Part 31
The person more precious than you.
is not Mom.
JAMYUNG lt's General Wang Hol.
PRlNCE HODONG
l'm...
going to marry him.
Why?
Your pain your loneliness your desire to become king
They're too much for me to share
You're lying.
The general who'll give me a comfortable life.
is more precious to me.
But you don't even love him.
How can he be precious to you?
Just as the crown princess is precious to you.
lt's the same.
And once he becomes precious to me.
Love can will follow.
And with time.
Time flies fleetingly...
Feelings that grow with time are just as valuable as love.
Puku.
Please let me accept my parents' decision.
Then you'll die by my hands.
Can you kill me?
l'd ratherthan let someone else have you.
That would be better.
lf you love me enough to kill me then don't fight with Nakrang.
Promise me you'll maintain peaceful relations with Nakrang.
lt's the crown princess.
- Let us through. - Yes sir.
DO SUGl Let us hurry.
Your Highness
Hodong is the prince of our enemy state.
LAHEE / Princess of Nakrang lt's the general's duty for Nakrang.
l don't want you to get yourself into trouble overthis.
Send them back.
- Leave! - Yes sir.
Why has Nakrang become so important to you?
Because it's my country.
Because it's my parents' country.
Who are your parents?
Are they powerful Nakrang nobles who can decide
your marriage to the great general?
Just answer my question.
Can you not fight Nakrang?
l can't.
lf with me.
you said you didn't have to be king
l wanted to believe that.
Even if l don't become king Goguryeo needs Nakrang.
The people of Goguryeo desperately need Nakrang.
Why are you forcing me to choose something l can't do?
Just as Goguryeo is important to you
Nakrang is important to me.
What happened to Puku who killed General Ha Hogae for me?
You...
mean more to than anything in my heart.
My mother, my father, the people of Nakrang.
You are greaterthan them all.
But my fate doesn't allow me to choose you
even though you mean greater.
l have to kill you.
Go.
Prince...
l can't fight with you here.
Go l said!
Go and prepare foryour wedding.
Come.
WANG HOL
Go l said!
You won't leave Nakrang alive.
Fetch my horse.
Alert the othertroops and ready the archers!
Yes sir.
Go ahead and marry Puku.
l'll just bring her back.
l'll conquer Nakrang and have Puku back.
DANGUN SHRlNE NAKRANG
Please save him.
Have pity on the prince.
My fatherfollowed your legacy and founded Nakrang.
Please save the prince and...
protect Nakrang.
You're very greedy.
You can't have both.
lf you gain one you'll lose the other.
Eitherthe prince or Nakrang you must choose.
Who are you?
Let's say l'm someone who knows of yourfate.
What will you choose?
ls there any other way?
ls there any way l can save the prince and Nakrang?
Please tell me.
lf you must die will you Princess?
Stop!
Lahee.
l know why you came. Go.
Crown Princess!
Don't move!
What are you doing?
General it's the order of the crown princess.
Don't even move a step.
Go.
Escort Prince Hodong to the Paesu River.
Yes, Your Highness.
Do Sugi!
Lahee.
Thank you.
l'm sorry.
Go after him.
You can't let Prince Hodong return alive.
Prince Hodong is my guest. Can't be rude to my guest.
You must kill him.
BU TUNG Yes General.
- Follow me! - Yes sir!
Will you defy my order?
Go now!
The fate of Nakrang rides on this.
Your Highness!
lf you defy me you'll not be my subject.
And it is wrong to kill a guest of our kingdom.
Prince Hodong saved my life.
lf you must kill him kill me first.
Go straight down this path.
lt will lead you to Mukbang.
Prince!
Prince.
Taechu.
Boruk thanks. l found the prince.
TAECHU / Soldier Who dared to shoot you?
We have no time. We must cross the river now.
Let's go.
General why did the crown princess draw her sword
forthe prince of an enemy kingdom?
Your Highness do you really intend to kill Nakrang soldiers?
General.
