1 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,760 Subtitles by MBC 2 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:17,850 Overlord, Overlord, Overlord. 3 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,930 Hear me. 4 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:48,860 Today I assume the mantle of Overlord, like my father and his father before him. 5 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:56,790 My father's dying wish was that I make Koryo a great empire. 6 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:04,820 And that I defeat the Mongols. 7 00:01:05,910 --> 00:01:18,820 I accept the challenge to make Koryo a great nation, a great empire! 8 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:24,830 Overlord, Overlord, Overlord. 9 00:01:29,910 --> 00:01:37,850 Join with me to fight for the glory of Koryo! 10 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:46,810 The Guard Corps has always protected this nation. 11 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:53,880 We will honor that spirit. 12 00:01:54,780 --> 00:02:04,900 Whatever happens, we will never kneel before the Mongols! 13 00:02:09,910 --> 00:02:17,830 Remember that, all of you. Remember that! 14 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:24,860 - Well said - Well said! 15 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,830 Well said! 16 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,850 To the glory of the Koryo Empire! 17 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,890 Overlord, Overlord, Overlord. 18 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:53,880 So we have yet another overlord. 19 00:02:56,820 --> 00:02:59,870 The Imperial House must go the way of the world. 20 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,790 You can throttle a rooster, but the dawn still comes. 21 00:03:09,870 --> 00:03:13,870 A new day will come. 22 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,780 I'm old now. 23 00:03:20,860 --> 00:03:25,830 If a new day comes, what good will it be? 24 00:03:27,860 --> 00:03:29,880 To us, I mean? 25 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:33,910 But you are still the ruler of this nation. 26 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,810 Perhaps. 27 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,830 The military has run Koryo for 100 years now. 28 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:53,880 Not to mention the constant Mongol attacks. It's all so frustrating. 29 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:11,920 Welcome. You've come from the Guard Corps? 30 00:04:13,910 --> 00:04:17,830 Today was the Overlord's inauguration. 31 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:26,870 Yes, Sire. The chancellors are all gathered at the Guard Corps. 32 00:04:26,890 --> 00:04:31,890 I see. All except you, Chamberlain Choe? 33 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:38,870 The Military Council needs your approval of certain adjustments in personnel. 34 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,910 - A new posting? - Yes, Sire. 35 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:48,800 Naturally, Choe Hang runs the Guard Corps and the Directorate General. 36 00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:54,820 But your approval is required. 37 00:04:54,860 --> 00:05:01,860 Of course. In fact, I've been thinking about that. 38 00:05:02,910 --> 00:05:06,840 The Corps runs this country, after all. 39 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:10,880 He needs an appropriate position. 40 00:05:11,810 --> 00:05:18,920 Sire, the Overlord has always been over the chancelleries. 41 00:05:19,870 --> 00:05:26,790 May I suggest he be appointed over the Security Council and Civil Personnel. 42 00:05:26,810 --> 00:05:32,780 As well as Military Affairs? 43 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,900 Give him so much authority? 44 00:05:36,810 --> 00:05:44,790 The Security Council has always been responsible for the court and the military. 45 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:48,840 They all ultimately answer to the Guard Corps. 46 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:51,920 What difference do a few extra titles make? 47 00:05:56,820 --> 00:06:00,870 Quite right. Go ahead. 48 00:06:02,890 --> 00:06:09,800 The throne is titular signatory, nothing more. 49 00:06:12,860 --> 00:06:16,830 Go ahead, all of you. 50 00:06:17,780 --> 00:06:20,820 At your service, Sire. 51 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,810 Congratulations. 52 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,880 The Emperor has named you head of the Security Council, 53 00:06:38,810 --> 00:06:42,810 the Ministries of Finance and Civil Personnel and Military Affairs. 54 00:06:42,890 --> 00:06:48,810 You are truly Overlord over all of Koryo. 55 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:50,810 There's more. 56 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:57,780 As head of Civil Personnel, you supplant His Majesty as head of the chancelleries. 57 00:06:58,780 --> 00:07:00,830 You act in His Majesty's stead. 58 00:07:00,910 --> 00:07:05,890 Exactly. You bear a heavy burden, sir. 59 00:07:06,870 --> 00:07:08,900 What do I know about that? 60 00:07:09,780 --> 00:07:14,900 That pretty speech I made? Viscount Kim here wrote it. 61 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,780 Isn't that so, Viscount? 62 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,880 Not quite. You chose it, after all. 63 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:26,910 I don't know the Directorate General from squat. 64 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:34,800 My father said to rely on the Viscount for political advice. 65 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:43,890 Overlord, many of our subordinates have worked for years in slavery. 66 00:07:44,780 --> 00:07:46,920 - Some are illegitimate? - Illegitimate? 67 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,810 Illegitimate what? 68 00:07:55,790 --> 00:07:59,870 Many of our subordinates are in the slave brigade. 69 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:05,900 This may be a good time to give these illegitimate sons of concubines their freedom. 70 00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:10,920 No more of this "illegitimate" stuff. 71 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:16,880 Bastards, illegitimate! No words are dirtier in any language. 72 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,920 Give them their freedom. 73 00:08:24,870 --> 00:08:30,920 Choe Yangbaek and Yi Kongju served my father for years. 74 00:08:31,780 --> 00:08:33,860 You're both viscounts. 75 00:08:33,870 --> 00:08:35,900 Thank you, sir. 76 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:42,800 While we're at it, Viscount Choe here. 77 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:46,790 You've looked after my person. 