"= Episode 24 =" "You've got the woman whom you've been yearning for." "You should be very happy now." "Happy." "Very happy." "Don't be sarcastic." "I've always been a lecher." "Haven't you always known that?" "Did she say she's happy too?" "To be the Crown Prince's wife, how can she not be happy?" "She's very, very happy." "Her laughter was full of joy." "Is that so?" "Convey to her my congratulations and felicitations." "Also convey to her, that her laughter won't be for long." "I..." "What am I, that you're so heartbroken?" "Dream..." "This isn't a dream, is it?" "Agassi, don't leave, don't leave me." "I..." "I can't let you go." "As long as I'm with you, anywhere will be fine." "Even if I were to lose my status and position, I'm fine with that." "As long as I have you, that's enough for me." "You can't be like this." "Gye Baek, you don't belong solely to me." "You, Gye Baek, belong to the people, to Baekje." "Don't be so disheartened because of me." "Agassi." "In my heart there's only you." "Don't think that you've lost me to His Highness, but that you've handed me over to Baekje, our country." "I, Eun Go , will one day... return to your side." "That day will definitely come." "You must wait for me until then." "You must persevere." "I can't hold on until then." "I'm dying." "I can't let you go." "You belong to me, agassi." "I can't let you go." "Agassi." "Have you met Gye Baek?" "So, you're satisfied now?" "Do you regret the situation you're in now?" "Making a decision that will allow me to continue living, what's there to regret?" "No, you will regret it, won't you?" "What person in your situation wouldn't regret it?" "You've said previously, being ruthless is the best policy." "You'll regret giving your affections to Gye Baek and I." "That's how I feel too." "Why is it that I so desire your affections?" "Why is it that I must love you when you love someone else?" "But no matter how much I regret this, I still crave for your affections." "Bear my children." "Not a child who'll resemble me, a useless good for nothing person, but one who'll resemble you." "Your Highness." "Children, let's give the General a glass of water, what say all of you?" "To bolster his spirit." "Good!" "It's already been two months." "He needs a bit more time." "How much longer exactly?" "Really, what is so desirable about a woman, that the one who won and the one who lost, both end up dissatisfied." "I really can't understand." "If it was you, you would have looked for another woman immediately." "It's because he has eyes only for one person, that's why the hurt is so deep." "Over the years, we've never had a warrior, but there'll come a day when he'll be able to forget." "Yes, time should pass quickly." "If this goes on, our brother will die." "What?" "His Highness has been at that woman's residence several times?" "Yes." "Can it be you were mistaken?" "=Dragon child:" "A child of royal blood.=- It's the rule that he's not to enter the residence of a woman who's pregnant with a dragon child." "I saw it with my own eyes." "I saw it with my own eyes." "Have you been giving any medicine to that Mok woman?" "Yes." "Let me have a look at the medicine." "Let me have a look." "What are you saying?" "Eun Go doesn't seem to be pregnant?" "Even though I'm fearful to inform you, the medicine that she's taking raises suspicions." "What is suspicious about the medicine?" "Come in." "He's a doctor that I brought in from outside." "Tell us in detail about the medicine." "This medicine is to help a person conceive." "The herbs in this concoction are especially harmful to a pregnant woman." "Therefore it's something that she shouldn't consume." "Who's the one who asked you to pronounce a fake pregnancy?" "Admit your wrongdoings now!" "We've obtained a confession from the royal physician." "It was an order from His Highness, the Crown Prince." "Go and seize Eun Go immediately." "Yes, Your Majesty." "What's the matter?" "Drag her away!" "Yes!" "What are you people doing?" "It's an order from His Majesty." "Your Highness." "Your Majesty, please kill me and spare Eun Go." "This is all my doing." "Eun Go only did what I told her." "I'm begging you to spare her." "You miscreant!" "You lied to me and still expect me to forgive you?" "It's fine if you won't forgive me." "What?" "Why don't you just revoke my status, and reduce me to a commoner." "But, can you just spare Eun Go?" "If Eun Go dies, I will follow suit." "You... dare to threaten me?" "It's not a threat." "She's a