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Episode 47

Your Highness...

This is terrible.

We are completely surrounded...

We ran here as soon as I received your message.

We surrounded the premises.

Shall we enter?

Treacherous varmints, heed my words!

Drop your weapons, and come outside!

Come face His Majesty's orders!

They completely surrounded us.

Your Highness...

What can we do now?

Unless you surrender and come out of that refuge,

we shall apprehend you as the law commands.

And should you resist arrest, you shall be slaughtered!

Let us just enter.

Everything is ready.

We are not aware of the situation inside.

How many people, and who they are...

is something we cannot predict.

Continue observing them, and prepare for a full offensive.

Yes.

I shall pave the way and go out first.

In the meantime, escort Her Highness out of here.

Did you not hear?

It's the Wonsanghwa, Chilsuk.

In your condition, it's out of the question.

Then, what else do you suggest?

Is there any other way?

Should they capture Her Highness here,

it will be all over.

There will be a way.

We shall...

find one.

No.

We have no time to find another way.

This...

Their numbers are staggering.

I... just...

How about we try this?

There are no movements outside the refuge.

Fine.

We shall soon enter, so prepare for a full offensive.

Yes.

No way, we cannot do that.

There is no way we will!

Your Highness.

May you do this.

There is no other way.

We still can't.

It is much too dangerous.

There is no way.

We are all in danger already.

Do it.

Yes.

That is the only solution at our disposal.

Wolya Rang!

No way.

It's out of the question.

You must, Your Highness.

You know there is no other solution.

I will find one!

We have no time.

We must hasten, Your Highness.

No.

Your Highness!

I said no! No way!

But we must!

Enough, don't mention it again.

Deokman.

Listen to what your mother says.

Mother...

You must...

do what I say.

All right?

We are not here to apprehend Her Highness.

She must be slain.

We must make sure nobody will be held responsible for her demise.

So conceal your faces.

They've been killed.

In a matter of moments.

How shall we proceed?

Should I send a second group in?

Someone is inside.

He possesses peerless dexterity with the blade.

Yushin Rang was injured,

so it must be someone else.

Then...

Should I send two groups at once?

Numbers can subjugate him in much more open situations,

but send even two or three groups at once in such a confined place...

and the result will be the same.

Then... what?

I shall enter.

Second group, follow after me.

I will act as bait.

We decided it would be me!

Whatever it takes,

you must survive.

But, Wolya...

Your life...

belongs to Gaya.

For the sake of our grandiose endeavors,

you must survive at all cost.

Worry about Her Highness.

What is more important to me than Her Highness's safety...

is your survival.

I will take care of them.

You cannot do that!

The princess is not here?

You didn't...

Your Excellency...

just fell for it!

Are you all right?

You... Who are you?

Trail him!

Catch him!

That was the princess!

Over my dead body.

- A few men ran away. - Trail them!

It's Her Highness!

Yes.

That shall suffice.

Let us hasten.

Rummage the premises.

Yes.

However, during the proceedings,

Deokman must die.

In full accordance with our code,

meeting her demise by resisting imprisonment.

This must be...

Deokman's final moment.

No!

This is where it ends.

Let us return to Gyerim.

Now... leave us.

Deokman...

Your Highness.

Is everything all right?

Your Highness.

What is the matter?

What is wrong?

Something...

Something happened.

*Nursemaid

Yumo*nim.

Yumonim!

Sohwa.

Sohwa!

Chilsuk... Rang...

Sohwa...

Looks...

like...

this was the only end for us.

Sohwa.

Sohwa!

Thirty years...

maundering creation.

And in the end...

It is all back to the very start.

Sohwa!

Sohwa. Sohwa!

Sohwa!

Sohwa... Sohwa!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

What happened?

Your Highness.

You lost her?!

Again?!

You infiltrated her headquarters, how...

Was Her Highness even there?

Ehhh... So how could you lose her?

Seems like nothing happened to Princess Deokman.

Is that so?

How did you find out?

I've heard the Wonsanghwa took his men and left,

but it seems like their mission was inconclusive.

It's a relief.

But... How were you able to enter Ingang Palace?

I bribed an eunuch, and briefly entered.

Even if Mishil learns of it, she cannot do anything.

That is because harming me would prove that she's confining Your Majesty.

Sire...

Sire.

Alcheon Rang.

Are you feeling any better?

The troops who went after Her Highness have made their return.

How did it go?

Seems like they wasted their time.

And that Yushin safely escaped as well.

I'm sure of it... They did not capture Her Highness.

Seeing how much those knaves are murmuring, it seems so.

Yushin Rang must protect Her Highness.

Every day feels like walking on thin ice.