78 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:50,900 You can head all the personal guards of the Corps. 79 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:55,790 Overlord. 80 00:08:57,780 --> 00:09:00,790 Yes, sir, just as you say. 81 00:09:00,810 --> 00:09:07,860 Overlord, it is customary to be generous when assuming your post. 82 00:09:08,870 --> 00:09:13,830 Open the storehouses, distribute grain to your hungry people. 83 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:19,870 You might remit taxes and regional tribute to the court, as well. 84 00:09:21,810 --> 00:09:25,900 Wait, the imperial tribute? 85 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:31,850 Well, if it's for the people. 86 00:09:31,870 --> 00:09:35,890 Make it so. 87 00:09:35,910 --> 00:09:41,790 Yes, sir. Now about the Mongols. 88 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:46,890 They continue to insist that the capital be returned to Kaegyeong. 89 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:51,870 And that Emperor Kojong go to their court. Envoys are on the way. 90 00:09:51,890 --> 00:09:56,790 I don't know anything about that. 91 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:05,920 We'll fortify the walled city of Sungchonbu and hear the Mongols out. 92 00:10:06,850 --> 00:10:11,800 Appearing to acquiesce to their terms will buy us some time. 93 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,840 Sungchonbu. 94 00:10:15,850 --> 00:10:19,830 A walled city on the mainland across from Kanghwa Island. 95 00:10:20,780 --> 00:10:27,860 A pavilion was built to house the frequent Mongol delegations, 96 00:10:27,870 --> 00:10:31,860 in hopes of staving off an invasion. 97 00:10:31,910 --> 00:10:39,800 However, Koryo's attempt to pass off the Duke of Yongnyong as a prince, 98 00:10:39,850 --> 00:10:43,890 and its refusal to move the capital from Kanghwa, 99 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:47,840 ultimately led to a fourth invasion. 100 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:56,870 But Koryo had a brief respite when Guyuk Khan died a year earlier in 1248. 101 00:10:58,860 --> 00:11:03,840 Well, this is my first day as head of the Directorate General. 102 00:11:03,890 --> 00:11:11,830 So you keep an eye on the Mongol problem for me. 103 00:11:11,890 --> 00:11:16,800 Need you ask? They are coming, sir. 104 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:20,150 We must use the time available... 105 00:11:20,150 --> 00:11:24,820 to reinforce our fortresses and prepare for war. 106 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:26,900 Right you are. 107 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:32,820 Maybe send some envoys to make one excuse or another. 108 00:11:32,860 --> 00:11:34,830 See to the preparations. 109 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,820 Yes, sir. 110 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,840 Another thing, affairs of state are piling up. 111 00:11:40,870 --> 00:11:44,780 We can't wear mourning clothes forever. 112 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,920 He's been dead a few days now. That's long enough. 113 00:11:49,890 --> 00:11:54,810 We can honor his memory by taking care of Koryo. 114 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:58,860 But that breaches the rules of etiquette. 115 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:04,780 Just do it. The nation is more important than etiquette. 116 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:10,810 I won't be a better son for wearing white forever. 117 00:12:10,890 --> 00:12:12,840 Am I wrong? 118 00:12:17,910 --> 00:12:23,850 What's that again? End the period of mourning? 119 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:26,950 So he said, Your Grace. 120 00:12:26,950 --> 00:12:30,800 He orders everyone to stop wearing white immediately. 121 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,900 No, I can't! He's truly insane. 122 00:12:34,790 --> 00:12:37,810 His father barely in the grave and he does this? 123 00:12:37,850 --> 00:12:40,860 All the retainers have obeyed? 124 00:12:40,870 --> 00:12:44,900 No one in the Guard Corps is wearing white. 125 00:12:45,780 --> 00:12:49,880 This won't do, it just won't do. 126 00:12:49,890 --> 00:12:53,920 It's irreverent, unheard of, what kind of son is he? 127 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:59,860 Oh, dear. I won't have it. Head Lady, come with me. 128 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,900 But Your Grace, where are you going? 129 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,890 Where do you think? To see the Overlord. 130 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,820 Please, Your Grace. Try to calm down. 131 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,820 The retainers have all obeyed. 132 00:13:12,850 --> 00:13:17,830 You can't be seen doing otherwise. 133 00:13:17,870 --> 00:13:23,910 There's no disaster, no necessity, why would he end the mourning period? 134 00:13:24,820 --> 00:13:27,840 Is he quite himself? 135 00:13:29,930 --> 00:13:35,820 It would break his father's heart if he knew. 136 00:13:35,820 --> 00:13:40,800 Oh, dear, oh dear! 137 00:13:45,890 --> 00:13:48,820 - Listen, Lord Son. - Yes, Overlord. 138 00:13:48,850 --> 00:13:53,920 I don't know how people used to do it for 3 years. 139 00:13:54,910 --> 00:13:58,860 They built a cottage by the tomb and mourned for 3 years? 140 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:00,860 So they did. 141 00:14:01,820 --> 00:14:05,870 Guess they weren't busy. Am I right, Viscount Choe? 142 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,860 A drink. 143 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,840 - Come on. - Sir. 144 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:19,840 See how much better it is without all that white hemp and what-have-you? 145 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,830 - Drink. - Sir. 146 00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:33,860 I swear! The Emperor is no better. 147 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:40,910 This title, that rank, what's the rush anyway? 148 00:14:41,850 --> 00:14:46,860 It merely attests to the importance of your position. 149 00:14:46,930 --> 00:14:50,900 The life and death of Koryo rests on your shoulders. 150 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:57,840 Just so. The earth shakes and mountains move at your whim. 151 00:14:57,860 --> 00:15:00,910 Surely the Emperor knows that. 152 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,820 Well, well, well, enough of that. 153 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:11,800 - Viscount Choe. - Overlord. 154 00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:15,810 About these Guard Corps concubines. 