Original subtitles

Your Highness, I've decided to leave Sabi City.

Are you here to say your goodbyes?

It's not necessary. I don't want to say goodbye to you.

I'm not here to say goodbye, but I came because I wanted to entrust you with something.

Please, assist His Majesty in his duties.

And please, return to the wise Eun Go agassi of before. (Agassi - young lady)

Please promise me you'll agree to my request.

-= Episode 31 =-

You've worked hard. In future don't let any misfortune befall the palace.

Protect it well.

Yes, Great General.

Your Highness.

What is the matter?

His Majesty has arrived, he has been waiting for quite a while.

Your Majesty, why are you not at your residence, but instead you've come here?

Did I come to a place I shouldn't have?

That is not what I meant.

Have you met Gye Baek?

He came to tell me he's leaving Sabi City, and to say goodbye.

Did he say anything else?

That's all he said.

Gye Baek has, as you said, yielded the position of the Great General.

He requested that I send him to the border.

Then do as he requested.

If Gye Baek goes back on the battlefield, he'll once again be the hero.

The same thing will repeat itself.

Your Majesty,

what do you intend to do with General Gye Baek?

Once this matter is settled, we'll hold the Queen's installation ceremony immediately.

You'll be the queen of this country.

Your Majesty,

Therefore, until the installation ceremony is over, just do as I say.

Do you understand?

In other words, what I mean is, don't do anything.

Your Majesty,

Your servant Gye Baek wants to resign from the post of Great General.

I've never consented to you resigning from your post of Great General,

so what is your reason for resigning?

Your servant agreed to serve in that position under extraordinary circumstances,

but now that Your Majesty has recovered, it's no longer necessary for me to shoulder this responsibility.

Your servant Gye Baek, as military personnel should now return to the battlefield.

I request for your permission.

In view of your reasons, I'm helpless to say otherwise.

But, the Great General who has defended the capital city and participated in national policies,

his sudden resignation may, I fear, have a great impact on national policies. This is worrying me,

so I wish to reinstate naedu jwapyeong Heung Su.

Does any of my loyal subjects have other opinions?

Your Majesty,

Naedu jwapyeong is an indispensable court official.

I've been waiting for Your Majesty's boundless grace, I'm extremely grateful.

We are humbled by Your Majesty's grace.

Internal affairs Deok Sol, come forward.

Go and inform naedu jwapyeong about his reinstatement.

Yes, Your Majesty.

And Deok Sol Gye Baek,

-= Goseoiwan City: presently South Jeolla Province, Haenam County. =- In recognition of your previous contributions, I'm naming you the city lord of Goseoiwan City.

-= Goseoiwan City: presently South Jeolla Province, Haenam County. =- I want to give you, the battle-weary General Gye Baek, a chance to rest.

Your Majesty,

Right now, Silla is watching us like a tiger watches its prey.

We have to send General Gye Baek to the frontier bordering Silla.

Is Gye Baek the only military leader in this country?

Why must we burden Gye Baek alone with such a huge responsibility?

Why doesn't anyone else want to go and perform some meritorious service,

instead of wanting to hide behind Gye Baek?

Your Majesty, that is not what I meant.

I've not finished yet.

Think about the time when I was leading an expedition to Daeha City.

Who was the one who achieved great merit then?

It was the recently reinstated naedu jwapyeong Heung Su,

and also Generals Ui Jik and Eun Sang. Weren't they the ones who got the city lord to surrender,

and captured the city?

As everyone was united,

even the hard to capture Daeha City also fell into our hands.

But why must we always rely on Gye Baek,

and never give him time to rest?

Your Majesty,

What's your opinion, Gye Baek?

I want to reward you for your previous contributions.

It's not bad to take this opportunity to live a peaceful life in a quiet place, is it?

Aren't you going to accept my personal reward to you?

Your servant Gye Baek, accepts the royal edict.

Why didn't you heed my advice and meet the king on your own?

I don't know whether you're satisfied or not, hyeongnim, (Hyeongnim - respected older brother)

but I reckon this isn't bad.

But, I never expected to be sent to Goseoiwan.

