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How dare you?!

Take your hands off of me!

Episode 77

Your Majesty, you had us jumping

through hoops to catch you.

Take him.

[Lady Choongju]

No, that man is not the Emperor!

What?

He is the Emperor's attendant.

If you let me live,

I will help you find the Emperor.

[Yelu Wuji]

Is this true?

That's absurd!

[Yi Bakdol]

I am the Emperor of Great Goryeo!

You, liar! You�re just a...

You, you're...!

It's been a while.

[Empress Dowager Cheonchu]

If you want to see the Goryeoan Emperor

have your Emperor kneel and beg!

Or you will have to kill me first!

Very well.

I'll gladly put you out of your misery.

Wipe them up!

So we finally meet again.

You have no idea how long I've been waiting to kill you.

And at last I get my wish! Surrender your head quietly.

I see you're still a yapper. I'll rip out our mouth this time.

Attack!

Wench! Die!

General Yelu, what are you doing?

I got this. Go find the Emperor!

I'll be back for your head once I have the Emperor!

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

Stop them! We must stop them!

Stop! I am the Emperor! I'm right here!

Your Majesty... Sunjae...

There they are! Get them!

Your Majesty, it's the enemy. We must run!

I'll slow them down. Go!

Quickly, Your Majesty.

Capture the Emperor!

Stop!

Go!

Run, Your Majesty!

Stop!

Which one of you is the Emperor?

[Gang Gamchan (Vice Minister of Rites)]

The Emperor is not with us.

He's long gone.

I will not ask again.

Which one is the Emperor?

Kill me and get it over with, you bastard!

You bastard!

I'm the Emperor!

You're the Emperor?

That's right.

[Jang Myeongil]

Then this one's just an attendant, so you won't mind if I kill...

No!

Now I know who the real Emperor is.

No, I'm the real Emperor!

Shut up. I will not be fooled twice.

This is the Emperor. Tie him up and kill the rest of them!

Finish your fight if you're a man.

Don't be a wuss and fight me alone if you think you can win.

Yes, I've been waiting for this day.

I swear I will rip your eye ball out even if it means letting the Emperor get away.

Everyone stand back and stay back.

Long Live Great Liao...

Don't let them get away! Wipe them out!

Your Highness!

Take a good look. You did this.

You made me a one-eyed freak!

Today I get my revenge!

The enemy leader is down! Attack!

Empress Dowager!

Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager...

Are you alright?

Your Highness, thank goodness you're all right!

Your Highness, your arm!

It's not as bad as it looks.

They didn't hurt you, did they?

No, but Attendant Yi is...

Attendant Yi!

Open your eyes, Attendant Yi!

Bakdol!

Your Majesty, he is gone.

[Hyeonjong (8th Ruler of Goryeo)]

Because of me... Because of me, you're...

Bakdol...

Minister Gang.

Yes, Your Majesty.

See to it that these men are buried and laid to rest.

The Khitan, too, have died serving their country,

so give all of the dead a burial, friend or foe.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Empress Dowager, is this true?

General Gang is dead?

I did not witness his death, but I'm told he died bravely fighting one hundred enemy

warriors against one.

And he made the Khitan Emperor's blood run cold holding on to his spear to the end.

I don't believe it.

How did such gifted general get

himself captured in Tongju?

I'm told it's because Yi Hyunoon

and Ahn Pae betrayed Goryeo,

and surrendered to the enemy and set up General Gang.

Yi Hyunoon and Ahn Pae, how could they?!

Your Majesty, why do you think they suddenly betrayed the country and

went over the enemy's side?

This is connected to your predecessor's murder.

They defected because they feared the truth about the murder would come out.

And that led to General Gang's defeat and his capture.

So General Gang had nothing to do with Mokjong's death.

Your Highness, I understand how you feel but we do not have the resources to

investigate that matter right now.

Let us deal with the country's future and His Majesty's safety first.

By the way, why are there only three of you with the Emperor?