155 00:15:16,910 --> 00:15:20,910 - We talked about them before. - Yes, sir. 156 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,830 Time I took a peek. 157 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:36,870 Yes, sir, what the Overlord wants, the Overlord gets. 158 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,810 Right, Viscount? 159 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:45,850 But they are still in mourning for the late Overlord. 160 00:15:45,910 --> 00:15:50,820 Now, now, the Guard Corps is his now. 161 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,910 Including the concubines. 162 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,810 Look, Viscount, the mourning is over. 163 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:04,820 I just want a peek. What do you say? Care to join me? 164 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,790 The Overlord addressed you. 165 00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:17,800 Ugh, what good is drinking here anyway? 166 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:22,810 Let's go somewhere. 167 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:32,860 Thank you. Thank you, Missus. 168 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:37,790 Enjoy. You were quite late today. 169 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,870 Yes, Mother. We were beside ourselves, what with this and that. 170 00:16:43,810 --> 00:16:47,880 I'm sure. The Overlord has only just taken charge. 171 00:16:48,810 --> 00:16:50,860 Sir, Cha Songu reporting. 172 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,920 Come in. 173 00:16:57,820 --> 00:17:00,920 Father is eating here. What is it? 174 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,920 Something has come up. The Overlord went to the Pavilion. 175 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,840 What? The Pavilion? 176 00:17:09,850 --> 00:17:13,850 Yes, Viscount. He's already started drinking. 177 00:17:15,780 --> 00:17:22,850 Unbelievable. Still in mourning and he goes off to carry on? 178 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:28,810 Why? What's the Pavilion? 179 00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:31,840 It's the Emperor's pavilion of women. 180 00:17:31,860 --> 00:17:34,920 The Overlord's personal ladies, his concubines. 181 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:38,840 Huh. A harem? 182 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:41,800 But he's there now? 183 00:17:41,890 --> 00:17:44,840 I swear! 184 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:51,780 Oh, yeah, that's what I'm talking about. 185 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:56,810 What a bevy of beauties. 186 00:17:58,850 --> 00:18:02,850 No wonder Father never went to a courtesan house. 187 00:18:03,830 --> 00:18:09,780 Why go out with so many lovelies right here? 188 00:18:13,910 --> 00:18:21,810 Oh! What's your name, sweetie? 189 00:18:23,780 --> 00:18:24,920 Orchid. 190 00:18:25,790 --> 00:18:29,820 Orchid! Orchid! 191 00:18:30,820 --> 00:18:38,780 A face to make you smile, a fragrance to make you quiver. 192 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:40,870 Oh yes. 193 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,850 And what's your name, sweetness? 194 00:18:45,780 --> 00:18:46,900 Jade. 195 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,860 Jade! 196 00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:56,790 Oh, yes, yes! 197 00:18:59,810 --> 00:19:04,790 And who is in charge of the ladies? 198 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,880 The head lady. 199 00:19:06,890 --> 00:19:08,910 Head lady. 200 00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:16,820 Good. Tell her the mourning is over and it's time for a feast. 201 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:25,880 Orchid, Jade, fancy a feast with daddy? 202 00:19:26,870 --> 00:19:29,850 Overlord, I didn't realize you were here. 203 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,880 Lovely. It's a lovely place. 204 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:45,850 Make up a room. I sleep here tonight. 205 00:19:50,780 --> 00:19:51,920 But! 206 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:53,820 But what? 207 00:19:53,870 --> 00:19:57,190 Pardon my saying, but many of the ladies... 208 00:19:57,190 --> 00:20:01,930 were quite fond of the late Overlord. 209 00:20:03,810 --> 00:20:04,860 Please understand. 210 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,840 Who cares? 211 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:16,910 They belong to the Guard Corps, like furniture. 212 00:20:19,790 --> 00:20:24,830 Tonight we play. You, bring some wine. 213 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:31,800 Head Lady! He sent for the Head Lady? 214 00:20:31,910 --> 00:20:36,860 The Overlord is there? Carrying on already? 215 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:43,830 He's insane, crazy, truly ill. 216 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,800 What will you do? 217 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,820 This can't go on. 218 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:55,780 Your Grace! Try to calm down. 219 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:07,850 - Lord Son. - Overlord. 220 00:21:11,810 --> 00:21:14,810 This is what makes power so great. 221 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:18,790 A nice cozy place to rest, oh, yes. 222 00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:27,820 Orchid. Jade. 223 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:34,890 Overlord. 224 00:21:35,820 --> 00:21:38,850 My dad came here a lot? 225 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,840 Now and then, sir. 226 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:48,850 And all you baby dolls were here for his pleasure? 227 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,900 Yes, but he rarely visited. 228 00:21:55,890 --> 00:21:58,810 I'll change that. 229 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:07,840 Now that's great wine, oh, yes! 230 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:13,900 - Orchid, you are so... - How dare you? 231 00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:17,780 Have you no shame? 232 00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:23,780 Your father is barely in his grave and you're carrying on with his concubines? 233 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,880 Now, Mother, what's got you all worked up? 234 00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:33,830 Have you lost your senses? On your feet. 235 00:22:34,850 --> 00:22:38,800 - Viscount Choe. - Yes, Your Grace. 236 00:22:38,850 --> 00:22:42,870 What is all this? It's beyond bizarre. 237 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:45,850 Is this how you serve the Corps? 