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Your Majesty!
Chief Marshal Yushin,
accepts his due punishment.
May you staunchly rebuke my misdeeds.
What are you waiting for?
Apprehend criminal Yushin at once!
Yes!
My gratitude...
Yushin.
~ Episode 54 ~
Right...
Yushin.
That is what you are.
Someone who knows no subterfuges,
someone I can trust,
making it harder to abandon.
Did Wolya help you escape?
Then, you must be aware of where he is?
Tell me.
Otherwise, why would you even come back?
If you have nothing to say about the movement,
why even come back into Her Majesty's embrace?
Leave us alone.
What Bidam said is right.
You acknowledge their misdeeds, but still wish to protect them.
You might support any punishment directed at them,
but they will still remain your people.
Are you not coveting a little too much?
Think that I wouldn't want to both answer to my whims and gain fealty...
with the choices I make?
Not to mention!
Do you even realize...
how difficult a decision you are forcing upon me with your behavior?
Are you aspiring to gain the throne?
Your Majesty!
If that is not the case,
why are you protecting those who wish to see the crown grace your pate?
What ruler would ever let such an organization freely operate?
Yes... You are right.
However...
That same organization is still enjoying the Gaya descendants' support.
Until you convince them to accept you as their ruler,
Shilla and those Gaya people have no future together.
I do not want to see Gaya people suffer Shilla's ostracism,
and neither do I want to see you incur the resentment of those Gaya people!
Your Majesty.
I implore you...
Gaya people might become one with us, but the movement...
will never do.
Bidam!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Deploy all the inspectorate's troops,
and capture Wolya and the movement.
Yes.
He walked into what could be the flames of demise?!
He made his return to the palace?
Yes.
How could someone act that way... How?!
How shall we proceed?
Observe how the situation in the palace is developing.
Yes.
Should any complication arise,
we must get him out of there.
Yes.
What do you plan to do with Yushin?
Any power Yushin loses will only help foster Bidam's influence.
We cannot allow that.
Whom the movement is trying to help to the throne is Yushin.
Are you telling me I should bestow military authority upon such man?
However, Your Majesty.
If you allow that to happen, Bidam will gain full control of the court.
Don't you realize the reason why I wish to ferret out the movement?
I have the utmost confidence in Yushin.
As long as I wear this crown, he will never foment ulterior motives.
The same goes for Wolya.
But the problem will be who succeeds me.
If my successor cannot gain full control of the court after my departure,
be it Yushin, Bidam or whomever...
They will aspire to gain that throne.
You are of true bone.
If you fail to gain a firm hold on the situation,
your being Cheonmyeong's son will not suffice to gain the throne.
No matter if you soil your hands with dirt or blood,
be it Bidam or Yushin,
you must subjugate them and wrest the crown away from them.
Your leisurely idling away in my crown's shadows has to stop.
The grandiose goal of unifying the Three Kingdoms which...
has been passed down since King Jijeung will never...
be something you can so easily achieve.
Hence,
as if I had to shred my own limbs...
I hereby deprive Chief Marshal Yushin of his post,
and condemn him to exile.
Your Majesty!
Exile?!
And where to?
*Ulleung Island
Arrange for his immediate departure for Usan*.
Your Majesty.
I can sympathize with the weight of your decision, but exile...
Yes, particularly considering His Excellency's meritorious service,
I see it as a much too excessive measure.
Also, he might have escaped from imprisonment,
but he returned of his own volition.
Yes, Your Majesty.
We have not even confirmed his involvement with the movement.
Your Majesty.
May you reconsider.
Yes, Your Majesty.
It is our Chief Marshal.
We must further investigate!
Squandering time with further investigation would be fruitless.
Devote your most earnest efforts in uprooting the movement,
under the supervision of the Royal Inspectorate.
Exile?
The issue is not her not trusting you,
but the fact that she is angered.
It is because she had the utmost confidence in you and Bidam...
that she could focus on our people's livelihood.
That stout fortress of stability ...
collapsed under the weight of your pertinacity.
I know.
But you still refuse to abandon Wolya?
I do not deserve to face either you or Her Majesty.
Does this make any sense?
It is our Chief Marshal!
Think of his strenuous efforts to protect our nation!
And does it stop at that?
What about his relationship with Her Majesty?
