[This is a fictional drama based on historical facts.]
[Events depicted might differ from actual events.]
Where is the antidote?
I don't have it.
I don't have the antidote with me.
I thought
you were a human being.
A human being with emotions, like me.
Look, Sister.
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He's my biological brother,
and your step brother,
and Goryeo's King.
How could you even consider poisoning him?
How could you wear a human mask like a beast?
How could a princess
commit such a crime
to your own brother and our father's son?
You are
no human.
The King, whom you want to protect so much,
took part in assassinating my half brother, King Hyejong.
All 34 princes and princes
who were born and
raised in the Goryeo palace,
had to kill each other to survive.
You're so resentful
that you were exiled to Geumgang Mountain?
Isn't that why you hated your father so much?
You should've thanked him.
While we were being
raised like beasts, learning how to survive despite one another,
you were raised humanely on Geumgang Mountain.
So if you want to condemn me,
you should condemn the King,
who took part in killing his half brother.
Condemn the First King, our father,
who created this situation where we must kill one another.
Do you hate these situations
more than dying?
Then be the King.
A more powerful King than anyone,
more powerful than Wang Sik Ryeom!
I, more than anyone,
want that kind of King
so much that it drives me crazy!
How can a King devours his brothers
and rises to the throne?
Thank you for the tea.
I tried to kill the assistant head
in order to save you.
It was to cover up the marriage in Gaebong,
that happened five years ago.
Let's lay down the cards we have to play against each other.
The marriage in Gaebong,
and the poisoning of the King.
Let's start over.
Is the ledger real or fake?
It's real.
I couldn't find any evidence of fabrication.
Your Highness!
What's going on?
They say the ones you trust will betray you.
- Miss! - Yool!
Miss!
What should I do?
Please wake up, Miss!
You can hate me.
You can detest me.
As long as I can protect you,
nothing else matters.
Chunghae Trading Company's assets and rights are now
Pungwoo Trading Company's.
Then are we not allowed to continue our business?
You're supposed to be out of business
and be put in jail,
but since you gave it all to Pungwoo Trading Co.,
you can continue your business.
Your Highness!
You can't do this to her!
You're not this type of person!
You don't know what this company means to her.
You don't know what this places means to us!
Your Highness!
Please spare us this once!
Your Highness!
Don't trust me
anymore.
[Shine or Go Crazy]
[Episode 17]
Your Majesty!
You've been here, I see.
What are you so afraid of
that you're sleeping with your sword?
The King, whom you want to protect so much,
took part in assassinating my half brother, King Hyejong.
The assassins who tried to kill
my brother Wook when he was young,
were sent by the Choong family,
on your mother's side.
All 34 princes and princes
who were born and raised in the Goryeo palace,
had to kill each other to survive.
Like beasts.
Did you go down that road, too?
Did you take the same path our nation always has?
Oh, boy.
My poor *Hyungnim.
[Hyungnim: formal version of older brother or male.]
But what should I protect now?
What should I
believe in now?
My poor Hyungnim.
Ji Mong.
Yes, Your Highness.
I must go see the First King.
I had a dream.
A Goryeo in which a King was more powerful than all of the noblemen.
A Goryeo in which a King had great strength.
A Goryeo in which the people have nothing stolen by the noblemen.
A Goryeo that'll live on
even after thousands of years.
I dreamt of that Goryeo.
Look, Ji Mong.
Yes, Your Highness.
What kind of person was the First King?
He was like a great palace.
He was a hero to me.
He sent me away when I was young
and left his feelings behind,
and for the sake of Goryeo and its people,
he chose a different path,
gathered up his broken heart
and followed his path to the end.
He was that kind of hero.
Someone's right can be someone else's wrong.
People just have different perspectives
from where they're standing.
Isn't this interesting, Ji Mong?
Your Highness.
Now I see it.
The long and tiring shadow
of a lonely hero.
Until now, I've been on the path
that I promised you I would follow.
Now I want to go on my own path.
I'm thinking of creating my right and wrong
and following that path.
I'll see at the end
if that road was the right road to take.
Just like what you did.
Se Won, Se Won.
Now Princess Yeo Won won't trust you.
But I still trust you.
So from now on,
you must be entirely loyal to me!
That's the only way
you'll be forgiven for your wrong doings.
