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Episode 48.

Currently, they're being transferred through this road.

I know this area.

It's a good place to ambush because there are lots of ridges.

A good place for an ambush?

Isn't that odd?

What's so odd about it?

The people who are transferring the refugees

are probably expecting our attack.

Shouldn't they take a route that's safe from ambush?

They're not very bright people.

Jae-sa's right.

This can be a trap we're not prepared for.

We need to be careful.

We should watch what they're up to before we come up with a plan.

Go and find out the details of their size and route.

Yes.

Let's go.

General!

What's the matter?

Yeo mi-eul wants you to stop the attack.

What does she want that for?

I don't know.

She just told me to hurry and send this message to you.

If we wait until the refugees enter hyeon-to, it'll be hard to save them.

Yeo mi-eul will be here soon.

Just wait for her.

Let's slow down

the enemy will attack soon

when they do

the royal guards and the soldiers should retreat

let the soldiers in disguise...

Launch a counter-attack on the enemy

you will join us then

as long as we stall time with the enemy

the iron cavalry will catch up with us

the victory of this plan...

Hinges on whether we can hold out...

Until the iron cavalry gets here

understand?

Yes.

Let's go!

What brings you here?

I'd like to learn about the three-legged bird that showed itself to you while you were praying.

I set a trap to catch the three-legged bird.

I'd like to know if I will be successful.

Your royal highness.

I'm sorry to tell you that only god knows.

You are a priestess paid by the government and you can't help me?

Hurry and find out.

What do we do?

He's not in his right mind.

He put his majesty under house arrest.

He got humiliated so many times by ju-mong.

I can understand how he feels.

What are you going to do now?

If you say the wrong thing he might close us down.

First, I'll try to calm him down.

Your majesty! Where are you going?

To get some fresh air.

Forgive me for saying this, but you can't leave your chamber.

Did dae-so order you to put me in confinement?

Forgive me.

Out of my way.

Your majesty.

I said out of my way!

If you don't, I will kill you.

If we do, then his royal highness will kill us.

Please go back to your chamber.

Forgive me, your majesty.

His royal highness has ordered to let no one enter his majesty's chamber.

I won't take long. Out of my way.

I can't let you do that.

Why don't you release his majesty from confinement?

Some officers think your royal highness is being too harsh on him.

Who dares to speak such a thing?

His majesty helped the enemy of buyeo.

And they think I'm being harsh?

Tell them that anyone who speaks such a thing

will be considered an enemy of buyeo!

Yes.

Are you going to break moral laws?

Release his majesty from confinement immediateiy.

Moral laws?

If I'm breaking the moral laws for confining his majesty,

then did his majesty did the right thing by trying to kill me?

Just be thankful that I didn't confine you either.

Then confine me with his majesty.

Confine you with his majesty?

You're the mother of a traitor.

If it wasn't for his majesty, I would've killed you.

I'm only holding myself back to save his majesty's face. Don't act irrationaliy.

When his majesty passes away, you'll be buried with him.

General.

Why did you tell me to stop the attack?

This could be prince dae-so's trap.

What do you mean?

Commander hae mo-su was arrested because he fell in this trap.

They knew hae mo-su tried to save the refugees at all costs.

The refugees hae mo-su tried to save, were han soldiers in disguise.

The refugees turned into soldiers,

and the da-mul army was attacked by the iron army following them.

That was a long time ago.

How would dae-so know?

The prime minister came up with the plan to arrest hae mo-s...

General, we should go back to mt. Bon-gye.

We don't need to fall into their trap.

Why don't we use that against them?

Use that against them?

Since we know what they're up to, we can attack the soldiers disguised as refugees.

What if they really are refugees?

We first need to make sure if yeo mi-eul is right or not.

Oh-yi, mari, and hyeop-Bo. Go and find out.

Yes.

How can we be sure if the refugees are real or not?

If yeo mi-eul is right, the iron army will be behind them.

Let's check if the iron army is here.

Did you find anything out?

The iron army was following the refugees.

It's a trap.

There were at least a hundred of them altogether.

We would've lost miserably if they cornered us and attacked.

Let's go back to mt. Bon-gye.

You want to attack them?

Yes.

Why attack them, when we can avoid their trap?

Dae-so is confident that he can arrest or kill me with this trap.

But if I don't fall into his trap, and annihilate the enemy,

dae-so will never dare to attack the da-mul army again.

