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Episode 50

lady so seo-no wanted me to give this to you.

What's this?

A map of the secret passageway to the buyeo palace.

When our troop first came to buyeo, we studied everything about the palace.

We met an old man who told us

about the secret passageway made during king hae bu-ru's days.

Prime minister.

Did you find anything out?

Yes.

It's been a long time since priestess yeo mi-eul has left gyehru.

We know for sure that she went to mt. Bon-gye.

Yeo mi-eul joined the da-mul army for sure.

You mean the plan to disguise the soldiers failed because of her?

I think so.

Your royal highness, yeo mi-eul's help will be more powerful than tens of thousands of soldiers.

Prime minister, what am I going to do about ju-mong?

Your royal highness. I know why you're in a hurry, but you shouldn't act too fast.

If we attack mt. Bon-gye without a plan, we'll lose miserably.

We should wait for the right opportunity

to annihilate ju-mong and the da-mul army.

Ju-mong's getting stronger and stronger.

The refugees who escaped from hyeon-to are swarming into mt. Bon-gye,

and he's uniting the small tribes under han and buyeo's rule.

He can get to us if we keep on waiting.

Your royal highness. As long as we have lady yoo-hwa and ye soya, ju-mong won't attack buyeo.

Don't worry.

Did you meet him?

Yes, I gave it to him.

Even if they make it inside the buyeo palace,

it'll be hard to get lady yoo-hwa and lady ye soya out.

You're right.

I was worried whether I did something useless or not.

What if he acts irrationally because he found the secret passageway?

He won't do anything reckless.

That's up to general ju-mong to decide.

Don't worry.

Now that we know the secret passageway, let's get the two ladies.

Not so fast.

We have to check the situation inside the buyeo palace,

and where the royal guards will be.

We don't have time for that!

We have to get them out soon.

More haste, less speed.

Why are you guys so impatient?

Watch your mouth!

You don't know anything about buyeo.

You don't know prince dae-so's character, or the danger the two ladies are in!

You used to be bandits in mo-dun!

What do you know?

What?

What do you think you're doing?

Let's find out what's going on with the two ladies.

Okay.

We must first find out what's going on in the buyeo palace,

and confirm the location of the passageway.

Mari and jae-sa can stay.

The rest of you are dismissed.

Mari.

Yes?

Although we formed the da-mul army in mt. Bon-gye, we're still unprepared.

I need you guys to be the basis in order to prepare and dignify the da-mul army.

Instead, you're fighting with each other.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

In order to dignify the da-mul army,

I should first assign duties according to each one's ability.

I'm going to systemize the da-mul army as soon as we get back to mt. Bon-gye.

Yes.

Mother.

I have no one to lean on if you're ill in bed.

How is the lady doing?

Forgive me, but she's still in bed.

I made her medicine and used acupuncture, but she's too weak.

Your royal highness. It's me, na-ru.

Come in.

Your royal highness, I think lady yoo-hwa is in critical condition.

Give me the details.

The doctor says that she's too weak and might expect the worse.

We can't let that happen until we get ju-mong.

- Tell the royal physician to do whatever he can to heal her. - Yes.

Your royal highness, his majesty wants to visit lady yoo-hwa.

What should we do?

Dismiss the royal guards from his majesty's chamber.

Yes.

My lady.

Don't leave me.

What am I going to do when you're gone?

Please get well.

- Did you check? - Yes.

Like the map, there was a secret passageway.

We had a hard time finding the entrance.

Come with us.

Let's go.

General, this is it.

No one would even think about finding a passageway here.

Good.

Let's go back.

Yes.

Foreign minister.

Yes, your royal highness?

What happened to receiving tributes from the surrounding tribes?

Well...

What's the matter?

The tribes who promised to send tributes aren't sending them.

Why?

Forgive me for saying this, but because we lost to ju-mong in mt. Bon-gye,

they're looking down on us.

What?

Which tribes are they?

