They said this is not an ordinary attack.
They've burned down homes and captured innocent people.
They're in a pitch battle with our soldiers.
Summon the court ministers and send out the entry passes to the royal family members.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, why are you like this?
Call the Royal Physician! What are you doing? Hurry!
Hurry up!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Your Highness, please hurry to the king's palace.
The king has collapsed.
What?
The Queen Mother has arrived.
Queen Mother.
The shock he received caused a flare up of his chronic disease.
His disease is already not good during the winter.
When will he regain consciousness?
He just received acupuncture and overcame the critical phase. We will prepare a tonic for him
to regain his strength.
He needs to recover as soon as possible. The political situation is dire due to the conflict in the northern regions.
The king cannot be laid up like this!
The king is unconscious?
Is he critical?
The doctors are working on him from all angles.
The Heavens are helping us. The power of the Heavens is with you, my nephew.
The barbarians are attacking from the north,
and the king is unconscious...
Even if the Queen Mother steps in his stead,
we are at war. This is not a matter that,
women and children can issue orders on.
-Then? -We need
a strong leader to handle this national crisis.
Hurry! Gather the lieges for an attack.
Don't worry.
With His Majesty unconscious,
the Jurchens are attacking us from the north!
We need to restart the plans to appoint a King's brother as crown prince,
so that we can mobilize the national strength we need to deal with this national emergency.
We must go and stop the barbarians in haste!
This is not the time to be installing crown prince!
Right now our people are dying,
but we are holding cabinet meetings without a king?
Do you think we will get anything done this way?
Who will lead the expeditionary forces?
Once we place the soldiers up in the north, who will defend against the Japanese raiders in the south?
If we lose the timing in deploying the troops, our people will starve and die this winter!
We must send the troops immediately!
Then you can go, Left State Minister.
Aren't you the one with the most military experience among us?
You expanded the northern border greatly after campaigning there for many decades.
Why don't you go once more and protect it?
That cannot be.
He returned with serious illnesses and injuries from the hardship of the battle,
we cannot send the elder back there again.
A full-on war will be hard on the people,
we should release the grains as a good will gesture,
and minimize the impact on us.
The barbarians will not be satisfied with just that.
We need to adopt a harder policy.
His Majesty is down with an illness,
whom among us will volunteer to go to take the lead?
This is why we need a crown prince.
This is why in a crisis we cannot decide on a measure!
This is not a matter for us to decide here.
Instead of the king, we must debate this with the Queen Mother-
I will go!
Your Excellency.
Since you are all scholars incompetent in the military arts,
though I am old, I will drag myself,
and crush the barbarians.
Your Excellency!
You can't, father.
Those rotten sly politicians!
If the people are in a crisis their first thought should be to save them,
but they use this opportunity to raise themselves!
You can't even sleep because of your body aches, but a military expedition?
Even if I die on the way,
this Kim Chu will not back down!
Father!
We have the Queen and Wonja (whol will be appointed Crown Prince).
For their sake,
This is something your father has to do.
Father!
The barbarians are maneuvering in the north,
but His Majesty's illness is ever deepening.
Since the heir to the throne has not been determined, the national debate is divided,
the country's important decisions are not being made well.
The people are uneasy and look to the skies day by day.
We scholars cannot stand by and watch so,
we gather our people to petition to the king.
Please select the Crown Prince as soon as possible,
and straighten our national affairs.
Please accept our petition.
Your Highness, not my father!
He is not an imperator as he was before.
With his ill and exhausted body,
how can he go that far distance?
He has lost his sight and hearing, so he can't shoot arrows well.
What kind of contribution would he make to the battlefield?
There is no other minister with as great an experience in conquest as His Excellency does.
Is my father the only minister?
Please do not make my father die away from home.
Please think about his previous contributions.
Your Majesty.
Please select the Crown Prince.
Please accept our petition based on
the will of the scholars and the people.
Please accept our petition.
It appears that Grand Prince is working on a major project with his uncle.
