1 00:00:19,270 --> 00:00:24,290 It's my fault. 2 00:00:28,340 --> 00:00:36,290 When I went to the Guard Corps... 3 00:00:37,330 --> 00:00:44,310 I should have insisted she come with me. 4 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:58,310 Her heart was white as a lotus blossom. 5 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:06,210 She was too good for this world. 6 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:10,340 I killed her. 7 00:01:10,730 --> 00:01:13,730 No, Abbot. 8 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:17,750 I did this. 9 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:22,830 If I had gotten to her sooner... 10 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,790 just a little sooner... 11 00:01:30,770 --> 00:01:37,790 Life is transient, we come and we go... 12 00:01:41,820 --> 00:01:45,730 but she was a pitiful thing. 13 00:01:48,830 --> 00:01:59,790 You were her brother, her parents... 14 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:03,760 her whole world. 15 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:17,820 When the poor girl met those animals... 16 00:02:19,780 --> 00:02:24,780 how she must have cried for you... 17 00:02:25,730 --> 00:02:30,720 - ...how she must have... - Abbot... 18 00:02:37,820 --> 00:02:47,820 I suppose this must be Buddha's will. 19 00:02:51,820 --> 00:03:01,700 He freed her of the trials of this life. 20 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:08,770 Now she's at peace in the Pure Land... 21 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:16,720 where she waits for you in the clouds. 22 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,720 We must let the dead go. 23 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:32,760 We'll prepare the cremation. 24 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,840 Abbot... 25 00:03:47,820 --> 00:03:49,800 Enough! 26 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,770 I'll ask you again. 27 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:59,790 Why did you deliver Wola to Manjong? 28 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:02,740 Speak up! 29 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:10,850 Because Manjong has wanted her for so long. 30 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:18,700 Despicable. What did you care? Why help him? 31 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:21,750 You serve Lady Songi. 32 00:04:22,780 --> 00:04:24,780 Enough of this. 33 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:30,700 - Strap them down. - Yes, sir. 34 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:34,740 - Strap them and rack them! - Sir! 35 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:57,810 Maybe you'll talk when we've flailed your skin from your body. 36 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,790 Or roasted it over the coals! 37 00:05:03,790 --> 00:05:06,700 Now tell us. 38 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:12,710 Why did you do this to Wola? Did you bear her a grudge? 39 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:19,820 Did the young lord pay you? Why did you do it? 40 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,750 You couldn't have done this without a reason. 41 00:05:28,820 --> 00:05:32,710 - Get it out of her. - Sir! 42 00:05:38,770 --> 00:05:40,790 Chunsim. 43 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:44,820 - Get the coals. - Sir! 44 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:10,800 How did it come to this? 45 00:06:14,910 --> 00:06:27,830 I've been troubled ever since I saw Chunsim acting so strangely. 46 00:06:31,820 --> 00:06:37,880 If I said something when I heard the spite in her voice... 47 00:06:39,830 --> 00:06:45,810 when she insisted Kim Jun and Wola wouldn't get married... 48 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:54,820 this might not have happened. 49 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:03,880 But I did nothing. 50 00:07:08,850 --> 00:07:15,850 Please! No more fire. Please, no more... 51 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,880 Take it away. 52 00:07:26,850 --> 00:07:35,800 I'm dead anyway, I might as well talk. 53 00:07:36,810 --> 00:07:45,870 Manjong has been lusting after Wola forever. 54 00:07:46,910 --> 00:07:56,890 I hate Kim Jun, she hates Wola, so we did it. 55 00:07:57,930 --> 00:08:01,920 That's all there was to it. 56 00:08:02,810 --> 00:08:09,860 You knew they were getting married in two days? 57 00:08:10,930 --> 00:08:13,870 Did you or didn't you? 58 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:15,940 I knew. 59 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:19,810 And still you did it? 60 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:26,880 There's more to this than simple hatred. Isn't that so? 61 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:35,910 Confess or you'll die long before you get to the execution grounds. 62 00:08:37,930 --> 00:08:41,900 Speak up! Speak! 63 00:08:42,930 --> 00:08:46,040 Beat them, burn them, get it out of them! 64 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:48,010 Sir. 65 00:08:54,970 --> 00:09:01,990 I'll tell you. Please stop. 66 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,910 Take it away. 67 00:09:08,930 --> 00:09:14,030 I'll tell you... the reason... 68 00:09:16,910 --> 00:09:23,050 The reason isn't all that different from what Kyonga said. 69 00:09:23,930 --> 00:09:29,040 I did it for my mistress. 70 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:38,010 And Kyonga... Kyonga hated seeing Kim Jun get ahead. 