They were my men
l had no choice.
General.
Are you satisfied now?
Why did you kill them?
Ourtroops can never know that you drew your sword
for Goguryeo and intended to kill Nakrang soldiers.
l didn't draw my sword for Goguryeo.
Then were you blinded by man?
How dare you!
What did you tell me the day you were crowned as crown princess?
My people.
The people who love me.
l'll neverforget them.
You may kill me with your sword if l everforget this day.
Did you forget?
l...
only repaid my debt of gratitude to the person who saved my life.
You have to mean that.
General.
We must cut off his head!
l'll do it myself.
lf you want to kill me.
Please have general kill me.
l've already killed you in my heart.
l already killed Do Sugi of Younghojangwon
but l'll let you live to serve crown princes.
Serve Nakrang.
General.
A subject cannot lie to his master.
l'll report today's incident to the king.
l'll tell him myself.
ls it that hard to make your decision?
l'll go to the palace to see you once you make your decision.
Here you are.
And the prince?
He should have crossed the river by now.
You helped me greatly but l couldn't kill Hodong.
Hodong now has an even greater reason to attack Nakrang.
You have detached yourself from Hodong but that's not enough.
You must get rid of him completely in your heart.
You're cruel General.
You have never been in love have you?
l don't know what love is but l know what l must protect.
You can marry anyone for the sake of Nakrang.
l've told you that wasn't all.
With the passing of time
l believe yourfeelings for me will grow.
Please protect Nakrang with me.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG You let our soldiers die for Hodong?
And you call yourself crown princess?
MO HASO Jasil what are you doing?
WANG JA-SlL The king gave his life to build this kingdom.
How could you let Hodong live even though he saved your life?
How can you be so thoughtless?
l didn't want our soldiers to die.
l'm deeply disappointed in you.
Your Majesty l love Nakrang more than anyone.
CHOl Ll To a king losing a soldier
is like losing his limb.
Could you not understand the great general's pain
when he had to slay his own men?
His Majesty is most right.
How could you exchange Prince Hodong's life for
the lives of our soldiers?
Why are you so harsh on me?
What?
You're so generous with Puku who killed General Ha Hogae
Captain Takchi and countless Nakrang soldiers.
But why are you so harsh on me?
How can you say that?
That girl is a nobody but you're the crown princess
who'll become the Queen of Nakrang.
Mother.
lf Nakrang can't be your everything
you can't become queen.
Confine yourself to your chamber and repent for
your actions until l'm ready to punish you.
l'll obey your command Your Majesty.
Go to your chamber now.
Your Majesty may l ask something?
Can a crown princess not love anyone?
You cannot.
This is all Puku's fault.
Don't call herthat.
Her name is Jamyung.
The crown princess lost her mind because
the whole kingdom is in chaos because of Puku.
Why do you ignore the requests of the chiefs of
the 11 prefectures and the pleas of our people?
l'm...
going to marry the great general.
l have to kill you.
Then...
you'll die by my hands.
Can you kill me?
l rather kill you than let someone else have you.
That would be better.
Lahee.
Thank you.
l'm sorry.
lt's all done.
How will you handle the king's fury?
So did you see Puku?
Have our spy in Jinyang Palace find out about Puku's parents.
Why would you look forthat lowly girl's parents in the palace?
l believe herfather is a high-ranking officer in Nakrang.
l doubt that.
l know l'm right.
Make sure to find out who Puku's parents are.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S OFFlCE GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO Your Majesty
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S OFFlCE GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO the prince is returning to the palace.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN
CHU BALSO / Envoy for southern district ls he returning upon receiving the message from the spy?
l'm not certain.
HADEOK He has crossed the South Gate with Taechu.
Hodong is a criminal.
Bring him back as a criminal.
WU NARU / Head of National Administration Yes Your Majesty.
EUL DUJl / officer of right lf the prince is returning voluntarily
he's not a criminal.
The prince became a criminal the moment
he defied the king's command and left his chamber.