238 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:51,910 Head Lady, take all this away. 239 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:53,890 Yes, Your Grace. 240 00:22:54,890 --> 00:22:56,820 Why are you doing this? 241 00:22:57,790 --> 00:23:02,780 I'm just getting acquainted with the staff is all. 242 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:03,870 Stand up. 243 00:23:04,790 --> 00:23:10,920 I won't have it. You're shaming the Corps and shaming your father. 244 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:15,850 Take this away. Move. 245 00:23:15,910 --> 00:23:19,920 Yes, Your Grace. You heard her? 246 00:23:20,890 --> 00:23:23,790 Enough, "Mother". 247 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:36,880 I'm the Overlord. Who are you to tell me what's what? 248 00:23:51,910 --> 00:23:59,890 Fine. I'll let you have your way today. 249 00:24:01,810 --> 00:24:06,810 But never, ever! 250 00:24:07,890 --> 00:24:13,820 interfere again. 251 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:18,790 Understood? 252 00:24:21,850 --> 00:24:27,900 Then act like an overlord. You should be ashamed. 253 00:24:37,830 --> 00:24:41,790 - Let's go. - Just so, sir. 254 00:24:42,850 --> 00:24:44,880 Viscount Kim. 255 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:56,910 Still getting acquainted with the Corps, I see? 256 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,890 Ex-exactly. 257 00:25:04,860 --> 00:25:07,810 Well then! 258 00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:11,910 - Let's go. - Sir. 259 00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:15,780 And you two. 260 00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:18,900 Yes, Viscount? 261 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,820 You are to instruct the Overlord. 262 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:27,900 Not drink with him. 263 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:33,900 Ah, yes! Quite so. Shall we? 264 00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:40,920 Yangbaek. 265 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:51,900 Look after him. Please. 266 00:26:07,820 --> 00:26:12,820 Viscount, this isn't right. 267 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:17,790 You were to be in charge. 268 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,800 This isn't right. 269 00:26:22,910 --> 00:26:24,900 Your pardon. 270 00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:30,820 He had too much to drink. 271 00:26:31,860 --> 00:26:34,890 It won't happen again. 272 00:26:36,860 --> 00:26:41,870 The sky has fallen! on all of us! 273 00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:15,920 Something bothering you, darling? 274 00:27:18,810 --> 00:27:22,790 All my worst fears are coming true. 275 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,870 The Overlord? 276 00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:28,920 A don't know what to do. 277 00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:38,800 A legless mount, like a gossiping mouth, can travel 1,000 miles. 278 00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:41,850 I have to go to work. 279 00:27:43,910 --> 00:27:46,860 No, just last night? 280 00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:50,790 Carrying on in the Pavilion? 281 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,790 Exactly. 282 00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:56,900 "Getting acquainted" or not! 283 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:02,800 True. Drinking and such during the mourning period. 284 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,910 And the ladies still mourning for the late Overlord. 285 00:28:06,820 --> 00:28:07,900 It's the rumors. 286 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:15,910 What goes on in the back rooms is one thing, but the problem is the timing. 287 00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:19,870 What of the three bonds and five moral rules? 288 00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:21,920 I can't believe it. 289 00:28:22,830 --> 00:28:25,870 No, no, I thought, but it's all true. 290 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:27,920 Just days after his father's funeral. 291 00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:32,890 Surely he has a reason? 292 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,820 Whatever it is, it's not good enough. 293 00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:42,880 Funeral rites are of vital importance. Who is he to change them? 294 00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:44,900 Don't you agree? 295 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,810 I have nothing to say. 296 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,920 Who am I to comment on my son-in-law's comings and goings? 297 00:28:52,810 --> 00:28:57,860 The old is passing away. This is our brave new world. 298 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,810 I hate the sound of that. 299 00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:05,880 Isn't this the problem of his two tutors? 300 00:29:05,890 --> 00:29:10,870 What exactly are they teaching him? 301 00:29:14,860 --> 00:29:18,790 Ugh. I told you two to deal with all this. 302 00:29:18,810 --> 00:29:20,830 Council reports, sir. 303 00:29:20,850 --> 00:29:22,860 You two handle it. 304 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,850 Yes, Overlord. 305 00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:35,920 About the Pavilion. Things were just getting started. 306 00:29:36,910 --> 00:29:42,880 That stepmother of mine, she's a real piece of work. 307 00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:47,850 How dare she act like my mother? 308 00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:51,790 What did she ever do for me? 309 00:29:55,900 --> 00:30:02,840 Overlord, this report deals with the envoys to the Mongols. 310 00:30:03,830 --> 00:30:07,860 They suggest sending Yi Hyon and General Kim Pojong. 311 00:30:07,910 --> 00:30:10,860 Let the Council deal with it. 312 00:30:10,890 --> 00:30:18,780 By next June the Mongol envoys will be housed in Sungchonbu. 313 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:25,800 Shall we send the Crown Prince in the Emperor's place to their court? 314 00:30:25,830 --> 00:30:29,880 Ask Kim Jun, he'll know. 315 00:30:31,820 --> 00:30:34,850 More important, Viscount Choe. 316 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,870 Yes, sir. 317 00:30:36,890 --> 00:30:46,850 The more I stew on it, the more I realize I lost face. 318 00:30:47,850 --> 00:30:50,880 I mean, my stepmother? 319 00:30:50,890 --> 00:30:53,870 Chasing me out of the Pavilion. 320 00:30:54,810 --> 00:30:56,900 I won't have it. 321 00:30:57,790 --> 00:31:05,820 Quite right, sir. You rule all of Koryo. No one tells you what to do. 322 00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:12,920 Exactly. Not Her Grace and not Kim Jun. What was he doing there? 