Do you know anything about it, brother?
Married couple is supposed to think and act in harmony.
How can I support my husband in these uncertain times without knowledge?
There is something I resolved when I married into the Royal Family.
That I will work with you to help Grand Prince achieve a major accomplishment.
I am not going to sit at home not knowing what's going on in the world,
merely in charge of the kitchen duties.
They are trying to appoint a Crown Prince before the Wonja is fully grown.
Wonja is very young and the King is ill.
If he becomes the Crown Prince as his younger brother, he can follow the King,
and become a future king of Joseon!
If that were to happen, our family will produce the mother of the state.
As they wish, let us select a King's brother as the Crown Prince.
Your highness!
Call the grand prince.
You mustn't, your highness.
The longer we wait the more the people suffer.
And it will be harder for the crown prince, too.
How will you handle this in the future?
Then we need to raise a person we can handle.
Right now the SungKyunKwan scholars are holding a demonstration
and the politicians are in the council hall debating
I know it is utterly unreasonable.
If they were worried about the king and thought about the country, this could not have happened.
This is all because we have not chosen a successor to the throne.
We need time.
For the wonja (the king's son who is not of age to be crowned prince) to grow up and become the Crown Prince.
They are not after the Wonja. They don't believe a baby who's not even a year old,
can take the responsibility of the nation.
You must become the Sae Jae (King's younger brother as Crown Prince).
Are you prepared?
Queen Mother. What?
Sae jae
Why me?
You must do it.
It cannot be your brother. You accept it.
Since I was born and learned how to talk
as soon as I learned how to walk, the words that always stuck in my ears were
to not desire the throne.
To raise my status and covet what is my brother's?
But now to tell me to become the next heir
You are denying my past treatment!
I am just putting the position of Crown Prince in your hands until the king's son grows up.
Then what about after?
What will become of me who is commanded to covet his nephew's position?
Please do not drag me into the royal family's politics.
I will follow my given path
and marry and live quietly far from the palace.
What does Her Highness, the Queen Mother say?
Will she delay the wedding due to the king's illness?
She will make it happen no matter what.
Do give Prince Eun Seong some time to accept it.
Since he is a sincere and filial son, His Highness will soon follow your wish.
We don't have time.
There's something else that Eun Seong wants. What we can do is to make a deal with him.
Tell the Chief Scholar's daughter to enter.
What's the matter, wife?
It's a pledge of loyalty that I offer you.
Weren't you satisfied with brandishing your silver knife before the marriage?
What's all this ruckus?
Yoon Na Gyeom, the wife of Prince Jin Yang
dares announce to the God of Heaven, the Royal ancestors
and the divine spirits of the mountains and streams...
I wish to aid my husband in realizing his great cause.
With mutual loyalty and affection,
I will love with my flesh and blood, and I will show strength as stone and metal.
From today onward, I am not your wife but your vassal.
Since the Warring States Period, people pledged loyalty to their masters and
they became blood brothers by drinking animal blood together.
Rather than becoming a beloved wife who knows nothing
I wish to become a loyal vassal to you.
I will stake my life and the fate of my family
for the sake of your cause.
Today seems to be our true wedding day.
Isn't this good enough, madam?
No. It could be fancier.
Try this on. It's already the 5th one.
I'll be tired dressing up eve before I enter the palace.
Do you think you're going for a normal appointment?
You'll be showing yourself to the Queen Dowager.
If you fail this time, you're going to end up a virgin ghost.
That's why these won't do!
If it were you, would like your daughter-in-law to be extravagant or frugal?
Me? I just want a daughter-in-law who treats me well.
You too, dress simple and elegant, okay?
Take off these gold rings and jade rings.
That's right. I'm not as great minded as you, so I don't think far enough and I'm simply extravagant.
So you go alone! Go alone get into her good books.
Mother! That's not what I meant.
How could you not know what I feel?
I was trying to make you look smart in case you get timid in that difficult meeting.
