I'm leaving for now to stay with you forever.
We'll definitely meet again.
I'll help you.
I'm going to make this work for her.
What's your plan?
We'll keep the royal family,
but we'll take over the government.
We can't defeat our enemy
with only 1,000 soldiers.
Why don't we move His Majesty
somewhere else?
To where?
Gyeongungung.
This palace is small enough
for our 1,000 soldiers to defend.
But how are we going to move His Majesty?
Why don't you use gunpowder?
Gunpowder?
Yes, we can use explosives and fake a coup.
They're planning a coup.
If the coup succeeds, we're done.
They discovered our plan.
The longer we wait, the worse it'll get.
He's right. Let's do this.
It's happening at the Postal Center.
There'll be a party at the Postal Center.
At the Postal Center?
I'm invited.
Good.
No matter what, I'll make this work for you.
I'll protect you from now on.
Today is the day.
Come to Gyeongungung with the army.
Whether it succeeds or not is up to you.
Boss, please be careful.
Don't worry. See you around.
Pleased to meet you, sir.
He said he was glad to meet you.
I'm glad to meet you, too.
Thank you for the invitation.
It's our pleasure.
Please help yourself.
Welcome.
He's in charge of Hyesang Gongguk.
He controls all the merchants in Joseon.
He's in charge of Hyesang Gongguk.
He controls all the merchants in Joseon.
Nice to meet you, too.
He said he's glad to meet you, too.
It'll start soon.
Let's do this.
Let's make a new world
for the people of Joseon.
Yes.
Joseon needs a new postal
and telegraph system now.
We're cooperating with neighboring countries,
and opening the Postal Center today.
This will open a new era
for the people of Joseon.
There's a fire! We need to get out of here!
Let's go, sir.
Let's go.
(Min Yeongik)
Fire!
Let's get out of here.
Yes, sir.
Who are you?
We're here to establish a new world.
Min Yeongik, I'm sorry, but you have to go.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Father, you have to get out of here.
What are you doing here?
I have no time to explain. Let's move.
Sir, Min Yeongik has been hurt.
What? Min Yeongik?
Come on.
(Episode 21)
You did well.
We have to move His Majesty and Her Grace
to Gyeongungung.
Okay. Why don't you come with us?
If His Majesty recognizes me,
it won't go smoothly.
I'll be outside
in case something unexpected happens.
Okay.
Let's go, sir.
Let's go.
Stop right there.
I'm with you guys.
Do you know the sky?
It's 'cheon.'
(Cheon meaning 'the sky.')
Let's go.
How could you do this to me?
Did you come back because of this?
You came back to keep an eye on me,
and eventually kill me?
You can keep going this way.
I need to be somewhere.
How dare you!
How could you do this to me?
How could you point your sword at me?
Do you hate me that much?
You hated me so much
that you wanted to kill me?
Please go.
I don't want you to die.
I can't protect you anymore.
You should go to uncle's.
If everything gets sorted out,
I'll come and see you.
Minister Kim Byeongje!
How dare you!
Let's go.
Father.
Father.
Wake up, father.
How dare you!
Father.
This is how this ends.
Am I the one who needed to disappear
in this new world that you're trying to make?
No, father. That's not it.
That's not what I wanted.
I was happy while you were with me...
Even for a short period of time.
Father.
Father.
Wake up, father.
It's all my fault.
Please open your eyes, father.
Father.
Your Majesty, are you asleep?
Your Majesty!
The Count of Geumryung is
begging to see you.
What's going on this late at night?
You can't do this.
What are you doing?
It's a coup, Your Majesty.
A coup?
What are you talking about? A coup?
You're not safe here.
You have to get out of here.
Your Majesty, you have to go now.
Okay. Let's go.
Who started this coup?
Qing? Japan?
Why can't you answer me? I'm asking you.
In order to get His Majesty
to move to Gyeongungung,
I'll detonate a bomb
so that he'll feel like he's in danger.
Why can't you answer my question?
Tell me.
If you lie to me, you won't survive.
You stay here. I need to be somewhere else.
What are you doing here?
It's dangerous here. Just go.
What are you doing? Tell me now.
If not, I'll tell your superior.
Let's go. It's dangerous here.
Let go of me. I have to check it myself.
What are you doing?
I'm glad you're here.
She was doing something suspicious.
No. You can't get any closer.