Your Highness.

And my mother?

Wolya Rang.

What is it?

Why are you not speaking?

Wolya Rang.

My mother?

Wol...Wolya Rang.

Wh...What's wrong?

What is it, Wolya Rang? Speak at once!

Your Highness.

My apologies.

What?!

- They inveigled you?! - Yes.

They inveigled us, and we thought we slew Her Highness...

But it was not her.

In the meantime, the real princess was able to escape.

Aigoo! Anyhow... you people!

Is that not the reason you lose her all the time?

Aigoo!!

By any chance...

Was it her nursemaid? Was Sohwa the one you killed?

Yes, Your Highness.

Chilsuk. Sohwa...

Mo...Mother.

How could this happen?

This...

This is too cruel.

Mother.

How could you do this to me?

Where else would I find someone like you?

What other mother...

What other mother...

would perish...

twice?

How can you do this to me?

Mother...

Mother!

Mother!

Mother...

Mother! Mother...

Mother... Wake up, Mother.

Mother...

Mother...

Mother.

Mother. Mother, wake up.

Mother...

Mother...

Aigoo...

That is the fate awaiting people like us.

We spend our lives serving someone...

and then that is how things end.

Aigoo... what a life.

What are you doing here?

Yihwa Rang, Mo Rang, Gwisan Rang...

Sadaham Rang.

Just like all those names, one day...

Will my name grace one of those ancestral tablets?

Is that what you wish for?

Should not one need some kind of aspiration...

to endure life?

At the age of sixteen...

I was a prisoner of war at the Goguryeo camp.

They had buried me alive.

It was then that you and your men infiltrated the camp,

and you rescued me from the claws of demise.

From that day onwards...

I devoted my every day for Your Highness's sake.

And?

Countless battles followed afterwards,

I had to stake my life to fight Munno,

and in the Taklamakan Desert...

I even faced a sandstorm.

You must have escaped those claws of demise on many occasions.

I believed I was blessed, every time I made it alive.

But...

In truth...

I kept losing the right opportunity to let those claws engulf me.

But the next time...

shall not be the same.

Fine.

As you wish.

Why did you just let him go?

For there was nobody left to bring her corpse back.

You did...

well.

What is this... what?!

Aigoo...

This cannot happen, Your Highness.

What kind of life is this?

How could...

How could a life end this way?

A whole life...

A whole life spent serving you...

and then...

And then she leaves us this way?!

I knew this would happen.

I felt it.

I would have run away instead.

But!

But...

Someone as weak and frail as her...

I knew... I knew for sure...

that this would happen.

For sure.

So weak...

and frail...

she is not, my mother.

She's always been stronger than me.

In the desert...

In Shilla.

Because of me,

because of me she had...

I forced her to be strong.

Aigoo...

Aigoo...

Don't.

Should I keep staring?

Look at how she weeps.

She would not want to show that to us.

I don't deserve to face her.

Do not say that.

We all staked our lives to escape.

On that note, Your Highness.

"Should we not escort her to a much safer and elusive place?"

That is what we have been talking about.

Of course we do have cordons of men protecting the border and defending us,

and as it was conceived with resistance in mind from the start,

it is indeed an ideal location for hiding.

However...

it is much too close to the capital.

I shall...

no longer hide.

Your Highness.

What are you talking about?

I will alert anyone that I survived,

and will gather even more forces.

I will not run away, and shall instead take a step forward.

- Hence... - I...

am against it.

Mishil should have dealt with all this in no longer than three days.

Now, time is completely on our side.

The longer this unconscionable martial law protracts itself,

the more suspicion it will foment in our people's mind.

So...

So, even if you will hide for the time being,

the tide shall quickly head our way once again.

May you await.

Your Highness.

Are you all thinking the same?

What Chunchu says is indeed right. However...

All the things...

As for all the things happening as I run and hide,

I...

don't think I will be able to cope with them.

The suffering this martial law...

will impose upon our people.

All the discomfiture...

the people who followed me will face in Seorabeol.

The claws of demise...

which any time and anywhere might engulf...

the people who protected me, like you.

I can no longer...

accept any of that.

Now, Deokman...

shall neither run nor hide.

You cannot, Your Highness.

What Mishil cannot do but we can...

Would that not be our biggest strength?

Your Highness.

Mishil is much stronger than us.

However... There will never be two Mishil.

But we can certainly separate into two fronts.

And that is because we have Chunchu on our side.

Chunchu and I.

You must control your emotions, Your Highness.

We cannot do so.

Did I not...

say I can no longer accept it?

A ruler can never do that.

I will.

Your Highness, you cannot.

How many more lives...

must be sacrificed to protect me?

