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The land of the hans is large.

I want you to go and learn everything you can.

When you return I will give you a high position.

The truth is I can't trust you completely,

but if you accept this assignment I can develop this trust.

When you are there, I will take good care of lady yoo-hwa and the ones you care for.

Will you accept my request?

What are you saying?

You are telling me that prince ju-mong is going to the hans as a peace treaty?

It's not totally decided but it seems likely.

Amazing... he gave the special sword to prince dae-so's hands

and now he's going as a peace treaty for him?

No, he must not go! He must not go!

The reason prince ju-mong is doing what prince dae-so wants

is to preserve the safety of the king and and lady yoo-hwa.

Prince jumong is enduring the humiliation.

Nothing will change.

No... no... no...

Miss, prince ju-mong is coming.

Why are you out here?

I am out here to get some fresh air.

Is anything worrying you?

I heard that you are going to the hans as a peace treaty.

Is that true?

Yes, I just came from meeting brother dae-so.

He made a request

but it sounded like an order.

If I don't go, the king, my mother, and even you will be in great danger.

Please do not hesitate to make the decision.

I am ready to leave buyeo.

No, I want you to stay in buyeo

and repay you for saving my life.

I am just sorry that I was not able to do anything for you.

Even if I am in the land of the hans,

I will make sure you are safe here.

What happened?

Prince dae-so has decided to send someone.

If there is anyone that opposes this, please speak.

I will have a talk with him.

No, not me.

If the prince wants that, there is nothing more to say.

Who will prince dae-so send?

Of course, that will be prince ju-mong.

Prince ju-mong should not go.

What do you mean?

If prince ju-mong does not go, who are you saying should go?

You must not send prince ju-mong.

You must keep prince ju-mong closely by you.

I did not think about that.

But, who will I send then?

You must send prince young-po.

Prince young-po has nothing to do.

If you send him, you will relieve one of your problems.

Do you think the queen will allow that?

Your royal highness,

if you want to be the king in the future, you must break out of the barriers of the queen.

It must be pleasing that everything is working out.

Yes, what worries would I have if it goes on like this?

It feels as if a big burden has finally been lifted.

His majesty, seems to be getting better.

Perhaps it is time for prince dae-so to become crown prince.

What do you mean?

Dae-so already has all the power.

Why would he need to rush to take the throne?

Are you saying, you want his majesty to take power again?

Your majesty, this is not what I meant...

Your majesty, please don't misunderstand.

We are doing our best.

Yes, your majesty, we're doing our very best.

Your majesty! We have a problem!

What is it?

What?!

Brother!

I'm glad you came.

Sit down.

Are you really deciding to send me there?

Young-po... this is a great opportunity.

Don't you think it'll be a waste to give it to ju-mong?

I want you to go.

If you go, I will give you any position you want.

If it's such a great opportunity, why don't you go?

What?

I have nothing to be afraid of.

I've even been to prision.

I'm not going.

You scoundrel...

What are you two doing?!

In this situation you will need to do more than help each other.

Yet, you fight with each other over every little matter!

Mother, brother dae-so is trying to send me as a peace treaty.

How can this be?

Dae-so...

I know you have a reason,

but you cannot send young-po.

Mother...

There is no need to talk any further

if you send young-po, it will kill me.

Mother.

It's okay.

You will not be going

so stay calm.

Give me the sword.

What?

I said, give me the sword!!!

Your highness...

Prime minister!

Prime minister, did you suggest that I go as a peace treaty?

Yes.

For what reason would you suggest such a thing?!

It was for you.

For me?

You need a change right now.

If you go to Chang'an to experience and learn new things, you will be more mature.

Shut up!

More mature?

Do I look foolish to you?

I have as much experience as brother dae-so!

Be careful.

If anyone underestimates me, they'll pay the price for their neglect.

Prime minister,

don't you think prince young-po will do something horrible?

Yes, with his personality...

It is likely.

Don't worry.

He does not have the skills or knowledge to do anything.

With the her majesty powers, they decided to send prince ju-mong.

Your lady, what will we do?

I understand. Now go.

Is there something that worries you?

What is it?

Your majesty.

Prince dae-so is going to send ju-mong to the hans as a peace treaty.

Peace treaty?

The hans want a peace treaty for the past battle.

Song-ju, are you outside?

Have you been looking for me?

Tell dae-so to come here.

Yes.

What did ju-mong say?

Even though he asked that I give him some time,

it will be hard to refuse.

He will know that if he refuses, yoo-hwa will be in danger.

Your royal highness, his majesty is calling for you.

It must have slipped into his ears.

You must not change your mind no matter what he says.

Have you called for me your majesty?

