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- KING GEUNCHOGO -

- Starring -

- GAM WOOSUNG -
as Buyeo Gu/King Geunchogo

- KIM JISOO -
as Buyeo Hwa

- LEE JONGWON -
as Sayu/King Gogukwon

- AHN JAEMO -
as Jin Seung

- LEE JIHOON -
as Hae Geon

- YOON SEUNGWON -
as King Biryu

- SEO INSEOK -
as Sahul

- HAN JINHEE -
as Buyeo Jun

- CHOI MYEONGGIL -
as Hae Sosul

- KIM DOYEON -
as Jin Saha

- KIM EUNGSOO -
as Jobul

- HAN JUNGSOO -
as Bokgu Geom

- KANG SEONGJIN -
as Payoon

- Written by -
JEONG SEONGHEE, YOO SUNGYEOL

- Produced by -
YOON CHANGBEOM, KIM YOUNGJO

- KING GEUNCHOGO -

- Episode 1 -

- The Chronicles of Baekje -

- 37 BC, Jolbon Fortress,
Goguryeo (current Liaoning) -

Baekje's long history
began in Goguryeo.

The year 37 BC. Jumong proclaims
Jolbon as the capital....

of his newly-founded kingdom, Goguryeo.

- Soseono -
(Goguryeo Founder Jumong's 2nd Consort)

Behind the foundation
of Jumong's Goguryeo...

was the influence of the
tribe led by Soseono, the Sono.

Yuri!

Here...

Rise.

Father.

Yuri!

Good.

But the alliance between Jumong
and Soseono did not last long,

for he might have gained
Goguryeo thanks to her efforts,

but Soseono had always been
too burdensome a presence for him.

- Yuri -
(Jumong's son, to be Goguryeo's 2nd Ruler)

Father!

Take your leave!

You...

If you have eyes to
see, take a good look.

Do not try to enrage me!

While my sons' bodies were being
pierced by arrows and spears,

what was your son Yuri doing?

Soseono!

While Yuri was idling away in luxury and
leisure at the Buyeo Royal Palace,

my sons took up arms and joined
the war effort alongside you,

- Biryu & Onjo (Soseono's sons) -

helping the foundation of this country.

Is that not right?

Your Highness spoke the truth!

Shut your gobs!

- Jumong (aka Chumo, Goguryeo's Founder) -

Say whatever you wish,
but this country belongs to Chumo!

And hence it shall be Yuri's country!

Goguryeo does not solely belong to you.

Does it?!

Are you telling me
that Goguryeo is not mine?

[*aka Yeontabal]

This Goguryeo of ours belongs
to my father, Yeontachwibal*,

to me, Soseono,

my sons, Biryu and Onjo,

[*one of the five founding tribes of Goguryeo]

and to all the courtiers and loyal
subjects of the Sono* tribe I lead,

people who staked their lives
and helped you bring forth its foundation.

So live up to your oath.

The promise that you would in
due time abdicate the throne to my son.

Soseono!

What heroine.

Indeed, Soseono brims with heroic courage!

However,

Goguryeo's crown prince is Yuri.

Your Majesty.

Just as two heroes
cannot grace the same sky,

how could I share the Royal
berth with you?

And that is why I hereby proclaim...

that Soseono is no longer
Goguryeo's Royal Consort!

That you cannot be Chumo's wife!

Father!

These are the nuptial offerings
your father Yeontachwibal gave me.

And these are yours.

Fine...

I shall leave.

I shall fulfill your wish and
leave this entire Goguryeo to you.

I, Soseono,

shall leave my beloved Goguryeo,

leave my Jolbon,

my homeland, Sono,

and all my subjects.

Your Highness!

Ohh Ohh!

However...

Open your eyes and behold.

Behold at what I
and my sons will achieve.

Do not bring infamy upon our land!

Yuri, you bear witness as well.

How my sons Biryu and Onjo will
transcend your country's every achievement.

A thousand or even more
generations may pass,

but one day my descendants will trample
upon Goguryeo with all their might.

