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Sweetie.

Don't worry.

My mom took care of me.

And I'll look after you.

Don't worry.

Sire.

Sire, Sire. Are you all right?

I'm fine.

What got into you? Easy now.

You have to go to Yuan.

Why now?

We've had no word from Bang.

Something is wrong.

Not to worry.

I'll leave immediately.

No... no...

No, no... stay with me...

He's still alive.

I knew you would die on me.

Hang on, old friend.

It looks like a star.

That's what I'll call you till your daddy gives you a name.

Star, thank you for being well.

Thank you, sweetie.

Thank you.

Sweetie...

Sungnyang can't have left the mountain.

- Search everywhere. - Sir.

Don't cry. Not a sound.

Hush, hush, not a sound.

We're not going to die.

I'll protect you.

Don't worry.

Sungnyang, hold it.

Today you die.

Get her!

Sweetie.

Kill her.

Sweetie... No...

- Over there. - Sir.

Sir, a servant got away and made it to the palace.

What?

Talahai ordered us, take care of Lady Pak's body.

Move out.

- Move out. - Sir.

All done. We should go.

We have to find Sungnyang's body.

Sir?

She took and arrow and fell from the cliff.

How can we?

Tangqishi will want to see the body.

It's late.

We need to inform Her Majesty.

What the..?

Now for me.

Sir?

We need a story, don't we?

Do it if you want to live.

Sir.

Here we go.

Now no one will suspect us.

Sir.

My Liege.

Who's the... girl...?

My Liege, Lady Pak met with bandits on the road.

Tell me everything. What happened?

Her ladyship is dead.

And her entire retinue with her.

And... and...

Nyang was there.

What about Nyang?

Is she dead?

She got out with me.

She may have made it.

My Liege.

Her ladyship's body.

My Liege, kill us.

Kill us.

Where are the other bodies?

They were everywhere. We could only bring her ladyship.

You're worthless.

Forgive us.

We had to get Lady Pak out of there.

Muster the men.

Get these scum.

I'm coming.

You need my father's permission to leave the palace.

You mean I'm stuck here?

Leave this to me.

Dismissed.

Yes, sir.

Find Nyang.

She'll know who's behind this.

Yes, My Liege.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Where are they now?

A local tavern.

Send the archers.

Sir?

It's the only way to keep them quiet.

Yes, sir.

Sir.

We set a trap for a fox and caught a jackal.

Come again?

I mean Sungnyang, The Jackal.

Where is she?

Dead.

What?

I got her in the heart.

Watched her go over...

I wanted her alive so I could kill her.

How dare you? How?

Sir.

Easy.

She was dead either way.

Yom did his best.

Who's there?

Dokman.

It's me. Bang.

What are you doing here?

Looking for Nyang's body.

Nyang is dead?

Yom... Yom, that trash... he killed her...

Captain Yom?

So bandits didn't kill Lady Pak?

It was the Empress.

I heard it with my own ears.

Unbelievable.

What? The Empress?

She hated Lady Pak. No atrocity was too great.

It's inhuman.

To slaughter a woman carrying the Emperor's child.

The Emperor is left to bear this burden alone.

What should we do?

Tell him this.

Embrace this pain, nurse this anger.

Never forget until power is ours again.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The crisis has passed, but his privates are shredded.

Then he can't perform as a man?

It's by Buddha's grace that he's alive at all.

You're awake.

If not for this mirror the arrow would have killed you.

But what's this bit of cloth?

The baby?

Wait, you had a baby?

The fall will have killed it.

Where are you going?

Hold on, hold on.

Sungnyang.

Sweetie.

Sungnyang, it's dead.

No, it can't be.

It has to be here.

Sweetie, sweetie.

Sungnyang, it's no use.

It's alive! My baby is alive.

It's alive... Sweetie...

Pull yourself together.

Sungnyang.

It's not dead. Sweetie.

Sungnyang, please.

Sweetie, sweetie.

My baby isn't dead.

My baby can't be dead.

Star...

Star.

My Liege, Eunuch Dokman.

Enter.

Nyang?

What happened to her?

Nothing yet?

Nyang...

Nyang is no longer...

with us.

No longer...

with us?

You mean...

...Nyang...

...is dead?

Yes, My Liege.

Her body?

Did you find a body?

Yom shot her and she fell off a cliff.

Yom? Not bandits?

Who did this?

Who was it?

Tell me.

Who did it?

