Hey.
I apologize.
Master. I beg of you.
Please do not get in the way of my clan.
Bang Won.
I beg of you.
If you cannot accept what I must do,
then please leave Gaegyeong for the time being.
If you spend time reading in nature,
it will all be over!
Please do that for me.
Master, please.
Do not reject my plea.
I do not wish to cut down your noble and benevolent nature.
Please do as I say.
(Episode 7)
I beg of you!
Master.
Master!
I am sorry.
That is all I can say to you.
Please overcome your sorrow well.
And stay healthy.
Master.
Yes.
Here he comes.
Welcome, master.
Yes. Have you been doing well?
- Let us go inside. - Sure.
I appoint Lee Saek as Great Lord of Hansan...
and Jeong Mong Ju as Chancellor of the State Chancellery.
And I nominate Lee Seong Gye as Supreme General.
- It is our honor, Your Majesty. - It is our honor, Your Majesty.
Since many of my royal subjects are back with me,
I could not be happier.
With the Chancellor of the State Chancellery in charge,
please run the country wisely.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Also, Supreme General Lee.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Crown Prince is coming back from Ming.
Please go to Hwangju and welcome the Crown Prince.
What do you think?
Yes, Your Majesty. I will do as you command.
Yes. Please do.
Do so with the utmost loyalty.
I am the one...
who suggested sending you there.
Please let go of the great work.
This is my last warning to you.
The Emperor of Ming already acknowledged...
the Crown Prince as the next king of Goryeo.
So, if there is anyone who covets the throne,
that person must deal with the wrath of the emperor as well.
Do you understand what I mean?
General.
Master Poeun, this is Goryeo.
The Emperor of Ming cannot stop everyone with his power.
General, I am telling you this because I worry about you.
I do not wish to hurt you.
Master Poeun.
Neither of us is afraid of death.
The only thing we do fear is that we do not get to achieve...
what is in our hearts.
General.
I will be going.
I will go and welcome the Crown Prince.
Are you not going to shoot the arrow?
There is nothing to shoot at.
There is an empty target.
I cannot shoot at that.
Why?
That is...
Jeong Mong Ju.
If I shoot at it, Seong Gye will kill me.
My goodness.
What?
- Seong Gye. - Seong Gye.
I heard you were going to welcome the Crown Prince.
I came here to take you with me. Let us go together.
After we welcome him, let us go hunting. It has been a while.
- Hunting? - Do you really mean it?
Yes. Let us go.
- Yes. - Go.
Ji Ran, let us go.
(Seoneui Gate)
He just left the city with his troops.
Is there something bothering you?
No, there is not.
Please tell me. What is on your mind?
It is nothing. I am just controlling my mind.
I feel that an unavoidable battle is about to come.
I am bracing myself for that.
We need to kill Jeong Mong Ju soon.
Without Jeong Mong Ju, the rest will scatter on their own.
Just like leaves scattering in the wind, they will scatter.
I can see why she is gritting her teeth.
Lady Han has died.
So, when the great work is done,
she will become the queen.
That is why she is so eager.
You must stay alert.
She is not to be taken lightly.
You can see it...
from how she had her youngest son, Bang Seok, get married.
She made the older son, Bang Beon, marry into the royal family of Goryeo.
However, she chose a commoner for Bang Seok.
What do you think she meant by doing that?
It means that she will not maintain a relationship with Goryeo anymore.
I see. She is preparing for the future.
Yes.
That is why I tell you to stay alert.
Yes, Mother. I will be sure to do so.
How is your husband doing?
He is doing fine.
I am sending him what he needs with a letter...
once every few days.
Are you sending them through someone you trust?
Yes. He is from our family.
(Lee Hwa Sang, Lee Ji Ran's son)
(A government office in Hwangju)
You have been through so much, Your Highness.
You have also been through much.
Thank you so much for welcoming me all the way to Hwangju.
It is my honor.
Even though I have become the crown prince,
my father is still in great shape.
So, it will be in the far future...
for me to ascend to the throne.
I hope you are alive until then...
to support me.
I will be sure to do so.
Thank you.
Now,
let us drink.
What is the Crown Prince saying?
He meant that he should not get any ideas...
and live as a loyal subject for the rest of his life, did he not?
Yes, that is what he meant.
My goodness.
That Crown Prince is blatantly looking down on our brother too.
Gosh, darn it.
I am so angry, it is driving me mad!
Hold it in, Ji Ran.
Even Seong Gye is holding it in.
Thank you.
This is all because of that Jeong Mong Ju.
If it were not for him, our great work would already be complete.
Then he would not have to suffer through such humiliation.
Darn it.
Please return safely, Your Highness.
When you arrive at Gaegyeong,
civil and military officials will be waiting for you...
in front of Seoneui Gate, Your Highness.