woman who's more precious to me than my own life." "Your Majesty abandoned my mother, but if I have to abandon everything to save Eun Go, I will do so." "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" "What is that woman to you?" "What is she really, that you're willing to abandon everything for her?" "She's like my country, Baekje." "She is my country." "Imbecile." "I've told you time and time again, what is everything to men and women, can only be a part to a monarch." "As far as Your Majesty was concerned, was my mother just a bit part?" "To my mother, Your Majesty was everything." "The king that I want to be is everything to this country." "To be everything to the people, and to be everything to the woman I love." "Nothing should just be a bit part to the monarch." "I will live with that thought in my mind." "Gye Baek." "Stop right there!" "Get out of the way." "Not once have I killed a Baekje soldier, all of you also don't want to be cut down." "General, we're just obeying orders, there's nothing we can do." "Stop!" "Move away," "I'll take full responsibility." "Move away!" "Yes." "The end result is still the same, so why must you do this?" "I'm able to continue living solely by treating your existence in this world as a consolation." "If you die, agassi, what will I do?" "Don't... say anymore." "Don't come to harm because of me." "Leave." "Furthermore," "forget about me." "How can I forget?" "Can you?" "Then treat it as if you were dreaming." "I will treat it as a dream as well." "No, I can't." "Whether in death or life, I will be with you." "This is a prison break." "Both of you will not be able to get far." "When you said you wanted to save agassi, is this it?" "I will protect agassi." "I will find a way!" "I'm not going to trust you anymore." "I also will do my best." "If His Majesty were to kill Eun Go, he will have to kill me too." "Crown Prince." "Do you want to leave?" "Agassi!" "Agassi!" "Eun Go!" "Eun Go!" "Agassi!" "Eun Go!" "Eun Go!" "How is she?" "It's not necessary to get too worried." "Her fainting spell was due to her pregnancy." "Pregnant?" "That's impossible!" "Is she really pregnant?" "Yes." "She's pregnant." "Eun Go." "Let him leave." "Yes." "It'll be more painful for him to bear if he stays here." "Yes, you're right." "=7 years later=-." "I will surrender, don't kill them." "What is this?" "Don't surrender, please don't surrender." "Do you know you are people without loyalty?" "People in the city are all dead." "In order that you can live, what did you say to me?" "Surrender?" "Surrender?" "You should just die like a man." "Should just die, all of you." "General Gye Baek looks generously on those who surrender." "Is that a lie?" "Yes, it's a lie, a lie." "So you believe me now?" "Do you know how many Silla prisoners of war there are, and do you know how much they eat?" "They eat a lot more compared to us Baekje subjects." "We are fighting each other in battle, in such a situation, it's better for you to die than for us to feed you." "Who am I?" "I am General Gye Baek's military advisor." "We can't be burdened with all of you." "Thus, I've decided, in order to reduce our burden," "release the arrows." "Stop!" "What is it?" "You..." "You're here, General." "Who asked you to kill them?" "Abou that, General..." "We should spare them by right, but due to economic factors, we have to kill them." "Is the most junior official trying to go against the General?" "Is the most junior official trying to go against the General?" "Most junior official..." "Do you wish to die earlier than the Silla subjects?" "Most junior official Dok Gae." "Just because I'm the most junior official, does that mean you have to emphasize it?" "All of you have really grown in stature." "What he said is right, we have more Silla people compared to our own people." "Our food rations aren't abundant." "War doesn't dictate that we must kill, they can be turned into our subjects later on." "Keep your weapons." "Keep them." "We can live, we can live." "I admit defeat." "Thank you for sparing our lives," "General Gye Baek." "Why are we letting all the fish off, big and small?" "I'm still undecided which fish to catch." "Your Majesty." "General Gye Baek is here with his military officials." "I, only I," "am the rightful master of Baekje." "Your Majesty." "General Gye Baek has, in the space of five days, occupied the enemy's territory." "Congratulations, Your Majesty." "In 5 days, we managed to capture 39 cities." "Thirty nine cities is a