Your Majesty,
Gil Dong shot his wife...
and showed his strong will to fight.
And the rebel army is as strong as ever.
Kill them all.
Kill them all. Fire the cannons!
Chief Hong,
we will be on your side.
The blood of Hong Ah Mo Gae...
which runs through my vein is hotter and more precious...
than any of you noblemen's blood.
Let us catch the King!
Only those who have hot, precious blood like I do,
are worthy enough...
to fight this battle...
with me.
(Hong)
(The Rebel)
Gil Hyeon.
Uh Ri Ni.
You told me you left a friend in the palace.
Ok Ran.
Gil Dong.
(Episode 29)
Why would the blood not stop?
- Put more medicine on. - Give it to me.
What are you doing? Come and help.
Yes, I will help.
I will help too.
Follow me.
- Gosh. - That is enough.
- That is enough. - I brought someone help.
Help me bandage his wound.
All right.
Here you go.
Hey, who is she?
They are my friends.
You should introduce yourselves.
I am her friend, Ok Ran.
I am Baek Gyeon.
I feel...
like my chest hurts as if it has been shot...
by an arrow.
Please continue.
Please be gentle with me.
- Do not make a big fuss. - It hurts.
You seem healthy enough to live long.
- I told you to be gentle. - I am being gentle.
- Gosh! - What now?
Gosh.
I thought I was going to die.
But I guess I have more days to live.
You do not die that easily.
Shall I send you to paradise?
How?
- Stop it. - Pigs cannot go to paradise.
That hurt.
- Stop it. - Do not touch me.
Ouch, that hurts.
Stop it, pig.
That really hurt.
Have you heard of Hyangjumok?
The people fought against the King's men and won.
How did the people beat all those soldiers?
They cannot have.
You have no idea of how things work.
What do you think happened?
Hong Chum Ji was in Hyangjumok.
- Was he? - Gather around.
They say that...
he will lead the people of Hyangjumok...
and attack Hanyang.
Is that true?
Hyangjumok is under rebel control.
- Rebel control? - Will you be quiet?
They no longer have to provide hawks for the King's hunts.
Their men do not have to work to clear new hunting grounds,
and their women do not have to perform for the King.
- Is that true? - Yes.
It must be paradise.
It is not at all like paradise.
- So many people got hurt or killed. - Oh dear.
But still,
I wish I could at least put up a fight.
What a rotten world.
I would love to overturn it whole.
What did we witness at Hyangjumok?
I had never seen or heard such a thing before.
Did you all hear the loud singing...
and their shouts?
(Park Won Jong)
Let us fight!
Take down the King!
Get away.
What kind of blood runs through your veins?
Who among you can stand with me?
Ja Won, Ja Won.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I had a strange dream.
I was being chased by the people.
I took off my royal robe...
and ran away.
- Your Majesty... - It was so real...
that it felt like it was not a dream.
Your Majesty.
Please...
Yes, Your Majesty. It was a dream.
You had a terrible dream.
Go back to sleep.
You must sleep deeply...
in order to avoid such dreams.
Yes.
Yes...
Your Majesty.
Nok Su.
It was not a dream.
It was...
not a dream at all.
It was not a dream!
Jo Jeong Hak was given a duty in which he was to quell the mob,
but he failed and should pay for that crime with his life.
As his mother was acknowledged for helping the dethroned queen,
Jeong Hak and his family will be made government servants...
so they can pay for their crimes by serving the King...
with their labor and efforts.
Servants?
You cannot do this! You cannot do this to us.
Mother...
I would rather be killed! Kill me instead! Take my life!
My son was meant to be an official!
I spent my whole life trying to make him a government official.
A servant?
You cannot make me a servant!
Mother.
Mother!
Mother.
Gather more soldiers and send them to Hyangjumok.
Shred every living being that stands against them.
Dig Hyangjumok out of the ground and get rid of them all!
Yes, Your Majesty. We will do so.
But please give us time to feed the horses.
Will the King really attack Hyangjumok again?
What if what happened there happens all over the nation?
Many Hyangjumok locals were wounded or killed.
Their fervor will not be the same.
But Hong Gil Dong is still there.
If he does not leave,
the people will not calm down too easily.
Ga Ryung.
Why are you sleeping for so long?
Do you hate me...
and wish to leave me?
Must I become a widow...
and spend...
the rest of my life thinking of you?
You would be...
too sad to leave this world.
So...
come back.
You do not have to forgive me.
So please...
come back to me.