Do whatever you want!
What would you like to wear?
I want...
How's this?
How pretty!
If the greatness of the promotion suddenly gets bigger,
it could be difficult to handle. Let's start with this.
I feel sorry, but I'll promise it for the future.
No, Your Highness.
Having lost my father early, I am humbled by all that I've received already.
Thanks to you two, I have been honored greatly today.
You need to secure yourself a position, hyung-nim.
That's how you can help me greatly.
You only have to order me, what ever it is.
When you rise in position, you'll need to spend more money.
Have your allowance money.
Don't be frugal. Every month, I'll give you a great amount of money.
Whether it be the business leaders or military officers, you need to gain good opinion of them.
Don't worry sir.
There are hundreds of men who will run over even after just hearing a word.
Hundreds won't do.
When the time comes, even thousands will not be enough.
Your Highness, I would like to visit the palace.
If you do not need anything else, I plan to leave now.
What business do you have in the palace?
Queen mother wanted me to see the potential bride for Gramd Prince Eun Seong.
Who is the potential bride?
It is my friend, the daughter of the Chief Scholar.
Was my mother the one who chose that household?
I heard that it was proposed by Grand Prince Eun Seong.
I will take you there. I too have some business in the palace.
I heard you're best friends with the princess consort.
Yes, Your Highness. Na Gyeom–
Her Highness is a great role model who is always disciplined.
She is like an elder sister who I can learn from.
We attended bride training classes together, Your Highness.
Were you envious when your classmate became part of the royal family?
I was not envious of the status as a princess consort.
Then what were you envious about?
I was envious that she found a husband that she could dedicate her whole heart to.
The princess consort sincerely takes care of her husband and respects him.
I will ask you a childish question.
If your parents and your husband fell in the water, whom will you save first?
Naturally, I should save my aged parents.
What will you do?
I will save my husband.
I apologize, Queen Mother.
She lacks proper teaching, so an unreasonable answer slipped out.
- Please forgive her– - What would be your reason?
I believe that parents' love is such that they would not want to sacrifice their child to save their lives.
I believe that filial piety is to live up to your parents' wishes.
Will you protect your husband no matter what happens?
We will live protecting each other.
Well done. You didn't make any big mistakes and it went smooth enough.
I was nervous, but I felt confident because you were beside me. You gave me strength.
Even if this scatterbrain gets married, take care of her, Na Gyeom.
I was worried that you would it difficult to speak to me comfortably
because my rank is now higher than yours since I married into the royal family.
I am relieved that you are comfortable around me as always.
My worries were unnecessary.
Take care. I will put a good word in to Queen Mother for you.
Thank you, Na Gyeom.
Then, take care.
She was taunting me, right?
How so? She wanted us to be comfortable around her like those days.
No... I felt a thorn in her words.
I'm a bit sensitive, you know?
Why don't you become a little sensitive when you're with Father?
Stop getting caught while you're gambling.
But will you really save your husband before me if we fell in the water?
Grand prince can swim well. I don't have to do that.
That... That's not what I wanted to know!
This just won't do.
During the bride-to-be classes, she always fled.
when she was not allowed to go out and she disguised herself and went out anyway.
I was able to get along as a friend but not as the wife of Grand Prince.
She's lacks in virtue too grate to be the wife of Grand Prince.
She will bring down the dignity of the Royal Family.
She didn't seem that terrible.
At least she's not greedy.
Doesn't that mean she gave up on her greed to marry into a prestigious family.
That's why she is not suitable for royal marriage.
Do you not like the Lady from the Seong family becoming your sister in law?
To tell you honestly,
this is not for the royal family, but for her as a friend.
Ja Yeon is not suitable for the Royal Family.
She will feel suffocated and depressed if she marries the Prince.
This marriage must be stopped for the lady's happiness.
The Prince asks to see you for a moment.
He's probably wanting to know how your meeting went.
Go and report to him. I will wait out here.
But still.
