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Only five nyangs.

What's there to think about?

You'll get valuable information dirt cheap.

What do you want?

I'll buy that information.

How does thirty nyangs sound?

Did you say thirty?

You used to work in the Ministry of Rites?

Yeah.

Why should I believe you?

Listen to this cad.

I'm the former fourth state councilor Yun Hwe.

Go out to the Six Ministries Plaza and ask anyone on the street.

There s not a soul who doesn't know me there.

Let go of me, boy. You'll sober me up!

What's the information you were going to sell off to the Japanese spy?

I've never seen you before. What are you?

A rookie at the Capital Magistracy? The Royal Inspector's Office?

What?

Two nyangs.

Do I have to beat you half to death for you to talk?

Fine, I'll give you three, but that's all.

I'll get that Japanese to pay you three nyangs for ignoring what you saw and...

Talk! What classified information were you going to reveal to the spy?

I think I might know what that information was.

Were you going to reveal that the mountain behind Gyeongbok Palace is Mt. Bugak?

Or were you going to expose that there are total of eight gates that lead into the city?

I was going to expose the fact that there is a river called Han River

smack in the middle of this country.

You have a problem with that?

When will you stop wasting your valuable time like this?

Like I said before, come to my office anytime you wish to have a drink.

Let me get through.

It's been a long time since I saw you last.

Yes.

Forgive me for my inadequate manners on account of where we are.

Who is that man?

He is merely a drunk trying to swindle

people with his language skills to feed his habit.

Don't waste your time with him.

He is a harmless man.

Didn't I tell you to recruit that man Yun Hwe?

The man stays drunk twenty days a month.

He could cause us problems if he makes a mistake in drunken stupor.

I told you to find a way to control him.

His fluency in Japanese and Chinese alone makes him very useful to us.

Don't you agree?

Five nyangs can buy you a national secret and two nyangs can cover it up...

What if that give you back a thousand nyang information?

That's for hitting me back there,

and that's for messing up my plan, you fool.

I've been watching that man for three days.

He's a very suspicious character.

I finally approached him today and threw

him a bait so I can find out what he's after.

Do you expect me to believe that?

You're not even a government agent and you were setting up a spy to catch him?

You're not just a fool, you're an imbecile!

If you're not a government agent, are you not a Joseonese either?

Pathetic moron!

Don't say anything, master.

I know exactly what you're going to say.

The Prince is still not found?

How could you be so incompetent?

Id you repeatedly not to let him out of sight.

Don't yell at them. It's not their fault.

I'm sorry. It's just that today is a special day...

Are you sure it's not because you don't trust me?

Your Highness...

You're afraid I might misbehave walking round the city

and get myself into trouble like I did years ago.

Perhaps you still see me as reckless thirteen-year-old.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I feel more like your son than your husband.

Didn't you tell him yet, my lady?

He wouldn't say things like that if...

You should just tell him, my lady.

It's sure to put a huge smile on His Highness's face.

Let's move quickly, men.

The incense urn goes over there, and that chair goes to the other side.

You there, what are you doing?

Sir.

Can't you do anything right?

The seats have to be at least five paces from the walls.

We don't have much time. Tell them to hustle.

Yes, sir.

It's two miles from Gyeongbok Palace to Induk Palace.

We have about two hundred guards to cover.

Would two hundred be enough?

There is always a hole in Yeogyeong-bang.

On the fifth of August outing, a dart weapon nearly missed the Royal carriage.

You can be sure that won't happen this time.

The Capital Magistracy will be blocking off all of the roads.

We also began restricting access starting last night.

Don't make any mistakes this time.

If anything happens again, I'm going to send you off to the countryside.

Does it please you?

It's very nice.

They used a good water buffalo horn.

I changed the dealer that supplies Royal gifts.

His name is Baron Ok Hwan, and I'm told he is a man of discriminating taste.

Is this ornament must be a selection of his discriminating taste as well.

Shall I send it back?

I thought it might be a bit over-extravagant for me...

No, that's all right.

You need something to keep you happy serving this old man.

Don't say things like that.

Ten young soldiers could not defeat you on a battlefield right now.

You are so adorable.

Call all that baron over when you get a chance.

There may be something he can do for me.

Grant Royal audience to a lowly merchant?

I'm a powerless paper tiger. What good is Royal lineage?

Your Eminence...

The abdicated King is to present each of the Princes with a bow?

It's excessive.

These extravagant parties he holds at random are excessive enough.

