1 00:00:01,443 --> 00:00:05,419 KocHi Subtitles by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 2 00:00:06,397 --> 00:00:07,895 Episode 22 3 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:45,512 Are you sure they were Training Command troops? 4 00:00:45,709 --> 00:00:46,531 Yes. 5 00:00:47,290 --> 00:00:49,716 They asked about General Song and his retinue, then left. 6 00:00:49,832 --> 00:00:52,858 We will have to infiltrate the hideout and secure the Royal Successor. 7 00:00:53,465 --> 00:00:56,043 If their guards discover the bodies once they change shift, 8 00:00:56,165 --> 00:00:58,625 it will only intensify their surveillance. 9 00:00:58,747 --> 00:01:05,477 Your Highness's mother began trading while she was held hostage by the Qing. 10 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:07,991 She traded the Qing's abundant reserves of gold and silver... 11 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:11,266 for cotton and otter skin, easily obtainable in Joseon, 12 00:01:11,483 --> 00:01:14,071 along with scholartree flowers. 13 00:01:14,626 --> 00:01:19,118 With that money, all the Joseon slaves taken prisoner by the Qing... 14 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:27,502 were freed by her. 15 00:01:31,068 --> 00:01:37,257 There was a market in Shenyang selling Joseon prisoners as slaves... 16 00:02:47,416 --> 00:02:48,553 Who are you? 17 00:02:58,762 --> 00:03:00,024 Don't. 18 00:03:00,908 --> 00:03:02,795 She is General Song's spouse. 19 00:03:22,595 --> 00:03:23,649 Charge! 20 00:03:33,219 --> 00:03:35,620 What? Staying put?! 21 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,411 Will staring around help someone who will soon croak? 22 00:03:40,503 --> 00:03:41,957 I have no intention to slay you. 23 00:03:42,064 --> 00:03:43,744 Free the way. 24 00:03:44,186 --> 00:03:46,586 But I'm afraid I'll have to?! 25 00:03:49,225 --> 00:03:50,750 How about it? 26 00:03:51,039 --> 00:03:52,811 Should we all fight like a pack of rabid wolves, 27 00:03:52,886 --> 00:03:56,406 or should you and I go at it ourselves? 28 00:03:57,357 --> 00:03:59,204 So you want a fight between leaders? 29 00:04:00,731 --> 00:04:02,215 Wouldn't it be fun? 30 00:04:02,328 --> 00:04:04,399 If I win, you croak. 31 00:04:04,521 --> 00:04:05,356 And should I win? 32 00:04:05,428 --> 00:04:06,705 You still croak! 33 00:04:06,846 --> 00:04:10,244 If you kill their leader, think my boys would start applauding you? 34 00:04:11,326 --> 00:04:13,717 You're acting like a cat toying with mice. 35 00:04:14,329 --> 00:04:17,133 If that is your wish, be my guest. 36 00:05:33,844 --> 00:05:38,578 So do we let your mug roll, or slit your throat? 37 00:05:39,914 --> 00:05:41,505 Slay me. 38 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:44,845 If that is your wish... 39 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,162 Not going to do... it! 40 00:05:54,992 --> 00:05:56,287 Boys. 41 00:05:57,655 --> 00:06:02,248 - Tie him up, and check our men below. - Yes! 42 00:06:15,651 --> 00:06:16,969 Wangson. 43 00:06:17,064 --> 00:06:18,227 What? 44 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,443 Daegil might have left with Song Taeha. 45 00:06:23,234 --> 00:06:24,117 What?! 46 00:06:24,207 --> 00:06:26,352 Why, again? And where? 47 00:06:26,437 --> 00:06:29,496 Seeing Eonnyeon every day must have killed him inside. 48 00:06:29,599 --> 00:06:32,950 Still, how could they tag along, in their situation? 49 00:06:33,035 --> 00:06:35,096 I guess they'll take this to the end. 50 00:06:35,303 --> 00:06:37,880 He can neither kill nor rescue him, 51 00:06:38,228 --> 00:06:40,977 so maybe he'll find them a safe place to lodge in. 52 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:43,970 Ahh... Daegil Eonni is really something. 53 00:06:44,054 --> 00:06:45,871 Is there only one woman in this world? 54 00:06:45,993 --> 00:06:49,088 And she's someone else's consort anyway, why even bother... 55 00:06:49,191 --> 00:06:49,831 Aigoo... 56 00:06:49,906 --> 00:06:52,428 Ever tried to tell that to his face? 57 00:06:52,631 --> 00:06:53,443 Uh?! 58 00:06:53,596 --> 00:06:55,772 Why... Think I couldn't? 59 00:06:55,875 --> 00:06:59,004 Just wait until he comes back. I ought to just... 60 00:06:59,108 --> 00:07:00,960 tell him like it is once and for all. 61 00:07:02,152 --> 00:07:03,762 Ajeosshi. 62 00:07:03,912 --> 00:07:05,192 There's trouble outside. 63 00:07:05,277 --> 00:07:06,284 What? 64 00:07:16,028 --> 00:07:18,991 Did you kill our boys down the mountain? 65 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:20,761 We didn't do it. 66 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:22,427 Then, who did? 67 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,909 How did you find this place? 68 00:07:27,483 --> 00:07:29,772 Why were you trying to take the child away? 69 00:07:45,383 --> 00:07:46,786 Speak. 70 00:07:55,204 --> 00:07:57,482 Will beating him to a pulp make him answer? 71 00:07:57,595 --> 00:08:00,880 Why, want to take a beating for him? 72 00:08:01,388 --> 00:08:04,692 If they were here for that child, this is no laughing matter. 73 00:08:04,796 --> 00:08:06,377 So that's why I'm beating him up. 74 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,528 Let me talk to him. 75 00:08:10,367 --> 00:08:11,435 Eonni. 76 00:08:11,612 --> 00:08:14,604 Indeed! Indeed, indeed... 77 00:08:27,241 --> 00:08:28,783 Who sent you? 78 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,303 Is that child the one from Jeju? 79 00:08:37,882 --> 00:08:40,103 Does this involve the court? 80 00:08:49,584 --> 00:08:50,948 Finish what you started. 81 00:08:51,033 --> 00:08:53,920 Indeed! Indeed, indeed... 82 00:09:10,623 --> 00:09:12,405 Are you all right? 83 00:09:13,742 --> 00:09:14,694 Yes. 84 00:09:14,772 --> 00:09:16,910 Were you hurt? 85 00:09:17,004 --> 00:09:17,923 No... 86 00:09:18,002 --> 00:09:19,424 I know from experience, 87 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,299 but if you get hit, it hurts like hell. 88 00:09:24,224 --> 00:09:25,959 What happened to those people? 89 00:09:26,050 --> 00:09:27,925 They're getting hit, like hell. 90 00:09:30,732 --> 00:09:32,057 By the way... 91 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:36,330 I was the one who called Jjakgwi Orabeoni... 92 00:09:37,017 --> 00:09:38,020 What? 93 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:42,276 I mean, I saw someone coming in, so I ran to him. 94 00:09:42,984 --> 00:09:45,280 So you rescued me. 95 00:09:53,263 --> 00:09:55,533 But, I'm worried. 96 00:09:56,088 --> 00:09:59,015 Even this place doesn't seem to be safe. 97 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:15,620 There is something you must do for me. 98 00:10:16,604 --> 00:10:19,971 I hope you're not asking me to enter the palace?! 99 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:21,628 Something like that. 100 00:10:22,465 --> 00:10:24,291 You need to meet someone. 