Soseono did not leave Goguryeo alone.

Subjects of the Sono tribe and
countless other Goguryeo people followed her.

They endured scorching heat and
chilling cold, heavy downpours and snowstorms,

and after a mere eighteen
months from their departure,

their southward advance
reached Ungni River.

- 18 BC, Buaak (current Mt. Samgak, Seoul) -

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Mother...

Yes...

It is the kind of grandiose water
course we could never witness in Goguryeo.

- Ungni River (current Han River) -

Never before have I witnessed such
resplendent, wondrous gift of nature.

Let us build our country here,

and erect our capital on these
lustrous and glittering shores.

[*lit. resplendent land, Baekje's old name]

And that is how Soseono founded
Baekje, along the Ungni River.

Her second son, Onjo, was
proclaimed the first ever Baekje ruler,

after which Soseono was posthumously
christened as "State Grandmother,"

becoming Baekje
people's spiritual leader.

- 341, Michuhol (current Incheon) -

- Baekje's Royal family was the Buyeo
clan, a clear homage to their Buyeo roots. -

- Historical records often used Yeo
(Yu in Chinese) alone to define them, -

- and with the modern surname-name
separation having little meaning in the era, -

- characters in this show might often use
"Yeogu" despite it being "Buyeo Gu," and so on -

- Horo River (current Imjin River) -

Your Highness!

Prince Yeogu!

Your Highness!

Wait, the young master is here.
Young Master Jinseung.

Your Highness.

I was just looking for one
more hand, glad you came.

How can you squander your time
here, with Hanseong so close?

Look at how he handles
this precious salt...

Turn the boat around.

You need to participate in the
State Grandmother's ceremony!

- Hanseong Royal Palace -
(Capital of Hanam Wirye
Seong/Hanseong Baekje)

- Queen Hae Sosul -
(King Biryu's 1st Consort)

Your Majesty.

And Yeogu?

- Buyeo Chan (Crown Prince) & Buyeo San -

Seems like he left
for Horo River from Michuhol.

How can he not even
come visit his own mother?!

- Royal Consort Jin Saha -
(King Biryu's 2nd Consort, Yeogu's Mother)

And how could a criminal dare to
set foot past the Royal Palace's gates?

You really are not going to Hanseong?

Let's go.

Hyungnim.

- Buyeo Gu -
(to be King Geunchogo, King Biryu's son)

Is that a place I could visit
at my own discretion?

Without His Majesty's consent,

should this criminal violate such
solemn ceremony with his presence,

wouldn't that old cur's
rabid fury make him collapse?

- Jin Seung -
(Councilor Jin Jeong's Son)

Still, for how much longer
will you keep trading salt?

- Payoon -
(Buyeo Gu's Confidant)

You seem to enjoy wasting
your time asking useless questions?!

- Bokgu Geom -
(Buyeo Gu's Confidant)

I have dreamed of serving you as a
Baekje man of arms from day one.

You could follow Jinseung, then.

Seems that trading salt
is up to you and I now.

Let's go, Payoon.

Yes.

- Hurrah for His Majesty!
- Hurrah!

- King Biryu (11th Baekje ruler) -
(not to be confused with Soseono's son)

Yeogu might have committed
great infamy against Baekje,

but it brings me great distress to witness
his mother so fervently long for him.

May you bless him with your
benevolence and summon him.

- Give me the cloth.
- Yes.

Father.

- Lord Heukgang Sahul (Buyeo Gu's Grandfather) -
- Jin Jeong (Councilor, leading figure
in the Jin clan backing King Biryu) -

Pardon my belated arrival, Sire.

Most gracious State Grandmother.

What country is our Baekje?

You led our tribe and founded
Goguryeo with Jumong the Great,

and finally started our
motherland's glorious legacy.

- South Pyeongyang Fortress (Goguryeo) -

Is not Goguryeo's continued
domination of the great north...

just one of the vile pretexts they
use to repeatedly belittle us?

- Sayu -
(King Gogukwon, 16th Goguryeo Ruler)

Soldiers of Goguryeo!

