Queen Seon Deok
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Episode 4
Wow!
Ajeosshi!
Did you not promise me you would make some introductions?!
Ahh... That?!
Was it not a covenant, what you made yesterday?!
Ahh... yes, I guess so?!
Follow me.
Cartan Ajeosshi!
Ohh... Deokman!
So...
Is this the man?!
Yes, Chilsuk Ajeosshi.
He is from Gyerim, and his martial arts...
are quite remarkable, I hear?!
I feel a distinct lack of conviction in your parlance.
Ehh... You can just get acquainted by yourselves!
My name is Cartan.
I am Chilsuk.
I am counting on you.
What on earth are you doing?
That is how they greet each other, in his homeland.
How was it?
Wow... Quite a well-kept specimen!
I trust he could be of use?!
See, what did I tell you?
Deokman.
They are all waiting. Let us move.
The atmosphere does not forebode anything good.
Where is it?
Everyone, follow me.
Let's go. Follow her.
Rummage the premises!
- Hasten! - Yes!
This way.
Impossible to recognize, isn't it?
- Are you telling me this is tea? - Yes.
Here... Tea dried in blocks!
In other words, brick tea.
Wow!
It does really look like one.
This really is a brick!
They will never find it.
Wow... it is really remarkable.
They take tea leaves and pack them together in molds,
after which they form blocks and let them dry.
Then, how do you drink this?
Like so.
Tea leaves?!
This way!
Apprehend them all!
Yes!
We received information...
suggesting that you are trying to smuggle tea.
Tea?!
That is impossible.
Subterfuges are fruitless!
We already apprehended Chen Daren, after he sold you the tea!
Rummage the entire place!
Yes!
They said that tea is being concealed here.
- Find it at once! - Yes!
- Out of the way! - Move!
What is the matter?
Quick, hasten!
We found nothing inside.
Nothing this way as well.
That is impossible!
Are you sure you rummaged the place thoroughly?
Yes, we looked in every corner.
There truly is nothing.
It must have been a faulty report.
Move!
What is that?!
Mother!
- Apprehend them all! - Yes!
~ Feudal Palace ~
Mother, Mother!
Mother...
*Honorific for esteemed figures
Daren*!
Daren...
I implore you.
Call a physician.
Demise is upon you,
what would a physician matter?!
I am begging you!
Daren!
Bring us a physician!
Fruitless attempts.
Mother!
Help us out!
Help us out, call a physician!
Daren!
- Get a hold of yourself. - She just saw that fire.
Why did she end up in this state?
In my childhood, there was this immense fire,
and according to the physicians, it gravely damaged her lungs.
And you? You escaped unscathed?!
Yes.
Anyhow, ever since that day...
her cough kept getting worse,
she had difficulty breathing,
and suddenly, every time she witnesses fire...
She always...
Mother!
Daren!
I beg you, help us out!
~ Both "Sei (Death)" ~
Say what?!
She eliminated all evidence by setting fire to it?!
Yes, Your Excellency.
I shall punish them firsthand!
Understood.
~ Lord Yang ~
Mother!
Mother!!
Mother... Are you all right?
His Excellency Lord Yang graces you all!
Hail His Excellency!
Long Live His Excellency!
(Guangdong dialect)
Behead them!
Yes.
(Northern dialect)
Behead the criminals!
Yes!
Ajeosshi... Ajeosshi!!
(Guangdong dialect)
All preparations are complete, Your Excellency.
W...Wait!
Take my mother.
Deokman!
I... I did it all.
What do you think you're doing?!
All you need is to behead me!
Deokman! What are you doing?
This is not the place for you to barge in.
But it is the truth.
I was the one who did it.
(Northern dialect)
I did it.
The brick tea,
the fire...
I did it all!
(Guangdong dialect)
What is she prattling about?!
(Guangdong dialect)
Your Excellency! Whatever she said...
She is nothing but a kid...
So she interfered without thinking.
May you accord her your clemency.
No!
I did it!
He did nothing wrong!
(Guangdong dialect)
Interpret at once!
I said interpret...
