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Therefore to ask me to support Prince Hyo, that's something unacceptable to me.

Let the matter of the Crown Prince be decided at the Council meeting.

No matter who becomes the Crown Prince, I will protect him faithfully.

Agassi. (Agassi - young lady)

Don't ever address me in that way again.

General.

Have you really forgotten everything that has happened in the past?

What do you mean by that?

When you incurred His Majesty's wrath over the Heogok incident,

Her Highness did everything within her powers to try and save you.

She didn't hesitate even when she had to besmirch herself.

If His Majesty hadn't used that despicable trick,

Her Highness would have been by your side now.

Don't say anymore. I don't want to listen.

General.

I will definitely not interfere in the matter of the Crown Prince.

I will not show my support for Prince Hyo.

General, I'm begging you.

If His Majesty were to leave just like that, what are we to do?

Assuming Prince Hyo were to be bestowed the title of the Crown Prince, things would be easier.

Her Highness will be isolated from the rest of the people in this political jungle.

Deok Sol.

General, you really won't help Her Highness?

Please leave.

Even though we were lovers at one time, I can't help Her Highness in her private matters.

Great General.

Did you think your position now was obtained solely through your own efforts?

Her Highness has been supporting you all this time.

And even when she was by His Majesty's side, she has been worrying about you always.

But what have you done for Her Highness?

Do you want to cut your ties with her?

That is something only Her Highness is entitled to say.

Your servant wasn't able to reject Her Highness' request,

and did something meaningless, causing you anguish.

Please punish me.

What crime have you committed?

Can you remember the first time I met you and Her Highness?

I remember.

Just to be able to see her momentarily,

I kept watch outside for several days.

It was because I wanted to buy her gifts that I tried to earn as much money as possible.

But instead I was taught a lesson.

But the moment I saw her,

my heart would beat as loud as a drum.

Is that so?

At that time, to be able to catch a glimpse of her was my greatest happiness.

But recently, when I see her my heart hurts.

General,

can I say something?

Royal Consort Mok trusts you and therefore is always worrying over you.

She sincerely wants to help you.

But...

But General, you're now Baekje's pillar,

you cannot be swayed by your personal feelings.

Pillar?

Compared to being Baekje's pillar,

I would rather become one woman's man.

I'm talking nonsense now.

You should go and rest.

General.

Don't you have me by your side?

No matter the time or day, call me when you're feeling lonely.

Although I can't do anything much,

I can still be your drinking mate.

Is that so? Thank you.

Forgive me, Your Highness.

I met General Gye Baek, but...

Let it be.

It's not something you can accomplish, even by putting in your best efforts.

I'm so furious! How can the General treat you like that?

A person's feelings are bound to change over time.

Your Highness.

Don't worry.

Who am I?

I, Eun Go, will not give up so easily.

That's right.

You have to persist.

How is His Majesty's health?

How is it?

I'm sorry, Deok Sol, Sir.

There's no improvement.

Don't conceal anything, just tell us the truth.

Is there any way we can save His Majesty?

Using acupuncture and herbal medicine as we are doing now?

I know it's ineffective for a brain injury.

Is there really no other prescription?

I'm sorry Your Highness, please sentence me to death.

From today onwards, all the medicine to be given to His Majesty must go through my hands.

All of you must not make a mistake.

Yes, Your Highness.

I can't let Your Majesty die just like that.

Since you have married me, you must be responsible for me till the end.

Didn't you stop at nothing to get me?

You're that king who exterminated the whole Mok clan just so you could have me.

After all that, are you going to abandon me just like that?

I have to continue living.

I have to live so that I can take my revenge.

That's why, despite my hatred for you, I have to save you.

Wake up. You must wake up.

I, Eun Go, still need Your Majesty!

If you wake up, I'll forgive you.

The council meeting is tomorrow.

This is an extraordinary period.

Everybody has agreed if the eldest son is competent, this will prevent confusion.

Don't be too worried.

It will definitely go our way.

His Majesty's beloved Eun Go will pay the price.

Your Majesty, you must not harbour such personal feelings.

It's not that I'm not aware of that,

but just recalling the way she schemed against me, makes me angry.

Your Majesty!

I understand.

I will conduct myself with dignity.

Tae.

Tae.

Hyo.

Tae.