His Majesty is worried you'll be a hero again, that's why he's sending you there.

You know the reason too.

Who gave you permission to get me reinstated?

How many times have I told you I don't want that power?

Hyeongnim, I'm satisfied that you were reinstated.

What do you really intend to do? Are you really going to Goseoiwan?

No, you can't. Absolutely not!

I must seek an audience with His Majesty.

Hyeongnim, you've just been reinstated.

You mustn't be driven out again.

Please conduct yourself with dignity.

How can I send you there? How can I be at ease?

One. Two.

How long has it been?

This body, that has been itching all this time, can now return to the battlefield.

That goes without saying.

We haven't been fighting in a long time. This time it's not just 40 Silla cities,

we'll step on Silla's territory and raise our Baekje flag.

Are you that happy?

Then aren't you happy, Cho Yeong?

I am also happy!

That was a piece of good news.

We're moving to Goseoiwan, Goseoiwan!

Goseoiwan? What do you mean?

Where is Goseoiwan?

Isn't that a very far-off place from the battlefield, on the western border?

Yes, yes, so we longer have to fight in the battlefield.

His Majesty has appointed the General as the city lord of Goseoiwan City.

Why is he the city lord of Goseoiwan City?

Does that mean the General won't be going to the battlefield?

Yes, that's right.

But Cho Yeong, what is important is that we'll be elsewhere.

Now is the time.

In time of war... Fish season! Let's go and eat seafood.

That's not necessary. We have been blessed.

- Then, our General in future will... - We'll be able to grasp 2 or 3 in one go.

That rotten girl, why did she push me?

Where are you going?

Go and pack your bags quickly. Do it quickly!

Those rascals are really... What should I do about Cho Yeong?

Didn't she touch my chest before leaving? The look in her eyes...

What should I do? Really...

General, what exactly happened?

You must have heard?

How can His Majesty do this?

This is too much.

Sending you to Goseoiwan is just like exiling you.

It's not necessary for all of you to follow me.

I've recommended all of you to Generals Ui Jik and Eun Sang.

So don't worry.

I can't do that.

How can we go to battle without you, General?

We can't do that either.

Don't say something so feeble. All of you are now good military leaders.

Even without me, all of you will be able to perform great deeds for the country.

You've said it countless times before, whether it's life or death

we'll be together.

All this time we've held onto those words

and survived until now.

Yes, I understand how all of you feel,

but the matter has already been decided.

Enter the service of the 2 generals, and perform great deeds.

You mustn't die, continue to live.

Even if we die, we'll only abide by your orders, General.

Can't we go and beg His Majesty?

General, please reconsider.

That was a royal edict.

Don't think of unnecessary things, just follow my orders.

If you don't do as I say, I won't see you again.

Is the news of the General going to Goseoiwan true?

Yes, I'm telling the truth, why won't you believe me?

Really... all of you should go home and pack your bags.

Hurry up, go home.

Who said we have to pack our bags?

Absolutely not!

The General must go with us to the battlefield.

This rascal, His Majesty has already decided.

Dae Su! Yong Su! What can the two of you do?

Do you want to confront His Majesty?

We must reason with him!

This is so senseless!

Dok Gae, you should think about this. Does it make sense for the General not to be able to go to battle?

Yes, although it's unreasonable,

His Majesty has his own views.

Then let's resolve this!

Whether it's His Majesty or the Jade Emperor!

Let's go and resolve this.

All of you have gone mad. Do you want to die?

Do you know where that place is? Where do you think you're going to resolve this?

Cho Yeong, you can't do that.

Stop them, Cho Yeong. Cho Yeong! Cho Yeong!

She's left again. Where did she go?

You bunch of rascals.

Your Highness.

Why are you here?

Please persuade His Majesty, Your Highness.

No matter what, General Gye Baek must be allowed to go to battle.

It's not within my power to do so.

Your Highness is capable of doing this. Please persuade His Majesty.

It's not something you should interfere with. You should leave.

Your Highness, this concerns General Gye Baek. It's a matter concerning General Gye Baek.

All of you should leave.

Yes, Your Highness.

I've watched you loving General Gye Baek my whole life.

Do you want to die?