Is it true that you are sending ju-mong to the hans as a peace treaty?

Yes

even though I'm not part of the governing body, you should let me know.

Once I made a decision, I was going to tell you.

So, have you made a decision?

Yes.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to send a hostage.

Do you not have any honor?

Of course I have honor.

And yet you are willing to send a hostage to Chang'an.

Will you make buyeo yield to the hans?

Your majesty, now is not the time to think about honor.

Ever since the last battle, the hans have been planning on another war with us.

To end the war,

I married someone that I did not love.

What can I do to stop this war?

Your majesty...

Honor cannot stop this war.

I don't have anything to gain from going to war.

Once you yield to the hans,

they will ask of something else.

While trying to avoid war with the hans,

you keep stepping downwards,

until you have nowhere to go.

If they ask you to give up buyeo, will you?

If they ask you to give them your life, will you?

Can't you see the dagger hidden inside the sweet word of benefit?

Do not look at me as a foolish person.

I will try to make strong swords and protect buyeo from any threats.

In the end, no one will threaten buyeo.

Who are you going to send?

I am going to send ju-mong.

If ju-mong doesn't go, I will punish him severely.

Your majesty,

you gave me the high representative position.

Please trust in my judgement and decision.

Your majesty! Your majesty!

Your highness.

Has anyone followed you?

No, do not worry.

When brother dae-so is out of the palace, we will follow him.

When will that be?

If you make a mistake, we are both dead.

Do you understand?

Yes, I already know.

Prince young-po and do-chi looks like they are planning something.

Really? Shouldn't we tell prince ju-mong?

Let's tell him after we find out the details.

Right here!

Have you searched the area?

Yes, we searched the area three times.

Have you come?

How is it planning out?

We planned out everything,

and we are just waiting for your order.

Are the soldiers reliable?

We only chose the skilled ones.

They are waiting for you.

Why don't we go and see?

So, what do you think of them?

Stop the practice!

Give respect to this man.

He is prince young-po.

Yes!

We are risking our lives for you, prince young-po.

If there is anything you want, just ask.

Continue practicing.

Did you get an answer from ju-mong?

There is no way out, so he will answer soon.

Because ju-mong is always supporting the war against the hans,

he will suffer.

My father

told the court that ju-mong is responsible for starting the war.

And that he thwart any relationship between han and buyeo.

Therefore, he must die.

Did you suggest that yourself?

Didn't I tell you?

I won't let anyone get in your way.

Do you know yesoya?

The han-baek girl whom ju-mong brought?

Yes.

Before you send ju-mong to Chang'an,

why don't you put on a ceremony of marriage for ju-mong and yesoya?

I'm sure prince ju-mong still has feelings for so seo-no.

Wouldn't it be interesting?

If prince ju-mong gets married,

I am so curious as to how so seo-no would feel.

His majesty is looking for you.

Your majesty, it's me, ju-mong.

Come in.

Did you call for me?

Ju-mong.

Yes, your majesty.

I know dae-so wants to send you to Chang'an.

I want you to leave buyeo and not go to the hans.

His majesty has thought about this for awhile,

so listen to him.

Even though I told you to lay low and avoid confrontation with dae-so,

but going to the hans is not right.

Your majesty.

I have already decided to go.

What are you saying?

Do you not know what will happen to you if you go?

Yes,

but if I do not go,

your majesty and mother may be in danger.

I have nothing to lose.

Dae-so will lose power when the time comes.

Wait until then.

How can I not know your reason, your majesty?

I would rather go to Chang'an and wait.

Your majesty,

han is buyeo's biggest threat.

I will go to my enemy, so I can learn everything about them.

I will make sure I return.

Ju-mong.

Your royal highness

welcome.

So, have you decided?

I will go to Chang'an.

Great!

I will take care of everything.

If you have any discomfort

just send a message.

I will make sure you are treated as a prince.

Your royal highness, I have a request.

Just ask.

As promised,

please take care of his majesty and my mother.

Of course, I will look after lady yoo-hwa and his majesty.

And,

please allow yesoya to stay inside the palace.

Ju-mong, why not marry yesoya before you leave?

I do not feel right since you will be traveling a great distance.

If she goes with you to the han, you will not be as lonely and you will find this helpful.

I know you still cannot forget so seo-no.

Once you and I had a conflict about so seo-no

but it's all over now.

You too, forget her and marry someone who will help you.

Then I would be happy to see you comfortable.

Your higness, I have an urgent matter to tell you.

Sit down.

What is it?

Prince young-po and do-chi are secretly training many swordsmen.

Surely they are planning something big.

There are many and their skills are great.

Clearly they are planning to hurt someone but it's hard to say who.