Okay. Good job. I will see you later.
I thought you would be happy like children,
so why are you so down?
Tell me. What is it?
No, it is nothing.
Tell me.
How long will you leave Jeong Mong Ju like that?
Are you talking about that again?
Seong Gye, we cannot leave him like that any longer.
That is enough.
Seong Gye, please take into consideration our feelings too!
You should take my feelings into consideration as well.
I do not know about anyone else,
but I know that you can do that for me.
You guys are my brothers.
You went hunting and to war right beside me.
But if you still cannot understand me,
who in this world can understand me?
If you do not wish to go hunting, you can return.
- Let us start. - Yes, sir.
- Seong Gye! - Seong Gye!
(A tavern in Byukrando)
Seong Gye!
- Goodness. - Give us your biggest room! Hurry!
- Yes, sir. - Hurry!
Seong Gye!
Make sure that nobody comes in here. Understood?
- Yes, sir. You guys, over there. - Yes, sir!
- You guys, over here. - Yes, sir.
Seong Gye!
Please, wake up!
Seong Gye!
What should we do, Ji Ran?
I do not know either. What should we do about this?
Okay. I will call a doctor to check on him first.
Also, we should tell his wife...
and his children.
His family should know.
Yes, you are right.
Hurry up and send someone to tell them.
Okay, Ji Ran. Goodness gracious.
Seong Gye.
Please wake up.
You cannot die here.
If you die here, we will all die as well.
We will be massacred.
Seong Gye.
Dear ancestors!
Please save Seong Gye!
Please, dear ancestors.
Please save Seong Gye.
Please.
Do you really think that?
Yes.
I believe that Lord Lee Seong Gye...
is leaning towards your husband.
How are you so sure?
Looking back, it was obvious.
Last time, he put aside all his brothers...
and acknowledged him as the representative of the household.
This time, he made him represent the family...
and hold the three-year memorial ritual.
What do you think all of that means?
I am certain that this is all a part of his plan...
to make him his successor.
Do you think so?
I would want nothing more than that.
Just wait. I know I am right.
Bang Won just needs to...
finish the three-year memorial ritual.
No matter what happens,
he must not go against what Lord Lee Seong Gye wants.
As long as he does not do that,
he need not worry about anything else.
Yes, Father. I will keep that in mind.
Excuse me.
Someone is outside for you.
- Me? - Yes, madam.
Who would come all the way to my family's home to find me?
It is you.
(Jo Yeong Gyu, Lee Seong Gye's confidant)
I came because I have an urgent message to give to you.
Lord Lee has fallen off his horse.
He is in critical condition.
Make sure that nobody else hears about this.
Okay, hurry up and go.
If something happens in the palace let me know immediately.
- Yes, madam. - What about the rest of the family?
They have already left.
Mother.
Yes, come on in.
How is Father doing?
He is still unconscious.
What did the doctor say?
He said he cannot guarantee anything.
He said his fate is in the hands of the skies.
Bang Gwa, go outside and check on everything.
Nobody must find out...
that the lord has gotten into an accident.
In particular, if Jeong Mong Ju finds out...
something terrible will happen!
Yes, I understand.
My lord, please wake up!
Please, my lord!
Is that true?
Yes, someone who was keeping an eye on Lee Seong Gye...
witnessed the whole thing.
He fell off his horse while he was hunting.
He is in critical condition.
Chancellor,
this is a chance given to us by the skies.
(Master Mogeun Lee Saek, Great Lord of Hansan)
The skies have not abandoned us yet.
We must move quickly.
We must take this opportunity to get rid of...
all of Lee Seong Gye's people.
Yes, if we cut off all of Lee Seong Gye's hands and feet,
we can get him to join our plan soon too.
Please give us your orders, my lord.
Okay.
Prepare a letter of impeachment.
Inspect Jeong Do Jeon...
and gather all of Lee Seong Gye's remaining people.
We must get rid of everyone with that one letter.
Yes, sir.
But what reason should we give to do so?
Jeong Do Jeon is the descendant of a lowly slave,
and he hid his lowly status to gain a high position...
and disgraced the Royal Court.
He was afraid of this truth getting out,
so he conspired to kill...
anyone who knew this.
Jo Jun joined him and became an informant.
Yoon So Jong and the others participated in this plan.
As a result, please strip them all from their titles...
and exile them immediately.
I grant your request.
Your Majesty!
This is slander!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
How could you do this to us?
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
How could you betray us?
Starting with Lord Jo, those who were loyal to Father...
have been dismissed and exiled.
I think they have already heard that Father...
fell from his horse.
That is terrible. What must we do?
He has not yet regained consciousness.
Who can help us now?
You are his brothers.
What must we do?