101 00:10:24,646 --> 00:10:26,616 He's this man related to eunuchs from the East Palace, 102 00:10:26,719 --> 00:10:29,013 and you'll have to tell him something he will have to relay. 103 00:10:30,255 --> 00:10:33,041 - If he exposes me... - That is not going to happen. 104 00:10:33,135 --> 00:10:34,926 You know? 105 00:10:35,246 --> 00:10:38,555 We never trust those higher-ups. 106 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:40,384 They think too much. 107 00:10:40,469 --> 00:10:43,434 But, of all those thoughts, 108 00:10:43,604 --> 00:10:44,949 nothing ever involves us. 109 00:10:45,043 --> 00:10:46,201 Don't play the victim. 110 00:10:46,285 --> 00:10:49,156 Listen to what he prattles... 111 00:10:50,389 --> 00:10:52,666 Will meeting the crown prince solve all your troubles? 112 00:10:52,758 --> 00:10:53,890 I plan to make it happen. 113 00:10:53,956 --> 00:10:57,578 While you're there, why not meet the king himself? 114 00:10:58,515 --> 00:11:03,025 I spent years in Qing territory with the current crown prince. 115 00:11:03,976 --> 00:11:05,802 I did not serve him firsthand, 116 00:11:05,896 --> 00:11:07,459 but he is a man of principles. 117 00:11:07,581 --> 00:11:10,621 Not to mention compassionate. 118 00:11:12,461 --> 00:11:15,826 Compassion is for the streets, think it would mean anything over there? 119 00:11:15,939 --> 00:11:17,512 Even the palace is filled with human beings. 120 00:11:17,587 --> 00:11:19,234 It's not. 121 00:11:20,130 --> 00:11:22,773 If even only one of them could call himself a human being, 122 00:11:22,886 --> 00:11:27,592 this world wouldn't have turned into such a wretched wasteland. 123 00:11:31,832 --> 00:11:36,562 We will double our troops and strengthen surveillance within the capital. 124 00:11:37,173 --> 00:11:41,824 Neither inspections nor additional troops will hinder them. 125 00:11:45,603 --> 00:11:51,358 Their coming back to Hanyang can only mean they will no longer run away. 126 00:11:52,214 --> 00:11:54,323 They clearly want to take this to the end, 127 00:11:55,413 --> 00:11:58,722 so what stratagem could they use to rescue the Royal Successor? 128 00:11:59,767 --> 00:12:02,195 Without orders from His Majesty, is it not impossible? 129 00:12:02,317 --> 00:12:07,145 If only royal commands could save him, that is what they would try to obtain. 130 00:12:07,287 --> 00:12:10,859 Then, will they seek audience with His Majesty? 131 00:12:10,954 --> 00:12:13,344 Not His Majesty, but His Highness. 132 00:12:16,064 --> 00:12:18,916 They spent eight years together under the Qing, 133 00:12:19,189 --> 00:12:20,927 so he must be fomenting hopes about his possible involvement. 134 00:12:21,021 --> 00:12:24,174 I will send some of our men to the East Palace. 135 00:12:24,550 --> 00:12:29,812 At the same time, put our troops on high alert. 136 00:12:33,194 --> 00:12:35,368 And should the crown prince ignore your summoning? 137 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:37,263 He will come. 138 00:12:37,335 --> 00:12:39,029 If he comes, and it's a trap? 139 00:12:39,140 --> 00:12:41,603 Should it get to that point, 140 00:12:44,548 --> 00:12:47,221 then Joseon would have no other hope left. 141 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,463 No other hope?! 142 00:12:53,085 --> 00:12:55,227 We'll head to Qing territory, then. 143 00:12:56,432 --> 00:12:58,870 Going to such a faraway place... 144 00:13:01,976 --> 00:13:04,402 would be all the better from the start. 145 00:13:05,930 --> 00:13:10,800 If you go there, will you be able to settle down safely? 146 00:13:11,346 --> 00:13:13,469 It is our last resort. 147 00:13:14,062 --> 00:13:15,756 You know what last resorts are? 148 00:13:15,841 --> 00:13:17,733 Something you never use as last resort. 149 00:13:17,827 --> 00:13:22,194 Because when things go astray, there's never going to be a way out. 150 00:13:25,189 --> 00:13:27,579 I don't even think about failure. 151 00:13:28,596 --> 00:13:33,869 You must know what staking your life to rescue someone else means. 152 00:13:34,132 --> 00:13:36,579 Isn't that the reason you're tagging along? 153 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,059 Look. 154 00:13:41,313 --> 00:13:43,902 Want me to tell you something about slaves? 155 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:49,089 Once they can't take slavery anymore, they just run away. 156 00:13:49,184 --> 00:13:52,205 Then they get caught, and are beaten to a pulp. 157 00:13:52,318 --> 00:13:54,257 Know what happens to them after that? 158 00:13:54,341 --> 00:13:58,402 Sickle or sword in hand, they go after anyone in sight, 159 00:13:58,524 --> 00:14:00,698 taking it to the very end. 160 00:14:03,406 --> 00:14:07,077 You were mistaken from the very beginning. 161 00:14:07,209 --> 00:14:09,603 You never fight and then run away afterwards. 162 00:14:09,729 --> 00:14:13,157 Only after running away isn't working, you end up fighting. 163 00:14:13,251 --> 00:14:16,697 I have neither stopped nor given up on fighting. 164 00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:19,926 So forget about last resorts. 165 00:14:20,622 --> 00:14:23,323 At least until it's truly your last. 166 00:14:24,999 --> 00:14:29,725 Think of how lucky you are, marrying someone like him. 167 00:14:29,939 --> 00:14:33,273 Not all slaves are alike. 168 00:14:34,243 --> 00:14:37,739 If it's someone like him, you really have nothing more to ask for. 169 00:14:37,814 --> 00:14:39,292 Chobok, you must be ecstatic. 170 00:14:39,396 --> 00:14:41,832 Getting such opportunity. 171 00:14:42,257 --> 00:14:44,986 Ehh... Is a woman's life all that special? 172 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,358 If you're cherished and respected, that's all it takes. 173 00:14:49,454 --> 00:14:52,026 I told you I'm not getting married! 174 00:14:53,052 --> 00:14:56,286 Aigoo... Listen to that... 175 00:14:56,572 --> 00:15:00,375 Can a mere slave choose whether to go or not? 176 00:15:00,554 --> 00:15:03,302 Is it because he's a widower with kids? 177 00:15:03,885 --> 00:15:07,397 Still, with that face of hers, what more could she ask for?! 178 00:15:07,753 --> 00:15:09,461 Ajeosshi. 179 00:15:15,835 --> 00:15:17,457 Ajeosshi. 180 00:15:20,980 --> 00:15:23,248 What are you doing out here at this hour? 181 00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:25,102 I had something to tell you. 182 00:15:25,478 --> 00:15:27,521 Do it tomorrow! 183 00:15:28,551 --> 00:15:30,889 What if Milord hears you? 184 00:15:31,237 --> 00:15:32,969 Ajeosshi... 185 00:15:36,724 --> 00:15:38,324 You know... 186 00:15:45,679 --> 00:15:47,823 What is the matter? 187 00:15:47,899 --> 00:15:48,830 Yes... 188 00:15:48,953 --> 00:15:50,371 Since they would be spending the night here, 189 00:15:50,446 --> 00:15:53,150 I came to ask whether they'd like to eat something. 