71 00:09:38,030 --> 00:09:40,950 So that was that. 72 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:46,040 What was what? 73 00:09:47,010 --> 00:09:54,050 You did this for Lady Songi? Explain. 74 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,980 She saved his life when he was nearly killed. 75 00:10:00,010 --> 00:10:05,960 Then she gave him his chance in the arena. 76 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:13,930 But that ingrate was blinded by his slave girl. 77 00:10:14,020 --> 00:10:17,950 And thought my mistress was some kind of joke. 78 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:27,030 I hated Wola, I hated him... 79 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,910 and that's why I worked with Kyonga. 80 00:10:32,950 --> 00:10:36,960 Insanity! Enough of this nonsense! 81 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:45,020 My lord, I doubt we'll get much more out of them. 82 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,980 The case is clear. Please pass judgment. 83 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:58,970 Welcome. 84 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Torturing at the Guard Corps? What happened? 85 00:11:03,030 --> 00:11:05,900 Something to do with the Inner Guards. 86 00:11:05,930 --> 00:11:08,970 Inner Guards? As in, the Overlord's family? 87 00:11:09,020 --> 00:11:13,920 Exactly. Something happened last night? 88 00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:16,930 Something appalling, apparently. 89 00:11:17,030 --> 00:11:22,900 All the same, to involve torture? 90 00:11:23,020 --> 00:11:27,910 Doesn't this bear looking into? 91 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:36,920 I gather a slave girl killed herself last night. 92 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,040 So I gather, as well. 93 00:11:40,910 --> 00:11:45,940 And I'm told the Overlord's sons are being questioned. 94 00:11:46,930 --> 00:11:50,930 Are they? Manjong and Manjun? 95 00:11:50,950 --> 00:11:56,040 Yes. What's this all about? 96 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:05,940 You, two. Manjong and Manjun. 97 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,990 Yes, Father. 98 00:12:08,020 --> 00:12:15,000 Do you have any idea what you've done? 99 00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:41,900 The filthiest of crimes. Kidnapping, rape of innocents. 100 00:12:41,930 --> 00:12:44,000 At least two women dead... 101 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:49,900 and now this poor girl. 102 00:12:50,950 --> 00:12:53,920 No more need be said. 103 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,960 - Song Kilyu. - Overlord. 104 00:12:57,990 --> 00:13:01,910 Let me be absolutely clear. 105 00:13:01,950 --> 00:13:06,970 These two are no longer my blood. 106 00:13:07,010 --> 00:13:08,030 Manjong... 107 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,040 They're animals dressed as men. 108 00:13:11,910 --> 00:13:16,910 Off with their heads. 109 00:13:16,990 --> 00:13:18,910 - Sir. - Sir. 110 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,920 Do it! 111 00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:23,970 Father... 112 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:33,000 Nor will I spare Chunsim and Kyonga. 113 00:13:33,020 --> 00:13:35,960 Death. 114 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:47,040 Nor will I spare the scum that helped them. 115 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,970 Hang the courtesans, behead the thugs. 116 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,030 The powerful are not above the law. See to it. 117 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,020 Yes, Overlord. 118 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:04,940 Father... 119 00:14:04,970 --> 00:14:11,930 Father, have mercy. Father, Father! 120 00:14:11,970 --> 00:14:19,980 Father, not me! I didn't do anything. Manjong did it, not me. 121 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Father, spare me. Father, Father! 122 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:27,030 My lord, what did we do? Spare us! 123 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,950 - Spare us! - Have mercy! 124 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:36,910 - Please! - Overlord! 125 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:02,360 My lord. My lord, you can't. What they did was serious, 126 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,030 but they aren't capital offenses. 127 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,960 Please reconsider. 128 00:15:06,970 --> 00:15:08,900 Sentence has been passed. 129 00:15:08,910 --> 00:15:12,930 But, my lord, the indiscretions of youth. 130 00:15:12,940 --> 00:15:14,930 - Who hasn't--? - No one has! 131 00:15:14,950 --> 00:15:16,970 They're animals. 132 00:15:16,990 --> 00:15:20,000 A disgrace to me and my clan. 133 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:22,030 Carry out the sentence. 134 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:25,970 My lord! My lord! 135 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:37,950 What did I tell you? Leave well enough alone, I said. 136 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:45,970 Now look at us. Sentenced to death. 137 00:15:46,010 --> 00:15:49,960 Better death than a life like this. 138 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:55,020 What has life ever done for us? 139 00:15:55,900 --> 00:16:01,940 Forced into a life not of our choosing. 