Can you not think of something?
What should we do?
My lord...
What is it? Do you want one too?
- No. You can eat all you want. - Okay.
Why do you never leave once you come here?
In case you feel lonely.
Am I a nuisance or something?
Can I be honest?
No. I do not wish to hear.
My gosh.
Hang on. Is that not Master Lee?
Bang Won.
What are you doing here?
My mother-in-law sent me.
- My mother? - Yes.
My husband?
Yes. I think we must bring him back.
He must spend three years in the hut to tend to the grave.
That is not what is important right now.
(To mourn for three years)
It is to my husband.
It was the task Father gave him.
Could it be more important to guard the dead than the living?
Even if my husband comes, the situation will not change.
He will be able to change something.
Is he not capable?
Then you should have discussed it with me first.
Are you saying I should have asked for your permission?
I am asking you to discuss such matters.
I can ask that of you.
Lee Seong Gye will have heard of it too.
And he did not react.
He must be gravely ill.
If not,
he could already be dead.
Then we can push even further.
Exiling them was not enough.
We must kill them all so they cannot retaliate.
You are right.
Only then will Lee Seong Gye lose all his will...
and bow to His Majesty.
Do you not agree?
You are right.
As soon as day breaks, I will visit His Majesty...
and ask him to command that the guilty be executed.
It looks like Lee Seong Gye is at death's door.
When the chancellor requests,
I will immediately sign an edict...
for the criminals to be executed.
Yes. You do that, Your Majesty.
(Royal Consort Jeong of the An Clan, King Gongmin's wife)
You must not miss out on this opportunity.
Do not worry, Queen Mother.
I will not miss out.
I waited for this day since I came to the throne.
I will eliminate Lee Seong Gye's allies,
and eventually, I will behead Lee Seong Gye himself.
I will keep Goryeo safe and sound.
(A tavern in Byukrando)
- Welcome. - How is my father?
He is still unconscious.
- My dear. - Father!
It looks bad.
All our allies in court were dismissed.
Is that true?
Yes. After your father fell from his horse,
Jeong Mong Ju sent them all away.
What should we do now?
We must go to Gaegyeong.
To Gaegyeong?
Yes.
But in your father's condition...
We must still go.
We must show them that he is still alive.
If not, they will go even further.
Including Master Sambong,
they will try to kill everyone they exiled.
He is not well enough to move yet.
Look at him.
He is in no state to travel to Gaegyeong.
That is true.
What will you do if he dies on the way?
We must still go!
Even if he dies on the road,
we must go.
What?
(Lee Bang Ui, Lee Seong Gye's third son)
What are you saying?
How dare a son say that?
Then do we just wait for him to die?
If we remain here, our whole family will die.
If our allies in court are all killed,
they will come after us next.
Is that what you want?
Then make up your mind.
Will you all sit and die,
or will you at least struggle to live?
Very well, then.
We shall go.
I think Bang Won is right.
We must go.
Okay, then. We shall go!
Yes. We must hurry.
Yes.
Father.
Halt! What is the matter?
Brothers.
(Outside the Gaegyeong gate)
Father. Halt!
Father, are you awake?
- My lord. - Father.
Where...
are we?
We are outside Gaegyeong.
Father.
I see.
Father. Can you sit up?
You must show the Gaegyeong people that you are well.
Do you understand what I mean?
Stop it. He only just woke up.
Yes. Do not push him.
Father. You must sit up.
Father.
My lord.
Yes.
Is that true?
Yes, your Majesty.
He came back alive.
He sat on a litter...
and passed through the people in the city.
- Your Majesty. - Chancellor.
Lee Seong Gye is back.
It is all over now.
Your Majesty, it is not over yet.
We still have a chance.
Please give the order to punish the criminals severely.
Your Majesty. You do not have to hesitate just because Lee Seong Gye is back.
Even though Lee Seong Gye is alive,
he will not be able to move for a while.
Your Majesty. Please do not be afraid of Lee Seong Gye.
If we can get rid of his subjects,
Lee Seong Gye himself is not a danger to us.
How can you say that?
The military power of Goryeo...
is all in his hands.
When he gets mad...
and invades us with soldiers,
who can stop that?
Your Majesty.
Lee Seong Gye is not one to do such a thing.
If he was, as soon as he came back from Wihwado,
he would have invaded the castle and taken the throne.
You never know.
Your Majesty. This is the chance given to us from above.
Please do not let this chance go.
Your Majesty!
I allow you to interrogate.
Get confessions from criminals.
Then, I will give an order to punish them.
Your Majesty!
I am sorry, Chancellor.
I can not be braver than this.
What happened?
Sir.
Chancellor, what do you mean by that?
His Majesty did not listen to you?
Yes, he is being hesitant.