And now he wants to give out precious Ming bows to the boys

that don't even know how to handle them?

That's ridiculous.

But that's what he does for pleasure.

All the money that goes out from the privy purse for his pleasure is

blood and sweat of the people.

I can think of worse hobbies he could take up.

The abdicated King still has many followers, Your Majesty.

What's your concern?

What would a man protecting you be concerned about?

I suppose your right.

If he gets funny ideas and tries to imitate Brother Hoean,

ten, no, hundred times more of the precious resources will be wasted.

Many priceless lives will be lost as well.

You don't look very well, my Queen.

I have you to thank for that.

This is abdicated King's gala.

Let's try not to do anything that can upset the elder.

Don't worry.

This is not the first time I'm forced to put on a phony smile.

We should be celebrating as well on a day like this.

Of course.

The whole country is celebrating the bountiful harvest we haven't had in years.

We must join in.

Let us go to my house.

I already instructed my servants prepare a feast for us.

Join us, Minister Park.

Thank you, but I cant.

I still have work to finish.

You're not carrying the country on your shoulders alone. So...

Perhaps next time. And we will get together at my house.

Very well then.

Gangryeongpo

It seems you're running a bit late.

Yes. Is His Highness in the rear garden?

Where else would he be?

I told him he was the best archer in the Royal family and that he

doesn't need to practice, but you know how he doesn't like to lose.

Let's go and have a cup of tea.

Yes.

Why are you so late?

What if I said I was practicing so I could beat you?

Then I'll let you beat me.

How does five sound?

You want me to beat you on the first round?

Five should do it.

Your Highness, you're not thinking about...

She's the abdicated King's concubine.

She's a Slower waiting for a butterfly as well.

I said five.

Keep a good count.

We wanted to fly into the sky like a bird with wings,

and on earth we wanted to be linked like branches...

Did it go this way?

When will you stop this childish behavior?

Until I get an answer.

Let us fly into the sky like a bind...

Let us be intertwined like tree branches...

A man has opened up his heart to you, so you must give an answer.

You're not Xuan Zong and I am not Yang Guifei.

Do you know Bai Juyi?

I serve the former King. I've learned a thing or two over the shoulder.

And you know how to be modest as well.

Is it because you miss a man's touch?

Your Highness!

There's a shadow cast over your face.

I can't help looking at you because I feel sorry for you.

Why don't you treat me with a little respect?

I may be of humble birth but I serve your uncle.

You talk like you're a lady from a noble family.

To a gisaeng, the man that pays her is her god and her king.

I will ignore that remark.

Be honest with yourself.

You're frustrated with the ex-King who can't satisfy you.

Every night must be like hell to you.

Fine, I'll be generous.

Your Highness.

Come to my room tonight. I'll take very good care of you.

Now you owe me your life.

No one can get away with such irreverence toward the Crown Prince.

I'm letting this slide because you're so pretty.

I didn't know I had Hyoryeong in the audience, too.

Why are you always doing things that can get you into trouble?

What would father say if he ever found out?

What would he say? He'd say well done.

That right there is the reason why father can't fault me for what I do.

My, the world has changed!

A son born of a concubine is attending a Royal archery match because

he's considered a Royal family, too.

I am not to be blamed for being born a son of a concubine.

Where did you learn to talk back like that?

Who taught you to be so arrogant?

"No flower retains it's color for longer than ten days,

no man's power lasts for more than ten years."

Nothing lasts forever.

Remember that.

It's for your own good.

Does that hurt you?

Let that pain hurt you even more!

Then that pain will turn to rage and rage will turn to strength.

Mother...

I'm sorry.

It's my fault that I failed to kill off the Crown Prince and his brothers.

If only I had done that, things would be so much easier for you...

Stop. Stop, Mother!

Kyoungnyeong...!

I'm tired of hearing you talk about the Queenship.

I'm tired of watching you growing angrier and angrier holding on to a ridiculous dream!

You fool!

Don't you feel sorry for your mother?

That old tiger in the Central Halls has got me face-down on the ground!

That's not all. Now her sons are trying patronize me every chance they get!

Don't you feel sorry for everything I have to endure?

I plan to risk everything I've got to put you on the Royal thrown of Joseon.

If I have to surrender my life to get you there, I will.

Induk Palace

Don't I get one, Your Eminence?

Don't worry. You will get one in due time.

Horn bows are not right for you yet.

I don't know how to thank you for your generosity toward my sons.