For a moment we thought it might be against prince dae-so,

but he has so much power it would be like hitting a rock with an egg.

That's nonsense!

His majesty is getting better.

Dae-so said he will take care of the country until the king improves.

But dae-so doesn't have any intention to do so.

This isn't for buyeo.

Dae-so will fulfill his ambition.

I won't let him do so.

Where are you going?

I have something to take care of.

Wait for me.

Brother, I have something to tell you.

Stay away for the moment.

I heard you agreed to go to Chang'an.

Yes.

Look at you.

You didn't listen to me.

What do you gain from this?

No matter how loyal you are to dae-so, do you think he will truly accept you?

If you listened to me,

you would not have this humiliation.

I don't have any power.

Why do you say you don't have power?

If we pull together…

No. That's enough.

Then, do you have a strategy?

You already told dae-so you were going to go.

How can you say you won't go?

Take care of yourself in Chang'an.

Let's go!

Did you call me?

The yeon ta-bal merchants are in town?

Yes.

They are the biggest merchant group here.

Dong-sun.

Yes, governor!

Go to the yeon ta-bal merchant group, and confiscate all their goods.

Arrest the manager.

Yes!

Are you the manager of yeon ta-bal's merchant group?

Yes.

During the last war with buyeo,

you helped them fight against the han,

and now you are going to do business with the han?

That's an insult!

Governor,

we are merchants, we only care about profits.

We don't understand conflict between countries.

For us to do business here helps the local economy.

Please let us do business here.

Shut up!

Dong-sun!

Yes!

Put him in jail and kick out his people.

Yes.

Governor!

Governor!

Governor!

Miss, we have a big problem!

What is it?

Our merchants in hyeon-to city lost all their goods,

and they were expelled.

The manager is in jail.

I'm sure it's song-yang's work.

Song-Yang must have asked Yang-jeong to do this.

Call a meeting with all the managers.

I won't endure song-yang's insults anymore.

Then what will you do?

I will attack biryu

and kill song-Yang.

Miss, attacking biryu now will ruin us.

You know very well biryu is friendly with the han and buyeo.

I cannot let it be.

We must exert our rights.

I agree with you miss, but the question is how do we do this?

We aren't strong enough for a war with biryu.

We must find a way to kill song-Yang without war

and we need to take over jol-bon

I'll take an assassin and kill song-Yang.

An assassin?!

That's a stupid method.

You are so seo-no's husband.

Don't be impetuous.

We have no other way.

We can't just take this.

Take this to song-Yang right away.

Yes.

Do it quickly!

We can't let so seo-no do this.

Then?

Before she causes more problems,

we need to make chan-soo the new leader.

Father.

I heard everything.

Help me with what to do.

I left gyehru's fate to you.

You find a way.

I don't have the ability.

Why did you give me something I can't handle?

I believe in you.

You can do it.

Yeo mi-eul wants to see you.

Come in.

Did you say you will kill song-Yang?

Yes.

I think I know how you feel.

It's not the right time.

Yeo mi-eul.

I know it's a dangerous task

but we can't just take this.

So seo-no.

The danger in our land has just began.

Listen to me very carefully.

Soon ju-mong will leave buyeo.

Your relationship with ju-mong didn't go well,

but your fates are joined.

You two will join forces to achieve something great.

Until then, you must endure all the hardships and wait.

It seems young-po and do-chi

are planning to kill dae-so.

What?

Do-chi's swordsmen are exceptional

but they can't fight with dae-so's soldiers.

If he plans to hit dae-so when he leaves the palace,

then it's possible.

Prince, then that's good for us.

It can be your opportunity to be better situated.

Yes, all we have to do is watch.

You all watch young-po's movement

and check dae-so's schedule to see when he leaves.

Yes.

Minister.

Yes, your royal highness.

Instead of sending ju-mong to the han,

rearrange the business dealings with the han.

Yes, your royal highness.

Your royal highness,

what are you going to do with the refugees in buyeo?

Let's think of that later.

Song-Yang wants you to visit his land.

Song-Yang is the new head of jol-bon

but his power isn't as great as yeon ta-bal.

You have to help song-Yang to be stronger.

I see.

Jol-bon is a small clan

but I will help song-Yang because he helped me get mo pal-mo.

Also, I'm going to charge them tax to help buyeo.

That's very wise.

Prime minister, set up a meeting with jol-bon.

Yes, your royal highness.

Did you call me?

We must change the plan.

But everything is ready. Why?

Dae-so is going to jol-bon to see song-Yang.

What?

If we fail,

then we don't have an escape.

That's why we are putting our lives on the line.

I have an idea of how we can get out of this.

What is it?

Have the swordsman wear a jol-bon military uniform and attack dae-so near jol-bon.