record that has never happened before in our country." "This record, we can now say, has been set by General Gye Baek." "Now, the moment Silla subjects hear General Gye Baek's name, they run helter skelter." "Furthermore, he won't kill the prisoners of war." "Now many of Silla's subjects have become Baekje's subjects." "This is Your Majesty's blessings." "The common people are saying that Your Majesty, together with General Gye Baek, will rule the world." "Yes," "Gye Baek is the real hero of this country." "Gye Baek is really amazing." "Really amazing." "How can you, as a Minister, let such words flow out of your mouth so easily?" "What did I do wrong?" "You made His Majesty unhappy earlier, don't you know that?" "Gye Baek is the God of War." "This is something this country never had before." "Someone who can guide the country." "Don't you know that this will make His Majesty unhappy?" "I'm really..." "Can't I speak the truth?" "It's because of Gye Baek's efforts that His Majesty is able to expand his territory." "If he's unhappy over this matter, then he's just too petty minded." "You still don't understand what I'm saying?" "I understand, I understand." "The greater Gye Baek's deeds are, the more cautious His Majesty will be." "Then Gye Baek will be in greater danger." "If you know, why did you do that?" "It's because I know that I deliberately said that." "If Gye Baek were to get stronger and more powerful, His Majesty will curtail him." "But..." "If Gye Baek were to become stronger and more powerful, if he were to surpass His Majesty, then His Majesty will be powerless to do anything." "You must be insane, right?" "What are you thinking!" "I don't understand." "He was a Crown Prince for 2 years." "He succeeded to the throne 5 years ago." "He told us he'd be implementing reforms, but what has he done until now?" "Why didn't he implement them?" "To abolish personal taxes on the commoners, to tax the noblemen, so in this way the treasury should have adequate funds." "Also, because of Gye Baek's deeds, the country's territory has expanded." "Many Silla subjects have now become Baekje subjects." "Are these minor matters?" "Then the plan that you wish to implement, has it been done?" "When are you intending to implement it?" "When can the people be master of this country?" "It's only when we reach that point, that we can finally say, reform is in place now." "Why are you in such a hurry?" "These matters won't happen during your lifetime." "If we can initiate the reform, we've already completed our mission." "If we were to complete everything, then there'll be nothing for future generations to accomplish." "We must leave them something to do." "Who are you trying to convince?" "I won't." "Follow me and let's go and look for His Majesty." "Why?" "We can't let Gye Baek become His Majesty's enemy." "There, there." "Don't confuse the matter by thinking that you're Gye Baek." "Really amazing." "He hasn't failed once, and went on to capture 39 cities in a row." "The common people have said, as long as there's Gye Baek, they don't fear any invasion." "They say we can hold our own against the Tang Dynasty." "What's the situation like in Silla?" "Of course they are feeling frustrated." "Our spies have reported that their military forces will collapse soon." "Yes," "Gye Baek is the real hero of this country." "Gye Baek is really amazing." "Really amazing." "But... why is your expression like that?" "Did something bad happen?" "No, it is not that." "Is it because you're worried about General Gye Baek?" "No, I'm not." "Your Majesty." "How could your servant not understand Your Majesty's feelings?" "Gye Baek left 7 years ago with that feeling, and has been in battle since." "It's not just this matter," "His Majesty will not want to see Gye Baek in a good light." "Yes, you're right." "To see the people's fanatical enthusiasm towards General Gye Baek at present, we can't tell who they consider the actual king of this country." "This won't do," "I need to go and see His Majesty." "You brat!" "Why do you not greet me?" "It's because he's still too young to understand." "Please make that allowance, Your Majesty." "He's not behaving like this because he's young, isn't it a question of lack of teaching?" "You've crossed the line." "Don't cry." "Such arrogance." "But of course, what good can come from the remnants of the Sa Taek family." "I am really grateful to Your Majesty the Queen." "What?" "There are all things that had passed but I'll just mention