190 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,660 Nightly morsels are nothing but slumberous hindrances, 191 00:15:56,149 --> 00:15:57,665 so don't waste your time. 192 00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:59,204 Yes, Naeuri. 193 00:15:59,296 --> 00:16:01,159 I will leave. 194 00:16:11,763 --> 00:16:13,202 Listen. 195 00:16:13,927 --> 00:16:14,605 Yes, Naeuri. 196 00:16:14,689 --> 00:16:18,878 When it comes to the contumelious rapscallions afflicting yangban at night, 197 00:16:19,019 --> 00:16:21,644 the grass is always greener on your neighbor's abode, as they say. 198 00:16:21,874 --> 00:16:22,453 What?! 199 00:16:22,559 --> 00:16:27,051 Should your nightly vigilance be besmirched by nebulous resolve, 200 00:16:27,173 --> 00:16:30,936 as harrowing and fatal as sweltering Hades would the consequences be, 201 00:16:31,030 --> 00:16:34,137 so spare no travail in bulwarking your keeper! 202 00:16:34,475 --> 00:16:35,384 What... 203 00:16:35,708 --> 00:16:39,944 Direful are the fruits of languorous vigil! 204 00:16:40,038 --> 00:16:42,328 Ohh Ohh! You still can't get it?! 205 00:16:42,529 --> 00:16:43,659 What?! 206 00:16:44,197 --> 00:16:46,113 Ahh... I don't, Naeuri. 207 00:16:46,659 --> 00:16:51,788 Ehh... Ahh... You squirrelly minions! 208 00:16:52,808 --> 00:16:54,945 I said be alert! 209 00:17:00,176 --> 00:17:01,891 What did he say? 210 00:17:02,345 --> 00:17:03,548 Is he speaking the same language? 211 00:17:03,661 --> 00:17:05,685 The hell I know? 212 00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:21,548 I see a perturbed look on your faces. 213 00:17:21,652 --> 00:17:23,483 Steal a hook and you'll face death, 214 00:17:23,615 --> 00:17:27,866 steal a whole country, and a crown shall bedeck your pate. 215 00:17:29,694 --> 00:17:32,413 I was prepared for this. 216 00:17:33,488 --> 00:17:38,088 But seeing as I still yearn despite abandoning it all, 217 00:17:40,084 --> 00:17:45,317 meseems my shortcomings got the better of me. 218 00:17:47,418 --> 00:17:50,590 Former Royal Secretariat Officer Lee Jaejun... 219 00:17:50,714 --> 00:17:53,205 was exposed as the ringleader of this treacherous infamy. 220 00:17:54,429 --> 00:17:56,396 As a result of our questioning, 221 00:17:56,556 --> 00:17:58,673 we found they attempted to aid the Royal Successor... 222 00:17:58,730 --> 00:18:00,424 That is enough. 223 00:18:00,659 --> 00:18:01,988 Yes, Sire. 224 00:18:03,619 --> 00:18:08,213 Our lamentable malfeasance caused Your Majesty direful quandaries. 225 00:18:08,335 --> 00:18:10,829 Councilor, shut your gob as well. 226 00:18:16,244 --> 00:18:17,778 Silence... 227 00:18:19,293 --> 00:18:21,100 How wonderful. 228 00:18:31,731 --> 00:18:33,773 From here on in, 229 00:18:34,177 --> 00:18:38,403 never again shall the Royal Successor's name be mentioned. 230 00:18:43,735 --> 00:18:44,770 Treason?! 231 00:18:44,858 --> 00:18:48,864 A faction trying to help the Royal Successor to the throne was exposed. 232 00:18:51,885 --> 00:18:55,356 The Councilor couldn't find the Royal Successor, 233 00:18:55,479 --> 00:18:57,545 but he practically sealed his fate with this, 234 00:18:57,715 --> 00:19:02,044 for His Highness will no longer have any possibility to survive on this land. 235 00:19:02,195 --> 00:19:03,913 Isn't this troubling? 236 00:19:05,625 --> 00:19:06,858 It's not. 237 00:19:07,893 --> 00:19:11,068 It could benefit us, on the contrary. 238 00:19:27,528 --> 00:19:31,292 Why did you not summon me, and encumbered yourself with this visit? 239 00:19:32,324 --> 00:19:33,927 As quietude blesses those kingly walls, 240 00:19:34,031 --> 00:19:37,002 I thought a promenade would be most befitting. 241 00:19:37,137 --> 00:19:40,073 I was informed on the latest happenings at the State Tribunal. 242 00:19:40,191 --> 00:19:43,551 It is of utmost relief to hear this treacherous complot was exposed. 243 00:19:43,647 --> 00:19:49,171 Because it was not treachery directed at yours truly, but you instead. 244 00:19:51,001 --> 00:19:52,774 Prince. 245 00:19:54,305 --> 00:19:55,942 Yes, Sire. 246 00:19:56,362 --> 00:20:02,163 Never again shall the court deliberate upon matters of legitimacy. 247 00:20:02,427 --> 00:20:03,697 Yes. 248 00:20:05,457 --> 00:20:09,297 Then, what will happen to Seokgyeon? 249 00:20:09,429 --> 00:20:11,169 Did I not tell you? 250 00:20:11,931 --> 00:20:13,428 Thenceforth, 251 00:20:13,654 --> 00:20:18,115 I condemned the sole mention of his name itself as treason. 252 00:20:19,335 --> 00:20:22,671 Do you feel pity for that child? 253 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:24,202 I do, Sire. 254 00:20:24,385 --> 00:20:26,531 Your compassion is excessive. 255 00:20:27,303 --> 00:20:29,975 Compassion can bring bliss to the populace, 256 00:20:30,211 --> 00:20:34,924 but amongst royals, such noble intents oftentimes result in bloodshed. 257 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:38,679 Do you realize what I'm saying? 258 00:20:41,432 --> 00:20:43,926 I shall carve your words on my mind. 259 00:20:54,198 --> 00:20:55,923 Did you convey my words? 260 00:20:56,836 --> 00:21:00,161 I really don't like any of this. 261 00:21:00,334 --> 00:21:01,264 What are you referring to? 262 00:21:01,364 --> 00:21:03,514 Meeting the crown prince. 263 00:21:05,952 --> 00:21:07,260 Eat. 264 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,528 It's dried roe. 265 00:21:22,790 --> 00:21:26,506 Why are you drinking on the eve of such an important endeavor? 266 00:21:27,442 --> 00:21:29,907 We'll have nothing to do until tonight, anyway. 267 00:21:30,067 --> 00:21:35,324 Not to mention that the sole thought of spending all day with you while sober... 268 00:21:36,024 --> 00:21:38,631 just suffocates me. 269 00:22:01,944 --> 00:22:05,831 Hearing that disheartened me. 270 00:22:08,052 --> 00:22:09,685 Hearing what? 271 00:22:11,294 --> 00:22:14,665 The idea of finding one good reason not to die. 272 00:22:14,957 --> 00:22:16,737 Look at what he remembers... 273 00:22:16,848 --> 00:22:19,268 While spending my lifetime on the battlefield, 274 00:22:19,428 --> 00:22:21,292 I only had one thing in mind. 275 00:22:21,489 --> 00:22:25,659 That, should the battle be too much to handle, I would just die. 276 00:22:26,826 --> 00:22:30,757 That I would have given my everything, so there would be no regrets. 277 00:22:30,965 --> 00:22:33,054 But now, 278 00:22:34,472 --> 00:22:37,430 no matter how hard it is, I must survive, 279 00:22:38,663 --> 00:22:47,174 so that path is much more arduous than accepting demise. 280 00:22:47,485 --> 00:22:52,105 You know, no matter how noble your intents are, 281 00:22:52,214 --> 00:22:54,892 people struggle by the same rules. 282 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,090 Once misery engulfs you, your life can only get worse. 283 00:23:00,277 --> 00:23:02,327 So just take it as it comes. 