(This drama is for ages 19 and up.)
(All people, incidents, and backgrounds...)
(in this drama are fictitious and unrelated to reality.)
(Also, animals were filmed under production guidelines.)
(28 years ago)
This is His Majesty's order.
Today's winner,
regardless of his background, age, or social status,
will obtain important positions in the country.
General.
My gosh.
It is the final.
You go first. I will make the rules.
What rules do you want to make?
It is not fun if the king always stays in the palace, is it?
You want to allow the king to go outside the palace?
Let us do that.
Why did you not sacrifice the soldier?
If I hide the king...
and sacrifice the people only, you cannot say I have truly won.
General.
Checkmate.
Your Highness.
I withdraw.
Where are you going?
(6 years ago in Jwamulchon, Amnokgok, West Goguryeo)
It is impossible.
The five tribes appoint the prime minister...
through a Jega Conference according to the law of Goguryeo.
How can you give that position...
to a man who used to farm in a place like Jwamulchon?
Moreover, is he not the descendent...
of the royal family of Juna...
that perished by your grandfather?
He might be holding grudges against you.
- We cannot accept it, Your Majesty! - We cannot accept it, Your Majesty!
We cannot...
From now on, Eul Pa So's will is my will.
Those who do not obey...
shall have their clans killed.
My job is to protect the people with a sword.
And your job is to enrich people with a writing brush.
If the day comes when a sword, not a brush,
is in your hand,
I will tear you into pieces and kill you.
(Queen Woo)
(Episode 3)
We have captured everyone...
who entered the King's bedroom, just as you commanded.
What have you done?
Secrets are kept...
when there are only a few mouths to speak.
All I did was leave only a few mouths.
Now,
there are only five people...
who know about this in the palace.
Let me take care of it.
Did you feel it?
I would bet my wrist that those scumbags are not farmers.
Let us just kill them all.
No. It might shock Her Highness.
Let us take care of it quietly.
Hey.
I am Mo Chi.
Yu Ha, hurry up.
"Yu Ha."
"Yu Ha" is a nice name.
Are you Yu Ha?
"Yu Ha."
Let us take a look around.
I want to hear about my destiny.
Even with the sun,
your star is shining brightly.
No. There is no way.
No.
What is the matter?
It is nothing. I thought someone was coming.
Hurry up. Her Highness is in danger.
Just one drop...
His Majesty died because of you.
I said only one drop was enough.
Your Highness.
They are assassins! Protect Her Highness!
They are the farmers from earlier.
Do you know who sent the assassins?
I do not know who it is,
but it seems they know the King has died,
considering that they tried to kill you.
What would you like to do?
Get ready to leave.
What is it?
There are no traces of a poison needle...
or any signs of corrosive poison affecting his throat.
However, even though it has been only an hour since he passed away,
the blood in his heart seems to have completely clotted...
as nothing came out on the cloth.
It appears that he ingested a fast-acting poison...
that caused his heart to stop.
My lord.
It is not me.
There are people in the palace who handle medicine other than me,
such as shamans.
Shamans?
Find out what kind of poison was used.
Yes, my lord.
(Third Prince Bal Gi's fief)
- Let us go! - Go!
Yu Ha.
It must have been your first time to kill a person.
Some people say this.
Do you remember the person you killed earlier?
When you think about his face,
his spirit will keep following you.
Keep going if you want to die.
I am serious.
We have just entered his land.
Slow down.
They are the White Tigers.
Nothing will happen as long as we do not make eye contact.
What is going on?
Well, the thing is...
Did they do this?
They are wearing the garments people around this area wear.
I think it was the Third Prince who did this.
There was a child.
Six years old, probably.
The child killed his nanny's child.
Because he wanted to become the only one...
who could be fed by her.
But the child...
was not punished.
Because he was born as a prince.
They were burned to death and their necks were severed.
He must have accused them of being traitors to kill them.
No way.
How could ordinary people like them have attempted treason?
The truth was not important.
What mattered to him was to make people fear him.
When the child turned 15,
he coveted his subject's woman and massacred his entire family.
He did not exactly want her.
He just wanted to let them know.
That he...
was a prince.
(Hwaninsoo, Third Prince Bal Gi's palace)
- Oh, my. - Gosh.
- You. - Yes?
Who do you think will become the next king when the King passes away?
It is you, Your Highness.
You must want me to become a traitor.
No, that is not true. Please spare my life.
That was not my intention. Please do not kill me.
Get up.
Pardon?
Do not worry.
Good grief! Dear!
The rope must be in your father's way! Do something!
