You must root up any customs which dare to rebel against your masters.
- Your Majesty! - Let us go.
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
The button which triggers the King...
was his grandfather.
I heard it from Prince Choong Won.
I will leave it to fate now.
My life is up to fate now.
If fate is not on our side,
I shall spit to the sky.
It means that my life depends on...
His Majesty who is like the sky.
Lee Jong Soo named Prince Choong Won?
Yes, Your Majesty.
He may have fabricated the story, but...
He provided details and specifics...
about meeting Prince Choong Won, so it does not appear to be a lie.
During these times when your safety is in danger,
if he escapes simply because he is royalty,
your safety...
may become at risk.
Bring me His Majesty.
Bring me His Majesty!
Then do you have witnesses who will back up...
your assertions?
Yes.
The peddler. Heo Tae Hak.
And...
the procurer. Stepstool!
(Hong)
(The Rebel)
(Episode 13)
- Master. - Stepstool.
- Master. What is going on? - Stepstool.
Master. Master.
- Stepstool! - Master!
Stepstool!
I know the court is strict,
but how could they lock up royalty...
in the same cell as a servant?
Once I get out of here...
I know.
How could they put you in here?
How can I sleep in this cold, dirty cell?
Stepstool.
You must clear my name.
Heo Tae Hak must have run away for fear he would be punished.
So...
you must talk to them.
Do you remember those guests that I fed and gave drinks to?
Yes. I remember some of them.
Lee Jong Soo is one of them,
and he must have done something terribly wrong.
- What did he do? - The writing...
of Kim Jong Jik criticizing...
(Kim Jong Jik wrote letters criticizing King Sejo.)
What is the point in telling you? Would you even understand?
Just do as I say.
Once the court is in session,
they will question you about Lee Jong Soo.
Say what I tell you and deny everything else.
Okay.
But I heard they will whip you hard...
if you do not answer their questions.
They cannot hit me since I am royalty.
You may get hit a few times.
But you must endure it.
Yes, master.
Prince Choong Won's trial begins tomorrow.
He called a servant...
named Stepstool as his witness.
He also called a peddler named Heo Tae Hak.
My goodness. Hello.
I am Heo Tae Hak of Geummalje. It is nice to meet you.
Has Heo Tae Hak come yet?
No. We have notified the officials,
so they will bring him soon.
Make sure they send him in as soon as he arrives...
even if we are in the midst of the trial.
Yes, my lord.
As you must all know,
it is very rare to interrogate a member of the royal family.
Thus, His Majesty...
increased security here, and made sure...
no one comes in or leaves this place.
He also instructed that nothing be recorded.
Thus, only officials...
including myself may attend Prince Choong Won's trial.
However,
you played a big role...
in getting this trial in place,
so I will ask His Majesty to make an exception...
and let you attend.
No, my lord.
I am sure His Majesty had a reason for his orders.
Please do not go out of your way for me.
Did you not want to attend Prince Choong Won's interrogation?
I do, but His Majesty's wishes...
are more important. I shall obey.
This is why...
His Majesty likes you.
You cannot treat royalty this way!
How could you put a royalty on trial?
Let me see His Majesty! Now!
Do you not know the penalty for insulting royalty?
I shall pay you back for this!
All rise for His Majesty!
Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
Your Majesty.
Proceed.
Your Majesty.
As per your orders,
we are eliminating Kim Jong Jik's disciples.
In the process, Kim Il Son named...
25 of Kim Jong Jik's disciples.
However, one of them,
Lee Jong Soo,
testified that Prince Choong Won...
spoke against King Sejo.
Although Prince Choong Won is royalty,
we cannot permit...
anything that endangers Your Majesty.
Thus, we wish to interrogate Prince Choong Won today...
and uncover the truth.
Your Majesty. Do you not know me?
I am Choong Won,
who admires and respects you.
Begin...
the interrogation.
What happened?
His Majesty began Prince Choong Won's interrogation.
Did he?
A royal family member's interrogation...
What a sight.
I am sad I cannot watch.
Do you think...
His Majesty really plans to punish...
Prince Choong Won?
The interrogation may be just a front.
What do you mean?
The witnesses that Prince Choong Won brought...
are a servant and a peddler.
Seeing how he insisted that they testify at the trial,
he clearly...
wants to help Prince Choong Won escape guilt.
Prince Choong Won, answer this.
Did you speak...
against King Sejo to your guest, Lee Jong Soo?
No. Never!
I did not!
My grandfather...
was Prince Yang Eung who adored King Sejo!
Why would I ever speak anything...
against King Sejo?