Tomorrow
Chunghae Trading Company will be
as you've wished them to be.
Thanks to you,
I'll have very nice dreams tonight!
Your Highness.
- Is she in? - Yes.
Prince Wang So is here.
May we talk?
Please sit down.
Is there still more to talk about
between you and I?
You told me that
I was raised like a human being at Geumgang Mountain.
And that you learned to kill your siblings
because you were raised like a beast in the palace.
I'll try to understand you.
The competitive life you've had,
I'll try to understand that way of life.
But I can't agree with your methods.
Look, Princess.
I think what happens from now on is important.
I'm thinking of ending this war that makes
the palace reek of blood.
I'll drive out Wang Sik Ryeom
and I'll make the King worthy.
That's something that
the First King couldn't even do.
That's why we must go down this path.
We?
Perhaps this moment is the beginning,
of us facing the same destination
while on different roads.
I'll leave
my sincerity here.
Hyungnim.
Were you having bad dreams, Gaebong?
Yes.
It was a very bad dream.
Everything was ruined because of me.
I made a mistake that I shouldn't have made
because I was in a rush.
That's what caused you trouble
and Chunghae Trading, too.
It's okay.
Don't worry about anything.
Okay, Gaebong?
Drink this.
Last night, in my dreams,
I saw So So.
Is that so?
Since that was a dream,
surrendering our company must not have been a dream.
Yool.
Miss.
It was Wang Sik Ryeom
who kidnapped you, wasn't it?
He captured and tortured you, didn't he?
I shouldn't have challenged him from the start
and I should've given him all of the lumber and stone.
If I did, we…
We're in trouble!
They're taking everything in our company!
Everything.
We must move everything today!
Hurry up!
Yes, sir!
Anything that can be sold is now the possession of Pungwoo Trading Co.
Don't leave anything behind.
Take this crate as well!
Yes, sir.
Your Highness.
You can't sell these low quality goods.
Just leave them here.
Whether they're low or high quality goods,
Pungwoo Trading Co. will decide.
What are you doing?
Yes, sir!
I still can't believe it.
How could he change like that overnight?
And it's Prince Wang Wook!
Look at Princess Yeo Won.
The Hwang family are vicious.
Please prepare some warm tea and snacks
in the special guest room.
Please have some.
If you want to be angry, then be angry.
If you want to resent me, then resent me.
I think there must be a reason you're doing this.
What is that reason?
Are you perhaps doing this to protect me?
I don't know what you're protecting me from.
I think you've made the wrong choice this time.
Those are my family, my world,
and everything that I need to protect.
It doesn't matter that it's causing me harm,
but if you hurt them,
I won't stand for it.
So please stop it now.
No.
If someone tries to harm you from now on,
I'll stop them no matter what.
Your Highness.
I won't ask for your heart.
I won't patronize you either.
I will just protect your life.
Why would you walk him out
when he ruined us?
Don't hate him too much.
Where were you?
Didn't I tell you
not to lay a hand on the assistant head?
If you had her in your arms,
it wouldn't have happened.
- *Noonim! - Are you now
[Noonim: formal version of older sister or female.]
one of Wang Sik Ryeom's subordinates?
If you can't win against your opponent,
then surrender.
And if there's something to gain, then gain as much as you can.
Isn't that one of the rules we had to learn
in order to survive in this palace?
Don't look at me like that.
You and I learned how to step on
and compete with one another,
but we haven't learned to overcome our competition.
We were born as Goryeo's royal family,
we can't escape it.
You're right.
We, who were born as Goryeo's royal family,
might not be able to escape it.
But
one who was not born into royalty could be different.
No.
In the end,
after So has been trampled upon and beaten
even more than I was,
he will surrender.
The people who are beside him
will be trampled upon and beaten as well.
I won't let
Shin Yool end up like that.
The only world
that you want
is a world with Shin Yool.
Will we be able to take down Wang Sik Ryeom?
Wang Sik Ryeom is not alone.
He is the king of the noblemen.
So won't be able to defeat Wang Sik Ryeom.
Could he really... not defeat him?
I'm thinking of
ending this war that makes
the palace reek of blood.
I'll drive out Wang Sik Ryeom
and I'll make the King worthy.