What are you waiting for?!
She...
said she was responsible for it all,
that she made the brick tea,
so all you need to do is to punish her.
Why did you do that?
He asked you why.
Th...That, I mean...
- If I may speak with honesty... - You cannot, Deokman!
You worry about interpreting!
It is because it makes no sense.
Say what?!
She did it because...
it made no sense.
It made no sense?!
Yes.
All the traders coming here travel for over a twelvemonth to reach this place.
But, once they reach here, you forbid any trading?!
It makes no sense.
All these traders will squander two years if that happens.
They will all lose their livelihood!
Not to mention all the direful quandaries they faced by crossing the desert.
Is that not right?!
Everyone who comes here lives by the meager trading they do at the post,
but sending them back empty-handed...
is just...
Are you questioning my judgment?!
Deokman.
He is asking whether his decisions are to blame...
Deokman.
I implore you, beg while you still can!
A man who has no time for his people...
should have no time to ascend to the throne as well!
Deokman!
Interpret!
A man who has no time for his people...
should have no time...
to ascend to the throne as well.
Who spoke such words?
Who did you hear this from?
Th...That...
I read it in a book...
I believe that anyone who does not cherish and shelter his people...
has no intention of living up to his crown's legacy.
He might mobilize troops and let intimidation dictate his policies,
but he shall never become a hero for the ages.
Choose one.
Choose "Saang (Life)" and you and everyone else here shall live.
But, choose "Sei (Death),"
and both you and everyone else shall perish right here!
He wants you to choose one.
Choose "Saeng (Life)" and you shall live,
choose "Sa (Death)" and you will perish, he says.
You lowly slattern dare to question my legacy as a ruler?!
Let us see...
Your dexterity, and the providence you are blessed with.
Whether those few pages dictating your wisdom...
can protect you from the gates of dissolution.
Choose!
Now!
What are you waiting for?
I said choose!
He said to hasten and choose!
Show me.
How do I know whether they are not the same?!
She worries they might both show "Sei (Death),"
so she is asking you to show them first.
That is for your destiny to decide.
Choose!
Sire...
My apologies.
Sire...
Now, show it to me.
Do it!
You...
What are you doing?!
Stop her!
Now, it is your turn to show me.
If what I just ate was marked with "Sa (Death),"
then yours shall be "Saeng (Life),"
and if I instead ate "Saeng,"
yours will surely be "Sa."
Show it to me!
She is asking you...
to show everyone whether yours is "Saang (Life)" or "Sei (Death)."
Show it!
"Sei/Sa (Death)"
(Northern dialect)
It is Si (Death)!
Deokman chose Sheng (Life)!
She saved us all!
It is Si! Si!
Spare our lives.
It is all because of me.
May you spare us!
(Guangdong dialect)
Why did you swallow that?
I... do not know.
I suddenly felt...
that it could save me.
I beg you...
Save my mother and all these people here!
Were you not daunted by me?!
I... was.
Incautious as you may be, dexterity blesses you.
The heavens do not daunt you,
but in their divine providence you bask.
I shall therefore fulfill our covenant.
Free everyone!
Release everyone!
Yes!
Mother...
Mother!
Deokman...
Mother... Mother!
Are you all right?
I... am fine.
Stop weeping.
~ Seorabeol ~ (Royal Palace)
Sire.
May you renounce such utterances!
What is that supposed to mean?!
Sire, may you renounce such utterances!
*Kim Yongsu, King Jinji's eldest son
Abdicating the throne to Lord Yongsu*?!
It is a most lamentable proposal, Sire.
May you renounce it.
In the past, His Deceased Majesty the Chachaung of Namhae*...
*Park Yu (reign: 4~24 A.D.), son of the Hyeokgeose (Chachaung = shaman in archaic Korean)
abdicated the throne to his son-in-law.
However, Lord Yongsu...
as the dethroned King Jinji's son,
was deprived of his rank, and can no longer be considered sacred bone.
Only sacred bone descendants can ascend to the heavenly kingdom's throne!
What principle could ever suggest Lord Yongsu is fit to rule us all?!
