
You must've felt wronged for the years you've suffered
and been tormented by your jealousy toward me.
You're the one who's consumed by jealousy.
The scar is still so clear.
The rage inside you must be just as clear.
What more do you need to want Hodong and me dead?
Yes l'm Jamyung.
l didn't mean to shock you or let you know.
But Sister.
l'm not your sister. Don't call me that.
Crown Princess
could you please not hate me forthe first queen's sake?
l'm not your sister
and you can never be Jamyung nor my sister.
How long have you known?
Did you take me as a fool?
l've thought it over and over again.
All the things that happened in the palace.
You, Father and the second queen.
Even the great general and Lady Mo.
Your inexplicable behavior.
That was all because she was your daughter.
Why didn't you talk to me?
l thought it best to ignore it.
l thought l'd ignore it
since she said she'd live as if she were dead.
Lahee you're not this cruel.
You cannot be so mean to your sister.
l've already told you.
l can love Jamyung who's dead
but l can't love Jamyung who's alive.
Don't you feel sorry for her?
She can't even be become a princess.
She's a criminal of Nakrang and must remain dead.
But she has too much to be pitied.
Just what does she have?
She's a priestess in name.
She's practically the crown princess.
She controls every state affair
and even decides on my marriage.
l know you're trying to make her the real queen behind the scenes
and just make me the queen in name only.
Why are you saying such things?
l'm not a fool.
Don't control Motherfrom behind like a coward.
Pick up your sword.
Let's see how badly you want me dead.
Put down your sword. You're in the presence of queen.
Pick up your sword.
What are you doing in front of your mother?
Lahee.
Mother.
l think l'm going to hate you.
Your Majesty you're a hypocrite.
lf Prince Hodong dies l'll neverforgive you.
Crown Princess.
lt pains me just as much to watch Prince Hodong die.
Now you're being honest.
But l can't trust Prince Hodong.
l trust him.
more than l trust you
More than Mother And more than Father
l'll walk you to your chamber.
Please pray for the crown princess.
Yes, Your Majesty.
l can abandon neither of my daughters.
Not you and not the crown princess.
l'll never succeed you Your Majesty.
But you have no other choice if
the crown princess won't succeed His Majesty.
Mo Yanghae what are you saying?
Only His Majesty can decide who succeeds the throne.
But our people admire the crown princess.
Your Majesty you gave me the right to decide
the crown princess's marriage.
ls the royal command still valid?
Say what you wish to say.
l wish to have the crown princess marry Prince Hodong.
Your Majesty.
The crown princess has to stay strong for Nakrang to be strong.
Please keep your eyes on the prince and if
he does anything to arouse your suspicion
you can decide otherwise then.
Minister deliver my message to Hodong.
l, Choi Li, the King of Nakrang
grant Hodong's request for asylum.
Your Majesty you're most gracious.
His Majesty has ordered us to
BU TUNG / BUDAL watch the prince's every move.
Yes sir.
We don't trust Hodong.
HWEJUNGGWAN Hodong's chamber in Nakrang Do not miss any detail.
HWEJUNGGWAN Hodong's chamber in Nakrang Check every visitor and every letter.
He might send information to Goguryeo.
We'll keep our eyes on him like a hawk eyeing its prey.
Nakrang is a beautiful kingdom.
l'll help you become a great queen.
l won't let you live as a queen's prince.
You and l will rule over Nakrang together.
l've never been happier in my life than l am today.
Teacher is it the will of Heaven or the will of
the crown princess to let the prince live?
Or is it because of the lingering obsession in my heart?
GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO
Your Majesty.
Do you have news from Nakrang?
Did Choi Li cut off Hodong's head?
CHU BALSO / Envoy for southern district Hodong killed the guards
and struck the officer and Hadeok.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN
WU NARU / Head of National Administration He's lost his mind.
WU NARU / Head of National Administration Hodong has completely gone mad.
How can he strike Eul Duji of all people?
So?
ls Eul Duji dead or alive?
We're not certain yet of his life.
And is Hodong still alive?
Yes, King Choi Li granted Hodong's asylum
and he'll soon hold a ceremony making him a citizen of Nakrang.