Suin.
Yungang.
Get out of here. It's a bomb!
A bomb!
It's a bomb!
What was that noise?
It was a bomb.
The rebels are coming.
You have to get out of here, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, we don't have time.
We're going to move you
safely to Gyeongungung.
Okay.
Let's go.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
We should go see His Majesty.
I'll help you. Can you walk?
At the Postal Center?
Yes.
Mobs came in and killed everybody there.
What about my father? Where is he?
Have you checked them all?
Yes, I have.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Father.
Are you okay?
Sir, Kim Hogyeong hasn't arrived, yet.
Are our soldiers guarding the entrance?
Not yet.
Commander Kim Hogyeong was
supposed to lead the soldiers,
but he hasn't shown up.
We were standing by.
What are you talking about?
It's nothing, Your Grace. Let's go.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
They're the rebels. You can't go with them.
What are you talking about?
Those high officials in the Postal Office
Opening Ceremony were killed by the rebels.
The Reformists are the rebels.
That's not true, Your Majesty.
They're the ones who want you dead
and are telling you lies.
They're trying to kill His Majesty.
Get them!
Your Majesty, you have to come this way.
Let's go.
Stop!
Park Yungang! What are you doing here?
I'm here to escort you.
Let's go, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Minister Kim was right.
They're the rebels.
We can't go with them, Your Majesty.
Go!
If you stay here,
you'll put yourself in greater danger.
Do you want to take my life
because I was harsh on you?
No. I'm trying to protect you.
No, Your Majesty! Don't trust them.
Park Yungang is a fugitive under your orders.
Your Grace!
Trust me. I'll escort you.
I'll take care of you.
I guess Hyewon was right.
She said you became a court lady
to help Yungang.
You were just after me.
Your Grace.
You should go.
If you don't go now,
Your Majesty might be in danger.
How can you do this to me?
I want your desire to reform this country
to succeed, Your Majesty.
I had no choice but to do that.
What do you mean you had no choice?
Are you confessing your own crimes now?
Your Grace!
Where have His Majesty and Her Grace gone?
They said Gyeongungung.
They were going there to avoid the rebels.
Get more soldiers.
It's the rebels who are after His Majesty.
We have to stop them. Come on.
Yes, sir.
Stop!
Park Yungang.
Yungang.
Arrest them all. Now!
Park Yungang! How could you do this?
Let His Majesty and Her Grace go. Now!
No! I can't do that.
Yungang, what's wrong?
Don't do this and listen to him.
Go, Jeonghun. You can't be here.
Park Yungang. Pull yourself together.
This is not what your father wanted.
Please go.
I don't want to hurt you,
my father's deputy.
Park Yungang.
Let's go. Now.
If you dare move, we'll kill you all.
Sir!
Go with His Majesty and Her Grace, first.
Yungang.
Your Majesty, we have to go.
If not,
we won't be able to protect you anymore.
Attack!
Sir, please stop! It's Yungang.
He's Park Yungang, Park Jinhan's son.
Sir.
Shoot me.
Now!
If not, I'll have to kill you eventually.
Are you still going to side with His Majesty?
How could you,
while knowing what he's done to me?
I know, but I have no choice.
Protecting His Majesty is my destiny.
I can't let you do this.
Your father taught me to protect...
His Majesty at all costs.
Protecting His Majesty doesn't
necessarily mean protecting Joseon.
Don't you get it?
I'll protect Joseon.
I don't think my father
would blame me for that.
Go.
I don't want to shoot you.
Take him.
Sir.
Let me go.
Let me go and let's talk.
I need to get into the palace now.
Sangchu!
Boss!
Boss!
Boss!
What's going on? What are you doing here?
I'm here to join you.
What?
I didn't feel good about sending you alone.
What do you think you're you doing?
Who's going to protect Jemi and Yeonha?
Go back. You have to be with them.
Actually, that's why I'm here.
You told me that you'd create a new world.
In that new world, my child won't be a slave.
He could go to school and study.
He won't starve or be despised by others.
I'm a slave now,
but I want my child to live in a better world.
He might be able to become a high official.
You know how smart Jemi is.
If my child is like her, she'll be really smart.
You're right.
Please let me come with you, Boss.
Let a guy like me be
part of creating this new world.
Please escort His Majesty to his room.
I'll take him.