He is scared.
This is quite the predicament.
My goodness. What are we going to do now?
We can not stop here.
We have to behead the criminals no matter what it takes.
Sir, what are you saying we should do?
Your Majesty.
Please condemn the criminals to death.
- Please condemn them to death. - Please condemn them to death.
Go to the place of exile right now and interrogate the criminals.
I do not care if they die.
Never give up on interrogating them.
- Yes, Chancellor, sir. - Yes, Chancellor, sir.
Let us go!
(Gaegyeong, currently Gaesong. Lee Seong Gye's house)
I am sorry.
I put you through lots of trouble.
No. Your judgment was correct.
We had to come back to Gaegyeong no matter what.
Good job.
I am here now.
You should go back to your mother's grave...
as soon as possible.
Father.
Now that I am awake,
leave the rest to me.
Why are you not answering me?
Father.
What are you going to do with Master Poeun?
Master Poeun is no longer a generous scholar anymore.
While you were out,
he has been pushing your subjects to death.
He is a vicious enemy.
I will take care of him.
Father.
It is sad for me to think of Master Poeun.
But you cannot let him keep doing what he does.
Then he will certainly hurt you.
And he will brand you as a traitor...
and record it in history.
Are you not afraid of that the most?
Is it not the reason that you want to take the crown?
Father, we need to survive.
The one who survives is the loyal subject. The one who is dead becomes the traitor.
That is history.
Father, why are you not saying anything?
Are you going to be a traitor like this?
All the men are going to be beheaded.
All the women are going to be slaves. Are you going to let that happen?
It does not stop there.
Are you going to be called a traitor by your descendants?
Father.
Father!
My dear.
So, what did he say?
Tell me. What did he say?
He told me to go back.
My goodness. What about Jeong Mong Ju?
What is he going to do with him?
He told me to do nothing.
He said he will take care of him. So, he told me not to do anything.
He said no one should do anything...
because it is between him and Master Poeun.
What is he thinking?
It means he is going to let Jeong Mong Ju do what he does, does it not?
While Master Sambong and Lord Jo are getting killed,
he is going to let Jeong Mong Ju go.
We cannot let Jeong Mong Ju be.
We cannot let him live when we got hurt like this.
Right. We need to get rid of him now.
That is the only way.
That is right. We can only live once he is dead.
I agree with them.
We need to get rid of Jeong Mong Ju for us to live.
Right. As long as Jeong Mong Ju lives...
we will not accomplish the great work of our family.
So, the result says we need to kill Jeong Mong Ju.
Then who is going to do that?
Who is going to go against what Lee Seong Gye said?
Who?
Then no one should say another word.
We will die if we have to.
We live and die together. That is what family is.
Uncle Lee, you should do it.
There is no one else who can do this.
I can never do that.
I will never do it.
- Uncle Lee. - Ji Ran.
Then we will all die.
Still, I cannot do it.
I will prepare for death with Seong Gye.
Please come inside.
You go ahead.
Do as Father said.
Father cares deeply about you.
Once the great work is finished,
you will understand what I mean.
If we do this, our work will never be finished.
If we do nothing,
nobody will follow our family.
My dear.
Everyone who put their lives on the line and joined our cause is being tortured.
They are crying out with the fear that they could die at any moment.
But if our family does nothing despite this,
they will end up...
betraying our family.
- Dear... - Go inside.
I want to be alone.
(Master Sambong, Jeong Do Jeon)
It is not true.
I am not from lowly blood.
Who said I was from lowly blood?
If it is not true, prove it!
Prove it?
How can anyone prove...
their lineage?
How can I prove...
what kind of family I was born into?
How could you force the king out...
by saying he was a fake?
There is no need to let a criminal like you live.
I have been told by my superiors that I could kill you!
Punish him some more!
- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!
My lord. Where are you?
You told me to trust you, but where are you now?
My lord!
Your Majesty.
Please punish the criminals severely.
Please have courage.
Have courage...
and give your command.
For the sake of Goryeo.
For the sake of your foolish servant.
Please give us...
your command.
Please, give us your command.
If you give that command, I will do whatever you ask.
If you tell me to gouge out my own eyes, I will do so.
If you tell me to cut off my own arms and legs, I will do so.
So please...
Please...
just give...
your command...
to do so.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Lord Lee Seong Gye!
Please just kill me!
If I am to die anyway,
I do not wish to die in these hands.
I would rather die in your hands.
My lord!
I will kill...
Jeong Mong Ju.
(The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won)
I heard that Jeong Mong Ju came to Lee Seong Gye to die.
Let us do everything that we can.
In return, if that does not work,
come live with me in my new nation.
If I were not a scholar of Confucianism,
I would have left this for another life.
In another life,
I might have accepted you as my king.