Twenty-six years have passed
since they broke their promise...

[*the last post-Gojoseon commandery
of the Han, current Hwanghae Province]

of meeting in parley, after we together
repelled enemy forces in Daifang*.

But now His Majesty shall meet
Sayu of Goguryeo in a covenant,

so we humbly beseech your support.

Thirty thousand of your
descendants were sacrificed...

to lay destruction upon the Han
usurpers of the Daifang Commandery.

Your servant and grandson Biryu...

shall demand the land which
to us belongs at all cost.

Never again shall I or Baekje
tolerate Goguryeo's contempt!

Heed my words!

Who does the Daifang
territory belong to?

To Your Majesty!

From Sabi River* to Myeonak**,

[*Yeseong River **Mt. Myeorak]

who does that land belong to?

It belongs to Baekje!

And who did Goguryeo originally belong to?

To Her Highness the State Grandmother!

Indeed!

Baekje belongs to our
State Grandmother Soseono!

To Onjo the Great!

And to me, Biryu!

Hurrah for His Majesty!
Hurrah for His Majesty!

Twenty-six years earlier,

the armies of King Biryu of Baekje
and King Micheon of Goguryeo join forces,

repelling the very last commandery
of Han China, Daifang.

Baekje and Goguryeo
pledge to split the territory,

- King Micheon (Sayu's father, 15th Goguryeo Ruler) -

but King Micheon
ultimately breaks his promise.

With the goal of reclaiming
the old Daifang territory,

King Biryu spent long years of preparation.

And the crucial turning point
which convinced him to undertake all this...

[orange: Goguryeo - light blue: Baekje]

[*yellow: Yan]

was the conflict between Goguryeo
and the Yan over control of Liaodong.

His speculation being that
Goguryeo wouldn't be able...

to so quickly mobilize troops
away from the northern front.

- Dongmyeong Hall, Hanseong Palace -

Would Goguryeo truly renounce
the old Daifang territory?

I wonder if a covenant is the answer...

Were you in Sayu's position,
would you renounce it?

Ahh... I am sure you would.

Seeing how fervently you despise war...

San.

I was not trying to imply anything.

Gambling debts are often
written-off at a year's end,

but if it's a debt that
is over twenty years old,

would Sayu truly agree to settle it?

Could debts between countries
ever compare with personal ones?

And should negotiations break
down, what do you plan to do?

I am fully prepared for the aftermath.

So will you wage war?

There is no other solution.

Those Baekje minions are deploying
troops towards Gomori Fortress.

- South Pyeongyang Fortress, Council Hall -

Would that not imply that they are
fully prepared to engage in war against us?

- Jobul -
(Guksang, Top Military Courtier)

I see...
But are you sure?

So in lieu of raging war,

you suggest we renounce
the entire Daifang territory?

Baekje is not to be underestimated.

Baekje is hardly a daunting foe.

It is Biryu that concerns me.

How about the Yan?

With troops deployed up north
against the Yan, will you halve our forces?

[*Border between Yan
and Goguryeo near Jolbon]

Can we really deploy troops away
from Modigol* and fight Baekje as well?

So how about this?

Slaying Biryu.

Engaged in war with the Yan, Sayu
could never afford to spread out his forces.

With Biryu out of the picture,
Baekje will be in shambles.

For Biryu is Baekje, and
Baekje is nothing without him.

We shall vanquish Goguryeo at all cost.

This covenant must
consign Biryu to his demise.

You suggest we assassinate
a foreign ruler at a covenant?

We would be scorned upon
as far as the Seven Seas.

Guksang.

You know what?

Derision is not what daunts me,

it is losing territory that does.

Even if I had to sever
my limbs to protect it,

I would never share
that land with Biryu.

Mohe troops will be entrusted
security of this covenant meeting.

So how would you
manage to slay Biryu?

Do not ask me,
and think for yourselves.

Let us start using this
for the sake of Goguryeo.

[*tributary of the Imjin River.
Military Border b/w Baekje & Goguryeo]

I shall head to Jeumeun Yeoul*.