284 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,315 Abandon all greed and let it go. 285 00:23:06,169 --> 00:23:08,044 How nice it would be? 286 00:23:08,816 --> 00:23:11,169 Having a spouse and children, 287 00:23:11,686 --> 00:23:13,867 a land to farm... 288 00:23:15,307 --> 00:23:17,302 That's all you need. 289 00:23:17,418 --> 00:23:20,201 A life of simplicity is a wise man's greatest virtue. 290 00:23:20,342 --> 00:23:24,328 Warm and simple... 291 00:23:26,718 --> 00:23:28,375 Back in the day, 292 00:23:29,128 --> 00:23:32,431 did you not wish to change the world yourself? 293 00:23:32,987 --> 00:23:35,811 To make a world without yangban or commoners? 294 00:23:37,543 --> 00:23:39,651 Did you not dream of making a world where... 295 00:23:39,884 --> 00:23:44,721 you could spend your entire life in peace with the woman you love? 296 00:23:48,759 --> 00:23:51,187 Before I experienced reality... 297 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,569 Back then, I did. 298 00:24:29,563 --> 00:24:31,768 Love the world you live in, 299 00:24:31,878 --> 00:24:33,789 and you'll find the courage to change it. 300 00:24:33,883 --> 00:24:36,001 The water might flow, 301 00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:39,310 but the tide never changes. 302 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:41,249 Nice, isn't it? 303 00:24:41,861 --> 00:24:43,935 No matter how steady the tide, 304 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:46,379 it can never stop water from flowing. 305 00:24:54,641 --> 00:24:56,537 Slave yangban. 306 00:24:57,507 --> 00:25:00,067 You're quite the interesting fella... 307 00:25:23,785 --> 00:25:26,392 Do you know my spouse? 308 00:25:28,312 --> 00:25:29,178 I do. 309 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:30,637 Are you from the Training Command? 310 00:25:30,768 --> 00:25:31,723 No. 311 00:25:31,888 --> 00:25:34,573 Then, did you meet him in Qing territory? 312 00:25:35,597 --> 00:25:37,105 I did. 313 00:25:38,629 --> 00:25:42,112 And you know he's the Royal Successor, too? 314 00:25:42,196 --> 00:25:43,748 I merely came to escort him. 315 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:46,794 Escort him where, then? 316 00:25:47,870 --> 00:25:50,866 Think he would survive in Joseon? 317 00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:52,739 If he can't survive this way, 318 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,252 we can just change things to grant him survival. 319 00:25:55,412 --> 00:25:57,307 And that is what we are trying to accomplish. 320 00:25:57,401 --> 00:26:01,335 If it's His Highness's sake what you're concerned about, 321 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:04,262 detaining me here will bring you no benefit. 322 00:26:05,447 --> 00:26:08,072 And what benefit would I gain from releasing you? 323 00:26:08,162 --> 00:26:11,144 I will escort you and His Highness. 324 00:26:12,584 --> 00:26:16,763 You will have to wait until my spouse returns. 325 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:54,633 How about it? Fun, isn't it? 326 00:26:54,739 --> 00:26:56,305 Listen to this. 327 00:27:05,743 --> 00:27:07,390 Is this not it?! 328 00:27:07,540 --> 00:27:08,965 It's really unique... 329 00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:11,321 That sound coming from such a small instrument... 330 00:27:11,410 --> 00:27:13,479 No matter how small, even spiders can dance over their web. 331 00:27:13,583 --> 00:27:17,709 Right. And being small doesn't mean flies can't fly. 332 00:27:17,935 --> 00:27:20,909 We really are on the same page! 333 00:27:30,665 --> 00:27:32,869 How old is he? 334 00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:35,594 Four. 335 00:27:35,783 --> 00:27:37,946 Is it nice to have children? 336 00:27:40,733 --> 00:27:42,135 Yes... 337 00:27:45,044 --> 00:27:49,315 I wish I had five pretty sons like him... 338 00:27:50,162 --> 00:27:51,508 Just sons? 339 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,066 If I have a daughter and she ends up like me, then what? 340 00:27:55,226 --> 00:27:56,881 Don't even say that. 341 00:27:56,956 --> 00:27:58,509 And don't think it, either. 342 00:27:58,613 --> 00:28:00,834 It's the truth, anyway. 343 00:28:08,994 --> 00:28:10,415 You want to ask me something, right? 344 00:28:10,509 --> 00:28:11,121 What? 345 00:28:11,206 --> 00:28:13,210 It's written on your face. 346 00:28:13,286 --> 00:28:15,875 Seems like you can't tell lies. 347 00:28:15,987 --> 00:28:16,843 What? 348 00:28:18,349 --> 00:28:21,050 Yes... I really can't lie. 349 00:28:21,177 --> 00:28:24,099 Except... a few ones in the past. 350 00:28:26,771 --> 00:28:27,901 Tell me. 351 00:28:28,033 --> 00:28:30,694 Is there anything women couldn't tell each other? 352 00:28:32,156 --> 00:28:33,470 I... 353 00:28:34,606 --> 00:28:40,070 I think Daegil Orabeoni left together with your spouse. 354 00:28:40,175 --> 00:28:41,888 He said he would go out for a walk and come back, 355 00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:43,883 but no matter how long I waited, he just wouldn't return. 356 00:28:44,006 --> 00:28:47,742 I even asked General Choi, but he didn't say anything. 357 00:28:48,514 --> 00:28:52,019 They left together, didn't they? 358 00:28:53,562 --> 00:28:56,418 They left on the same day at the same time, 359 00:28:57,257 --> 00:28:59,204 so there's a possibility. 360 00:28:59,566 --> 00:29:01,911 Can they really tag along? 361 00:29:02,019 --> 00:29:03,910 What if they end up killing each... 362 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:07,599 They wouldn't do that, would they? 363 00:29:07,772 --> 00:29:10,037 I'm sure they won't. 364 00:29:10,757 --> 00:29:12,952 I heard they had a misunderstanding, 365 00:29:13,714 --> 00:29:15,775 and then dealt with it. 366 00:29:17,526 --> 00:29:18,917 I see. 367 00:29:19,285 --> 00:29:20,989 Don't worry too much. 368 00:29:21,098 --> 00:29:22,857 They'll come back. 369 00:29:22,971 --> 00:29:24,074 Right?! 370 00:29:24,168 --> 00:29:26,669 They'll be back for sure, right? 371 00:29:27,127 --> 00:29:27,895 Yes. 372 00:29:28,004 --> 00:29:29,988 Then... Eonni. 373 00:29:30,442 --> 00:29:33,780 Could you teach me how to write? 374 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:41,968 ~ Daegil ~ 375 00:29:49,641 --> 00:29:51,986 Are those even the right characters? 376 00:29:52,777 --> 00:29:53,838 Yep, right ones. 377 00:29:53,941 --> 00:29:56,125 "Dae" of big and "Gil" of celebration. 378 00:29:56,256 --> 00:29:58,487 I'll give it to Orabeoni when he's back. 379 00:29:59,817 --> 00:30:03,372 What I'm saying is, why would you give this to him? 380 00:30:07,958 --> 00:30:09,699 Wangson Orabeoni. 381 00:30:09,831 --> 00:30:10,650 What? 382 00:30:10,791 --> 00:30:11,560 What is it, again? 383 00:30:11,694 --> 00:30:14,299 I really feel pity for you. 384 00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:16,024 Say what? 385 00:30:16,137 --> 00:30:18,926 You don't even know why I'm doing this, I bet?! 386 00:30:19,031 --> 00:30:22,044 You only rush under their skirts, but you really don't know women, do you? 387 00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:26,431 I know women better than the old fella up top wearing the crown... 