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If you will excuse me.

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{\an8}You can relax.

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{\an8}I could not make him abdicate his throne,

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{\an8}but I will not lose the seal.

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{\an8}Father, Concubine Ki wishes to see you.

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What? Concubine Ki?

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-I will send her away.
-Send her in.

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Why would you even bother with her?

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How dare you--

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I am not here to see you,
General Dang Gise.

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I want a word with the Grand Councillor.

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You are a bold one.

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A mere concubine

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dares to walk into the tiger's lair
by herself?

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How can you call yourself a tiger

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when you are doing something
even a sneaky cat would not do?

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What?

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What is your business here?

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What do you think?

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-I do not have time for this.
-I knew you would say so.

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You must be busy coming up with a plan
to frame your enemy

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for the attempted assassination
of the Prince.

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I know what the assassin will say.

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He will say that I was the one who
sent them to kill His Imperial Highness.

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That out of spite and jealousy,

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I tried to kill the Empress's son...

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with the help of Governor Baekan
of Yoyang Province.

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You are quite clever.

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I am aware...

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that you are trying to
make an example of someone.

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After getting rid of
Governor Baekan and me,

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you will summon the governors one by one.

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Then you will tell them

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{\an8}not to allow the Emperor restoring
his sovereignty at the Kurultai

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if they do not want to meet their ends
in the same way Governor Baekan and I did.

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Am I mistaken?

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So? How will you counter it?

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Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi's 150,000 men

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{\an8}with just 2,500 men.

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How did he do it?

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Zhuge Liang hid...

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his actual deployment.

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Even with 150,000 men,

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Sima Yi felt anxious
since he knew nothing about his enemy.

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I doubt you have any counterplan.

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{\an8}Truth has no power over lies.

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{\an8}Whatever it takes,
I will make you go down for it.

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"Shift the blame onto another person."

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{\an8}It is indeed...

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an incredibly cruel tactic.

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But I am afraid

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you can never accuse me
and Governor Baekan of the crime.

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-Why not?
-Accusing us...

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would only serve as proof

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that you are the culprit of the crime.

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You will be seen as an unfit grandfather,

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who tried to kill his own grandson.

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Your reputation will be...

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in tatters overnight.

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Moreover...

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-you will go down in history--
-Silence.

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If you had something
you can use against me,

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you would not have come to see me.

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Do not try to fool me with your lies.

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We will see...

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if I am lying or not.

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I will be looking forward to it,
Grand Councillor.

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How did it go?

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Did he fall for it?

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I could see...

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anxiousness in his eyes.

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That would only mean
that we have successfully unnerved him.

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You have done a great job.

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We still do not know what he will do.

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You are right.

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All we can do is wait and see.

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Seeing how she boldly faced the enemy
who clearly has the upper hand,

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I must admit, she really is incredible.

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Please do not let her fool you.

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I agree.

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And you?

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You must know her well
as she once served you.

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Do you also think
she was only trying to deceive me?

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If I were you,

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I would not target her.

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One failure is deadlier...

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than a hundred victories.

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Right now, we should be extra careful
with everything we do.

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Taking a risk is not our option.

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<i>What?</i>

91
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The Empress left the Cold Palace?

92
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She fainted upon hearing
about Prince Maha.

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They had no choice but to take her
to the Empress's palace

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to expedite her recovery.

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Is she still unconscious?

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Thankfully,
she has regained consciousness.

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{\an8}But she is fasting herself

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{\an8}to show her reluctance to return
to the Cold Palace.

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-Is she refusing to eat?
-Yes, Your Highness.

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She said she would rather starve to death.

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Be that as it may,
if something happens to her,

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they will hold Your Highness accountable.

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Even so,

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the law is the law.

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I missed these sweets so much.

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Did you forget what you need to do?

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Your Imperial Majesty,

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at this rate, you will end up
starving to death.

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Your Imperial Majesty!

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Try to eat something.

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Louder.

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I want everyone to hear.

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Your Imperial Majesty,
please do not starve yourself.

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Your Imperial Majesty!

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Your Imperial Majesty!

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Her Highness has arrived.

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Greetings, Your Highness.

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{\an8}Why have you not taken her
to the Cold Palace?

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Her Imperial Majesty
has not fully recovered yet.

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She will not take water,
much less a tonic.

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{\an8}I will send for a palanquin.

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If she cannot walk...

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I will not go alone.

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Your Imperial Majesty,
you do not really have a choice.

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I will grovel for mercy,
so get ready for it.

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I will die pleading His Imperial Majesty
to hear me out.

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You are being punished for attempting
to poison the Imperial Concubines.

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Have you forgotten?

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I need to protect my son from you.

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What is that supposed to mean?

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No assassin can manage
to slip into the Prince's chamber

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without your help, can they?

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That ridiculous theory of yours

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will not keep you out of the Cold Palace.

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Is it really just a theory?

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What mother would not walk through hell

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to save her own child?

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To me, it seems like you are only using
your son as an excuse.

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We are different in that regard.

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I just want to protect my son.

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Your Highness,

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just now, the assassin
started to speak at last.

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Who ordered the assassination?

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His Imperial Majesty will restore
his sovereignty soon enough.

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-It seems so.
-Right.

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What is this about?

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-What?
-What is going on?

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How dare you! What is this about?

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How dare you bring in the Kheshig here?

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You must be out of your mind!

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Arrest Jeok Gong,
the governor of Seomseo Province.

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-Yes, General.
-Yes, General.

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-Unhand me. What is this?
-Governor Jeok!

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-Let go of me! What did I do wrong?
-That little...

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Let go!

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Unhand me!

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Relax.

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Let go of me!

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The assassin finally named
the one who gave him the order.

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What? He did?

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Are you saying Governor Jeok Gong
tried to kill His Imperial Highness?

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Where are you taking me to?

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You bastards! Unhand me.

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You...