Why didn't you tell me the exact date?
Did you do it on purpose?
Yes, I thought you'd hesitate
if you knew the date.
No matter how strongly you believe in this,
you can be weak
when it comes to your father.
You didn't trust me
and you just used me
to get information from my father?
Kim Hogyeong!
Tell me!
Is that what this was all about?
You have jeopardized our entire plan.
When you went to save your father,
people here were in serious danger.
My father...
Has passed away.
He was killed by a sword right in front of me.
I couldn't do anything to help him.
I had to come here right away.
I know it's hard,
but didn't you think about that
before you joined us?
I want you to stay in your position.
I won't hold you accountable
for what happened.
Hogyeong.
I didn't know that you were with us.
I felt resentment towards you.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't know what you'd been through.
It's okay.
It's not your fault.
Hogyeong.
Get inside.
I'll take up my position outside.
If you need anything,
you can ask Jeong Suin.
She'll stay with Your Majesty
and Your Grace.
Your Majesty,
we should get back to the palace.
They moved us here because it's easier for them
to fight whoever tries to come and save you.
What are you talking about?
This place, which is smaller than
Changdeokgung, is easier to defend
with a small number of soldiers.
To get out from under their control,
we need to get back to Changdeokgung.
When we get there,
we can ask Qing to send an army to help us.
You're not well enough to do anything.
If the Reformists take over the palace,
they'll kill us all.
We'll lose everything
that we've accumulated so far.
Send out notices and gather the soldiers.
I'll go to the palace with them,
and kill all of the Reformists.
Father.
We have enough soldiers to do that.
What are you waiting for? Move!
But if the seal of Hyesang Gongguk
isn't put on the paper,
they won't cooperate.
Why do we need that stupid seal?
Just go.
Tell them that His Majesty
has been captured by the rebels.
Yes, sir.
Seonggil is right.
If we call up soldiers without the seal,
we'll be considered the rebels.
I'll take the soldiers that I have with me now.
Please don't. You're going to get killed.
Wait.
I'll go to Hyesang Gongguk and get the seal.
Like you suggested, you can recapture
the palace with the help of the peddlers.
That way, you can win.
Take it away. I don't want to eat.
I told you that I feel suffocated in this place.
It's dingy and I feel cold.
I want to go back to the palace.
If there's anything to discuss,
we can discuss it there.
I'll put more wood in the fire hole
to make the room warmer.
And you need to eat to stay healthy.
I'll set the table for you again.
You wench!
Her Grace doesn't feel comfortable here.
I'm glad you're here.
We're going back to the palace.
His Majesty and Her Grace feel
uncomfortable here.
Stay out of this.
I'm in charge here at the moment.
I decided that this place was safe.
This is ridiculous, Your Majesty.
I can't watch you suffer in a place like this.
I'll escort you to Changdeokgung.
Stop right now.
If not, I'll slit your throat.
I'm Head Eunuch, serving His Majesty.
How can you treat me in such a rude way?
Okay. Go ahead and behead me.
As Her Grace suspected,
you're definitely a traitor.
Your Majesty, you shouldn't tolerate
his rude behavior.
If you give me the order,
I'll go get the Qing army if we need.
Kill him!
What are you doing?
Stop it! He's my favorite subject.
Sir!
Slit his throat right here. Do it!
Your Majesty!
How... How can this be?
Your Majesty, don't be agitated.
I just got rid of a provocateur.
- Take him away. / - Yes, sir.
Why did you do that?
Was it totally necessary?
He provoked people while saying
that he'd get a Qing army.
If I hadn't done anything,
our plans might have been ruined.
Some might slip away
and as a result, our plan might fail.
All of us here might have died.
But still, you shouldn't have killed
the Head Eunuch in front of His Majesty.
We need to have eunuchs
and court ladies on our side.
If they turn against us, it's not good for us.
Everybody is following
your lead at the moment.
You need to keep a cool head,
especially at a time like this.
You're right.
I went too far this time.
I knew it wouldn't be easy,
but it's hard to see people dying
in front of me.
I'm confused and scared.
Are we doing the right thing?
I didn't think the better world
that you and I wanted would come easily.
I knew there would be obstacles and
sacrifices along the way.
I think Kim Okgyun went too far this time,
and I think he's regretting it.
Yes.
Is your arm okay?
Yes.
Everything will be settled tomorrow.