Disarm Prince Hodong and apprehend him.
- Yes sir! - General!
How dare you lay your hand on my body?
lt's the king's command.
lf you take another step
l'll kill you.
lf you insist l'll do arrest myself.
You were once my teacher and my uncle
but l won't grant you to touch me either.
Sheathe your sword.
Let's see the sword that lost to Wang Hol.
l'll see for myself how much you've aged.
Your Highness why are you doing this?
Please sheathe your sword.
l doubt you've recovered fully from your wounds.
lt may be wiserto step aside.
Your sword to be pointing at the king not at me.
Stop Prince Hodong.
You must not let him go to the king's chamber.
- Yes sir. - Yes sir.
SONG MAESEOLSU'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO Hodong has finally gone crazy.
SONG MAESEOLSU'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO l don't understand
why he's doing this.
SONG MAESEOLSU He has waited all these years
to become crown prince.
His patience has finally reached its limit.
He's burdened by the king who wouldn't die.
YANGDEOK Your Majesty how can you say such things?
Countless princes pointed their
swords at theirfathers
forthe very same reason.
Your Highness!
Prince Hodong drop your sword!
Bring my sword.
l heard you have colluded with Nakrang.
lt must be true.
Get out of my way.
How dare you!
The king is on the other side of this door.
What will you do with that sword?
Just because l didn't kill Haeaewu on the day he was born
don't think l won't kill him now.
lf you don't want to see Haeaewu's blood
get out of my way.
General what are you doing standing there?
Kill Prince Hodong now!
This is it Prince.
You have crossed the line. You have gone too far.
Let Hodong in.
Your Majesty!
The prince is guilty of treason.
How can you accuse the prince of treason?
Look at him.
What more proof do you need?
Your Majesty the prince is most immoral.
How dare a prince carry a sword into the king's chamber
threaten to kill Haeaewu and kill your soldiers?
lt's treason!
Please see what Prince Hodong has to say.
lt won't be too late to judge him
afteryou have heard his story.
Leave us everyone.
No Your Majesty!
l'm not weak enough to let my son kill me.
Your Majesty!
Everyone except Hadeok will leave the room.
Please abandon me.
Are you asking me to kill you with this sword?
l wish to become your shadow.
l was foolish. l'll become your shadow.
l'll obey your wishes! l'll conquer Nakrang!
Father please abandon me.
How shall l abandon you?
Take a seat.
Wu Naru is old.
He can't defeat Wang Hol.
So?
Goguryeo has 180000 men and Nakrang 300000.
We don't have enough army to invade Nakrang.
And?
l'll lowerthe draft age from 15 to 14
and capture any men of
the Seonbi tribe who cross our border
as well as Buyeo nomads and make them our soldiers.
Let the world that you have abandoned me for
my crimes and let the rumor reach Nakrang.
Then l'll build my army and bring you Nakrang.
Why did you have a sudden change of heart?
l want to pulverize Nakrang and succeed the throne.
ls that all?
l want to kill Wang Hol and reclaim my woman.
So Choi Li decided to give Lahee to Wang Hol?
l Daemushin Muhyul cannot forgive Hodong for
bowing to the emperor in Luoyang
for assisting in the escape of the princess of Nakrang
and leaving his chamber against my command.
l will strip him of his title as the prince
and forever banish him to Jolbon.
Your Majesty if l may.
SONG OKGU He was once a prince who was in line to succeed the throne.
lt is too cruel to banish him to Jolbon.
Allow him to kill himself.
Chief Song how can you say such things?
Please think about King Yurimyeong yourfather.
He allowed Princes Dojol and Haemyeong to maintain
their integrity by killing themselves.
Your Majesty it is betterfor Prince Hodong to kill himself
than to suffer insults and shame forthe rest of his life.
Please show mercy on Prince Hodong.
l understand yourfury but even the great general
is pleading on the prince's behalf.
Please allow Prince Hodong to kill himself.
General Wu Naru give Hodong a sword.
