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Episode 42
Stop!
This is your final warning!
Stop or I will shoot the King!
Ignore her and suppress the rebels!
General!
Shoot them down!
No, Mother!
Stay down!
It's not the King!
He's a decoy!
Stop!
My Lady, it's over. Please stop this!
She...
She shot the decoy?
[Seongjong (6th ruler of Goryeo)]
Yes, Your Highness.
Did you arrest all of the rebels?
Yes, Your Highness.
[Kim Shimon (Minister of Punishment)]
All of them have been taken into custody.
Your Highness.
How would you like to handle the high
ministers who aided Lady Sungdeok?
[Choi Seom (Minister of Punishment)]
Arrest them.
I will interrogate them myself.
Your Highness...
You're still unwell.
[Choi Ryang (Chief Advisor)]
Please leave the task to your men.
I am fine, but you should return to your home and rest, Master.
It's... it's all over now.
Your Highness, Myeongbok Palace has been suppressed.
Was there any resistance?
There were casualties resulting from the resistance.
How about Princess Sun? Is she all right?
Yes, Your Highness.
[Yi Yang (Minister of Defense)]
Princess Sun remains unharmed.
Then who died?
Regrettably...
among the dead are the attendant and the palace keeper that took care of you since childhood.
It's a foreseeable outcome.
Yes, you reap what you sow...
Are you all right?
Your Grace.
You must be stunned.
Your Grace, please help my mother.
[Prince Gaeryeong Wang Song (Future King Mokjong )]
Did you know that your mother
was plotting an overthrow.
[Queen Munwha]
Then why didn't you tell me?
I never dreamed you'd do this.
I worked so hard to bring you up to be a righteous king.
How could you conspire with the rebels?
I can't believe it. I can't.
I'm sorry.
I may not have given birth to you,
but I raised you with more devotion than my own daughter.
Was there anything I didn't do for you?
I'm sorry, Your Grace.
So please don't let my mother die.
Please help her.
It's not within my power to save a criminal of high treason.
But perhaps it's within yours.
What do I have to do?
Beg the king.
Tell him that you'll give up everything and live as a farmer in the countryside.
Tell him that you will give up your right to the throne.
Will my mother's life be spared then?
What do you think has happened to Drillmaster Gang, Hyang Bi and the others?
[Lady Sungdeok Hwangbo Su (future Empress Cheonchu)]
They're probably in another cell.
[Kim Chi Yang ]
I suspect they separated us because we're the masterminds.
I don't know where the information leaked from.
The decoy in the carriage, the troops lying in wait...
they knew everything and set us up.
We should have eliminated the king when Kim Won Soong got back from Khitan
and told him about you.
If we had just killed him, there would have been no failure.
Stop. It's all over now.
I'm just worried about Song.
I've traumatized him.
His Highness the King!
Offenders, so you acknowledge having attempted to remove the king from power
and bring Prince Gaeryeong to the throne?
No.
I had no part in this conspiracy!
[Han Ungong]
The plot has been revealed. Confess at once!
You know me.
[Han Ingyeong (Minister of the Interior)]
I am not one of them.
I swear to you!
Undersecretary Yi and Superintendent Yi, I don't hear your denials.
Do you acknowledge your crimes?
We did seek to bring Prince Gaeryeong forward in the best interest of the country.
[ Yi Ji Baek (Superintendent of the Office of Diplomatic Reception)]
Removing me from the throne is in the best interest of the country?
How dare you say this after committing high treason out of greed for power!
Your Highness.
You sought to give up part of the country to the enemy during the last war
and had the queen reinstate those who pushed for surrender back into high posts.
How can you expect the public to support you?
That's right, Your Highness.
The public favor is with Lady Sungdeok and Prince Gaeryeong.
[Yi Gyeomui (Associate Royal Undersecretary)]
I beg you to pay heed to the people and abdicate the throne to Prince Gaeryeong.
What?!
What are you waiting for? Punish the offenders!
Yes.
Prime Minister, were you a part of this as well?
Your Highness.
I was not with them from the start,
[Park Yang Yu (Prime Minister of the Supreme Council)]
but I will not disagree with what they claim.
You dare defend high treason? Have you no fear?
I am not afraid of death.
What I do fear, My King,
are misguided officials leading you astray with their guileful tongues.
For the sake of Goryeo's future,
I implore you to adapt to Lady Sungdeok's policies if nothing else.