What happened to the high ministers and the guards?

I'm afraid they have fled.

Pardon? Fled?

Yes. The situation kept worsening and

even the people regarded us with disdain,

[Choi Hang (Royal archivist)]

so they probably thought it

might be safer to get away from us.

They're afraid of losing their necks getting caught with the Emperor.

That's most pathetic!

And to think such worthless dirt bags have been running the state!

Don't. I am to blame for all this.

Don't blame yourself, Your Majesty.

We have to focus on the matter at hand.

Empress Dowager, do you know how many Khitan soldiers were sent after us?

I'm afraid I don't.

There may be more pursuing us, Your Majesty.

We are not safe here, so we must go further south.

I don't want to run anymore. Too many have died because of me.

Perhaps I should let the Khitan take me...

No, Your Majesty. Your capture means the end of Goryeo.

Listen to Minister Gang and go further south.

General Gang Jo's men and General Yang Kyu will strike the enemy's rear at the first opportunity

so the enemy will eventually be forced to turn back.

You can't give up.

Attack!

It's the enemy's food supply we're after!

Burn it all down!

Rescue the hostages!

Rescue the hostages!

Retreat!

Fire!

What?

[Shengzhong of Liao (6th Ruler of Khitan)]

All of the provisions have been

destroyed on the way?!

Yes. The quartermaster unit was

[Yelu Dilie]

raided in Gwakju and all food and

supplies have been destroyed.

Oh, no.

[Xiao Baiya (Viceroy of Eastern Capital)]

Those grains were to feed 200,000 troops!

And the Goryeoans have cleared the fields as they fled,

so we have no way of acquiring food here.

What is more, Yang Kyu and his army hit

[Yelu Dilu]

Murodae, Yisu, Sukryeong and Yeoircham

killing 15,000 of our troops and taking back the hostages in merely four days.

I don't believe this!

Does this mean it's dangerous to retreat by the east route?

Yes, but we have no choice.

The west route will be even more dangerous with Gang Jo's men in Tongju.

That's right, Your Majesty.

The east route is mountainous, so they will not be able to move in large numbers.

We came too far south without thinking about the enemy behind us.

This can't be happening. This can't be happening!

What is it?

Gang Jo's subordinate officer is requesting an audience with His Majesty.

What? Gang Jo's subordinate?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Send him in.

Aren't you Gang Jo's henchman who attended to his remains?

I am Imperial Attendant, Yu Chungjeong.

[Yu Chungjeong]

Why did you seek the Emperor's audience?

To become a servant of Liao, sire.

Gang Jo's devotee becoming a servant of Liao?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I have no one left in Goryeo now that General Gang is gone.

So I wish to cast my lot with Liao.

Take him to the other surrendered Goryeoans.

I have no time to deal with trifling matters like this.

Yes, Your Majesty.

What are you doing here?

I surrendered to Liao for my own survival, like the two of you have.

[Ahn Pae]

Don't lie to us!

You went to Gang Jo to tell him

that we killed the former emperor.

But General Gang is dead, so I have no one left to depend on.

Are you sure you don't have an ulterior motive?

[Yi Hyunoon]

How about you?

Did you surrender to Liao with an ulterior motive?

Of course not. Goryeo was doomed from the moment Khitan attacked.

This is simply a means of survival.

It is for me as well.

Fellow, let me ask you a question. Who owns the largest estate in this town?

Your Majesty! What brings you to this humble home?

I am seeking accommodation on the road to refuge from war.

What is your name?

Your Majesty,

[Kim Eunbu (Military Governor of Gongju)]

I am Governor of Gongju, Kim Eunbu.

It is an indescribable honor to meet you, Your Majesty.

Please, come inside.

Your Majesty, I can only imagine the hardship this war has placed upon you.

It breaks my heart to see your emaciated face.

This was all I could prepare in a rush. Please forgive me for the inadequacy.

No, no one else has treated me with such warm hospitality on this entire trip.