Yes... Can we sit still and watch this unfold?
All the battalion chiefs from the Board plan to present a memorial on the matter.
Memorials are not the issue. How can Her Majesty do this?
Let us seek audience firsthand, and speak to Her Majesty.
That is what must be done!
Let us go now.
What is the matter?
Your Majesty.
This is much too unfair.
You may leave.
How can you so heartlessly abandon him?
Your Majesty!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Think of the devotion and efforts he dedicated to our cause,
and you will realize how unconscionable this is.
Yes, Your Majesty. Don't you know His Excellency's true nature?!
He would never betray you!
Then... Are you implying I betrayed him?
We did not mean that...
We are just saying that is an excessive...
What is excessive is the Chief Marshal's behavior!
Not mine.
Am I alone in knowing and cherishing His Excellency's nature?
His Excellency himself will know my disposition and how much I care for him.
So, why?
Why does he refuse to lose a single one of them?
Why does he not abandon even only one?
Why is he forcing such a difficult decision upon me?
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty.
Just leave Yushin in Seorabeol.
This is too much affliction for you to bear.
Don't.
Considering the movement's situation,
we will have to reshuffle personnel.
Devise a personnel plan.
Yes...
Hey... Hey...
What is the matter?
I am disappointed.
She had no choice, think this is not afflicting her?
Anyhow, forget it.
We are the Yushin Army.
With no Lord Yushin in sight, we needn't remain at the Board.
Ahh... You little dolts...
Just shut that gob and stay put!
As if this wasn't complicated enough, you little...
Isn't this too excessive on your part?
You are really something.
Uh?!
Right!
Out of the way!
So long.
Hey.. Hey... Godo... Hey!
Ahh... Those little dolts and their foolish ways.
Aigoo...
If Her Majesty ordered the Commissioner to propose new personnel,
doesn't that imply she has the utmost confidence in His Excellency?
It would be the perfect opportunity to suggest conjugal ties...
Ehh... Any time you mention that,
you always meet with a staunch rebuff anyhow.
Timing is paramount when it comes to such matters...
Who knows?
As for the personnel proposal, proceed as planned.
Yes. We shall commend Lord Jujin as Commissioner of the Board of Military Affairs,
and take the opportunity to promote Piltan to Chief Marshal,
along with Alcheon Rang.
Also, Lord Doyeol of Bisa Fortress and Lord Seongchun of Hando Fortress...
have been fervently supporting us.
Let us reward their fealty.
Yes.
Accord a position to me as well.
I have a past as official in the Royal Secretariat, after all.
What?!
Official?!
Why?
Ahh... Sure.
Official indeed.
Official...
Yushin is departing.
Do you really plan not to even see him once?
Your Majesty.
Recall our retreating battle in Amak Fortress?
During your trainee days,
you never accepted giving up on anyone, even the wounded.
You did not abandon anyone or anything, in such a direful situation.
Wouldn't Yushin be feeling the same thing?
Chief.
Give it a rest.
I will.
Your Majesty.
I did as you instructed me.
Yes.
Are you all right?
Yes.
Ahh... Sohwa should be here in times like this.
Don't I have you by my side, Jukbang Hyungnim?
Don't ever leave me.
Your Majesty.
Why don't you reconsider, and instead marry Lord Yushin...
For rulers and those of true bone,
marrying a few times is not such an unusual sight.
Here is the personnel proposal I devised.
Lord Jujin is the most suitable candidate for the Board.
And I also removed all Gaya descendants from the court,
electing plenty of new talent.
Yes.
Your Majesty, the Sangdaedaeung seeks audience.
Your Majesty.
Were you looking for me?
I decided a court reshuffle is inevitable,
considering our situation with the Chief Marshal.
First,
I proclaim Lord Chunchu as the officer in charge of the three royal palaces,
*Second highest rank in Shilla
with the position of Yichan*.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I shall devote my most earnest efforts.
Also, as Commissioner of the Board,
I hereby proclaim Lord Seohyeon.
Your Majesty!
For both Wolya and Chief Marshal Yushin were under your responsibility,
you would deserve to face reproof,
but Baekje's movements are fomenting suspicion.
Hence, I shall indeed entrust you this post,
but the Commissioner will have to keep an observant eye on you.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I will give my all.