Silence! How dare you proclaim loyalty to Lady Sungdeok before me!
Torture the offenders until they show remorse!
Yes, Your Highness.
Where are you taking him?
Take me, too.
General Gang Jo of the Royal Guards,
did you solicit support from your comrades and attempt to kill the king?
I did.
[Gang Jo ]
The king had granted you a rank of general when you are but a lowly refugee.
But you returned his favor by turning against him.
Do you expect to live after this?
No, I don't.
I tried to remove the king from power and failed, so naturally I will accept death.
But my men were merely following orders.
They're innocent, so let them go.
Your men were captured at the scene of a crime.
There is no denying their guilt.
Your Highness, this overthrow was my idea from the very start.
So please grant mercy to Lady Sungdeok.
She is the only family you've got left.
Silence!
Lady Sungdeok shot an arrow at the king's carriage.
And you expect leniency?
Are you Kim Chi Yang?
Yes.
Is it true that you had an illicit affair with Lady Sungdeok?
Answer me!
Did you or did you not have an illicit affair with Lady Sungdeok?
No, that's unthinkable, Your Highness.
How dare you lie to the king?!
There was a witness that saw and heard you exchanging affection!
It's a set up.
It's absolutely untrue!
Tell the truth.
Do not attempt to insult my intelligence!
Why would I lie about this when I'm going to die anyway?
Then Gang Jo and Cheon Hyang Bi will answer the question instead.
It is true that this man is involved with Lady Sungdeok, isn't it?
I know nothing about this.
Nor do I.
I see. You're testing my patience.
Torture them without mercy!
Crush their legs until they tell the truth!
Yes.
[Xiao Zanli ]
Lady Sungdeok and all of her men were arrested?
Yes.
[Su No ]
The king is personally interrogating them right now.
This is ending too quickly.
[Yelu Dilie]
We need the king and his sister to fight neck and neck and bleed a lot more than this.
The Emperor acted in haste when he told the King of Goryeo about Lady Sungdeok.
I hope this doesn't mean the Goryeoan King is going to regain power
and mend their alliance with Song China.
[ Jiemei ]
If he does, I will eliminate the Goryeoan King.
I heard he has poison in his blood stream and overexcitement is deadly.
I will have no problem getting him there once I marry him.
Depose me, Your Highness!
I have committed an unforgivable crime against you.
Remove me from the palace and spare my mother's life, Your Highness!
Yes, you are going to die.
But you can save the others if you tell the truth.
I have told the truth.
What more do you want me to say?
You still haven't had enough pain. Continue!
Yes.
Continue the torture when he wakes up.
How about you?
Doesn't it make you angry that the woman you worship had an affair with this piece of dirt?
Get if off your chest.
Your Highness!
Your Highness...
Your Highness, you've been out here all night.
[Goh Hyun ]
You must rest now.
Lady Sungdeok...
Bring Lady Sungdeok.
- Here? - No
I will see her in the council hall.
The council hall, Your Highness?
She is a criminal.
Your Highness, criminals must be questioned here at the inquiry.
Obey my order!
Do I look like chopped liver to you?
Of course not.
Then obey my order!
If I say I will see her at the council hall, you will bring her to the council hall!
Your Highness, remove me from the palace and spare my mother's life!
Song!
Mother!
My Lady, you must go.
Mother!
Song, take care of yourself!
Don't let anyone tell you that you're less of a man because of your malady.
Do you hear me?
Mother!
Did you hate me that much?
Then you should've yelled at me and told me off right to my face.
How could...
How could you act so caring and concerned then stab me in the back?
I don't hate you.
The why? Why did you do this?
For Goryeo.
Because you are weak,
and the men you have around you don't have the slightest interest in strengthening the country.
I believed you and your men had to be gotten rid of in order for Goryeo to become stronger.
Why couldn't you have just talked to me?
I would have listened unlike before.
Why did you choose this path?
No,
you would not have listened.
Because the country I want doesn't look a thing like the Confucian state you want.
The country I want is much like the Great Goguryeo.
And to build it, we first need strength.
We need swords before books,
and every man, woman and child must be a warrior that can ride horses and shoot arrows.
I want to build a country that advances into the North and reclaims all of old Balhae and Goguryeo territory.
Would you go along with that?
You.. You're still dreaming pipe dreams.
That would only bring suffering to the people.