There are lots of buyeo soldiers and the iron army to fight.

Halt!

Wait here.

We're going to enter the hyeon-to boundary soon.

Right.

He's still not here.

Maybe ju-mong doesn't know that we're transferring the refugees.

We even spread rumors.

If he doesn't show up until we reach the hyeon-to border,

we'll have to get him some other time.

Okay.

If we don't show up,

the iron army and the refugees will separate at the hyeon-to border.

When they let their guard down, we'll attack the iron army first.

Then we'll attack the buyeo army, disguised as refugees.

Yes, general!

Let's take a break here.

I don't know what to tell his royal highness.

Ju-mong didn't show up.

We can't do anything about that.

We'll get him some other time.

It's an ambush!

I should kill you for old time's sake,

but I need someone to go and report your miserable loss to the buyeo palace.

Go and tell dae-so

that if he attacks the da-mul army again,

the buyeo army will be wiped out.

Go.

Hurray for the da-mul army!

Hurray for general ju-mong!

Hurray for the da-mul army!

Shouldn't they be back by now?

Your royal highness, I'm sure ju-mong fell into the trap.

Don't worry.

Your royal highness!

What's the matter?

Commander na-ru is back.

Did he get ju-mong?

Well...

Your royal highness.

What happened?

Please kill me, your royal highness.

Tell me what happened!

Ju-mong already knew what we were up to.

What?

Ju-mong didn't show up until we reached the hyeon-to border.

We decided to get him some other time, and withdrew.

Ju-mong annihilated the iron army going back to hyeon-to,

and then attacked the buyeo army.

We lost everyone, including the buyeo soldiers disguised as refugees.

How did ju-mong know of our plan?

Maybe king geum-wa told him.

No way.

His majesty's chamber is being watched by guards. He's in confinement.

Then how did he know?

Your royal highness.

Someone else knows of this plan we used to get hae mo-s...

Who?

Priestess yeo mi-eul.

We must find out if priestess yeo mi-eul is with ju-mong or not.

It just gets worse and worse.

If we can't get him with an army, what should we do?

Ju-mong is getting stronger and stronger.

If we don't get him now, he'll attack buyeo.

Dae-so.

There's only one thing left to do.

Use lady yoo-hwa and ye soya.

Mother, I know that too.

But if I use lady yoo-hwa and ye soya to get ju-mong, the world will laugh at me.

Is that what you still think after your miserable loss?

Those criticisms won't last long.

The people eventually side with the winner.

Why are you afraid of criticism when beating your enemy?

Don't waste any more time.

If you don't get him now, you'll regret it later.

Her majesty is right.

I know you're unhappy about this,

but you've been humiliated too much to worry about saving face.

Prime minister.

You have to stop his royal highness.

We're going to lose the buyeo army while trying to get ju-mong.

The foreign minister is right.

His royal highness is being irrational because he's so obsessed with ju-mong.

You must stop him.

We should also release his majesty from confinement.

Not only did he take his majesty's powers, he has confined his majesty!

The people are very disturbed.

When the wind is blowing strongly, the best thing to do is to hide.

No one will be safe if he stands up against his royal highness right now.

Are you there, na-ru?

Yes, your royal highness

bring lady yoo-hwa and ye soya to me.

Yes.

Is she inside?

What's the matter?

I said, is she inside?

You have to tell me why you...

His royal highness has ordered me to bring you.

Escort her!

Your highness!

Your highness!

What do you think you're doing?

I can't let ju-mong run around any longer.

I need to use you guys as hostages to get ju-mong.

If ju-mong doesn't come back to the buyeo palace, you will be dead.

How can you go so low?

You have all the power of buyeo.

What are you so afraid of?

Shut up!

Don't blame dae-so.

Blame ju-mong.

Imprison them immediately!

Yes.

Your royal highness.

Don't mind what lady yoo-hwa said.

We should focus on getting ju-mong.

Na-ru...

Send a message to ju-mong immediately.

If he doesn't come back here before the sun sets after two weeks,

lady yoo-hwa and ye soya will be dead.

Yes, your royal highness.

Your majesty, medicines are useless if you can't control your heart.

Please do not be angry.

Be free from cares.

How can I do that when there's a storm in the palace?

Dae-so sent an army to get ju-mong.

Do you know what happened?