Find the movement soon,
and devote all your energy to uncover the situation in Baekje and Goguryeo.
Yes.
Also, from here on in, both Commissioners...
will report directly to the Sangdaedeung and Lord Chunchu.
Wasn't the Royal Inspectorate under Your Majesty's direct control?
It was done so for the sake of maintaining order in the court,
but the inspectorate achieved more than I ever expected.
Hence, I would like you to focus your efforts on Baekje and Goguryeo now.
Why this?
Tell me the reason.
Just as I told you.
- More than maintaining order in the court... - Is it...
a lack of confidence what moved your decision?
Yushin is responsible, so why should I have to face this treatment?
If Yushin is not by your side,
should it be the same for me, Your Majesty?
Can't you see the fealty and devotion I am showing you?
I can.
Just like I see your desire for me,
and how much you cherish me.
So?
Know what I most envied Mishil for?
That she...
was not wearing the crown.
What devotion and conjugal ties meant to her...
was the strengthening of her influence,
but should I do the same thing,
it will only plant seeds of dissent.
Isn't it?
Do you really have no intention of gaining power...
and this country itself through me?
Think I have no feelings?
Think I would not like to lean onto,
love and be consoled by someone,
spending a life caressed by their kind words?
Think that if those hands of yours touched me,
my heart wouldn't throb?
However...
It is not possible.
- For I... - Why?
Why?
For I...
am no longer a simple woman.
All I am is a ruler.
The father who abandoned me to salvage his reign, King Jinpyeong.
The sister who sacrificed her life, Princess Cheonmyeong.
And before them Kings Jijeung, Beopheung and Jinheung.
The exacting task they all bestowed upon me...
is but one thing.
To avoid Shilla's damnation,
to strengthen the crown's authority,
and...
to unify the Three Kingdoms.
Until that day comes, there shall be no "me."
Bidam.
Do not even think of possessing me.
That is what cherishing someone means.
Bidam...
I implore you,
do not force me to choose.
Nobody can ever possess me.
As long as this crown adorns my pate.
I mean... what on earth is this?
It's as if she demoted the entire inspectorate!
From here on in, both when it comes to asking Her Majesty's consent...
or any report, we will answer directly to the court.
So why did she even ask for a personnel plan?
I ought to...
What Her Majesty used this opportunity for...
was verifying how much influence Lord Bidam has amassed.
And considering that we have been entrusted with ferreting out the movement,
the entire case is now under our responsibility.
And should we fail, we would be held responsible.
And in case of success...
She will summon Yushin.
Shouldn't we devise a counterplan?
Indeed.
Her Majesty and Yushin are not likely to end their rapport so easily.
When something of this sort happened, with only one word by Mother...
Lord Seolwon would deal with it all on his own.
Listen.
Yes.
We will slay Yushin.
Arrange for it.
Yes.
It was one of Her Highness's favorite spots, wasn't it?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Without your support, inheriting control of state affairs would not have been easy.
You would have distinguished yourself even without my help.
Her Highness had quite the talent at her disposal.
What were Her Highness's final injunctions?
Her final words she left you with.
Whatever they might be,
I strongly advise you against inciting Bidam.
I am sure that it will ultimately be Her Highness's wish as well.
Where is the exiled's abode?
You met a certain Yushin, I trust?
I cannot say with certainty, but it is a little far from the village.
Take a look over there.
How could there be no troops protecting this place?
Lord Yushin.
Chief Marshal.
Nobody is in here.
There is no trace that anyone was here!
What on earth is all this about?
Say what?
Her Majesty?!
Lord Yushin.
Investigate Baekje's condition south of Pallyangchi.
You must act in utmost secrecy and discretion.
Her Majesty had ordered us to inquire on Baekje's frontline.
And when we reported on the situation, she was deeply concerned.
Godo Daedaegam and Daepung are waiting east of Pallyangchi.
However, regrettably so, she wants your exile to continue...
once your task is complete.
What?
Yushin infiltrated Baekje?!
Yes. Some of our men were trailing him there in disguise.
Did you tell them to continue trailing him?
Yes.
I told them to keep following him, and returned alone.
They will keep contacting us on his whereabouts.
Yushin...
I deployed all their men as a Baekje recon unit.
Depart immediately with Bojong.
Yes.
Commissioner!
Commissioner.
It is serious!