Then even if we fail, it would seem like it was the jol-bon military that attacked dae-so.

That's a wonderful idea.

Dae-so takes the military guard

when he goes to visit maga of sachuldo or song-Yang of jol-bon.

I think they will go to sachuldo.

They've been preparing for this trip for a long time.

Your judgement is correct but we cannot be sure of it.

I will continue to watch do-chi's movement.

However, I hope prince young-po will succeed.

Han-dang.

Yes.

All of you take a set of armor and a helmet.

Isn't this a gyehru military uniform?

Yes.

The plan was changed.

We will attack him nearby jol-bon instead of buyeo.

There you will be disguised as gyehru military.

If we fail,

make sure you say you are gyehru soldiers.

Understand?

Yes!

Prince!

Do-chi's soldiers will attack prince dae-so from jol-bon.

The swordsmen are disguised as gyehru military.

If they fail,

they will blame the gyehru military.

Quickly! Get hyeop-Bo and mari.

Yes!

Your royal highness.

You are too kind to come here.

No, I should have visited long ago.

I'm much too late.

It's been a long time.

From now on buyeo and jol-bon will have a close relationship.

If anyone attacks jol-bon, they'll have to deal with us.

We are very grateful.

Thank you.

If we help you,

you must do something for us too.

What do you mean?

We formally ask you to pay tax to buyeo.

I agree to your royal highness's request.

Thank you for answering so easily.

I will send you the amount of tax to pay.

Yes.

I heard gyehru is in difficulties.

What happened?

It's not so difficult that it should concern you.

To have a strong jol-bon,

all of your clan should help each other.

The gyehru clan should regret what they did and, follow song-Yang's leadership.

She is here.

You can leave.

I want to give you news of ju-mong.

I have no reason to hear his news.

You look pitiful trying to forget ju-mong.

Then I'm leaving.

Ju-mong...

Will go to Chang'an as a hostage.

Before he leaves,

he'll marry yesoya who saved his life.

I'm curious how you feel.

Now you can understand how I felt when you rejected me.

Prince dae-so is coming.

Be completely ready.

Yes.

Protect the prince!

Your royal highness!

Your royal higness, please leave here.

Your royal highness, are you okay?

I'm fine.

Find out who they are.

Your royal highness, they are gyehru military.

So seo-no.

I won't leave so seo-no and gyehru alone.

Your royal highness.

Think again.

If gyehru did this

they wouldn't wear their uniforms.

It's probably a trap.

I agree with prince ju-mong.

Someone else is disguised as gyehru military.

Find some that are still alive.

Yes, your royal highness.

Please come in.

Any news yet?

Not yet. I'm also waiting for news.

Darn...

Prince!

How did it go?

Did you succeed?

We almost succeeded but...

You stupid guy.

Prince ju-mong came and saved prince dae-so, and so we failed!

Your highness.

Ju-mong.

How dare he ruin my plan?!

Hide with us for the moment.

No.

Then they will suspect me.

Because of this situation, we disguised the soldiers as gyehru's military.

Don't worry about anything.

Just wait.

Your highess! Your highness!

It was my last chance.

I'm crazy!

I'm crazy!

Sir...

Everything is going smoothly lately.

All the officials praise dae-so.

Of course.

My dae-so causes the country to flourish.

Yes, of course.

Your majesty!

What is it?

Prince dae-so was attacked on the way back to the palace.

Dae-so!

What happened to dae-so?

He's fine,

and now he's returning.

Where are you going mother?

Did you hear the news?

Dae-so was attacked.

No!

Who would have done such a terrible thing?

I don't know either.

Sir!

Prince dae-so is in buyeo.

What?!

Don't you think we should run away?

How can we run now?

They're not going to know we did this.

Don't worry.

What brings you here?

You must be crazy!

Arrest them!

Yes!

Commander!

Commander!

Commander!

Your royal highness!

Dae-so!

Mother.

I heard it all.

Did you get hurt?

No.

Ju-mong saved me.

You did a good job.

Brother, you could have gotten hurt.

On the ground!

Yes!

Brother!

Dae-so! Why are you doing this?!

This bastard...

It's this bastard who wants to kill me.

Everything...

Is this bastard's conspiracy.

How dare you!

How dare you want to kill me!

How can I be brothers with...

A man who wants me dead

kill me

fine

do you think I wouldn't dare'?

Prime minister was once a loyal subject of mine.

I have a request

my escort to Chang'an has arrived

as the chief of keru

I can punish you...

For helping the enemy

lady soseono has fainted.

I heard that lady ye soya has been kidnapped

go after her now

it is the work of sultak, the tribal chief of hanbaek