What? Then do you want your mother to follow you?
Where is he asking me to meet him?
Acting so coy.
I don't know if this is an ideal match or not.
My blood will dry worrying about her if she marries into the royal family.
Your Majesty.
This marriage cannot happen.
You're dishonourable.
Even though you know I am Grand Prince Eun Seong's person. Why are you doing this every time?
As a brother, I can't approve of this marriage
I have already met the Queen Dowager.
The woman I love is to become my sister-in-law.
Is that even possible?
How can you let your personal greed get in the way of your brother?
I'm warning you in good faith. This marriage cannot happen.
Man cannot stop the work of heaven.
Grand Prince Eun Song and I are fated. No matter how much you hate it, you can't end that connection.
You will see.
the power of a person who overcomes the heaven's wait.
If you give up first.
Then Hui won't have to get hurt.
I saw Nageyom at the Queen's quarters.
Do not forget. You are a lady's husband now.
If you want to get married to the Chief Scholar's daughter, take the throne.
How many times do I have to tell you.
I do not want the throne.
You aren't really rising to the throne. Until the king's illness gets better,
until the baby prince can rise to the throne, I'm asking you to block the petitions of the courtiers.
I don't have a reason to do it.
Are you going to manipulate the rule of the royal succession for short term gain?
You are the Prince! You have to be able to die for the King's family.
I would rather put my life on the line.
If you don't accept the responsibility you have no right to marry as you will.
Mother!
Your Highness, the person that the Queen Dowager is planning on installing to the throne is Grand Prince Eun Seong.
Did you know that mother wanted Eun Soeng to be the crown prince and not me?
The Queen Mother is taking the Royal Court into a precipice.
Don't worry. If Hwi is gone, that can't possibly happen.
Do you have a plan?
Don't interfere with anything, Nephew.
If you get involved now you can become a casualty of the brother to brother conflict.
Are you telling me to just sit and do nothing?
Blood should only get on my hands.
Now do you get it? The Queen Dowager is not your mother.
That woman is someone who forsakes her eldest son and other children to protect her grandson. She's just a politician.
I must ask her at least once.
What her true feeling is,
whether she even considers me her son.
Your uncle is the only one there for you.
If it's for you, Prince,
I can even put my life on the line.
Since you are preoccupied with selection of crown prince when the King is ill and we are in the middle of conflict,
I've decide to select a King's brother as crown prince.
That can't happen, Queen Shim.
What do you mean appointing a saeja when we have wonja in place?
Should we not discuss this when the King has fully recovered?
The King has agreed with this.
I will advise the Royal Secretary and set the date for the installing of crown prince.
We can resolve the national emergency once Grand Prince Jin Yang is able to represent us.
What do you mean Grand Prince Jin Yang?
Did you not say you will appoint a King's brother as crown prince?
The Saejae King and I have decided on is not Grand Prince Jin Yang but Grand Prince Eun Seong.
This is not acceptable no matter what happens.
Grand Prince is the older one. How can the third brother take his place?
That is not possible.
All of our people will not accept it, not to mention your ministers.
Please withdraw the order.
Since the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty,
this is not the first time the younger brother became a crown prince over his older brothers.
The rule of appointing the eldest has not been strictly adhered to.
On what basis are you making our arguments?
The younger prince of Soo Dynasty and Tang Dynasty were appointed as Crown Prince.
To obtain approval from China, we need a crown prince who is learned and accomplished,
Grand Prince Eun Seong is already recognized as such and better suited.
The King has already decided. I will hear no more.
This is not possible, your majesty.
We cannot shake the fundamental rule of royal succession.
Please accept the regulation accordingly.
You are speaking nonsense.
You were arguing to break the rule all along and now you've changed your mind.
It makes sense to go back to the way it was in the first place.
Please withdraw your order, your Majesty.
This will shake the foundation of the nation.
Please withdraw the order.
Please call my name.
Your Majesty, Grand Prince Yang An is here.
What brings you here?
