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Episode 40

He's dead. Episode 40

He's dead.

He's...

Oh, no.

He's dead.

Poeun.

What happened?

Why are you lying here like this?

Poeun!

Poeun!

Why are you lying here like this?

Poeun!

Was Bangwon really behind it?

Yes.

How could he do such a thing?

I know you want both uncle Sambong

and jeong Mongju.

That's just greed.

Jiran.

Yes.

Where is Bangwon?

Uncle.

I know you're disappointed with me.

I hope you know it was unavoidable.

I will take you home.

Uncle.

Don't ever call me uncle again.

Don't be too sad.

You had no choice for your father's sake.

Master, it's Jo Yeonggyu.

What is it?

The chancellor is asking for you.

I guess it's time.

I don't think you should go right now.

Make an excuse for now and

wait until his rage calms down.

It's best to get a heating done with.

He might be mad,

but he wouldn't kill his own son.

Honey.

Let's go.

Did you have Poeun killed?

Yes.

Why?

You saw the poem he wrote.

I confirmed that he had no intention of joining the cause.

There was no possibility.

Honey.

You know what his relationship was to me.

Yes, I do.

You cared for him the most

with uncle Sambong.

But he was also your enemy for the cause.

Please forgive me.

lam also in pain.

It's true that what he did was tragic,

but he did it for you.

You can't just be angry.

She's right.

If it wasn't for Bangwon,

Sambong and Jo jun would all be dead.

Jiran.

Yes.

Take my wife and leave us.

Honey.

Seonggye.

I said leave us.

It's alright.

Please leave.

Let's go.

I came prepared for anything.

I will receive punishment and

beg for forgiveness.

Father.

Seonggye!

- Honey! '

What are you doing?

Are you in your right mind?

I didn't raise a human being.

I raised an animal.

Bangwon, leave for now.

Seonggye.

I only wanted to put you on the throne.

The throne?

If I take the throne like this,

would that make me the king?

Wouldn't it?

No.

I'll be a crazy slaughterer who ordered his son

to kill a loyal servant

because I wanted to become the king.

Who did that? You did!

My son, you, made it like that.

It wasn't me. It was your greed.

Wanting the cause and jeong Mongju.

Taking the throne without shedding any blood.

It was all useless greed.

Be quiet.

Let me just ask one thing.

You didn't want to kill jeong Mongju?

Not even a hit?

Even if I didn't kill him,

you would have killed him one day.

You won't give up the throne.

Yum!

Honey.

Bangwon, go. Now.

Go and pay for what you did

before I put you in prison.

I won't do that.

I still have a lot of things to do

before you become the king.

I won't be the king.

Everyone, leave.

I am going to make you king.

Seonggye.

Take my wife and leave me.

Let's go.

Are you alright?

Go and get Bae Geukryeom and Banggwa.

What for?

Jeong Mongju was just the beginning.

I have to see this through.

What? What happened to Mongju?

Lee Bangwon had him killed.

He was killed.

How can this be?

Master.

I have to see for myself.

Where is Mongju?

Master.

I asked you a question!

His body was abandoned at the market.

The corpse looks so gruesome.

Mongju...

Mongju...

Mongju...

Master!

Mongju...

Mongju!

Mongju...

Mongju!

How can such a tragic thing happen?

If I fear for my safety now,

we won't be able to stop the majority from inclining towards Lee Seonggye.

Vice-chancellor.

Be strong in body and mind.

I will return with good news.

How heartless.

How could you leave me like this?

What about me and this country?

Lee Bangwon and his men must be

arrested right away.

Vice-chancellor...

This is no time for this.

The vice-chancellor's body is being

put to shame at the market.

Your Majesty!

There are soldiers outside.

Pansamsasa.

How dare you bring soldiers in here?

Take Lee Sungin outside!

Yes, sir!

Let go of me!

You must not surrender to the traitors!

Don't let the vice-chancellor's loyalty go to waste!

What brings you here?

I came to tell you why a traitor was killed

and to receive your approval.

Are you referring to jeong Mongju?

Yes.

He used his position to act arbitrarily.

He tried to kill loyal servants like jeong Dojeon and Jo jun.

Ubodaehyeon Lee Bangwon had him killed

for the safety and prosperity of our country.

The safety and prosperity of our country...

Where is the ubodaehyeon?

He is reflecting at home and waiting for your disposition.

My disposition?

Your Majesty,

you should reward him for killing a traitor.

You must arrest jeong Mongju's factions

and have them severely punished.

Jo jun, Nam Eun and Yun Sojong

must be released from exile.

Your Majesty, please consider it.

Please consider it.

Bae Geukryeom as vice-chancellor.

Jo jun as pansamsasa.

Nam Eun as miljiksasa.

Lee jiran as jimunhabusa.

Lee Saek is to be exiled to Hanju

for being a faction of a traitor.

After jeong Mongju died,

the radical group of the gentry and

military personnel gained power.