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Baekan. Please help me.

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They think...

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-Take him away.
-Take him away.

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-Baekan.
-Yes, General.

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Baekan!

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I am impressed.

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You have managed to fool
the Grand Councillor with your lie.

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I am impressed by the amount of effort
you put in

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to hold onto the seal
that does not even belong to you.

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It is what I ought to do

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since the one who is seating on the throne
is unfit to govern.

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His Imperial Majesty has changed.

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You have seen what he is capable of
at the Kurultai.

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Right. It was almost frightening.

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I was so impressed by how you
made something out of a total fool.

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I almost had a heart attack.

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I urge you to stop manipulating
the Emperor.

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There is a line a concubine
should not cross. Know your place,

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or suffer the consequences.

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There is also a line
a vassal should not cross.

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Disturbing the order of the nation
is what traitors do.

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Baekan.

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You can thank Concubine Ki here
for saving your life.

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The luck was on our side this time.

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But I can feel

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that we will have to deal with
something worse soon.

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It is such a lovely day.

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It really is.

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May I help you?

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Why are you doing this to me?

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What did I do?

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Concubine Oh! Concubine Bu!

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Explain yourself.

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The Inner Court feud is truly frightening.

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I cannot believe she dared to harm
His Imperial Highness.

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I guess she was blinded by her jealousy.

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I hope none of you would make
a stupid mistake like she did.

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Halt.

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Splash water on them.

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Confess.

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Tell us who else is involved in
the heinous act.

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I have no idea.

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You have no idea?

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Listen, Jeok Gong.

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Do you know how criminals like you
were executed back in the day?

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{\an8}They were boiled alive.

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{\an8}They were boiled alive
in a cauldron full of hot oil.

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00:15:03,649 --> 00:15:05,184
Is that what you want?

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00:15:06,352 --> 00:15:09,121
Spare my life, Grand Councillor.

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00:15:09,555 --> 00:15:11,390
I will, if you confess.

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00:15:13,058 --> 00:15:17,530
Which of those governors
was working with you?

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His Imperial Majesty has arrived.

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00:15:36,816 --> 00:15:39,718
I sent you a note,
telling you not to get involved.

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Stop this at once.

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Stop?

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They tried to kill Prince Maha.

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We need a thorough investigation.

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You cannot take the word of an assassin.

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I am investigating the case.

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00:15:56,669 --> 00:15:59,872
It is clear that at least three
or four governors were involved.

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This one will tell me the names.

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00:16:04,977 --> 00:16:06,045
Would you like to stay for it?

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00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,916
Bring out a cauldron
and start boiling oil.

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00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:12,250
Yes, Grand Councillor.

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00:16:13,052 --> 00:16:14,720
-Get ready for the execution.
-Yes, Commander.

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00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,624
Your Imperial Majesty, I am innocent.

231
00:16:19,158 --> 00:16:23,629
I have not done anything,
Your Imperial Majesty.

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Your Imperial Majesty, have mercy on us.

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It was me.

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I...

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I ordered them to assassinate the Prince.

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Your Imperial Majesty.

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00:16:53,626 --> 00:16:55,494
They did nothing wrong.

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Boil me in oil if you must.

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00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,535
Your Imperial Majesty.

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00:17:10,976 --> 00:17:14,246
Did Concubine Ki put you up to this?

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00:17:15,447 --> 00:17:19,518
To win over the governors, is that it?

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00:17:20,953 --> 00:17:22,888
Come to your senses,
Your Imperial Majesty.

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00:17:23,956 --> 00:17:25,824
The Prince is your son.

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00:17:26,358 --> 00:17:29,795
How will you govern if you cannot
distinguish right from wrong?

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00:17:32,364 --> 00:17:33,899
You cannot even imagine

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00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:37,002
how much I care for this nation.

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00:17:38,070 --> 00:17:39,171
I can never...

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00:17:40,105 --> 00:17:43,409
let you restore your sovereignty.
Do you understand?

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The Kurultai will be held tomorrow.

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00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,149
It is not up to you.

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The decision must be unanimous.

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00:17:52,718 --> 00:17:54,720
Yes, it must.

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00:17:55,287 --> 00:17:56,889
Have it your way, Your Imperial Majesty.

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00:18:13,372 --> 00:18:15,607
Release Governor Jeok Gong.

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00:18:16,241 --> 00:18:19,278
If I do,
what will you do for me in return?

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00:18:19,345 --> 00:18:21,180
This is not a matter for negotiation.

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00:18:21,246 --> 00:18:24,717
We all know Governor Jeok Gong
has nothing to do with

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the attempted assassination of the Prince.

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00:18:26,885 --> 00:18:29,555
Grand Councillor, you should not kill him.

260
00:18:31,223 --> 00:18:32,958
-Bring it.
-Yes, Grand Councillor.

261
00:18:40,265 --> 00:18:42,134
What is this box for?

262
00:18:43,635 --> 00:18:45,270
My answer is inside.

263
00:19:12,564 --> 00:19:13,564
I have...

264
00:19:14,633 --> 00:19:17,069
nine more boxes.

265
00:19:18,804 --> 00:19:20,706
One for each of your heads.

266
00:19:20,773 --> 00:19:24,376
But do not think I only have nine ways

267
00:19:24,443 --> 00:19:26,712
to get rid of my enemies.

268
00:19:29,715 --> 00:19:31,950
I have hundreds of ways
to get back at them.

269
00:19:33,252 --> 00:19:36,522
What I did to Jeok Gong
was my simplest one.

270
00:19:37,122 --> 00:19:38,991
So that you will see and learn.

271
00:19:45,197 --> 00:19:46,965
Do you know what kind of person
would be considered

272
00:19:47,032 --> 00:19:48,233
the biggest fool on a battlefield?

273
00:19:50,869 --> 00:19:53,439
It would be the one
who put justifications and honor

274
00:19:54,006 --> 00:19:55,941
above their own life.