The soldiers who were disguised as refugees were wiped out.

Only commander na-ru made it back alive.

Does lady yoo-hwa know of this too?

What happened?

Tell me.

Lady yoo-hwa and her highness ye soya have been imprisoned.

Imprisoned?

For what reason?

They will send a message that

if prince ju-mong does not show up in the buyeo palace in two weeks,

the two women will be killed.

Out of my way.

Go back inside, your majesty.

I still have enough strength to chop your head off.

Do you want to die?

Your majesty!

Out of my way.

Step aside.

You wretch...

Not only did you put me in confinement,

but you imprisoned lady yoo-hwa and ye soya.

It's the only thing I can do to get ju-mong.

Release lady yoo-hwa and ye soya immediateiy.

I can't.

Release them.

I can't.

Why are you doing this?

Are you going to give buyeo to ju-mong?

As long as you don't provoke ju-mong, he will never attack buyeo.

Don't mind him anymore.

Release lady yoo-hwa and ye soya.

Your majesty.

Don't you get it?

Do you know how much he has humiliated me?

Even if he doesn't attack buyeo, I can never forgive him.

Ju-mong is an enemy of buyeo.

Buyeo's enemy is not ju-mong!

It's han!

You may consider han as our enemy.

But han is an ally to the buyeo I rule.

Buyeo and han will join forces to get ju-mong.

You wretch!

Go ahead.

You can kill both me and my mother.

Escort his majesty.

Do you know that ju-mong is stealing from the han business troops,

and the tributes to han?

Yes.

I heard that made prince dae-so upset.

I hope this doesn't affect jol-bon.

If we can get ju-mong, that'll be great.

The combined forces of buyeo and han lost to him.

How are we going to get him?

It'll be foolish to fight him with an army.

Didn't you say that ju-mong and so seo-no are very close?

You want to use lady so seo-no?

If that'll help us get him, why not?

Mother.

Stop using so seo-no.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Although you're the gyehru chief, you have no power.

We need to get on grand chief song-Yang's good side.

I'm willing to do anything.

Do you know where so seo-no is right now?

She's probably on her way to hwang-ryeong from ok-jeo.

Hwang-ryeong?

I've assigned people in the troop to watch lady so seo-no.

Don't worry.

My lord!

My lord!

My lord!

Why are you back in gyehru?

Manager so seo-no has sent you a letter.

The troop is probably in hwang-ryeong right now, from ok-jeo.

This letter is from manager so seo-no.

Why do you want to come here all of a sudden?

I better build a palace here.

Did you just say palace?

We lost our army.

How are we going to build a palace?

I must prepare for the day gyehru unites jol-bon and builds a great nation.

That's what so seo-no wants.

Hwang-ryeong.

This is hwang-ryeong.

Find an inn we can stay in.

Okay.

Let's go!

It's been a long time since I last came here.

It's been about ten years.

This place has gotten worse.

They used to be as prosperous as buyeo.

I heard they now have a hard time offering tributes to han.

Their king needs to be appointed by the han emperor.

They're like a subject state.

Did you look into a troop to trade with?

Yes, we decided to trade with them in the morning.

We're going to start with salt.

Be prepared.

Okay.

Miss.

I heard some news about prince ju-mong.

After fleeing buyeo with the refugees,

he stole the tributes from hwang-ryeong to han.

He also attacked the han business troop, and annihilated the buyeo army,

as well as the iron army.

Ten red jades for a sack of salt?

That's too expensive.

Let's make it five red jades.

The salt prices will go up soon.

That's not expensive.

What?

Salt prices in hwang-ryeong are stable.

Unless it's five red jades, I'm not going to trade with you.

I heard that the tributes from hwang-ryeong to han

have been stolen by bandits.

Since hwang-ryeong's supply of salt is from han through tributes,

salt prices can't be stable.

Yet you think ten red jades are too much?

I can't trade under these terms.

Very well.

Let's call the deal off.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Get some bags to put salt in.

When the bags are ready, fill them up with sand, and pile it in the front yard.

The manager who traded with you is here.

Tell him to come in.

Have a seat.

Our deal's off.

What brings you here?

I'll pay you ten red jades for your salt.

Too late.

I'm going to look for someone else to trade with.

Sell them to me.

If you want to make this deal, pay me fifteen red jades for a sack of salt.

I thought you said ten red jades?

