Even ghosts feared Bihyeong.
I can't believe that he's lying here as a corpse.
It's his fate. What can we do?
I can't face you.
You only killed a traitor as a loyal servant of the royal family.
Don't feel any guilt because of personal feelings.
I didn't kill him.
He could have killed me first, but he chose to die.
I will be at his side.
You should kill the traitors and bring His Majesty back to the palace.
What did you say?
Bihyeong is dead?
Are you sure?
He was killed by Kim Yusin.
How can this be?
The leader of the insurgents is dead. Why do you have such a disappointed look?
He had to die when the prince took the throne.
Do you know why you were still alive?
If it wasn't for Bihyeong, the prince wouldn't still be safe.
What?
The gate has been breached.
You have to get out of here.
Take the king and the prince.
I will not leave the royal shrine.
The enemies will be here soon.
You could be assassinated.
I am the ruler of this country.
I will be killed before I flee from a group of traitors.
Kill all the traitors.
Are you alright?
I owe my life to you.
We have to protect his Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty.
Are you alright?
We came to get you.
You dare to disobey a royal order and attack the royal shrine?
Do you have a traitorous mind to take the throne?
Of course not.
I am only following the princess's order to save you from the traitors.
Bidam, why did you refuse my order to leave Seorabeol?
Are you trying to cause a rebellion?
I am only trying to save this country from a crisis.
I will return to Daeyaseong when this crisis is settled.
I don't want to hear it! Leave right now!
I will not leave my safety to disloyal people like you.
I will not leave the royal shrine.
Your Majesty, you are the only person who can settle this crisis.
Please return to the palace to save our country from this crisis,
and save the people who are suffering.
Your Majesty.
Father, you returned.
The heavens must be watching us.
Your Majesty, welcome back.
Why are you sitting on my throne?
What do you mean?
You appointed me as regent in the order you wrote with your blood.
I will cancel that authority since I am back now.
I will carry out all the national affairs.
Anyone who doesn't obey my orders will be punished for treason.
I declare the prince to take the throne.
Anyone who challenges the royal family's legitimacy by spreading false rumors
will be punished for treason.
Daeyaseong lord Bidam will be executed for treason for raising an army.
The prince and queen will return and I will abdicate the throne to the prince.
You will respect my orders.
Why don't you answer me?
Are you saying you will disobey me?
Father, as the regent, I ordered Bidam to attack the royal shrine.
The queen will be executed for treason and
there must be an investigation regarding the prince's line of descent.
What?
Are you standing up to me?
Father.
Sangdaedeung, ichan, do you intend to follow the princess?
Hwarangdo, do you intend to go against my order, too?
Hwarangdo will abide by the princess to protect the royal family.
Please reconsider.
What?
how can this be?
The court is full of traitors. How can this be?
Father!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Father, stay alert.
Get the doctor.
Father, please.
Hurry up!
Father...
Why did you go like this?
How am I to live by myself?
You are so cruel.
How can I live by myself?
Yusin...
I don't understand.
You are respected by the royal family and the people.
Why are you so upset with the death of an insurgent leader?
A human being should mourn over the death of a friend.
Bihyeong was trusted by the princess at one time.
He achieved merit in battle against Goguryeo.
This was his fate.
What do you think will happen to the future of the royal family and court?
His Majesty has lost insight.
The court officials are only thinking about their own safety.
Shouldn't you put the princess on the throne and achieve your cause?
I swore loyalty to the royal family.
I only fulfill my duties to protect the royal family.
When this crisis is settled,
I hope you will return and fulfill your duty to defend the border area.
I came to Seorabeol because the pungwolju asked,
but I will decide when to return.
My lord!
My lord! The queen and her soldiers set up camp at Namsan.
Prepare to attack.
I will sweep them all away.
Yes, sir.
Now that the king has returned to the palace, they will attack.
We have to plan measures.
The king declared that the prince will take the throne.
As long as I have the prince, they will not be able to attack.
How is the prince doing?
He has to see a doctor. He seems critical.
What?
Prince, hang in there.
You must survive for the future.
~ Baekje palace ~ We have a national crisis.
I seek your help.
I ask for your protection.
Please show your generosity and take care of me and the prince.
The queen must be really desperate.
How are things in Seorabeol?
Things are pressing.
Please send soldiers to save the queen and the prince.
Holding the Silla queen and prince hostage will be good for Baekje.
Go to Seorabeol and bring the queen and the prince.
Father, if you accept them, it will be cause for trouble with Silla.
The prince's line of descent is in question at this time.
Holding them hostage will not be of any help to us.
That's not true.
Helping them will show the Three Kingdoms how generous Baekje is.
Obey my order.
He was set on annihilating them.
Why isn't he doing anything?
Bidam is good with military strategies. I'm sure he has a plan.
The princess gave him command. We'll have to trust him.
Oh, I didn't hear you come in.
You are very good.
You flatter me.
I only learned a little to comfort my loneliness in the border area.
Let's have a drink.
If you are drinking and hesitating, I will attack with Hwarangdo.
If you don't follow military command, I will cut off your head.
Control yourself.
What?
Are you threatening me?
No. I'm giving an order.
Listen!
We can't fight amongst ourselves with the enemy camp near.
Please calm down.
My lord!
Baekje soldiers are headed to Seorabeol.
Is that true?
The queen is trying to flee.
The time has come to kill her.
Is it still a long way?
We're almost there.
Prince Uija should be waiting nearby.
There is no place for a traitor to hide.
Surrender and be punished for looking down on the court.
Kill all the traitors!
I have no grudge against you.
I will fight again for a world of servants even when I'm born again.
Go in comfort.