His Highness Prince Tae, 8 votes.

His Highness Prince Hyo, 2 votes.

Everything has been conducted justly and fairly, are there any objections?

Great General has observed the whole process, do you acknowledge it's validity?

I acknowledge it.

And thus, the country's Crown Prince shall be Prince Tae.

Is it true? Our Tae has been appointed as the Crown Prince?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Tae, mother is so happy.

Hurry up and pay homage to your teacher.

Thank you very much, teacher.

This is all due to teacher's credit.

The credit is not mine, Your Highness. God decides who will sit on the throne.

In future when you receive the Mandate of Heaven, you must do what is best for Baekje.

Yes, teacher.

You said dark clouds is an indication that rain will fall and it's best to avoid it.

But, under the Baekje sky, there's no place you can shelter from the rain.

Congratulations to you.

Congratulations? Are you really sincere?

I'm just taking this opportunity, don't distort my sincerity.

Is that so? Follow me.

What do you think of the council's decision?

I believe to choose the eldest son is in accordance with common sense.

It's good that you think that way.

Your heart is not at ease because of royal consort Mok?

On a personal basis, I feel guilty too.

Let alone you.

But, we are doing this for the country, there's nothing that can be done.

Go and comfort her.

She won't want to see me.

Furthermore, no words can comfort her now.

Heung Su, go and stop Her Majesty quickly.

What do you mean by that?

Congratulations to Prince Tae on being bestowed the title of Crown Prince.

Congratulations to Your Majesty, and to Your Highness Crown Prince.

Thank you everyone.

The credit belongs to all of you.

Crown Prince, remember all these people.

They are the people who helped you. You must be thankful to them.

Yes, mother.

Everybody is happy, why are you unhappy, royal consort Mok?

What are your views, royal consort Mok?

My sincere congratulations to Prince Tae on his bestowment as Crown Prince.

Then how about pouring me a congratulatory cup of wine?

Your Majesty, this is against royal etiquette.

Royal consort Mok and I are staunch friends, what need is there for etiquette?

My purpose in proposing the drink is to resolve our relationship.

Isn't that a good thing?

Your Majesty!

Great General, come quickly.

This is all made possible because of your support for our Tae.

What are you doing? Go quickly and invite Great General,

teacher and naesin jwapyeong.

Yes.

Great General, jwapyeongs, please be seated.

Your Majesty, His Majesty is critically ill.

I know. I too have my own thoughts and that's why I'm doing this.

All this time we've been busy with His Majesty's matter.

Everybody is so tired.

This banquet is to cheer us up.

Your Majesty, it's not that we're unaware of your sincerity,

but this is not the way to do it.

Please dissolve the banquet quickly.

Her Majesty is about to dissolve the banquet,

it's just that she wants a final drink.

Forget it. We'll leave it at that for today.

This is unbelievable!

The king is ill and the Queen holds a banquet.

The Queen reckons His Majesty will not recover.

That's why she did what she did.

I don't know whether we did the right thing.

Look here, Seong Chung,

now that things have turned out like this,

let's seize this opportunity and realize our dreams.

What do you mean by that?

The King who's forever making arbitrary decisions is sick,

and the Queen is only concerned about the bestowment of the Crown Prince.

She doesn't care about politics.

Now is the time to realize our dreams.

It's not for the royalty or the nobility,

we can turn this into an opportunity for all the people of Baekje.

You have been supporting the Queen and Prince Tae because of this?

You knew this, why are you so surprised?

As long as I have you and Gye Baek to assist me, it'll be fine.

Don't you think we're rushing matters?

Now is the time.

We are the The Queen and the Crown Prince's most trusted aides.

Now is the best time.

Stand up straight.

Where is the General?

Where did you go that you're only returning now?

I'm sorry that I allowed him to have too much to drink.

Really...

Was I the one drinking? It was the wine that was drinking me up.

Let me go!

What happened?

So I say,

I found something connected to the survival of Baekje.

One of wisa jwapyeong's messengers is a Silla spy?

Yes, General.

That's why, General, to check out the people's sentiment,

and in order to give you a report,

I went to more than 10 places.

I was checking out the situation while they were people watching.

But...

After the 12th place...

Why are you shaking me?

I didn't drink wine.