Cut it!
Do not cut it! No!
Stop!
Father...
If that was how he drowns,
you should have stabbed me instead!
Had one of you killed me, everyone would have lived.
How boring.
- Please spare his life! - No, do not kill me!
- Please have mercy on him! - Do not...
Do not help him out!
Are you simply going to watch?
Stop him, will you?
No matter how bored he is,
- how can he go that far? - Please do not kill me.
You are to answer me this time.
Who will take the throne next when the King passes away?
I...
I do not know.
Please have mercy.
You do not know?
Does that mean...
I cannot become the King?
No.
Please do not kill me!
Please spare my life! I beg you!
No, please do not...
Father!
Father...
- Please have mercy on us. - Please do not kill us.
- Please have mercy. - Please have mercy.
Father!
Your Highness!
If it is not of importance, I will kill you.
The Queen is here.
The Queen came at this hour?
The glass was empty.
No poison was found in the food.
Are you certain?
If you are lying, all your limbs will be cut off.
There were some toxic medicinal herbs.
I fed it to a chicken.
What could make...
the heart's blood coagulate and lead to death...
without burning the esophagus...
(The lily of the valley coagulates the heart and blood.)
was only the lily of the valley.
- However... - What is it?
The country...
manages the flowers.
Are you implying someone in the palace prepared it?
The culprit would have hidden...
the rest of the lily of the valley in case they failed.
Mil Woo.
Search the rooms of those who visited...
His Majesty's chamber with the soldiers.
Follow me.
To use poison, they should have been near His Majesty.
The culprit must be one of His Majesty's servants.
Though it is only my assumption.
After all, that man Woo Do tried to kill everyone.
A mere royal maid would not have dared to poison His Majesty.
Had she done it,
she would not have known it was poison.
Let us find the one who gave it to the maids.
Those who come to see me want their fate to be read.
For what did you come here for?
Tell me about the medicines you use.
I only have an elixir that helps with rejuvenation...
and a potion that makes you feel love.
Do you have any medicine that can kill a person?
No.
Both medicines can be taken by my clients themselves.
They cannot kill a person.
I thought you came because of His Majesty.
The light of Jamwiseong has disappeared.
Did...
something happen to His Majesty?
The night sky is cloudy.
Look for the Jamwiseong light once it clears up.
Sungtaeseong protecting Jamwiseong has also become faint.
One of the three stars of Sungtaeseong is yours.
Please be careful.
The middle star of Sungtaeseong is Her Majesty's.
But I do not know who the last one belongs to.
Have you called for me?
Find out what is happening in the King's and Queen's Palaces.
Do it discreetly. Make sure no one finds out.
Even if the enemy takes you hostage...
and tries to take Goguryeo from me,
I will not waver.
So if you get captured by an enemy,
use that to take your life...
or kill the enemy.
Everything is ready.
The Third Prince is here.
Welcome, Sister-in-law. It has been a while.
I heard my brother returned.
But due to the order to guard this place,
I could not visit him.
Take a seat.
How impressive...
for the Queen of this country to leave the palace at night.
Oh, right.
Is it because you are from the northern region?
You would not have come alone at this hour.
By any chance,
is His Majesty...
His Majesty...
is at the palace.
I stopped by to rest...
on my way to the north under His Majesty's order.
Am I causing an inconvenience?
Inconvenience? No. You are welcome here.
Why are you heading to the north?
Myeong Rim Eo Ru said something rude to me.
Unable to overlook it,
His Majesty wants to take his army.
Is that so?
However, His Majesty is slightly indisposed due to an injury.
I came in his stead.
So you came alone, yes?
I have something to ask you, Third Prince.
His Majesty wants me to do as he did...
to the Crown Prince to Myeong Rim Eo Ru if he disobeys.
But I have not witnessed it.
Can you tell me...
what His Majesty did to the Crown Prince?
A traitor...
gets punished by ripping their limbs off.
Unable to kill his brother, His Majesty...
settled the matter by cutting off his nose.
What did Myeong Rim Eo Ru say...
to make my brother furious?
I was to be dethroned...
for not giving birth.
I was simply disgusted at first.
But it got me curious.
If His Majesty passes away,
who will become the next king?
- It would be the Third... - Chang Heon!
How dare you run your mouth before her?
That is...
for His Majesty...
to decide.
You are right.
Make yourself at home. I shall leave now.
Her Highness wants to see you.
Why did you lie?
Head Maid, are you there?
- Yes, Your Highness. - Prepare to leave.
I will marry...
a different prince.