Summon Mohe chieftain Fu Gantai.

It will not be Mohe troops in
charge of security, but Goguryeo ones.

- Hanseong Royal Palace, Dongmyeong Hall -

Were you not sleeping?

To wage war, you
need brave men of arms.

Which is why Your Majesty's sons should
take the vanguard and boost morale.

Yeohwi would be perfect.

Neither Yeochan nor
Yeosan would be suitable,

so summon Yeogu instead.

You might have not seen
him in many moons,

but he has grown into a fine man.

His bow and blade are ready
to aid Baekje's great cause.

He is just as remarkable a
man of arms as Your Majesty.

Yet, he still remains
nothing but a salt trader.

With Yeochan's
investiture as crown prince,

what threat could Yeogu possibly pose?

The day when
Yeochan inherits my crown,

Baekje enjoys prosperity, and our
people chant his name in jubilation.

The day when the notion that Yeogu might
be fit for the throne is forgotten...

is the day when he shall
once again set foot on this soil.

[*Biryu's childhood name]

Gutae*.

If I ordered Yeogu to sell salt,
so shall be his calling.

He needn't become a man of arms,
and neither should he.

That old cur is completely deranged!

- Wanwoldang (Hae Sosul's Quarters) -

And I thought providence should have
consigned him to the Hades already...

Without Yeogu's aid,

would Baekje meet its downfall,
would it be vanquished?

It is time we summon him back.

He cannot go on living
as a mere salt trader.

Have you already forgotten
his mother's conception dream?

[*founder of Jolbon Buyeo, not to
be confused with Jumong]

Clamoring that Yeogu will gain the throne,
that he is a loyal vassal of King Dongmyeong*,"

and must be proclaimed crown prince.
Don't tell me you forgot such chicanery?!

It is all in the past.

Your Highness.

Do not so nonchalantly
ignore human nature.

To avert future quandaries, the
root of evil must be eradicated.

I see Yeogu has not been blessed with
fortune, being subjected to such disdain.

Half-brothers are no brethren.

On the very day you
ascend to the throne...

Yeogu must be eliminated at all cost.

Mother.

Do not expect such foolish
vainglory from me.

I shall never bring harm to Yeogu.

Aigoo... I never intended
to come here for this...

Enough with those plaints.

Our friend down there can hear you.

Yes... yes.

Prince Yeohwi!

Yeogu!

Hyungnim!

Should I blame this welcome
visit on too many days of savorless food?

- Buyeo Hwi (2nd son of Haebi) -

My brother, Yeogu!

You have grown even stronger
than the last time we met.

- Jeumeun Yeoul -
(Military Border between Baekje & Goguryeo)

- Yeoul Fortress -
(Above Jeumeun Yeoul)

How exciting.

Fishing, laundering and swimming.

Discipline is in tatters.
It's an utter mess.

If they could not even enjoy that,

how do you think they would endure
life thousands of ri away from home?

You cannot take that away from them.

But why the sudden need for so much salt?

We need to feed our soldiers.

That much salt would last them a few
years even if they dined on it raw.

War against Goguryeo is drawing near.

- Jeumeun Yeoul, Goguryeo Encampment -

He is His Majesty the ruler of Goguryeo.

Pay your respects.

So you would be Fu Gantai?
Chieftain of the Heishu Mohe.

That would be me.

Do the Mohe render service
to Goguryeo, or Baekje?

Our calling in the upcoming
covenant meeting...

- Fu Gantai (Mohe Chieftain) -

is to ensure the safety of both rulers.

Kneel.

I already have paid my respects!

So what will be of more benefit to
the Mohe, serving Goguryeo or Baekje?

The Mohe people refuse to be
embroiled in your murderous complots!

You shall use your Mohe ancestry
to penetrate defenses,

and slay Baekje ruler Biryu.

The future of your Mohe
people solely depends on you.

So is it Goguryeo, or Baekje?

You can only choose one side.

I plan to let you join us in battle.

It has nothing to do with me.