323 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:21,840 Lay off of Kim Jun. Anyway, I made my excuses. 324 00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:26,820 I was getting acquainted. 325 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,900 Right, Viscount Choe? 326 00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:31,900 Yes, sir. 327 00:31:32,870 --> 00:31:39,820 All the same, everyone knows I've always been a ladies' man. 328 00:31:41,890 --> 00:31:54,780 Send for that luscious Orchid and Jade. Too tasty for words. 329 00:31:55,890 --> 00:32:00,780 Viscount, you heard the Overlord. 330 00:32:02,790 --> 00:32:06,840 As you command. 331 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,780 Now, sir? 332 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,850 You heard me, chop-chop. 333 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,900 No time like the present. 334 00:32:16,790 --> 00:32:18,810 Yes, sir. 335 00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:28,850 That's right, that's my Choe Yangbaek. 336 00:32:28,870 --> 00:32:31,910 He follows orders, no excuses. 337 00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:36,800 If only everyone was like that. 338 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:41,870 What am I doing here? 339 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:49,920 Kim Jun spoke with such feeling. "Look after him, look after him." 340 00:32:50,780 --> 00:32:56,820 What's the best way to look after him? What am I meant to do? 341 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:58,880 Yes, sir? 342 00:33:02,890 --> 00:33:07,880 Take a detachment to the Pavilion. 343 00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:11,800 Sir? But, sir, Her Grace said? 344 00:33:11,860 --> 00:33:13,850 The Overlord's orders. 345 00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:16,880 Bring back Orchid and Jade. 346 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,860 Yes, sir. 347 00:33:25,910 --> 00:33:28,850 A retainer's fate is set. 348 00:33:29,860 --> 00:33:33,830 It is my duty to obey without question. 349 00:33:33,850 --> 00:33:37,920 I have no choice. 350 00:33:42,910 --> 00:33:47,790 I had heard rumors, but I had no idea. 351 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:49,850 He's an animal. 352 00:33:50,860 --> 00:33:57,800 How could the Overlord choose him as a successor? How? 353 00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:04,830 Your Grace, you should avoid getting involved. Think of the future. 354 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:08,900 What, I'm his stepmother, aren't I? 355 00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:19,870 Now may not be the time, but they say he's evil, a real snake. 356 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:27,830 He always has been, all the Corps ladies know it. 357 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:35,790 No surprise there. I saw how he looked at me in the Pavilion. 358 00:34:35,850 --> 00:34:39,860 Just lay low. He's dangerous. 359 00:34:40,780 --> 00:34:44,850 But the Corps is my responsibility. I won't stand for this kind of thing. 360 00:34:44,890 --> 00:34:46,870 I have to say something. 361 00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:48,920 Your Grace, if I may? 362 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:50,880 Enter. 363 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:57,920 Your Grace, the Pavilion! Men took the ladies away. 364 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:01,820 What? Who? 365 00:35:01,870 --> 00:35:06,830 On the Overlord's orders. Choe Yangbaek's men? 366 00:35:07,860 --> 00:35:12,850 Unbelievable. Oh, gods! He dares? 367 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,780 He dares..? 368 00:35:17,780 --> 00:35:22,860 What? Unheard of! Incredible! 369 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:29,810 Your mother mouthed off to the Overlord? What's she playing at? 370 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,880 What else have you heard? 371 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,910 The Overlord has ended the period of mourning. 372 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:41,780 And he's been carrying on in the pavilion of women. 373 00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:44,910 That sounds like him, but it can't be stopped. 374 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:50,780 What was your mother thinking, rushing over there and all? 375 00:35:50,850 --> 00:35:52,880 He deserved it. 376 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:55,860 Deserved..? Who deserved what? 377 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,840 At this rate she'll be lucky to be banished to a Cholla temple. 378 00:36:01,810 --> 00:36:09,800 The little fool, that mother of yours will get us all in trouble. 379 00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:21,830 You have to admit he's ignorant. 380 00:36:21,890 --> 00:36:26,810 Chasing after skirts while he's in mourning. 381 00:36:26,820 --> 00:36:29,850 And despite Her Grace telling him to stop. 382 00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:33,850 What your mouth? He's the overlord. 383 00:36:33,860 --> 00:36:35,930 Then why doesn't he act like one? 384 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,810 All the same, people might hear. 385 00:36:39,910 --> 00:36:44,780 It could cost your life. And your mouth will only speed the payment. 386 00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:47,880 Father! 387 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:52,850 What kind of life is that if you're scared to speak? 388 00:36:57,820 --> 00:37:01,840 I'll be careful. But he's still worthless. 389 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:11,790 Tell Viscount Choe I'd like to see him. For a drink. 390 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:14,890 Yes, father. 391 00:37:25,860 --> 00:37:28,880 Now this is paradise. 392 00:37:29,810 --> 00:37:37,840 Wine, women, song! and more women. 393 00:37:37,910 --> 00:37:43,840 And why not? Heroes have always enjoyed the ladies. 394 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:49,830 It's natural that you spend your time as you see fit. 395 00:37:49,910 --> 00:37:52,820 Right. Right! 396 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,850 Let the Corps deal with politics. 397 00:37:57,870 --> 00:38:02,910 What is there for me to do anyway? 398 00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:12,850 Ah, you're Orchid, right? 399 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,870 Yes, Overlord. 400 00:38:18,820 --> 00:38:19,880 A drink. 401 00:38:20,860 --> 00:38:22,880 Yes, Overlord. 402 00:38:37,830 --> 00:38:41,780 Now, then, tonight! 403 00:38:43,790 --> 00:38:45,870 You and me, hm? 404 00:38:49,850 --> 00:38:51,840 No answer? 