Seonhak and saeddeugi help control the bleeding.
Let us find as much as we can before sundown.
- Okay. - Okay.
Do not go too far.
Okay.
Ok Ran.
What is it? Did you see something?
No. We should go.
Okay.
Gil Dong.
If this is a dream,
let us not wake up.
Forever and ever...
let us stay in this dream.
If you and I are dead,
let us...
It is me, Gil Dong.
Ga... Ga Ryung...
Ga Ryung. Ga Ryung.
Ga Ryung.
I missed you so much.
Ga Ryung.
- My goodness. - It is you.
The chatterbox is back.
I am glad you are back.
- Watch your step. - Tread carefully.
Ga Ryung. Ga Ryung.
I knew you would come back.
Good, good.
Let me have a look at you. Let me see.
Welcome back.
You may remain here if you wish.
Or you may go wherever you please.
Ok Ran will stay with me.
Right?
Yes, if you will take me.
I will...
Should they not all stay together?
Do you not think so?
Living in the palace was like walking on thin ice.
So...
if you will accept me,
I would like to stay.
Will you stay put?
I wish to return to the palace.
But it is dangerous in there.
The King has been treating us harsher each day.
I still must return.
I left...
my ribbon friend in the palace.
And...
Nok Su is there alone.
Please, Chief Hong.
Wol Ha Mae is back? Where is she?
Sukyong Jang.
I thought...
we would never meet again.
Silly you.
Where would I go without you?
Stop it.
Anyway, so I think...
Prince Pyung Sung.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The horses have been feeding well and are gaining weight.
We can set out soon.
Good, that is what I wished to hear.
We must show what we are capable of.
Crush and trample on them.
Burn everything in the way!
The King ordered another attack on us with more soldiers.
He will not be able to touch Hyangjumok for a while.
I am sure of it.
But if the King does not lift the brand...
that Hyangjumok is a rebel stronghold,
the royal forces might come back.
- Really? - Oh, my.
Then what can we do?
What can we do to convince the King...
that Hyangjumok is not...
a rebel stronghold?
We do not need to try to convince him.
We can simply change the king.
- Change the king? - Change the king?
- Really? - Is he serious?
The people of Hyangjumok...
did not intend to be the rebel army.
But the King made them one and sent the royal forces.
If we leave him be,
he will be afraid of what he did and come back for us.
- He is right. - He is right.
That is why we need to make up our mind.
That is why we need to become a real rebel army.
That is how...
Hwangjumok can survive.
We should...
get a new king.
All right.
Why not?
- That sounds good. - Let us change the king.
- All right. - All right.
Gil Dong is now...
more than my husband.
Gil Dong.
What is it?
What?
Tell me.
I just...
thought it was amazing that you can fight with the King.
You are incredible.
And?
I am scared.
Do not worry.
We will...
never be separated again.
- Catch him! - Catch him!
- Catch him! - What is that?
Again?
- Catch him! - Catch him!
We cannot say the dawn breaks even when the sun rises
Be quiet.
We smile bitterly in fear because the night may be mad
- Your Majesty, Do Hwan is here. - Be quiet.
I said be quiet, you jerk!
Who are you?
Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
I told you to be quiet.
Be quiet!
You scum!
Your Majesty!
Please do not forget who you are.
You are the descendant of King Seongjong.
Please do not forget...
that you are the one who uprooted...
those who do not know how to respect the nobles.
Your Majesty.
Now, those who looked at us in contempt fear us.
You have achieved all this.
What are you afraid of?
What are you worried about?
I was not content with those who did not know respect for nobles.
So I took out their tongues, and chopped their legs and arms...
to spread fear in this nation.
Yes, Your Majesty. You achieved that by yourself.
However,
there are strange people.
The last two years,
I punished those who did not respect the nobles...
and brought peace to Joseon.
Yet, there are still people who look down on me.
There are people who hate me.
How is it that they do not fear me?
Your Majesty.
You scum!
Stop!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, you cannot hear anything, right?
No.
That is enough...
for today.
Deuk Jae,
you know how...
I spent all my life...
so as to help the King...
be able to make use of his mind. But how can...
few lowly people...
make my King like that?
Does this make any sense?
We need someone to take care of Hyangjumok.
Who can do that?
Prince Pyung Sung.
Assassination of the King is not unheard of.
Poor subjects, follow my army.
Is it true that such a violent notice has been spread?
That is not all.
People in Gyeongsang and Jeolla Province...
are already ready for the big fight.
