Episode 19
Who's there?
Your Highness!
Sir!
Run away quickly!
No!
Are you okay sir?
Your Highness, hurry up.
Why are you just staying there?Take that man and go inside quickly.
Hurry up, Sir.
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Aigo!
Aigo! What happened?
Hurry up and inform the authorities. This instant!
Young Master!
Sir.
We have to stop the bleeding right away.
Sir, this is not the time...
Your Highness, didn't you get hurt?
This is not the time to worry about me.
Sir, Sir!
Please.
Please. Don't lose your consciousness, Sir.
Please.
- Slay me.- No, I won't slay you.
I'll have to know what is going on.
What are you up to? For what reason...
No, speak.Who are you guys!
It's there, Officer.
Who are you?Go chase after him!
That way. We go this way.
After him!
That way. We are going this way.
How is the young master?
Bring a doctor and inform the palace about this right away.
Yes.
You... have to endure it.
I don't care whether you become my enemy or not but please
just don't die.
What happened Hwa Yi, you bastard.
What is happening to you here?
Counselor Hong got attacked? What do you mean?
I couldn't get the precise information but...
How much did he get hurt? Then what about that child?
I sent a person so...
No, I will go there myself. Call the royal doctor right now.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
- This instant, follow His Majesty secretly.-What?
Aren't you listening? Hurry up!
How is he?
Fortunately, the vital spots were missed.
However since the injury is deep. The following days will be critical.
Sir.
Failure.Did you just say you failed?
I'm sorry, Sir, when we were just about to finish him someone suddenly came and interfered.
So we had no choice but to back off.
And you couldn't finish off Gyo San?
That too, out of nowhere Lee I Cheom suddenly appeared and...
Okay next, who is going to say the same excuses?
If not, then go out and do some work.
At any cost, bring me the heads of those two.
Yes, Sir!
Clean it.
Gwang Hae will make certain not to lose this opportunity.
By any means, he will try to catch me.
There was always something like this before.
However, you always succeeded.
It will be the same this time as well, Sir.
You also don't know who he was?
Yes, I checked all the corpses, but I know
neither who threatened me nor the person who showed up and saved me.
I will take care of this incident. Please help me so I can do that.
Jeong Myeong.
Because of me, he almost died.
No matter who that person is, I cannot forgive him.
Still you cannot, if the situation is like this. You have to stay away.
No, if I were going to run away again, I would have not returned.
And I would not have even informed you as to who I am.
I...promised myself that I will never again lose my precious ones.
Never again because of me will I lose anyone.
So tell me. Who is behind all these?
What do I have to do in order to catch that person?
Your Majesty.
Here, the doctor...
said that he found this while treating Counsellor Hong.
This is a woman's bracelet.
Perhaps, he was going to give it to the princess.
Was Counselor Hong...
someone who gives a gift to woman?
This time it's my turn again.
So when I come back you have to open your eyes and
you must look at me.
Do you understand?
I... should be the first one.
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Call upon Lee I Cheom and take care of everything here as I have told you to do.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Eun Seol faster or we will be late for making breakfast.
I am doing it!
Don't talk back and come quickly!
I was just thinking.
What are you thinking about?!!
There is something like that.
Why are you... and you leave the bucket here like this.
Aigo, you are spilling everything.Do it properly!
Oh what is this?
Eun Seol, what is this?
I'm doing properly as you asked. What now?
It's not that... with your hand, the water...
- Huh? -Omo...
Wait a minute. Wait.
What does it say on it?
Uh...uh... so it says because of the vicious king, the people's anger has reached the sky.
Now follow Heaven's command and
bell...
hit the bell?
Hit what? Are you illiterate.
It says hit the Chang. The Chang
- Huh? Chang?-Yes!
Hit the Chang? Then does it mean to break the window?(window in Korean is called Chang Moon)
No you rascal. This Chang is Changdeok palace's "Chang".
Don't you know? Don't you get it?
So, this means the king will be removed now.