Lee Jong Soo, come in!
Did I not give you enough food and drinks?
How could you do this to me?
Lee Jong Soo.
How did you become Prince Choong Won's guest?
My friend, Park Joong Geun, said...
Prince Choong Won wanted to befriend...
those who would likely pass the state exam.
He asked me to attend Prince Choong Won's poetry meeting.
I could not refuse a friend...
and attended some of his poetry meetings.
Prince Choong Won stated...
that he barely spoke to you.
Did you truly...
hear Prince Choong Won speak against King Sejo?
Yes.
I did not converse deeply with Prince Choong Won,
but I definitely heard him speak...
against King Sejo.
Hey! How dare you...
speak such lies? Hey!
When did you hear him speak against King Sejo?
Well... I heard him...
while sightseeing in Mount Jeongto.
I never heard Prince Choong Won speak about King Sejo.
What would I testify?
Prince Choong Won may not have said anything to you...
about King Sejo,
but he has said to me countless times.
You simply have to relay...
what I had heard.
Prince Choong Won brags whenever he gets the chance,
that His Majesty enjoys hunting in Mount Jeongto...
with the golden eagle Prince Choong Won gifted him.
I heard Prince Choong Won considers Mount Jeongto's scenery the best.
Prince Choong Won said that day...
that Mount Jeongto is His Majesty's hunting grounds...
and that His Majesty enjoys hunting...
with the golden eagle that he had given to His Majesty.
Prince Choong Won sent a golden eagle.
How did you...
I thought...
only Prince Choong Won and I knew about the golden eagle.
Prince Choong Won.
You must have told Lee Jong Soo...
much about your inner feelings.
No, Your Majesty! Please do not believe him!
Please call my witness!
Please listen to both sides!
Fine.
You are a royal. Of course, we must do so.
Prince Choong Won called for a peddler called Heo Tae Hak...
and a procurer called Stepstool.
Heo Tae Hak has not yet arrived.
Shall I call the procurer called Stepstool first?
Bring in the procurer called Stepstool!
Master.
Gosh.
How did he survive being shot by three arrows?
Can someone recover from a grave wound so soon?
What have you done?
Do people still believe the story of the Mighty Child?
Stop talking such nonsense and do not show up here again.
- Stepstool. - My wrists hurt.
Tell them everything I said. Everything.
I will.
I am Stepstool the procurer.
- She looks so calm. - I hate her so much.
- She caused all this. - She does not care.
- We can talk too. - Exactly.
- Could you have done the same? - Well... No.
I hate her guts.
- She lost her mind. - I agree.
My goodness.
This is a mess. They are interrogating a royal now.
His Majesty seems to be very angry.
I heard from the others that...
you told the King about the rumors. Is that true?
No, right?
Of course you did not. I should just...
Yes. I told him about the rumors.
What will you do about the backlash?
I did not make anything up.
I just relayed what people said.
Do you know how many people are being brought in?
Whoever wrongs the King...
- deserves to be punished. - Nok Su.
Wol Ha Mae.
I was once married,
and I left a child behind.
How could I ever...
gain the King's favor?
I will...
go as far as I can go.
I will go as high...
as I can go.
And so, I will give back...
exactly...
what the world...
gave me.
Nok Su.
Now that I think about it,
the time I spent with Gil Dong...
was just a dream.
Falling in love...
with a man...
and being happy...
It is not for me.
I must do...
something else.
Everything will be fine.
I told him I would beat him up if he hurt himself.
Gil Dong...
will be safe, right?
Are you Stepstool, the procurer at Hwalbinjeong?
- Yes. - As Prince Choong Won's witness,
if you tell a lie,
you will be punished until your bones shatter.
Yes, master.
Did you escort Prince Choong Won on a trip to Mount Jeongto?
Yes.
Whenever Prince Choong Won goes somewhere,
I hold the rein of his horse.
Was Lee Jong Soo a member of...
Prince Choong Won's party that day?
Yes. I remember his face.
Tell me this.
Did Prince Choong Won tell Lee Jong Soo...
anything blasphemous or disloyal about King Sejo?
Blasphemous or disloyal?
What does that mean?
When speaking of King Sejo,
- was he dis... - What?
Did he say anything bad or repeat any rumors?
I see.
My goodness. Prince Choong Won never said anything bad.
Then at the party on Mount Jeongto,
what did Prince Choong Won tell Lee Jong Soo?
Prince Choong Won said...
King Sejo was a great king.
Prince Choong Won's grandfather, also a prince,
played a big role in enthroning King Sejo.
