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Traitors! Surrender your arms!
Silence!
Kill them!
Sungnyang.
The white band.
El Temur is alive?
You can't kill Tangqishi.
It's a trap, Sire.
El Temur isn't dead.
This changes things.
Bang! Your life is mine!
Silence!
Kill them all!
You were to kill Tangqishi.
As if I'd help rebel scum.
You betrayed us.
General.
Kill everyone that knows about us.
Right.
Tricky no-good...
A trick.
The guard! They're here!
They were lying in wait.
Tangqishi is toying with us.
Rest, Father.
You'll make yourself worse.
My men are risking their lives.
I can't sit here and do nothing.
Battle report.
Enter.
Report.
The rebels are quashed.
General Tangqishi is on his way back.
Father.
I'll greet them at the hall.
Yes, sir.
My Liege, El Temur is going to the hall.
Perfect.
He's all alone. Move out.
Kill him.
My Liege.
What is it?
Get behind me.
Move.
Who sent you? The Dowager?
Or...?
Look at me.
You think assassins can kill the regent himself?
Don't die.
Yes, sir. Whatever you say, sir.
Father.
I'm making one last visit to see El Temur.
Care to join me?
How do you mean?
I'm going to kill him myself.
The rebels lost.
Wh-what?
Tangqishi is on his way.
My Liege, stop the assassins.
Assassins?
El Temur.
Scum! You dare?
Father, Father!
Your Majesty, don't...
Father, Father.
C'mon, one at a time.
Halt.
I said halt.
My Liege.
Sorry. We must protect the Emperor.
That was close.
Regent.
Tangqishi.
What is all this?
Assassins.
The Emperor saved us.
We're alive thanks to him.
They helped the rebellion.
Hear me.
Bang and Jukukchong are dead.
They spread sedition to feed their own ambitions.
Someone was behind them.
Point him out and live.
Remain silent and die.
Tell us who it was.
I don't know anything.
Give the order.
To kill him?
It must come from the Emperor.
Do it.
Hear me.
Kill him.
Bang told me it was the Empress Dowager.
How dare you?
I heard him say it.
The Dowager was behind the coup!
Silence!
- Arrest her. - Sir.
Your Majesty.
My Liege, there's your ringleader.
Father.
You cannot protect me.
Do as El Temur demands.
It's the only way to assuage his suspicions.
What if he wants you killed?
I won't die.
Those that dealt with me directly are all dead.
But Mother...
Keep your wits about you and I will return.
Understood?
This is my fault. I should have waited.
Don't worry.
Protect the imperial house.
I did not lead the coup.
I've been framed.
Strip her of office and send her to a nunnery.
I'm innocent.
Are you deaf?
I command Her Majesty... deposed...
My Liege.
- Take her away. - Sir.
I will pray for you despite this injustice.
Take care of yourself, My Liege.
Don't worry.
I will take your secret to the grave.
You will take the blame for us all?
Promise me one thing.
Build up your forces while I'm away.
So we can oust El Temur on my return.
Your sacrifice will not be in vain.
Do not worry, Your Majesty.
My Liege, those who subdued the rebels...
should be rewarded.
Whatever you wish.
Your Majesty... Your Majesty...
Your Majesty.
The Empress is filled with jealousy.
Look after the child while I'm away.
I will. I swear it.
Her Royal Majesty.
You've been here forever.
Now you are in charge.
I trust you are up to it.
Listen to you.
Still putting on airs?
Don't push it.
Grow old and die amid the incense of the nunnery.
Dowager.
I will pray that you conceive a child.
If you do not, know that Buddha...
...is visiting your father's sins upon you.
What?
Lady Soh, how should I deal with her?
Let her wriggle. Victory is yours.
You already run the Inner Court. You can be generous.
Yes, I'll show them how I run things.
Now they'll see.
El Temur, do you think shaving my head will make me a temple ghost?
You will regret not killing me.
Bayan, a drink.
Regent.
I'm giving you Liaoyang province.
Father.
Of the 10 provinces, it's the closest to the Capitol.
You are its new governor.
At your service.
The Empress has nothing but praise for you.
Name it. Anything.
Give me back my throne.
Anything within reason.
I don't trust Koryo.
It's been a pain in our side for thirty years now.