140 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:08,910 Illegitimate, bastards. 141 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Neither alive nor dead. 142 00:16:17,010 --> 00:16:19,980 That's Chunsim. 143 00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:27,010 She's not right in the head. She should be terrified, but look at her... 144 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,920 Who says she isn't? 145 00:16:30,970 --> 00:16:35,970 And Yangbaek should be grinning, look at him pouting... 146 00:16:36,030 --> 00:16:40,950 Who wouldn't be? 147 00:16:43,930 --> 00:16:52,030 And poor Wola... just when things were going right for her... 148 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:57,040 Then Chunsim ruins everything. 149 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,990 Life is so cruel... 150 00:17:02,010 --> 00:17:05,900 Still, Yangbaek is with her. 151 00:17:09,930 --> 00:17:12,900 Chunsim. 152 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:31,970 General Song, General Song. 153 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,030 What's going on? Where are you going? 154 00:17:36,910 --> 00:17:39,950 To execute the Overlord's orders. 155 00:17:39,980 --> 00:17:43,960 Execute? Where is the Overlord? 156 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,910 Uncle! Save us! 157 00:17:47,950 --> 00:17:50,040 - Save us! Uncle! - Uncle! 158 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,980 Look at you... 159 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:59,960 Uncle, do something. Please! 160 00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:04,980 My lord, reconsider. 161 00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:09,000 Spare their lives, at least. 162 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,940 My lord! 163 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,910 Enough. The decision has been made. 164 00:18:16,940 --> 00:18:22,980 Lord, as escorts, we're as much to blame as the young lords. 165 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,910 Punish me with them. 166 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:30,980 Pak Songbi! I said enough! 167 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,960 Lord, the Personnel Authority chancellors. 168 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:42,950 Lord, the Personnel Authority chancellors. 169 00:19:02,910 --> 00:19:08,910 Overlord, we were ignorant of recent events. 170 00:19:08,970 --> 00:19:15,900 Please contain your just rage and commute the sentence. 171 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:25,030 Please. It's unheard of for a parent to kill his children. Rescind your order. 172 00:19:25,910 --> 00:19:28,000 Please, Overlord. 173 00:19:28,930 --> 00:19:32,990 Don't you have affairs of state to keep you busy? 174 00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:36,910 Leave me. This is clan business. 175 00:19:37,030 --> 00:19:42,990 Overlord, I am your brother-in-law. 176 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:47,960 And uncle to Manjong and Manjun. 177 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:56,940 Overlord, I know my nephews have been a sorry pair up to now. 178 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:03,010 But is the parental bond easily severed? 179 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:07,030 Right or wrong, they are still of Choe blood. 180 00:20:07,910 --> 00:20:11,920 The bond was severed long since. 181 00:20:11,950 --> 00:20:13,950 Now will you leave! 182 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:36,970 My lord, I know it's not my place, but I must speak. 183 00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:46,900 As mistress of our house, I'm to blame. 184 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,990 If you must punish, punish me. 185 00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:55,930 Don't take the boys' lives. 186 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:58,940 My lady. What is this? 187 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,990 Give them one more chance. 188 00:21:04,950 --> 00:21:09,010 They had no mother, the poor dears. 189 00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:14,940 My lord, hear me. 190 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:21,920 - Yes, lord, hear us. - Hear us. 191 00:21:26,030 --> 00:21:31,040 You..! All of you! 192 00:23:07,030 --> 00:23:14,010 Listen, General Song, this isn't right. Delay the execution of sentence. 193 00:23:14,930 --> 00:23:17,030 Give us time to convince the Overlord. 194 00:23:37,020 --> 00:23:40,970 The time has come and gone. 195 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:42,970 Hang the women. 196 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,940 Well? You have your orders. 197 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,950 - Put the nooses on. Move! - Sir! 198 00:24:12,930 --> 00:24:21,020 Chunsim, you little fool, why did you do it? 199 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:28,970 To...hurt you. 200 00:24:29,930 --> 00:24:36,010 Because...you loved her. 201 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,040 Little fool. 202 00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:46,020 Yes, I was a fool. 203 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:54,020 Yangbaek, I don't want to die. 204 00:24:54,910 --> 00:25:00,940 I want to live...to live... 205 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:13,980 You never hated me, did you, Yangbaek? 