He is my direct descendant Cheonmyeong's spouse,
so if just cause is what you are asking for, here it is.
However,
Lord Yongsu cannot vaunt of a single meritorious achievement.
*Jingol, with only one parent from the sacred bone lineage
Not only is he of true bone*, but he even lacks royal virtue,
so how could he ever be fit to inherit our throne?!
Not to mention that he directly descends from the lascivious King Jinji.
How could creation approve of all this?!
May you renounce such obloquy, Sire.
May you renounce it, Sire!
Sire.
In concomitance with our Dano Festival*, the Hwarang shall display their skills.
*Traditional celebration on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar)
May you deign them with your presence.
The Dano ceremony is not the issue.
- His Majesty is now... - Now, the Seju is deliberating with the King!
*Council of Nobles member
How can a daedeung* dare to...
Ahh... That is not what I meant...
His... His Majesty...
His Majesty clamors he will abdicate the throne to Lord Yongsu...
It is our sacred day of Dano.
How could the air in this council hall be so suffocating?!
Everyone leave!
Sire.
May you deign them with your presence.
If Your Majesty refuses to witness a ceremony the Hwarang so fervently prepared for,
how are you going to deal with their disheartenment?!
Fine.
I shall soon head there.
Then, your humble servant...
shall be awaiting.
Nunim! What leisure bedecks your deportment!
Only a mere few months passed since Yongsu was proclaimed daedeung,
and his conjugal ties with the princess are all he can bluster of!
Not to mention the fact we dethroned his own father.
Should he ascend to the throne,
a crimson tide shall swelter us all.
What crimson tide?!
Who is ever going to allow him succession?!
His Majesty is completely deranged.
The Grim Reaper stole three sons from his embrace,
and now meseems nary a coherent thought graces his mind!
It is the day of Dano.
Let us avoid such direful parlance.
Ready!
Do not let my presence concern you, and may you continue.
Yes, Wonhwanim*!
*Wonhwa, female leader of the Hwarang
Salute!
This game is paramount in the development of your kicking technique.
- Do your best. - Yes, Wonhwanim!
Seeing such a meticulously planned ceremony despite...
this being Your Highness's first experience as a supervisor whelms me with awe.
I am merely following the notions you so dutifully imparted upon me.
Let us have a seat.
Preparing this ceremony and all your recent endeavors in the palace...
must have been a most strenuous experience.
What?!
What...
A man is what you should have been born as, Princess.
You would have answered your call and led this heavenly kingdom of ours.
What are you trying to say?
Hence, is our next Queen what you are trying to become?
Seju!
His Majesty clamored he will proclaim Lord Yongsu as his heir to the throne.
Then...
would you not become our next Queen, in the future?
I was not aware of it.
It is the first time I hear of such wishes.
The first time...
I shall confer with His Majesty.
How daunting you can be, Your Highness.
Concocting such heinous machinations with a peaceful smile on your face.
Seju...
What subterfuge did you conject for this propitious day?
Ahh!
Are you trying to seize control of the Hwarang?
Seju!
I...
know nothing about any subterfuge.
I merely... am trying to live in sincerity.
Sincerity?!
That does not concern me.
Call it sincerity,
engage in all the subterfuges you wish...
But what could ever change?!
What could you possibly change?!
Seju!
Is Your Highness trying to contend Mishil's might, by any chance?
You follow your call.
Just as Mishil shall follow hers.
It was not just kindness!
If it's not that,
why did you step forward to rescue me?
If you had perished in my stead, I probably would have been grateful.
But that is where it ends.
Everyone under heaven is selfish and feeble.
If I hadn't, you would have perished!
What I am saying is, your survival is what's important!
What does it matter if I perish?
It does.
My survival and yours are both important!
I mean... that...
It is not that simple.
But... those people would never answer this way.
Simple it might not be, but they would encourage me to do so!
Those people?!
Who?
Yes... In that book...
Book?!
Those heroic tales?
Yes...
You... heedless little scoundrel.
I will never bring you those books again.
Books are books,
and reality is reality!