That is what he said.
Yes. Yes, that is what I said. He is telling the truth.
He said he met King Sejo...
when he was young...
and that King Sejo took a great liking to him.
Yes. You are doing well.
The meat was burning, so I went to tend to it.
That is when Prince Choong Won and the other man started fighting.
- They fought? - Yes.
Prince Choong Won scolded the other man.
Do you not remember?
Gosh, were you that drunk?
Prince Choong Won is very proud of the fact that...
his grandfather helped put King Sejo on the throne.
Despite that, he is also ashamed that...
he knows very little about King Sejo.
Therefore, when someone asks him about King Sejo,
he spouts nonsense as if he knows a lot.
In the end,
he always slips up.
Prince Choong Won scolded Lee Jong Soo?
Yes. Prince Choong Won scolded him very badly.
Lee Jong Soo dared to challenge a royal and even shouted.
He is a very bad man.
Am I not right, master?
Stepstool, what are you about to say?
What was the fight about?
From what I heard while I was cooking the meat,
Prince Choong Won said that...
King Sejo was a real man.
He said it was not an issue that he abused women called Yoon and Kwon.
That is what he said.
Stepstool.
He is a royal and a king too.
He can take any woman he wants, whatever their name is.
But then, that man jumped up...
and started to shout.
He said, "Watch what you say!"
Stepstool!
Is that true?
Prince Choong Won is Prince Yang Eung's grandson,
so I asked if he knew King Sejo well.
Prince Choong Won said...
he knows King Sejo better than anyone...
and that King Sejo's taking his son's concubines Yoon...
and Kwon was no crime at all.
Is that true?
Were Yoon and Kwon...
King Sejo's...
daughters-in-law?
I had no idea whatsoever.
Stepstool.
- Shut your mouth. - I really did not know.
Also...
King Sejo left Prince No San's body on a mountain...
for the wildlife to feed on.
(Prince No San was King Danjong.)
What was so wrong about that?
Leaving Prince No San's body...
on a mountain for the wildlife...
was not a problem according to Prince Choong Won.
I could no longer hold back my anger at...
the terrible things he was saying.
Yes. That man jumped up,
shouted, pointed, and overturned the table.
He threatened my master, so...
Stepstool, that is enough. Stop talking!
I lifted him up and threw him down.
Have you not learned your lesson?
- Leave my master alone! - Stepstool!
Stop! Stop!
Master...
Your Majesty.
I will explain everything.
That is not what I meant.
Prince Choong Won.
Did you...
really believe that...
King Sejo abused his son's wives...
and left Prince No San's body...
- on a mountain? - Your Majesty.
- I did not mean that. - Prince Choong Won.
Must you disappoint me so?
No! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Master, did I say something I should not have?
I thought that if I said that man attacked you,
he would be punished severely for attacking a royal...
and that you would go free.
You idiot. You fool.
I should not have trusted you.
Get Heo Tae Hak. Where is Heo Tae Hak? Get him!
Get Heo Tae Hak!
Call Heo Tae Hak!
Bring him here!
Oh dear.
- What should we do now? - Bring him here!
Are you going somewhere, master?
Yes. I plan to leave for a while.
Did you play a part in...
Prince Choong Won's arrest?
How long were you going to hide that...
you had sided with Ah Mo Gae's men?
Were you aware of it?
Yes. For a long time now.
Why are you doing this?
If Prince Choong Won hears...
Prince Choong Won will not come back.
We can gain from this fight.
While Gil Dong fights Prince Choong Won,
we can take control of the silver mine.
Did you really think...
I had bowed to...
that fool, Ah Mo Gae?
I am still Heo Tae Hak.
- Master. - Now,
when Ah Mo Gae and Prince Choong Won fight,
and the prince loses,
then I will gain ownership of the silver mine.
Ah Mo Gae is powerless.
They are not a threat to me at all.
Mo Ri, you just have to trust me...
and follow.
Prince Choong Won...
spent the palace funds...
and did not pay back?
He also...
summoned Jangakwon's musicians and palace cooks...
to entertain and cater for his own banquets.
I cannot understand.
Is Prince Choong Won a loyal fool who tried to...
protect King Sejo's reputation and ended up insulting him?
Or...
is he a traitor who says one thing...
and plots another in secret?
I just do not get it.
I hope that he is a loyal fool.
However,
I command you search his house thoroughly.
If you find anything that suggests he betrayed King Sejo,
even if he is of royal blood,
I shall abandon him.
Search every room!
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
They are useless letters and books.
So many of the books are pornographic.