Your Majesty, I am simply overwhelmed with honor.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have been forced to come all this way

because of those primitive barbarians but all I can do for you is this...

Nonsense.

You can be certain in that we will not forget your kindness.

Thank you very much, Lord Kim.

No, it's my honor to serve you.

Please, enjoy.

Your Majesty, after you.

After you, Empress Dowager.

No, Emperor. You must begin.

No, you must eat first, Empress Dowager.

Oh dear, we will never get to eat tonight.

I can't resist this delicious smell any longer, so let's dig in.

Very well. Let us eat.

The truth is I've been starving.

So have I; I don't remember the last time I ate.

Enjoy, Your Highness.

[Empress Sunjeong]

Who are these ladies?

They are my daughters, Your Highness.

Bow.

They are the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

Here we are at last.

This is Sunju, my father's home town,

[Sunju: Present day Goomi]

so you can relax now.

We will be safe here, won't we?

[Lady Yunheung]

Safe?

All we have to do is mention my father's

name and we will be treated like kings.

Then let�s go somewhere and

[Choi Wonshin (Minister of Rites)]

get some food first.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Let's go

He's done nothing and all

[Court Lady Jo]

he can think about is food.

What?

Are you talking about me?

Shall we go, Your Highness?

That wicked wench!

What is the meaning of this?

This is Lady Yunheung, dowager to King Seongjong,

and this is the current Empress of Goryeo.

Bow and offer your obeisance!

There is one thing we must confirm.

Is this really Lady Yunheung, the daughter of Kim Won Soong?

Watch your tongue!

How dare you address the high lord by his name!

Yes, I am his daughter. Is there a problem?

Sir, she really must be Kim Won Soong's daughter.

You won't be warned again!

Fantastic! I'm glad you're here!

Who knew that our sworn enemy

Kim Won Soong�s daughter would come to us on her own?

What? Sworn enemy?

There is no one in Sunju whom he hasn't swindled.

He used our hard-earned money to make it big in Gaegyeong

and didn't bother coming back once.

That's not all.

When he was convicted of high treason, Sunju was downgraded from a *juhyun to

[*Juhyun: Main County where the Governor resides.]

a **seoghyun just because he is from here.

[**Seoghyun: Smaller surrounding counties that belong to the main county]

Do you know the hardship

we've suffered because of that?

Let's not waste our breath, men!

It's payback time!

Step back! This is the Empress of Goryeo!

We don't care!

Get out of this town before we get really angry!

This doesn't look good, my Lady. Let us get out of here.

Bastards!

Leave at once or I will punish you by the law of the land!

Your Highness!

Stop!

That's enough.

I'm sure they won't set foot in Sunju again.

Mother, are you all right?

Look at us.

[Kim Shimon (Vice Minister of Supreme Council)]

You said we'd be safe in Sunju.

I know...

Treat us like kings?

[Choi Suk (Minister of Personnel)]

We were nearly stoned to death thanks to you.

[Empress Wonjeong]

How can you say that?

My mother is bleeding from injury.

Go find a physician or something!

Where can we find a physician in the middle of the night?

Besides, all of us are injured.

[Mun In Wui (Minister of Works)]

Minister Kim.

I don't think this is going to work,

We should part ways.

Yes.

Those bastards could come back and hurt us if we stay with them.

What are you saying?

You'd leave three helpless women in the middle of nowhere and run away?

This is Lady Yunheung's hometown, so you can fend for yourselves.

Let us go, men.

Well, good luck.

Are you serious? You're really leaving?

You despicable cowards!

I hope you get struck by lightning and die!

I hope the tigers eat you up alive!

Get back here, you lousy scumbags!

You bastards...!

You blasted bastards...!

Prince Hwangju is alive?

Yes, Colonel Ji was certain of it.

He was switched with Duyan's son

and he is alive in East Jurchen territory.

How could that be?

He also said Jo Sun came to him at the

Yalu River and ordered my son's death.

Lady Yunheung is behind this.