275
00:19:57,676 --> 00:19:58,977
I really do not want you

276
00:19:59,778 --> 00:20:02,214
to make such a foolish mistake.

277
00:20:09,421 --> 00:20:13,158
Loyalty to the Emperor? Duty as a vassal?

278
00:20:13,859 --> 00:20:16,895
Do you think Jeok Gong
had died an honorable death?

279
00:20:20,999 --> 00:20:23,335
He only died in vain.

280
00:20:23,836 --> 00:20:26,605
Think carefully
about what you should do next.

281
00:21:06,445 --> 00:21:07,579
Take your place.

282
00:21:21,994 --> 00:21:23,629
Let us cut to the chase.

283
00:21:24,863 --> 00:21:26,932
-Begin.
-Yes, Father.

284
00:21:27,132 --> 00:21:28,132
First...

285
00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:38,143
I have something to say.

286
00:21:43,282 --> 00:21:47,186
I must beg forgiveness of all of you.

287
00:21:49,688 --> 00:21:51,023
To be frank,

288
00:21:52,457 --> 00:21:54,126
I am not much of an Emperor.

289
00:21:54,593 --> 00:21:56,728
I was nothing but a cowardly fool.

290
00:21:57,029 --> 00:21:58,664
I only cared for myself.

291
00:21:59,665 --> 00:22:01,934
Your opinions,

292
00:22:02,768 --> 00:22:05,003
the concerns of our people...

293
00:22:05,837 --> 00:22:09,808
None of it meant anything
to the worthless man I was.

294
00:22:10,709 --> 00:22:11,710
Your Imperial Majesty.

295
00:22:14,479 --> 00:22:15,480
But...

296
00:22:16,381 --> 00:22:19,785
my days of being worthless are over.

297
00:22:20,385 --> 00:22:23,088
I will not tremble in fear
and run from Grand Councillor.

298
00:22:25,424 --> 00:22:26,425
So...

299
00:22:27,693 --> 00:22:30,395
I dare to ask for your loyalty.

300
00:22:32,798 --> 00:22:36,468
Give me a chance
and you will not regret it.

301
00:22:38,036 --> 00:22:39,036
So I ask of you.

302
00:22:44,676 --> 00:22:45,676
Please trust me

303
00:22:46,678 --> 00:22:48,046
just this once.

304
00:23:01,226 --> 00:23:02,226
Let us begin.

305
00:23:07,032 --> 00:23:11,503
Kurultai tradition requires
a unanimous vote.

306
00:23:12,037 --> 00:23:15,340
All those who wish His Imperial Majesty
to restore his sovereignty...

307
00:23:17,576 --> 00:23:18,844
step forward.

308
00:23:36,495 --> 00:23:37,996
I, Governor Baekan of Yoyang Province,

309
00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:44,303
stand for His Imperial Majesty.

310
00:23:49,641 --> 00:23:50,876
Anyone else?

311
00:24:12,631 --> 00:24:13,665
How did it go?

312
00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:15,567
We have failed.

313
00:24:18,236 --> 00:24:22,908
Except for Governor Baekan, no one
voted in favor of His Imperial Majesty.

314
00:24:24,509 --> 00:24:26,511
So this is it?

315
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,182
This is as far as we can go...

316
00:24:32,484 --> 00:24:34,653
against Yeoncheol?

317
00:24:43,128 --> 00:24:44,162
Your Imperial Majesty.

318
00:24:44,730 --> 00:24:47,733
Do you now understand what
the provincial governors think of you?

319
00:24:49,267 --> 00:24:52,904
Just as I have been,
I will take good care of you.

320
00:24:53,605 --> 00:24:58,577
So do not even bother to say a word
about governing the Empire yourself.

321
00:25:02,514 --> 00:25:03,515
Let us get going.

322
00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:36,848
Allow me to thank you.

323
00:25:43,288 --> 00:25:46,191
Thank me? Have you lost your senses?

324
00:25:52,097 --> 00:25:56,234
We failed you. Forgive us.

325
00:25:56,568 --> 00:25:59,271
-Forgive us, Your Imperial Majesty.
-Forgive us, Your Imperial Majesty.

326
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,741
Your Imperial Majesty.

327
00:26:02,808 --> 00:26:04,309
Thanks to you,

328
00:26:04,976 --> 00:26:06,812
the provincial governors
have finally accepted

329
00:26:06,878 --> 00:26:09,314
His Imperial Majesty as their true leader.

330
00:26:09,614 --> 00:26:13,652
Do you think he is capable
of ruling over them?

331
00:26:13,819 --> 00:26:18,290
Lions push their cubs off cliffs.

332
00:26:19,458 --> 00:26:23,895
Your cruelty has been making
His Imperial Majesty stronger.

333
00:26:28,934 --> 00:26:29,935
Concubine Ki.

334
00:26:31,303 --> 00:26:33,338
You were a tribute woman from Goryeo,
correct?

335
00:26:35,740 --> 00:26:39,578
You have come to my attention.

336
00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:43,181
You know what that means?

337
00:26:43,915 --> 00:26:45,217
It will not be long...

338
00:26:46,685 --> 00:26:48,653
until you understand what my words mean.

339
00:27:12,978 --> 00:27:16,815
You should retire to your chamber.

340
00:27:18,116 --> 00:27:22,287
I am right back where I started.

341
00:27:23,522 --> 00:27:24,589
Why do you say so?

342
00:27:27,726 --> 00:27:29,127
That is not true.

343
00:27:33,498 --> 00:27:35,700
I gained nothing.

344
00:27:36,401 --> 00:27:38,937
I only managed to protect my title.

345
00:27:39,371 --> 00:27:43,174
Those who can win people over
can conquest the world.

346
00:27:45,610 --> 00:27:48,813
Yeoncheol got to keep the seal,
but he lost his people.