Where do you think you are, that you dare to talk nonsense!

Don't you know, for you he'd even give up his life.

Agassi, please persuade His Majesty.

Agassi, you can't just leave things as they are.

It's not something you should interfere with. Leave!

Agassi, please do something.

You can do something about this, isn't that so?

You have really changed a lot.

Is General Gye Baek more important than your own life?

Yes, he is more important than my own life.

So, please kill me if it can be exchanged for his life.

Please revoke the order to send the General to Goseoiwan.

That's no different than being banished.

Do you really want to die?

How dare you interfere in matters concerning the state.

This worthless life,

even if it's discarded for the General's sake, I've no regrets.

You are really...

Agassi, I beg of you...

Aren't you now begging me as one of General's subordinates?

What?

You flatter me, I don't deserve such praise and honour as your General.

I'm unable to fulfill your request.

Your Highness.

The Queen's bestowment declaration, and the jade seal.

Your Majesty, urgent report!

What is it?

The soldiers are demonstrating outside the palace walls.

What? A demonstration?

The soldiers want you to revoke the appointment of General Gye Baek as city lord.

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request.

Please fulfill our request.

Your Majesty, please take care of General Gye Baek.

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request!

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request!

How did things go?

Soldiers from Rim City will be coming as well.

The military order has spread, the country will be in turmoil.

You did well, well done.

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request!

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request!

What do you call this?

How dare they hold a demonstration on the day of the installation of the Queen.

Mobilize all the royal guards, and the guards from the History department, here.

Yes, Your Majesty.

No, bring Gye Baek here first!

General Gye Baek?

This must be the work of Gye Baek, who was dissatisfied with my order.

Seize the leader of the protesters and bring him here.

What are you hesitating for? Bring Gye Baek here immediately!

Yes, Your Majesty.

General! General!

Something serious has happened. A serious matter.

What serious matter?

That, Dae Su, Yong Su and Cho Yeong

gathered all the soldiers outside the palace gates and staged a protest against the royal order.

What do you mean by that?

His Majesty has issued an edict to arrest me and take me over there?

My apologies, General.

There is nothing you should be apologetic about, let's go.

Your Majesty, please fulfill our request.

Fulfill our request!

How about allowing the soldiers to go back?

Are you not Baekje's military leader?

Does it make sense to you that General Gye Baek cannot go to battle?

Then what can we do?

I fear if this continues there'll be an order to punish all of you.

We have weapons too.

If you're trying to threaten us, just move aside.

It is not a threat.

I'm protecting this place because I'm abiding by General Gye Baek's orders to do so.

General instructed us to defend this place well.

These are the royal guards and the guards from the history department. Leave this place quickly.

Your Majesty, please withdraw your edict.

Withdraw it.

Were you the one who incited this, General?

No. Let me go and speak to them, they'll leave after that.

Release me, jojeong jwapyeong.

You really didn't incite your men to do this?

Didn't I say no earlier?

Don't you know me well, jojeong jwapyeong?

Please release me.

Let me go and settle this.

Ask His Majesty to release me for a moment.

We must stop this before the problem escalates.

Release General Gye Baek for a moment?

Did you just say that?

But Your Majesty,

no matter how stupid I am,

I feel this is unrelated to General Gye Baek.

Looks like this was done by the troops under his command by themselves.

Have you come up with a clear finding?

He's a heinous criminal who is impeding the Queen's installation, and the instigator of the protest.

Lock him up in the prison and ask him to make a confession.

But Your Majesty...

I'm telling you to make him plead guilty. Plead guilty!

You can't do that?

Let me do it then.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I understand.

Your Majesty, do you really want to get rid of Gye Baek in this manner?

Gye Baek is the instigator behind his troops launching a protest and is therefore a heinous criminal.

I cannot forgive him.

The General is not the kind of person to incite them.

Just send him to the battlefield.

Your bestowment ceremony as Queen has not been completed yet.

I told you to stay put until the installation is over.

Good, this is our opportunity.

Your Majesty, naedu jwapyeong and naesin jwapyeong are seeking an audience.

Come in!

Your Majesty,

General Gye Baek is innocent.