388 00:30:26,555 --> 00:30:32,136 - What women really want is... - Can't hear! Can't hear! Can't hear! 389 00:30:32,268 --> 00:30:34,593 That is the true nature of emotional exchange. 390 00:30:35,032 --> 00:30:39,088 Ohh! General Eonni, look at her! Her tongue's on fire! 391 00:30:42,728 --> 00:30:44,510 But why isn't Giyoon showing up? 392 00:30:44,594 --> 00:30:47,283 Has he ever gathered with us? 393 00:30:47,481 --> 00:30:49,636 Unless there is money to be made, of course. 394 00:30:49,730 --> 00:30:54,370 Ahh... He told us all to gather, but why is our leader not showing up? 395 00:31:04,372 --> 00:31:05,842 They're not familiar?! 396 00:31:05,955 --> 00:31:08,700 I'd like to... ask you something. 397 00:31:08,804 --> 00:31:09,560 Go ahead. 398 00:31:09,653 --> 00:31:13,754 By chance, are you that yangban known as Eopbok? 399 00:31:15,430 --> 00:31:17,256 I indeed am Eopbok, 400 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:18,329 but I'm no yangban. 401 00:31:18,428 --> 00:31:19,734 Nice to meet you! 402 00:31:19,856 --> 00:31:22,773 I'm a slave from Mal-Gol, my name is Gangaji. 403 00:31:22,867 --> 00:31:24,100 Ganga... 404 00:31:24,608 --> 00:31:26,641 - But... - Our leader sent us! 405 00:31:26,764 --> 00:31:28,608 Told us we would find everyone here. 406 00:31:28,730 --> 00:31:31,846 Then, did he also train you... 407 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:33,154 Yes. 408 00:31:33,757 --> 00:31:36,439 We're in the same line of work. 409 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:40,181 I'm glad you came. 410 00:31:40,303 --> 00:31:43,694 He said there were people like us all over, and I was eager to meet them. 411 00:31:43,788 --> 00:31:45,404 I've heard a lot about you. 412 00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:49,231 But... He's not come, I guess?! 413 00:32:24,748 --> 00:32:26,996 Aigoo... 414 00:32:33,752 --> 00:32:36,270 You've made quite the sum, Hyungnim. 415 00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:41,337 Dongsaeng! 416 00:32:41,425 --> 00:32:44,045 And I thought you looked familiar... 417 00:32:44,666 --> 00:32:48,367 So is this the place you said you would buy? 418 00:32:48,489 --> 00:32:49,751 Listen to you... 419 00:32:49,873 --> 00:32:53,530 Where would I find the money to buy a house?! 420 00:32:55,043 --> 00:32:56,207 Ahh... This? 421 00:32:56,311 --> 00:32:58,505 Let me explain... 422 00:33:00,114 --> 00:33:01,675 Ohh! Right! 423 00:33:01,921 --> 00:33:03,794 I was thinking of getting a cannon as well. 424 00:33:03,907 --> 00:33:06,439 How much longer are we going to waste time with rifles? 425 00:33:06,533 --> 00:33:09,248 We need to go at them with something much bigger! 426 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,270 Ahh... Yes... A cannon. 427 00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:14,012 Sure! 428 00:33:14,127 --> 00:33:19,272 So I was saving up on your behalf. 429 00:33:21,953 --> 00:33:24,610 Why? I told you. 430 00:33:30,878 --> 00:33:34,223 It's money our compeers risked their lives to gather... 431 00:33:34,393 --> 00:33:36,746 But you stole some by exchanging drafts, 432 00:33:37,188 --> 00:33:39,679 not to mention while purchasing matchlocks. 433 00:33:39,803 --> 00:33:41,406 Ahh... This... 434 00:33:41,566 --> 00:33:44,220 It's a misunderstanding! What are you talking about? 435 00:33:44,324 --> 00:33:47,834 I knew you'd resort to this the first moment I saw you. 436 00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:55,313 Look, Dongsaeng! 437 00:33:55,397 --> 00:33:59,538 Forget this, and let us split that money. 438 00:33:59,659 --> 00:34:02,591 There's enough for the both of us! 439 00:34:04,069 --> 00:34:05,792 Fine! All right! 440 00:34:05,961 --> 00:34:07,112 Take it all! 441 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:08,163 Keep it all for yourself! 442 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,869 I'll keep this secret with the others, so go ahead. 443 00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:20,753 So, can you really hit a date fifty paces away? 444 00:34:20,838 --> 00:34:22,579 Not only fifty... 445 00:34:23,247 --> 00:34:26,042 I probably could hit it a hundred paces away. 446 00:34:26,993 --> 00:34:28,819 You're a remarkable sniper, all right. 447 00:34:28,885 --> 00:34:32,166 Ehh... It will be fifty paces at best, anyway. 448 00:34:32,523 --> 00:34:34,763 When it comes to shooting, 449 00:34:34,895 --> 00:34:38,036 I could hit a sparrow's ass in mid-flight. 450 00:34:38,162 --> 00:34:39,537 Haven't you heard about me? 451 00:34:39,629 --> 00:34:40,628 Ggeutbong. 452 00:34:40,737 --> 00:34:42,224 Ggeutbong?! 453 00:34:43,438 --> 00:34:44,774 Never really heard it before?! 454 00:34:44,869 --> 00:34:47,381 But I'm really close with our leader? 455 00:34:47,466 --> 00:34:50,149 Let me see... Ggeutbong... 456 00:34:50,393 --> 00:34:52,488 Think it's a first for me?! 457 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,378 Why doesn't he talk about me? 458 00:34:54,510 --> 00:34:57,328 Here... Let's introduce each other. 459 00:34:57,456 --> 00:34:58,288 I'm Gangaji. 460 00:34:58,386 --> 00:35:00,543 G...angaji... 461 00:35:00,938 --> 00:35:02,961 Gaenom Ajeosshi, is your son here? 462 00:35:03,084 --> 00:35:04,606 Said he's called Gangaji. 463 00:35:04,728 --> 00:35:07,649 Nice to meet you, I'm Gaenom. 464 00:35:07,734 --> 00:35:09,927 Yes, pleasure is mine. 465 00:35:10,021 --> 00:35:11,827 Let me introduce our boys. 466 00:35:11,926 --> 00:35:12,956 Ggapggap. 467 00:35:13,858 --> 00:35:15,640 Eoksu. 468 00:35:15,782 --> 00:35:18,347 Over there, Jakeunnom. 469 00:35:18,469 --> 00:35:20,126 Here, Gullongswe. 470 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:21,509 Nice to meet you. 471 00:35:21,613 --> 00:35:22,865 Let me ask you something. 472 00:35:22,940 --> 00:35:26,241 Here... Know where we could find a master sniper known as Eopbok? 473 00:35:26,373 --> 00:35:27,745 Master... 474 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,839 But, you don't know anyone called Ggeutbong? 475 00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:33,266 Not really?! 476 00:35:33,886 --> 00:35:35,276 What are you doing? You have guests. 477 00:35:35,361 --> 00:35:37,818 Is a fella named Eopbok here? 478 00:35:43,116 --> 00:35:46,032 So how long have you known him? 479 00:35:46,135 --> 00:35:48,846 Ahh... It's been quite a while. 480 00:35:48,971 --> 00:35:52,893 If we count the yangban I killed in Gyeonggi Province alone, 481 00:35:53,260 --> 00:35:55,684 both my hands and feet wouldn't be enough. 