Yes, Your Majesty. l'll obey your command.
No General!
Brother. Your Majesty please forgive Hodong just once more.
l beg of you.
l have already ordered him banished to Jolbon.
lt's Hodong's decision.
Your Majesty
YEORANG you can't let Hodong die this way.
Hodong!
Hodong.
Aunt.
No No Hodong.
You can't die holding a grudge in your heart.
Your mother left you in my care.
Please think of Lady Aran.
You can't face your mother in Heaven if you go this way.
Sometimes a man pays his insults with death
but sometimes a man must swallow his pride.
l'm tired of waiting. Make your decision.
l...
l'll go to Jolbon.
Put the criminal in a cage and banish him to Jolbon!
Yes, Your Majesty!
JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG
Your Highness you cannot leave your chamber.
We cannot delay the matter of Princess Jamyung.
How much longer will you let the chiefs remain here?
Do you think l'll tolerate their disloyalty indefinitely?
A king can kill disloyal subjects.
l'm only worried what will happen to Nakrang when
the heads of 11 chiefs roll on the ground.
RYU Jl Minister
Since the chiefs are not aware of Princess Jamyung's identity
we cannot fault them for requesting her death.
Are the chiefs above the king? Are you above the king?
Why can you not understand that the king is trying
to keep Nakrang in one piece?
Taking more time to ponder won't change anything.
A decision is already made.
Wait since the great general proposed marriage to Jamyung.
Crown Princess.
You were ordered to confine yourself to your chamber.
ls it true that Prince Hodong was banished to Jolbon?
You defied my order
and came here to ask about Prince Hodong?
ls it true?
According to our spy
he was stripped of his title and banished.
He refused to kill himself and was made a laughing stock.
Return to your chamber.
Why do you continue to disappoint me?
l am a crown princess but l'm also a woman.
How dare you!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty this is because Prince Hodong saved me.
Leave.
lf you don't leave l'll have you taken away.
LAHEE'S CHAMBER
l'm a woman before l'm crown princess.
Prince Hodong risked everything for me and he lost it all.
Mother.
l'm already married.
Maybe it wasn't you that Prince Hodong came to see.
Then he came to see Puku?
Perhaps...
But Prince Hodong let Puku go.
He said he loved me.
He said he'd come to Nakrang to see me.
You cannot trust everything a man says.
Words don't tell his heart.
ls Puku Jamyung?
Why are you so protective of her?
Why...
is your voice so full of love when you call her name?
Why...
does my heart feel so cold when you call her name?
Lahee.
ls she Jamyung who died in Dongmohyun?
ls that what you believe?
lf she is...
your sisterJamyung
can you cherish her as your sister?
l don't know what Puku said
but that kind of coincidence is rare.
A dead girl came back to life.
That girl is Jamyung lt's a lie.
As you said it's rare
but we can't understand the will of Heaven.
But for my sake
would you cherish Jamyung if she came back?
l don't know.
Your Majesty.
Do you remember what you said to me
when we were returning from Dongmohyun?
You said you'd save Jamyung first if we were both drowning.
Yes.
Then do you also remember what l said?
You said you'd save Jamyung.
You wouldn't care about me but would save Jamyung.
Your words keep ringing in my ears.
You'll hurt yourself.
You're awful.
You were awful.
Jamyung and you are both precious to me.
Can't you accept that?
No. You're just my mom.
You're not the mother of Jamyung who's dead.
l remember.
l won't ask you again.
l know you'll give me the same answer.
But l still mean it when l said
l'd save you before l'd save my mom.
- Lahee. - Mom.
l'm just as honest as you are.
l'll answeryour question.
l can pity and love Jamyung who's dead
but l don't think l can cherish Jamyung if she's alive.
Especially if she's Puku.
YULGUHYUN NAKRANG The prince was banished to Jolbon?
Does it break your heart?
What do you want to hearfrom me?
lt breaks my heart.
