Jeong Dojeon
This happened since Ming doesn't trust Goryeo.
We should send an envoy who can
clear up such distrust.
Who do you suggest?
Yeongmunhabusa Lee Inim.
You must be crazy.
You want to send who?
Withdraw that statement and
apologize right now!
Did I say something I shouldn't?
What?
Calm down. This is the Supreme Council.
I am an administrative minister who represents the court of Goryeo.
Making me go when Ming didn't even make a demand is
Lowering our national status on our own.
We are subservient to Ming anyway.
How about looking into it a bit more
before discussing it further?
That's the advice I'd like to give.
I thought about it a lot. You don't have to give any advice.
Yeongmunhabusa.
This isn't a decision to be made hastily.
Let's meet again tomorrow.
Sir.
Let's do that.
The meeting is over for today.
You're not gentry.
You're a top general of Goryeo.
How can you make such a humiliating claim?
Do you think I said that because I like Ming?
Until Lee Inim goes, Ming is going to toy with Goryeo.
That's why I said that.
Lee Inim is suspected of killing Ming envoys
for friendly relations with Northern Yuan.
Zhu Yuanzhang is not going to just let him return safely.
What harm would it do Goryeo if
Lee Inim doesn't return?
He's all talk.
He hasn't done anything properly.
He must be eliminated for Goryeo to survive.
This is our chance.
Give me your support.
I don't want to hear it.
Withdraw your statement at
the Supreme Council tomorrow.
Sir.
I will gather a majority opinion to
stand up to Ming's tyranny.
Abide by that.
I'm sure you understand what I'm saying.
Why didn't you discuss it with him before you made such a comment?
Choi Yeong reprimanded Lee Seonggye
and told him to withdraw his statement.
What did Lee Seonggye say?
You know what he's good at.
He kept quiet and played innocent.
He has to listen to Choi Yeong.
Sure, if Lee Seonggye was a member of Choi Yeong's political party.
What are you talking about?
Lee Seonggye is a close aide who
Choi Yeong cares for.
It could be one-sided.
Lee Seonggye never claimed that he was part of Choi Yeong's political party.
Lee Seonggye knows Choi Yeong isn't happy about it,
but he has relations with the gentry.
Are you saying we don't know
who he will side with at any time?
Tomorrow's council meeting
will be interesting.
Episode 13
Bring them!
Don't dawdle.
This is from me.
You can't go to see him empty-handed.
Come on!
Sir, I was forced to be their guide.
Quiet!
I didn't hurt any Goryeo people.
Please spare me. Sir.
Come on out.
Thank you.
Who are you?
Sir.
I must have a long life.
Thank you very much.
You good-for-nothing.
Why are you slapping me after you saved me?
Do you think I saved you because I like you?
You will have to atone for this forever.
Atone?
They were going to kill me if I wasn't their guide.
Wouldn't you have done it?
I would have bitten my tongue and died rather than live like this.
That's upsetting to hear.
What about the way I'm living?
You look like the wretch who
killed your father, Hwang Yeon.
Quiet!
I guess you have some guilt left.
Don't talk to me about guilt.
What did I do wrong?
The village you guided them to is probably in ruins and
the villagers are probably all dead.
Are you saying you don't know that?
Quiet!
Just shut that mouth!
Why is that my fault?
It's the pirates' fault.
It's the Goryeo people's fault for not being able to stop them.
Why is it my fault? It's not my fault.
I didn't do anything wrong!
All I did was do my best to survive.
I just wanted to live and find my baby.
Why are you making me out to be
such a terrible person?
You're right.
It's not your fault.
It is the country's fault for not being
able to protect the people's lives.
It's not your fault.
I'm sorry.
Get up.
There's someone you have to meet.
Who?
Your sister.
What are you talking about?
Is she alive?
Only Buddhist monks live at the temple.
There so many old clothes.
Did your husband go somewhere?
He went to Gaegyeong to meet someone.
He's not allowed to go in the capital. Why did he go there?
How do you know that?
What?
He went because someone was offering
him a position, so don't worry.