This was started impetuously by the soldiers themselves.

They are Gye Baek's subordinates.

Gye Baek has defied my edict this time

by inciting the soldiers.

Your Majesty,

You can't punish General Gye Baek.

If this goes on the soldiers will launch an uprising.

Uprising?

Is that so?

Tell them to do it.

Do you think I will yield to them?

Your Majesty,

Baek Ji cannot be split up.

This is Silla's...

I want to punish him!

This is something we must deal with first, before dealing with Silla.

Your Majesty is too stubborn,

Gye Baek is really innocent...

Naedu jwapyeong!

You've forgotten that you've been to the King of Hell?

Watch what you say.

Children, children.

There's a problem.

The General has been arrested because of your actions.

General has been arrested?

If he wants to arrest anybody, he should arrest us. Why did he arrest the General?

Really...

He can't deal with our large numbers.

That's why he arrested the General instead.

What shall we do if the General gets punished for incitement?

The General will definitely be punished for that.

We can't allow the General to be punished for our wrongs.

This is really too much.

Let's not just sit here, let's launch an attack on the palace.

All of you...

That's a rebellion, a rebellion.

If you do that, all of us will die!

Then what shall we do?

We have to save the General first.

We can't do that.

Armed conflict should be our last resort.

Let me go and check out the situation first.

We should inform jojeong jwapyeong that this has nothing to do with the General.

I'll go and tell him.

I'll go with you.

I'll follow too.

I'm not going.

Your Excellency, Jwapyeong.

General Gye Baek is innocent.

We were the ones who incited the soldiers.

We are the instigators.

Your Excellency, jwapyeong.

We are at fault.

Please release General Gye Baek.

How many times must I say this.

General Gye Baek is under investigation now.

Once his name has been cleared, we'll release him.

First disperse the soldiers.

The soldiers coming together was unplanned. We don't know what to do either.

Once you release the General, they will leave.

Please let me see the General first, Your Excellency.

Let me have a look at his situation.

Don't you know that a person under investigation isn't allowed to meet anybody?

Please help us, Your Excellency.

Pleading with me is useless.

The General will be fine.

All of you should go and convince the soldiers to disperse.

Your Majesty,

You want to execute General Gye Baek?

General Gye Baek is innocent.

How can you execute an innocent person?

I've made up my mind.

Your Majesty,

The investigation isn't complete yet.

I'm appealing to you to rescind your order.

Those soldiers outside are whose soldiers?

They are Gye Baek's soldiers.

Even if Gye Baek didn't incite them,

he can't escape from his guilt.

Your Majesty,

This is wrong.

Please consider our reasoning.

I won't repeat this again.

I will execute Gye Baek.

After that I'll disband those soldiers.

If there are any people who still opposes me,

I'll treat them as part of Gye Baek's clique,

and punish them in a similar fashion.

Heavens,

even a dictatorship isn't like this.

He will not listen to anybody.

The political council meeting is no more.

There's no way to stop His Majesty.

He abolished the political council meeting from the outset because of this.

Because he wants to be a dictator.

If he's going to do this, whether it's earlier or later, it makes no difference.

We had better try to save Gye Baek first.

If this continues, Gye Baek might not survive.

I must go and inform Gye Baek's soldiers.

There is only one way.

Please release the General.

Release the General!

What are we going to do now?

According to naedu jwapyeong, the General will not be able to avoid punishment.

What do you mean, what do we do now?

Just do as I say.

Let's launch a direct attack.

We can't allow all the soldiers to enter.

First of all,

we have to save the General.

Are you talking about breaking into the prison?

We'll break into the prison tonight.

Your Majesty,

What has happened?

They've entered the history department and will break into the prison.

I know they will do that.

General, please come out quickly.

What are all of you doing?

Breaking into prison, what are all of you thinking?

We had no other option,

because there's an order to execute you, General.

General,

come out quickly!

We are running out of time.

The soldiers will be here soon.

I am fine.

All of you should leave.

Go and hide far away.

No, we can't do that.

We came fully prepared.

We want to be together with you.

If you were to die here, General, we would follow suit.

Get ready!

Arrest them!