At his place of exile... At his place...
What is the matter?
Yushin was not there.
It seems like he has never been there to begin with.
Then... Are you telling me he escaped?
But, how did you find out?
Th...That...
So?! I asked you a question.
Answer me.
How did you find out?
I went there.
At his place of exile?
Why?
Speak!
Why did you go there?
I thought this was the perfect opportunity...
to slay Yushin once and for all.
Yushin vanished?!
Wolya.
Or, Her Majesty?!
Who are you and from which battalion?
*Wisabu: Correct term is WisaJwapyeong, one of Baekje's six ministries
I am Doyeol, from the Royal Guard Ministry*.
Your destination and pass code?
Tell me! Now!
Pocha...
*Ancient siege weapon
It is Pocha*.
What were you going to convey?
If you wish to survive, speak at once!
His... His Majesty...
Search them.
Find any message or edict.
Yes.
There is nothing.
Nothing. How shall we proceed?
~ Baekje Encampment ~
~ Gyebaek ~ (Baekje General)
What is your pass code?
Pocha.
Follow me.
~ Yoon Chung ~ (Baekje General)
You don't seem quite familiar?!
Who are you, and from which battalion?
I am Doyeol from the Royal Guard Ministry.
So you are the one who won the last riding contest.
Yes.
So, what are you here to convey?
His Majesty wishes for me to report on this operation's plans in detail.
His Majesty... ordered you that?
Did General Gwanpyeong from Sangdansan Fortress...
report to His Majesty?
I thought General Yeongun was in Sangdansan Fortress?!
Ohh... Right, indeed.
Seems like I got confused for a moment.
Things are proceeding as planned,
and we are about to devise our operation's itinerary.
We will request reinforcements in accordance with such plans,
so you will have to await a few hours.
Yes.
Gyebaek.
Yes, Commander.
Allay our messengers' hunger,
and arrange new horses for them.
Yes.
Await here.
Yes.
~ Daeya Fortress ~
Daeya Fortress?!
~ Gaemun (Opening the Gates) ~ Heuk (Black)
Heuk?!
What is it?
Ahh... That...
I saw a lot of mud and rocks outside.
What are they for?
We used them for defense purposes, during the last Doksan Fortress battle.
The double trident route, you mean?
I see you're well informed.
Whose conception was that?
Why are you asking that?
I heard it created an instant escape route during a siege.
I just thought it was a remarkable feat.
I was responsible for it.
Then... Will this be another siege operation?
His Majesty's expectations for this battle are very high.
I am sure they are.
Is not Daeya Fortress of crucial strategic importance?
I knew it...
Daeya Fortress's configuration brings them several advantages,
making it inexpugnable.
It would surely be a prolonged conflict...
Indeed.
If we take the initiative,
we will need longer supply lines, and as transportation will be arduous...
- I think... - All it will take...
is a blitzkrieg.
There is much more yield with wheat than sorghum.
Indeed.
According to Counselor Deokcheon, beans are the best way...
for a barren land to regain fertility.
Use bean cultivation for those barren lands.
If we manage to succeed and make it possible to cultivate the same land every year,
that alone will double or triple our yield.
Your Majesty.
The yield has significantly improved already,
not to mention self-sufficient farmland.
Does it not make you rejoice?
It brings me happiness as well.
Still, I am anxious.
Your Majesty.
What brings you here?
Where is Her Majesty?
She is on leave, discussing land reclamation matters.
If you will excuse me.
Commissioner.
Wasn't there something you had to report to Her Majesty?
She should have told you that now you first must report to me?!
We received word that Chief Marshal Yushin vanished from his place of exile.
We still could not find whether he merely escaped,
or he was never there to begin with.
I see.
I shall report it to Her Majesty once she returns,
and we will discuss how to proceed.
- Yes. - Tell me.
Why was the inspectorate there, without Her Majesty's orders?
What Her Majesty ordered you was ferreting out the movement, if I recall?
Are you actively seeking Wolya's whereabouts?
Wouldn't Wolya be after Yushin?
That is why we were observing his place of exile.
The Commander said you can see him now.
Yes.
You must report this directly to His Majesty.
Is that clear?
Yes.
Take it.
If you will excuse us...
You knave!
Messages directed at the royal family are black.
There is no Baekje messenger incognizant of that.