That is right.
Deokman deserves to be reprimanded.
Aigoo...
Not true!
Deokman...
did well.
My gratitude, Deokman.
Gratitude is mine.
You are really clever!
Right, right?!
Aigoo...
Clever, they say.
By the way, where did that Chilsuk go?
Where did he go?
Right...
How did he end up all the way here?
Chilsuk Ajeosshi?
Chilsuk Ajeosshi...
Come closer.
Actually, Chilsuk Ajeosshi...
- Ahh... I cannot talk about this! - Do it!
Do it.
All right!
Actually, Chilsuk Ajeosshi came from far beyond those dunes, Gyerim.
And he was this remarkable warrior there.
Warrior?! Really?
Yes... warrior.
The child was squalling!
That is all they know, wouldn't it cry?!
Right...
All children in the world, they all cry!
So then, he thought he finally had made it!
All he needed to do was finding where that squalling came from.
So he went in.
But... this time, the child was not crying.
Why?
That, I don't really know.
So, what?
So...
He entered those caves...
and kept going and going... until he found it!
But?!
But!
The cave had these small entrances.
People couldn't help but enter those, wouldn't they?!
Trees and soil are all we have,
then, you hide inside a cave.
What else? Dig in the mud?!
So?
But, why was he looking for that child and the servant?
Well...
He never talked about that.
"Set them on fire!" He said.
Talked as if that would be easy.
Inside those caves, at night...
How are you going to set anything on fire?!
So, did it catch fire?
One of his men kept rubbing logs against each other,
like so!
Like so...
Listen... Listen to that.
He finally was able to get some fire...
Then, they gathered firewood near the cave's entrances,
and threw one,
another, and then another.
But the child still would not cry!
They were desperate.
"Is there anyone here?!"
And then he finally saw her.
What did you just say?
That the foolish varlet,
without even realizing she was injured,
and doing mouth to mouth to make the child breathe...
Let's go.
Mother... why... Why?!
~ Munno ~
Mother! What's wrong?
We must flee. Quick!
What?! Flee?!
And why?
We must go!
Why should we do that?
Just follow me!
Mother!
What's wrong with you? Tell me something!
Be silent!
Ahh... really! What is wrong with you?
We have no time to waste here.
We must pack our things and leave.
Why?
Otherwise, it will spell our demise!
What?
Demise?!
Let's go.
Sohwa.
Was it Sohwa?!
Ajeosshi.
What is the matter?
Mother.
What's wrong?
Is this the child?
No!
No...
She's my child.
You ran away from Gyerim, all the way here?!
You have grown remarkably.
It cannot be...
- I... - Right.
You are the child that varlet ran away with.
No... No...
Mother... quick!
No... Stop!
Fifteen years.
That is the time it took me to find you.
No less than fifteen years.
But I can now finally...
return to Gyerim.
It is you.
The varlet who spurted out of that raging fire, embracing the child...
Sohwa!
Follow me... quick!
Mother!
That way...
Mother, why?!
Quick, get moving!
The letter...
"Mun..."
Mother, let's just go.
Mother, let's use that.
Mother...
Are you all right?
It will not work here.
Let us just climb up again, and use the hay to jump off.
We can just jump onto the magicians' room.
Quick...
Mother! Quick!
Quick...
Open it!
Move...
Open!
Sohwa!!
Mother... are you all right?
Ru...Run... Don't worry about me.
Mother. Await here just a moment.
I will come back for you.
This way!
There is nobody... but you.
I leave her to your care.
Protect that child for me.
This is where it ends.
Let us return to Gyerim.
Let's go...
Deokman! Deokman!
Deokman...
What happened?
We must run...
Mother, they will stop him now!
No.
You can never meet that person.
Get on it. Now!
No, Mother!
We cannot head for the desert in your state.
Do it now!
Now!
All right.
You do it first.
I'm all right, so come on.
Someone is inside!
It's Chilsuk!
Chilsuk.
Chilsuk... wake up!
Mother!
Mother...
Mother! Mother!
Are you all right?
Get on... it...
Wait...