Leave them to us, go quickly!

Our soldiers are outside.

In case...

if all of you die...

General, don't be like this.

Hurry up and leave.

I won't leave,

I will go and meet His Majesty.

I will convince His Majesty.

All of you go and disperse our soldiers.

General.

Put down your swords, all of you!

Charge.

Anyone who dares to harm the General will die by my hands.

Put your weapons down.

Don't try to stop us.

Yong Su,

go and report this to our men outside.

Hyeong, you go, (Hyeong - older brother)

I want to be here to protect the General.

Your Majesty,

I granted you the post of a city lord,

but you...

you still want to rebel against me with your soldiers.

Your Majesty, these immature children are behaving like this because they want to save me.

Kill me,

but please release them.

Fine then.

Fine.

If that is what you want, then we shall do as you wish.

Your Majesty,

The General has committed no wrong.

It is all our fault.

Move aside!

Kill us, but release the General.

Move aside!

Cho Yeong,

move away.

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty,

Are you all right?

How dare you...

You!

Dare to lay your hands on me?

Cho Yeong.

Cho Yeong.

Cho Yeong.

Who else dares to stop me?

Who?

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty,

Your Majesty,

Are you all courting death too?

I will kill all of you.

Kill me!

Kill everyone!

Just do whatever Your Majesty wishes!

Do you really think that I won't dare to do it?

Fine.

I'll start with you.

Your Majesty,

You should stop now.

Move aside!

Your Majesty,

Everyone is looking at you, Your Majesty.

You are to disappear now.

Disappear at once!

If you reappear,

you will die.

Cho Yeong.

Cho Yeong.

How is her condition?

We have done everything we could,

but she has lost too much blood. Her condition is really critical.

You must save her, you must!

General,

tonight will be the critical test.

Cho Yeong.

Can you hear me?

You must stay alive.

No matter what, you have to stay alive.

Cho Yeong.

Cho Yeong.

General...

You're awake?

Wait,

I'll go and bring the physician.

General, don't go.

What if I were to die when you're not around, General?

No, you won't,

you will not die.

I'm afraid...

don't go.

Stay by my side.

Fine, I will.

I'm not going.

General.

I may be dying,

but my dream has come true.

I have always dreamed

that you'll stay by my side like this,

and look at me the way you're doing now.

General...

Yes.

I'm very ordinary, and am not beautiful,

but there is something beautiful in my heart.

I like you, General,

more than anyone else in the world.

I, Eun Go, will really let go of you now, Gye Baek.

General Gye Baek has left.

I know.

Did you come here to berate me?

Who dares to blame Your Majesty?

No, blame me for everything.

Everyone blames me for wanting to take Gye Baek's life.

I envy Gye Baek.

Who in Baekje can be compared to Gye Baek, able to capture so many people's hearts?

Your Majesty,

You can catch a bird in the sky using a bow, and the fish in the ocean using bait,

but what you can't catch is a person's heart.

I have worked so hard but have yet to touch the people's hearts.

How did Gye Baek do it so easily?

Your Majesty,

General Gye Baek has already left,

and he won't ever be coming back.

I know.

Don't worry, I have promised you,

that if Gye Baek does not come back, I will spare his life.

Last night was a long dark night,

I don't wish for another night like that.

-= 12 years later. Seorabeol =-

And thus, out of the 40 cities captured by Gye Baek, we have recaptured 30.

-= Gim Yu Sin =- This is all to your credit, Great General.

-= Gim Yu Sin =- You can't say it's to my credit.

We were able to recapture those cities because Gye Baek's hands were tied. ('hands tied' metaphorically: unable to act for some reason)

It was as easy as drinking cold porridge.

This is the result of Your Majesty having sowed the seeds of discontent in Baekje long ago.

-= Gim Chun Chu =- Although I knew Ui Ja was jealous of Gye Baek, I didn't expect him to tie him up for so long.

Will Your Majesty be like Ui Ja, envious of me?

I'm afraid I'll end up like Gye Baek if I'm not careful. I'm worried.

Yes. I envy you as well, General.

Even if a 3 year old child doesn't know of me, he will still recognize you, General.

