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Episode 30
Princess...
Sire!
We have the palace in our hands! Our revolt has succeeded!
Lord Kim, it's our victory!
That's right! We opened a new world!
- Sir! - Where is Gwanghae?
You must be Kim Gae Shi!
Where is Gwanghae?
You smile?
You wench! How dare you in front of me...
What? You missed the princess?
Yes. Soldiers barged in suddenly, so we had no choice.
Gwanghae... Of course he did.
Just like you said, he was pulling a trick.
Then that won't be all.
There must be... something else, too.
Find the dethroned one! You must arrest him!
They found out that the king has disappeared.
If we don't react quickly, you could also be in danger.
- Wait. - Sir!
I should wait... until the end.
Why... did you do that?
Why did you step down from the throne on your own?
It was going to happen no matter what.
I had too many faults as the king, didn't I?
Still, you could have held out.
If you didn't try to rescue me...
Sire, if you would only be with soldiers and people of the weaponry bureau.
But if I did... I would have lost everyone.
Joseon would have lost its last hope.
Still, how could you hand yourself over for us?
Why would you take away from us the chance to protect you?
How could you tell us to step on you and live on?
Because you have to.
Because only then will there be a different world.
Sire!
So remember, Jungmyung.
Even if you kneel before injustice today
you shouldn't be defeated by your own despair.
This is not the end. Do you understand?
Even if I leave, as long as you and your people are around
as long as you don't give up on this fight...
it's not the end.
Right over there! I saw him go through that gate with my own eyes!
- Attack! Catch the dethroned king! - Yes, sir!
As your brother, I wanted to give you better things...
but forgive me for leaving you with only heavy loads.
Brother...
I'm sorry.
And... thank you.
So please... protect Joseon and its people.
Soldiers!
If you delay longer, everyone will be in danger.
No! No, sire!
Councilor Hong... take good care of her. And yourself too!
Sire!
Sire...
I arrested the dethroned king. Take him away.
Yes, sir!
Sire! Sire!
No! I can't let him go like this!
Ma'am...
I couldn't even tell him that I forgave him.
I didn't even thank him...
Brother...
Brother!
You should write an official letter that you approve of the new king!
The dethroned Gwanghae is the criminal of all
who dethroned his mother and murdered his siblings.
He is also brutal for abandoning the kindness of Ming
and held hands with the barbarians.
Your Majesty...
Sire!
How could such a man rule the country and stand above the people?
How could he carry on the royal court of this country?
Would that be all for Gwanghae's horrendous crimes?
He filled the government with people with no ethics.
In the end, you were defeated by me.
But in the end, we will face the same fate.
He made a habit of wretched tyranny to the end.
Let go of me! Sire! This is unfair!
Sire! This is upsetting!
Criminal Lee Yi Cheom, receive the rope!
No! I can't end it like this!
I, Lee Yi Cheom, won't go like this!
It's time to end the chaos now.
We will dethrone Gwanghae now, and establish a new king
so that we can re-establish the country that's fallen apart
and open a new era.
Sire...
Dethroned Gwanghae, get on your knees!
What are you doing, Gwanghae?
The wicked criminal who destroyed this country
should kneel right away.
Have you seen?
Now the owner of this palace... is me, Gwanghae!
The king of this country is not you!
It's me.
You said this Neungyang was nothing!
I defeated you.
You call this victory.
Yes, I was defeated by you... because I didn't realize my goal.
My biggest fault is...
to hand over the throne to an unethical one like you.
What? What's that?
But I assure you that you haven't won yet, Neungyang.
You will bring on the most painful loss to this country some day
and you will push this country into the deepest darkness.
That day, you and everyone here...
will gain more pain and humiliation than today.
How dare you! Shut that mouth right now!
Do you think you're still the king?
But just one thing...
Just remember this one thing, Neungyang.
I will gladly kneel for you and yield the throne today...
but make sure not to become the king who goes through the same thing.
Do you understand?
Remember me today...