What is important here is that...
the King's plan to lock down Hyangjumok and stop the word...
from spreading has failed.
The word of Hyangjumok is spreading everywhere.
I was worried...
people from other villages would ignore us.
I was wrong.
That is right. Everyone remembers us.
They did not forget.
Now, we can do it. We can get rid of the King...
without getting blood on our hands.
If I am right,
one of the powerful courtiers who works near the King...
will visit us...
to discuss about Hyangjumok.
But if the people are on our side,
we have an advantage.
Who is it?
It has come.
The message has come.
Prince Pyung Sung, Park Won Jong wants to see you.
Prince Pyung Sung?
He was once the King's closest personnel,
but he recently got demoted for speaking the truth...
while he served as the governor in Gyeonggi Province.
Thus, he became a prestigious figure in Gyeonggi Province.
Also, I am not sure if this is the truth,
but there is a rumor...
that the King violated Prince Pyung Sung's sister.
You may be able to talk with Prince Pyung Sung.
Prince Pyung Sung.
You and I must come together to defend His Majesty.
If you reach out to them,
they will trust you.
Will you show your loyalty for once...
for the sake of this country?
Once again, His Majesty...
ordered a troop to go down to Hyangjumok.
It is amazing how you have overcome them once,
but there is no way untrained men can continue to win against them.
You must know that.
That is why I am here to tell you a way you can get out of this.
First of all, send the men...
who killed the most royal troops that reside in Hyangjumok.
And I will find a ship for you all.
You can leave Joseon.
This is the most efficient way to shed the least blood.
I do not want to.
Then will you fight them again?
Then everyone in Hyangjumok will end up getting killed.
Before that happens,
do you not think you people will be killed off first?
The talk of what happened in Hyangjumok has spread.
There is no one who has not heard the story about how the King fled...
and how the royal troops were defeated.
And I heard the people say this.
"Once Hyangjumok really rebels against the King,"
"everyone who has suffered from wrongful accusations..."
"will rise up with them like a wildfire."
"Then the traitors who have collaborated with the King..."
"will also not get away with it."
It sounded like the people were not wrong.
Think about it.
The country did not face its downfall...
just because of one tyrant.
What do you think...
about those who associated with that tyrant?
There are those who have...
hunted, written poetry, flattered the King,
and survived by turning their comrades over.
Once the people rise up,
do you think they will be safe?
Let me tell you...
the only way you can survive.
You must take down the King...
with your own hands.
How dare you?
He insists on continuing this.
You should give it a thought.
Do you wish to live...
or die?
Let us go.
Suspicious activities were reported from Yu Bin from Jeolla Province...
and Jo Yun Son of Gyeongsang Province.
Lee Jang Gon has escaped from his exile.
He must have heard about Hyangjumok.
He probably heard how the King fled after leaving his robe behind.
He mustered up his courage.
Yu Bin, Jo Yun Son, and even Lee Jang Gon.
All three of them were exiled...
in 1498 and 1504.
If they raise up an army,
who would they come after first?
It is us.
They will come and attack us first,
who survived the years 1498 and 1504.
What do you mean, us?
You were the one who is involved in the 1498 case.
Do you think you will live?
What did you say?
Let us go. We must tell His Majesty about this.
However, we have no idea...
where His Majesty is.
- What do you mean? - After...
what happened to him in Hyangjumok,
he has given up on feasts and hunting,
and is hiding deep inside the palace.
That is why...
we still have no idea where he is.
Then we must find him. We must find him and tell him.
- Music is playing. - Where?
Where is His Majesty?
That is odd.
Hello.
- Hello. - Your Majesty.
Hello, welcome.
You should dance with us.
- Pardon? - Come on.
- Oh, no. - Here you are.
- Here you are. - What is...
- Come and dance with me. - Your Majesty.
Dance immediately!
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Wait.
You too. Come around.
Give them masks. Give it to them.
- This is how you do it. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Like this and this.
- Like this. - Like this.
- Dance. - Like this.
Why did you let everything I have done...
come down to nothing?
Do you know what I have done...
to assist you?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Have you heard about Lee Jang Gon?
Yu Bin and...
Prince Pyung Sung.
If you bring down the King, the end is either one or the other.
Pardon me.
How can you say that?
Did you not come here hoping that I would...
bring this up first?
Let me tell you again.
If you bring down the King, the end is either one or the other.
It will be a failed uprising which will kill off your entire family.
Or it will be a success because you earned...
the hearts of the people, becoming a hero of the new government.