405 00:38:55,900 --> 00:39:05,790 Your pardon. We served the late Overlord, we didn't service him. 406 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,890 You didn't what? 407 00:39:09,790 --> 00:39:14,700 If there are women and wine, then there's a night together. 408 00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:17,820 That's how things are. 409 00:39:19,820 --> 00:39:23,860 We are not courtesans. 410 00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:27,850 What? Courtesans? 411 00:39:34,810 --> 00:39:38,860 We are not prostitutes. 412 00:39:39,780 --> 00:39:44,870 We are simple maidens chosen to serve the Guard Corps. 413 00:39:45,890 --> 00:39:50,900 How is that not being a prostitute? 414 00:39:52,790 --> 00:40:01,880 Your late father chose me. I'm not an animal to then serve his son. 415 00:40:04,850 --> 00:40:06,890 It is not proper etiquette. 416 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,870 Etiquette? 417 00:40:10,890 --> 00:40:12,910 Etiquette, she says. 418 00:40:14,890 --> 00:40:16,890 Etiquette. 419 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:25,820 And what is "proper etiquette" for backroom tramps? 420 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:30,780 What? Not courtesans? 421 00:40:31,850 --> 00:40:33,850 Courtesan! 422 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:41,820 My mother was a courtesan. 423 00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:51,780 All right, "courtesan," as of now, you're a courtesan. 424 00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:56,820 Strip. I command it. 425 00:40:57,780 --> 00:40:58,880 Strip! 426 00:41:00,910 --> 00:41:03,800 I refuse. 427 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,870 I told you I'm not an animal. 428 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:18,910 Surely you don't see your father's ladies as dogs or pigs? 429 00:41:20,820 --> 00:41:27,890 What? Dogs? Pigs? Doggy piggies? 430 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,870 - Tramp! - Overlord! 431 00:41:34,830 --> 00:41:37,810 - Die! - Overlord! 432 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,830 Let me say it once again. 433 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:54,880 I'm not a courtesan! 434 00:41:57,820 --> 00:42:07,870 I may serve all day, but I am one of your father's ladies. 435 00:42:09,790 --> 00:42:13,910 I refuse you. 436 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:18,860 - Viscount! - You there! Get her out of here! 437 00:42:19,820 --> 00:42:21,800 - Overlord! - Overlord! 438 00:42:21,850 --> 00:42:24,920 I refuse! 439 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,920 Get her out of here. 440 00:42:28,810 --> 00:42:31,800 Overlord, Overlord. 441 00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:38,780 You! 442 00:42:39,850 --> 00:42:42,900 - Overlord. - Overlord. 443 00:42:44,830 --> 00:42:48,780 - You. - Yes, Overlord. 444 00:42:48,830 --> 00:42:52,840 - You're Jade? - Yes, Overlord. 445 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:58,790 You too good for me, too? 446 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,880 Or will you sleep with daddy? 447 00:43:07,820 --> 00:43:12,820 Yes, yes, Overlord! 448 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,790 We're both busy. What is it? 449 00:43:33,830 --> 00:43:35,800 First, a drink. 450 00:43:36,850 --> 00:43:40,870 We're both busy, but this is more important. 451 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:43,920 Go on. 452 00:43:45,870 --> 00:43:52,880 You brought Pavilion women here. Your men, that is. 453 00:43:55,790 --> 00:43:57,870 Our lord's commands are inviolate. 454 00:43:58,910 --> 00:44:02,860 For me, for you, for everyone. 455 00:44:03,870 --> 00:44:05,780 Are they? 456 00:44:05,850 --> 00:44:07,850 I think so. 457 00:44:08,870 --> 00:44:11,820 A retainer is the same as a slave. 458 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,790 Our lord is our lord. 459 00:44:14,850 --> 00:44:21,840 A true retainer will stop his lord from stepping in the mud. 460 00:44:23,810 --> 00:44:29,840 I'm not that kind of retainer, not yet. I'm not you. 461 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,820 Yangbaek. 462 00:44:32,830 --> 00:44:35,890 They're his father's ladies. 463 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,780 And he tried to kill one that refused him. 464 00:44:42,820 --> 00:44:45,810 Are you watching him? 465 00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:49,780 That just happened. And you already know? 466 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,840 Not watching. Serving. 467 00:44:52,870 --> 00:44:56,860 Yangbaek, I need your help. 468 00:44:57,780 --> 00:45:00,860 I serve the Overlord, for better or worse. 469 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,880 You assigned me to him. 470 00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:05,840 What are you saying? 471 00:45:05,850 --> 00:45:07,880 I am saying to look after him. 472 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:12,780 He's testing the limits of his power. 473 00:45:12,790 --> 00:45:17,910 As I'm testing the limits of my loyalty. 474 00:45:18,780 --> 00:45:23,840 This is wrong. That's not authority. That's not loyalty. 475 00:45:23,850 --> 00:45:27,820 You don't have to put a knife to your throat. 476 00:45:27,830 --> 00:45:29,870 You're a retainer. You look after him. 477 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:33,870 A retainer's duty is to obey. 478 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,820 Don't push me on this. 479 00:45:37,830 --> 00:45:39,860 You do your duty! 480 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,900 and leave me to do mine. 481 00:45:43,910 --> 00:45:45,920 Yangbaek. 482 00:45:46,810 --> 00:45:53,810 Stop telling me what to do. I command the Overlord's personal guards. 483 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,810 I don't understand politics. 484 00:45:59,830 --> 00:46:02,820 I come when told, go when told. 485 00:46:04,820 --> 00:46:06,900 Kill when told. 486 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,840 Yangbaek. 487 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,890 What was so important? 488 00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:34,920 Oh, this and that. Maintain vigilance, security, that sort of thing. 489 00:46:35,870 --> 00:46:37,810 How so? 490 00:46:38,850 --> 00:46:42,850 Things are happening faster than we thought. 491 00:46:43,870 --> 00:46:44,890 Sir? 492 00:46:56,810 --> 00:46:59,910 You talked about the dead woman? 493 00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:08,820 You two are old comrades. Don't let this end it. 494 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:18,880 The most pressing issue is serving the Overlord. 495 00:47:20,830 --> 00:47:24,860 Keep me posted on what the court is saying. 496 00:47:24,870 --> 00:47:29,880 And don't stop monitoring the Three Patrols and the Overlord's personal guards. 