This is...
the eulogy.
Prince Choong Won kept a copy of...
the eulogy in...
the cover of a book of pornographic drawings.
Ever since...
you ordered that all of Kim Jong Jik's writings be burned,
his followers...
hid copies of his writings and the eulogy...
in the covers or pages of other books.
I also heard that...
they even circulated copies written on separate sheets of paper.
Could the prince...
have had an affinity for Kim Jong Jik?
He pretended to be a loyal servant...
but deep inside, he could have insulted the memory of King Sejo.
Release Lee Jong Soo and the procurer Stepstool...
who were of great help in revealing Prince Choong Won's crimes.
They helped us catch a traitor.
They do not deserve to stay in a cold cell.
As of this moment, I revoke all of...
Prince Choong Won's royal privileges.
Torture him...
and get to the truth.
Master.
You have been through a lot.
When Kim Il Son named me,
I believed I would die.
Never in my wildest dreams...
did I think I would walk out alive.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Your two daughters are waiting for you.
- Father. - Father.
You are back.
Where is Gil Dong?
Why is he not with you?
Where is he? Why are you not with him?
What is wrong?
Why are you crying?
Did you think he was dead?
Not only do you talk a lot, but you cry a lot too.
Ga Ryung, you are prettier when you cry.
You should always cry.
- Were you worried about me? - Never.
My lord.
I kept this to give to you.
Stepstool.
Why did you keep this eulogy inside an obscene picture book?
Prince Choong Won.
Have you also secretly been a follower of Kim Jong Jik?
I understand everything now.
Please bring Stepstool again.
He definitely has... He has...
His Majesty announced you are no longer of the royal family.
He said you can now be flogged.
This is not mine.
This book is not mine.
Bring Stepstool.
Bring him one more time.
Flog him.
- Yes. - Yes.
Did you say one of the people who will be interrogated is...
Prince Choong Won?
I heard he is really bad...
with his habits with the ladies.
That is why...
we ask you two gentlemen to do something great for the country.
Would not the country...
live in peace if such members of the royal family behave...
regarding such issues with the ladies?
Please do something great for this nation...
and take these golden toads too.
This is like catching 2 birds with 1 stone.
Do you think His Majesty will accept this kind of treatment?
Your Majesty.
Prince Choong Won has been hurt badly during the interrogation.
Prince Choong Won can...
now rest quietly.
Decide where you will exile him and report back.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Eop San.
- What happened? - What is going on?
What happened? How will he be punished?
I figured.
He was probably flogged.
What did you expect? At least, he was flogged.
Yes. That is good enough.
You let a royal family get flogged.
Will they really let go of Prince Choong Won?
That cannot be. This incident is not that small.
Prince Choong Won...
will be exiled.
What did you say? Exiled?
Wait, does this mean we did away with a royal family?
Yes.
We... We won.
I never thought something like this would happen in my life.
We did this!
We did it!
- We really did it! - We have done it!
Father.
What happened?
Prince Choong Won...
will be exiled.
Father, let us watch him go.
Do you know who I am?
I am someone...
who has always dreamt of meeting you one day.
But I did not know such day would come so quickly.
I guess skies are helping me.
I heard you will be exiled to somewhere very harsh.
You will surely get to see what it is like...
to live in total devastation.
- Get out of the town! - Leave!
Go away.
What are you all doing? What are you doing?
- What are you doing? - You!
It is not me.
This cannot be!
You cannot do this to me!
Ah Mo Gae.
Prince Choong Won is here.
I told you he would come.
Welcome, my lord, welcome.
I will bring out all the procurers of Hwalbinjeong.
Come in!
The second son of Ah Mo Gae.
That kid is...
a very unlucky one.
My lord, please step on me.
Stepstool.
Who on earth would dare to harm you?
My lord, how can this be?
I really had no idea.
Let us go back to Ikhwa-ri.
Okay.
Are you...
- telling me to stay here? - Just go in.
Bugs.
Whom are you here for?
You are the only ones...
that have come to see me.
Your Majesty.
Will you...
really abandon me like this?
Your Majesty.
Ikhwa-ri.
My goodness, Master Hong.
- It's Master Hong. - My goodness.
- Master Hong. - Have you returned?
You were alive.
My goodness, it's Master Hong.
- Welcome back. - You are here.
Master Hong, have you been well?
Father.
Yes, yes.
Father...
People are happier to see you...
than to see a district magistrate.
I am glad you have returned.
I have been waiting for a long time.
I was afraid they would take away the silk.
That is why I jumped into the ocean.
However,
my body began to freeze.