Then Your Majesty, you can take my sword and go onto the battlefield yourself.

Should I do that?

Great General.

I'm entrusting this to you once again.

You must, you certainly must seek revenge for my daughter and son-in-law,

so that I can personally behead Ui Ja.

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

I will definitely exterminate Baekje

and then attack Goguryeo, and unify the three kingdoms as a gift to you.

Thank you, my Great General.

Your Majesty, His Excellency Jang Son has arrived.

Invite him in.

Welcome, Sir.

Great General is here too.

Baekje's envoy has once again paid a visit to Tang?

Yes, it's concerning the installation of the Queen and the Crown Prince once again.

How shall we handle this?

Tang hasn't acknowledged it's validity for 12 years, will Tang change its mind this time round?

Don't worry, we'll refuse to acknowledge it.

Very good.

Baekje is now known to the outside world as a country without a Queen and Crown Prince.

Are they still refusing to acknowledge our Queen and Crown Prince?

What are they up to?

Your Majesty,

this is all a scheme by Gim Chun Chu to insult the Baekje royal family.

Gim Chun Chu's second son is a military leader in Tang.

He's bribed the officials, thus not allowing us to meet the Emperor.

Under these circumstances, we were unable to seek their acknowledgement.

Your Majesty should stop being obsessed with it.

Your servant reckons that's the case as well.

Gim Chun Chu and Lord Jang Son, and also Gim In Mun, makes this impossible.

Whether Great Tang acknowledges it or not, I'm still the Queen of this country as bestowed by Your Majesty.

Please don't worry about it.

Tang, who only listen to Silla, what's the use of having a diplomatic relationship with them?

We might as well sever all diplomatic ties with Tang.

Your Majesty, you absolutely mustn't do that!

Tang holds the balance of power in the central plains.

If we become enemies with them it'll be like giving wings to Silla.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Though it's a fact that Tang has insulted our Baekje,

to severe all our diplomatic ties with them is equivalent to turning them into an outright enemy.

Gim Chun Chu, I will definitely behead you!

Your Majesty,

Gim Chun Chu, who has such regard for Tang, will pay the price one of these days.

Please wait for the right time.

What is more important is the collapse of our borders.

Yes, Dusa Fort, Okmun Fort and also Gokak Fort have been captured.

We have lost 50 000 soldiers.

50 000 make up half of Baekje's military power.

We need to come up with a counterplan, Your Majesty.

Do you want me to recall Gye Baek again?

Father, father.

-= Hwang Deung County, Heuk Fortress =-

What is it?

Mother, come quickly.

Father, I made this.

Did you really?

I am so hungry, so hungry.

Dok Gae elder is once again trying to plot an eight trigrams scheme. (scheming to dither.)

Wait and see, there'll come a day when I'll leave this place.

I'm really dying of hunger.

Then just give it up.

I can't give up, I'll never give up!

Just think, we have been here 12 years already,

don't you want to know what's happening out there?

I can't live on like this!

Aren't you two tired of this place?

No, we're not tired at all.

It's good to be at peace.

How is peaceful good? The world must have crisis.

A crisis really happened!

What shall we do? Give him some water.

General, what are you thinking?

I feel really at peace.

Long ago, my dead father said this to me.

Don't wield a sword, and don't go into battle,

make an honest living as a farmer and contribute to others. Just live simply like that.

If he can see me living like this, he'll be very happy.

Yes, he will.

My only wish is for the world outside to be just as peaceful as here.

We will have to keep believing in that.

Only if Gim Chun Chu dies, will my Hyo be acknowledged.

Gim Chun Chu, you have gone overboard with your insults.

We should have killed him then.

Your Majesty, I'm sorry,

How about if we make use of Gim Chun Chu and Gim Yu Sin?

How can we do that? Do you have any ideas, jwapyeong?

Your servant has a slave who was born in Silla,

and is now working under Gim Yu Sin.

We can send him to Silla to meet up with Gim Chun Chu and Gim Yu Sin,

and then make a request for Tang's acknowledgment.

So how should we reward them?

What Silla is worried about now, is when they attack us,

Goguryeo will attack them from the south.