No other nation has given us so much trouble.
I don't want you sitting on Koryo's throne.
Stay here and enjoy the spoils of victory.
I have information that my father is gravely ill.
Allow me to visit him.
I won't stop you.
Here. A drink.
A promotion is fine but it's not what we hoped for.
You mean you're not satisfied?
I want power to improve my country.
I can't do that as a provincial governor.
My power will increase.
As will yours.
As it should.
Liaoyang is larger than all of Koryo.
It's not entirely different from ruling your own nation.
I worry for the Emperor.
With the Dowager and us out of the palace...
he's a babe in the woods.
And El Temur is more a tyrant than ever.
Yes?
The assassins that tried to kill me...
were all eunuchs attached to your retinue.
They were bribed by the rebels.
What are you looking at?
I will know where you go and with whom you speak.
See that you behave accordingly.
And you will call on the Empress as often as possible.
It is your fault she has not yet conceived, understood?
Understood, Regent.
My Liege.
Nyang. I want Nyang.
I can't breathe.
She returned to Koryo with Wang Yu.
He has his throne?
I couldn't say.
They left without a word to ME?
Under El Temur's instructions.
My Liege.
My Mother gone. Bayan gone.
Nyang, too.
I'm all alone.
My Liege.
Is your father's condition serious?
Dense as a post.
It's just an excuse.
But he does have some trouble to take care of.
Ah, I see.
No one told me.
Don't worry about us.
Just take care of yourself, Sire.
You won't come with me?
Tangqishi is after the Blood Vow.
If he finds it, your hopes for the throne, my revenge...
will all come to naught.
I'll take my leave then.
Look after yourselves till I get back.
Sire, we should go.
Look after him.
Take care.
No women, you.
Yom Byongsu.
You will be Captain of the Guards from now on
My body and soul are yours.
Replace the guard with my personal retinue.
Bolster your numbers.
Yes, sir.
You run the Imperial and Capitol Guards.
Father.
Once was enough.
Internal threats will never again rear their ugly heads.
Where you headed?
Wherever. What's it to you?
Watch it.
He's captain of the guard now.
You sell your country to be a Yuan gatekeeper?
Small change.
It's only because of your king that you have your freedom.
But I won't stand for insults to my captainly person.
Long time, Sungnyang.
Dressing like a boy again I see.
We're doubling the guard starting today.
Increase security.
Yes, sir.
I'm captain of the guard now.
Things are going to change.
Jokho? Was he a thief?
Why does everyone want him?
He has the late Emperor's Blood Vow.
A Vow?
Bald, good with a staff, his name means Crimson Tiger.
Have you seen him?
Head south to the Shaolin Temple.
They got tons of monks just like that.
He was a eunuch, a eunuch.
Hm, a eunuch. I thought he was a monk.
You can't think of anyone?
A crimson tiger.
Jokho.
Jokho, Crimson-whatever, he's not here. Beat it.
At least try...
A wasted trip.
I told you.
That court lady is off her rocker.
We're coming back tonight.
Again?
Why?
To check something.
I suspect someone in the village.
How so?
He's no eunuch.
Not with that beard and hair and such.
Has anyone actually seen Jokho?
My father had a picture drawn up from memory.
May I see it?
The features are similar.
It's him. The Koryo village headman.
He's Jokho.
Who's there?
Who sent you?
Tell me or it's your head.
You'll lose yours first.
Give us the Vow.
You want Jokho too?
Wha..? You?
Pardon us. Sir.
El Temur I understand. But why do you want it?
To ruin El Temur.
That rat business tipped me off.
You put up the signs.
But I don't have the Vow.
Don't be like that.
We know better. Just give it to us.
The Emperor gave me an order.
Before he died.
It was hidden in a book. I was to deliver it to the Crown Prince.
A butterfly was drawn on it.
It was a sign only the Prince would know.
Kill all his attendants.
Sir.
El Temur knew he wrote a will.
He went on a rampage.
I knew they would take the Vow from me.
So I hid it.
How did you manage to escape?
Through a route known only to me.
So where did you hide the Vow?
We'll find it. Tell us.
I posed as a court eunuch and looked for it.
But it was gone without a trace.
Do you know how took it?
Who was it?
Sir.