When my body froze up, my thing froze up as well.
I know that feeling.
I have a story too.
I had to go to the restroom badly, so I went on someone else's wall.
Then I felt a sharp and cold thing. I got surprised and looked at it,
but it was just a spoon.
Oh, right. Do you...
Do you remember the amulet...
made by a shaman...
in Jiri Mountain that you put on the star?
- Yes. - My goodness.
"Get that pirate!"
"He is the pirate which His Majesty does not like!"
You just stared, right?
That is how you became a district magistrate.
- You are right. - Yes.
- My goodness. - Come on.
- This is great. - This is funny.
- Are you eating again? - This is good.
You are such a pig.
We do not have...
a last name.
I heard you need a place of origin of the family to make a last name.
Yes.
You must know where your ancestors have settled.
You need a place of origin.
Which character is it?
What do you think about using Hong as our last name?
This character means...
It means to be noisy.
I mean, whenever you all gather around,
you always eat, drink, fart,
and make so much noise.
That is why...
I decided to use Hong, which means noisy.
And our place of origin is Ikhwa-ri.
Am I Hong Yong Gae?
What? That means...
you are Hong Se Gul.
Hong Kkeut Swe.
Hong Eop San.
Yes.
And...
Hong Gil Dong.
You are Hong Gil Dong.
It is too cold. Why are you out here?
You should take care of yourself.
- Gil Dong. - Yes.
Do not overthink everything.
You live because you are born.
If you must fight, you will fight.
And in time, you will die.
But Father,
does this mean...
I do not have to become...
a great general now?
What good is that anyway?
Father.
Jeong Hak, you did well today.
I heard you were involved in a huge incident.
Your teacher was very glad.
There was a huge wind of change in this country.
His Majesty was so angry...
that a member of the royal family was flogged and exiled.
I guess His Majesty must have been very angry.
Yes.
So who was exiled?
Prince Choong Won.
He has always been a hot potato, beating and killing young servants.
But he was somehow involved in this incident...
and was exiled.
There is no use in living like this.
Why should I live anyway?
Your Highness!
Your Highness.
- How are you... - What...
What happened to you?
That...
jerk...
Ah Mo Gae...
is alive.
Ah Mo Gae and his son...
did this to me.
You took in my son Jeong Hak who lost his father...
and had no one to rely on.
Well,
I merely saw his volition.
But...
why did you suddenly come to see me?
There is someone I wish...
you would meet.
He was...
a pillar of this nation.
However,
I do not know how this has happened.
Master.
There are some despicable men.
If you step on them, they get up.
The more you step on them, the more they get up.
He was had...
by those rats.
- Goodness. - Father.
He is on cloud nine.
Now that I have returned to Ikhwa-ri,
my body feels completely rejuvenated.
That is right.
- Where are you going? - Father.
Wait. Wait.
Thank you, everyone.
You followed this nobody Ah Mo Gae...
and entered into pits of fire and caves of ice with me.
We ate, pooped, and slept together.
Thanks to all of you,
I enjoyed my life.
We are the Ikhwa-ri family!
- That is right. - Correct.
Goodness.
I am living in luxury thanks to my son.
- Go to sleep. - Okay.
Goodnight, Gil Hyeon.
We must find Gil Hyeon and Uh Ri Ni without delay.
Why have we not heard from the boatmen yet?
Have we not heard from the woodsmen yet?
Never mind.
- I should... - Gil Dong.
I need to tell you something.
Master Hong...
knew for a while already.
He told me not to tell you,
so I could not.
Gil Dong.
It is okay. Forget it.
Forget me. Forget Gil Hyeon.
Forget Uh Ri Ni.
Forget everything and fly freely.
My Gil Dong will go to great places.
You will walk on a bright path.
You will become a great general...
and be rewarded by the King.
Forget it all.
Forget everything and live differently from me.
Gil Dong. Ma'am.
Gil Dong?
What are you looking at?
It is Mom. She is following us.
Ma'am.
What must I do for my son Gil Dong...
to live a good life?
Your son...
will die.
According to history,
one who does not use his power properly...
shall die.
Your son is using his power improperly.
Father.
Let us go to your mother.
Okay.
(The Rebel)
The King's power...
must not go to those with a grudge.
Prevent that.
The actions of those who serve me...
Do they not go against our morals?
Please punish me, Your Majesty.
You considered him your son.
He is not my son. We are of no relation!
You said someone helped us take down Prince Choong Won.
A young man called Park Ha Sung.
Call Nok Su for me.
Why did you let me go?
Just because.