206 00:25:27,930 --> 00:25:32,030 Don't lose that ring. 207 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:38,970 My mother meant it for my wedding. 208 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:44,930 For my husband, understand? 209 00:25:46,020 --> 00:25:53,980 Love me in the next life. 210 00:25:54,950 --> 00:26:00,010 Please...don't...don't... 211 00:26:00,030 --> 00:26:05,040 hurt me again, Yangbaek. 212 00:26:05,910 --> 00:26:08,050 Carry out the sentence. 213 00:26:12,980 --> 00:26:15,930 I love you, Yangbaek. 214 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:34,000 We're wasting time. 215 00:26:34,030 --> 00:26:37,930 - Now the men. - Sir. 216 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,940 Kyonga... 217 00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:53,000 Oh, Kyonga... 218 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,960 What can I say? 219 00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:10,030 Farewell. 220 00:27:10,910 --> 00:27:15,970 Sir....old friend... 221 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,010 I want you to do it. 222 00:27:24,050 --> 00:27:30,990 Remember this about Kim Jun... 223 00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:41,940 He'll will stand in your way sooner or later. Strike first if you can. 224 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,930 Not to wound. To kill. 225 00:27:47,950 --> 00:27:51,020 Well? Execute him. 226 00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:16,020 Farewell. 227 00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:38,980 - Now the young lords. - Sir! 228 00:28:42,030 --> 00:28:48,030 No! Let go...unhand me! 229 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:55,030 General Song, wait a little longer. 230 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,950 This is ridiculous. My father will change his mind. 231 00:29:00,970 --> 00:29:02,030 General Song! 232 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,010 - Carry out the sentence. - Sir! 233 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:14,050 Halt! Halt! 234 00:29:19,970 --> 00:29:22,020 Sir, orders from the Overlord. 235 00:29:22,990 --> 00:29:25,980 He has commuted their sentence. 236 00:29:26,980 --> 00:29:33,910 I knew it! See? He couldn't kill his own boys. 237 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,900 That was close, huh, Manjong? 238 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,990 I don't like it. I'd rather die. 239 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,920 What do I have to live for? 240 00:29:51,970 --> 00:30:00,990 You kidding? Better a live beggar than a dead prime minister, right? 241 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:07,960 Whew, I wet myself. 242 00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:10,980 What are the new orders? 243 00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:16,970 They are banished forthwith to Suson Temple in the Cholla Province. 244 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,040 S-Suson Temple? 245 00:30:21,950 --> 00:30:28,920 Exactly. Shave your heads, enter the monastary and never enter the world again. 246 00:30:28,990 --> 00:30:31,980 I am to escort you personally. 247 00:30:32,930 --> 00:30:36,940 Shave...you mean, become monks? 248 00:30:37,010 --> 00:30:40,000 So the Overlord commands. 249 00:30:40,030 --> 00:30:44,910 Monks? We look like monks to you? 250 00:30:50,010 --> 00:30:51,960 Monks? 251 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,950 Monks! 252 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:10,000 Better than being dead... I guess... 253 00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:13,020 Monks... 254 00:31:32,970 --> 00:31:35,950 You've had quite a shock. 255 00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:40,960 All this excitement is making you worse. 256 00:31:41,030 --> 00:31:43,920 All because of those two. 257 00:31:43,950 --> 00:31:49,900 As bad as they are, they're still your sons. 258 00:31:49,930 --> 00:31:55,920 Perhaps at Suson the Venerable Hyesim can help them. 259 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,900 Is it possible to straighten crooked branches? 260 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:07,020 About Songi. 261 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,040 My lord. 262 00:32:09,950 --> 00:32:15,920 Something Chunsim said has me concerned. 263 00:32:15,970 --> 00:32:17,980 How so? 264 00:32:18,030 --> 00:32:23,000 That she did it for Songi. 265 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:31,920 That she handed Wola over to Manjong for Songi. 266 00:32:31,980 --> 00:32:37,010 What? My lord, it isn't possible. 267 00:32:38,010 --> 00:32:40,020 Looking back... 268 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,980 I can see I misunderstood some things. 269 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:47,040 My lord. 270 00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:54,990 That's why I had Pak Songbi watch the interrogations. 271 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,900 Send for Songi. 272 00:32:59,930 --> 00:33:05,930 Her wedding to Kim Yakson is our clan's only hope. 273 00:33:06,910 --> 00:33:12,910 She has to understand she can't resist us on this. 274 00:33:12,930 --> 00:33:14,020 Send for her. 275 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:28,930 There's nothing to hold me at Heungwang Temple now. 276 00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:36,970 I thought I might hear the two of you laughing from afar. 277 00:33:39,030 --> 00:33:43,960 Now there's no chance of that. 278 00:33:45,930 --> 00:33:48,980 All is vanity. 