Hang on.
Sir. It's Yom Byongsu. Where are you?
- Yom... - Yom the Scum.
Where are you...?
Doing well, I trust.
You're the captain of the guard?
Well now, you talk as if you lived in the palace.
Jokho, I presume.
What? Feeling wronged?
Me, too. For failing to recognize you.
Search for the Vow.
Sir.
- Everywhere. - Sir.
Sir, the Vow isn't there.
Nowhere.
Take him to the palace.
Sir.
- Move out. - Sir.
We can't lose the Vow to them.
It's too risky. For now.
She's right. We have to wait our chance.
Stop.
Welcome, Regent.
Jokho.
Long time.
Regent.
Save yourself the pain.
Tell us where the Vow is.
I don't know anything.
How can I tell what I don't know?
He's not broken yet.
- Burn him. - Sir.
Don't let him die.
Not to worry.
He'll be crippled, perhaps. But he'll live.
Report.
Judging from their actions he hasn't talked yet.
Tonight we get Jokho out.
This is the palace.
How can we get him out?
He said there's a secret passage.
We'll use that to help him escape.
Yom will have his guards everywhere.
There's always a way in if you know where to look.
Find out when there's a changing of the guard.
You time their rounds to the second.
We'll attack at their weakest point.
Your Majesty, at your service.
You're not getting any thinner.
There's only four months left now.
Who asked you?
Why didn't you pay respects last night?
Last night the baby was kicking...
Silence.
You grew lax under old Granny Dowager.
Not at all.
Then you think you're special because you got knocked up?
Kill me. I beg your pardon.
You disgust me. Get out.
Lady Pak.
The sight of that tramp makes me sick...
Your Majesty, are you still ill?
I haven't felt myself lately.
It's your stomach. I'll fetch the doctor.
Don't bother. Bring me something spicy.
That should settle me down.
As you say.
Perhaps... you're with child?
It's been two months since your last menstruation.
That can't...
Wait. Did I say spicy?
I hate spicy food.
Congratulations.
You're with child at last.
I'm... pregnant...
An end to your suffering.
The Buddha has seen fit to bless you.
She can't be with child.
That's what they're saying.
She can't be.
Not with the lipstick and incense combined.
It's an old Indian trick.
Repeated use produces sterility.
Then maybe she found out?
The lipstick and incense are perfectly ordinary.
She can't have.
We have an hour till the next shift.
We have to get him out in that time.
Move out.
Hey! Hey!
Assassins!
Sir.
You.
We have to go.
Let's go.
Where's the passage?
Just along the palace corridor.
We'll keep them busy.
You get him out.
Jokho! Get him!
Get them!
Follow them. I'll get Jokho.
- This way. - Sir.
Kill them.
Sungnyang ...
Go on. Move.
Who are you?
Sungnyang, what are you doing here?
The palace. Get them.
Sungnyang, come with me.
You'll be in danger.
You can't make it.
Your bathing chamber.
You're bleeding.
I'm fine.
Hold still.
What happened to you?
You're sure it was Sungnyang?
She can't fool me. I know her eyes.
A trail of blood.
The bathhouse.
I'm fine.
Hang on. I'll send for the doctor after they're gone.
My Liege, Tangqishi is coming.
He is not to come in.
My Liege.
What brings you here?
Open up.
His Majesty is bathing.
Perhaps tomorrow morning...
General Tangqishi, what is this?
Explain yourself.
We're searching for an escaped prisoner.
Oh really now?
As you can see, he's not here.
A bit late for a bath, isn't it?
It helps me sleep.
Since when do I have to explain myself to you?
Your pardon.
If you could wrap it up? We need to search the area.
You going to keep staring at me?
I've had enough of this.
Even your father doesn't do this.
We found more of her blood.
Where?
The west gate.
I swear. Move out.
Sungnyang, stay with me.
Sungnyang.
[Next on Empress Ki]
Look at her. Why is she so pale?
We have to hide her.
Grant us permission to search the area.
You think she's here?
Best to be sure.
What matters is getting my power back.
Without it I can't do a thing.
Lady Pak wants to help you escape.
I won't see that tramp bear the Emperor a child.
Kill her. Do it for me.
They'll attack any minute.
I'll never forget what you've done for me.