I just pretended to drink. I had a little, just a little.

A few people were having a private conversation.

They arrested 2.

It was then I knew they were Silla spies.

Out of the two, one was wisa jwapyeong's messenger, and the other was a Silla spy.

What were they discussing?

It was regarding His Majesty's condition.

They were saying His Majesty was critically ill and hadn't regained consciousness.

Where are the spies now?

Cho Yeong had them taken away.

You've come here quickly, General.

Who among the two is wisa jwapyeong's messenger?

Him.

He saw the inebriated brother of His Excellency writing a letter.

He handed that letter to the spy.

So,

the news of His Majesty's coma was leaked by the inebriated brother to wisa jwapyeong?

That seems to be it.

I warned them not to let this news leak out.

If His Majesty's condition were to leak out,

our enemy will launch an attack against us.

But why haven't we brought wisa jwapyeong and his brother here for questioning?

He's the wisa jwapyeong. I don't know if he'll attend if I issue the order.

Then are you just going to leave things be?

A spy, even if he's from the royal household, will be dealt with severely.

What?

You want to arrest my brother and I?

-= Crime of passing state secrets: the act of illegally passing state secrets and intelligence out of the country to foreigners. =- Delivering state secrets and intelligence to Silla spies constitutes a crime of passing state secrets.

General Gye Baek.

I know General now holds the position of Great General.

But...

how dare you treat me in this manner?

This is a mistake.

This is so vexing.

There's no class difference where criminals are concerned.

Wisa jwapyeong, are you really unaware of your crime?

You and your brother leaked state secrets.

Furthermore, you leaked these to a Silla spy.

At such a critical time as this, don't you know how serious your crime is?

You must be held responsible for this.

What?

Where do you think you are that you think you can speak as you like?

We can stretch our muscles now.

Yes, my body is itching too.

But to loosen up because of Silla, it doesn't seem quite right.

Jwapyeong Sir.

I am now the Commander-in-Chief of Baekje's armed forces, the Great General.

Do you want to test your resistance against my military might?

All of you, seize him.

Put down your weapons.

How can the subjects of Baekje kill one another?

Your master is a suspect.

After our investigation, if he's found guilty, he'll be punished.

If he's not guilty, he'll be released.

Before you are all his soldiers, you're Baekje subjects.

What are all of you doing?

Hurry up!

Didn't you hear me?

We're sorry, Jwapyeong, Sir.

We're sorry.

These people!

Take His Excellency away.

It's better that you come with us.

All of you!

I won't let you off!

Gye Baek.

How long do you think your arrogance will last?

Jojeong jwapyeong.

Yes, daejwapyeong.

I heard that General Gye Baek has arrrested wisa jwapyeong.

Yes.

We were nearly caught in a crisis,

but General Gye Baek managed to stop it.

In maintaining the country's order, General Gye Baek has exerted himself more than anyone.

What a relief.

It's hard to imagine not having General Gye Baek around.

To be honest I'm still a bit worried.

What if General Gye Baek becomes like Yeong Gye Somun, who can stop him?

What are you talking about?

From the moment you were elevated to Great General, I was not pleased.

You're just a mere soldier, how can you treat me like this?

Apart from your brother, did you tell anyone else about His Majesty's condition?

If you don't free us, you'll live to regret it.

Let's start our investigation with wisa jwapyeong's brother,

and free wisa jwapyeong.

We can't do that.

Let both of them go.

Wisa jwapyeong is someone this country can't do without.

That's absolutely correct.

Release him now.

We haven't completed our task, Your Majesty.

His Highness, the Crown Prince, will take over the duties of His Majesty while he's indisposed.

Since the Crown Prince is still young, I, as the Queen, will make decisions on his behalf.

Don't you know that?

Your Majesty!

Release them quickly.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

News of His Majesty's coma has been leaked by wisa jwapyeong to Silla spies.

This almost...

Wisa Jwapyeong has performed a great deed by supporting the Crown Prince.

But Your Majesty...

Anyway, the news about His Majesty's condition has already spread.

Your Majesty.

Have we not already caught the Silla spy and the problem has been resolved?

It's not necessary to use a problem that's been resolved to incite the spies.

Great General, you should just look after your own matters.

I'm really...

He almost clashed with us.

Jwapyeong's men are still passing secrets.