Why would that be the case?

Meritorious service would aid your cause.

And becoming the brave commander
Baekje needs would be a great start.

Don't you want to be
acknowledged by your father?

He shall forever resent
me no matter what.

-I will keep living as if I was never born.
-Yeogu!

Don't you know better than me?

What did His Majesty
tell you ten years past,

[*aka Yoseo]

when he gave you orders to
banish me all the way to Liaoxi*?

Did he not order me to spend
the rest of my life as a salt trader?

So are you going to keep bemoaning
your fate to the very end?

I suppose it is all that
providence had in mind for me.

What are you Baekje
pigs doing out of your sty?

Baekje pigs?!

Are you not like dirt
fallen off Goguryeo's feet?

You rotten son of a...

Boys!

Everyone, throw!

You are in His Majesty's presence...
Make them pay!

Commander.

No need to cause unnecessary
clamor before the meeting.

What is that supposed
to mean, Your Excellency?

It is exactly before the meeting that
Baekje vermin should be taught a lesson.

I shall let you handle it.

Yes, Sire.

Summon the troops
back to their post.

There must be no
confrontation before the meeting.

- Yes.
- Commander!

Commander, the enemy
has deployed the cavalry.

Those deranged fools...

The cavalry for so little?!

I must join the fight.

Enjoy selling your salt, Hyungnim.

Letting them be swept away would
not be too convenient now, would it?

Your Highness!

Wait for me, Your Highness!

Yeogu!

I will lure the cavalry away,
so have your troops fall back.

We cannot violate the Yeoul... Yeogu!

Trail them!

Sire!

Sire!

Those Baekje varmints violated the Yeoul.

- Escort His Majesty to Gomori Fortress!
- Yes.

Are you telling me I should flee
because of a few paltry Baekje knaves?

Your Highness!

Sire!

Sire!

Protect His Majesty!

Protect His Majesty!

Your Highness.

Don't look back and gallop!

Always making a fuss...

Was it not poisoned?

So what if it wasn't?
They still hurt like hell!

I have never been
pierced by an arrow before.

I laud your efforts.

I sent Jinseung to the palace.

He shall convey to His Majesty
how you dealt with those Goguryeo men,

and saved our troops.

You are wasting your time.

Is there anyone who could shoot
arrows at Sayu other than you?

I did not know that man was Sayu.

Whether you did or
not, it doesn't matter.

Father will allow
you to take the vanguard.

- Go Chisu (Goguryeo Chief Marshal) -

He is King Biryu's fourth
son, a knave called Yeogu.

Yeogu?!

Then...

It must be the one who was banished
to Liaoxi and forced to trade salt.

Yeogu?

Sire!

May you reproach your
humble servant for his misdeeds!

After today, I have one more
reason to slay Biryu.

Go serve Biryu in the netherworld.

For all your fellow Mohe
shall soon follow you!

Is it Baekje, or Goguryeo?

If I must choose one and one only,

serving Your Majesty
will bring the Mohe survival.

Laudable.

On the day of Biryu's demise,
Saori Fortress will be yours.

- Hanseong Royal Palace -

Yeogu did it?

Just like snakes bite
and wasps sting,

looks like Yeogu
finally did himself proud.

How could you compare
him to snakes and wasps?

His Highness staked his life for this.

- Hae Nyeong (Councilor, Leading
figure of the Hae clan backing Buyeo Jun) -

I am afraid this might negatively
impact the covenant meeting.

Should negotiations break down
over such trifling matters,

it would only mean Sayu's repute was
but a mere excuse to wear that crown.

Should we not summon
Yeogu and reward him?

Send the hawk to
summon Yeogu at once.

Tell him to hasten.

Yes, Father.

Let us head to Wirye Palace.

- Wirye Palace (Buyeo Jun's stronghold) -

We need Wirye
Palace's support in this war.

But it shan't be easy to obtain it.

And that is why I was thinking of
having your son and...

Buyeojun's daughter Yeohwa
join in conjugal ties.

Why, do you oppose it?