Look what has happened.
Your pipe dream has killed Attendant Yun and Groundskeeper Yi who practically raised us.
Drillmaster Yi is dead too. Is this what you wanted?
Their deaths break my heart,
but this is a decision I made in order to prevent many more deaths.
Excuses! These are excuses!
No!
This country will soon be ruined on the path that it's on.
You have not seen the fearsome strength of the Khitan.
So...
Then...
Then... is having an illicit affair with a Jurchen subordinate for the country as well?
Brother, why didn't you just tell them?
Tell them what?
About Lady Sungdeok and Foreman Kim.
[Cheon Hyang Bi]
Why did you hide it and let them do this to you?
How about you? Why didn't you tell them?
I want to reveal everything if I think about Kim Chi Yang alone,
but it would hurt the Lady if word got out.
And I can't so that to her. Never.
Do you still have feelings for her when you know about their relationship?
Answer me.
Do you deny having an illicit affair with the Jurchen?
A platonic relationship is a relationship as well, so I guess you can say that I do.
What?
It is true, Your Highness.
I think of him as my lover.
You've... you've gone mad at last!
A Jurchen? You're the departed king's widow.
Do you have no shame?
I thought you'd deny it to the end. This is worse than high treason!
Jurchens are humans, too.
What's wrong with one human being having feelings for another?
What?
Yes, I'm going to add that to the list of criteria for the country of my dreams.
A world where there is no restrictions or conditions for love,
where there is no discrimination based on sex or social status-
that is the kind of world I want to create.
You... you are insane.
You came back mentally ill from being held hostage in Khitan.
Maybe I am...
...since I failed.
I failed to remove you from power, so kill me, Your Highness.
But spare Gang Jo and his men since they're valuable servants of the state.
And..
Song...
Song is just a child that doesn't know anything, so please don't take his life.
This is my last request as your sister.
You want me to kill you?
Yes, Your Highness.
And if I could have one more wish, please put effort into strengthening the state.
Take a little more interest in the national defense than on scholastics.
Why don't you kill me instead?
Kill me and build the world you want!
How many family members have we lost because of this throne?
The throne has killed our parents, and Grandmother and Seol both died because of me.
And now you want me to kill you as well?
How will I face Grandmother and Seol when I die?
Why would you be so cruel?
You... You kill me instead!
Your Highness...
I have no bitter feelings for you as my brother.
We simply have different ideals.
The man I tried to kill is the man on the seat of power, not my dear brother.
Likewise, you must kill me for as long as you're on the throne.
Or the royal authority will sink into contempt.
I will not blame you for my fate, so do what you must,
Your Highness.
You did a great job this time.
I think everything ended very well.
[Kim Won Soong (Minister of Finance)]
I am thrilled, Sire
[Jo Sun]
Yes.
We have opened trading with the Khitan, and stopped an overthrow attempt.
And soon Kim Chi Yang will die, so trading with the Khitan will be ours exclusively.
I couldn't be more pleased.
Congratulations, Sire.
Thanks.
And once the dust settles and the coin production gets under way,
all of my life's dreams will be fulfilled.
Sire.
[Jo Du]
What I don't understand is how this government coin production is going to benefit us.
Who is to say only the government can produce coins?
Sire, you're not thinking of... counterfeiting?
I am.
I already have all of the coin makers lined up.
They will copy the coins to the most minute detail, no matter what they look like.
But there is one thing you must remember.
This is a secret you must take to your graves.
Do you understand?
Your Highness, I beg you not to forget your promise.
You said if we stopped the overthrow,
[ Dae Dosu ]
my subordinates would live.
Your Highness, they are good men who rendered valuable services during war.
Please consider their past merits and spare them.
If you grant them mercy, I will never forget your favor and give you eternal loyalty.
I implore you, Your Highness.
You said all this to the king?
Yes.
You are incorrigible, My Lady.
What do you mean?
You should be trying to find a way to get out of this alive.
But you told him to kill you.
You should find the king's weakness and appeal to his sympathy.
I don't want to stoop to that.
I've already failed.
I want to die with dignity.
No.
We can attempt an overthrow a hundred times over as long as we're alive.
Only if we're alive.
Think about what we went through in Khitan.
We were in a much worse spot than we are now, but we survived.
It's much too soon for us to give up.
We can pull through this.
You're an amazing man, Foreman Kim.