I'm sure everything will work out.
You don't have to worry about us anymore.
I didn't do much.
This will be the last work I do for you.
Ma'am.
I'm sure you can understand my position
since you're a woman, too.
How will you deal with the consequences?
Why did you make such a claim?
I didn't say anything wrong.
What did Choi Yeong say?
He was upset.
I was never reprimanded by him so much.
Do as he says.
You must obey him.
I don't want to.
You know how stubborn he can be.
What if he turns his back on you?
Why should I do what he tells me to?
Honey.
If you go to the Supreme Council,
there are many ministers.
They look different and are from
different hometowns.
But there are only two things they say.
They say they're from influential families
or they're military forces.
Influential families or military forces.
The core of the Supreme Council is
the influential families led by Lee Inim and
the military forces led by Choi Yeong.
Then the two of them can decide everything.
Why are the other ministers on the council?
I'm going to say what I want to.
Father, you should take a step back.
Just mind your own business.
Don't do anything they'll find fault with.
Is that understood?
- Yes. - Yes.
Why didn't you bring Bangwon?
He went deer hunting yesterday.
The state examination is near.
Why is he going hunting?
Don't worry about it.
He's still young. Don't rush him.
He's not like us. He has born talent.
I'm sure he will pass the state examination,
so don't worry.
I said I would shoot.
About 10cm above the deer's back.
I shot where I was aiming.
Deer is common.
It's nothing to boast about.
It would just be a load to carry back.
Gee...
What an excuse.
This isn't fun anymore.
It's boring.
Sir.
Is he making the clothes?
I really want to see baby.
What took so long?
I waited forever.
No.
No!
Cheonbok! Cheonbok!
Cheonbok! Wake up.
Wake up! Cheonbok!
Cheonbok, wake up.
Sir...
Yes, are you alright?
Cheonbok!
Do you know him?
He's someone the Japanese pirates forced to be a guide.
He is a citizen of Goryeo!
Who do you think you're raising your voice at?
A guide is a Japanese pirate, too!
Look here.
Can you see me?
Please help me. I have to see baby.
Please...
Cheonbok! Cheonbok!
Is he going to live?
No.
He should be able to live if we take him to a doctor.
I'll carry him. Help me!
I have to live.
I can't die before I see baby.
There's no time! What are you doing?
Cheonbok!
I'm sorry.
Cheonbok, wake up.
Have an easy passage into eternity.
You!
I only sent him in comfort.
It's better than being afraid of death and
suffering extreme pain.
How dare you?
You just murdered someone.
You were trying to help a Japanese pirate.
How is it murder?
A person's life is up to the heavens.
You prejudged his death and killed him.
If that isn't murder, what is it?
A person's life is up to the heavens?
Let me ask you a question then.
What do you think will happen to you?
Will you die or live?
All that talk about a person's life being
up to the heavens is hypocritical.
A person's life is in human hands.
Isn't that so?
Then I'll ask a question, too.
If I die now, am I being killed by a person
or a beast?
A person who abandons humanity is
just a beast wearing a person's mask.
If I die now, I will just be disappointed with the heavens.
I couldn't blame an ignorant beast.
If you keep this up,
I could really become a beast.
Aren't you afraid of dying?
Do I look like someone who would be
scared by a bluff from a kid like you?
Get him some shrouds.
Let's go.
Honey.
Please reconsider.
This could be your last attendance at the council.
I can convince Choi Yeong.
Don't worry.
Chanseongsa.
What brings you here?
Choi Yeong would like to see you
before the council meeting.
Why are you delivering a message
from Choi Yeong?
He is at the yeongmunhabusa's house.
They are together right now.
Choi Yeong is trying to mediate.
You should go.
Let's go.
I have other plans right now.
I'm sorry, but tell him I'll see him at
the council meeting.
I have a favor to ask.
Please help me.
I believe it's time for the gentry to
support Lee Seonggye's claim.
I agree.
Mokeun Lee Saek, master of Neo-Confucian elites
Mongju, what do you think?