Your royal highness, we should send an army to annihilate them!

Your royal highness, if we continue sacrificing our elite troops to get ju-mong,

the surrounding tribes won't cease to rebel against us.

He's right your royal highness.

You should forget ju-mong for now,

and attack a rebelling tribe to show an example to the others.

I agree.

Since we can't let ju-mong gain more power,

we should attack a tribe favorable to ju-mong in order to set an example.

A tribe favorable to ju-mong?

I'm talking about gyehru!

Palace emissary.

Gyehru has been disarmed, and is pretty much a subject to biryu.

After resigning from her office,

so seo-no is here during her pregnancy to do business.

If you want to make a request to his royal highness,

you should first figure out what's going on.

Your royal highness.

So seo-no's troop in buyeo has requested for permission to trade in buyeo.

Check out the buyeo palace while I'm with prince dae-so.

Are you trying to help general ju-mong again?

Gyehru is doing pretty bad too, you know. Concentrate on our business.

Very well. I'll do as you say.

Long time no see.

I know how things are going in gyehru.

I'm sorry to hear that you have to lead a business trip during your pregnancy.

I was born and raised on business trips.

I'm destined to be on the road.

Don't worry.

So seo-no...

If you had listened to me, both you and gyehru would be protected by buyeo.

You brought hardship upon yourself and gyehru by rejecting me.

Don't you regret it?

There's no use in regretting.

The only thing I have left is my business troop.

Your royal highness, please be merciful and help me.

Whatever happened to your arrogance?

Very well.

I give you permission to trade in buyeo.

I won't forget the favor royal highness had shown me.

What happened?

We can trade as long as we share some of the profits.

Good.

Did you find anything out?

Not much because the security is tight everywhere.

He said he'll kill the two ladies

if prince ju-mong doesn't show up by the fifteenth.

It's already past the fifteenth.

Did ju-mong come?

No, not yet.

He's terrible.

How can he not show up when his mother and wife are about to die?

Hey...

What happened to lady yoo-hwa and her highness ye soya?

Did prince dae-so kill them?

No way.

I heard they're locked up in prison.

Wait!

What's the matter, oh-yi?

- Nothing. - Let's go.

Are you sure they're oh-yi, mari, and hyeop-Bo?

Yes, commander.

I saw them.

What?

Oh-yi, mari, and hyeop-Bo are here.

If they're in buyeo, then maybe ju-mong is here too.

Yes, your royal highness.

They're probably going to try to get lady yoo-hwa and ye soya out.

Tighten the security in the palace, and put more guards on duty.

Yes.

Here's the royal court.

Here's lady yoo-hwa's chamber,

and her highness, ye soya's, chamber.

From what I've heard from the people,

there's a good chance that they're in prison.

Jae-sa, study this map carefully.

Yes.

We're leaving when it gets dark.

Be prepared.

Yes.

General. It's me, hyeop-Bo.

Come in.

General, manager sa-yong is here.

- Tell him to come inside. - Yes.

Come in.

I checked out the buyeo palace today.

What happened to my mother and wife?

They're safe.

They're locked up in their chambers right now.

Not the prison? Are you sure?

Yes.

Now that we know where they are, we don't have to study the other places.

Thank you, manager sa-yong.

- Let's go. - Yes.

That's the divination palace.

I'm going to check out my mother's chamber with jae-sa, mu-gol, and muk-guh.

- You can go to ye soya's chamber. - Yes.

If the security is loose, get them out, but if not there are too many guards.

Got it.

Let's go.

Is everything alright?

Yes.

If you see them, blow the whistle first and then fight.

Yes.

There are too many soldiers.

The royal guards will be here before we save her.

I can take care of them.

We can take care of them but more will come.

Let's leave now and find another way.

I understand.

How was it?

There were too many royal guards.

The same goes for lady yoo-hwa's chamber.

Even dae-so is on patrol.

Maybe they know what we're up to.

What should we do?

Let's go to the shrine.