I am here to speak on the national matter on behalf of all royal family members.
If it's about the selection of Saejae, the King has already made his decision.
Actually, I am here to speak about mobilizing the troops.
Since it will be difficult for the elderly Minister of Left to go to the front line,
I would like to volunteer to go instead.
You are volunteering yourself?
Those who have a lot to project could be scared of death.
Minister, you are out of line
But, I am different.
Without a way to be of service,
I've been wandering all of my life. This is an honor and a pleasure.
Could the King be able to recover knowing that his brother is at the front line?
Please leave it to the subordinates.
If the royal family member doesn't show by example
what subordinates would respect the royal family and why would people follow?
We've called for military from all parts of the country but it's been slow in coming.
If we don't send troops from the capital, people will continue to suffer.
If we don't have anyone more suitable,
the royal family will have no choice but to serve.
Since Left Minister's son has had a great deal of experience from having served with his father,
please appoint him as my officer.
The newly appointed Saejae will need to demonstrate his ability,
and prove that he has what it takes to carry out his new responsibility.
Isn't Grand Prince Jin Yang more capable in military pursuits?
That's why I thought of taking Grand Prince Jin Yang at first.
However, the one who will take on the full responsibilities of the royal family will be Eun Seong.
What should we do with Grand Prince Yang Ahn?
That horrible man is cornering my child.
Rather, it could be a plan to buy more time.
He is wanting the prince to give his service prior to being appointed as Saejae.
During that time, don't you think the debate about the next king will cool down?
In that time, war will be suppressed.
When the king recovers from his illness,
then, there is no more need to install the king's brother to the throne.
The current baby prince will continue to grow quickly.
and the succession will unfold as you wish.
Their provocation could be a great move for us.
Eun Sung... Hwi could be put in danger.
You know who Kim Kwan is.
He is the son of Kim Chu also known as Big Tiger, and the brother of the Grand Prince.
Royalty should not be placed on the front line.
With Kim Kwan, Hwi will be protected at all costs?
Kim Kwan will risk his life to protect Hwi.
Queen Dowager wants to install you to the throne
All of the courtiers are making a big deal and opposing it.
Then, Grand Prince Yang Ahn suddenly appeared and said he'd take you to the northern regions.
It was such a big deal.
What's the matter?
Am I truly your son?
Why are you like this to me?
What are you so greedy for?
Greed? It's something I obviously must have.
Isn't a child supposed to be raised in their parents' embrace?
You treated your own blood as if I was something terrible to the king because I'd get in his way. You sent me out of the palace.
Now, you're ignoring the right and fair way of succession.
You're making the youngest brother inherit the throne?
Am I not your son, Mother?
I also do not think that installing a king's brother to the throne is proper.
Since there's already a baby prince who will be a crown prince, it is right to wait.
If you feel the same as me, can you help me?
Would you help me?
To defeat the appeals of the courtiers who are swarming around like bees
by lessening their annoyance, and putting the affairs of the nation back on track.
What do I lack?
I am healthier than the king and older than Hwi.
The barbarians from the north and the Japanese raiders from the south!
I am confident enough to have them kneel at my feet.
Am I lacking in terms of my studies? Am I not eloquent enough?
Why can't it be me?
Because of your greed. Rather than the country's affairs, the royal family, and your brothers,
It is because of your greed that puts you first before others.
Do you believe a king's role is an honor? It requires endless sacrifices, devotion, and patience.
It is where one reigns over all species.
I had forgotten. You act like you are nice and not greedy.
You ended up stabbing me in the back.
You end up with everything.
You're a greedy, ferocious fellow.
If you hadn't raised this debate about the installation of the king's brother,
this wouldn't have occurred.
Your useless greed has caused great trouble to the royal family.
Do you really want to blame another person right now?
You ended up winning the throne.
Aren't you thankful towards me?
I'm different from you. It's not what I wanted!
Then, throw it away. You stay out of it. This isn't a decision for you to be a part of.