Lady Yunheung?

Jo Sun is Lady Yunheung's right-hand man.

I'm almost certain she was involved in Mokjong's death as well.

Your Highness, we can investigate this at a later date.

And even if Prince Hwangju is alive, you must stay away from him.

He may be your son but he is Kim Chi Yang's son as well.

And Kim Chi Yang attempted an overthrow to put the prince on the throne,

so he is likely to be put to death if he returns to Goryeo.

Are you saying I can't see my son when he is alive?

It's truly regretful but yes.

It is to protect Prince Hwangju's life, Your Highness.

But Lady Yunheung knows that he's alive.

That means her associates know as well, and they will try to kill the prince once

this war is over.

Do I have to let that happen? I've already lost one son.

Chief, five days have passed.

[Mobula (East Jurchen Tribal Leader)]

Yes.

The legend was just a legend after all.

It's impossible for a child to survive five days without food in a cave

with a ferocious beast.

Pack up. We're going back to the village.

What do you think you're doing?

Let go of me.

[Duyan]

I'm going to die with my son.

Don't be a fool.

You're Sa Gamun's wife so that makes you my granddaughter-in-law.

And that child is not yours, so you don't need to grieve.

I already told you!

That child is my son!

What are you doing?

You killed my son so I'm going to kill you.

I'm going to kill all of you and take my own life!

Be careful. It's a ferocious beast.

Jin!

Jin...!

[Prince Hwangju Kim Jin (son of Empress Cheonchu)]

Jin!

Mother.

Jin!

Like the legend foretold, this child has survived five days in a bear's cave

feeding on the beast's milk.

This means he is the lord of the legend that unifies the Jurchen

and builds a great empire.

Hereafter, he will take on the new name of Jin Joon, and be raised as my successor.

And in time, the Great Empire of "Jin" will rise above not only Goryeo but Liao as well!

Your Highness, won't you lie down?

You go ahead. I don't think I can sleep tonight

It is because of Prince Hwangju?

Yes.

I thought both of my sons were dead, but when I found out that

Prince Hwangju is alive, I was so happy that I could not speak.

But... but I can't get him back.

If he comes back to Goryeo, he will be charged with high treason.

He is alive but I can't get him back.

Why am I being punished this way?

Your Highness, could I be your daughter instead?

I've lost my husband and now I'm alone.

And my mother died when I was a child.

Would you let me be your daughter?

Empress...

I will think of you as my birthmother and care for you with all of my heart.

I know it's not enough, but please think of me as your child and lean on me.

Yes, Empress.

From now on I am your mother.

You are my daughter.

Mother.

I can't believe this is happening to us.

I'm aching all over.

And I'm so hungry and weak I can't even move my fingers.

What do we do now?

Hang in there. Things will turn around soon.

I'm just worried about Mother's wound. She needs to be seen by a physician.

Call General Jo at once!

What are you waiting for? Call General Jo of the Imperial Guards!

Mother...

I will not let them get away with this.

I am the former Empress of Goryeo and the mother of the current Empress!

How dare they treat me with such contempt?!

I will have them executed and their clans rendered extinct!

Your Grace, please don't do this to us.

My brother is dead. Don't you remember?

What? General Jo is dead?

Whatever do you mean?

Mother, General Jo died not long ago fighting the Khitan.

Yes, he is dead.

How could this be happening?

Look at me.

Why am I here?

Mother...

Why has this happened to me?

I am the Empress of Goryeo.

The Empress of Goryeo!

Arrest those insolent people and kneel them before me!

I am the Empress. I am the Empress!

What... brings you?

Your Majesty, a bath has been prepared for you.

Really? That's wonderful.

I have not had a decent bath during my travels.

Your robe.

Thank you.

And please convey my gratitude to your father as well.

And...

My father has ordered me to assist you.

That is unthinkable.

A lady of nobility assisting a man with bathing?

Your Majesty, it would be the clan's great honor for my child to serve you.