347
00:27:49,915 --> 00:27:50,915
On the other hand,

348
00:27:51,616 --> 00:27:53,919
you now have the nine provincial governors
on your side.

349
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:56,655
This time,

350
00:27:57,255 --> 00:27:58,957
the victory is yours.

351
00:28:00,959 --> 00:28:04,129
Like a tree buried in snow,

352
00:28:04,963 --> 00:28:06,464
you are going through

353
00:28:07,766 --> 00:28:12,037
a painful process
of becoming a true emperor.

354
00:28:14,105 --> 00:28:18,910
You may get hurt,
but do not get discouraged.

355
00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:23,415
I can stay strong

356
00:28:25,884 --> 00:28:27,419
as long as you are by my side.

357
00:28:30,355 --> 00:28:31,623
Thank you, Yang.

358
00:28:38,029 --> 00:28:39,898
<i>Her Imperial Majesty has arrived.</i>

359
00:28:47,572 --> 00:28:50,842
Congratulations on your safe return.

360
00:28:51,242 --> 00:28:53,044
Congratulations, Your Imperial Majesty.

361
00:28:57,882 --> 00:28:59,050
Congratulations?

362
00:29:00,585 --> 00:29:02,220
I know what you are really thinking.

363
00:29:02,988 --> 00:29:05,523
You just lied right to my face.

364
00:29:06,024 --> 00:29:08,326
Do you think I do not know you hoped

365
00:29:09,761 --> 00:29:11,262
I would freeze to death
in the Cold Palace?

366
00:29:13,531 --> 00:29:14,531
How dare you smile?

367
00:29:14,966 --> 00:29:17,702
Would you prefer I cried?

368
00:29:17,969 --> 00:29:19,104
You must have no idea...

369
00:29:19,804 --> 00:29:22,741
what provoking me would do to you.

370
00:29:24,376 --> 00:29:27,245
-Chief Eunuch Dok-man.
-Your Imperial Majesty.

371
00:29:27,545 --> 00:29:31,149
We will have an assembly this afternoon.
Get ready for it.

372
00:29:33,485 --> 00:29:35,787
Yes, Your Imperial Majesty.

373
00:29:36,354 --> 00:29:37,355
Now that I am back,

374
00:29:37,822 --> 00:29:40,525
I will make your life a living hell.

375
00:29:42,527 --> 00:29:43,728
<i>An assembly?</i>

376
00:29:44,162 --> 00:29:45,997
On whose orders?

377
00:29:46,564 --> 00:29:51,536
The Empress holds grudges
against the concubines.

378
00:29:53,371 --> 00:29:55,340
She must have learned nothing
in the Cold Palace.

379
00:29:55,974 --> 00:29:59,010
How dare she try to cause a stir
as soon as she comes back?

380
00:30:01,446 --> 00:30:02,446
Concubine Ki.

381
00:30:03,848 --> 00:30:04,848
Yes, Your Highness.

382
00:30:06,885 --> 00:30:08,520
You will take the lead for the assembly.

383
00:30:13,091 --> 00:30:15,226
Your Highness, how could I--

384
00:30:15,293 --> 00:30:17,295
I hold the Empress's authority.

385
00:30:18,263 --> 00:30:20,398
I grant it to you temporarily.

386
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,169
I appreciate it, Your Highness.

387
00:30:26,071 --> 00:30:27,072
Chief Eunuch Dok-man.

388
00:30:28,006 --> 00:30:29,708
Inform the concubines
and their female attendants

389
00:30:30,308 --> 00:30:33,478
that I have given
Concubine Ki full authority.

390
00:30:34,179 --> 00:30:35,747
Yes, Your Highness.

391
00:30:39,117 --> 00:30:40,885
You are the Empress for the assembly.

392
00:30:42,153 --> 00:30:47,559
Make sure to show everyone that Tanashilli
has no authority whatsoever.

393
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,495
Yes, Your Highness.

394
00:30:53,965 --> 00:30:55,400
In the next full moon,

395
00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:58,737
the largest hunting competition
will be held by the court.

396
00:30:59,070 --> 00:31:01,906
Does anyone know
why we hold the competition?

397
00:31:02,107 --> 00:31:05,944
It is to wish for prosperity
and a good harvest.

398
00:31:06,077 --> 00:31:07,879
It is to offer the animals we hunt

399
00:31:08,079 --> 00:31:10,482
to the heavens.

400
00:31:10,715 --> 00:31:12,450
Well said.

401
00:31:12,884 --> 00:31:14,619
All the officials of the court

402
00:31:15,153 --> 00:31:17,455
and the Imperial Concubines
are supposed to participate.

403
00:31:18,623 --> 00:31:20,391
Be ready.

404
00:31:20,658 --> 00:31:22,393
-Yes, Your Ladyship.
-Yes, Your Ladyship.

405
00:31:22,494 --> 00:31:23,795
What is all this?

406
00:31:30,835 --> 00:31:32,403
What have you been doing?

407
00:31:32,771 --> 00:31:34,272
We are having an assembly.

408
00:31:34,606 --> 00:31:36,241
You dare to pose as the empress?

409
00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:38,943
You truly are insane.

410
00:31:43,381 --> 00:31:45,884
Strip her and make her kneel.

411
00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:51,089
Are you deaf?

412
00:31:51,523 --> 00:31:53,391
Make her kneel.

413
00:31:58,129 --> 00:32:00,265
Did you not hear her?

414
00:32:00,832 --> 00:32:04,102
Are you disobeying me?

415
00:32:06,604 --> 00:32:07,605
All of you,

416
00:32:10,742 --> 00:32:11,776
turn around.

417
00:32:18,082 --> 00:32:19,551
What are you doing?

418
00:32:20,185 --> 00:32:22,187
Look at me.

419
00:32:26,191 --> 00:32:27,192
Chief Eunuch Dok-man.