That Choi Li!
SONG OKGU
SONG MAESEOLSU'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE Hodong was his future his everything.
Can he really loathe and abandon his dear son overnight?
SONG MAESEOLSU Fatheryou must know
since you have sired many sons from many mothers.
Can you abandon your son so easily?
Yes, l can.
Can you kill him?
Forthe sake of the Biryuna tribe l can.
There's something no one else know
but his wife who's lain with him.
l'm worried because
the king has abandoned Hodong too readily.
JUMONG SHRlNE GOGURYEO
To think l have only a criminal to share drinks with.
Hodong.
lf you fail to gain Nakrang even after sacrificing Eul Duji
l'll neverforgive you.
HOEJEONG HALL JlNYANG PALACE
l think l saw Puku that night.
TAECHU That can't be. Puku can't be in the palace.
Be quiet.
The walls have ears and eyes in this palace.
lt wasn't Puku. You were mistaken.
SUYOUNG HALL JlNYANG PALACE
QUEEN JASlL'S CHAMBER
lt's beautiful.
Mother.
He needs to look decent forthe ceremony.
SUNGCHlM ROOM / Royal seamstress Her Majesty personally made the robe
SUNGCHlM ROOM / Royal seamstress forthe prince.
l feel sorry for him.
He fled Goguryeo with no other robe.
Thank you Mother.
l haven't changed my mind.
Hodong isn't a good match foryou.
But what can l do when you can't recognize the real gem
right before your eyes?
You lost a great man.
Her Majesty the Second Queen.
Your Majesty.
You look much better all cleaned up.
l'll be offering my first greeting to Dangun
as a citizen of Nakrang.
Thank you.
ls that the smile that stole crown princess's heart?
Her Majesty made it herself.
Wait outside.
You too.
l have a question Lady-in-waiting.
What?
You don't seem too friendly today?
CHlSO A mere solider is lowerthan a lady-in-waiting here.
l see.
l thought you were looking down on a refugee.
What do you want to ask?
ls Puku the prince's bodyguard in the palace?
l heard she was dead
but l thought l saw her when the officer
lt won't be easy foryou to settle here.
Pardon?
lt means foryou to not think.
l'll do it.
Stay still.
A prince couldn't have done anything for himself.
Thank you Mother.
Don't call me that.
l don't trust you either.
You're so kind to me even when you don't trust me.
l can't imagine how happy l'll be when you do trust me.
Make Lahee happy. Then you'll be happy.
l will.
ls Puku out of your mind?
You haven't.
l have.
l don't trust men.
Lahee is the only person l'm afraid of
and l want to trust your words.
Don't forget who saved your life.
You'd have a better life here than you could in Goguryeo
if you don't forget that.
Yes.
Since you're well enough to move about
l need you to come with me.
To where?
Prince Hodong is about to become a citizen of Nakrang.
l'll take you to the ceremony.
You look like a nobleman of Nakrang in that robe.
l'm not a nobleman but just a citizen of Nakrang My Lady.
His Majesty is coming.
Greetings Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
You came.
Through this ceremony Prince Hodong of Goguryeo
will be reborn as a citizen of Nakrang.
Your Highness please step forward.
Please wash your hands in the pure water.
Puku You're not dead? What are you doing here?
How dare you!
She's the priestess of Nakrang!
Forgive me.
l pray before Dangun Wanggeom.
Goguryeo gave me birth
but l'll live the rest of my days in Nakrang.
l vow to live as the King of Nakrang's loyal subject.
Minister.
lt's the emblem of Nakrang.
lt's used only in the royal family
a gift from the first queen.
l'm most grateful Mother.
Bring the sword.
Yes, Your Majesty.
lt's the sword that accompanied me to every battlefield
while fighting for Nakrang's independence.
And now l give it to you.
Do great things for Nakrang with this sword.
What are you doing?
l heard that you and General Wang Goeng made
a pledge with blood to win Nakrang's independence.
And with your gift
l'll also make a pledge to Dangun Wanggeom.
