"Jamyunggo" "Jung ryu won" "Jung kyung ho" "Pack min young" "Lee joo hyun" "Part 25" "GlLWHA ROOM, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG She's very beautiful." "GlLWHA ROOM, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG And courageous." "Her eyes are clear as a lake." "She's skinny with a tiny face." "But she's a darn good fighter." "That looks like her." "Let's hurry up." "His Majesty will be here shortly." "That's good enough." "Continue." "His Majesty says to continue." "They're for Generals Ha Hogae and Majo's funeral." "Hurry." "Yes, My Lord." "Your Majesty, here it is." "It looks just like her." "It looks as if My Lady will jump out of this painting." "What are you saying?" "She's our enemy!" "This lady tramp." "Your Majesty, this tramp killed Captain Takchi." "With this man, she killed Ha Hogae." "CHOl Ll" "Are they brother and sister?" "That's impossible." "They're not brother and sister." "A solider heard her call him "brother."" "General Ha Hogae, General Majo, you lived forthe independence of Nakrang and you gave your lives fighting against Goguryeo." "Generals!" "Generals." "Generals!" "Ha Hogae." "You were my loyal retainer and" "a hero of Nakrang." "I vow to avenge your death." "Bring them." "WANG HOL" "Throw them in the fire so the generals can see it!" "I let you go today." "But I'll slay your enemies and offerthem to your graves." "Wrap them with the flags of Nakrang." "His Majesty has spoken." "Anyone who kills Wu Naru, this man, orthis girl called Puku will be promoted to general!" "We'll avenge the deaths of the generals!" "DONGGOBl llpum's aunt" "YOUNGANJUN, MO HASO'S CHAMBER, NAKRANG" "Wrap it well and pack it among herthings." "MO HASO What is the meaning of this?" "The princess our Lahee wouldn't go on living if she loses her dignity." "Despite the king's command, I can't send this to you, Lahee." "Lahee, Mom will save you." "Are you returning from General Ha Hogae and Majo's funeral?" "Yes." "Give this letterto the Queen of Goguryeo when you arrive." "Your Majesty, please take a look at these." "I brought these from the art room." "GlLWHA ROOM / Responsible for royal paintings of Nakrang They're the ones who killed General Ha Hogae." "These young people killed General Ha Hogae?" "But she's a girl." "He's the young man who told me that Jamyung died." "She called this man "brother."" "And he called her "Puku."" "Puku?" "Puku from Happy Joy troupe." "BANSUJUN, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG See?" "BANSUJUN, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG What did I tell you?" "Jamyung put a noose around her own neck." "You were right, Your Majesty." "WANG JA-SlL Why..." "How I wish to tell the king..." "Your Majesty, the enemy you swore to kill is Jamyung." "CHlSO But Princess Jamyung killed them unknowingly." "Since she didn't know, wouldn't he forgive her?" "A king's word is worth gold." "Even so." "Even a king can't have his way sometimes." "He can't ignore his officials and the people." "Even so." "You're right." "I can't ignore "even-so"" "I must write a letter to Song Maeseolsu." "To the Queen of Goguryeo?" "I have to ask Song Maeseolsu to kill Jamyung." "SUYANG HALL, Prince Hodong's chamber" "JAMYUNG (Puku)" "You'll get wet from morning dew." "I like it out here." "I can feel clear energy enterthrough here." "Puku." "indang / Between the eyes BAEKHOE / Center of the head lf you open the lndang channel, you can see the future." "indang / Between the eyes BAEKHOE / Center of the head lf you open the Baekhoe channel, you'll be enlightened." "We said we'd forget about Nakrang." "lLPUM (HANGKAl) / Donggobi's nephew What will you do if you that out?" "lLPUM (HANGKAl) / Donggobi's nephew We even killed Nakrang generals." "You don't understand how that weighs on me." "It was different from when I killed the men of the Seonbi tribe." "Giving up something after you've attained it is different from giving up before you've attained it." "What if he is llpum?" "What if" "Donggobi, what if he is." "If he is my nephew llpum." "She must be Princess Jamyung." "Kids like us are all sold or abandoned." "They sold their children to put food in their stomachs, or abandoned them to die." "Your Majesty." "I am so confused." "Shall I fetch the priestess?" "She's at Yulguhun for Minister Do's funeral." "His Majesty does not believe in fortune-telling or priestesses." "He won't like to see her in the palace." "DANGUN shrine" "I've heard that you are very capable." "But you seem very young." "A priestess's power is measured only by the purity of her soul, not her physical age." "Can you tell me if she's my daughter?" "Such insolence." "How dare you laugh in Her Majesty's presence?" "How can I, a total stranger, know when her own mother doesn't?" "Then what do you know?" "Then answer