Your Highness.

It's a relief Chunchu is by our side.

But...

That is much too dangerous.

I realized it today.

That nothing in life is more dangerous than surviving itself.

Both for you and me...

and for everyone else.

A Tang envoy is here?

Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province

Yes... Seems like he's in Danghang Fortress*.

Ehh... really.

Of all times, why pester us now?

The Tang once again united the Middle Kingdom.

*Founded in 618

Not even a decade has passed since their dynasty's foundation*.

It's their first delegation here, so their envoy will be galvanized indeed.

Aigoo...

Another noxious quandary for Her Highness.

Of all times...

Did you talk with her on how to deal with the delegation?

She is indeed aware of the situation,

but because of all her quandaries with Princess Deokman,

I could not mention it yet.

Ahh... He will reach the palace by the morrow.

Anyhow, it sure is vexatious.

We will have to explain the reasons behind this martial law,

and hope for their understanding.

Yes... We will have to accede to any request.

Dealing with this without a murmur is the best course of action.

According to Yeomjong's report,

a Tang envoy will reach the capital by the morrow.

Through her meeting with the envoy,

Mishil will do her best to demonstrate her authority and influence.

She might even briefly abolish martial law.

It is tomorrow.

Be prepared, Yushin Rang.

Your Highness.

Yes.

Never you mind.

I shall arrange everything.

Yushin Rang.

Yes, Your Highness.

Should...

anything happen,

I entrust Chunchu to your care.

You will pardon the insolence,

but I will pretend I did not hear that.

Nothing will happen to you.

I shall make sure it does not.

Bakeui Rang received communication from Her Highness.

It might be the same for other Hwarang as well.

And the content might indeed be similar.

She might be trying to convince other nobles.

If we don't hasten and resolve this, a few of them might be swayed.

We are looking all over to find her whereabouts,

but we still could not find a single hint.

Your Highness.

What is dominating your thoughts?

Deokman must not enter the capital alive.

As the instigator of this insurrection,

she will resist arrest until the bitter end, and bravely meet her demise.

That is the legacy the annals must bestow upon her.

Oh?! What is that?

It's a kite!

What is that...

Why are kites up there?

What is attached under the kite?

What... What on earth...

Take a look...

What is all this?

- What's that? - Rescue...

Rescue... His Majesty?!

No...

Look!

"May all brave sons of the Heavenly Kingdom..."

"muster their righteous vim, and rescue your ruler in Seorabeol."

"Gaeyang's keeper, Deokman. Son of Gaeyang's keeper, Chunchu."

Rescue His Majesty?

Rescue His Majesty?!

What is that supposed to mean?

Does it not imply His Majesty was confined here in Seorabeol?

Anyhow, Her Highness has not been apprehended yet.

Sangseon. What is going to happen now?

Her Highness was accused of staging an insurrection,

but it was a rather suspicious insinuation, so...

Suspicious insinuation?!

It is true she staged an insurrection,

one Her Highness was able to suppress at the very last minute.

Plentiful talebearing is being spread.

Hence, many people are in tumult.

Not to mention, Her Highness clamored people to "rescue His Majesty."

Is this not an order directed at all Hwarang?

Listen!

Are those not perilous utterances, particularly during martial law?

Her Highness is the Hwarang's keeper!

And did not that keeper stage an insurrection?

That is still...

to be verified.

You are all acting suspiciously.

Did you forget all that Lady Mishil has done for you?

Is there anyone here who did not benefit from her benevolence?

She might have supported us,

but the reason why we continued following her lead...

was because she never acted against principle.

You are right.

There was no Hwarang following her because of personal whims.

It was only because Her Highness was right.

Her Highness herself should be aware of that better than anyone.

Have you seen it as well, Milord?

Ahh...

This?

Her Highness must be concerned...

~ Lord Sueulbu ~

about this all herself.

Not to mention the fact this happened before all those people,

right as the Tang delegation was entering the capital,

so they hit two birds with a stone.

Tumult is brewing in the palace already.

They cannot say it explicitly,

but manifold nobles are expressing concern on their future.

Hence, what did you tell them?

We are under martial law.

They will all have to be prudent.

Yes. Indeed.

Then, if you'll excuse me.

How many of these were circulated?

Right as the delegation was entering, they fell from the sky.

The troops are trying their best to stop this,

but talebearing must be wildly spreading already.

Did the envoys read this?

Did they just read it?!

They even heard all the people's whispers.

We did explain about the insurrection and martial law,

but now this falls right under their noses...

You will not believe how befuddled they were.

Where are the envoys now?

At Jowon Palace.

You must go and face them.

Yes.

Let us go. We must...