420
00:32:30,762 --> 00:32:33,498
Now explain what this is about.

421
00:32:34,165 --> 00:32:35,300
The Empress Dowager--

422
00:32:35,366 --> 00:32:37,535
The authority you lost...

423
00:32:39,704 --> 00:32:43,341
has been granted to me by Her Highness.

424
00:32:44,843 --> 00:32:47,545
Could you please leave now?

425
00:32:48,947 --> 00:32:52,317
I will not. Why should I?

426
00:32:53,551 --> 00:32:56,321
Turn back around.

427
00:33:02,827 --> 00:33:04,162
Leave,

428
00:33:05,730 --> 00:33:08,132
or I will have you removed.

429
00:33:12,537 --> 00:33:16,241
Must I... go that far?

430
00:33:26,284 --> 00:33:28,519
Do not let it worry you.

431
00:33:28,653 --> 00:33:30,388
Once you are restored to...

432
00:33:32,657 --> 00:33:33,658
Your Imperial Majesty.

433
00:33:36,194 --> 00:33:37,829
Are you all right?

434
00:33:40,131 --> 00:33:41,131
Of course.

435
00:33:42,734 --> 00:33:44,035
I am fine.

436
00:33:46,971 --> 00:33:48,473
She will be gone soon.

437
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,975
This is nothing.

438
00:33:54,379 --> 00:33:57,348
I want you to participate
in the hunting competition.

439
00:33:59,851 --> 00:34:02,186
Is there a reason
you would like me to participate?

440
00:34:03,421 --> 00:34:05,523
There will be quite a sight.

441
00:34:06,591 --> 00:34:10,161
I plan on hunting something big.

442
00:34:11,896 --> 00:34:15,233
I have hunted a few tigers myself too.

443
00:34:15,733 --> 00:34:17,702
Not all tigers are the same.

444
00:34:18,102 --> 00:34:19,737
You have to hunt a big one
while you are at it.

445
00:34:21,339 --> 00:34:24,208
The biggest one anyone has ever seen.

446
00:34:27,545 --> 00:34:28,680
<i>The big one?</i>

447
00:34:29,380 --> 00:34:32,216
Does such a tiger exist
in the hunting ground?

448
00:34:33,418 --> 00:34:34,686
A tiger is one thing.

449
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,156
There is also a nine-tailed fox.

450
00:34:40,191 --> 00:34:44,128
A nine-tailed fox?
I have never seen or heard of it.

451
00:34:46,931 --> 00:34:48,499
On the final day of the competition,

452
00:34:51,369 --> 00:34:53,371
we will kill the Emperor and Concubine Ki.

453
00:34:55,940 --> 00:34:56,940
General.

454
00:34:57,942 --> 00:34:59,577
Are you conspiring treason--

455
00:35:00,378 --> 00:35:01,946
Watch it.

456
00:35:02,513 --> 00:35:03,614
We are not conspiring treason.

457
00:35:07,285 --> 00:35:08,820
It is just a hunt.

458
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:11,990
It is just that our preys are the Emperor
and Concubine Ki.

459
00:35:15,626 --> 00:35:17,128
Pull this off,

460
00:35:17,695 --> 00:35:20,698
and you will be credited
with the establishment of the new regime.

461
00:35:20,765 --> 00:35:22,667
You know what that means?

462
00:35:23,267 --> 00:35:25,403
You can have any title you want.

463
00:35:26,037 --> 00:35:28,239
You can even become a minister
if you want to.

464
00:35:30,241 --> 00:35:31,776
Minister?

465
00:35:33,311 --> 00:35:37,081
I can become a minister
of the Yuan dynasty?

466
00:35:40,184 --> 00:35:42,153
I can even become the Privy Council's...

467
00:35:42,220 --> 00:35:43,855
No.

468
00:35:44,489 --> 00:35:47,625
-I shall ask them to make me a governor--
-What are you doing?

469
00:35:49,293 --> 00:35:50,294
You startled me.

470
00:35:52,597 --> 00:35:54,499
Say something before you enter.

471
00:35:54,632 --> 00:35:56,901
We should not be heard by others.

472
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,376
Has Her Imperial Majesty
told you anything?

473
00:36:05,843 --> 00:36:06,843
About...

474
00:36:08,112 --> 00:36:09,180
what, you mean?

475
00:36:09,247 --> 00:36:10,848
At the hunting competition--

476
00:36:15,019 --> 00:36:16,888
Watch your mouth.

477
00:36:20,224 --> 00:36:22,126
I am in charge of it.

478
00:36:22,693 --> 00:36:23,693
Pardon?

479
00:36:24,562 --> 00:36:28,666
I am to kill the Emperor and Concubine Ki.

480
00:36:32,870 --> 00:36:35,540
I did not hear that. Not a word.

481
00:36:35,873 --> 00:36:38,276
If all goes well,

482
00:36:38,376 --> 00:36:41,712
I will be a man of rank and position.

483
00:36:43,781 --> 00:36:48,152
Then I plan on marrying you.

484
00:36:49,220 --> 00:36:50,220
What do you say?

485
00:36:51,589 --> 00:36:52,857
What do you think?

486
00:36:54,459 --> 00:36:55,993
I am not allowed to marry anyone.

487
00:36:56,060 --> 00:36:58,863
Anything is possible with a new Emperor.

488
00:37:00,631 --> 00:37:02,366
You and I...

489
00:37:03,534 --> 00:37:06,404
will start our life anew. What do you say?

490
00:37:18,783 --> 00:37:22,386
This is a letter master of the Eagle House
is sending to Yeoncheol.

491
00:37:26,824 --> 00:37:27,825
What is it?

492
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,463
The Eagle House is requesting funds.

493
00:37:32,663 --> 00:37:34,999
That does not make sense.

494
00:37:35,066 --> 00:37:37,502
The Eagle House
would have more funds than Yeoncheol.