Disguise yourselves and stand watch.

Who are you?

Prince!

Is everything alright?

Yes.

If something happens, blow the whistle first and then fight.

Yes.

If you do as I say, I won't hurt you.

Tell me.

Send a divination maid to summon my mother and ye soya here.

Lady yoo-hwa and her highness, ye soya, are in confinement.

I know.

But I know you can do it.

I want an answer.

I can't summon lady yoo-hwa.

Why not?

She's in critical condition.

Then bring her highness, ye soya.

If something goes wrong, you'll be in trouble.

I'll call the divination maid.

Ma oo-ryeong.

This is cheon-myeong.

Come in.

Bring her highness, ye soya to me.

But her highness ye soya is in confinement right now.

Tell the royal guard that I'd like to see her.

I think there's a tight security in the palace.

What's wrong?

Ju-mong might be in buyeo right now.

If he is, he'll definitely look for lady yoo-hwa and ye soya.

I have a question.

What is it?

How come you didn't kill lady yoo-hwa and ye soya?

You announced that you will kill them

if ju-mong doesn't come by the fifteenth of the month.

All the officers and the people heard that, yet you didn't keep your own promise.

No one's going to fear you then.

You must build your own authority and dignity.

I understand. You're dismissed.

She's in confinement.

Where are you taking her?

Priestess ma oo-ryeong asked me to bring her.

Priestess ma oo-ryeong?

Why?

I don't know.

Carry on.

Ma oo-ryeong. She's here.

Let her in.

You're dismissed.

Why did you ask for me?

Prince...

Priestess ma oo-ryeong.

Please excuse them for a minute.

We'll be outside.

My lady...

Hao-chen!

Go to the divination palace right now and find out why the priestess summoned ye soya.

Yes.

Didn't you get your mother's letter?

I did.

Then why are you here?

I couldn't leave you two behind.

Go back.

Everyone's trying to get you.

Is my mother really ill?

Yes.

But don't worry.

Both the doctor and I are doing our best to take care of her.

She'll get well soon.

I'm here to take you and my mother out of here.

I know, but your mother's sick in bed.

I can't leave either.

Who's going to take care of your mother if I'm gone?

I must stay and take care of her.

My lady...

Don't worry about me. Leave.

Remember what your mother told you.

You can only save us by realizing your dream.

I will take care of your mother.

Don't come back to buyeo.

My lady.

I heard you're pregnant.

Yes.

I'm going to give birth and raise your child strongly.

You should go.

Prince dae-so knows that you're in buyeo right now.

Give this to my child.

It'll be a sign of promise for when we meet again.

What brings you here?

I'm here to see ma oo-ryeong.

Priestess ma oo-ryeong is offering a rite right now. No one is allowed inside.

Her highness sul-LAN has commanded me to come.

Out of my way.

What does her highness want?

I know ye soya is here.

She wants to know why.

I summoned her to look into her future to get prince ju-mong.

Tell her I said that.

If prince dae-so finds out that we've been in the divination palace, you'll be in danger.

Judge wisely.

We should go.

What about lady ye soya?

She needs to take care of my mother.

I'm sorry for intruding on you.

As for me, nothing happened tonight.

Let's go.

Your royal highness.

Governor Yang-jeong sent this message.

What's the matter?

Young-po is coming back here.

Really?

Is that so?

Yes.

Your majesty, congratulations.

Right.

Right. Since young-po left I could not sleep at night,

but god helped us.

It's not something you should be very happy about.

What are you saying?

Young-po isn't coming alone.

He's coming with a han diplomat.

He's going to demand all the cost of the war. The losses include those from the merchants.

Why would that be buyeo's responsibility?

Tell them that they can catch ju-mong.

However, it's very clear that when young-po comes back, he and his royal highness dae-so will have a conflict.

The rhythm doesn't match.

The general is back.

What?

General.

Mu-duek!

Mu-duek!

Oh my gosh, mu-duek!