If the government can be upturned,
this is worth trying.
However, everything is up to that man,
Hong Gil Dong.
To overturn a government,
you must earn the hearts of the people.
We must ask him...
and make sure he will support...
the rebellious forces.
Do you know how frightening what you said is?
King Sejo...
once received his throne from his nephew.
But that was...
an abdication of the throne.
Over the past 100 years,
we have never dragged down a king from his throne.
How could you do it?
You say it is such nonsense,
but why did you want to see me again?
If...
we rise up against him with you,
will you give us your support?
You must need an excuse.
On that day,
the people of this nation will revolt with you.
But do not forget.
We will be watching you.
Watching us?
We have been loyal for all of our lives.
Of course, we should throw our lives for the country.
Of course.
If we succeed,
would we become top contributors?
If we succeed, you and I will be the first two contributors.
I hope it does not go wrong.
If it does,
we are all as good as dead.
If the people rise up first,
none of us that were closest to the King will survive.
That is why we must revolt against him first.
Are you not going to tell me?
You are up to something, are you not?
Tell the cabinet and the board of minister...
to start a huge feast in Changdeok Palace.
Yes, Your Majesty.
No.
Since the weather is bad,
forget about it.
This is very odd.
I cannot seem to get excited.
- Gosh. - Goodness.
The King has sinned against the country.
We will revolt against him. Whoever is with us, follow us.
This is a revolution.
It is a revolution. A revolution.
- It is a revolution. - A revolution broke out.
- Goodness. - It is a revolution.
It is a revolution.
You cowards. Do not run away.
Protect His Majesty.
You!
Second Eunuch, the rebel forces will be at the palace very soon.
They will kill us all.
Second Eunuch.
You have a sword in your hand. Where have you been?
A mouse was roaming about the palace, so I went to catch it.
By the way,
why is the palace so quiet today?
I sent them all to catch that mouse.
They will all return soon.
I see.
They went to catch a mouse.
Second Eunuch.
Let us throw one last huge feast.
While I get dressed up,
will you get His Majesty?
Let us hurry.
I will wear the prettiest hairpin...
I got from the Ming Dynasty.
Your Majesty. Wake up.
You must stay awake today.
Sukyong Jang has prepared a huge feast for you.
You should go.
A huge feast?
All right.
Let us go. I must be there.
By the way,
where is everyone else?
Why are you waiting on me today?
I will be serving you today.
Your Majesty, do you remember?
I used to bring the water...
to wash your face every morning.
Back then,
I never doubted...
that serving you was...
the way I could serve this country.
That is why...
I have served you with everything I have.
Yes.
Where is everyone?
Where are my heungcheongs?
Where did they all go?
Your Majesty.
Please sit.
Wol Ha Mae...
and I are still here.
Your Majesty.
May I sing a song for you?
I am...
not a woman of great talent...
or beautiful looks.
Thanks to Sukyong Jang,
I have had one great time...
with the best musicians of this nation.
Sukyong Jang.
I thank you.
I will live
I will live on
To overturn a government, you must earn the hearts of the people.
Everything is up to that man,
Hong Gil Dong.
How can the people not rise up?
This will not succeed without them.
Our only excuse for this revolt is that we are going with the people.
- Let us go! - Let us go!
We can change the king!
- We can change the king! - We can change the king!
Let us go!
Let us go and get rid of the royal forces!
- Let us do it! - Let us do it!
Good. That is good.
It is the rebel army!
- The rebel army has come! - The rebel army has come!
- We need to escape! - We need to escape!
- The rebel army has come! - The rebel army has come!
His Majesty is in Changdeok Palace.
Let us go!
Tell the King...
to hand over the royal seal.
What is this noise?
Your Majesty.
You are...
the King of this nation.
Whatever happens,
you need...
to be bold.
I will survive
We will win
Thank you for you music.
Ja Won,
what is the matter?
Your Majesty.
They have...
They have asked...
for your royal seal!
(The Rebel)
It will never happen.
Your teaching days are over.
We need to kill the rats hiding in Hyangjumok.
These rats will...
spread diseases over the nation.
You can be like Prince Choong Won if you do not avoid Master Song.
Give us the royal seal and move to the the Palace of the Crown Prince.
You dare betray the King so that you can live?
Nok Su.
Your Majesty, you need to change your clothes.
(Lee Si Young, Kim Young Kwang)
(Kim Tae Hoon, Kim Seul Ki)
(Key)
(The Guardian)