If you get greedy, it causes me to get caught up in it.
You should throw away your greed.
If we wrongly become greedy, it's just one single moment that labels us as a traitor.
Please come to your senses!
Mother. Could you retract your order?
If this happens, I'll end up being estranged even more from my brother.
We are a family before we are royalty.
Do you want to see your family members hating each other and being hostile?
Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty had her son locked up.
Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty killed her sons in order.
They say for a royal family to raise the children as if they are enemies.
In front of power, parents, children, and siblings
fight against each other for life and death.
I cannot just live as a mother.
I cry bitter tears every night.
But, when the sun rises, I wipe my pillowcase that is wet from tears
since my fate is one where I could be forced to throw away my own child.
That is the responsibility of someone who marries into the royal family.
Stop talking about having a carefree love, and accept your fate.
Like how being born as a grand prince was not your choice,
the royal family's orders are not where you get to make a choice.
Since I was not a crown prince, but a grand prince,
I was to live quietly.
But, now, since I was born as a grand prince,
are you telling me to get caught up in the all of the trouble?
Your fate is owned by the nation.
Even your life, that's not yours.
Mother does not want to give the role of the successor
to me or anyone else.
But, she is planning on giving that role to Hwi, who is an easy boy.
I'm going to take Eun Seong to the battlefield.
If he is an existence that endangers your future,
we must get rid of him. Even if he is your younger brother.
Even fathers and sons cannot share power.
Would that be any more different between siblings?
Uncle, you are in danger now, too.
How can you volunteer for such hardship on my behalf?
It's not for your sake.
It's for my dream. It's for you to sit on that red throne
and rule over the sky and the earth!
I have promised you a throne soon.
even if I have to give up my life.
I will make that dream come true.
Who are you getting married to? Grand Prince Eun Sung?
The king's youngest brother, the one I like?
It's true.
Are you really my friend?
I said that I'd get married to him because I liked him.
I liked him first.
When? You never said a word all this time about it.
Well, I didn't know he was Grand Prince Eun Sung.
This doesn't make sense. You can't do this!
How dare you take my man from me?
Don't get married to him.
You can't! I'm not going to let you!
Gosh.
Seol Hwa. Seol Hwa! If you go like this...
Don't cry, Seol Hwa.
I'm sorry that I didn't tell you sooner.
I had a reason for that.
It must've been funny to you.
When I was excited and talked about him, not knowing anything,
you must've been sneering at me internally.
- It's not like that. - Choose.
Your friend or a man?
This isn't the time for that.
Why not?
If you know that I like him and get married to him,
it's the end of our friendship.
Hey. Have you ever seen the grand prince's face?
Have you talked to him before? Have you ever made a promise?
Why are you treating him like your man?
What about you? Have you ever dated the grand prince?
Is he not a strange to both of us?
Honestly, if you and I were standing side by side and asked him to choose,
who would he choose?
We are both in a deep love.
We met by coincidence when I didn't know he was the grand prince, and our passion grew deeper.
It's not the time for you to get between us.
They say that the quiet cat gets to the top of the wood-burning stove first.
No, you weren't even quiet.
You went up there so directly.
Relax. Also, congratulate me as a friend.
You like to be congratulated.
This is the end for you and me.
Seol Hwa left. How do I clear up the misunderstanding?
For stopping her from becoming a young widow,
She could be thankful.
You should stop pursuing the marriage plan with him.
What kind of marriage would it be if you get married to someone who could die?
What does that mean?
I'm talking about Prince Eun Seong.
He's going to the north to fight the barbarians.
He can't promise to come back alive can he?
I am telling you all of this for your sake.
Even if it's a royal marriage, if you're not careful, you could die a virgin.
I would think about it again if I were you.
Are you sure about that?
Prince Eun Seong is going into the battlefield?
He didn't tell you anything?
Why are you asking me to do something so dangerous?
Because I trust you.
What would you do if I become greedy?