Dear Dangun l pledge with my blood.
l Hodong will protect Nakrang with this sword
and when the right time comes l'll conquer
Goguryeo and Liaodong and offerthem to Father.
Give me the sword.
Crown Princess what are you doing?
Leave her be.
lt's a beautiful gesture. Her act is most beautiful.
l Crown Princess vow before Dangun.
With Prince Hodong l'll do my best to bring
prosperity to Nakrang for all eternity.
Since you call me ''father'' l'll consideryou my son as well.
Father.
Officer.
l, Choi Li, the King of Nakrang appoint Hodong as prince.
No one shall disrespect him because
he has defected from Goguryeo.
He shall be respected as prince.
And following the harvest there will be a wedding
of the crown princess and Hodong.
Father.
lt is a matter of utmost importance.
The selection of date and the preparation of the ceremony
TAESANGGWAN Responsible of royal events will be headed by the Ministry of Protocol.
TAESANGGWAN Responsible of royal events l'll obey your command Your Majesty.
Hail!
Hail the Kingdom of Nakrang.
Hail to the king!
Hail to the crown princess!
Hail to the prince!
l guess there is a way out of everything.
You've been made the Prince of Nakrang
marry the crown princess.
But what happened to Puku?
l heard she was dead. Did our spy make a mistake?
How did she end up in the palace as a priestess?
Please wash your hands in pure water.
YULGUHYUN NAKRANG
Hol.
With time.
everything will be forgotten.
Only memories will remain
and yourfeelings will be scattered away like sand
and you'll find peace.
l too.
forgot my husband, your brother.
l tried so hard not to forget him but time made me forget.
Sister-in-law don't tell me you.
have feelings for me
Can l not?
This old woman has gone senile.
Just laugh it off as an old woman's nonsense.
A person's feelings for another can't be
nonsense that can be laughed off.
l hoped you wouldn't develop feelings for me.
l know l shouldn't have.
You should have a young and pretty maiden as your mate.
lt isn't because of age
or because you're not a great beauty.
The reason l can't love you as a woman is.
because to me
you're a motherto me.
As long as l live l'll give you the love
and respect l can give no other woman.
Did you call for me?
l heard that the envoys from Goguryeo are leaving.
Yes, they'll leave the palace tomorrow morning.
We must tell them of Jamyunggo before they leave.
Jamyunggo exist to prevent
war with Goguryeo.
Have the envoys see the puppet show.
You're returning without being fully recovered.
l'm worried you'll relapse on your journey.
Our king is waiting. l can't delay any longer.
Not because you're upset about our prince?
l'll leave as soon as day breaks.
l'll forever be indebted to you Your Majesty.
l am most grateful Your Majesty.
l'm glad you're well enough to leave.
But l shouldn't hold a banquet in your honor
since you can't drink yet.
l wish to entertain you in another way.
CHA CHASUNG'S THEATRE
General why are we holding a banquet in such a place?
The performance can't be held at the palace.
Please come in.
His Majesty is inside with the envoys.
Go ahead and give a big cry!
This is fun.
Don't you agree Minister?
l wish to make a big drum with your hide.
ls that all right?
Most definitely.
Let's see.
lt's a magnificent drum.
Wait a minute.
l should give you a name.
What shall l call you?
That's right.
Since you can alert the people of danger by
sounding yourself when Nakrang is under attack
l'll call you Jamyunggo.
Cha Chasung, Michu and a mystical object.
Are you that curious?
Your Highness.
l told you not to call me that.
The Prince Hodong l had once taught killed himself in Jolbon.
l, Eul Duji, a Goguryeo envoy paid my respects
to the Prince of Nakrang.
l too as the former prince of Goguryeo
will speak to Eul Duji my formerteacher.
Please forgive me for striking you.
Why did you call me?
lf my days in Goguryeo were like walking on thin ice
l'm walking on a bed of needles now.
Who are you to have me come at this hour?
So that you'll have the great general kill me again?
Don't you know that thousands of eyes are watching me
waiting for a chance to kill me in this palace?
l called you as the priestess.
That's right.
You're the priestess not Puku.