279 00:33:50,930 --> 00:33:57,990 Life is as fleeting as the clouds. 280 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,020 Musang. 281 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:05,900 Yes, Abbot. 282 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:13,910 I'm going to wander now. 283 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:22,020 Go your own way, as your feet will take you. 284 00:34:24,030 --> 00:34:28,900 We'll meet again... 285 00:34:28,910 --> 00:34:31,960 if it's meant to be. 286 00:34:33,010 --> 00:34:34,950 Abbot... 287 00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:40,000 Don't cling to the dead. 288 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,960 It wears on the soul. 289 00:34:45,010 --> 00:34:50,910 Let go and move on. 290 00:35:18,930 --> 00:35:22,990 One of your maids was executed today. 291 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,900 Were you in the dark? 292 00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:33,960 You're her mistress. Surely you know what your own servants are up to? 293 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:47,030 She said under torture that she did this because Kim Jun hurt you. 294 00:35:50,990 --> 00:35:53,000 What did she mean? 295 00:35:54,010 --> 00:35:57,080 I'm sure it's nothing. 296 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,930 Surely she just named her mistress in the heat of the moment. 297 00:36:01,930 --> 00:36:05,010 My lady, I'm asking Songi. 298 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:15,940 Songi, what did she mean? 299 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,990 How has Kim Jun hurt you? 300 00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:26,900 - My lord... - You're my only daughter. 301 00:36:26,930 --> 00:36:30,930 You must be above reproach. 302 00:36:30,950 --> 00:36:33,210 Especially as the wife of Kim Yakson, 303 00:36:33,210 --> 00:36:36,960 the future de facto ruler of Koryo. Understood? 304 00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:42,930 Is that understood? 305 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,900 - Father. - Yes? 306 00:36:48,950 --> 00:36:50,910 What? 307 00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:54,960 I already told you, I won't marry him. 308 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:57,030 - Songi. - What? 309 00:36:57,940 --> 00:37:00,950 You're still on about that? Still? 310 00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:05,930 Yes, still. This is my life. 311 00:37:08,020 --> 00:37:13,000 All right, then who do you want as a husband? 312 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,950 Are you in love with someone? 313 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:24,010 If so, speak now. 314 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,920 Who is he? 315 00:37:28,940 --> 00:37:30,900 Well? 316 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:36,940 Do you really want the truth, Father? 317 00:37:40,940 --> 00:37:42,980 Tell me. 318 00:37:44,950 --> 00:37:49,040 I want Kim Jun. 319 00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:54,990 - What? - Songi. 320 00:37:55,930 --> 00:37:59,950 Give me Kim Jun. 321 00:38:00,930 --> 00:38:04,910 I want to marry him. 322 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,940 Are you serious? 323 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,920 Yes, Father. 324 00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:17,930 Songi. 325 00:38:17,950 --> 00:38:21,970 Have you thought about what you're saying? 326 00:38:21,990 --> 00:38:25,040 Quite a bit, actually. 327 00:38:25,910 --> 00:38:29,990 But I can't hide how I feel any longer. 328 00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:37,930 I... I love him. 329 00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:43,010 Grant your blessing, Father. 330 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,910 Enough. What if someone hears? 331 00:38:49,990 --> 00:38:53,900 You're not yourself, you're unbalanced. 332 00:38:55,020 --> 00:39:01,980 Now I see that there was something to what your slave said. 333 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,910 Songi. 334 00:39:06,930 --> 00:39:10,960 Listen to me. He's a slave, a slave. 335 00:39:10,990 --> 00:39:15,040 In our house, he's lower than a worm. 336 00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:20,330 I know, but doesn't history teach us... 337 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:24,980 of the fool Ondal marrying Princess Pyong Kang? 338 00:39:25,910 --> 00:39:30,000 Isn't a man's character more important than his class? 339 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:36,940 Perhaps... but would you destroy our clan? 340 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:45,920 Father, if it's too difficult... 341 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:52,900 I'd rather you think of me as dead! 342 00:39:52,940 --> 00:39:59,950 Send me far away with Kim Jun. 343 00:40:00,050 --> 00:40:02,940 Silence! 344 00:40:03,930 --> 00:40:10,940 You're clearly not yourself. You've lost your way. 345 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:17,990 My clever girl would never talk this way. 346 00:40:18,910 --> 00:40:21,020 I'm not hearing this. 347 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,900 Songi. 348 00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:28,920 - Are you all right? - Our Songi... 