Excuse me?...What!
Yes.
Move aside! All of you move!
Move aside!
All of you move.
Treason! Indeed it is.
It has only been several days and yet again there is a sign of treason.
And the group that is trying to harm the king
has painted the capital in the color of blood and spread anonymous letters!
These stand for justification of the treasonous plot and to put the subjects into panic.
Also Gyo San, Heo Gyeon.
I have the evidence that, that man has plotted all this.
Move aside you rascals!Tell Kang Joo Seon to come out, this instant!
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You've arrived, My Lord.
Is the thing you are holding the paper that was posted around the city?
Now, you know.
What is Gwang Hae up to?
What about Gyo San?
Last night, I told him that Kang Joo Seon is trying to hunt him down.
What do you mean? Someone is chasing me?
I don't know who it is,
I just saw it while coming here
Be careful, at night, the streets of the capital are dangerous.
Your Majesty, if we impair the relationship of those two...
You're right. Heo Gyeon won't just die by himself,
he will definitely bring down Kang Joo Seon as well.
Today, you took care of the business very well.
I have already put false evidence in Gyo San's house that
he was the one that changed the water of the wells and put the treasonous writing in the city.
It's not much of a problem for me.
According to the Art of War, war is, among other things, deception.
I expect I should capture them the same way they fabricated a treasonous plot against me.
However, Your Majesty, what happens if Gyo San confesses first?
Or if he proclaims that he was framed?
Who? Do you think Heo Gyeon is like that?
He came so far, would you do it if you were in his place?
If it were me, even if I were to die, I would rip apart my opponent first.
Gyo San will also go till the end.But definitely by taking Kang Joo Seon as well.
Like that he will bring me Kang Joo Seon's head.
This writing! The fabricated happenings.Who do you think did it?
It's Gwang Hae!
Still, you came looking for me?
Even after knowing the fact that Gwang Hae has done all these fabricated things in order to catch us?
Then whom would I go looking for?
Whether for good or ill, we are comrades who worked together.
Even after you tried to kill me first.
You still came here knowing that?
I've nowhere to go.
Fine, thank you. Coming here of your own volition.
I thought I would have trouble finding you.
What are you doing?
Why are you like this?
I also have these kind of underlings.
My Lord, if I am not home by one thirty,
one of them will take something amusing to the palace.
What?
The confession Gwang Hae is eagerly anticipating,
that I have held hands with you My Lord and fomented treason.
What are you saying?
Now do you see how things stand?
Right now, we have our feet tied up and are on the edge of the cliff.
We either die together or...
live together.
Hwa Yi really did it then?
He stabbed Counselor Hong?
No. I don't believe it without seeing it myself.
But people who work at his house said they saw it clearly.
It is unbelievable.
How could he do such a thing with those pretty hands?
They say those pretty hands joined with the traitors.
I, from the beginning, everything seemed really suspicious.
It was weird that he was involved here and there but...
Alright, is there anyone who knows how Counselor Hong is doing right now?
Counselor Hong...
he is in the infirmary inside the Palace. It seems the king took him. You didn't know right?
Well, important information like this is something only a person like me would know.
No, you may not. You are in no state to walk.
I must go. I have to know what is going on.
Wait, I'll tell you about it.
Your Majesty.
You must be curious about that child's whereabouts. Are you not?
Hyungnim, go inside quickly. Right now, in there...
You bastard.
What do you mean the princess went to look for Heo Gyeon?
It was that child's wish.
Your Majesty!
She wanted to go against him with her own strength.
Still how can you? How can you let her go like that? How can you?
Because I had to catch them, even if I had to do that.
Do you understand? This isn't meant to just catch Gyo San.
Those above him, the main body...that's what I'm trying to find!
That's the only way that child can remain safe.
No one in the country must be able to shake me...
because that's the only way I will be able to protect the princess.
You came to me yourself. You mustn't be in your right mind.
What exactly is going on?
You are asking me that?
Look here. You said you would get rid of the king.