It surely would be burdensome
having Buyeojun as an in-law,

but I shall follow Your
Majesty's grandiose vision.

- Wirye Palace -

Your humble servant had to
importune Your Majesty all the way here.

So you could have joined us at
the State Grandmother's ceremony.

You must pardon me, but old
age is finally getting the better of me.

Is the mighty Lord of Wirye Palace
already bound for a saunter to the stone tomb?

- Buyeo Jun -
(Lord of Wirye Palace, to be King Gye)

I would be neglecting my duties
as your humble servant...

if I departed for the netherworld
before Your Majesty did.

Summon your daughter Yeohwa.

I came with propitious tidings.

And you even bless my daughter
with your boundless benevolence.

Your grace is immeasurable, Sire.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

You should not be here at this time.

Follow me, Your Highness.

Who will ever worry about
harvesting in Wirye Palace if I don't?

Come on and join me.

His Majesty is here.

He even brought you a groom,
so that you can join in conjugal ties.

His Majesty did that?

Yes.

Hurry up.

You must get changed
and go meet them.

Her Highness urged you to hasten.

It has such a pleasant scent.

- Lady Sohae (Buyeo Jun's Consort) -

Now they force a contract
marriage upon you as well?!

If I had any say in the matter, I
would rather have you wed with Haegeon.

- Buyeo Hwa -
(Buyeo Jun's Daughter)

If marrying that man will
benefit our clan,

it is my duty to marry him.

Anything else to show us?

Is that all you can do?

I could do something with the bow,
or even diving if you prefer.

- Seok Rahae (Buyeo Min's Wife) -
- Buyeo Min (Buyeo Jun's Eldest Son) -

And is there any man in Baekje
who would not be capable of that?

I could play a tune...
Would you like that?

So how about him?

Someone so gifted in
musical and martial arts...

is a much too generous
bequest for someone like me.

Then, would my sons be
more fitting candidates?

Are the crown prince
and Yeosan to your liking?

If I must marry into the Jin clan,

His Excellency Councilor
Jinjeong would be most befitting.

And if I had to choose
any spouse within the palace,

I would gleefully sit beside
you as your consort, Sire.

I already am blessed with
two consorts, so what dilemma!

I cannot oblige our
angelic Yeohwa with a yes.

Forgive me.

May you abate such
unconscionable concerns, Sire.

Meseems providence neglected me.

I could have become in-laws
with the Lord of Wirye Palace?!

Your humble servant would have
enjoyed even greater blessing, Sire.

I could have become
Your Majesty's father-in-law...

How could you let
her so haughtily belittle you?

We cannot let the Lord of Wirye
Palace get away with this.

The real blessing is the
fact Yeohwa was not born a man.

Buyeojun is truly blessed with fortune.

We must keep a close eye on
whom he will choose as son-in-law.

Yes.

Your Highness, it was a wise decision.

Have you seen how that
varmint from the Jin clan reacted?

It felt as satisfying as a swim
in the Ungni River under the morning sun.

Your behavior was inexcusable.

We are dealing with Biryu here.

It is only because we were dealing with
His Majesty that all this concluded so amiably.

Yeohwa!

What help would joining the Jin clan or
His Majesty's princes in conjugal ties give you?

I shall not let His Majesty inveigle
me with these vile subterfuges.

There is no suitable match for my
daughter in this Baekje of ours indeed!

Just like Soseono became
our state grandmother,

our Yeohwa will become the
founding mother of Wirye Palace.

Reclaim the throne Biryu so
spuriously appropriated,

the State Grandmother will
bless us with providence!

You are flattering me.

- Ungni River -

I can imagine the thirst.

Or it might be because you're so
whelmed by the prospect of meeting your father.

Was jesting at my expenses
what you followed us for?

I'm sure he will
save a position for me?!

All I ask is to escape
this life of salt trading.

How could you be so devoid of ambitions?
You know your place is on the battlefield.

How does it feel to set
foot on Hanseong soil again?

I guess I lived long enough to
witness this land once again.

Mother must have aged by now?!