482 00:35:55,881 --> 00:35:58,249 Isn't it about the same in our case as well? 483 00:35:58,391 --> 00:35:59,840 Yes. 484 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:01,826 Then... 485 00:36:02,527 --> 00:36:03,256 Are you also... 486 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,452 No. 487 00:36:04,706 --> 00:36:06,831 We've always used swords. 488 00:36:06,916 --> 00:36:10,323 So you, what, learned swordsmanship from him? 489 00:36:10,474 --> 00:36:12,730 His keeper sure was a remarkable man. 490 00:36:12,968 --> 00:36:15,575 Making all male varlets practice swordsmanship and riding, 491 00:36:15,669 --> 00:36:17,805 and having all female slaves dance and sing. 492 00:36:17,899 --> 00:36:22,285 So he ends up killing yangban with the same skills yangban taught him. 493 00:36:22,379 --> 00:36:27,556 I'd never seen a slave being helped by yangban before. 494 00:36:27,726 --> 00:36:29,674 Brethren! 495 00:36:43,999 --> 00:36:45,269 Your Highness. 496 00:36:45,457 --> 00:36:47,293 I would like to convey to you something. 497 00:36:47,471 --> 00:36:48,093 What is it? 498 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,293 This man named Song who served you at your past residence... 499 00:36:51,406 --> 00:36:53,928 told me I should relay this to you at all cost. 500 00:36:54,050 --> 00:36:56,206 A man named Song?! 501 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:59,396 He visited my abode early in the morn. 502 00:37:00,573 --> 00:37:03,631 He said the fir you once noticed while traveling incognito... 503 00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:06,747 was moved to Gwangeui Gate. 504 00:37:07,256 --> 00:37:11,057 He said he proceeded according to Your Highness's orders. 505 00:37:12,036 --> 00:37:13,780 I can't recall. 506 00:37:14,205 --> 00:37:16,622 I had plenty of escapades while incognito, 507 00:37:17,074 --> 00:37:18,947 and by fir... 508 00:37:21,661 --> 00:37:25,784 ~ The birth name of Seokgyeon (Hwe) means fir ~ 509 00:37:34,538 --> 00:37:36,119 Fine, you may go. 510 00:37:36,241 --> 00:37:38,242 Yes, Your Highness. 511 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:46,461 Is it General Song? 512 00:37:53,376 --> 00:37:54,496 Let us move. 513 00:37:54,627 --> 00:37:56,479 I didn't convey any particular time, 514 00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:58,818 so we'll have to wait for him there. 515 00:38:03,232 --> 00:38:05,622 Look at what I end up doing... 516 00:38:05,745 --> 00:38:09,102 Meeting not only the king's grandson, but even his son now. 517 00:38:09,714 --> 00:38:12,013 When you meet, you must pay your respects. 518 00:38:12,107 --> 00:38:13,914 Respects, my ass. 519 00:38:14,309 --> 00:38:16,135 Like I'd see him again. 520 00:38:21,161 --> 00:38:23,985 But what's all this money? 521 00:38:24,596 --> 00:38:26,187 Don't really know. 522 00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:28,869 Not to mention all these rifles. 523 00:38:29,321 --> 00:38:30,940 Did you all introduce yourselves? 524 00:38:31,053 --> 00:38:32,420 Yes! 525 00:38:32,533 --> 00:38:34,093 We might not all be here, 526 00:38:34,281 --> 00:38:39,062 but seeing you gathered whelms me with resolve. 527 00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,040 The reason I gathered you all here today... 528 00:38:42,859 --> 00:38:44,214 is because tonight, 529 00:38:45,259 --> 00:38:47,583 we shall infiltrate the Tribute Bureau. 530 00:38:49,531 --> 00:38:53,893 All the rice stored at the Tribute Bureau is fruit of our sweat and blood. 531 00:38:54,185 --> 00:38:58,334 However, aren't those yangban continuously oppressing us, 532 00:38:58,876 --> 00:39:00,700 from the languorous idleness of their nobility? 533 00:39:00,804 --> 00:39:02,131 We must slaughter them all! 534 00:39:02,253 --> 00:39:03,853 They deserve to die! 535 00:39:05,663 --> 00:39:07,490 Thus spoke Taigong. 536 00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:11,142 Never use your nobility to slight others' lack thereof, 537 00:39:11,548 --> 00:39:15,878 and never point out one's shortcomings through your virtues. 538 00:39:16,571 --> 00:39:19,605 These same words might have been read and studied by those yangban, 539 00:39:19,737 --> 00:39:21,290 but not a single one practices them. 540 00:39:21,384 --> 00:39:22,297 Let us kill them all! 541 00:39:22,344 --> 00:39:25,134 Death to all yangban! 542 00:39:28,797 --> 00:39:31,434 What shall burn tonight is not the Tribute Bureau's rice, 543 00:39:31,509 --> 00:39:32,874 but the yangban's sinful misdeeds. 544 00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:38,110 It is also a declaration of war against their ringleader, the king. 545 00:39:38,764 --> 00:39:42,011 We never had a chance to make our voices heard. 546 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:47,083 Is there anyone here who ever had the opportunity to scream out his grievances? 547 00:39:50,423 --> 00:39:51,751 So it is time we, 548 00:39:52,861 --> 00:39:54,537 before it's too late, 549 00:39:54,781 --> 00:39:57,247 scream once and for all. 550 00:40:23,808 --> 00:40:29,641 The raging sounds of thunderbolt ravaged Namsan, I hear?! 551 00:40:30,901 --> 00:40:32,820 When clear skies are ravaged by thunder, 552 00:40:32,914 --> 00:40:36,967 it's a clear omen that your country is going astray. 553 00:40:37,532 --> 00:40:38,607 Say what?! 554 00:40:38,705 --> 00:40:40,045 You scared me... 555 00:40:40,148 --> 00:40:42,228 Why are you getting all grumpy with me? 556 00:40:42,341 --> 00:40:46,148 Did I say that?! It's just rumors... 557 00:40:46,251 --> 00:40:48,016 But, the way I see it, 558 00:40:48,109 --> 00:40:50,935 that didn't really sound like thunderbolts. 559 00:40:51,033 --> 00:40:55,055 If it's not thunderbolts, then what could it possibly be? 560 00:40:55,629 --> 00:40:58,032 The hell are you prattling, uh?! 561 00:40:58,145 --> 00:41:01,662 Those weren't thunderbolts, but gunshots. 562 00:41:03,485 --> 00:41:04,589 Don't you know? 563 00:41:04,672 --> 00:41:07,023 The sound of yangban shot to death, croaking every night. 564 00:41:07,126 --> 00:41:10,027 Here... Here! Thunderbolt or whatever, forget that. 565 00:41:10,141 --> 00:41:13,797 What matters now is where Daegil and Song Taeha have gone. 566 00:41:13,872 --> 00:41:17,115 Don't obsess over fruitless rumors, that's what. 567 00:41:17,235 --> 00:41:19,596 And that's exactly what I was saying, uh?! 568 00:41:19,689 --> 00:41:21,918 Would a dragon worry about catching minnows? 569 00:41:22,014 --> 00:41:22,951 That's right. 570 00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:24,709 Would a phoenix feed on petty millet? 571 00:41:24,819 --> 00:41:28,638 Tell me about it. Would a tiger feast on mildew?! 572 00:41:29,448 --> 00:41:33,024 Would the hungry tiger wait to see whether it's a mongrel or a monk? 573 00:41:37,036 --> 00:41:38,735 I ought to... 574 00:41:38,933 --> 00:41:40,891 Hey, little one. 575 00:41:41,399 --> 00:41:45,399 You got word from that General Choi or whatever he's called, right? 