Lee Saek was exiled to Hanju again.

Wu Hyeonbo, Lee Sungin, Lee Cheom, Kim Jinhyeon and

Lee Jonghak were purged.

You traitors!

You will be punished by Heaven.

Lee Bangwon as miljikjeyak.

475 years since Wang Geon established Goryeo.

Goryeo was on the verge of falling.

There aren't any servants in court

to protect the Wang clan.

It's just you and me now.

What do you think they will do now?

They're a hunch of traitors.

They will want to take over Goryeo.

I'm going to fight to the end.

You have to remain strong.

You can't stop night from coming

when the sun sets.

It's all in vain.

Your Highness.

Your Majesty, it's eunuch Lee.

Come in.

What is it?

Lee Seonggye submitted an appeal.

He is resigning

as chancellor and supreme commander.

What?

Why are you doing this?

I understand your resignation,

but do you really want to give up

all military power?

I don't want power

if it means being this low and dirty.

Like Buddha said,

I'm going to let go of all my burdens.

And then what?

When I can ride a horse,

I'm going back to Dongbukmyeon.

You can't do that.

Honey.

Your factions are doing their best

to make you the king.

The throne is right in front of you.

You can't resign.

You can't return to Dongbukmyeon either.

I'm going to leave.

He isn't back yet.

Not yet? Oh, dear.

If you get in touch with him,

tell him to return right away.

There are urgent matters in the capital.

I will.

I'll get going then.

What could those urgent matters be?

They must have found someone else to kill.

Maybe they're going to die.

Sambong,

let's join forces and make it happen.

A day will come for us to set Goryeo straight.

I don't want to see blood either.

A country established by force

will fall soon.

It is because there is no legitimacy.

She doesn't know when Sambong will return.

That's not good.

He is the only person

who can change the chancellor's mind.

If we can't convince him, we could force him.

Force him?

Empty the throne and push him onto it.

You want to abdicate the king.

Yes.

Did you say abdicate?

The king no longer has the power or the authority

to lead this country.

If the chancellor leaves the court now,

there will be great confusion.

The warlords will raise armies and

try to take the chancellor position.

We should abdicate the king and

install the chancellor as king.

I agree.

I agree, too.

Abdication. Abdication...

We have to end this terrible cycle

of bloodshed.

Represent the council and take the lead.

Your Majesty!

What's all the commotion about?

The council has agreed to depose you.

What?

The officials went to the queen's quarters.

Your Highness!

His Majesty has lost his way and public sentiments have turned.

He can no longer lead this country and its people.

The council has decided to abdicate him.

Please give a royal order.

You're really something.

How many times do you have to change the king to be happy?

Your Highness.

Consider our loyalty and give the order.

The majority opinion of the council is

the will of the officials and the people.

You must not hesitate.

Your Highness, please allow it.

Please allow it.

Your Majesty.

What will we do?

There is only one way.

Get the royal carriage ready.

Did you say the royal carriage?

Get the royal carriage ready.

Hurry!

Yes, Your Majesty.

They're abdicating the king?

That's what the council decided.

Bae Geukryeom and the other officials

went to the queen's quarters.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Why are you getting so angry?

The council members did this.

Honey.

Father, it's Banggwa.

His Majesty is here.

His Majesty?

He came to form an alliance with you.

An alliance between a king and a servant?

What absurd nonsense is this?

The chancellor will listen.

I wouldn't be here without you.

I could never forget your accomplishments

and your virtuous character.

I am going to give up this facade and

form an alliance with you.

Our descendants will care for each other as one

and not hurt each other.

Come out and accept my heart.

He's doing his best to survive.

He's not just begging for his life.

If father accepts this alliance,

there will be no justification for abdication.

He will not give up the country of the Wang clan.

Chancellor, why aren't you showing yourself?

Come out and greet me.

Chancellor.

Come on out, chancellor.

You must not go out.

Let go.

I will not.

If you want to go, kill me first.

Honey.

This is the will of Heaven.

Can't you see that?

Seonggye.

If you go out now,

there will be even greater confusion. More people will die.

Please listen to me just once.

Chancellor, come on out.

Chancellor.

How did it go?

Is the chancellor coming out?

I'm sorry, but he isn't feeling well.

He can't come out at this time.

He said he would come to see you

in a few days.

Look here!

You can't send His Majesty away like this!

A king and servant don't form an alliance either.

There is talk of abdication right now.

Please return to the palace and

wait for the queen dowager's decision.

I will not leave until I see the chancellor.

Go in and tell him that.

Your Majesty, look.

The abdicated king, Wang Yu,

will receive a royal order.

He isn't an abdicated king. Watch what you say!

Quiet!

You will get down on your knees.

Her Highness is ruining everything.

Just tell me the conclusion.

What should I do?

Give up my head?

You will be sent to Wonju.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

So, this is the end.

The 500-year reign of the Wang clan

is ending with me.