You've already done enough for me.

You freed me from onerous state affairs and gave me this easy life.

Bull's-eye!

Bull's-eye!

Bull's-eye!

Kyoungyeong is quite good.

He reminds me of you when you were his age.

Does he?

You gave us this delightful gala,

so I think it's only proper that I return the favor.

Return the favor?

Let us wait awhile until the sun sets.

It's amazing. Isn't it?

Isn't it fun to watch?

It's like ghosts dancing in the sky.

That's what happens when you put nitro- chalk, sulfur and powdered coal together.

It's not dancing ghosts.

Wow, you're amazing! How did you know that, Youngsil?

I overheard some Ming merchants talking about it.

It's the Chinese that really like fireworks.

You heard it once and you remembered all that?

We should get going now since we got the herbs for the madam.

My mother...

I wish she had seen this with us.

I'm sure she's never seen anything so amazing.

Let us hurry.

She'll get better. Won't she?

They said it's good medicine.

Gangryeongpo

Mom!

Your Majesty...

Is there a problem?

There are problems small and large all the time in the state.

Don't worry about it and enjoy the entertainment.

Minister of Defense?

He's on his way.

Are they trained soldiers?

No confirmation yet, but whether they're pirates or trained soldiers,

there could be up to two thousand of them if there're twenty ships.

Gangryeongpo is only eleven miles outside the capital.

Unless we act quickly, the city will be threatened as well.

There is no time for meetings?

No.

Call Yi Jongmu.

How about Right Army Chief Min Muhyul instead?

The Right Army is the most disciplined

of the three armies according to the Fourth Royal Secretary's report.

I believe they will be most effective in mobile warfare.

Min Muhyul...

Gangryeongpo... Did they say Gangryeongpo?

What are you thinking?

What do you think I'm thinking?

Your Highness...

Coast of Gangryeongpo

What's that?

Attack!

Stop, I said!

We must save them.

This is a conspiracy!

I will destroy ever one that took part in Muqu and Mujil's demise

with my own hands.

Stop the ranting and worry about your own heads.

Better yet, find a way to prove your loyalty.

Your Highness...

First restore the family honor and seize political control.

And then... and then you can get your revenge.

Uncle!

Don't you think this place is too dangerous for the Crown Prince?

If I want to be a strong King, I have to make battlefields my playground.

General, the enemy fleet is retreating!

You were born and raised in Donglae, and you can't swim?

Why did you jump in if you can't swim?

I knew that you can swim.

You did? How?

How did you know that?

In any case, you should at least thank me.

I saved you from drowning to death.

A servant's life is an asset.

Protecting me is protecting your asset.

Is that how it goes?

Then I guess I should thank you instead.

Thanks.

Not so much for being alive but for these herbs.

Thanks for telling me to wrap them in oiled paper to keep them dry.

If you hadn't, they'd be ruined.

Are you going to submit this report?

I supposed I shouldn't.

That would not only discredit you but discredit the Crown Prince as well.

You and the Ministry of Revenue will not come out

of this unscathed either.

Do you have a plan?

Of course, sir.

I didn't think I would ever walk side by side with you like this, Uncle.

I'm your servant before I'm your uncle.

I will be there anytime you need me.

Atten-hut!

Go on. You directed the battle, so you should commend them as well.

The general has put me on the spot here and asked me to commend you.

But I do not intend to commend you.

Because you were simply doing your duty, nothing more.

From this moment on, all of us are brothers.

You who stand firm to protect Joseon, you who will lay down his life

for this country, you are my brothers.

Foreign enemies will continue to invade our homeland.

And on that field of slaughter, on the foremost front, I will be there with you.

My proud brothers, won't you be with me until the day

that Joseon becomes indomitable?

Twenty soldiers were injured and there were no fatalities.

Civilian damages?

Two villages near the port suffered heavy damages,

but the district government is working on immediate restoration.

What I worried most about were the government storehouses,

but it appears they were safely protected.

I believe our success was a result of prompt reporting and quick response.

Your Majesty, there is one thing...

What is it?

It appears the Crown Prince was at Gangryeongpo fighting in the battle.

What did you say?

The Crown Prince playing soldier?

How is this reckless man fit to be the future King?

We should've seen him back to the palace ourselves.

Who knew he would do something so rash?

I'm told Father is furious.

I don't understand him.

Why is he trying to hard to make trouble?

This could develop into something big.

Shouldn't we be looking for a way to defuse this?

I don't understand you either.