Sir.
Go ahead.
Take a step back this time.
Poeun.
If you can gather support, I'm confident.
I can convince Choi Yeong.
You still have to step back.
Are you afraid I will get hurt?
That, too, but most of all,
it goes against the great cause.
Great cause?
What great cause?
Sending the yeongmunhabusa when Ming didn't even demand it
goes against our great cause.
Even if we are subservient to Ming,
this is an act of bringing our dignity down.
How can you say the same thing as Lee Inim?
You know my intention is to eliminate Lee Inim by using Ming.
I don't want Lee Inim to be eliminated
by Ming.
If this becomes a precedent,
what will happen to politics in Goryeo?
Everyone will try to establish connections with Ming.
People will try to eliminate political enemies using Ming.
We will lose the ability to solve
our own problems.
We can't make the mistake of ruining Goryeo
politics because of one corrupt minister.
Poeun.
I'm sorry I can't support you.
As the munhachanseongsa,
I made a suggestion to send Lee Inim as an envoy to Ming.
I will withdraw that suggestion.
Why did you change your mind overnight?
You know the saying, jobyeonseokkae.
Some people just keep changing their minds.
Don't be cynical.
Munhachanseongsa.
I had many worries.
You made the right decision.
That's how things are done.
Really.
The atmosphere of the council
warmed up just like that.
Why did you do that?
The yeongmunhabusa is a leader of the court.
He is Geunbi's uncle.
He is like a father to me.
Why did you want to send him to Ming?
That matter has been settled.
Why are you reprimanding him so?
He spent a lot of time in the border area.
I want to teach him since he doesn't
seem to know the ways of the capital.
Showing contempt for the yeongmunhabusa
is the same as showing contempt for me and the royal family.
Don't ever be so reckless again.
Is that understood?
Why don't you answer?
I will remember that.
You can go now.
Don't take politics so lightly.
Friendly forces and enemies are clear on a battleground,
but the court isn't like that.
Just because someone is my enemy
doesn't mean they'll take your side.
I lost this time.
This time?
It sounds like you're going to draw your sword again.
Do you think you'll get such a chance?
I heard you went to Gaegyeong to get a position.
Things didn't go well?
What a loud sigh.
Why are you sighing?
Hang in there.
I'm going to go far away soon.
You shouldn't let me see you like that.
You're leaving?
After this service, I'm going to
tell mother I'm leaving Mireuksa.
I'm going to live near Naju.
I'll pray for my father and
the people of Sojaedong.
I have to look for my brother, too.
Yangji.
I was sure he was taken and killed by the Japanese pirates.
But seeing you alive like this,
I'm sure he's alive somewhere, too.
Honey.
You went to Gaegyeong.
Why are you coming out of there?
I went to see Yangji.
At least you're honest.
What's with your attitude?
What's with my attitude?
You really don't know why?
It's a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding?
Do you think I'm a fool?
She's going to leave Mireuksa soon.
No!
Please give me your approval.
I will meditate in a place near Naju.
Is it because of Sambong?
Is it?
Yes.
Fool.
How do you expect to meditate with such an attitude?
Do you think you could forget everything
if you went across the ocean?
Let me go.
I said no!
Then what am I to do?
When I think he is nearby,
I can't do anything.
I'm looking for sewing work with
the thought of seeing him.
If I can't find any worn clothes anywhere,
I want to rip up my clothes.
Do you know how that feels?
Yangji.
Please let me go.
I can't handle it anymore.
If I can't forget about these feelings,
shouldn't I at least be far away?
Stop singing like a pig.
Just go to sleep now.
Wretch.
What's wrong with my voice?
What's wrong with my singing?
It's fine.
Poeun.
Poeun, welcome.
Have a seat. Have a seat.
I'll stop drinking now.
Drink it down.
You're not a weak woman.
Drink it down.
Jeong Mongju.
The great cause you mentioned.
Is that so important?
You had a lot to drink.
You should stop now.
I asked if that was important!
Is it more important than
getting rid of Lee Inim?
It is.
It is?