497 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,920 Yes, Father. 498 00:47:32,820 --> 00:47:36,860 My brothers are assigned to the Ministry of War, but hey help me, too. 499 00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:40,890 But won't Choe Yangbaek be a problem? 500 00:47:41,850 --> 00:47:44,880 He commands the personal guards. 501 00:47:45,870 --> 00:47:50,800 I'm worried now that the two of you have disagreed. 502 00:47:51,790 --> 00:47:57,880 We're comrades. It will all work out. 503 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,920 Incredible. Some Overlord. 504 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,930 And after we granted him title and position. 505 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:27,850 What they said was right, he's an animal. 506 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,860 What is Kim Jun doing? 507 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:42,830 I had hoped for better. 508 00:48:43,850 --> 00:48:45,920 What can a viscount do? 509 00:48:47,810 --> 00:48:51,920 Whatever Kim Jun's intentions, he can't stop the Overlord. 510 00:48:52,790 --> 00:48:53,870 All the same. 511 00:48:54,820 --> 00:49:00,840 Yi Jangyong and General Choe tell me he is the only one we can trust in the Corps. 512 00:49:02,820 --> 00:49:08,920 Ending the mourning period early, carrying on with his father's women. 513 00:49:11,780 --> 00:49:13,860 What a world. 514 00:49:15,890 --> 00:49:22,900 The Corps will lead this country to ruin. 515 00:49:24,810 --> 00:49:26,900 A mess, I'm telling you. 516 00:49:27,810 --> 00:49:31,920 He's using the Guard Corps like his own playground. 517 00:49:32,790 --> 00:49:35,900 And he's getting worse. 518 00:49:35,910 --> 00:49:39,890 Too true. How dare he? 519 00:49:39,900 --> 00:49:42,800 Tongues are wagging. 520 00:49:42,810 --> 00:49:44,830 The time is ripe. 521 00:49:44,850 --> 00:49:51,810 Everyone who has been waiting finally has justification. 522 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,870 Shall we muster the men? 523 00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:57,900 We've waited too long. 524 00:49:58,810 --> 00:50:03,900 Once we act, all those around him will help us. 525 00:50:04,780 --> 00:50:08,870 But we're already under surveillance. 526 00:50:09,830 --> 00:50:12,860 It's Kim Jun, after all. And Pak Songbi. 527 00:50:13,790 --> 00:50:16,880 But waiting any longer won't do us any good. 528 00:50:18,780 --> 00:50:21,880 Make sure your friends are still with us. 529 00:50:22,790 --> 00:50:26,830 And wait. The time is ripe. 530 00:50:26,850 --> 00:50:29,860 I told you we're under surveillance. 531 00:50:29,910 --> 00:50:36,790 Shouldn't we just give up? They know too much. 532 00:50:37,780 --> 00:50:39,920 Public opinion is what matters. 533 00:50:41,810 --> 00:50:45,850 Everyone knows the Overlord is a joke. 534 00:50:47,820 --> 00:50:53,850 Wait for it. Soon we will act. 535 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:11,920 Listen. These are called "annals"? 536 00:51:12,810 --> 00:51:13,890 Yes, Overlord. 537 00:51:14,810 --> 00:51:16,840 Annals of what? 538 00:51:16,910 --> 00:51:25,790 Of the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient China. 539 00:51:25,850 --> 00:51:29,910 It is one of the Five Classics that helps us to rule wisely today. 540 00:51:31,890 --> 00:51:34,800 I don't care about that. 541 00:51:34,830 --> 00:51:39,880 I'm the big man now, aren't I? What do I care about history? 542 00:51:39,890 --> 00:51:46,840 Sir, even His Majesty studied the classics. 543 00:51:47,860 --> 00:51:56,830 Forget history, forget politics, let's talk about reality. 544 00:51:56,900 --> 00:52:02,850 I heard a lot of talk when I was preparing to be overlord. 545 00:52:05,810 --> 00:52:11,900 Quite a few men wanted my position. 546 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,910 You heard that, too? 547 00:52:18,810 --> 00:52:19,870 Ah, yes. 548 00:52:20,910 --> 00:52:29,810 Prior to your appointment, the Council discussed possible successors! 549 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,870 Yes, Overlord. 550 00:52:42,850 --> 00:52:46,790 Did they? Very interesting. 551 00:52:47,890 --> 00:52:49,860 Who, exactly? 552 00:52:50,890 --> 00:52:57,840 Kim Mi and Oh Seungjok were mentioned. 553 00:52:57,910 --> 00:53:01,830 Who? Kim Mi and Oh Seungjok? 554 00:53:02,810 --> 00:53:08,880 Kim Mi, sure, he's my nephew. But Oh Seungjok? 555 00:53:09,780 --> 00:53:13,780 He was suggested by Lord Jusuk. 556 00:53:13,820 --> 00:53:14,840 Jusuk? 557 00:53:14,890 --> 00:53:16,820 Yes, Overlord. 558 00:53:16,900 --> 00:53:19,830 Now that bears looking into. 559 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:24,850 Jusuk used to serve my father. 560 00:53:25,890 --> 00:53:29,850 He pushed for Oh Seungjok, huh? 561 00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:37,800 Overlord, surely it was because the boy is Her Grace's son. 562 00:53:38,890 --> 00:53:44,780 Hm, I suppose. My stepmother's brat, huh? 563 00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:54,910 Preying on my poor old dad. They're both shifty. 564 00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:04,920 Eyeing my position and all. 565 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,810 Where is Kim Mi now? 566 00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:20,870 I understand he went to a distant temple when you were named successor. 567 00:54:23,810 --> 00:54:27,920 Kim Mi! Oh Seungjok! 568 00:54:29,820 --> 00:54:37,800 They should both die, the pair of them. 569 00:54:51,870 --> 00:54:57,780 It's been years now. Banished without being banished. 570 00:54:57,860 --> 00:55:04,810 From what I hear, Uncle Hang is ruining the Guard Corps. 571 00:55:06,830 --> 00:55:12,890 Why did Uncle Kim discourage my promotion anyway? 572 00:55:13,790 --> 00:55:15,880 All the generals wanted me. 573 00:55:17,820 --> 00:55:21,910 Now they're all dead. 574 00:55:22,830 --> 00:55:32,820 Now the Corps is going to fall, Uncle Kim knows it, too. 575 00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:39,790 He fusses at me, but he knows better. 576 00:55:41,860 --> 00:55:45,830 - You, there. - Yes, Young Lord. 577 00:55:51,870 --> 00:55:54,850 Take this to Kangdo without being seen. 578 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:56,870 The capital? 579 00:55:57,790 --> 00:56:04,830 Yes. Take this to Kim Kyongson's house. 580 00:56:05,890 --> 00:56:07,830 Be very discreet. 581 00:56:10,890 --> 00:56:12,880 I understand. 582 00:56:18,810 --> 00:56:25,850 General Choe Chunmyong is dead? How? 583 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:29,890 They say it was something he ate. 584 00:56:30,810 --> 00:56:36,920 Chunmyong... He was a soldier's soldier, a great warrior. 585 00:56:37,810 --> 00:56:41,930 Well said. The good die young! 586 00:56:44,790 --> 00:56:47,920 You must be worried. About your daughter. 