Your life might be in greater danger than mine,
but here you are trying to give me strength.
I won't die My Lady. I can't.
We have too much left to do together in this world.
Don't give up. This is only our first stumbling block.
We can't give up now when we have such a long way to go.
Foreman Kim.
Yes, My Lady.
There's something I want to tell you.
Whether we live or die, I love you.
And I won't forget you even in death.
My Lady...
Don't worry. We're not going to die.
How could I die now when I know how you feel about me?
I love you, too.
I love you so much that I've forgotten who I am.
What does it say?
It says that Lady Sungdeok was arrested for an attempted overthrow
and we are to report anyone suspected of being associated with her group.
Here's someone associated with her group.
Myeongbok Palace was raided?
Yes, it's been destroyed.
Quite a few were captured and killed.
[Duyan]
How about Foreman Kim?
[Sa Illa]
Do you know what happened to him?
He was captured, but chances are he will be executed.
I have to go get him out.
What are you going to do by yourself?
Get out of my way.
Don't look at me like that.
I'm trying to help you.
Why?
My orders from the Prime Minister are to do business with your boss.
What am I going to do it he's dead?
I don't care who wins and loses, but I have to obey my orders.
I'm announcing my decisions regarding the attempted overthrow.
Firstly, I order Prince Gaeryeong stripped of his right of succession
and confined to Sungdeok Palace to live as a commoner.
For aiding and abetting, Park Yang Yu, Yu Gyeomui and Yi Ji Baek,
will be removed from their posts and exiled in Naju.
Minister of Works Han Ingyeong will be acquitted and discharged
but Minister of Rites Han Ungong is ordered removed from office for
neglecting to come forward with the knowledge of the crime.
Royal Guards Gang Jo, Yu Bang, Choi Ghi and Kim Hoon
will be stripped of their ranks but ordered to serve the country as rank
and file soldiers in consideration of their past services to the state.
But Your Highness, they're...
I am not finished!
For an illicit affair with Lady Sungdeok and involvement in the attempted overthrow,
Jurchen Kim Chi Yang will be banished to a deserted island
to live out his life alone.
Lastly, there is no doubt Lady Sungdeok is the rebel leader deserving of death.
But she is my only sibling and a war hero.
So I hereby order her exiled to Heunglaebu 250 miles away.
[Heunglaebu: Modern day Ulsan ]
I'm ordering her subordinate Cheon Hyang Bi to be sent with her
to attend to her basic needs.
Forgive me, Your Highness, but these sentences are unacceptable.
Unacceptable?
They are criminals of high treason.
They must be dealt with to the strictest extent of the law and executed.
Yes, Your Highness.
The rebel leader must be executed if only to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
And Gang Jo, Kim Chi Yang and the soldiers who turned against you must
also be punished by death.
They must be punished by death!
Silence all of you!
I am the king and this is my decision!
Do you have any idea how I feel right now?
I want to kill not just them but all of you as well!
Will killing them restore peace and order and make the people who have their
backs turned against me come around?
What makes you think you're any different from those rebels?
Your Highness, I think you're making a mistake.
I won't blame you for sparing your sister's life,
but you can't keep the treasonous soldiers here in the palace.
They won't be here.
They will be guarding Prince Gaeryeong.
Even so, keeping them all together is a bad idea.
Most importantly, you can't leave Gang Jo alive.
He will no doubt cause you trouble again in the future.
Please don't do this, My Queen.
I love the kind and gentle woman you were before.
Do you know how much you've changed?
Please don't disappoint me any further.
Prince Gaeryeong has been deposed, so you've already accomplished your goal.
Your Highness...
And Kim Chi Yang... will die on the way to his place of exile.
He is one man I can't forgive.
So let's put the matter to rest now.
They're going to kill him on the way?
That's right.
That's what the queen told Minister Choi, so it has to be true.
So you must intercept them and save the master before they kill him.
[Mun In Wui ]
Lady Sungdeok! Lady Sungdeok!
Sun, thank goodness you're all right!
My Lady!
Sun, you must find Song.
Find him and take care of him!
My Lady...
My Lady!
Stop!
Get them out!
What do you want?
The king has ordered you executed.
[Sa Gamun]
You didn't think you'd survive after having an illicit affair with a royalty, did you?
Did you just get back from Sasu?
[Sasu: Modern day Sacheon]
Yes, Sir.