Tell me.

Who... who...?

Tell me...

Sleaze, working with bandits to do this.

I saw everything.

The guards killed the girls that ran.

We should go.

You're hurt.

I'll bury them.

You rest.

This is my fault.

They left the palace to help me and my baby.

Raise him well.

Get out of here.

Save the baby.

Do something for me.

Anything.

Will you kill me?

My Liege.

I have no reason to live.

This pathetic, fool's life.

I'd just as soon you killed me.

You'll make yourself sick.

Kolta.

Everyone I care about is gone.

My father, Nyang.

I'd rather die than stay in this living hell.

In the land of the dead...

I can be with Nyang.

My Liege.

Kill me.

Free me of this miserable life.

Don't talk that way.

I can't live, I can't die.

What am I to do?

I can't stand it.

It's driving me insane.

I can't go on, it's killing...

My Liege.

My Liege, My Liege.

Stay with me.

Is anyone there? Get a doctor!

My Liege... My Liege.

How is he?

He has aphasia.

Aphasia?

He can't speak?

Yes, sir.

Brought on by brain damage.

How long?

I couldn't even guess.

Get out.

Sir.

I'm the one that gives orders as it is anyway.

Enjoy your rest, 'My Liege.'

Your Majesty, surely this is enough.

What did the doctor say?

He says even the great Hua Tuo himself couldn't help you now.

It's time to put aside the false...

Find me a baby.

Pardon?

Get me a newborn.

Your Majesty, the mother need only report it.

His Majesty will be with other girls.

If one gets pregnant...

Will I have to kill her like I did that Pak tramp?

But Your Majesty.

There's no turning back now.

I have no choice but to see it through to the end.

Can you hear that?

A baby's cry.

Your Majesty.

Hello, Your Majesty.

What have we here?

The baby's father died in the mountains.

Let me see.

Of course.

Your Majesty, it's smiling at you.

Why is it so small?

It was probably born prematurely.

Poor thing, starving for milk.

I'll take it.

Pardon?

Her Majesty is near her time.

She'll look after it.

If you please.

So sweet.

Please. Your Majesty.

I'm keeping it.

We know nothing about it. Who knows what it will...

Watch your mouth.

The Lord Buddha sent it to me.

I'm its mother.

But...

But the monks know who the child is.

The dead...

tell no tales.

Your Majesty.

There are only three monks here.

Poison them.

Your Majesty.

What? Are you afraid?

If you won't do it, I will.

You cannot stain your hands with blood.

I'll do it.

You're my son now.

Your mother is the empress.

Come on, come here.

Traders and slavers.

They roam from the West to Ilkhanate.

Any vagrants they find they press into slavery.

They're the worst of the worst.

We can't let them catch us. Let's go.

On the run from the looks of them.

He'll fetch a fair price.

This one is something special.

- Load 'em up. - Sir.

Burn the fakes.

Sire, bad news.

The treasurers have been talking.

Word of the counterfeits has spread to the capital, Hwangju, everywhere.

What?

Don't do this.

Rates of increased three-fold.

Those that can't pay are cast out of their homes.

It's a matter of time till the economy collapses.

Who told them about the counterfeits?

This plot runs deep.

Then the counterfeiters are already in Koryo.

If that's true...

what are they after?

The price is at two taals of silver. Panic is spreading.

I have commercial rights in five Koryo provinces now.

The price will go up.

Buy as much as you can.

How will we pay for it?

That is in hand. Don't worry.

Ma'am.

Wang Yu of all people.

Fate is fickle.

This is El Temur's house.

They're selling us to him.

Long time.

My father is waiting. In you get.

Yes, sir.

Who's the cripple?

A slaver. Here to peddle some flesh.

Ah.

Your lord is well, I trust?

He left Tibet and is in Ilkhanate right now.

His fixing of the gold prices helped me quite a bit.

Thank him for me.

Yes, sir.

My lord has asked for a favor.

A favor? Go on.

Prices are falling in Koryo due to the counterfeit scandal.

Nearly three taals of silver per voucher.

Three, you say?

It used to be two.

If the Emperor were to make a special dispensation...

I hold the seal now.

I can hardly refuse your lord's request.

Thank you, my lord Regent.

I have a request as well.

My niece is getting married.

Do you have something special?

Many things, of course.

Who is the groom?

A Koryo royal. Wang Yu.

A gift from Her Majesty to thank you for all you've done.