In the end,
after So has been trampled upon and beaten,
even more than I was,
he will surrender.
Perhaps this moment is the beginning,
of us facing the same destination,
while on different roads.
Shall we start, Your Highness?
Thank you for working at this company.
Are you telling us
to leave?
We can't pay you.
When we're in a better situation, then…
I'm not leaving.
- No, I can't leave. - Me neither.
Me neither.
- I can't leave either. - Don't make us leave.
You don't need to give me my pay.
Please just let me stay here!
This is a home for Namu and I!
I thought everyone was family.
Are we not family?
How could you abandon your family when we're suffering?
- We must live and die together. - How frustrating.
If you stay here, you'll all starve and die.
No!
Shin Yool will find a way.
Miss.
- I believe in you. - I believe in you, too.
- We believe in you! - Me, too.
I'm sorry.
I can't think of anything right now.
I don't know where to start
or what to do.
You pitiful things.
What is there to do?
At times like these, you must eat.
What took you so long?
We're all done for!
We're all poor, thanks to you!
You poor things. Look, everyone.
At times like these, you must eat.
That way you empty your minds.
And then you think of new and better ways.
Okay, come on!
Move aside, you poor.
Come on.
That's hot!
Here!
It's hot. Eat up!
Now, listen up!
- Geumgang Mountain is cold! - It's cold!
- It's really cold! - It's really cold!
- It's colder than Baekdu Mountain. - It's colder!
In this frigid winter,
when you're chilled to the bone,
- have some of this! - Try some!
Then your stomach will get hot
- and spring will come! - Spring will come!
What's the name of this stew?
What is it?
The name is Wang So stew!
[Wang So: Big Ox in Korean, same as his name.]
Eat up!
Here, here!
Be careful.
I spilled some, sorry.
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- Here? - Are you okay?
Are you here to date?
- What do you mean? - You're fooling around.
The spring.
Will spring come at Chunghae Trading Co.?
You always rub salt on the wound.
I'll make it come if I have to drag it here.
I'm just saying.
Oh, boy.
I've never not had coins in my pockets.
Who knew I'd be so poor at this age?
I don't even have a coin to buy food tomorrow.
If you sell your clothes and accessories,
then you would be set for 15 days.
What are you looking at?
This is a limited edition.
Then it should be sold for more money.
- Take it off, Gyu Dal. - Miss.
I won't let go of it.
That's a good idea!
Let go!
Fine, I'll take it off!
Take it all!
Here!
Here's our food for 15 days!
Then take my earrings, too.
Miss.
Just leave those be.
Then Mr. Yang's too!
Here's our food for a month!
Sir.
Haven't we met somewhere?
Your face isn't that common.
Back at
the gambling place?
- You! - Three hundred coins!
And you cried and everything!
The stew is getting cold, stir it already!
That's right.
We were almost out of business before, too.
Of course.
At Gaebong, you played that woman
- who was that general's sister… - What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
- We were almost ruined! - We were in love!
Now that I think about it,
we handled that situation pretty well.
Now that I think about it, then too…
Mr. Beau!
No, it's Mr. Poor!
Gaebong.
You must eat it when it's hot.
Eat up.
We decided to cover up the marriage in Gaebong,
and the poisoning of the King.
Princess Yeo Won won't harm you again.
Don't worry.
What about the antidote?
She said she doesn't have it.
How could that be?
The one who made the poison
wouldn't not have the antidote.
If Princess Yeo Won doesn't have it,
then someone else must have it.
Someone must have it.
The antidote was probably somewhere
in the Hwang family's house.
The one who'd have easy access to it
is Wook.
Gaebong.
I'll take care of everything now.
I'll save you and this company,
and I'll save Goryeo's royal family.
So please believe in me and wait until then.
Please wait for me.
- Yes, I will. - Okay.
Why did you ask me
to see you here, of all places?
If it's about Chunghae Trading Co.,
I have nothing to say.
It's not about Chunghae Trading Co.
Our father didn't pass away due to old age.
He was poisoned by someone.
What are you
talking about?
I'm talking about
how Wang Sik Ryeom poisoned our father,
the King, who was also his cousin.
So what?
When it's not rare to see us royals
take the hand of our enemies from yesterday,
is that such a big deal?