Then why was the queen dowager was caught up in treason?
What did you do that the king is looking for me?
The king was after you?
Yes. So tell me. What's happening with the Queen Dowager?
What's with all the commotion in the capital? Are you sure it's related to you?
Is that why Counselor Hong was suspicious of me?
Damn it.Do you even know how I approached him?
He tried to hand me over to the Judicial Investigation Bureau.
That is...that Counselor guy was hurt with a knife in the night..c
That's right. I did it.
What?
Are you deaf? Can you not see?
I'm saying that the entire capital is lined with soldiers trying to catch me because I worked with you!
I asked to see you two since I had no way of knowing what is happening in the capital.
Even though you shall soon be leaving to be in exile because of me, I am imposing upon you.
I'm grateful, Your Highness.
It's only a pity that we couldn't protect you, Your Highness.
No.
It seems that there will be another treason case soon.
This time, they're chasing after Gyo San, Heo Gyeon.
Are the rumors that the capital's Hwagidogam worker is involved true?
Going by the name Hwa Yi...
How did you know?
Gwang Hae...in the end...
Your Highness, what's the matter?
I've something to tell you.
Right now, there isn't anyone to protect the princess.
Your Highness. What did you just say?
Princess?
Your Highness.
The princess...that child is alive, Minister.
The Hwagidogam worker named Hwa Yi is Jeong Myeong.
Pardon?
I have come to visit the West Palace, step aside.(The Queen Dowager has been stripped of her title so she is referred to by where she lives.)
Come back tomorrow.
I don't think a person like you could tell me to come and go.
I'm just going to greet her. Saying I can't see her is a bit suspicious.
Why? Are you hiding something?
Kim Gae Shi.
It was you guys, the owners of those shoes.
It seems you were having a leisurely conversation.
But, was it a private conversation?
Too secretly.
There seems to be no suspicious activity no matter how hard we search.
Then it means that he hasn't come with a tail.
If that was the case, then wouldn't they already have attacked?
What do you mean by no one should follow you?
Gyo San is a careful guy. He will definitely check to see if anyone is protecting me.
So, you're going to go by yourself?
I'll come back alive. I'll definitely return alive.
Look here, Gyo San. There is something that you want so hurry and take the bait!
You want to leave the capital and go to Japan?
Ok then. I'll help you out.
But before that, there is one thing you need to do.
It's that...the dead princess's keepsake.
The Bodhisattva's eye...it turned out to be Nam Sa Go's.
Why did you give that to the princess?What thoughts did you have?
Take it away. How dare you put your dirty hand on it?
Your Highness, you're shaking too much.
You could get caught if you're like this.
What?
"The one who controls the fire will become the owner of the world."
You knew that the prophecy's person was the princess, right?
And that's why you sent her away from the palace that night.
What are you saying? You wretch... who are you talking to that...
Thinking about it, they never found the princess's body.
Shut it! I have no need to talk about this with you!
No.
I am very curious.
With that explosion, I assumed she was dead.
But then I had this thought.
It said that person will control fire.
If it's a person who was born with that prophecy, then they might have survived even in that fire.
If so then, where is the princess right now?
One day someone suddenly appeared in the capital and involved in every matter.
And, the person had the princess's keepsake...
Maybe Hwa Yi knows about the princess or maybe...
Perhaps the man who looks as pretty as a girl
is not a man, but a woman, the princess?
Then what is it? Are you really killing the King?
I am at the edge anyway so there is no other way. In order for me to live, we have to get rid of him.
Things turning out like this, you should help me.
Then as you said, I'll let you leave Joseon.
What is that? Just what are you planning to do?
This is the item you asked for.
As expected, nothing is impossible when it comes through you. How can you get something this precious so quickly?
Do you even know what this is? How are you planning to use it?
Since you also have so many secrets that you hide from me, I can't tell you either.
Just, when Gwang Hae dies, he will leave a very pleasant sight.
- Be careful. - Yes.
Tomorrow...
he's targeting that time.