Camel...
Get up!
Mother!
Just sit for now.
Mother... let us just look for somewhere to rest.
You can stand, right?!
Mother. Are you all right?!
I cannot walk any longer...
There is a cave that way.
We must at least reach that.
I'm nothing...
but a load on you.
No way.
You cannot cry in the desert.
As if we were not in need of water already.
How can you cry?
Get on my back.
How can you carry me?!
Fine! You are a load to me!
So act like one, and get on my back.
Quick.
All right...
I will protect you.
Deokman...
It's all right!
Ohh... He's waking up... He wakes up!
How are you feeling?
The physician said you might have hurt your eyes in the fire.
You might lose your eyesight, so he said to rest here for the time being.
What happened to you? What went wrong here?!
And Deokman?
Her mother?!
They're nowhere to be seen.
I must go.
I said you can't.
I must find Deokman.
At least tell me what is going on.
It looked to me as if those two...
were running away from you.
How can you explain that?
There was a misunderstanding.
I must find Deokman, and bring her back to her father.
Father?!
What are they saying?
Looks like that man...
knows Deokman's father.
Where were they headed to?
I don't know what happened between you,
but you cannot leave now.
A desert storm is on its way.
It would be foolish. Dangerous.
Which way were they headed?
They were headed for Dunhuang.
Without any equipment,
they will not get far in the desert.
Go to Roma.
You just rest.
Before sunset, I must head to the oasis and fetch some water.
You know that.
I cannot make it.
Go to Roma!
You told me you didn't want to go there.
Go there.
Follow Cartan Ajeosshi.
Why should I go there?
You said we are from Gyerim.
Gyerim it cannot be!
You cannot go there no matter what.
Why?! Why can't we?
What is wrong with Chilsuk Ajeosshi, and what is all this?
Why can't we go to Gyerim?
What is it?
It is what...
your father wishes.
Munno?
Gukseon...
This Munno is my father?
How did you learn of the Gukseon...
That message you always carry.
I saw it once.
He's not.
He's not your father.
This.
You said my father gave you this.
So he gave you just this, and abandoned the both of us?!
I don't need any of this!
He never abandoned us.
Your father never abandoned you.
He didn't.
You saved him.
Where would you find a parent like that?!
Abandoning his children to save himself.
Parents sacrifice themselves to protect their children.
Like you...
You did that to me.
You embraced me, inside that cave,
and while you were injuring your lungs in the fire,
you still helped me breathe.
Chilsuk Ajeosshi saw you do that.
It is obvious!
Seeing how you collapse whenever there is a fire,
and how you ran to save me.
Seeing how someone as fearful as you brandished a blade to save me!
But what is with me?!
I boast that I will protect you...
Deokman...
I always make it hard for you.
Always act like I'm the clever one here.
But now you tell me to leave alone for Roma?
Think I would?!
I will save you, too! I will get you out of here!
Mother!
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Run away!
Run away! Now!
Mother...
Run...
Deokman...
Mother!
Mother... Mother!
Mother...
It's done... Don't move.
I'm going to save you.
I'm going to...
What is this?
What are you doing?
No...
Don't, Mother!
Deokman!
You just run!
Don't!!
Don't do it!
I won't let you go!
~ On the Next Episode Of ~ QUEEN ~*~ SEONDEOK
His Majesty claims he will proclaim Lord Yongsu as his heir.
I shall accept his investiture on my return from the campaign.
I shall go as well.
I cannot bear to see Yongsu take all the accolades!
Going there will only bring his demise.
I shall vanquish Baekje and Mishil.
Lord Yongsu's life is on the line.
It is nothing but a subterfuge by Mishil.
You must... You must survive!
Mother!
In the desert, you must not squander your tears.
Who is it?
Munno.
If it is him, we might regain control of the Hwarang from Mishil's hands.
Are you trying to seize control of the Hwarang?
I shall reinstate his position, and make him one of my people.
Munno, you said?!
Munno.
It could be my father's name.
Think that would be the kind of man anyone can meet?!
You know Munno?
Can you make us meet?