Father sowed the seeds of war
between the princes and the noblemen,
but Wang Sik Ryeom fueled the fire.
He created this dog-eat-dog world,
and he is using us brothers like pawns.
You and I can end this war.
I think you have the antidote to the King's poison.
Give it to me.
- I don't have it. - Do you want to be a traitor?
Wang Sik Ryeom's crimes will soon
be known to the world!
- There's corroborative evidence. - What is
that evidence?
It's the bronze mirror.
Give me the antidote.
We must take down Wang Sik Ryeom.
What is the difference between
me needing Wang Sik Ryeom to be King
or you taking down Wang Sik Ryeom
in order to protect the King?
What is the difference?
I don't just want to protect the King,
I want to protect my brother, you, too!
Bring me the evidence.
Even if I do know where the antidote is,
until I see the evidence with my own eyes
I won't tell you.
You!
At least pay your respects to Father.
Your Highness.
Is something the matter?
No.
How much have I told you?
You said you're planning on
going to Wang Sik Ryeom's house tonight.
That's right.
I'll go there while he's away.
The attendants will try to stop me,
but I will get to his office no matter what.
Then you'll creation a distraction
and lure the attendants outside.
Yes, I understand.
There was something odd the last time I went.
Well, I'll see you then, sir.
Somewhere in his office,
there is a secret space.
And within that space,
should be the bronze mirror pieces.
What is this?
It's a record of all the slaves
that I found in the assistant head's room.
- A record of all the slaves? - It includes the slaves' names,
and the date and price of their purchase.
So?
Among those slaves,
there are only 3 that currently work there.
The rest of the 200 slaves are nowhere to be found.
Is that so?
- Find where they are. - Yes, sir.
And is my horse ready?
Wang Sik Ryeom has gone to see an acquaintance.
Please come again next time.
I'll wait inside.
Your Highness!
Did you just block a prince's way?
Is this by Wang Sik Ryeom's orders?
Follow me.
Please come inside.
Sit and wait here.
I'll wait here.
Oh, boy.
I'll sit here and wait,
so you may get back to your duties.
We'll wait here until he returns.
You fellows.
Do as you please.
Move aside!
Wang Sik Ryeom!
Won't you bring some tea for a guest?
There's a thief, catch him!
Who are you?
What are you doing in a house
without his owner, Your Highness?
I came here to speak to you
as the supervisor.
I'm busy, so please say what you must and leave!
Yes, I will.
All of Chunghae Trading Co.'s wealth
has been handed over to Pungwoo Trading Co.
Are you aware of that?
Must I know everything about the company?
Aren't you the owner of Pungwoo Trading Co.?
This is the first time I've heard of it!
How disappointing.
How could you have such a small heart?
Didn't you fight for unification with my father?
If you've drawn your sword,
shouldn't you take down the Khitans
rather than a trading company?
That way you stay true to character.
Isn't that right, Wang Sik Ryeom?
Your Highness.
Remember that
you can't take back these words.
I don't intend to.
I'll say what I must say and leave.
When I was young,
before I was exiled to Geumgang Mountain,
you and my father were great heroes to me.
I still remember clearly
when you returned from war
with the flag of victory in your hands.
But meeting you again after all this time,
it hurts a part of my heart.
It's as if that great hero never existed,
and now all you are is a head of wolf,
full of greed and disgust.
Your Highness.
When you returned from the war with victory,
you should've had laid your sword down,
and given it to the next generation,
that great hero might still be alive
in the hearts of all of Goryeo's people!
You wouldn't just be a wolf with shifty eyes
full of greed and disgust
who takes down an ordinary trading company.
Wang Sik Ryeom.
Look in the mirror right now.
See who's standing there.
Tell me, is that great hero is standing there?
Or is
it that greedy, disgusting wolf who is standing there.
Wang Sik Ryeom.
I'll come see you again.
Darn you!
When you're thrown in the water,
you must grab hold of anything you can.
What is there within our reach now?
We've always paid in advance for our goods.
That's why we have such high credit.
With our high credit,
what if we get our goods on credit?
We'll try anything.
The spices we ordered from India
will be in Byuklando soon.
If we want to purchase them,
we need at least 30,000 ginseng roots.
I know.
All the ginseng roots we saved were taken from us.