It has been a decade already.

Much too long.

Take this opportunity to let go
of all your resentment towards Father.

Let's go.

Let us meet our father,
and drink the entire night away!

Sire.

Your humble servant Yeohwi
brought Yeogu as instructed.

Criminal Yeogu answers
Your Majesty's summoning.

It has been a long,

long time since this prodigal son
was blessed by Your Majesty's presence.

Father!

So how did it feel
to pierce Sayu's flesh?

Was it as gratifying as being the
crown prince, or wearing my crown?

Do you even realize how many
years of strenuous efforts...

the crown prince and I went
through to make this meeting happen?

I could not bear to see our
troops being so heinously slaughtered.

And who ever asked you
to worry about such matters?

Those Goguryeo varmints were
the first to violate the Yeoul!

Not to mention the fact
they even deployed their cavalry.

Leave us alone.

Sire!

Yeogu did nothing wrong.

Take your leave as well.

Must I repeat myself?

How dare you bring infamy to Baekje
and commit such harebrained tomfoolery?

Were you perchance
looking for a reward?

If you wish to bestow one
upon me, I shall gleefully accept it.

Had Yeohwi Hyungnim shot that arrow,

would you have reacted this way?

What did I tell you ten years past,
when I sent you to Liaoxi?

You no longer remember
why you were banished?

I recall it vividly.

And that is why just as
instructed, as ordered by you,

I spent my life producing and trading salt.

And you still dare take up arms!

I banished you to Liaoxi for a reason,
and you dare practice martial arts?

Were it not for this,
I still would have kept pitying you.

Trading salt all over the four corners
meant dealing with bandits and vandals daily,

would my demise at their
hands have brought you solace?

If such was your destiny,
there is nothing I could do to stop it.

What did I ever do wrong?

Don't you dare
rise before your ruler!

Am I not your son?

Am I not the offspring you and
my mother together brought into this world?

Am I not what your seed gave life to?

You... You deranged knave!

Is it my fault Mother
had that conception dream?

Should I be blamed if the divine
Natu fell into my mother's embrace?

Do you know how many
sleepless nights I spent,

wondering when I will ever see
my mother, my brethren again?

Shut that vile gob!

For ten years!

For ten years I have
silently endured all this.

And I believe ten years
more than suffice.

I feel wronged.

So much I could die.

If you feel so unfairly
persecuted you could die,

then perish you shall!

Do you fear me that much?

Are you that afraid I will
devour Yeochan Hyungnim?

I have no interest in
becoming crown prince myself.

Go ask any rat inhabiting
these dwellings instead.

You knave!

Yes...

Just slay me!

Do it now!

I shall die right here and now.

If a life of contempt is all that awaits me,

I shall rather perish by your blade!

Fine.

You are no longer a prince.

You are hereby banished
from Hanseong and Baekje territory.

As long as I grace this earth,

as long as the crown prince is alive,
you shall never set foot on this soil again!

Should you dare defy
my command and come back,

I shall behead you before
your mother and all our people,

and throw your spurious pate
into the Ungni River!

What did I do to deserve this cruelty?

I am your son, too.

I, Yeogu!

Am your son!

I am your son!

Father...

- This drama was adapted
from Lee Moonyeol's Original Novel -

Who will bring me the head of Biryu?

I have no father.

Baekje has no use for you now.

What can you do, when you
give birth to such perfidious children?

How could you let him
steal the throne from us?

People don't know how cruel
they can become until faced with the inevitable.

Come back at all cost.

I can't allow Prince
Yeogu to marry my daughter.

His Majesty will be in danger anyhow.

The Mohe are conspiring with Goguryeo!

Just like your father
laughed in the face of loyalty,

you betrayed your mandate of heaven!

You infamous knaves!

Would you call this infamy as well?

It's a trap by Goguryeo!

- WITH S2 Presented -

- KING GEUNCHOGO -

- Episode 1 -

- Subtitles By -
Anarchist

- Fine Tuning -
julier

- Coordinators -
ay_link, mily2