495
00:37:37,702 --> 00:37:41,472
Does that mean
Yeoncheol has more than them?

496
00:37:41,539 --> 00:37:44,909
Otherwise, why would they ask him
for money?

497
00:37:46,244 --> 00:37:47,245
One thing is certain.

498
00:37:48,613 --> 00:37:52,450
Even if we cut off the funds,
Yeoncheol will not fall.

499
00:37:52,850 --> 00:37:54,252
I knew from the start

500
00:37:55,186 --> 00:37:57,054
that we do not stand a chance against him.

501
00:37:58,689 --> 00:38:00,825
Maybe it is time we give up.

502
00:38:02,693 --> 00:38:05,096
How could you say that so easily?

503
00:38:07,064 --> 00:38:08,933
Do you know why my tribe fell?

504
00:38:10,468 --> 00:38:14,105
It is because we were too foolish
to know when to quit.

505
00:38:24,048 --> 00:38:25,116
Take it.

506
00:38:33,191 --> 00:38:34,392
Attack.

507
00:38:38,963 --> 00:38:42,433
Your wooden sword does not stand a chance.

508
00:38:42,867 --> 00:38:46,604
Attack in earnest, or I will kill you.

509
00:39:08,059 --> 00:39:10,061
Are you so eager to die?

510
00:39:27,011 --> 00:39:28,980
Did you say we do not stand a chance?

511
00:39:30,548 --> 00:39:32,383
Never show your fear.

512
00:39:33,851 --> 00:39:34,986
Even if you do not know the way,

513
00:39:36,087 --> 00:39:37,822
you have to pretend you do.

514
00:39:43,227 --> 00:39:44,227
Is that...

515
00:39:45,229 --> 00:39:46,631
what you have been doing?

516
00:39:47,531 --> 00:39:49,033
Why?

517
00:39:50,067 --> 00:39:51,335
If I give up,

518
00:39:53,204 --> 00:39:55,106
that means I am abandoning my people.

519
00:39:56,274 --> 00:39:58,609
It means you are abandoning your tribe.

520
00:40:01,412 --> 00:40:02,780
No matter how lonely and tiring it is,

521
00:40:04,181 --> 00:40:06,917
you have to carry on for the sake of those
who trust you and follow you.

522
00:40:31,342 --> 00:40:32,343
Your Imperial Majesty.

523
00:40:34,111 --> 00:40:36,213
It is time to go.

524
00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:37,915
One minute.

525
00:40:44,322 --> 00:40:45,956
Although we are going on a hunt,

526
00:40:48,526 --> 00:40:50,027
since you are my concubine,

527
00:40:58,602 --> 00:40:59,970
you have to look the part.

528
00:41:02,373 --> 00:41:03,374
There we go.

529
00:41:05,543 --> 00:41:07,678
<i>Do we have a plan to kill her?</i>

530
00:41:08,479 --> 00:41:09,647
Relax.

531
00:41:09,814 --> 00:41:12,883
It will look like an accident.
No one will know before or after.

532
00:41:13,718 --> 00:41:17,588
Even last night, she showed up
in my dream and choked me.

533
00:41:18,122 --> 00:41:21,025
She has to die, or I will die of...

534
00:41:38,008 --> 00:41:41,412
Your Imperial Majesty,
the outfit suits you.

535
00:41:41,946 --> 00:41:43,881
I did not know you were coming as well.

536
00:41:44,048 --> 00:41:47,885
It is only fitting
that the Empress attend such an event.

537
00:41:48,419 --> 00:41:49,854
Hunting is dangerous.

538
00:41:50,121 --> 00:41:51,422
If something happened--

539
00:41:51,522 --> 00:41:55,593
You seem to have forgotten
whose daughter I am.

540
00:41:56,627 --> 00:41:59,930
I come from generations of warriors,
my father included.

541
00:42:01,132 --> 00:42:04,168
One thing I know is
that when it comes to archery,

542
00:42:05,136 --> 00:42:06,904
none of the ladies here...

543
00:42:08,172 --> 00:42:09,707
has the skills I have.

544
00:42:13,177 --> 00:42:14,745
<i>Seal off the mountain.</i>

545
00:42:21,786 --> 00:42:22,787
Hurry.

546
00:42:22,953 --> 00:42:24,221
-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

547
00:42:34,231 --> 00:42:37,001
The winner moves up a rank

548
00:42:37,067 --> 00:42:39,470
and gets 10,000 <i>yang</i> of gold.

549
00:42:39,537 --> 00:42:42,173
It is as good as ours.

550
00:42:42,673 --> 00:42:45,075
Your Majesty, show them what you have got.

551
00:42:45,709 --> 00:42:46,710
Wang Yu.

552
00:42:48,612 --> 00:42:51,182
Here comes a nasty piece of work.

553
00:42:51,248 --> 00:42:52,249
She will hear.

554
00:42:53,984 --> 00:42:57,655
I heard you were coming,
so I have been looking all over for you.

555
00:42:58,255 --> 00:43:00,024
I trust your trip to Goryeo went well?

556
00:43:01,058 --> 00:43:02,059
Thanks to you.

557
00:43:02,159 --> 00:43:04,862
Congratulations on your marriage.

558
00:43:05,196 --> 00:43:06,196
Thank you.

559
00:43:07,198 --> 00:43:08,198
Well...

560
00:43:09,066 --> 00:43:12,269
It has been too long.
Would you care for a cup of tea?

561
00:43:24,515 --> 00:43:26,116
What was that about?

562
00:43:28,219 --> 00:43:30,020
He probably has trouble at home.

563
00:43:36,594 --> 00:43:37,594
Your Majesty.

564
00:43:40,564 --> 00:43:42,233
Have you been well?

565
00:43:45,970 --> 00:43:47,204
It has been a long time.

566
00:43:48,138 --> 00:43:49,139
Senior Officer Park.