And don't kneel in front of anyone in the future...
and don't let all the people of the country do so...
Stay awake, Neungyang.
Take care of all the people of this country.
Father.
- Hurry up. - Yes.
I knew that was going to happen in the end.
He dared to think he could do something to me?
Take your medicine first.
You have to recover first.
Medicine, my lady?
Do you think it's time for me to do that now?
My lord!
Gwanghae was removed
but I lost control of Neungyang and Kim Ja Jeom.
My family power that I've never let others have!
But Father... It's not over for our family yet.
We contributed to this revolt, too.
And we still have the family wealth.
In Woo.
Yes... you're opening your eyes now.
No matter how the world changes, that power doesn't change.
Never.
An aftershock will be coming soon.
So you and I will be able to dig through that chance again.
Your Majesty, Kim Ja Jeom is here.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty?
It's very good to hear.
Do you like the throne?
What do you think?
How could I dare to guess?
Only the one qualified to be the owner of the throne would know.
'Qualified to be the owner'?
That's also very appropriate.
By the way, didn't you have someone to introduce to me?
Would you like to see her now?
Let her in.
Introduce yourself.
My name is Yeo Jung, sire.
She played a big part in making this a success.
Well... even if she didn't, I would have liked her.
Please start the duty as the king now, sire.
This is not the end.
Shouldn't we cut out the future problems that Gwanghae tried to leave behind?
Of course we should.
But... that princess is the problem.
That girl...
Your Highness, it's time to go to the palace.
Your Majesty the Queen Dowager!
Ma'am, it's been nine years!
Now you can go back to your own place.
Yes...
But I wonder what the future brings.
I'm afraid of what will happen under the rule of Neungyang.
Her Highness is on her way.
Your Highness!
Princess...
Please, Mother.
We should go and see the new king.
Proceed as written here.
You will have to catch all of them.
- Yes. Follow me! - Yes, sir!
Welcome!
Your Majesty!
You too, of course.
I feel overwhelmed to have you back in the palace!
Isn't this possible because we got rid of the tyrant Gwanghae?
Everything comes from your grace.
I'm thankful... that you'd recognize it.
But, Princess... Do you not have anything to say?
It would be normal to say something.
I'm not sure.
If you're waiting for the same answer
I won't be able to say the same, sire.
It's not the palace to which I looked forward to returning.
I was more comfortable at the weaponry bureau.
Really?
Princess.
But what do we do?
If you like the place that much, I'd like to send you there.
But the bureau will disappear forever.
And the people there, too.
Of course, then it will be your turn.
What do you mean by what you just said?
The bureau will disappear?
Please answer me! What does it mean?
This is not the end.
Do you understand?
Even if I leave, as long as you and your people are around...
As long as you don't give up on this fight...
it's not the end.
Yes, sire. I will never give up.
Sir!
Sir! Sir...
We're in big trouble, sir!
They're the followers of the dethroned Gwanghae!
The royal command is to arrest everyone and shut down the bureau!
Look, I really didn't do anything!
I only watered the vegetable garden!
Let go of me! What did we do?
Our only crime was that we protected the country!
What on earth is going on?
How can the state tribunal attack the weaponry bureau?
This is the royal command!
His Majesty is determined to punish the bureau
for getting in touch with the barbarians!
What?
Take away Councilor Hong Joo Won and Commissioner Hong Young!
Yes, sir!
Let go!
Joo Won.
Why don't you admit it now?
They followed your command to get in contact with the barbarians.
Then at least they'll avoid harsh torture.
You are Kim Ja Jeom?
It would've been tough with Neungyang's intelligence.
You were behind him.
Yes, your eyes are beyond ordinary.
So you should understand my words.
You and Neungyang won't be able to touch the weaponry bureau.
They didn't do anything wrong.
I know...
what trick you pulled to protect them to the end.
You sent the head servant and the royal guards
and stopped the bureau people from entering the palace.
It was a decision deserving tears, but it will be no use after all.