As you see, half of my salt is gone because of the rain.

Why do I have to be liable for that?

Since you postponed a fair trade, we have to split the liabilities.

Half the salt is gone from the rain, and the rest is in poor condition,

I can find many troops who'll want them.

If you don't pay me fifteen red jades flat, we don't have a deal.

Very well.

It's a deal.

Prince.

How did it go?

Master chin is leaving for hyeon-to and buyeo.

Did you ask him to take me, too?

Yes, he said he'll petition the emperor.

Since master chin is being firm, you'll be able to go to buyeo soon.

Good.

What did the emperor say?

He has agreed to let you go back to buyeo.

Thanks.

This is all thanks to you.

When I gain power in buyeo, I will make sure I repay you.

General!

- Did you find anything out? - Yes.

There's a reason why lady so seo-no led the business troop in her pregnancy.

Song-Yang tried to take over gyehru by force.

Lady so seo-no volunteered to resign to prevent a war.

The gyehru army had been disarmed.

Yeon chae-ryeong, the mother of the new chief, told so seo-no to go.

I feel bad for her.

Is there any way we can help her?

General.

We have a signal fire from the gorge.

Go and find out what's going on.

Yes.

What happened?

There's a messenger from the buyeo palace.

A messenger?

What brings you here?

His royal highness dae-so has sent a letter to prince ju-mong.

What's wrong?

What is it?

If the general doesn't show up in the buyeo palace,

lady yoo-hwa and lady soya will be killed.

What?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

We saw a business troop, but they weren't from han.

Make sure the other business troops don't suffer damage.

Yes.

Oh-yi.

Get hyeop-Bo.

Okay.

What?

Those bastards!

That's so low!

What should we do?

If we tell the general, he'll try to go to the buyeo palace.

We shouldn't tell him!

You mean we should let lady yoo-hwa and lady soya die?

Let's go and get lady yoo-hwa and lady soya out!

Let's go without telling the general.

Are you sure we can get them out?

If we can't, they will be dead!

Yeo mi-eul. Mari wants to talk to you.

Tell him to come inside.

What brings you here?

I have something important to tell you.

Where's mari?

Mari?

He said he needs to go somewhere.

This is changchun.

I heard that this tribe settled here after following the sunbi tribe around.

I want them to be a subject to the da-mul army.

Good idea.

Changchun is a very important strategic base.

It's only about a hundred li away from the joongsan steel mine of hyeon-to.

Changchun will be a point of strategic importance when we take over joongsan.

I better go check the place out myself.

We'll escort you.

I will go with jae-sa, mu-gol, muk-guh, and sun-in.

The rest of you stay and guard this place.

Yes.

What should I do?

You did the right thing by not telling general ju-mong.

But lady yoo-hwa and lady soya are about to die.

Tell me what to do.

You should go with oh-yi, hyeop-Bo, and sun-in to save them.

What if we don't succeed?

We're not afraid of dying, but we'll be placing those two in danger.

We can't send general ju-mong.

If something happens to him,

his great mission with the da-mul army will be ruined.

We'll need to leave lady yoo-hwa and lady soya's fate to the gods.

Mother, what do we do now?

At all cost, we must stop ju-mong from coming to buyeo.

We can't find a way?

- Is everything ok? - Yes.

Don't let anyone come in without my permission. Understand?

Yes.

Why are you here?

I came to check her highness soya and her condition of pregnancy.

Let him in.

Yes.

Her pulse is fine now.

Don't worry.

I need you to help me.

What is it?

I need to send mu-deuk outside.

Tell me what to do.

There's only one way.

What is it?

She needs to die.

Die?

If she takes the pill I give her, we can disguise her as dead.

There's not much time.

Do it fast.

Be careful.

We're attacking changchun as soon as I get back.

- Be prepared. - Yes

- let's go! - Yes.

We're going to buyeo right now.

You must be patient.

I will find a way...

To save you and your baby.

I want to go to buyeo

no.

Do you think jumong will come'?

His mother, wife and child are about to be killed

he has no choice

you must not let personal sentiments...

Ruin your great mission

but I can't...

Let my mother and wife die

if jumong doesn't show up before dark

you and ye soya will die

lady soseono is looking for prince jumong

the sun has set, yet he's not here

that yuhwa is a pitiful wretch

as long as jumong can fulfil his great mission

I will die with no regrets

take my life

mother