576 00:41:45,662 --> 00:41:46,990 Of course not! 577 00:41:47,370 --> 00:41:48,067 What are you saying... 578 00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:50,758 It sure... smells like you established contact in some way?! 579 00:41:50,853 --> 00:41:53,375 Ahh... Why pester innocent people? 580 00:41:53,507 --> 00:41:54,627 Chief Oh, you really... 581 00:41:54,711 --> 00:41:59,115 Shall we go down to the bureau and see if you really are innocent? 582 00:41:59,266 --> 00:42:00,198 Uh?! 583 00:42:01,732 --> 00:42:03,765 What's wrong with you? 584 00:42:03,887 --> 00:42:05,543 What would she possibly know? 585 00:42:05,722 --> 00:42:08,792 Aigoo... She's too much of a dunce to know any better. 586 00:42:09,056 --> 00:42:09,987 Dunce?! 587 00:42:10,119 --> 00:42:12,369 Aigoo, look here! Your cup is empty, uh?! 588 00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:15,445 You should have told me, why didn't you? 589 00:42:15,523 --> 00:42:16,303 What are you waiting for? 590 00:42:16,387 --> 00:42:18,678 Go get some ribs. And do you call these side dishes? 591 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,118 How dare you look down on our Chief... 592 00:42:20,212 --> 00:42:22,104 Our hero for the ages! 593 00:42:22,198 --> 00:42:24,328 Aigoo... 594 00:42:24,538 --> 00:42:26,477 - Pour more! - Ahh... Yes! 595 00:42:41,489 --> 00:42:44,348 Where could the general be? 596 00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:47,972 Just a word, and I'd run to him... 597 00:42:49,826 --> 00:42:51,603 Look, Dongsaeng. 598 00:42:53,862 --> 00:42:57,053 I really didn't want to say this, 599 00:42:58,577 --> 00:43:02,094 but after all that commotion Daegil caused, 600 00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:06,556 I don't think we'll see General Choi come back. 601 00:43:06,660 --> 00:43:08,184 No matter what... 602 00:43:09,234 --> 00:43:10,631 I'm sure he'll come. 603 00:43:10,725 --> 00:43:12,487 Just resign yourself. 604 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:15,819 When it comes to relationships, it's not really something... 605 00:43:15,932 --> 00:43:20,911 you can control in any way or form. 606 00:43:21,017 --> 00:43:24,562 At least you've met your perfect match... 607 00:43:26,444 --> 00:43:27,444 Aigoo... 608 00:43:27,549 --> 00:43:29,371 At times, he does feel like the man of my dreams. 609 00:43:29,503 --> 00:43:31,743 Other times, just my worst nightmare. 610 00:43:33,141 --> 00:43:37,291 You know? All this time, 611 00:43:37,710 --> 00:43:42,682 all I ever wished for was to at least once live with someone I like. 612 00:43:43,998 --> 00:43:45,692 Just like you... 613 00:43:48,050 --> 00:43:52,467 Aigoo... She'd even strangle a moribund wench... 614 00:44:08,974 --> 00:44:10,022 Are you there? 615 00:44:10,140 --> 00:44:11,798 Yes, Your Highness. 616 00:44:11,976 --> 00:44:13,595 I will have to leave the palace incognito. 617 00:44:13,944 --> 00:44:15,608 Prepare my garments. 618 00:44:16,435 --> 00:44:18,700 There are movements at the East Palace. 619 00:44:22,269 --> 00:44:24,081 Will he leave incognito? 620 00:44:24,222 --> 00:44:25,296 How did you know? 621 00:44:25,393 --> 00:44:29,329 Do you know how long I've spent with Song Taeha? 622 00:44:30,810 --> 00:44:34,226 I can certainly read through him. 623 00:44:37,509 --> 00:44:39,355 Put the troops on standby, 624 00:44:39,491 --> 00:44:40,912 and only your men will follow me. 625 00:44:41,005 --> 00:44:43,116 Why don't we deploy the entire force? 626 00:44:43,229 --> 00:44:45,160 Should the crown prince's guards spot us, 627 00:44:45,292 --> 00:44:48,375 we would risk being accused of spying upon His Highness. 628 00:45:16,638 --> 00:45:19,697 I shall enter alone and have a quick parley. 629 00:45:19,885 --> 00:45:20,958 Yes. 630 00:45:46,919 --> 00:45:49,375 So he eludes his own guards?! 631 00:46:13,249 --> 00:46:14,579 And Chobok? 632 00:46:14,853 --> 00:46:16,425 Didn't even tell her. 633 00:46:16,641 --> 00:46:18,844 She doesn't need to keep watch for us, 634 00:46:19,004 --> 00:46:20,881 and it would be too dangerous for her anyhow. 635 00:46:20,994 --> 00:46:22,705 How considerate of you... 636 00:46:23,459 --> 00:46:24,657 Hasn't he come yet? 637 00:46:24,766 --> 00:46:26,302 He probably won't come with us. 638 00:46:26,444 --> 00:46:28,164 He'll attack with the swordsmen. 639 00:46:42,310 --> 00:46:44,428 Don't let this daunt you. 640 00:46:45,504 --> 00:46:47,082 Throw the torch on top of the cellars, 641 00:46:47,186 --> 00:46:49,717 and should anyone try to stop you, slay them. 642 00:46:49,802 --> 00:46:51,017 Ehh... 643 00:46:51,131 --> 00:46:53,115 We have a master sniper guarding our back... 644 00:46:53,228 --> 00:46:55,302 Why would anything daunt us? 645 00:47:24,469 --> 00:47:25,627 General Song. 646 00:47:25,758 --> 00:47:27,048 Your Highness. 647 00:47:28,074 --> 00:47:29,916 I shall pay my respects. 648 00:47:40,022 --> 00:47:42,744 Greetings... 649 00:47:47,627 --> 00:47:49,057 Who is this man? 650 00:47:49,170 --> 00:47:50,591 You needn't be concerned about him. 651 00:47:50,685 --> 00:47:53,454 I'm slave hunter Lee Daegil. 652 00:47:53,995 --> 00:47:55,463 Slave hunter?! 653 00:47:55,894 --> 00:47:57,571 Was there such a thing? 654 00:47:57,692 --> 00:48:00,205 And why would I try to deceive you? 655 00:48:01,316 --> 00:48:04,271 But, are you really the Crown Prince? 656 00:48:04,544 --> 00:48:06,549 May you forgive him, Your Highness. 657 00:48:19,423 --> 00:48:21,955 Summon the entire force. 658 00:48:23,423 --> 00:48:26,040 Once His Highness leaves, we will proceed. 659 00:48:26,125 --> 00:48:27,467 Yes. 660 00:48:40,164 --> 00:48:41,858 Is this because of Seokgyeon? 661 00:48:41,999 --> 00:48:42,813 Yes, Your Highness. 662 00:48:42,922 --> 00:48:44,339 Are you petitioning for his absolution? 663 00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:46,946 I trust you shall accord me your understanding, Your Highness. 664 00:48:48,694 --> 00:48:53,758 His Highness lost everyone, and is strenuously surviving all on his own. 665 00:48:53,871 --> 00:48:56,461 I might not have made personal acquaintance with you, 666 00:48:56,610 --> 00:48:58,674 but I've heard a lot about you. 667 00:48:59,069 --> 00:49:01,248 I believe you will answer with honesty. 668 00:49:02,005 --> 00:49:02,966 Yes, Your Highness. 669 00:49:03,058 --> 00:49:05,431 What is moving you to do all this? 670 00:49:05,610 --> 00:49:09,901 Because of a covenant I made with the late Crown Prince. 671 00:49:10,701 --> 00:49:14,635 I pledged I would protect the Royal Successor to the very end. 672 00:49:15,134 --> 00:49:17,431 A sole covenant?! 673 00:49:18,387 --> 00:49:23,281 Are you not trying to help Seokgyeon ascend to the throne? 674 00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:24,895 I am. 675 00:49:25,018 --> 00:49:28,792 So someone attempting to push me aside and give Seokgyeon the throne... 676 00:49:29,244 --> 00:49:31,949 asks for my support?! 