How did it go? Where is lady yoo-hwa and ye soya?

We couldn't bring them.

General.

Is everything okay here?

Yes.

I'm back.

Well done.

It must've been a tough trip.

I thought the trade with buyeo would be a difficult one.

Well done.

The lady is a natural-born businesswoman.

Even if we share profits with buyeo, we'll gain much.

I heard you made a huge profit with hwang-ryong too.

That's right.

We need to share some of those profits with grand chief song-Yang.

She risked her dear life during her pregnancy!

Why does she need to share profits with song-Yang?

The biryu army is residing in gyehru to protect us.

We should pay for their expenditures.

We never asked for the biryu army to be here.

Why do we have to pay for their expenses?

That's what the grand chief demands.

What do you expect me to do?

I will share my profits with grand chief song-Yang.

Why are we sharing our hard-earned assets with song-Yang?

No need to be reluctant.

What are you talking about?

She's not giving our profits to song-Yang.

He's just keeping it temporarily.

When we unite jol-bon again, biryu's assets will be ours.

I'm going on another business trip as soon as I get the troop ready.

What?

You said you'll stay in gyehru until our child is born, once we get back.

Both the child and I are healthy.

If my child is born during the trip, that's the child's destiny.

Don't worry.

I heard you're looking for a place to build a palace.

That's right.

I even found a tribe to build our army.

All you need to do is go and pay them.

Where are they?

They're in changchun.

I heard that ju-mong and the da-mul army is getting stronger.

Why don't we side with them?

Not yet.

If we do, we can attack biryu right away,

but that'll make us go to war with buyeo and han as well.

We need to wait until we can attack biryu on our own.

Your royal highness.

Long time no see.

Yes, I'm glad you're back.

I'm very honored to have all the officers here to welcome me.

My name is chin joong-moon.

It must've been a rough trip.

Let's go inside.

Your majesty.

Prince young-po is back in the palace.

Where is he?

He's at the court with the han's envoy.

Lead the way.

Yes, your majesty.

Thanks to your royal highness and governor Yang-jeong's mistake,

my stay in Chang'an had been a rough one.

The han royal court was about to send the yo-dong army to buyeo.

With the excuse to get ju-mong.

It could've led to a war, but I stopped it.

I convinced the han nobles.

But the emperor is still very angry.

He lost the slaves, and he can't tolerate any more tribute robberies.

What does the han royal court want?

Get ju-mong and present him to the emperor!

And buyeo should replace and send all the tributes and the losses to han.

Young-po...

Mother...

Prince...

Let me take a look at my son...

You've gotten pale...

You're so pale...

Mother...

Mother, please calm down.

I'll never leave your side anymore.

Good.

In order to do that, you should be on good terms with dae-so.

Don't be at odds with dae-so anymore.

Mother, I'm not the young-po I used to be.

My friend, master chin, is highly trusted by the han royal court.

I know many powerful men in Chang'an who are willing to help me.

Young-po...

Just wait and see.

I won't be at odds with dae-so, but I won't let him disregard me like he used to.

Ju-mong.

Remember how I told you not to turn back to me or buyeo, once you leave?

Before you think about soya and me,

think about the thousands of refugees who are depending on you.

It was hae mo-su's dream

and your mission to provide a new home and nation for them.

If I can lay down my life for your new nation,

soya and I will be happy to take on the sword.

It's time to attack the changchun tribe.

I heard Yang-jeong is visiting the changchun tribe.

This is a good opportunity to eliminate him.

Yangjeongs target is not changchun

but joongsan which is rich in steel mine

daeso's power won't last long

when I attack yangjeong

you shall take mugol and o-yi...

To attack the chief of changchun tribe

by then

you will know...

Why I put up with those years of misery

from now on

changchun tribe will be part of dae mool army

dae mool army and I...

Will protect you from now on

hurray...

Please give your order

I'm willing to follow your lead to stage an uprising

as for the nation you want to build

the heavens will shed light on it