Then we can live together.
You won't be a court lady any longer
and I won't be a fugitive.
We can live together in the world
that you and I dreamed of.
Please hang in there.
The peddlers are making
suspicious movements.
I think they're forming an army.
What are you talking about?
How can they do that?
Choi Wonsin. What happened to him?
If he was at the Postal Center,
he couldn't have survived.
We checked everyone before we left.
I need to be somewhere. Stay here.
Boss.
He's not here.
Choi Wonsin's body is nowhere to be found.
Choi Wonsin.
It's him.
He's still alive.
What?
I think he's gathering the peddlers' army.
They're going to attack Gyeongungung.
We have to stop them before they move.
What should we do?
The seal.
We need to find the seal of Hyesang Gongguk.
Without that seal, even Choi Wonsin
can't mobilize the peddlers' army.
I heard that you need that seal
to mobilize an army.
Where can we find it?
Hyesang Gongguk.
Min Yeongik was in charge.
It must be in his office.
Why don't you go back to Gyeongungung
and take care of Lady Suin.
This is it.
Bring me the seal of Hyesang Gongguk.
Here.
Go ahead. I'll be right behind you.
Yes, father.
Take care of him.
Please don't kill me.
The seal. The seal!
No! The seal!
You distract him from the front.
I'll attack him from behind.
Lady Hyewon, it's too dangerous.
Lady Hyewon.
Hyewon!
Hyewon!
Hyewon! Hyewon, wake up!
Hyewon, please wake up.
You can make it. You can.
I'll take you to a doctor and he'll fix you.
Father.
You can make it.
Hyewon!
Lady Hyewon!
Hyewon!
Let's go. Let's go.
Wake up!
Wake up! You can make it.
I'll make you better.
Go get a doctor. Now!
Yes, sir!
Father.
The seal. You need to find the seal.
Don't say anything. I don't care about that.
Without you, I don't need anything.
We need it to survive.
I want you to survive.
Don't talk.
If you keep talking, it'll hurt more.
Father.
Come to think of it, I miss those days.
We had nothing,
but after we fled from that evil man's house,
we could buy ourselves a bowl of soup
with the money we made as peddlers.
Do you remember?
We kept putting more food...
In each other's bowls
and we ended up spilling it all.
I don't know what happened to us.
We were happy as long as we had
a bowl of rice to share.
Stop talking.
Stop!
Father.
I'm sorry.
Because of me... Because of me...
Hyewon!
Hyewon!
Doctor! I need a doctor!
Hyewon, wake up.
Open your eyes.
What is it? What happened?
No. Nothing happened. Nothing.
What is it then?
Yungang.
A lot of people had to die because of me.
And your father Park Jinhan was one of them.
I have a favor to ask of you.
Please don't kill any more subjects.
If you don't,
I'll pass the law you're requesting.
I'll open a new world.
I know you hold grudges against me,
but you're the only one I can talk to right now.
I thought at least you would listen to me.
Don't worry. I don't want to kill people.
Thank you.
I trust you.
I'll pass the new law what you're proposing,
and start a new cabinet as you've requested.
Your Grace is immeasurable, Your Grace.
Regent Heungseon will return from Qing
immediately and the tribute to Qing
should be abolished.
The distinction of classes should be abolished
and government positions
should be awarded based on ability.
The eunuchs system will be abolished and
talented ones will be hired
for proper positions.
Corrupt officials should be punished severely
and Hyesang Gongguk will no longer exit.
Important decisions will be made
through meetings
of ministers and cabinet members.
Other than the 6 major departments,
useless facilities will be abolished on
the request of ministers and cabinet members.
You're so pretty.
Everything has returned to its place.
You came back to me as well.
Yungang.
Let's forget the harsh memories of the past.
Let's think about our future
in the new world that we've made.
Yes.
We have made it.
We have created this world.
Please be with me.
I don't want to be apart from you anymore.
I don't want that, either.
We can be together.
(Gunman in Joseon)
Nobles and slaves are equal
in this new world.
We are the owners of Joseon.
We can't just let it happen.
We can't let those rebels
take over Joseon, Your Majesty.
A Qing army will arrive soon.
Your coup is over today.
Retreat!
Suin.
Let's go.
I will end his life, no matter what.
Suin.
Wherever you go, I'll come with you.
No comments:
Post a Comment