Our Baekje and Goguryeo are allies.

If Goguryeo were to launch an attack on them, we'll inform them.

So we'll be helping Silla?

Your Majesty, we're not betraying Baekje,

we're betraying Goguryeo instead.

As for that price. After the Crown Prince's installation, we can sever our ties with them.

Are you looking for me, jwapyeong, sir.

Are you still a Silla subject?

Sir, I am neither a Silla nor a Baekje subject,

I am solely yours.

Aren't you the one who treated me, a prisoner of war, as a human being?

I thank you for thinking of me in that way.

Can you help me to do a difficult matter?

Please let me have your orders.

I will do anything for you, sir.

Accompany me to Seorabeol to meet with Gim Yu Sin.

If this mission is a success, I will not forget your contribution.

So you're saying if we help you with the Queen and the Crown Prince's installation,

you will report to us Goguryeo's troop movements?

Yes.

Do you think this is an acceptable transaction?

I, am Gim Yu Sin.

Even if we don't know Goguryeo's troop movements, we'll still know if they attack our southern borders.

So, what do you want?

If what you want is to pass through our Baekje, then it's not necessary to discuss further.

If you are bent on killing a person who's already on the verge of dying, your king will be mocked by others.

Gye Baek, isn't it Gye Baek?

It's laughable the way the situation has changed.

But what we fear most is

Gye Baek cooperating with Baekje again.

If he doesn't reappear in battle, then Ui Ja's life

will fall into my hands.

But to attack Gye Baek, who has laid down his sword, is loathsome.

What you mean is, you feel this is despicable?

That's right.

Ui Ja killed my daughter and son-in-law, who had surrendered.

I want a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.

Your Majesty, what Your Majesty really wants,

your servant knows better than anyone else.

But in order to unify the three kingdoms,

we have to remain calm.

Great General.

Your servant doesn't want a victory tainted with sordidness.

Is it really true?

Did Gim Yu Sin say that as long as we report to him about Goguryeo's troop movements,

he will agree to our deal?

Am I right?

Yes.

Great, that's really great!

Jwapyeong has saved us, mother and child. Thank you.

We'll share whatever benefits we derive in the future with jwapyeong.

Your servant only did what I should do.

Your Majesty, can I ask you something?

Please, speak.

Our borders are about to be crossed,

why is it His Majesty doesn't recall Gye Baek?

Why did you ask that all of a sudden?

After meeting Gim Yu Sin, I feel he's not an ordinary person.

Seems like in future, he'll continue to attack our borders.

Even if that is the case,

His Majesty will never again delegate any task to General Gye Baek.

Do you want to revisit our past nightmares?

General Gye Baek,

as far as Baekje is concerned, is as good as dead.

Naesin jwapyeong!

Did you implement the order that I laid down previously?

To distribute the lands to the people?

Only if they own landed property, can they continue to survive.

We must reduce the number of people who're homeless.

Now, the handicraft industry continues to provide them with work.

Within a year, the people will be either farmers or craftsmen.

They can then hold on to their own property.

Your Majesty, urgent report!

What is the matter?

Silla's Gim Yu Sin has attacked Seodeok City.

All our 5 000 soldiers were annihilated.

General Ui Jik is also gravely injured.

Go to the village,

and bring Gye Baek here.

Can we really bring Gye Baek here?

Gye Baek, bring him over.

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Where do you want to go?

To look for my precious sword.

I won't leave this place, don't worry.

Hands which used to wield swords are now holding farming tools. It suits you.

His Majesty is here, are you going out?

The end result is His Majesty is still the loser.

Whether it was before or now, I...

I'll look into it.

We must move all the guards and soldiers to the border.

Won't this cause the palace to be in danger?

What if there's internal strife?

Gye Baek, you're right, it's General.

It's General Yeong Gye Somun.

We must bring Gim Yu Sin down in this battle.

Give this to General Gim Yu Sin quickly.

Was Gye Baek injured?

I can't believe in His Majesty.

He will surely try to harm you, General.

Why do I have this strange feeling?

This won't happen unless there's a leak in our intelligence.

Could it be...

It's not, it cannot be...