587 00:56:48,790 --> 00:56:51,920 Oh, I am. I have no one else I can tell. 588 00:56:52,850 --> 00:56:57,840 He locks her away, abuses her daily. 589 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:03,850 Be patient. Kim Jun will deal with it. 590 00:57:04,780 --> 00:57:07,870 The Overlord still listens to him. 591 00:57:08,810 --> 00:57:10,850 I'll mention it to him. 592 00:57:10,870 --> 00:57:15,900 She's my little girl, it can't be allowed. 593 00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:21,820 I know you and Kim Jun are close. Talk to him. 594 00:57:21,900 --> 00:57:26,920 The Overlord is out of control. Someone has to speak out. 595 00:57:28,850 --> 00:57:32,840 He's not my son-in-law, he's my enemy. 596 00:57:34,830 --> 00:57:39,900 Be careful. You should keep that to yourself. 597 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,870 You know that, right? 598 00:57:43,780 --> 00:57:46,820 My girl, my little girl! 599 00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:01,870 Choe Chunmyong passed away yesterday. 600 00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:11,810 He'll be missed. He held Fort Jaju against the Mongols, remember? 601 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:17,910 Oh, yes. The Emperor is in mourning. 602 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:23,890 I understand. He was a trusted counselor. 603 00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:28,840 I hear you're keeping busy. 604 00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:30,900 Yes. 605 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:36,920 Guyuk Khan died and his widow rules the Mongols as regent. 606 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:43,870 A new Khan will be named. We need to be ready if he attacks. 607 00:58:44,820 --> 00:58:46,880 Their terms are simple. 608 00:58:46,910 --> 00:58:51,860 They want the capital moved back to Kaegyeong. Is that so difficult? 609 00:58:51,870 --> 00:58:54,920 We can't. It's tantamount to surrender. 610 00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:56,910 We'll be enslaved. 611 00:58:57,820 --> 00:58:59,910 Our people are dying. 612 00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:01,890 We must endure. 613 00:59:02,790 --> 00:59:07,800 They're powerful, but they can't last 100 years, much less 1,000. 614 00:59:07,860 --> 00:59:10,900 We will win this. 615 00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,860 You're very like the late Overlord. 616 00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,820 Listen, Viscount, about the new Overlord. 617 00:59:25,850 --> 00:59:29,780 Will you just stand by and do nothing? 618 00:59:30,850 --> 00:59:35,800 He's still young. And he is still my lord. 619 00:59:35,890 --> 00:59:40,780 All I can do is serve him. Things will get better. 620 00:59:40,810 --> 00:59:44,790 Try to appease the chancellors. 621 00:59:44,910 --> 00:59:47,890 You bear a heavy burden. 622 00:59:49,810 --> 00:59:56,800 I suspect your burden is heavier. And exhausting. 623 00:59:59,900 --> 01:00:03,850 What's that? Kim Mi said what? 624 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:12,840 He gave me a letter and told me to deliver it to Kim Kyongson in secret. 625 01:00:13,850 --> 01:00:17,830 - It seemed suspicious. - How so exactly? 626 01:00:18,900 --> 01:00:23,900 Kim Mi just sits and stews on the Guard Corps. 627 01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:32,900 Then to suddenly send me off with this letter! 628 01:00:34,780 --> 01:00:41,870 It's strange. I thought if a plot was exposed, I might be freed. 629 01:00:41,890 --> 01:00:43,790 The letter? 630 01:00:43,810 --> 01:00:46,790 Here. 631 01:00:53,870 --> 01:00:57,930 I've heard what that that scum has been up to since he assumed command. 632 01:00:59,780 --> 01:01:02,830 You may recall how the generals supported me in the past. 633 01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:11,870 Muster your men. There are still many who support me. 634 01:01:14,900 --> 01:01:16,880 Can you read? 635 01:01:17,810 --> 01:01:23,870 No, sir. It just seemed strange so I brought it to you. 636 01:01:24,810 --> 01:01:28,790 It's just a simple letter. 637 01:01:29,870 --> 01:01:32,850 Really? 638 01:01:33,810 --> 01:01:36,920 Yes. I'll give it to Kim Kyongson myself. 639 01:01:37,810 --> 01:01:39,840 Go tell your master it was delivered. 640 01:01:39,910 --> 01:01:43,810 Your concerns are noted. 641 01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:48,840 Dismissed. 642 01:01:49,820 --> 01:01:51,780 Sir. 643 01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:56,910 What did it say? 644 01:01:57,850 --> 01:01:59,880 Kim Mi is planning something. 645 01:02:00,820 --> 01:02:03,840 It could hurt Kim Kyongson as well. 646 01:02:03,870 --> 01:02:05,840 We need to speak with Viscount Kim. 647 01:02:05,890 --> 01:02:09,880 I swear. Let's go. 648 01:02:23,790 --> 01:02:25,900 Something's not right. 649 01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:32,830 "Discreet," he said. That wasn't a simple letter. 650 01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:35,800 Wait. 651 01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,880 Did I do the wrong thing? 652 01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:47,790 Has he lost his senses? 653 01:02:47,820 --> 01:02:49,870 Sending this in times like these? 654 01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:56,870 What about the messenger? 655 01:02:56,900 --> 01:02:59,860 He said he's illiterate. 656 01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:02,910 I sent him on his way. 657 01:03:04,780 --> 01:03:06,910 You did what? He must be stopped. 658 01:03:06,930 --> 01:03:10,850 He can't read, he doesn't know what it says. 659 01:03:10,900 --> 01:03:13,790 If we stop him, it will make things worse. 660 01:03:13,810 --> 01:03:17,810 Not so. He came here because he was suspicious. 661 01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:21,850 He accused his lord, he's not to be trusted. 662 01:03:21,890 --> 01:03:24,830 Who knows what he'll do next. 663 01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:27,880 You're right. He said he wanted his freedom. 664 01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:31,840 I doubt he's going back. 665 01:03:32,810 --> 01:03:35,840 Im Yon has a point. 666 01:03:35,860 --> 01:03:38,780 What are you orders? 667 01:03:38,850 --> 01:03:41,810 We can't allow Kim Kyongson to be hurt. 668 01:03:42,820 --> 01:03:46,820 Find the messenger. Before this gets worse. 669 01:03:47,810 --> 01:03:49,880 He left hours ago. 670 01:03:51,830 --> 01:03:57,790 No. Send your men. Move before this gets worse. 671 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:02,800 Well, Im Yon? Track him down. 672 01:04:02,870 --> 01:04:04,790 Sir. 673 01:04:05,780 --> 01:04:09,790 This is urgent. Urgent! 674 01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:24,020 Subtitles by MBC