349 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:33,950 How did this happen? Our little girl... 350 00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:41,030 Listen to me. I'll make this short. 351 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:50,980 You will never speak of Kim Jun again, under any circumstance. 352 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,940 The day you utter his name... 353 00:41:00,030 --> 00:41:06,040 is the day he dies. 354 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,990 Remember that. 355 00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:32,030 How long will you stay here? 356 00:41:32,930 --> 00:41:36,020 It's late. You should eat. 357 00:41:39,990 --> 00:41:44,920 Abbot Subop has retired. 358 00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:48,990 You have a guest. 359 00:42:18,010 --> 00:42:22,940 A long, hard day. 360 00:42:23,950 --> 00:42:26,940 Too hard. 361 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,010 I'm sorry. 362 00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:41,960 Much of what happened to Wola is my fault. 363 00:42:44,010 --> 00:42:50,940 Kyonga has always followed me like a brother. 364 00:42:51,910 --> 00:42:54,970 Chunsim loved me all this time... 365 00:42:57,020 --> 00:43:00,950 until it came to this. 366 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:06,990 It all comes back to me. 367 00:43:11,030 --> 00:43:14,930 You needn't apologize. 368 00:43:15,910 --> 00:43:18,030 You did nothing wrong. 369 00:43:18,910 --> 00:43:24,960 But Kyonga did this for me. 370 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:31,040 Buddhists call this karma. 371 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:42,030 For my sins in a past life. 372 00:43:46,990 --> 00:43:51,040 It's late, we should go. 373 00:43:51,910 --> 00:43:54,940 How about a drink? 374 00:43:55,950 --> 00:44:00,920 We could both use one. 375 00:44:15,900 --> 00:44:19,940 To think... Songi... 376 00:44:21,980 --> 00:44:29,910 My clever girl... to think... 377 00:45:11,930 --> 00:45:13,930 Songi? 378 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,960 She's in her room. 379 00:45:20,990 --> 00:45:24,950 Look in on her. 380 00:45:25,980 --> 00:45:27,940 She's... 381 00:45:28,930 --> 00:45:31,990 She's not herself. 382 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:37,030 You're like sisters, in a way. 383 00:45:37,930 --> 00:45:42,020 I don't know what to do. 384 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:51,910 My lord says Pak Songbi picked up on something. 385 00:45:51,990 --> 00:45:54,010 Did you, as well? 386 00:45:54,050 --> 00:46:02,020 All I knew was that she wanted to help Kim Jun. 387 00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:04,920 Nothing more. 388 00:46:04,940 --> 00:46:08,010 That's how it started, right there. 389 00:46:08,990 --> 00:46:12,980 Too much of a good thing, as they say. 390 00:46:13,990 --> 00:46:20,010 It started with helping him, her heart opened... 391 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,040 and here we are. 392 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,040 It's like the sky is falling. 393 00:46:30,910 --> 00:46:33,920 A slave, it's absurd. 394 00:46:33,980 --> 00:46:37,970 She's still young. 395 00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,940 She'll come around in time. 396 00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:48,960 She's never been one to talk back like that. 397 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:56,970 And to insist on Kim Jun to her father, of all people. 398 00:46:57,990 --> 00:47:05,000 She's engaged. Suppose her fiancee hears of this? 399 00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:07,000 Don't you agree? 400 00:47:07,020 --> 00:47:11,010 I'll keep everyone quiet. 401 00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:15,040 Yes, please do. 402 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:29,040 This whole business is no good. 403 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:36,970 I loved Wola, too. 404 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:43,960 I'd have stepped up if you hadn't. 405 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:53,000 Chunsim knew. It drove her insane. 406 00:47:54,980 --> 00:47:58,010 That was that. 407 00:48:04,020 --> 00:48:07,010 But, listen, Jun... 408 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,970 Let's live as men. 409 00:48:12,950 --> 00:48:16,010 Forget women. 410 00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:23,960 Forget Kyonga, forget everything. 411 00:48:24,020 --> 00:48:27,910 We'll live a man's life. 412 00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:33,040 As officers in the Guard Corps. 413 00:48:33,930 --> 00:48:37,970 As true warriors of Koryo. 414 00:48:38,930 --> 00:48:41,940 Forget the hurt. 415 00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:52,030 Forget these ugly, painful memories. 416 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,990 Yangbaek. 417 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,950 Perhaps you can do that. 418 00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:12,980 But I can't. 419 00:49:13,980 --> 00:49:17,000 You know why? 420 00:49:19,910 --> 00:49:26,960 Wola... Wola was like a sister to me. 421 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:37,970 My naive, innocent... 422 00:49:38,990 --> 00:49:43,920 foolish little sister. 423 00:49:47,910 --> 00:49:53,040 Foolish little... sister... 