Torture on them will be harsh...
Enough to confess to crimes that didn't happen!
Step aside! I'm going to see the bureau people who were brought here.
Forgive me, but it's not possible.
They are already at the interrogation grounds, ma'am.
What? Interrogation?
Tie Criminals Hong Joo Won and Hong Young on the frame.
Don't stop torturing them until they confess their crimes!
Yes, sir!
Please endure it.
You have to survive...
Please!
Say it. Then the pain will be over.
Confess that the weaponry bureau
was secretly in contact with the barbarians.
Not at all!
Everything we did was for the sake of Joseon!
No matter what you say, the truth won't change!
Do you not have enough pain?
What are you doing? Raise the intensity of the torture!
Yes, sir!
Ma'am! Ma'am!
Princess!
Princess, what on earth are you trying to do?
Mother... I am also a technician of the bureau.
So if the bureau is blamed for a crime, I should also be there.
Please... You can't, Princess! Stop!
Do you really mean to turn your back against the new king forever?
No, not just turning against him...
I am going to fight against him, Mother.
What?
Yes, this is my choice.
His Majesty tried to protect them with his life.
I am also going to protect them with my life.
What? What is Princess doing?
She is begging on the ground, sire.
She is begging on the ground outside of the palace gate now...
But... the problem is the people.
People are gathering around her.
This girl...
How dare she!
She's a princess?
The princess is begging on the ground!
Just what is going on?
Commissioner Hong and Councilor Hong
and the technicians of the bureau didn't commit any crime.
They only bet their lives for Joseon on the battlefield.
If you still mean to punish them...
please punish me, the princess of this country, along with them.
I was there with them...
If you cannot believe my words...
please kill me with them!
Look! Look! Can't you hear me?
Please answer me!
How is the situation outside of the palace?
Look! I'm asking how it is going!
Sire! Ma'am!
More people are gathering?
Public opinion may get twisted.
It was to ask the crime of the dethroned king.
But they're saying that the new king is punishing the princess.
This girl aimed for it, and went outside of the palace.
She's using her status and the people's feelings.
What do we do?
The new king is punishing the innocent princess and the weaponry bureau!
How could he do that?
He shouldn't do that to the princess!
My goodness...
Yes, what will you do now, Neungyang?
Will you drag me out and destroy the bureau?
Sire! Please reconsider!
Arrest her! Why don't we just arrest Princess?
But, sire, people are watching.
You've only just now ascended to the throne.
This will become a big burden on you, sire.
That's right, sire.
She's the princess that people admire!
And? Am I supposed to let this go?
If I don't arrest the princess...
I have to release Gwanghae's followers?
Who is the princess?
Just what on earth is the princess?
- Sire, please reconsider! - Please reconsider, sire!
So is she still on the ground?
Yes! I heard soldiers chattering.
It's already been two days!
She put her life on the line for us!
Sir, she did too!
Ma'am...
Yes, sire. I will do it.
Now I will protect your people.
Princess!
I believe it's right to step back.
What?
Like the officials said, she is the princess.
If things get bigger, justification for the revolt will be diluted.
Don't you know how to gain the people's support?
That's why you used the same method when you were a prince.
What a sly girl.
I knew she would become a stumbling block.
You should've killed her!
What about Princess? Is she still there?
I'm afraid she will become ill.
Deliver the message to the king, Lady Jung.
Ask him if he'd see me out there too.
Will he let people see it?
Ma'am!
Shouldn't I save her?
As her mother...
I should save my child!
Please release them...
His Majesty's people...
My... people.
Ma'am! Ma'am!
Please stop! You might lose your life!
Let me go, Ja Gyung.
I have to go with them.
I will not back down!
Ma'am! Ma'am!
Your Majesty! Please spare Her Highness!
- Sire! - Sire!
Please spare her, sire!
She didn't do anything wrong!
Please spare her!
Please spare Her Highness!
Do you hear this sound?
Sir...
Sir!
Princess?
