There was a child between the King of Goryeo and the princess of Yuan.
He became the Crown Prince when he was three years old.
Everyone had to bow down in front of him.
To the child,
the palace surrounded by multiple walls was his whole world.
And he was always alone.
(Episode 1)
Your Highness, you need to be at the royal palace.
Your Highness?
I met a friend at the age of 12.
My friend told me...
that there is a world beyond this palace.
And that people live in that outside world.
He asked if I wanted to tag along,
and held my hand.
- Go, go. - Hey, go.
Over here.
- Okay, good. - Get the ball.
- Over here. - Here.
- That is a game of field hockey. - Field hockey?
- Give it to me. - I got it.
You scored.
Behind you.
What brings you two here?
We are here to see Master Lee.
The waiting room is over there. Go wait, and give me that ball.
We do not have much time. We would like to see him soon.
Master Lee only meets visitors when he feels like it.
So I am telling you to wait until he feels like seeing you.
I do not think you understand.
I said I do not have much time.
You walk into our game, step on the ball to stop us,
and now, you are ordering me around.
You are mistaken. We...
I have nothing more to say to a woman.
Tell me where Master Lee is. I will go and see him myself.
Do you not understand women's words because you have never learned them?
Do you want me to say it slowly?
Go back to where you came from. Right now.
- Hey. - What?
- You. - Why?
Do you not recognize me?
You are absurd.
We have met before.
I know you.
This is my story of my loving you...
even more than myself.
(7 years ago)
Is my hawk not ready yet?
That hawk. Is that not yours?
(The King in Love)
Father, I let go...
of all the hawks in the Falconry Office.
(King Choong Ryul, the 25th King of Goryeo)
What did you do?
So you do not have to go hunting anymore.
I am sure the people will stop blaming you too.
Blaming me?
Who would dare to do that?
Everyone said that.
The people are suffering because you hunt...
I told him.
I said, "He goes hunting far too often."
(Princess Won Sung, the daughter of Kublai Khan)
"He burns the people's farmland because he wants to hunt."
"Then he feeds the people's chickens and dogs to his hawks."
"I am afraid people will begin to hate His Majesty."
Won.
You are very considerate of the people.
Come here. Come closer.
- Won. - Yes, Father.
The thing is, those people belong to me.
Not to someone whose blood is tainted by barbarians.
Not to some mutts.
Won.
Watch this.
Your Highness.
I want to be alone.
Leave. All of you!
Your Highness.
I said, leave!
I told all of you to leave.
These are taffies.
Did you not hear what I said?
Whenever my sister would cry, I would give her these,
and then she would stop crying.
You are impudent and impertinent. Are you implying that I cried?
I give these to her whenever she gets angry too.
Then she would calm down.
Who are you?
I am the third son of an official who resides in Jeongseung-dong.
My name is Wang Lin.
- Jeongseung-dong? - Yes.
Do people live there?
- Pardon? - Do people live in that town?
Every plot of land outside the palace...
is taken up by people.
- Your Highness. - Your Highness. Where are you?
- Your Highness. - Your Highness!
- Did you find him? - No.
This is not good at all. Where could he be?
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
- Your Highness.
Over here.
This is for you.
- What is that? - Change into this.
You cannot pass the gate dressed like that.
- Do you... - Do I what?
Do you not know how to change on your own?
That is not my job.
- Stay still. - It hurts.
Twist your arm so...
How dare you?
This is my first time to undress someone.
- I will do it. - You do not know how to.
I will do it.
- How will you wear this? - I will do it myself.
- Give it to me. - Give it back.
Buy some taffies. Get some taffies.
You thieves!
You fools!
- I will race you to the bridge. - What if I win?
I will give you a sword.
- Will you really? - This is why you lose.
Every match needs a starting signal!
Are you okay?
Do you kids wear your eyeballs on your bottoms?
What are you doing?
Get out of here, you scum!
Push me again, I dare you!
- Let me go. - How dare you?
I said, let go.
Did you just see something?
What were we supposed to see?
Who are you? Who are your fathers?
Get them.
I said, get them!
Get them!
Get them.
Split up.
We must get them and shut them up.
Go that way.