one." "When I was arrested previously, I really didn't want to go on living." "But do you know why I wanted to go on living?" "It's because of the words you said when you came looking for me." "His Majesty has decided that you'll be beheaded tomorrow before all the officials, civil and military." "But..." "I don't wish for you to die such an easy death." "You should have just killed me right from the start." "Why did you have to kill so many innocent people?" "Are you having regrets now?" "Yes, you must be regretting it now." "Your Majesty is my benefactor." "I will certainly repay you for that." "Is there anyone outside?" "Are you calling me, Your Majesty?" "Bring me the wine." "It's harmful to your body, Your Majesty." "You should drink less." "You." "I'm in the midst of congratulating Gye Baek on his victories." "Why are you nagging me?" "Are you not going to bring it?" "Yes, I will." "You've done well, Gye Baek." "You just need to do a little bit more and you'll be able to capture the hearts of the people and Baekje's lands." "Yes, that's right." "Your Majesty." "Naesin jwapyeong and Naedu jwapyeong seeks an audience with you." "I want to be alone." "Your Majesty." "Leave." "I want to congratulate Gye Baek on his victories by myself." "Don't be like this." "What do you say if we look for Gye Baek and congratulate him personally?" "Yes, the credit for the successful capture of the 39 cities belong to Your Majesty." "If Your Majesty were to personally congratulate him," "Your Majesty's eminence will spread far and wide." "And also, if Your Majesty were to lead the army in the attack on the next city, then the credit for the victories on the capture of all the 40 cities will belong to Your Majesty." "This will be your legacy." "Yes, that's correct." "I've come to say the same thing." "After this, we must let the enemy see," "Your Majesty's eminence and glory." "We've already gathered the army." "We have an estimated 7 thousand soldiers in the city." "We have about 2 thousand people in the city." "Due to our soldiers high morale, we can definitely capture it in ten days." "How long will it take us to reach that city?" "If we mobilize all the military personnel, it'll take us 4 days." "Our enemy will also expect us in 4 days." "They will plan their countermeasures accordingly." "We must reach there in 3 days time, and get ready to attack." "On the fourth day we must launch our attack" "Let's go." "We'll make a headstart to that city." "General." "Have the preparations been made for our mission?" "Yes, even though we are ready, but it's too late to leave now." "What are you saying?" "We just received the news that His Majesty is rushing here." "Your loyal servant pays his respect to Your Majesty." "Rise." "We haven't met in a long time." "has not been counting the days." "It's already been 7 years." "Have you been well, Your Majesty?" "Have a seat." "Such admirable discipline." "Who's the front line officer who'll be leading the attack?" "Come forward." "Your servant Shidoek Dae Su, paying my respect to Your Majesty." "Your servant, Shidoek Yong Su, pays his respect to Your Majesty." "You both are worthy shidoeks." "= shidoek:" "Our of 16 ranks, this is rank number 8.=" "I'm surprise." "= shidoek:" "Our of 16 ranks, this is rank number 8.=" "This wine is bestowed by His Majesty." "Accept it quickly." "Forgive me, Your Majesty." "Please give me tea instead." "You're not allowed to drink wine?" "That's not it," "It's because I've made a pledge with the General." "Before we capture the city," "I will not touch a drop of liquor." "Furthermore, because we won't drink wine, this can help to save some food ration." "We can then give this food ration to the people of Silla for their consumption." "and this will help to turn them to become Baekje's subjects." "This will in turn help us greatly in our mission." "That is why your servants cannot drink wine." "You're all truly Gye Baek's officers." "Very good." "I will not insist and force all of you then." "Just finish that cup then." "Your Majesty." "Accept it quickly." "I've already promised you, you can't even drink that one cup?" "Do I have to get your permission even for this?" "Your Majesty, can't you just treat it that they have accepted the cup?" "If we set this precedent, I fear this might affect the military discipline." "Fine, strict military discipline is like a diamond." "Impressive." "Extremely impressive." "Do you still trust Gye Baek?" "I understand you well." "It was like this