424 00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:02,020 Yes, I could see that. 425 00:50:02,900 --> 00:50:12,010 In the whole wide world, all she could see was her big brother. 426 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:16,020 My sweet naive little sister. 427 00:50:17,980 --> 00:50:20,030 My sister! 428 00:50:21,010 --> 00:50:24,020 My sister..! 429 00:50:54,910 --> 00:50:56,910 You drank away the night? 430 00:50:56,980 --> 00:50:58,990 Yes, sir. 431 00:51:00,020 --> 00:51:02,970 I was upset myself. 432 00:51:03,940 --> 00:51:07,960 But we must forget. Move on. 433 00:51:07,980 --> 00:51:12,900 The Guard Corps and the Overlord are counting on you. 434 00:51:13,930 --> 00:51:15,920 Yes, sir. 435 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,030 Attenton! 436 00:51:29,020 --> 00:51:31,910 Ah, General Song. 437 00:51:31,940 --> 00:51:36,980 Yes, sir. I'll be escorting you while Yi Kongju travels to Cholla. 438 00:51:38,990 --> 00:51:41,910 Still, a lieutenant-general... 439 00:51:41,930 --> 00:51:44,970 What use is any rank if not to serve you, sir? 440 00:51:44,990 --> 00:51:47,950 At your service. 441 00:51:56,940 --> 00:52:00,040 My lord, be safe. 442 00:52:07,020 --> 00:52:10,040 - Escort the Overlord. - Sir! 443 00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:47,900 The Mongol envoy? Something happened to Jaguye? 444 00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:52,000 Yes, sir. He and his companions were killed... 445 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,070 before crossing the border at the Yalu. 446 00:52:55,070 --> 00:52:56,930 Killed? 447 00:52:57,970 --> 00:53:01,980 Near the border on Koryo soil? 448 00:53:02,010 --> 00:53:04,960 - Yes, sir. - Why? 449 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:10,920 His load of tribute must have caught the eye of bandits. 450 00:53:12,010 --> 00:53:16,910 This is terrible, to die on our soil. 451 00:53:16,940 --> 00:53:23,020 Yes, sir. I'm sending men to investigate immediately. 452 00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:32,920 We've let the Mongols know their demands are excessive? 453 00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:37,040 Yes, sir. Lord Yi Kyubo has composed letters... 454 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:40,920 requesting they decrease their demands. 455 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,900 They'll use this against us. 456 00:53:44,950 --> 00:53:50,950 An envoy killed on Koryo soil... 457 00:53:52,020 --> 00:53:55,960 The death of the Mongol envoy. 458 00:53:56,030 --> 00:54:02,020 The year was 1225, twelfth year of Kojong's reign. 459 00:54:02,910 --> 00:54:07,010 The Mongols used it as an excuse for war. 460 00:54:07,930 --> 00:54:17,900 Of all the envoys, Jaguye was the worst for extortion and impertinence at court. 461 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:23,900 It was no surprise that he was killed at the Yalu River. 462 00:54:23,950 --> 00:54:32,010 Some speculate the Jin did it to sever relations between Mongolia and Koryo. 463 00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,300 Others suggest that it was Koryo, 464 00:54:34,300 --> 00:54:40,270 who could no longer bear the Mongol's demands. 465 00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:48,900 In any case, this event sparked the 40 years war with Mongolia. 466 00:54:50,980 --> 00:54:56,910 There's nothing for it. What's done is done. 467 00:54:56,950 --> 00:54:59,970 Investigate and inform the Mongols. 468 00:54:59,990 --> 00:55:03,900 We must, even if they won't believe us. 469 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,030 Yes, sir. 470 00:55:05,900 --> 00:55:09,010 This will mean war. 471 00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,960 We have no choice but to strengthen our defenses. 472 00:55:13,900 --> 00:55:17,000 The Jin have nearly fallen. 473 00:55:17,980 --> 00:55:22,930 There's no avoiding the Mongols at this point. 474 00:55:22,980 --> 00:55:25,010 Yes, sir. 475 00:55:26,980 --> 00:55:29,970 And that slave. 476 00:55:30,910 --> 00:55:31,940 Sir? 477 00:55:31,970 --> 00:55:35,930 On the escort, Kim Jun. 478 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:37,920 Ah. Yes, Overlord. 479 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:41,920 See to it that I don't have to look at him. 480 00:55:41,950 --> 00:55:47,030 Sir? Has he failed you in some way? 481 00:55:50,980 --> 00:55:55,000 I just don't want him near me. 482 00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:01,920 I'd prefer he not be around. 483 00:56:02,990 --> 00:56:05,900 Send him to the frontier. 484 00:56:05,950 --> 00:56:10,980 My lord, he's been of use to us and will be again. 485 00:56:11,990 --> 00:56:17,970 There is such a thing as seeing too much. 486 00:56:18,910 --> 00:56:21,000 I'll reassign him. 487 00:56:37,910 --> 00:56:45,930 Noisy little Spring birds. What do they have to sing about? 488 00:56:49,030 --> 00:56:53,000 - Yunsim. - Yes, Miss. 489 00:56:53,030 --> 00:56:57,030 Where did you say Kim Jun is working? 490 00:56:57,970 --> 00:57:01,120 Escort duty in the morning and evening. 491 00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:04,280 Otherwise, he'll be at the Directorate General. 492 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,930 So he's there now? 493 00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:12,900 Most likely. 494 00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:22,050 Good. Run and find out when he'll finish for the day. 495 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:24,920 Miss? 496 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,040 Off you go. 497 00:57:33,990 --> 00:57:35,990 You held a service? 