567
00:43:49,473 --> 00:43:51,809
"Senior Officer Park"? Look at him.

568
00:43:52,510 --> 00:43:53,944
He is a eunuch now.

569
00:43:54,011 --> 00:43:56,981
You look ten years younger now.

570
00:43:57,381 --> 00:44:00,217
You would look twenty years younger.

571
00:44:00,784 --> 00:44:01,785
Well?

572
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:04,154
Do you want to try?

573
00:44:05,356 --> 00:44:06,957
I will pass.

574
00:44:08,225 --> 00:44:11,729
His Imperial Majesty has arrived.

575
00:44:29,780 --> 00:44:31,382
Let the hunt begin.

576
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,215
There is a pheasant. Shoot.

577
00:45:13,857 --> 00:45:14,925
You have caught it!

578
00:45:22,933 --> 00:45:25,469
-Congratulations.
-Congratulations.

579
00:45:50,227 --> 00:45:51,295
A hit.

580
00:45:52,930 --> 00:45:54,131
Go away!

581
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,655
We have not raced in a while.

582
00:46:20,124 --> 00:46:23,761
First one to get to the big tree
over there wins.

583
00:46:25,529 --> 00:46:26,797
What are the stakes?

584
00:46:28,098 --> 00:46:30,434
The loser should grant the winner a wish.

585
00:46:31,268 --> 00:46:32,268
What do you say?

586
00:46:33,170 --> 00:46:38,175
Only if you promise me you would not cheat
like you did on Daecheong Island.

587
00:46:38,308 --> 00:46:39,309
My goodness.

588
00:46:40,277 --> 00:46:41,745
I have changed.

589
00:46:47,518 --> 00:46:48,518
Your Imperial Majesty.

590
00:46:50,354 --> 00:46:51,555
There is a roe deer.

591
00:46:55,159 --> 00:46:57,294
Your Imperial Majesty, not that way.

592
00:46:57,961 --> 00:47:00,130
What are you doing? Follow him.

593
00:47:00,731 --> 00:47:01,731
Your Imperial Majesty!

594
00:47:04,601 --> 00:47:05,601
Your Imperial Majesty!

595
00:48:07,264 --> 00:48:10,367
Three of you caught this one rabbit?

596
00:48:11,368 --> 00:48:14,738
Do not worry. We will get more tomorrow.

597
00:48:14,805 --> 00:48:17,508
Imperial Concubines,

598
00:48:17,641 --> 00:48:21,612
one little bunny.

599
00:48:21,812 --> 00:48:24,181
-It must be a slow day.
-It must be.

600
00:48:24,248 --> 00:48:28,152
Make way.

601
00:48:28,318 --> 00:48:30,654
Make way.

602
00:48:30,788 --> 00:48:31,822
Here we go.

603
00:48:32,923 --> 00:48:33,923
Put it down.

604
00:48:39,396 --> 00:48:41,999
Well, get to writing.

605
00:48:42,232 --> 00:48:45,369
"Wang Yu, one huge boar."

606
00:48:45,469 --> 00:48:46,470
Well...

607
00:48:49,506 --> 00:48:52,376
Wang Yu, one boar.

608
00:48:52,442 --> 00:48:54,077
<i>Wang Yu acted strange.</i>

609
00:48:54,678 --> 00:48:57,748
He is treating me so differently.

610
00:48:58,882 --> 00:49:00,984
How so?

611
00:49:02,419 --> 00:49:05,589
How else? He threw himself at me.

612
00:49:05,823 --> 00:49:06,824
Your Imperial Majesty.

613
00:49:08,091 --> 00:49:09,893
I did not want to tell you this.

614
00:49:11,094 --> 00:49:15,432
He has feelings for Concubine Ki.

615
00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:17,734
What?

616
00:49:17,968 --> 00:49:22,472
I heard General Dang Gise
and Commander Yeom talking about it.

617
00:49:24,274 --> 00:49:25,442
It cannot be.

618
00:49:26,043 --> 00:49:28,846
She probably went all over him.

619
00:49:30,380 --> 00:49:33,350
Wait. A concubine had affection for a man
other than the Emperor?

620
00:49:33,584 --> 00:49:35,085
It was a while ago.

621
00:49:35,152 --> 00:49:37,855
Who knows if they still have
feelings for each other?

622
00:49:39,323 --> 00:49:41,124
We will know when the four meet up.

623
00:49:42,259 --> 00:49:45,028
They would feel uncomfortable around
each other. Do you think they would come?

624
00:49:45,128 --> 00:49:47,397
Tell the Emperor and Concubine Ki

625
00:49:47,464 --> 00:49:49,466
there is something to discuss.

626
00:49:49,766 --> 00:49:52,669
Tell Wang Yu the Emperor wants him.

627
00:49:52,903 --> 00:49:54,371
Yes, Your Imperial Majesty.

628
00:50:08,452 --> 00:50:10,254
I threw you a party.

629
00:50:11,154 --> 00:50:14,191
Yet you all look uncomfortable.

630
00:50:14,324 --> 00:50:15,559
Not at all.

631
00:50:17,227 --> 00:50:19,263
Here. Have a drink.

632
00:50:25,302 --> 00:50:26,703
Let me pour you a cup.

633
00:50:31,508 --> 00:50:34,044
Now, shall we?

634
00:50:38,982 --> 00:50:40,217
Why do you not drink?

635
00:50:41,318 --> 00:50:44,588
Are you worried that you might
make a mistake when you get drunk?

636
00:50:45,989 --> 00:50:47,057
Why would I be?

637
00:50:47,124 --> 00:50:49,426
You might say something
you should not say when you are drunk.

638
00:50:51,862 --> 00:50:56,433
You look anxious
as if you are hiding something.

639
00:50:57,868 --> 00:51:00,170
You and Wang Yu are old friends.

640
00:51:00,570 --> 00:51:02,372
You can relax.