What do you mean? Father said...
Your Highness,
are you sure about going to a different prince now?
Then you might not make it to the palace...
before the Jega Conference.
Why do you not return to the palace with the third prince...
as Prime Minister Eul said?
Did you see...
what happens when a man like him is given the power?
I cannot let the man like him take the throne.
Will you help me?
However,
if you do not return on time,
- your safety... - I asked if you would help me.
(The Hours of the Dog, 19 to 21pm)
Do you think it is the same as those who poisoned His Majesty?
What happens if anything happens to Her Highness...
and the levirate marriage cannot be achieved?
The Crown Prince can claim his right to the throne...
The family that is connected to the Crown Prince by marriage...
is the one that received this letter.
(Gumnal Cave, Crown Prince Pae Eui's fief)
(Mt. Gumryeong, the Northern Queen Family's palace)
They missed the Queen.
Please. Please stop.
That is not true.
That cannot be true.
Are you going to let your sister have it again?
You were supposed to be the Queen.
Please.
Are you just going to watch your sister...
become the Queen again?
It is your fault.
It is all because of the potion you gave me.
I said one drop was enough.
Right.
You are right.
It is my fault.
So I must help Woo Hui become the Queen again.
Then I will...
I have seen it. You becoming the Queen.
There is another way.
Hae Dae Bu who was originally a royal family...
has a prince who is not married yet.
If...
she marries him...
Oh, be quiet.
Oh, do you...
really think that way?
What the? Has she lost it?
What is the matter?
Did you not hear what that wench said?
That is what I said to the people!
Are you saying the Queen...
is trying to frame you as a traitor?
She was lying about going after Myeong Rim Eo Ru.
It is me my brother is trying to kill.
Yes.
The Daemodal of Wangdang is here too.
That wench is only here to test me.
I am sure my brother is here in person.
Find out where the soldiers and Wangdang are.
If I kneel before him first, he will forgive me.
Now!
(Biryusoo, Western Hae Family's fief)
- Yes. - Go.
Have you heard from the hidden one yet?
Should I gather the soldiers first?
Do you know a woman named Woo Soon?
She is the Queen's sister who works as the Head Maid.
That woman said...
the King is dead.
Was that done by the man...
we hid?
I am not sure.
However, Woo Soon said...
the Queen went to Hwaninsoo...
to marry Bal Gi,
However, she changed her mind...
and decided to marry a different brother.
If we let her marry the Hae Family,
she promised to hand the Queen over.
I think the Woo Family is...
trying to be the Queen Family again.
Or it may be a trap.
However, if it is true,
it will be a chance to retrieve the throne from the Go Family.
Because you have always been a coward,
we lost the throne to the Go Family...
and had to stay low.
When the King's death spreads,
Myeong Rim Eo Ru will summon the Crown Prince who was expelled...
and try to become the Queen Family.
Then it will only be harder for us to retrieve the throne.
Dae Bu, what will you do?
I shall seize the Queen.
Yeo Mul, tell Bal Gi what happened.
Let him go after the Queen.
When this is over, we will frame him a traitor...
and retrieve the throne.
What should I tell Woo Soon?
If we leave now, the third prince will find it suspicious.
If he finds out His Majesty has passed away...
He will not dare come in here until the morning comes.
Go open the gates first.
What is the matter?
Where is the Head Maid?
The Head Maid...
Here she is.
I am sorry. I had to avoid drawing attention.
There is no time. Prepare to leave now.
Have you found the Wangdang yet?
The western region sent their secretary.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Wi Yeo Mul.
Search thoroughly.
- Yes. - Yes.
Your Highness, I think we managed to fool them.
However, when the sun rises, the third prince will find out.
We must rush.
We have checked thoroughly,
but no Wangdang soldiers were found.
It seems the Queen has chosen a different prince.
And why are you telling me this?
There is only one thing my authority wants.
For the Go Family and the Hae Family...
to share Goguryeo's throne like the old days.
If you promise him that,
he will help you sit on the throne willingly.
Do you believe that my brother has passed away?
What if it is not true?
Then the Queen would not have left like that.
If those with troops consisting of northern region slaves help you,
the throne will be yours.
However,
if the Queen chooses one of my younger brothers,
it will be complex.
Chang Heon.
Summon the White Tigers.
I heard there was something to catch.
What kind of animal is it?
Noe Eum.
When was the last time you hunted humans?
(Work by Director Jeong Se Gyo)
(All people, names, titles, incidents, )
(and episodes are partially fictional.)
(Even if any are related to reality, it is by coincidence.)