What if I ignore your order,
and covet my nephew's throne?
I already know. You don't have greed for authority, but
you have greed for happiness. For you, one flower or one bug that is ignored and stepped on
can't be ignored. You have a gentle heart.
I already know you are someone who can't cause harm towards others.
I can't do that.
Even if it is to protect the throne of the royal family,
I cannot accept your order.
Hwi.
However, I will go out to the battlefield.
I refuse authority, but I will accept the task given to me.
To not ignore the suffering of our people,
is the responsibility of the royal family and grand prince.
Please welcome me back well and strong,
when I come back to see you.
Are you leaving already?
Is it true?
That Grand Prince Eun Seong has been deployed?
Did you not know until now?
He volunteered himself.
As an act of someone who's about to marry,
He's very different from others, right?
You were nothing to him.
That you're his fated lover,
that's a terrible fate indeed.
Lady.
Is there something wrong?
You deceived me again, Prince.
I heard you are going to the battlefield.
The troop facing the Jurchens,
can't farm or raise animals,
but only engage in a war that kills and captures.
Lady.
I heard that they scalp and take the brains.
All I've heard was how scary and violent those people are
this whole day.
Who is it? Who has made you tremble with fear like this?
It's you.
At first, you didn't tell me who you are.
Then, you asked me to become your wife.
And behind my back, were you planning to leave me and go to the battlefield?
- It's not like that. - Then are you not going?
Are you not going out to war?!
I completely understand.
I have come to fully understand how insignificant I am to you, Prince.
Lady!
She must have already heard from someone else.
She should have heard it from you first.
My lady!
Am I really nothing to you?
It's not like that!
Will you not go if I tell you not to?
Then, marry me first before you go.
I will wait as your wife.
Let's get married when I return.
I will bring you a gift of victory.
I am saying this because you may not be able to return.
Then just don't go!
I will make sure to come back alive.
My life is yours.
I will not forget that you are waiting for me even for a second.
I can't tell you not to go or ask you to marry me first.
Why aren't you listening to any of my requests?
I only wanted to live as your man.
But, before I was Lee Hwi, your man,
I was this country's grand prince, Eun Seong.
If I were to decline my duty and run to you,
I could not live my life with pride.
Please wait for me until I finish my duty and come back.
What you have to do, even more important than winning over the Jurchens,
is to protect Grand Prince Eun Seong.
He is the only one who can stop the poison of Grand Prince Jin Yang.
I ask of you, brother. Prince Eun Seong must be alive
for us to live.
Don't worry, your Majesty.
Who am I? I'm the son of the man who had the Jurchens shaking in fear for many years.
The border region is my play area.
I will do everything to make sure Prince Eun Seong is safe.
Please forgive your sister. I have to protect my child first.
So I make this request and send you to the battlefield.
You want me to go into the battlefield?
Why me? I'm not a soldier.
I am a student at Sungyunggwan without a title.
Then, do you want me to go?
Father, you can't go either!
Why are you hitting my son?!
Why are you doing this, seriously?!
Even the royal family members are signing up.
There are two men in this family
and at least one of us must sign up.
Father, is the family reputation more important than life?
For the Chief Scholar, it's more important than life.
If it wasn't for the King's illness, I would have gone myself.
I cannot go even if I want to just in case,
something happens in my absence.
No one can go!
To me the life of my family is more important than the family repuation.
Without my approval, no one in this family can go!
Aigoo.
Is this the place you wanted to visit with me?
There's something I need to do with you here.
Tell me all of what you want.
I want to ride a horse. Like before... Together with Your Highness.
Anything else?
I, Seong Ja Hyeon, with this country's grand prince...
I, Seong Ja Hyeon, meet my fated husband, Lee Hwi, and until this life is over-
After this life is over, even after our next lives,
I, Lee Hwi, meet Seong Ja Hyeon as my wife.
I swear to love and treasure her with all of my heart.
I swear in front of Buddha.
The world doesn't know that we are now married.