Hodong should have killed himself.
lt's regrettable that he didn't forthe sake of Nakrang. ''
That's what l want to hear.
Do l seem that strong to you?
l hope you'll become strong.
lt is my fate as the first queen's daughterJamyung
to love Nakrang but it's Puku's fate to love the prince.
Perhaps you can survive even if you're not the great general
but the prince cannot.
lf he doesn't become the King of Goguryeo
he has no reason to live.
But he lost everything because of me.
Now it's my turn to lose everything.
What do you mean?
l'll go to the palace.
l need to see Father.
Your Majesty l had all men moved outside the hall.
Since everyone is here
l wish to make a decision regarding Princess Jamyung.
We cannot delay the decision now that
it's even affecting the crown princess.
l, Choi Li, the King of Nakrang pardon Puku
Hodong's bodyguard who killed General Ha Hogae
and Captain Takchi for saving the crown princess's life.
Your Majesty!
Stay quiet.
Although the crime was committed in ignorance
you're responsible for assisting the enemy.
You won't be made princess.
Your Majesty.
But as the father of the daughter l have finally found
it pains me greatly that l can't make you princess.
l'll give Jamyung to Younghojangwon.
l believe the great general will take great care of Jamyung.
You're most gracious Your Majesty.
l'll obey your command with gratitude.
l cannot agree.
MO YANGHAE Why do you interfere when
MO YANGHAE l, his first wife, agreed to it?
Your Majesty l won't marry the great general.
Father decides whom you marry.
l won't marry and live for Nakrang.
You'll live for Nakrang?
You want to become crown princess?
l've decided to remain dead to the world.
What do you mean?
l'll become a priestess.
Princess.
Fate led me to Nakrang.
Please allow me to live as a priestess as my fate dictates.
Who are you?
BUDAL l saw you at Do Chal's funeral.
Aren't you the priestess from Harap Mountain?
l came to see the first queen.
l do not believe in fate.
ls it because Jamuk predicted that yourtwo daughters
would cause the fall of Nakrang?
l allowed you in because of the first queen
but you are most impudent.
Priests and priestesses indulge in confusing the people
HOKSEMUMlN Bringing confusion to the people calling it the will of Heaven.
One does not believe in fate when one is either
arrogant orfoolish or is afraid of the future.
How dare you!
How would you explain your defeating the
Nakrang Commandery to build the new kingdom of Nakrang?
How else would you explain the princess's safe return?
Even if it's fate
l don't wish Jamyung to become a priestess.
Even if she can't become princess
l want herto love and be loved with many children.
Some women were blessed with such a fate
but some were born with a fate to sacrifice themselves to
save their country.
Will you not regret it?
My child you don't have to take that path.
Please allow me.
lt is the will of Dangun who called me to Nakrang.
CHA CHASUNG Princess.
Don't call me that.
MlCHU
Lady Puku.
Don't call me that either.
Brother.
lLPUM
You can't be sad. You know that right?
l won't be sad.
Because l'll see you soon.
My child please reconsider.
Mother we're parting today so we can meet again.
Send me with a happy heart.
QUEEN JASlL'S CHAMBER
Must you do this when she said she'd remain dead
to this world and live as a priestess?
Atree wishes to remain still but the wind won't let it.
The ocean wishes to stay still but the waves won't let it.
This is our last chance.
CHlSO
l won't fail you.
ROYAL PHYSlClAN'S CHAMBER
Although the criminal saved the crown princess's life
this deed is not enough to pardon her crime.
She is pardoned for killing General Ha Hogae
and Captain Takchi but the crime of killing
our soldiers and people cannot be pardoned.
Therefore Choi Li King of Nakrang punish Puku
with death and appease the people's fury.
But considering that she is a woman and
saved the crown princess's life she'll be given poison
instead of being decapitated.
Your Majesty is most gracious.
Royal Physician bring the poison.
Your Majesty.
Queen...
Crown Princess...
l Puku repent my crimes and accept this poison.
l wish peace and prosperity in Nakrang.