This is really...

How did our country become like this?

What about Her Majesty?

Protecting her own relative like this, what shall we do?

She's trying so hard to get the noblemen to be on her side.

In fact, news of His Majesty's comatose state has already spread.

It's been a long time now,

and it's difficult to control the nobility.

It's going to be very difficult to keep it a secret anymore.

Yes, it's become a serious issue.

Since the capital city has become this,

the anxiety felt by the local nobility must be greater.

Furthermore, the lords of the frontier cities may have been bought over by Silla.

I will monitor them and won't let them surrender.

I'm not sure whether monitoring can stop them doing that.

The noblemen will accuse us of taking advantage of His Majesty's comatose state to take control of the royal court.

Although we've settled the Crown Prince's issue,

if His Majesty still doesn't make an appearance at the Crown Prince's installation ceremony,

their suspicions will be confirmed.

There'll definitely be turmoil thereafter.

There's only one way to prevent Baekje from sinking into a crisis.

That is to change this royal court into a people's court.

To notify them of His Majesty's condition,

and to abolish the political council.

Inform them about Baekje's situation,

just like we planned.

To stabilize and improve the lives of the commoners.

We will then become the powerful Baekje that foreign powers will not be able to seize.

The common people will become the masters of the country.

A law that doesn't differentiate between commoners and aristocrats.

For a commoner who now has to protect his own land, the morale of that commoner and the soldiers will reach new heights.

My insight of this was gathered during my stay at the border.

Then you are also agreeable to our plans?

If this will make Baekje more powerful, and the borders more stable, I too will try my best.

Although I'm not well educated,

I know both your views are correct.

If you're willing to help us, then this simplifies matters.

In that case, this country will become the people's country.

Revising the limits of the council's political power,

by doing this, it will restrict the imperial power, won't it?

Your Majesty, you can't say this will restrict imperial power.

If we can accept public opinion,

then we can implement this system against all those aristocrats who commit a crime.

If the system is in place, then we can restrict the powers of the aristocrats so that they don't become too powerful.

Does naesin jwapyeong have the same view?

If we do this, then the country will become more prosperous.

The common people's trust in the country and the royal court will only increase.

This will be the Crown Prince and Your Majesty's achievement.

But the nobility will oppose this strongly.

Will they want to voluntarily distribute their lands to the common people?

The noblemen are fearful of the Great General.

Great General will support Your Majesty and the Crown Prince.

As long as Great General shows his support openly, we'll be able to withstand their resistance.

Great General's view is the same as both of you?

He said he'll put in his best efforts.

This isn't a simple matter.

Let's discuss this again some other time.

Really...

I thought the Queen would be like our spring, have I read her wrong?

The Queen seems to be very wary of Gye Baek.

She reacted similarly during the investigation on wisa jwapyeong.

Why is she so sensitive where Gye Baek is concerned?

How did things go?

Really...

It didn't go well?

She said she wants to discuss this further. Let's wait for a bit.

It'll be difficult to implement any reform once the opportunity passes.

If the Queen's relationship with the nobility were to become closer,

then everything we've discussed will just remain a dream.

It's so disappointing.

I'm so disappointed in everything.

This is really...

Gye Baek.

Did you do anything to upset the Queen?

It was naedu jwapyeong who said that, am I right?

Yes.

Good work.

Naedu jwapyeong is really crafty.

He's trying to realize his vision by making use of Her Majesty.

I acknowledge his well thought out plan.

The Queen, who's now dependent on the noblemen's support,

would not agree so easily.

Who would have expected it. He's so smart.

Are you going to see His Majesty.

There's still no indication that His Majesty will recover.

What shall we do?

What?

Are you worried that if Her Majesty kills me, she may kill you as well?

No, how can you say such a thing?

I'm not one of those people without integrity.

Yes. I'm fine, if you want to leave, go ahead.

Your Highness.

Don't worry.

Even if I were to catch a fish, there'd be blood on my hands.

We'll see whether the Queen has that ability.

Your Majesty,

Great General is here.

Come in!

What's the matter, Great General?

I heard you met with naesin jwapyeong and naedu jwapyeong.

Yes.

How do you view their ideas?

This...

I'm finding it very difficult to make a decision.

Are you worried that if His Majesty wakes up, he'll hold you solely responsible?