You gave up everything to become the priestess of Nakrang?
l gave up everything.
and ended up here.
So what would the mighty priestess whom the king reveres
want with this lowly refugee?
Did you really forget Puku?
And why would you want to know Priestess?
Did you abandon Puku.
from your heart?
ln my heart.
she's already dead.
Do you mean that?
Of course l do.
l thought you had let go of worldly emotions
but do you still have lingering feelings for me Priestess?
You can deceive the crown princess His Majesty
and all the people of Nakrang and Goguryeo
but l don't trust you.
Maybe you don't want to trust me.
You've lived all your life to become the King of Goguryeo.
How could you let that go so readily?
Even when you lay dying from poison in Simbeon
you couldn't give up your arm forthe throne.
lt's hard for people to change
but people change when they need to.
l...
tried to stop this marriage but
l couldn't.
You wouldn't know...
but it isn't Goguryeo or a woman's love that you need.
You need a mother's love.
The first queen is very loving and the second queen
will love you more than anybody if you truly become her son.
So?
Don't be set on becoming the King of Goguryeo.
Please become the father of the King of Nakrang.
As a good husband.
and a good father
Give the love you couldn't receive from King Daemushin
to the child you'll have with the crown princess.
And find comfort in that.
Since you're the priestess l should honoryou as one.
But don't tell me any nonsense.
l won't hear any more of it.
You won't find happiness by becoming king.
This foolish man will take your words to heart
and take his leave Priestess.
l was a fool to have answered your call.
What did l expect?
You were here?
How indecent.
You called yourself a priestess and act all holy
but it was all because of yourfeelings for Hodong.
l thought l had gotten rid of all my lingering feelings
but judging from the heartache l guess l haven't.
l need more discipline.
My mother once asked me how l could love someone to death
that was when l don't have anyone l hate to death.
Now l understand what she meant.
Don't make me want to kill you with my hands.
l don't want to sadden the first queen.
l trust you'll never call Hodong again.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO Hodong was made
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO the Prince of Nakrang
and he'll even marry Choi Li's daughter.
Don't speak of that wretch.
Something greater is in my mind.
ls this about that mystical object?
lt's all made up.
People are simple.
Ourtroops' morale will drop when they hearthat
Nakrang has a mystical object.
lt is enormous.
Just how big is this Jamyunggo?
A bull Dangun bestowed on Father can't be the size
of an ordinary bull.
You don't believe it.
Do you?
There have been many sacred drums in the past.
JUPARYONG / Alligator-like animal with small mouth Gl / Animal with cow-like cry A dragon drum and Huangdi's drum
JUPARYONG / Alligator-like animal with small mouth Gl / Animal with cow-like cry made from Gi's hide.
WEOLSU KlNGDOM Today's Sichuan Xichang area There was also a mystical bull in Weolsu.
They're all old fables.
You as the crown princess must believe
in the mystical object of Nakrang.
You say that but you don't seem to believe it either.
lt's not important whether l believe it or not.
lf the people of Nakrang and the soldiers of
Goguryeo believe it there is a mystical object.
Why don't we go and see for ourselves?
You cannot.
How dare you!
The Crown Princess of Nakrang wishes to see it!
His Majesty has ordered that anyone who
sets foot in the temple except the priestess and
His Majesty himself will be killed.
Jamyunggo will be under my rule the day l become queen.
Am ljust anyone?
Yes.
You're not the priestess
and you have yet succeeded the throne.
There's only one way
to find out about if mystical drum really exists.
How will you do that?
Have 600 Gwanna soldiers cross the Mukbang border.
ls it war?
Paesu won't freeze for anothertwo seasons.
The hungry Gwanna soldiers have snuck into Nakrang
without permission.
That's a great idea Your Majesty.
Mukbang, Minbong, Algi and Eunpo.
We have set up military bases in these areas and
stationed Younghojangwon's troops and priestesses.
We have resolved military problems
but l wonder if Jamyunggo will really sound itself.
lf we know where the enemy is coming from
the drum will sound itself.
Your Majesty!
What is it?
Goguryeo troops are assembling in Mukbang.
lt's war!