Please, enjoy.

Thank you.

After we leave, burn the hermitage.

Yes, ma'am.

Sorry for the delay.

It's fine. Let's go.

Her time is nearly here. Be careful.

- Move out. - Sir.

You can hide the child in your stomach

and no one will find out about it

Suppose he cries.

These herbs will help him to sleep until we reach the palace.

And your task?

The umbilical and placenta are waiting in the palace.

You'll be handsomely rewarded when this is over.

At your service.

Once we're in the palace you will be my son.

The Crown Prince of Yuan.

Make way for Her Imperial Majesty.

An ill wind blows no good.

And here comes that wind now.

Tanasiri, just you wait.

I'll tear you limb from limb.

You'll pay in blood for my friends and my baby.

My Liege.

Her Majesty is having your baby.

Come, My Liege.

Father, he's still unfit.

He's worthless as a son-in-law.

And as a father.

I see nothing. Hear nothing.

Sit back. Relax.

A little more.

A little more, Your Majesty.

Push. A little more.

Your Majesty, push, a little more.

It's coming, a little more.

A bit more.

Your Majesty, a little prince.

A Crown Prince.

A boy.

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

- Yes. - Your Majesty.

Well done indeed.

His Majesty still isn't any better?

It won't kill him, don't you worry.

This is a great day.

A celebration is in order.

I sent word to the provinces.

All the governors are coming.

Excellent.

Have you chosen a name?

I leave that to Father.

Do you have one in mind?

How about Maha?

Maha?

A great Buddhist name.

I like it, Father.

Maha, grow strong and be an emperor worthy of your name.

All right?

Cootchy-cootchy.

You can't make an announcement, Father.

The merchants are barely staying open.

If the rate goes up to three taals,

they'll never recover.

I have my orders from the Yuan.

This same thing happened years ago.

The Yuan made a killing then, too.

At our expense.

Are you suggesting the Yuan are behind this?

My men are tracking the buyers now.

Delay the announcement if you can.

I can't wait too long.

I understand.

Relax.

The Yuan edict has arrived.

He'll announce it soon.

The rate will jump to three taals overnight.

After the announcement sell the vouchers.

And buy Koryo ginseng.

Yes, ma'am.

Wang Yu, you beat me on the frontier.

But not here.

Sire.

Bang. What are you doing here?

I met him on the way for Yuan.

Sungnyang?

Sire.

She isn't with you?

Kill me, Sire.

Where is she?

Why isn't she here?

She's dead.

Sire.

It can't be.

Dead?

It's a mistake.

She was shot. She fell...

Who did it?

The Empress.

And her brothers plotted everything.

The Empress...

Sire.

- Sire. - Sire.

Kill me!

...kill me...

What are you wishing for?

For you to regain your throne.

Is that all?

I'll tell you the rest later.

What did you wish for?

For us to spend our lives together.

For us to die at the same moment.

And be together forever.

That is my prayer.

And mine.

Really?

Yes.

In life and in death, together forever.

Sungnyang...!

Sungnyang... Sungnyang...

Sungnyang... Sungnyang.

You're quite a catch.

A eunuch? Or castrated as punishment?

I was born this way.

Like you.

He's a warrior.

Twenty in gold.

Twenty.

There's good and evil in you.

A rare find, it shows.

Turn around.

I'm from Koryo.

You have no right to sell me.

No right?

We sell criminals and runaways.

I'm no criminal.

Most of us brought here are innocent.

You have no one to look for you.

That's a crime.

Because you are poor,

because you're born under the wrong parents,

and being part of a weak country.

Abandoned.

That's the greatest crime of all.

The crime of being unwanted, unneeded.

Koryo?

Useless subjects of a country that shucks you off like so much chaff.

If it's money you want, you'll have it.

Send word to my people.

I'll have it now.

What? No?

I don't believe in money I can't see.

- Take her away. - Sir.

I won't forget your face.

How much for her?

Nothing yet.

Sir?

With the right buyer...

we can name our price.

The Vow.

The Blood Vow.

[Next on Empress Ki]

There is no Buddha.

If there were, he wouldn't have taken Nyang from me.

He wouldn't let things be this way.

Whom shall we send to the Empress?

Send me.

I just need to get close enough.

Then they'll pay for Sungnyang.

Her Majesty was behind it. That's why Nyang...

It's all up to Nyang.

My Liege, the imperial retinue.

Nyang?