No, that is not it.

My worry is the noblemen's resistance.

If someone were to incite them, then this will turn into a very ugly fight, don't you agree?

Your Majesty.

If such a thing were to happen, I'll stop them.

Don't be too worried.

The nobility holds great power.

Furthermore, they account for a large proportion of this country.

Do you have the confidence?

If you fail, then the Crown Prince and I will come to harm.

Your Majesty.

That will never happen.

Even if it does happen, I will protect you and the Crown Prince.

Can you swear to that?

Yes.

Put your trust in your servant.

What? A national system?

Are you telling us to take our lands and distribute them?

Public opinion?

What is public opinion?

How can we collect less taxes?

How can we not collect taxes?

So is this what you call public opinion?

What kind of meeting are we having?

What kind of meeting are we having?

How can you collect more?

How can you want more land?

Those who want these, aren't they the noblemen?

Have you finished?

When we were told His Majesty wanted to go to war, we had to fork out soldiers and money.

It's fine that we were not even rewarded, but the end result is this?

And all Your Excellencies here still intended to conceal His Majesty's condition from us?

How long did all of you intend to keep it a secret?

His Majesty will be regaining consciousness soon.

I just need all of you to understand this.

It's not necessary!

I can't believe this.

What are all of you doing? Get up quickly!

Please calm down everyone. Sit down.

The issue will not be resolved by all of you leaving.

Telling us to give up voluntarily,

what's the point of sitting down?

Daejwapyeong, remember this,

we noblemen will not concede.

Let's leave here! Hurry up.

As expected, the nobility is strongly opposed to this.

It'll be very difficult to implement.

Some people are really terrifying.

They won't even concede an inch!

Isn't it something you expected?

Let's stop here today and continue tomorrow, what do you think?

Will they be coming tomorrow?

This mayhem is caused by Seong Chung and Heung Su.

The Crown Prince's bestowment is also their work,

and now they're depending on the Queen.

Petty officials!

They were His Majesty's associates from young, and rose through the ranks on that basis.

We can't stand and watch them inciting the Crown Prince to act against the political council.

Who are we?

We are Baekje's backbone.

We must first get rid of Heung Su and Seong Chung.

Yes, that's right.

We must fight against them.

Only then will this problem not recur in the royal court.

That's right.

Is this the true nature of the Baekje nobility?

We thought up this system for the people's sake, but all you can do is fight against it?

That's not it.

By doing this, aren't you asking us to make personal sacrifices?

Yes, Great General.

Can you simply distribute lands owned by somebody else to other people?

How much land do you think we're going to distribute under this system?

Just a small portion.

The commoners can use this to pay their taxes.

To all of you, it's just a mouthful of rice.

Great General.

You have gone overboard.

Not even a bit.

And also, all of you must attend the meeting tomorrow.

If you're still as stubborn as you were today, I won't let you off.

Great General.

Are you trying to start a fight with us noblemen?

Do you think I won't dare to do so?

If you do that, what's the difference between you and the enemy's invasion?

What are we going to do now?

Shall we attend or not tomorrow?

That was just a threat.

It's not just a threat.

The Great General will do as he says.

Not long ago he suppressed the city lord.

Not long ago he suppressed the wisa jwapyeong.

What in the world is happening?

I heard that the meeting was a success, all thanks to Great General.

This is just the beginning.

It's just the noblemen gathering together for the country's sake.

But...

I too need a favour.

I've listened to both of you.

I hope the two of you will agree to my request too.

What is it?

After the Crown Prince's installation,

I want to let all the concubines and their children leave the palace.

Let the concubines and their children leave the palace?

Your Majesty, although this may be disrespectful,

are you still worried about royal consort Mok?

What's the point of the royal consort remaining behind in the palace?

It's the same with the Prince.

The succession has already been determined.

For her to return to her private residence, isn't that proper and to be expected as a matter of course?

Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has already been determined.

Royal consort Mok is unable to do anything now.

Don't you think it makes me uncomfortable having to live in the same palace with Royal Consort Mok?

I'm already looking after her interests by allowing her to leave the palace.

Having to meet often in the palace,

I don't know what will happen.

If Your Majesty really insists,

then it's better for her to leave.

If royal consort Mok leaves the palace,

your heart will be at ease.