Who are you?
They're spies!
Trail them!
They're heading west! Close the gates!
There!
Isn't that Yushin?
Y...Yes!
And Wolya is next to him.
What is Yushin doing in Baekje?
And with Wolya, at that?!
Commander, hasten!
Quick, Yushin! Now!
We must hasten out of here!
Trail them!
How did it go?
We could have gained possession of their secret message,
but we lost it.
We must treat your wound, so let us go inside.
There is a spy in Daeya Fortress.
How did you know?
Who was the man who will open the gates listed on the map?
Heuk something...
But I couldn't see the rest of the character.
I saw the character Heuk myself. His name must start with that.
That is our spy.
Seeing as he's entrusted with opening the gates for them,
he must be someone in the defense force.
That is why...
that Gyebaek was talking about a blitzkrieg.
Is that even possible in a place like Daeya Fortress?
Also, the Baekje army's supply lines...
They were by no means sufficient, if their destination was Daeya Fortress.
Also, today alone I saw two carrier pigeons already.
They were all flying towards Shilla.
How many cauldrons did you see?
Two thousand.
Then, their troops will be over twenty thousand.
Considering the supply lines I counted...
It is enough for three days.
They want to end it all in three days.
We must hasten.
We must head to Seorabeol right now.
Run there with no rest.
You must reach the capital by the eventide.
Yes. Commander.
Shall we trail them?
No.
All we need is to capture Yushin and Wolya.
Causing a commotion here would be dangerous,
so we will hit them on their way to Shilla.
Yushin.
Is your motherland Shilla...
or Gaya?
Make up your mind.
Do it!
There is...
no Gaya.
Say what?
Acknowledge it.
For how much longer will you keep putting all those people's lives at stake...
for those paltry vagaries of yours?
We finally see your true colors.
Are you abandoning Gaya for the sake of personal glory?
Or is it devotion?
Is it because you love Her Majesty?
Or is it that honest soul of yours, and its devotion to her cause?
No.
I am being much more realistic than anyone else.
Shilla has a seven century long legacy.
A king of Gaya ancestry?!
Do you really believe it would make any sense?
So?
We have no other choice.
Becoming the most scrupulous of subjects.
Only that will grant us survival.
You knave!
Our duty as Gaya's royal descendants...
is to make sure all remaining Gaya people are not oppressed,
and that there will be a future for their own descendants.
It is making sure...
Gaya's Kim clan does not disappear!
And that is why...
Gaya people must lead the way...
in unifying the Three Kingdoms.
Scrupulous subjects?!
Unifying the Three Kingdoms?!
Is that the grandiose principle...
you abandoned Gaya for?
Kim Yushin.
Our alliance...
is now over.
Now is the time.
~ Daeya Fortress ~
Clear.
Say what?
What is that supposed to mean?
We're at war with Baekje!
Daeya Fortress... Daeya Fortress is in peril.
Did you contact the Commissioner, Bidam, Chunchu and Lord Yongchun?
Yes, I told all to gather at the council hall.
Send a messenger to Daeya Fortress and order them to fortify,
and also send communication to the Bisa Plains, Iseo County and Daegaya,
and tell them to transfer their forces to Daeya Fortress immediately.
I will.
What is the matter?
What is the reason we were so suddenly summoned?
We are at war.
Your Majesty. War?!
What is that supposed to mean?
Baekje's army is marching towards Daeya Fortress.
What?
Daeya Fortress?!
Why would you be concerned about that?
It's not like this is the first time they attack that place.
There is a spy in Daeya Fortress!
He will open the gates.
Why is the Commissioner not here?
Your Majesty.
The Royal Inspectorate has arrested Chief Marshal Yushin.
What did you just say?
We apprehended him in Baekje territory for espionage.
Espionage?!
What are you talking about?
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What? Daeya Fortress?
There is a spy in Daeya Fortress.
He will open the gates.
According to Yushin's report, they will attack within the next three days.
We will receive reinforcements from Mitasan Fortress.
- Your Majesty! - What is the matter?
We received word that Daeya Fortress is in peril.
What you should be concerned about is not Daeya Fortress,
but your own survival.
Are you suggesting to me to abandon Yushin as well?
Do you even have that answer?
Yes, Your Majesty.
And that answer...
is none other than me,
Kim Chunchu.
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