641
00:51:04,775 --> 00:51:06,143
Am I wrong?

642
00:51:09,846 --> 00:51:12,582
Not everyone enjoys drinking like you do.

643
00:51:13,450 --> 00:51:16,286
I have nothing to hide.

644
00:51:20,090 --> 00:51:21,458
As you please.

645
00:51:27,597 --> 00:51:28,832
<i>That lowly wench.</i>

646
00:51:29,866 --> 00:51:30,968
<i>What a sly wench.</i>

647
00:51:36,206 --> 00:51:39,142
Would you like another drink?

648
00:51:57,995 --> 00:51:58,995
Concubine Ki.

649
00:52:01,765 --> 00:52:04,101
You can hold your wine.

650
00:52:04,968 --> 00:52:06,837
Would you like another?

651
00:52:08,271 --> 00:52:10,907
I never turn down a drink.

652
00:52:21,251 --> 00:52:23,787
Tomorrow, the Emperor will be

653
00:52:23,854 --> 00:52:25,956
around the Dragon Rock,
Yukbong Valley, and Cheon Ridge.

654
00:52:26,456 --> 00:52:27,524
Set it up there tonight.

655
00:52:28,892 --> 00:52:31,862
Then the Emperor and Concubine Ki die...

656
00:52:32,596 --> 00:52:33,596
Tomorrow.

657
00:52:34,564 --> 00:52:37,401
Tomorrow at the hunting ground,
we will get rid of

658
00:52:39,302 --> 00:52:40,670
the Emperor and Concubine Ki.

659
00:52:51,815 --> 00:52:56,420
Where are they off to at this hour?

660
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:59,423
Good question. The hills are that way.

661
00:52:59,990 --> 00:53:01,024
Let's follow them.

662
00:53:02,192 --> 00:53:03,192
Right.

663
00:53:10,767 --> 00:53:13,437
That is enough. You are drunk.

664
00:53:15,138 --> 00:53:18,175
Although I am drunk, I can still
understand what you are trying to say.

665
00:53:19,910 --> 00:53:22,279
It is Concubine Ki
that you are really worried about,

666
00:53:23,113 --> 00:53:24,614
not me.

667
00:53:26,683 --> 00:53:29,119
Oh, Wang Yu.

668
00:53:30,554 --> 00:53:34,057
I received a letter from my cousin
who you married.

669
00:53:34,624 --> 00:53:35,826
Apparently,

670
00:53:36,827 --> 00:53:39,930
the woman you love is in Yeongyeong.
Am I wrong?

671
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:44,801
Enough.

672
00:53:47,304 --> 00:53:49,206
Concubine Ki should know.

673
00:53:49,873 --> 00:53:54,177
You two were so close after all.

674
00:53:55,579 --> 00:53:56,947
Go on then.

675
00:53:57,647 --> 00:54:00,283
Who is this lucky girl?

676
00:54:03,253 --> 00:54:04,321
She died.

677
00:54:13,797 --> 00:54:14,898
She died?

678
00:54:16,867 --> 00:54:18,435
You have your answer.

679
00:54:20,137 --> 00:54:21,771
I shall excuse myself.

680
00:54:51,368 --> 00:54:53,470
Wait. I will do it.

681
00:54:55,238 --> 00:54:57,073
I can make it alone.

682
00:55:00,844 --> 00:55:02,212
You are drunk.

683
00:55:04,681 --> 00:55:05,916
Lean on me.

684
00:56:13,516 --> 00:56:15,018
I could tell he still has feelings for her

685
00:56:15,619 --> 00:56:17,887
from the way he looked at that wench.

686
00:56:19,923 --> 00:56:22,492
Have you been thinking about
Wang Yu all along?

687
00:56:23,193 --> 00:56:25,328
What does she have that I do not?

688
00:56:25,528 --> 00:56:26,997
Nothing at all.

689
00:56:27,664 --> 00:56:29,199
Your eyes, nose, and lips...

690
00:56:30,100 --> 00:56:34,037
No matter how much she tries, she just
cannot compare to Your Imperial Majesty.

691
00:56:34,271 --> 00:56:37,007
Then why? Why do the Emperor and Wang Yu

692
00:56:37,073 --> 00:56:38,975
obsess over that wench?

693
00:56:39,342 --> 00:56:40,944
Why not over me?

694
00:56:42,479 --> 00:56:45,015
It is not your fault.

695
00:56:45,782 --> 00:56:48,885
It is because men do not have
an eye for true beauty.

696
00:56:51,221 --> 00:56:54,557
Wang Yu has made a fool out of me.

697
00:56:56,559 --> 00:56:58,228
Come to think of it,

698
00:57:00,230 --> 00:57:02,299
he has been playing me all along.

699
00:57:04,234 --> 00:57:06,770
-Your Imperial Majesty.
-I cannot forgive him.

700
00:57:07,637 --> 00:57:09,339
What does he take me for?

701
00:57:12,208 --> 00:57:13,777
Now I want him dead...

702
00:57:15,111 --> 00:57:16,146
even more...

703
00:57:18,214 --> 00:57:20,016
than I want Concubine Ki dead.

704
00:57:29,326 --> 00:57:30,760
Are you sobered up?

705
00:57:32,762 --> 00:57:33,763
Yes.

706
00:57:35,298 --> 00:57:37,100
Do not mind what the Empress said.

707
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,102
That was just the wine talking.

708
00:57:42,439 --> 00:57:45,275
I will return to my chamber now.

709
00:57:52,615 --> 00:57:53,615
I want you

710
00:57:54,284 --> 00:57:55,719
to spend the night here.

711
00:58:01,157 --> 00:58:03,159
How long will you make me feel lonely?

712
00:58:04,394 --> 00:58:06,963
-Your Imperial Majesty.
-How long will you keep your distance?

713
00:58:17,340 --> 00:58:18,508
I want you.