Why are you saying those things?

Are we doing the right thing now?

We've already come this far, what's the point of talking about it?

We seem to be falling deeper and deeper into the maze.

The Queen seems convinced that His Majesty will not recover.

We have now become Her Majesty's toys.

This person really...

We underestimated the Queen.

It's because we've not achieved our great cause,

that we've agreed to let royal consort Mok be driven out of the palace.

Are we doing this for our own benefit?

Aren't we making these decisions for the people's benefit?

So do we really have to drive royal consort Mok from the palace

in the name of our great cause?

This person really...

What did you just say?

The Queen wants Hyo and I to leave the palace?

Yes, Your Highness.

Leave now.

Finally the Queen, in following her own desires, has taken rash action.

No matter what,

how can naedu jwapyeong betray us too?

What shall we do now?

How about if we go and beg Great General for his assistance once again?

The person who wants to cut our destined ties?

Then what shall we do?

We can't leave the palace just like this.

There are only two princes in this country, that is our Hyo and Buyeo Tae.

If Buyeo Tae should die,

our Hyo will naturally inherit the throne.

What...

Your Highness.

That will be good enough.

In case something goes wrong,

I will be responsible for everything.

Your Highness, we don't have to go that far.

The Council meeting this time,

is because of the issue concerning the land system. The opposition by the nobility was very serious.

They will not derive any benefit from it.

There are many dissatisfied people.

We'll muster all of them to come over to our side.

Renew our efforts to look for another opportunity.

That's one way of doing it.

It doesn't matter if it's this way or that,

what's the difference anyway?

I've made up my mind.

At the installation ceremony of the Crown Prince,

I'm to gather all the soldiers. Is that what you mean?

You, Sinyeo, will be the person presiding over the installation ceremony of the Crown Prince.

At that time, all you have to do is to request them to allow the soldiers in.

You can do that, right?

You want to remove the Queen and Tae?

You can't do that, Your Highness.

Please continue to trust in me, and wait for just a little longer.

Everything will go according to order.

I can't continue to wait any longer.

His Majesty is critically ill right now.

The installation of the Crown Prince,

is this not our final opportunity?

Your Highness, it may be disrespectful of me,

but I can't obey your request.

If killing were to occur during the installation,

this country will experience a major disaster.

Sinyeo, please help me.

Forgive me for being disrespectful, please go back.

Sinyeo.

How can you not believe in me?

The Queen wants to drive us out from the palace.

What will happen to us thereafter?

If we were driven out of the palace,

this will be like being killed by the Queen.

Such a thing won't happen.

It's beyond Her Majesty's ability to kill you, Your Highness.

If Your Highness doesn't commit suicide,

nobody can harm Your Highness.

Put your heart at ease and protect His Majesty.

How did it go?

Your Highness, Sinyeo is against it also.

Can't you give it up now?

In the meantime, let's take a step back.

How about waiting for a fine day?

We must place an undercover official in the Queen's palace.

Why must we place an undercover official there all of a sudden?

Deok Sol, choose the most skilled martial artist from our people.

Ask him to disguise himself and enter the palace.

Do you mean to send in an assassin?

Please do it according to what I've told you.

Your Highness, do we really have to do that?

Didn't I tell you earlier I'd made up my mind?

You've performed a great deed by going to Goguryeo.

What did the letter say?

He said he'll form an alliance with us.

Now all we have to do is fix a time and date, and then launch an attack on Danghang City.

But General,

Goguryeo's situation doesn't seem very good.

What is not so good?

Yeong Gye Somun,

killed the king of Goguryeo.

Rumours are prevailing that political power will be changing hands.

Is that a fact?

It's just a rumour around town.

Even though that rumour is not confirmed yet,

if we were to say it's a rumour, then the things that make people suspicious, it's not just one or two.

Even though it's a good thing for us to forge an alliance with Goguryeo,

right now, if this is good or bad for us,

we have no way of knowing.

If the rumour of the Goguryeo king being killed is true,

there's a possibility that Goguryeo will be going to war with Tang.

Anyway Goguryeo's king is just a figurehead,

installed by Tang.

If they were to execute a king like him,

then Tang will have a right to attack Goguryeo.

His Majesty has said this previously.

Tang has been eyeing Goguryeo covetously.