Even though I am leaving you right now, after I return, I will not be separated from you for a second.
When the sun rises and sets, when the moon is there or hidden behind clouds,
even when it rains or it is windy, I will be by your side.
We'll eat three meals of a day together.
We'll drink good tea together and learn how to drink.
When the flowers bloom, we'll look at them together. When things freeze, we'll slide on the ice.
Whether it be happy or sad events, we will do it together.
Don't forget that I'll be waiting for you.
♫ My tears are not coming out ♫
♫ I cannot even laugh ♫
♫ My loneliness has piled up ♫
♫ Everything has been broken ♫
♫ I try to fix it ♫
♫ I can't do anything ♫
♫ Because of you, it has rusted ♫
♫ What do I do with myself? ♫. [Goddess of Mercy Temple]
It is okay. It is dirty.
♫ It's because my chest feels tight ♫
♫ I feel frustrated because my chest feels tight ♫
♫ No matter how much I hit until I get bruised, ♫
♫ You spread across my heart ♫
♫ Love is so mean ♫
♫ Why do you keep shaking up my heart? ♫
♫ As much as it is sad, this mean love ♫
♫ You don't know it yet ♫
You startled me!
Kkeut Dan.
What? Are you hungry?
Do you need a late-night snack? Or, water?
Do you know that I'm leaving tomorrow?
Yes, I do. You'll be on the military expedition.
Since I thought that I wouldn't see you again after leaving like this, I'm going to gather my courage and-
Why wouldn't we see each other again?
It's a military expedition. A battlefield. Do you know how brutal the barbarians are?
I could die.
Young Master, you won't die.
Right since I am brave and strong so I won't die easily right?
But still, you never know in a war.
- Young Master. - Yes?
You know, you're a scary cat and a coward.
Don't go near the front line of the battle.
If you hide in the back, you'll be safe.
You really have the wrong idea about me.
I am really brave.
If you go forward recklessly, you can be harmed,
just make yourself scarce and quite and then come back.
Anyway, since this is my last night, there are things I wanted to tell you.
Oh, you'll have to leave at early in the morning. Please hurry and sleep.
If you're to travel a long way, you have to get good sleep.
I haven't finished talking!
Here, you can give it to me. I'll help.
No, I'm going to do it with my own hands.
Then, you can't finish it today. Tomorrow's when he leaves.
Are you going to make him wear half of that?
Stitch by stitch, I have to add the prayer for grand prince's safe return.
I can do that, too.
It's not as earnest if I don't do it.
I thought I'd perhaps see you when the soldiers were dispatched.
This is Grandfather's sword.
It's a treasure that was handed down to me.
I want to give this to you, since you'll be on the battlefield.
This sword will protect you.
I hope you'll take care of the king and our mother.
Also...
our young nephew.
Hyung, believe me. I'll come back safely.
I would've gone.
I know.
Do you not harbor any resentment?
It's not any more than the worry I'd have after sending you.
That's what family is.
Had we not been born into a royal family,
we would've had a pretty good relationship as brothers.
We can still be on good terms right now.
As long as you don't have useless greed.
Which household are you from?
I am from the household of Grand Prince Yang An.
I'm from the Chief Scholar's household.
♫ If I just keep walking like this endlessly ♫
♫ It feels like I'll be able to see you ♫
♫ So I keep walking till shadows disappear, one, two, three, ♫
Grand Prince: Drawing Love ♫ As I keep walking, I meet the moon ♫
Who are you?
Are you a spy from Jurchens or an escapee who betrayed his brothers?
I think Eun Seong is hiding a girl.
There is a woman?
Everything is my fault.
I will take any punishment coming to me.
When does a woman lose her heart to a man?
Don't lose one and only daughter to a place she could not be saved from.
You want to negotiate with the Jurchens?
Then, will you go?
♫ No matter what I blame ♫
♫ But wherever I look, it’s only painful roads for me ♫
Grand Prince: Drawing Love