We will fight them. Take refuge.
Why are you going against your word and trying to save a traitor?
Protect the queen and the prince.
Kill the Baekje bandits and capture the queen!
Capture the queen!
Your Highness.
Your Highness, let's go.
No!
Stand back!
I am the queen of Silla!
We will serve the prince. Come with us.
Yusin, no.
If you kill prince Uija,
Silla and Baekje will become deadly enemies again.
Do you realize that our alliance could be ruined because of this?
If you truly want peace between Silla and Baekje,
you must not interfere with our matters anymore.
The royal family and court will deal with the queen and the prince.
Tell your king that.
I will remember what you said.
Ask the princess for my forgiveness.
Why are you letting them go?
Baekje will not interfere anymore.
He's burning up.
He needs medicine right away.
The queen wants to see me?
If you allow it, I will set up a meeting at Poseoksa.
What will you do?
I will meet her and settle this.
The princess is waiting for you.
I will take you to her.
Chabi, I have something to ask about Bihyeong.
Tell me the truth.
Why did you want to see me?
I'm sure it's not because you want to beg for your life.
Guarantee that the prince will take the throne,
then I will step down from being the queen.
What will you do if I say I will execute you for treason?
The prince will comfort my soul when he takes the throne.
Is he father's son?
What mother wouldn't know her own child?
I will tell you the truth.
The prince is the king's son.
He is definitely your brother.
Who is Yeonhwa?
I know what you are suspecting.
If you believe the false rumors and abandon the prince,
you will be accused of killing an innocent prince for
your own ambitions to sit on the throne.
Do you want to become a ruler who takes the throne by family discord?
I will believe you.
I will not doubt the prince's line of descent anymore.
If he isn't the king's son, this country's order will be ruined.
The court will waver and the people will turn.
The country will be in a crisis.
The prince has to be father's son.
I knew you would make a wise decision.
But the prince cannot take the throne.
What do you mean?
Why can't he take the throne?
I'm sure you know what I mean.
To protect the royal family and prevent trouble,
he will have to live as low class or die as a proper prince.
There is no other way.
That is the best thing to do to maintain the laws of the Divine Land.
That is my decision.
You decide.
Why...
The princess went to Poseoksa?
Yes.
No matter what the pungwolju and Yusin do,
I will not let them ruin all my efforts.
Chunchu, is power this cold-hearted?
Does power require getting your hands bloody?
What will you do if the prince is the king's son?
A ruler whose legitimacy is questioned cannot carry out proper politics.
He will not be able to sit on the throne for long.
Even if he really is the prince, he must die for our cause to be achieved.
That is the fate of being born as a prince.
To protect the royal family and prevent trouble,
he will have to live as low class or die as a proper prince.
There is no other way.
That is the best thing to do to maintain the laws of the Divine Land.
That is my decision.
You decide.
The throne was so close.
How did this happen?
Chabi, do you know why Bihyeong didn't kill me and chose death?
He didn't attack the palace to kill the princess.
He attacked to save you and the pungwolju.
What? What do you mean?
Don't join the attack on the palace.
What are you talking about?
I will die as an insurgent leader at the hands of Chunchu and Yusin.
Why...
I wanted the prince to take the throne to create a world for servants.
When I opened my eyes,
I was being resented by the people like the officials blinded by power.
Since I didn't win public sentiments, this fight has been lost.
The prince will not be able to take the throne.
Chunchu and Yusin will be accused of colluding with me and be purged.
I must die at their hands for their names to be cleared.
You can't do this.
You can't give up your life to save the pungwolju and Yusin.
If Chunchu and Yusin save the people of the Three Kingdoms,
a world for servants will open up.
I will gladly die as a traitor for the two of them to achieve that cause.
Master, I will go with you.
You must stay and protect the prince.
Even if he can't take the throne,
help him survive and show him a world of servants.
Bihyeong...
Why did you choose to be a traitor and die to save me and Chunchu?
Mother.
Are you awake?
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
Don't worry.
Nobody will hurt you.
I have something to say to the prince. Leave us.
Mother, what is wrong?
Nothing.
I am just so glad that you are awake.
Take this medicine and get well soon.
Mother, do I really have the proper line of descent?
Of course.
You are the king's son and my son.
You must take the throne and maintain the laws of the Divine Land.
You must achieve peace and become a wise ruler.
Yes, mother.
I will become a truly wise ruler.
Mother...
What? The prince died?
He wasn't able to overcome his illness.
Prince, why did you die without even growing up?
It is all my fault for lacking so much.
I will order a prince's funeral.
Prince...
Seungman, you forged a royal order to become regent.
You raised a coup and committed treason.
You deserve to die.
But since you were the queen and the mother of the prince,
your life will be spared.
You will be stripped of your status and banished far away.
You must never return to Seorabeol.
You will repent your sins for the rest of your life.
Do you have anything to say?
I might have ended up a traitor,
but I even cut off my own blood to protect the legitimacy of the royal family.
I am not ashamed of anything.
Do you think it is all over because you got rid of me and the prince?
The king has lost his authority and there isn't a prince to take the throne.
There will be bloodshed in the royal family and court.
You won't be able to avoid it no matter what you do.
I just hope you will not be influenced by evil people and
you will maintain the laws of the Divine Land.
Take her away.
You treacherous woman!
Stand back!
You treacherous woman!
Wait!
I have something to say to that girl before I leave the capital.
Go ahead.
Yeonhwa.
Don't be disappointed with your mother or hate her.
Mother.
You are my mother, right?
Here.
Keep it well.
Give it to your child some day.
Mother...
Let's go.
Mother! Mother...
Mother... Mother...
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