Your Majesty, my wish is that my daughter

will bring you some comfort in this time of confusion and violence.

I beg you not to turn her away.

This woman would later become Empress Wonseong,

the mother of Goryeo's 9th and 10th rulers, Deokjong and Jeongjong.

Governor of Gongju Kim Eunbu married off Empress Wonseong's two younger sisters

to Hyeonjong as well.

The second daughter Empress Wonhae gave birth to Goryeo's 11th ruler Munjong,

and his last daughter Empress Wonpyeong was the mother of Princess Hyogyeong.

The Royal lineage of Goryeo post-Hyeonjong was carried on by bloodline of Kim Eunbu

whom the king met on his flight from war.

Where are we?

We have crossed the Salsu,

[Salsu: Present day Cheoncheon River]

so we will soon reach Gwakju.

We will rest here for a while.

Yes, Your Majesty.

His Majesty wishes to rest here for a while.

Stop!

Stop the convoy! We're taking a break!

Any word from the troops in pursuit of the Goryeoan King?

We have not received a report yet.

What's taking them so long?

Could those fools have been taken by the Goryeoans?

Your Majesty, there are no more Goryeoan troops left in the south to fight our forces.

They should be on their way here with the Goryeoan King right now.

Then why haven't they sent a report?

It's likely that their communication is delayed because we are moving north.

If we fail to capture the Goryeoan King, this war will bring great disgrace to Liao.

The king must be captured and brought to his knees before me!

Don't do this to yourself. Vow loyalty to the Emperor of Liao like we did.

Why are you making your life so difficult?

Even Gang Jo's right-hand man, Attendant Yu, is now serving the Emperor.

Don't be so pigheaded.

[Ha Gongjin]

Aren't you the Balhaean that

served Emperor Mokjong?

Yes, I am.

You!

How could you acquiesce to the Khitan Emperor who killed General Gang?

Kill yourself and end your life with dignity.

What a thing to say! If you want to die, go ahead.

Why would Yu want to kill himself when he finally has the life he wants?

That's right. He's out of his mind.

Right, Attendant Yu?

Absolutely.

Why would I want to die when I can go back home to old Balhae territory,

clad in a golden robe, if I serve the Khitan Emperor?

Exactly.

The Khitan Emperor and his convoy is headed this way.

Are you sure it's the Emperor?

Yes, sir. We have visual confirmation.

Round up the troops.

I'm going off to fight a battle unlike any other battles I have fought so far.

This is not a battle for survival.

I am going to this battle to die!

[Yang Kyu]

[Kim Sukheung]

Will you join me in this fight?

Yes, General.

We are going to attack the Khitan Emperor's military convoy.

Our mission is to kill the Khitan Emperor.

But even if we fail,

our heroic efforts will never be forgotten.

Fight to the last man and let your names be immortalized in history!

Who goes there?

It's the enemy!

It's the enemy! We're under attack!

Fire!

Fire! Put out the fire!

Attack!

Fight!

What is happening?

It's a raid, Your Majesty!

How many of them are there?

We don't know.

This camp is dangerous, so you must flee, Your Majesty.

No!

I don't know which Goryeoan warrior is behind this, but I will kill him myself!

Your Majesty, it is beneath you to deal with these lowly Goryeoan.

I assure you I will wipe out the raiders, so please leave the camp for now.

Yes, Your Majesty. I will escort you.

Kill them all. I want them completely wiped out!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Sir, the Khitan Emperor has fled north towards the beach!

General Kim, this camp is yours.

Yes, sir.

The Khitan Emperor has fled north! Follow me!

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Stop!

Your Majesty, you mustn't do this.

Please forgive me.

It's been a while.

Why did you come all the way here for me?

I've come for my son Prince Hwangju.

Never! There will be no other consorts while the Empress is alive!

Who do you think you are? The Emperor?

At last time has come to exact revenge and demonstrate the authority of Goryeo!

Prince Hwangju, is that you? Are you my son Jin?