before as well." "There's also the matter of Gye Baek's sweetheart." "You no longer treat Gye Baek as your brother." "Did I say anything wrong?" "Although I don't know where you heard this rumour," "I did not snatch his sweetheart, all I did was saved the woman I loved." "Furthermore, Gye Baek is still my brother." "Crown Prince." "Yes." "As the saying goes, what goes around comes around." "but there'll still be exceptions to the rule." "That is... the monarch." "I know, just as I expected it." "Gye Baek will turn out to be a double-edged sword." "Gye Baek, in gaining a victory over the enemy, will similarly gain the people's love." "I kept getting this instinct, the qualities that he possessed are the qualities that a monarch should have." "Your Majesty." "There's one more thing that I know, in your heart," "there exists in unison, both feelings of guilt and jealousy towards Gye Baek." "But, sooner or later, you won't be able to get rid of that resentment." "Even if you planted the seeds yourself, but sometimes you must use your feet to trample on it, so that it won't continue to grow." "That is something that only a monarch can do." "Are you asking me to kill Gye Baek?" "Even if Gye Baek becomes a hero, if all the people were to follow you, nothing will happen." "But if they were to follow Gye Baek, then clearly they have to make a choice." "If the centre of the universe should come into disorder, chaos will naturally follow." "Aren't you, in a better position to know than anyone else, that your father is dying." "All these years seems like a dream." "That blue sky and the green mountains, how will they remember me?" "The tea is very strong." "Your Majesty." "Father." "Come and take a walk with me." "Every attack that you launched against the cities has been full of valour." "Why have you never failed even once?" "To capture and occupy so many cities," "I'm very curious about what remarkable strategy you employed." "I can't say it's any remarkable strategy," "What I did was just did not apply these three tactics in combat." "Did not apply these three tactics in combat?" "never fight in a place where the enemy wanted us to fight." "Second, never fight using methods the enemy wanted us to use." "And finally, never fight at a time that the enemy desire." "This is very amazing." "As long as we follow that, the enemy cannot predict our moves." "They can only lose." "From whom did you learn that?" "It's something I learn and experience in battle." "I sent letters to hyeongnim and informed them, they, in turn, devised and organised a system and have them recorded and sent over the books to me." "Your servant only apply what's written there." "That's what happened." "But..." "Why didn't you send me those letters?" "I'm sad." "Please forgive me." "I thought you're too busy with affairs of the state." "Is it not because of my prejudice against you?" "That's correct." "If I were to say that's not so, I'll be lying." "But I've already forgotten it." "Wasn't Your Majesty trying to save Her Majesty?" "After that, I've really regretted it." "Haven't I said to you before, that I commiserate with you?" "Your servant is shocked to hear such words from you." "I despise Your Majesty." "But, why haven't you expressed it even once?" "It's because I'm planning to take my revenge on you." "Revenge?" "If your servant were to be brokenhearted because of that matter, and turn into a useless person, all I will be left with, will be a layer of skin." "But to overcome that," "I must become indispensable to this country." "A really strong person, and a real man." "And make you regret thereafter." "Your Majesty and Her Majesty." "That is how your servant dreamt revenge will be." "And also, that revenge, gives rise to a path that leads me to Baekje and the people of Baekje." "Good, do you think you have realized you dream?" "Not yet." "To recover all the surrounding territory of Tang Ung city and to restore peace thereafter." "Only then can I be called a hero of Baekje." "Are you intending to attack Tang Ung city?" "We should attack." "= Next Episode Preview =" "Told me that it's with Her Majesty." "I know that is an excuse." "Your Majesty." "Are you happy?" "Are you treating me as a murderer, wife?" "Prince Tae intends to grasp the position of Crown Prince?" "We've brought over another guest." "He is seeking his own death." "Do you want to kill an important person or an ordinary person." "Gye Baek accepts the edict." "You lead them there and then attack the city."