Your Majesty, tomorrow you have to visit the royal tomb for the previous king's death anniversary.
aren't you?
Invading over the palace walls is too hard, so he means to attack me outside.
Yes, he has thrown the bait so I should personally go.
Your body, can you handle it?
Yes. Of course.
Then you should help the Princess escape.
When Jeong Myeong is separated safely from them, I'll give you the signal. Understood?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Let's go together.
In Woo.
I'm not asking to compete.
Still two is better than one.
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Check precisely the entire route to the royal tomb.
There definitely will be people trying to ambush.
Yes.
Be diligent.
With the stick,(Sak Jang-metal stick to put gunpowder inside the rifle)
after making the gunpowder firm...
you have to put the bullet in.
Open the touch hole like this. (the part where the gunpowder goes in)
Aim and pull the trigger.
The soldiers are all ready to ambush.
It's okay if all the others are dead, but you must capture Gyo San alive.
Yes.
You have to be careful of this landmine.
Do you understand?
Yes, Hyungnim.
Okay, did you teach them how to use the gun?
I did as much as I knew. Then can I leave? If it's this much, my work here is...
No. Not just yet.
The important thing you are supposed to do still remains.
Really important thing?
Look here.
Back when you escaped the Hwagidogam...
Hwagidogam?
At that time, you used the Hwagidogam's secret passage after Counselor Hong told you about it.
But why that?
You need to guide us there.
Why the Hwagidogam's secret passage?
Didn't you say you were going to attack the King on the way to the royal tomb? So why...
There's no need for you to know that much. You just neeed to say what you know.
Lead us there.
Why is he going to the Hwagidogam? He said he was targeting the royal death anniversary procession. Why?
Leave now.
Start moving quickly.
Yes.
Let's go.
Is there still no signal from the princess?
The princess should be here by now.
Is it possible something went wrong?
Here.
Is this for sure?
Have you only been deceived all of your life?
After getting the stuff ready we are entering inside.
Yes.
But, why did you come here?
To ambush the royal death anniversary procession, we have to go in the opposite direction.
I'm planning to make Gwang Hae's heart burst.
What?
Hey. Just what are you planning to do?
Ah.
Why are you like this? What are you doing?
I'm sorry but I couldn't believe you completely.
You never know if all of this might be a trap.
Gyo San...
However, don't worry. Once we are done with the work, I'll let you go.
Look here, Gyo San. Gyo San.
-Hurry up!-Yes.
Hey, don't be like this. Let me go, let me go!
We have to finish setting up in fifteen minutes. If things go wrong kill everyone.
Yes, Hyungnim.
Yes, yes, There's no need to be sad just because I'm not included in the memorial ritual.
Of course...I just have to focus on my duty.
Aigo.
This.
Ah...why is this one so frail looking? Is there not enough fertilizer?
Wait...where was the fertilizer?
Eh? That looks like Gyo San.
Eyyy...I'm starting to see things now.
Am I lacking nutrients since I only ate plants?
Its time for them to come back from the memorial ritual.
If there's no signal by now, then that means something happened to the princess.
Then...were we tricked by Gyo San?
This won't do. We have to tell the king the facts and we should start looking for the princess.
In the end, Gyo San has even tied a bell to my neck.
Lord.
If we fail,
then the items that I brought from Ming will be revealed.
It isn't so bad.
In fact, I feel even more certain of what I should do.
Hey. Don't be like this and let me go, we're comrades!
Shut up before I gag that mouth of yours!
We should take him to the secret house...
Get him! Quickly!
Bastard! Do you wish to die?
Move that sword, you bastards.
Like you guys said, unless you want to die.
Ja Gyeong...
Who are you?
Are you okay? You're not hurt?
You punk.
Why are you always like this whether you're in Japan or Joseon?
You...What happened?
How are you here?
I told you I'll come looking for you. I did.
I'm a bit late.
The way here was a bit rough.
You were alive.
Ja Gyeong. You.