I see.
If you say so, I guess it is!
But why does it feel so stuffy?
Sir.
Why... Why does it feel so stuffy?
Right here!
You wretch!
Nagachu, I'll kill you.
It's too stuffy to be involved in politics.
It's stuffy.
I can't do politics!
I think I had too much to drink.
I hope I wasn't discourteous.
Poeun.
Did I make any mistakes?
You don't remember?
No.
You didn't make any mistakes.
I'm going to a worship service at Samgaksan.
Would you like to go with me?
I'm sorry, but I don't go to temples.
Oh, that's right.
I'm going to look for someone when I have the time.
Who?
I told you about Sambong.
Do you remember?
I lost contact with him.
I'm sorry.
What?
I should have told you sooner,
but I forgot because things were so hectic.
What do you want to do with that?
Come with me.
Is this how it's done?
Yes.
Sir.
Ma'am.
Yangji.
Cheonbok.
Cheonbok...
Cheonbok.
Honey.
It's alright with me, so if it's alright with
the two of you, take her as a second wife.
Honey. Honey!
Why are you refusing?
I said it's alright with me.
I said stop it.
Sir.
You.
You're so coldhearted.
I heard you became a miljiksasa.
Congratulations.
I'm just a scarecrow without any power.
I'm going to ask Lee Seonggye to
put you on the court.
I don't want to side with a military man.
Don't.
Lee Seonggye isn't like other generals.
He is a virtuous man.
He respects the gentry.
How strange of a general to have virtue.
Someone like you should help him.
He lacks political experience for
his passion and makes mistakes.
Mistakes?
He wanted to send Lee Inim to Ming to eliminate him.
He was embarrassed because of that.
Why didn't you help him?
How can I help him eliminate a political enemy using foreign help?
That goes against our great cause.
How does that go against our great cause?
It brings down the dignity of Goryeo.
That's why it goes against our cause.
Is the dignity of Goryeo that important?
What did you just say?
If it was me, I would have killed Lee Inim
and fed the people his flesh and blood.
Sambong.
A man died yesterday.
He was taken by Japanese pirates and returned as a Japanese pirate.
Is it our great cause to worry about
the dignity of a country that turns innocent people into Japanese pirates?
What is your great cause?
It's very ordinary.
Peace on the table of the people.
What can we do?
The heavens gave me a cause,
but not the power to accomplish it.
Sambong.
Don't be in despair.
Maitreya will come down.
Disaster and battle will disappear.
A benevolent period without poverty
will come soon.
It is near.
The end of Goryeo.
The belief that Maitreya would come and
save them was common among the people.
The religious belief prospered during king Wu's reign.
In the 8th year of his reign,
Mujeok and Igeum were executed for claiming to be Maitreya.
The people were waiting for a Messiah
to end the troubled times.
Maitreya is here!
General Lee Seonggye is Maitreya!
He is Maitreya?
General Lee Seonggye came to save us!
Hurray for general Lee Seonggye!
What are they doing?
Hurray for general Lee Seonggye!
Hurray!
- Hurray! - Hurray!
It went as planned.
Continue with the plan.
Yes, sir.
This will be an exciting hunt.
Since you won't do it,
I'll ask her how she feels about it.
What's wrong with you?
Do you think I'm happy about this?
If she leaves like this, I won't ever be able to sleep in comfort.
You're mistaken.
I heard her tell the Buddhist priest.
My name is Sambong.
I came to see Yangji.
Go on in.
Sir.
Are you really going to leave?
Yes, mother just gave me her approval.
Yangji.
Yes.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Go ahead and say what you want.
You're a student who I care about as much as I care for myself.
A teacher and a student are like
a parent and a child.
We are already bound in a relationship.
Even if we're apart,
it's as if we're together.
Don't be lonely or disappointed.
I will always remember you and
pray for your happiness.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Be healthy.
Sir.
Sir...
Who are you?
Let go of me!
Let go!
Let go of me!
Mother!
Arrest her, too!
Yes, sir!
Yangji!
Sir!
Yangji!