This is why I didn't want to become the king.

How will I pay for this?

How will I face the former kings?

What a mean fate.

Take the abdicated king away.

Yes, sir!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

July 12, 1592.

King Gongyang was abdicated.

He was the 7th generation descendant

of king Sinjong.

He tried to revive Goryeo with Jeong Mongju,

but failed to do so.

He was sent to Wonju.

After joseon was founded, he was demoted to Gongyanggun.

He was exiled again to Ganseong.

2 years later in 1594, he died in Samcheok.

Queen dowager Ahn.

She was in power only in form.

She had to abdicate king Wu, king Chang and king Gongyang.

After the founding of joseon, her title was demoted to Uihwagungju.

She spent the rest of her life relying on alcohol.

She died in 1428.

Her Highness appointed you gamnokguksa.

She approved of you inheriting the throne.

It's all over now.

You're practically the king of this country.

There still isn't any word from Sambong?

No.

Okay. You can leave now.

Yes, sir.

People will think my resignation was

a scheme to abdicate the king.

Honey.

I can already hear people criticizing me.

Lee Seonggye is a good-for-nothing wretch.

Seonggye.

Lee Seonggye is a good-for-nothing wretch.

Lee Seonggye is a good-for-nothing wretch.

Lee Seonggye is a good-for-nothing wretch.

Your Majesty, we brought the royal seal.

Please come out and accept it.

Please accept the royal seal.

Please show yourself to us.

Your Majesty, please show yourself.

Seonggye, come on out.

Go out and accept the royal seal.

Jiran, go and tell them.

I'm going to Dongbukmyeon.

Tell them to stop bothering me

and to leave me alone.

Honey.

You're trying to save face again.

You refused enough.

You can go out now.

You wretch, what did you just say?

Tell them to leave

before I have my soldiers kill them all!

Did they leave?

They are coming back tomorrow.

Your father isn't giving in.

Is there a way?

I think we have to find uncle Sambong.

Did you hear?

General Lee Seonggye is refusing to

accept the royal seal.

Why won't he accept it?

How should I know?

Do you know why?

I'm a good-for-nothing. What would I know?

You're the noble men.

What you're saying is probably right.

We're noble men?

Stop joking around.

Where did you hear that?

I heard it at the government building.

There's a huge commotion in the capital.

I think I worked enough for the snack.

I'll get going now.

He looks like a man of status.

Why is he wandering around like that?

He must have been kicked out for being loyal to a king from the Wang clan.

It's happening to many people in Goryeo.

Yangchon.

Let go!

Why are you being so reckless?

What will an appeal change?

Am I to just sit here and let a man from the Lee clan

take the country?

We have to make plans for the future.

There is no way to change it now.

How have you been?

Dojeon.

I came to see you.

I see you're here, too, Yangchon.

I heard you were traveling.

I was hoping you would die.

It's too bad.

I was practically dead.

Don't be too upset.

What brings you here?

I have something to ask you.

Do you know where Poeun is?

Where is your loyalty?

You said we'd be friends forever.

You were going to face death alone?

Wait for the right time.

It doesn't seem like the right time yet.

Let's join forces and make it happen.

A day will come for us to set Goryeo straight.

Did you hear about Lee Seonggye?

He is refusing to take the throne.

I heard.

Why did you choose him to be king?

A ruler has to be cold and obsessive.

Like Gwangpyeonggun.

Lee Seonggye is a virtuous hero,

but he is too innocent to be

the king of a country.

He doesn't have a strong resolution

for power.

That's why I chose him.

A virtuous and innocent hero is good

enough to be the king of the new world.

There is no need for power.

What do you mean?

Uncle.

How have you been?

Did you suddenly want to

ask Poeun for forgiveness?

I don't linger over the past.

I thought you would come here.

I had my men watch the grave.

I'll get going now.

You deposed another king?

Please convince father.

This country hasn't had a king for days.

It isn't just a king that's missing.

Public sentiments and justification for the cause

have all disappeared.

Uncle.

The only regret I have is

letting you join the cause.

I'm going to tell you again.

Don't call me uncle.

A cause without bloodshed is a fantasy.

The ideals you seek were only possible

in the age of Yao and Shun.

The great cause is

to create a new world with new power!

Power comes from a sword!

A sword with the blood of a political enemy.

Your Majesty, please accept the royal seal.

Your Majesty!

The officials and people are waiting

for you to take the throne.

Please accept the royal seal.

Your Majesty, please accept the royal seal.

You should accept it now.

What are this country and its people

supposed to do if you don't?

Your Majesty.

Please accept the royal seal.

Your Majesty.

This is wicked!

It's a wicked thing that kills people.

It hurts people.

It turned me into an awful wretch.

Just how important is this?

Why are you causing such a commotion?

What's the big deal about this?

Your Majesty.

Sambong.

I was worried your illness would worsen.

I'm so glad to see that you are healthy.

Sambong.

I would like to talk to you in private.