Very soon a war will erupt.

With an abundance of national resources, to want to expand outwardly is expected as a matter of course.

Furthermore, there's no smoke without fire.

Tang will definitely interfere.

As long as there's a slight excuse, a war will erupt.

The problem is what are we and Silla going to do?

It's clear that Silla will attack the southern part of Goguryeo.

So what are we to do?

Shall we send reinforcements to Goguryeo,

or take advantage of the situation and attack Silla?

Since we've agreed to form an alliance with Goguryeo, how can we not send reinforcements?

If that were the case...

We'll have to become outright enemies with Tang.

To form an alliance with Goguryeo is a problem,

not forming an alliance is equally a problem!

What do you want to do? Why are you so quiet?

Are you considering whether we should be forming an alliance with Goguryeo?

No, that's not it.

If Silla were to help Tang attack Goguryeo,

as long as we attack Silla,

Goguryeo will not ask us to send reinforcements.

The problem is not that, it's His Majesty.

My stand now is,

I feel that unintentionally I've become like Yeong Gye Somun.

If Yeong Gye Somun had really harmed Goguryeo's king,

and if His Majesty learns of this fact after he awakens,

what will happen?

Yes, that's also a very serious problem.

Who is he?

He's my brother.

What is your name?

I am Hwang Gil.

Although success will guarantee you riches and honour,

if you fail you must kill yourself.

Are you prepared to give up your life?

Yes.

I heard he wants to form an alliance with Yeong Gye Somun.

Yes.

If that's the case, then Silla and Tang won't be able to attack us so easily.

That's right.

That is great!

She met Yeong Gye Somun twice, and has acquired great merit.

What's your name?

I am Cho Yeong.

You did well.

I will reward you when the country's situation stabilizes.

Serve the tea.

Please forgive me.

Thank you.

I won't torture you.

So, I'll ask you again,

and if you don't confess right now,

you will be killed immediately.

Our General is not one to make empty threats.

When were you recruited?

I just want to know one thing.

Who is behind this?

I'll say.

I'll tell you.

Your Highness, Great General Gye Baek wants to see you urgently.

Great General?

It's so late, what's the matter?

Bring him in.

I, Cho Yeong, greet Your Highness.

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

I've already told them we don't know him, but they still insist on this.

It's fine, since everyone knows by now.

it's true that I was the one who directed him.

All of you leave.

I've been too hasty in my actions.

Your Highness, how can you plan such a thing?

Don't you know what you're doing?

How can I not know?

Isn't this the most heinous of all crimes?

But why, why did you do it?

You're asking me why?

Anyway if I don't do this, I will die. If it's otherwise, I'll suffer the same fate.

But it's fortunate,

that I can die at your hands.

Let's go out quietly,

otherwise we may wake the child.

Your Highness.

The Queen wants to drive me and Hyo out of the palace.

If I'm driven out of the palace,

I expect I'll soon disappear very quietly.

To survive, I can do anything.

Even if I'm fine with it,

what sin has that child committed?

Don't act rashly again.

I will meet with the Queen personally to discuss this matter of you leaving the palace.

Please stop.

Instead of this kind of lowly existence,

it's better for you to kill me with your sword.

And I have a favour to ask of you.

Just like your father, General Mu Jin, in the past

protected His Majesty,

you must protect that pitiful child in the same way.

Your Majesty.

Please wake up.

I'm begging you, please wake up.

If you leave just like this,

even if I'm dead, I will hate you forever.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, are you awake?

Your Majesty!

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Please look after my abode.

You've already come to this, do you still need your pride?

Since when has Your Majesty and the Crown Prince become the master of this country?

Please spare me, royal consort.

Choose one...

To die as a Queen together with your son.

It's the person who you hope will die.

Because of Your Majesty's despicable trick,

you snatched away the royal consort.

Your Majesty is no longer my sworn brother.

What do you think of Gye Baek's words?

You can't oust naedu jwapyeong Heung Su.

His Majesty told me he doesn't know how to face you.

What happened?

Did His Majesty do this?

Actually, all the ministers follow naedu jwapyeong's views.

It's all because of Great General Gye Baek.

Naedu jwapyeong Heung Su's powers have been revoked.

I'm begging you.

Please return to the agassi of old.