Right... Sister.

Politically speaking, there is tension and disorder brewing in the court.

And?

Let us accede as much as possible.

We can regain everything we lost later.

Right, Sister?

Allow me to introduce the Beholder of the Royal Seal,

now in charge of the National Crisis Committee,

Her Highness Lady Mishil.

Your Highness's repute has reached the lands of our Middle Kingdom.

It is a true privilege to finally meet you.

I am merely concerned that my coarse upbringing...

might have soiled the legacy of our nation.

You are flattering us, Your Highness.

You must have endured a long and arduous journey.

Let us enter and discuss inside.

You will pardon me,

but what did you just say?

*Tang currency worth a hundred nyang per guan

A thousand guan* of gold.

A thousand guan in gold, he said.

His Majesty the Emperor said he will accept it as a token of...

the long-lasting fellowship between Tang and Gyerim.

And should we accord you these thousand guan in gold,

what will the Tang bestow us in return?

The Great Tang...

shall bestow you our long-standing fellowship.

Sister...

Let us just accede.

Quietly solving this impasse would be wise.

A thousand guan would far surpass our yearly production of gold.

Yes. Hence, I regrettably must confess it is unfeasible.

Sister...

On our way here,

we witnessed something quite intriguing...

Y...es, yes!

Well... We are indeed afflicted by a rather vexatious quandary.

However,

this is nothing but an internal matter.

Indeed.

So would not...

such internal matters require the assistance of your brethren in the Middle Kingdom?

We merely say so...

out of deep concern...

for your country's internal matters.

Sister, let us get past this and just accede.

You will pardon the insolence,

but I am aware that Your Excellency is fluent in our language,

unlike your esteemed colleague.

I am certainly aware that not using one's native tongue during...

diplomatic meetings is an affront against procedure,

but I'd like to have a parley with Your Excellency in private,

so would you accord me your consent?

Sister... What are you trying to do...

Meseems Your Highness needs to discreetly confer with me?!

What now?!

Her gaze...

Her gaze...

Right as it says here,

did you really confine your king, and falsely accuse the princess of treason?

Should that be the case?

Is that not usurpation?

*Tang dynasty was born after coup which killed Emperor Yang of Sui

Then, did the Tang emperor usurp* his throne?

Or not?

What insolence!

Usurped?!

*The Sui imperial family

From the Yang's* point of view,

what His Imperial Majesty did was a clear usurpation.

Hence? Hence...

Are you suggesting the Tang usurped the mandate of heaven away from them?

The fate of your dynasty will be decided by your emperor's conduct, I trust.

I still don't know my future yet, myself.

Yet.

How could a mere slattern from this northern barbarian statelet...

dare to mention the mandate of heaven and our grandiose legacy?

Do you even know what that paltry tongue of yours is sputtering?

You knave don't deserve to discuss any such matter in my presence.

If you truly wish to discuss such matters,

*Tang Taizong, second Tang emperor

at least bring me Li Shimin*.

How dare...

How dare you?!

Must our army trample upon your meager land...

to make you realize whom you are addressing?!

So Your Excellency came to Gyerim as an envoy,

and threatened us with military intervention.

I could easily consider this as an explicit declaration of war.

And you must be aware of how a country on the receiving end...

of such declaration generally reacts.

Would beheading your pate and consigning it to your colleague on his way home suffice?

I shall confirm it to His Majesty.

That just as we heard, on the far eastern shores,

Gyerim is blessed with a remarkable specimen.

That her country will be worthy of our fellowship,

and of becoming a long-lasting ally of our Great Tang.

Should my words have offended you in any way,

I implore for your forgiveness.

I am whelmed with gratitude.

I have heard everything in the corridor.

Sister...

You indeed are remarkable.

Your Highness.

You cannot believe...

the suspense I felt.

Lady Mishil.

What makes you so happy?

You still have not found Deokman?

Summon Lord Seolwon immediately.

Ahh... Yes. Yes.

Lady Mishil!

What...

is that knave...

Your... Your Highness!

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I might have been accused of treason,

but I still am a princess of this country.

She will come to rescue us.

- It sure was a spectacle! - That...

- The Hwarang are trying... - Where is my sister?

- Do what I said! - Sire...

Sire!

- Her Highness did what? - She went on all by herself...

We shall hereby commence Her Highness's questioning.

All the nobles' troops shall be assigned to the Board of Military Affairs.

We shall follow Your Highness!

You must deal with Lord Jujin yourself.

We shall march for the capital.

Deploy all troops.

Hwarang, heed my words.

We shall rescue His Majesty.

Let me be clear.

Why is nobody coming?

Your Highness...

That is enough.

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