What took you so long?
Forgive me.
I trust you did the job?
Yes, Sir.
What? He got away?
And the soldiers that were transporting him are all dead?
Forgive me, Your Highness.
It looks like Jurchen remnants were still out there.
Unbelievable...
I wanted him dead.
He is dead.
Pardon?
The Royal Guards have killed him.
He might try to find Lady Sungdeok, so increase the security around her.
And secretly hunt him down and kill him no matter how long it takes.
Do you understand?
Yes, Your Highness. I will bear that in mind.
[Yi Hyunoon]
Why did you bring this man here?
Your Highness, he deserves a reward for coming forward
with the information about the overthrow.
A reward?
Yes, Your Highness.
Perhaps he could be reinstated to the rank of general.
I don't think so.
You Highness, I am the one who alerted the queen about the treasonous plot.
From the time and place of the overthrow to Lady Sungdeok's affair...
Silence!
I will not grant a rank of general to a recreant who
switches sides according to his needs.
Your Highness!
You cravenly tried to surrender to the enemy in the war against the Khitan,
and this time you snitched on your peers.
Those conspirators have more backbone and principles than a spineless rat like you.
My Queen...
But Your Highness, if it weren't for this man...
Leave at once, or I will reveal your betrayal to your comrades.
No, Your Highness!
They will beat me to death if they find out!
This is not fair, Your Highness.
I was just doing as I was told.
This is not fair...
Goh Hyun, Your Highness.
Enter.
Your Highness.
Lord Seo Hui and Lord Gang Gamchan are back from Jangheungjin.
Vice-Minister Seo?
How good it is to see you both!
Your Highness, we came as soon as we heard.
Seo Hui Gang Gamchan
I am truly shocked.
So am I.
I am glad you were away in the northern frontier.
You would've been implicated in the crime as well if you were here,
and I would've probably wanted to kill myself.
Your Highness...
What is that raised chair that it compels my own sister to try to kill me and
drives my own men to expel me?
I'm sick of politics now.
I don't know who to trust anymore.
Your Highness...
I know that you're disheartened, but you must overcome this and lead this state.
You must, my King.
Your Highness, I heard Prince Gaeryeong was deposed.
Who do you have in mind as your successor?
I need you to go to Sasu for me regarding that matter.
Sasu?
Yes, talk to Prince Gyeongjuwon and bring Prince Daeryang back.
I'm going to have to install him as my successor.
So the overthrow ended in failure.
Yes, Your Majesty.
It was thwarted before they could get started,
and Lady Sungdeok has been sent to exile.
Lady Sungdeok lost just as I expected.
[Shengzhong (6th ruler of Khitan)]
It's because of your help.
[Yelu Pennu]
My mother said Lady Sungdeok would ultimately prevail.
For the first time, she was wrong.
How is Xiao Zanli?
She settled safely.
She will be sending her wedding accessories later.
Foreman Kim is dead?
What do you mean?
Are you sure?
We were told he was banished. How could he end up dead?
He was ordered banishment, but I heard that the crazy soldiers
[Yi Jujeong ]
that were transporting him suddenly turned on him and killed him.
Oh, Foreman Kim...
I won't die, My Lady. I can't.
We have too much left to do together in this world.
No, he's not dead.
He can't be.
He wouldn't leave me here alone and die.
What?
Prince Gyeongjuwon is dead?
Yes, Your Highness.
He left a note and took his own life.
According to the note, Prince Daeryang vanished at sea,
and he could not endure the pain of losing his son.
Prince Daeryang is gone, too?
Then who will rule this kingdom after I'm gone?
Your Highness...
Prince Song, are you going somewhere?
I need some air.
I'm going out for a horseback ride.
You can't.
You are under house arrest and would be punished if the king found out.
I don't care.
Prince.
I'd rather be dead.
I'd rather be dead than be cooped up in here with this wicked disease!
Don't say things like that.
If you care about your mother, you can't.
I don't want to hear it.
I told you never to speak of my mother again!
Prince Gaeryeong.
Sun.
What's going on?
[Sun (Future Queen Sunjeong)]
I want to get out for some air but they're saying that I can't.
They plot an overthrow with no regard for what I want,
and now I'm locked up like a criminal.
You must be very frustrated.
I might feel better if I could go for a long ride.
Get the horses ready.
But Princess...
I will speak to the king if this creates a problem.
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