Then Gang Myeong and Gyu Dal,
go down to the producing district
and get the goods on credit from the manufacturers.
Baek Myo and I will get advance expenses
from the middlemen.
If that works, although we don't have any,
we can start doing trades.
Yes, ma'am.
Let's try it.
Please reconsider, I beg of you.
You can't go like this, please.
I beg of you, this once.
It's complicated.
- We're not in a position to help… - Please do this just once.
It just makes me uncomfortable.
Next.
It'll be hard to get advanced expenses.
I don't think we can get goods in advance, either.
Why can't they do this for us?
We've been trading for so long.
I heard Pungwoo Trading Co. told them
to never give us goods or money.
Then it must be from Wang Sik Ryeom's men.
They're hanging us out to dry!
There are some people outside.
Miss!
What are you all doing here?
What are all of these?
We've brought some grains that we've grown.
This is everything that we can give you.
We want to give you more,
but this is all we have, I'm sorry, Miss!
You bought us from the slave market
and set us free to live like human beings again.
If you need, you can sell us back.
You can sell us back, it's okay.
Stop.
Stop it now.
I buy people, but I don't sell them.
I'm sorry I've worried you.
Thank you.
We'll cherish and value these.
Chunghae Trading Co. won't go down like this.
We'll find a way, no matter what.
So don't worry anymore.
You all believe in me, don't you?
- Yes. - Miss.
She hasn't changed a bit, see?
I get so energized whenever I see her.
- You do too, don't you, Hyo Sim? - Yeah.
Hyo Sim.
What is the name of this town?
It's called Chunghae Town.
Chunghae Town.
Chunghae Town?
Yes.
Chunghae Trading Co.
Chunghae Town.
That ordinary trading company bought slaves
and created a town?
I might be able to use her to my advantage.
Keep looking into it!
Yes, sir.
If the assistant head died,
I would've slain you on the spot.
Why did you spare her?
- It was Wang Sik Ryeom's orders. - No.
If the assistant head wasn't your younger sister,
you would've followed my sister's orders to kill her.
Have you been to Chunghae Trading Co.?
I have no reason to go there.
- Is that the place? - Yes.
After investigating a few places on the streets,
there are 3 places that are suspicious.
The linen shop you see there,
the book store around the corner,
and the vacant inn next to it.
Why do you suspect them?
They don't have many customers,
but they've been in business for quite a while.
I'll have someone watch over these 3 places.
Let's go.
It's time to return.
They've found our hideout.
There was a secret space behind
Wang Sik Ryeom's office.
The bronze mirror pieces must be there.
It won't be easy to infiltrate.
No, it won't be.
There are many soldiers,
and there were people who seemed like red assassins around.
Tonight at *haesi,
[Haesi: 9pm to 11pm.]
gather all of the virtuous men at our hideout
at the linen shop.
They've found our hideout…
After we lure the red assassins there,
we'll infiltrate Wang Sik Ryeom's house.
- What if we run into him? - We can't kill him yet.
If we kill him before we get evidence of his treason,
the noblemen will work together
to find a new leader.
After we obtain the bronze mirror pieces,
we will kill Wang Sik Ryeom and his group at the same time.
Spread the news.
Yes, sir.
Thankfully, the requisition order is being delayed.
Wang Sik Ryeom must have more up his sleeve.
Before the requisition order is issued,
we must end everything, Eun Chun.
Yes, sir.
At haesi tonight, we'll meet here
and have an emergency meeting.
His Highness will be attending as well,
- so be careful. - Yes, sir.
At haesi tonight,
the virtuous men will gather at their hideout.
If so, we'll mobilize the soldiers
and trap them there like mice, Your Highness.
Then you can take them out however you please.
When you're catching a mouse with a trap,
you don't need a cat.
I'll stay here.
- Are you ready? - Yes.
Let's go.
We must move swiftly.
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I'll give a signal if there's trouble,
- so don't do anything until then. - Understood.
Wook.
[Shine or Go Crazy]
I'm not here to meet you, Your Majesty,
I'm here to meet Wook.
He's the prince that I and the noblemen support.
We have all of the evidence
to punish Wang Sik Ryeom.
Wook, let's change the fate of Goryeo.
Please give me the antidote.
If the truth of your marriage is known,
the assistant head will die.
How will you save her?
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