677 00:49:34,161 --> 00:49:36,975 Are you knave out of your mind? 678 00:49:37,679 --> 00:49:41,665 I could never lie to obtain what I wish for! 679 00:49:41,785 --> 00:49:43,014 Don't you know? 680 00:49:43,297 --> 00:49:45,905 That I would most benefit from Seokgyeon's disappearance. 681 00:49:46,017 --> 00:49:51,845 I came to you exactly because I knew you wouldn't so easily try to benefit. 682 00:49:52,630 --> 00:49:56,611 Is that truly what you wish for? 683 00:49:56,771 --> 00:50:00,322 His Highness has lost both his parents and brethren. 684 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:02,786 His grandfather wishes for his demise, 685 00:50:03,331 --> 00:50:05,958 and his uncle is ignoring this all. 686 00:50:07,017 --> 00:50:10,429 Is seeing him meet his inevitable demise what you truly wish for? 687 00:50:10,532 --> 00:50:13,297 How could a royal abandon himself in mundane compassion? 688 00:50:13,426 --> 00:50:16,122 Was not the palace populated by human beings as well? 689 00:50:16,216 --> 00:50:18,356 And what should I say about you? 690 00:50:18,668 --> 00:50:21,076 Trying to use a child to push his uncle aside, 691 00:50:21,274 --> 00:50:24,181 and then asking that same man to rescue his nephew. 692 00:50:24,626 --> 00:50:26,261 Is that what you call human compassion? 693 00:50:26,411 --> 00:50:28,774 But you did not ask me what I will do after. 694 00:50:29,856 --> 00:50:31,494 Whether I will continue to do the same, 695 00:50:31,597 --> 00:50:33,400 and if I will think the same. 696 00:50:33,513 --> 00:50:38,152 What are you thinking now? 697 00:50:38,259 --> 00:50:41,607 That I'll fulfill my pledge to protect His Highness. 698 00:50:43,075 --> 00:50:47,285 That I will survive to the very end, and change the world with him. 699 00:50:48,685 --> 00:50:50,532 Are you fomenting treacherous intents? 700 00:50:50,682 --> 00:50:52,339 I am not. 701 00:50:52,875 --> 00:50:57,880 I am trying to prove it does not take a crown to change the world. 702 00:50:59,499 --> 00:51:03,546 That even the trivial aspirations of a nameless minion... 703 00:51:03,734 --> 00:51:09,128 can grace the pages of history. 704 00:51:13,015 --> 00:51:16,502 Those are indeed treacherous intents. 705 00:51:40,391 --> 00:51:41,953 Whatever the case, 706 00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:43,996 and be that as it may, 707 00:51:44,622 --> 00:51:46,358 I have no power to rescue Seokgyeon. 708 00:51:46,452 --> 00:51:47,794 Your Highness... 709 00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:50,241 I earnestly beseech you. 710 00:51:50,429 --> 00:51:56,510 I cannot even venture to promise you I will issue a memorial to His Majesty. 711 00:51:56,764 --> 00:51:58,338 Your Highness! 712 00:51:59,503 --> 00:52:01,030 Why don't you... 713 00:52:02,254 --> 00:52:05,341 all leave Joseon instead? 714 00:52:08,629 --> 00:52:10,994 For I have neither the power to save... 715 00:52:12,038 --> 00:52:14,674 nor the courage to slay you. 716 00:52:34,262 --> 00:52:35,617 How shall we proceed? 717 00:52:35,749 --> 00:52:39,160 We cannot wield a sword before His Highness. 718 00:52:40,355 --> 00:52:41,183 Our troops? 719 00:52:41,258 --> 00:52:43,753 They should be on their way. 720 00:52:58,592 --> 00:53:01,367 Don't seek audience with me again. 721 00:53:02,327 --> 00:53:04,916 For mentioning Seokgyeon's name in Joseon... 722 00:53:06,666 --> 00:53:08,699 amounts to treason. 723 00:53:30,573 --> 00:53:33,001 Hey... Slave yangban... 724 00:53:33,189 --> 00:53:34,740 What now? 725 00:53:34,984 --> 00:53:36,980 If it's indeed a trap... 726 00:53:38,269 --> 00:53:39,260 Now! 727 00:54:09,714 --> 00:54:11,941 Here... Listen. 728 00:54:13,191 --> 00:54:14,894 When you're out there in all that frenzy, 729 00:54:15,007 --> 00:54:17,386 miss and our compeers will die. 730 00:54:17,527 --> 00:54:21,225 If you are not confident you can hit them, just shoot the sky. 731 00:54:21,590 --> 00:54:24,811 The gunshots alone will startle them. 732 00:54:25,158 --> 00:54:26,783 You don't need to worry about me. 733 00:54:26,886 --> 00:54:28,764 I am worried. 734 00:54:28,896 --> 00:54:32,650 Heard him?! If you can't hit them, just aim up high. 735 00:56:38,122 --> 00:56:39,448 Troops will all converge here. 736 00:56:39,526 --> 00:56:40,396 Let's get out of here. 737 00:56:40,462 --> 00:56:41,243 To Cheonggyecheon? 738 00:56:41,328 --> 00:56:42,712 That's a roundabout path. 739 00:56:42,815 --> 00:56:45,052 Let's take Sungyobong. 740 00:57:23,592 --> 00:57:27,042 Withdraw! Move out! 741 00:58:10,063 --> 00:58:12,397 Why aren't our troops here? 742 00:58:15,201 --> 00:58:16,322 Doesn't that come from the Tribute Bureau? 743 00:58:16,397 --> 00:58:18,401 They're moving onto Gwanghye Gate. 744 00:58:18,476 --> 00:58:21,074 If they attacked the Tribute Bureau, the whole force must have been deployed. 745 00:58:21,159 --> 00:58:23,380 Will you be able to justify our absence? 746 00:58:23,465 --> 00:58:24,509 We're heading for the Tribute Bureau! 747 00:58:24,594 --> 00:58:26,088 Yes! 748 00:58:31,895 --> 00:58:35,095 It's time... Let's move. 749 00:58:46,442 --> 00:58:48,281 He must be questioned. 750 00:58:57,863 --> 00:59:00,839 Should anyone be captured alive, you must get rid of him. 751 00:59:00,947 --> 00:59:03,345 If he has to perish after being questioned and forced to reveal his compeers, 752 00:59:03,458 --> 00:59:07,171 sending him away yourself would only help ease his suffering. 753 00:59:22,601 --> 00:59:24,128 You must do it, Hyungnim. 754 00:59:24,307 --> 00:59:27,001 Promise you will. 755 01:02:22,145 --> 01:02:22,738 That way?! 756 01:02:22,844 --> 01:02:24,191 Nothing. 757 01:03:45,316 --> 01:03:50,204 ~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~@~ HUNTERS 758 01:03:51,038 --> 01:03:53,003 A quick look and you seem like a pitiful minion, 759 01:03:53,106 --> 01:03:55,771 why are you prancing around all stiff? Uh?! 760 01:03:58,024 --> 01:03:59,455 Forgive us. 761 01:03:59,568 --> 01:04:02,119 - We're hitting the Slave Tribunal? - It must be done now. 762 01:04:02,213 --> 01:04:06,919 Then our children can do it for us, why always worry so much? 763 01:04:07,013 --> 01:04:09,828 - Will you go to Qing territory? - We will join the Qing delegation. 764 01:04:09,923 --> 01:04:12,731 And if you ask them to let you tag along, will they accept? 765 01:04:12,828 --> 01:04:15,453 - Where did Chobok go? - She got married. 766 01:04:16,215 --> 01:04:18,272 How could you send her away in marriage? 767 01:04:18,393 --> 01:04:19,886 You can't treat us like animals! 768 01:04:19,990 --> 01:04:21,618 Eopbok! 769 01:04:21,703 --> 01:04:22,983 You take this way. 770 01:04:23,115 --> 01:04:25,063 I will run here, and take care of the archers. 771 01:04:25,148 --> 01:04:26,541 So you want me to play bait? 772 01:04:26,654 --> 01:04:28,734 Let the tiger trail me and then send out the hounds?! 773 01:04:28,799 --> 01:04:31,038 KocHi I want you to be that tiger.