My people are calling Princess, not me?
Sire, shouldn't you look to the future for now?
Please give me a chance.
Just like when I opened the palace gate for you
I will also open the weaponry bureau's gate some day.
Please spare Her Highness!
Ma'am! Do you hear their voices?
Princess...
Release the people of the bureau.
Yes, sire.
Thank you, Princess.
So now, I will put my faith in you...
and I will be able to unload everything.
So you are telling me to let Gwanghae live?
How come I can't cut off his head?
You said I can do everything else!
I didn't mean that you should let him live.
You should look for the right time.
He's dethroned, but he used to be the king.
Yeonsan was spared in the past...
Put him in exile for now, and wait for the right timing.
Ma'am! You shouldn't!
Your health is not restored yet!
- Step aside, Lady Jung. - Ma'am!
Can't you hear me?
Lady Kim!
For the likes of me... Why did you come out to see me off?
What about the sins that I committed against you?
Lady Kim...
Thank you, ma'am.
I'll go comfortably, so please don't worry.
It's just that... I'm shameless for saying so
but please don't forget His Majesty.
Please carry on his wishes yourself, ma'am.
Then His Majesty... His Majesty...
It will be enough for him.
No!
I can't die like this!
No!
Act with dignity.
Why would you show your disgraceful side on your way out?
How can you say that?
Gain everything, or lose everything.
Did you not know when you started this?
That's power.
Yes, I know.
That's power.
That's why I'm going to gain everything.
I will never give up like this.
Will I lose everything after all?
Like this?
In vain, like this?
That wench is the evil Kim Gae Shi!
She instigated the king, and put the whole country in misery!
That's her! That wench!
Die!
Your Majesty, I'm leaving first.
Gae Shi...
But, sire...
please stay here for a long, long time before you come to see me.
I will wait for you.
Even if it takes a very long time
I will wait for you there.
Is everything over now?
His Majesty went into exile...
and our weaponry bureau...
Don't say that!
What's over?
Do you think His Majesty saved us so that you can say those things?
You're right. We shouldn't sit around like this.
His Majesty created the bureau to protect the country.
We have to hold out somehow, and accomplish the goal.
Still, I feel so bad for His Majesty.
And Her Highness must be hurting so much.
My heart is about to burst.
I feel so unjustified and upset.
I feel like my heart is about to collapse.
Ma'am.
His Majesty is leaving, sir.
We should see him off.
Yes. We haven't given him our promise yet.
Remove this ugly thing completely!
Now this country will be under my ruling, different from Gwanghae's!
Please protect the royal court
and become the king who leads an exemplary government.
My king!
Your Majesty!
That's what Ming has done for a long time.
They used Joseon as a shield when they needed us.
But they're afraid of Joseon becoming strong.
So they hide the gunpowder production method
and have made this country their subject.
But my Joseon will be different, Prime Minister.
The firepower is lacking for a real battle.
We'll more pay attention to the ratio
and do our best to strengthen the firepower, sire.
The priority is to secure quality sulfur.
But I haven't reached the goal after all.
Sire!
Yes, Your Highness.
Kid, you should call me 'Brother.'
But Mother said...
So only when it's just two of us.
Call me 'Brother' all you want.
- Understand? - Can I really do that?
Brother...
Jungmyung!
I will not forget, sire.
Your wish.
This is the book.
The secret book of gunpowder production we had lost for a very long time.
Did you ask how Joseon can hold out without the help of Ming?
It's power.
About this map...
Do you know how it's different from other maps?
Joseon is in the center, just like Ming.
Although it's small, it doesn't look like a subject country of Ming.
Yes. That was my dream.
No, the real, bigger dream is...
to have Joseon be placed in a bigger center.
But that dream will not disappear.
As long as there are people on this land...
As long as they don't let go of hope.
I hope that this beautiful Joseon is protected.
I hope that my people and this land are safe.
Even if it falls apart in the middle of harsh trials sometimes...
I hope that this land rises again.
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