498 00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:37,980 Yes, sir. 499 00:57:38,020 --> 00:57:40,960 It's a bad business. 500 00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:46,040 But there's nothing for it. The Overlord's sons... 501 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:52,930 Think of it as an attack from a mad dog. 502 00:57:54,910 --> 00:57:59,010 As of tomorrow you're off escort detail. 503 00:57:59,960 --> 00:58:02,030 Things here are complicated. 504 00:58:03,030 --> 00:58:07,980 It's never easy with the chancellors and internal politics. 505 00:58:08,020 --> 00:58:10,940 It can be overwhelming. 506 00:58:11,030 --> 00:58:13,040 Yes, sir. 507 00:58:13,910 --> 00:58:18,970 Fortunately, General Kim Yakson is a good man. 508 00:58:19,020 --> 00:58:21,960 He'll understand you. 509 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,030 We'll call on him today. 510 00:58:25,030 --> 00:58:27,940 Yes, sir. 511 00:58:32,030 --> 00:58:37,010 Oh, another thing. 512 00:58:37,940 --> 00:58:42,210 You should know Lady Songi is the Overlord's only daughter. 513 00:58:42,210 --> 00:58:45,040 And Kim Yakson's fiancee. 514 00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:49,000 I know she's been kind to you in the past. 515 00:58:49,030 --> 00:58:53,040 It would be best to remain aloof. 516 00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:57,980 Yes, sir. 517 00:59:03,970 --> 00:59:05,020 Pardon me... 518 00:59:16,980 --> 00:59:21,040 We haven't had a chance for introductions until now. 519 00:59:21,940 --> 00:59:25,000 He'll be assigned here. Kim Jun. 520 00:59:26,950 --> 00:59:31,020 I've seen you around, but haven't had a chance to talk with you. 521 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:33,930 A pleasure, Field Marshal Kim Jun. 522 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:37,940 You honor this poor slave, sir. 523 00:59:37,970 --> 00:59:41,900 Not at all. I know a lot about you. 524 00:59:41,930 --> 00:59:48,920 Warrior of the arena, scholar, “Like blooms on a barren tree," Hyesim says. 525 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:52,000 You honor me, sir. 526 00:59:52,030 --> 00:59:57,900 Koryo needs good men. Forget class for a moment. 527 00:59:57,970 --> 01:00:03,920 Position doesn't change the world. Passion and unwavering conviction does. 528 01:00:03,980 --> 01:00:06,930 Together we'll do just that. 529 01:00:06,950 --> 01:00:10,010 I don't deserve such kindness, sir. 530 01:00:10,030 --> 01:00:12,910 Not at all, not at all. 531 01:00:12,940 --> 01:00:16,010 We'll work together. I'm truly pleased. 532 01:00:16,980 --> 01:00:19,980 Ah, tomorrow I'll leave early for my residence. 533 01:00:20,910 --> 01:00:24,910 Escort my good friend Pak Songbi here and we'll have a drink. 534 01:00:24,970 --> 01:00:30,040 I have some excellent wine we haven't tried yet. 535 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:40,990 - Miss. - Yes? 536 01:00:41,940 --> 01:00:46,030 You really plan to meet with Kim Jun? 537 01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:50,970 I don't like it. 538 01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:57,010 I hear he was taken off the Overlord's guard detail today. 539 01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:03,250 Didn't you hear he was assigned to General Pak Songbi... 540 01:01:03,250 --> 01:01:05,930 with the General Directorate? 541 01:01:05,930 --> 01:01:12,020 The head lady has too many eyes and ears in daylight. 542 01:01:14,030 --> 01:01:15,980 Probably so. 543 01:01:16,010 --> 01:01:23,960 Miss, don't meet with him. I'm afraid something will happen. 544 01:01:24,910 --> 01:01:27,920 They all leave at 6 o'clock. 545 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,900 I should go. 546 01:01:34,030 --> 01:01:36,030 Wait here. 547 01:01:37,930 --> 01:01:39,900 Miss. 548 01:01:54,930 --> 01:01:56,010 See you tomorrow. 549 01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:58,950 Yes, sir. 550 01:01:58,980 --> 01:02:03,930 Be ready. We may be drinking a while. 551 01:02:04,900 --> 01:02:06,000 Sir. 552 01:02:22,970 --> 01:02:24,030 Miss. 553 01:02:27,020 --> 01:02:31,930 It's been a long day. 554 01:02:42,020 --> 01:02:44,930 Walk with me? 555 01:02:49,940 --> 01:02:51,930 Come, Jun. 556 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:24,910 Jun, today... 557 01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:38,970 Today I told my parents all the feelings I've kept inside. 558 01:03:40,900 --> 01:03:41,960 Miss. 559 01:03:42,020 --> 01:03:46,910 I asked them to let us be together. 560 01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:51,000 To let us be married. 561 01:03:52,010 --> 01:03:53,920 Miss. 562 01:03:53,940 --> 01:03:58,990 And if they can't, to send us far away. 563 01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:02,030 To think of me as dead. 564 01:04:04,930 --> 01:04:06,940 Kim Jun... 565 01:04:07,980 --> 01:04:11,950 run away with me. 566 01:04:12,940 --> 01:04:15,010 I told you once. 567 01:04:15,030 --> 01:04:20,010 Far away, to the sea, the mountains. 568 01:04:20,030 --> 01:04:25,040 I've pinned everything on you. 569 01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:32,960 I've seen what this life has to offer. 570 01:04:33,020 --> 01:04:42,970 So all I have, all I own, I'll give up for you. 571 01:04:45,940 --> 01:04:50,990 Kim Jun, come with me. 572 01:04:53,910 --> 01:04:56,990 Let's run away, here, now. 573 01:04:59,020 --> 01:05:02,040 Run away with me, Kim Jun.