There still seems to be no suspicious activity.
Are you certain that they were after the royal death memorial procession?
If we look at it that way, something feels strange.
That... isn't that Hwa Yi? That bastard.
Elder.
What are you? Human or ghost?
You two, we don't have time. Please help me.
What?!!
I have to meet Director Hong.Where is he right now?
What did you just say? All of this was planned by both you and the King?
I don't have time to explain in detail. Please believe what I'm telling you, lord.
We have to look for Gyo San right away.
Search thoroughly, through every nook and cranny!
Hey look here...why is it so noisy again? Did something happen?
That Gyo San or Goja (an impotent man)
that rotten bastard snuck into and now is hiding in the Hwagidogam.
What?
Yes, they're trying to catch that person.
It wasn't a lack of nutrition.
Then why exactly did he go to the Hwagidogam?
For what reason?
Hey, did they only have rifles with them?
No, there was also a small chest.
Chest?
Yes, but I don't know what is in there.
You have to be careful with this landmine, understand?
Yes, Hyungnim.
Landmine.What is that, my lord?
Did you just say landmine?
A landmine is the foreigner's bomb.Where you light the line connected to it and
it's an explosive that can be activated even from far away.
Even from far away?
Did you connect everything?
- Yes. - Let's go.
What about parade route?
They will soon pass by near the Hwagidogam.
There is a landmine hidden somewhere, look everywhere.
Yes.
But, that doesn't explain everything.
Why is he laying the landmine when he is targeting the King?
Lord. Lord.
Gyo San, I saw Gyo San.
Where and when?
It was about thirty minutes ago.It was near the farming field.
Farming field?
Yes.
Explosives storage...
Why are you like this?
The explosives storage is behind that farming field!
How much explosive is in that storage?
There will be at least two thousand geun. ( Approximately 1,200 kg )
You just said two thousand?
Yea, after we learned the new method, the production increased.
What happens if all of that explodes?
What?
What if all of the Hwagidogam's explosives explode?
Then the Hwagidogam is a given
but also all the towns and villages within five Li (2.6 km) will disappear without a trace.
What?
Then... no way...
I'm planning to burst Gwang Hae's heart.
By exploding all of the explosives,
he's planning to harm the King who is coming back...
Light it up.
Hyungnim, we must leave.
Yes, we should watch from a good spot.
No this can't happen. Quickly inform the everyone in the procession.
That they cannot come near here!
Stop. All of you stop.
Who are you?
I came to deliver Hwagidogam worker Hwa Yi's words.
I've something to say to the king.
That person...
Your Majesty, he's a suspicious person.
-He could be Gyo San's...-No!!
I also know him.
I've met him in Japan.Listen to what he has to say.
What is it that you have to say to me?
She said it was not the royal death anniversary procession.
The place where the traitors went is the Hwagidogam.
What?
Did you just say the Hwagidogam?
How...
Just for what reason?
Everyone empty this place.
Go out!!
I will inform the king and shut down the Hwagidogam.
We need to evacuate the villagers immediately!
Yes, Lord. Go out!!
Please.
Please...please extinguish!
Please...please just extinguish!
No.
Please.
Hurry and evacuate!
Hurry!
No.You must quicly escape.
Escape?Just what do you mean?
There will be an explosion in the explosives storage.
The explosives storage?
Your Majesty, are you okay?
What are you doing? Hurry and protect the King!
Yes.
Joo Won. Joo Won!!
Your Majesty, you can't.
-Let go I said.- Your Majesty.
Princess.
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Preview
What happened?
Why is there no more explosions? Why?
He dared to try to get rid of me and Hwagidogam at the same time?
You should have done one or the other.Succeed or be humble.
I cannot end this like this.
For what reason? Why did you come all the way like this with Gyo San?-Please tell this to Majesty.
Now we have caught the traitor.
Right now the only thing I am concerned about is you princess and your safety.
Take this person to the palace. Right now.
Court lady Jeong... The princess.
Did you just say that the princess is alive?