- Did you see what they had? - Spears.
Why does a civilian, not a soldier, have that many weapons?
Have someone find out.
- Why? - Pardon?
Why get someone else to do something so fun?
Your Highness.
- Hey, you. - Yes?
Will you come as well?
The more, the merrier.
Where to?
To steal.
Do you need an army to steal?
We are going to raid Eun Young Baek's merchants.
Eun Young Baek?
Have you not heard his bodyguards are better trained than the King's?
He trains them every three days. You need to wake up.
We just have to carry the load.
The others will do the fighting.
- The experts. - Experts?
How have I never come across such an expert?
You can go to your death if you want.
I choose to live.
Just one rack of silk should be enough...
to last you a year.
Forget it.
What do you want?
Silk. One for you, one for me.
Do not get too greedy.
- Go, go. - Are you crazy?
Eun Young Baek.
It is the Minister of Finance.
This is it. Mother, I am sure that this is the spot.
We have no time to waste.
You can keep going.
I will just run up to have a look...
and join you right away.
Your father is waiting.
I planted a lot of seeds last year.
I just want to check if they bloomed.
Can I just have a look?
The Minister of Finance's only daughter.
Her name is San.
She turns 12 next year.
She will be forbidden to marry when she turns 13.
Her father will try to marry her off next year.
If she turns 13 before she is married,
she might be sent off to Yuan as homage?
I heard he is considering a few men...
from good families to marry her off to.
Can I get what I want this way?
Has my advice...
failed you yet?
Dal Bong, you might get hurt. Be careful.
Your Highness, we must go.
Let us stay and watch.
Why do you listen to me less and less?
Why do you get more and more insolent?
Return with your bodyguards. I will alert the authorities.
I want to know.
- Know what? - How much Eun Young Baek has.
What for?
He is richer than the King, and has better bodyguards.
I want to see for myself.
Dozens of thieves are armed to their teeth,
- and you will just watch? - Do not worry.
I have personal bodyguards.
Each one can take on 10 of them.
I planted some seeds.
- Let us check. - Two.
No, send her off with four men.
Yes, my lady.
We can go by ourselves.
You will not.
Do not forget this.
Wear it.
Once a year, Minister Eun's wife visits her family...
with her daughter.
She returns today.
The thieves believe that...
her company are merchants who transport goods.
They will attack...
when we give the signal.
You just have to pretend to be hunting...
and save the daughter.
There is one thing.
Remember this.
Eliminate anything that can sow a seed of doubt.
The fewer the witnesses,
the better.
My lady, can you slow down?
Where are those flowers?
I am exhausted.
Drat.
Wear this.
My lady.
- Oh my. - My lady.
These too. You can have them.
My lady.
Wait for me.
Attack!
What?
Stay here, and hide.
We shall watch, and take whatever is left.
Defend the carriage!
This carriage...
belongs to the Minister of Finance.
If you wish to live, go on your way.
That is rich of you. You are just a few.
I see the merchandise. We shall take what is ours!
Did you see that?
He is amazing.
How can someone's bodyguard be so well-trained?
Look at him move.
Not one movement is wasted.
They stab, turn, and cut.
We, the masters, are here.
Sang Jo, Doo Sung.
They have been ambushed. Help them.
What are you doing? Hurry.
Your safety is our priority.
They are all dying. The thieves are dying.
Wait. Wait.
- Cover the back. We are going back. - All right.
Let us go.
Indeed.
Why is your daughter not here?
Look. This is a one-year-old ginseng.
It could be mistaken for a three-year-old ginseng.
Yes, sure.
I will grow it here for one more year, and move it to my place.
If I grow it for two more years,
how much could it be?
I might become richer than my father.
Goodness.
Who are you?
Let us go.
There is...
no one left?
Not one of them has survived.
San.
Are you all right?
She needs to see a doctor. Help her.
Please hold on. We will call people to look after you.
Sang Jo, Doo Sung.
My daughter, San...
Your daughter, San?
Please save her.
Where is she?
Please tell her...
what...
I said.
If you want money, I can only give it to you if you spare us.
Are they here yet?
I cannot see them yet.
Your eyes have seen the unnecessary.
My goodness.