is within you, Your Majesty." "I can only help you in finding your answer." "Please sit down." "You'll catch a cold." "Let me be." "Puku." "Just as I believe in myself, you have to believe in me." "Let her be." "Your Highness." "prince HODONG" "You must know, since you're also a martial artist." "Everyone comes across a moment when a new threshold must be crossed." "If she's interrupted at that moment, she'll never cross that threshold." "Let's just watch her." "Let me see your hands." "It must've been so hot." "Let me put some whale oil on them." "Lady, can I come live with you?" "What?" "Child." "So pretty." "Baby." "Baby." "Baby." "Your Majesty." "Did you find your answer, Your Majesty?" "Jamyung." "Jamyung!" "Jamyung." "Jamyung." "Puku!" "Hangkai." "is my vision true?" "It'll be true if you believe it to be true, and if you doubt it, it'll be only a delusion." "Go and see Puku in Goguryeo." "See if Puku is my daughterJamyung." "It'll be a delusion if I doubt it, but." "But I don't understand my feeling?" "I wish to hear everything that was spoken between the queen and you." "Tell me everything." "The queen has herfate and you have your own." "You'll gain nothing by peeking into someone else's life." "Do you wish to die?" "This is not my burial site." "You sound very enlightened foryour age." "I had a friend." "JAMUK, royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant His name was Jamuk." "JAMUK, royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant You must know him." "You're out of your mind." "Jamuk couldn't have been yourfriend when you're so young." "He'd be seventy if he were alive." "In this world, there are many things beyond human comprehension." "Human's eyes, nose, lips, ears, and even heart can't be trusted." "He called out to me from the pond in the garden when I was coming here." "is that where you buried Jamuk?" "If you're lying, your head will be cut and thrown in that pond as well." "What did Jamuk say?" "He says "l told you a long time ago that you alone cannot make fate, but have you forgotten already?"" "Jamuk says it's a gift from him." "He wants you to keep it again." "GUEST CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO" "king DAEMUSHlN lf you can't bring what I need, I'll take it from yourfather Choi Li." "LAHEE (Princess Nakrang)" "You call me your princess, but you treat me like a hostage." "Follow me if you wish." "I'm going to see your prince." "Isn't this is the three-legged bird?" "That symbolizes Goguryeo." "Yes." "What about the Gyeruna tribe?" "I've heard that every tribe has a different flag." "It's a yellow dragon." "The guardian deities of the Biryuna, Hwanna, Gwanna and Yeonna tribes are the turtle, white tiger, phoenix and blue dragon." "There is no bear?" "Bear is on the flag of Nakrang." "I think I saw it in Eunpo." "What's the matter?" "What did you see?" "Puku." "I wish the poison had gone to my head and I'm going crazy." "I wish my meditation had led me to muddled thoughts." "is it something you can't tell even me?" "I can't say it out loud." "One can change the future with one's will." "I thought one's fate is uncontrollable." "I'm scared of what I'll have to face in the future." "JAMUK/ Former Royal astronomer, Liu Xian's servant You alone cannot make fate." "Like weaving fabric, fate is made up of the desires of you and those around you." "You alone can't make fate." "What else does fate hold in store for me besides becoming a queen?" "Be it Jamuk, his ghost or Heaven!" "Nothing can stop me." "How can Heaven, which is so far away, control this world?" "Please calm down, Your Majesty." "Mo Haso is sending Donggobi to Guknae Palace." "You can't take your eyes off of herfor even a minute." "Yes, Your Majesty." "BAEKDUONG / Poison made of honeysuckle lt's poison." "BAEKDUONG / Poison made of honeysuckle Poison will be too obvious." "ANDRA kingdom, India, BlMlJA, lt's paste made of lacquer" "ANDRA kingdom, India, BlMlJA, and castor seeds." "Castor seeds, LACQUER Use it before Donggobi" "Castor seeds, LACQUER finds Jamyung." "I, Chiso, obey your command, Your Majesty." "I, Ryu Ji, leave to meet the King of Goguryeo." "Do whatever is necessary to bring Muhyul out to meet me." "I'll obey your command, Your Majesty." "Let's try to get along, Lady-in-waiting of the first queen." "This will be a long and boring trip if you frown the whole way." "GUKNAE, GOGURYEO" "ENVOYCHAMBER, GUKNAE PALACE" "Was that it?" "is that what you saw?" "Yes, it was the flag of Nakrang." "You're frustrated because you don't know what that means?" "Yes." "See?" "Neitheryou nor I know what that means." "Then we do one orthe other." "You just wait and see if it's what you'll do in the future." "Or just ignore it." "king DAEMUSHlN'S office, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO I, Ryu Ji, the Prime Minister" "king DAEMUSHlN'S office, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO of Nakrang, offer my greetings to the King of Goguryeo." "To send their prime minister as an envoy." "Nakrang must've been desperate." "So what does the King of Nakrang want from me?" "Our king wishes to see you in person for negotiation." "OSUNJUN, GUKNAE PALACE, GOGURYEO Our queen sends her congratulations on the birth of the prince." "I'm grateful." "This is a letter from our queen." "Your Majesty." "All right." "What is it?" "The lady-in-waiting of the Second Queen of Nakrang wishes to see you." "SONG MAESEOULSU Show her in." "Greetings, Your Majesty." "The second queen must be very worried about Princess Nakrang." "Yes, Your Majesty." "It's a letter she sends." "Your Majesty." "Why..." "Leave me, both of you." "I'll give my reply when I'm done reading." "The Queen of Nakrang says she'll be grateful if I persuade the king to release Princess Nakrang," "and the second queen demands that I must release Princess Nakrang." "She has a very unique character." "She should be begging." "Yangdeok, read Wang Jasil's letter." "She wrote something very interesting here." "I can't read, Your Majesty." "I dearly wish you to kill the girl Puku." "I dearly wish you to kill the girl Puku." "But she wanted herforthe Great General of Nakrang." "That's why it's interesting." "Bring Puku." "Words can't express my shame to Father and the queens." "You must only think about yourself now." "I want to change first." "I brought these from your quarters." "I brought all yourthings from Eunpo on my way here." "Which do you wish to wear?" "Bring it to me." "Send my word to Prince Hodong that I wish to see him." "Yes, Your Highness." "Chiso, I'll go." "Have you been well, My Lady?" "Me?" "Our queen treated your arm when you were injured from a dagger at Naebingwan in Dongmohyun." "I'm the queen's lady-in-waiting." "I see." "I'm a criminal of Nakrang, who brought Princess Nakrang here as a hostage and killed Nakrang generals." "Why do you greet me?" "I'm just happy to see you." "What are you doing?" "The queen is waiting." " Let us go." "Your Highness." "Will you allow me to talk to this young man for a moment?" "I said all I have to say in Luoyang." "But I didn't." "I have a nephew." "A very long time ago, he was abandoned to the sea in Nakrang." "What am I going to do with her?" "How am I going to shut her up?" "He is my older sister's one and only son." "My sister died for our master, and my nephew." "was abandoned to the sea to protect her daughter." "Your master." "Can you tell me who the master was?" "Donggobi." "What is it?" "The princess wants to see you." "You can't be fooling around in Goguryeo palace." "The crown princess is looking foryou." "Please tell me more about your master's daughter." "Come find me if you want to hear more." "You look much better now that the envoys have arrived from Nakrang." "Are you feeling better?" "I'm feeling great." "May I sit down?" "We're in the Goguryeo palace." "You don't need my permission." "You say you are feeling better, but maybe not." "Your Highness, it is I, Donggobi." "Come in." "You asked for me?" "I didn't call foryou." "But Chiso said." "I didn't ask foryou, so you may leave." "Go and get some rest." "You must be tired from your journey." "What happened?" "You and I are sharing a room." "Did you expect to have the room to yourself?" "That's not what I meant." "The princess never asked for me." "I guess she changed her mind." "She didn't want you to interrupt her conversation with Prince Hodong." "The water smells funny." "Don't be difficult." "You can't expect the same waterfrom here." "You're an ignoble man." "I'm the Prince of Goguryeo." "And you're the Crown Princess of Nakrang." "What would you have done if yourfather ordered you the same?" "There's a limit to what I can do." "Even if I love you, did I have to deny my position as a prince and be killed for defying my father?" "is that the only way to prove my love foryou?" "I no longer believe your heart anymore." "And I don't believe that you came back from Simbeon alive just to spare me from heartbreak." "Why?" "Because of Puku?" "is that it?" "Does a man have many hearts?" "Can you love more than one woman?" "Do you think I'm a eunuch?" "I'm a man, a healthy young man." "You didn't expect me to have a woman at my age?" "You should've married me sooner if you didn't like that." "To a man, women fall into two categories." "Women who satisfy his lust, and the one woman he truly loves." "You jerk..." "You were awake." "Your words were so sweet." "So sweet they brought tears to my eyes." "I didn't want to open them." "As you promised me, make me happy." "You think that's possible?" "Let's make Goguryeo and Nakrang brother countries with our union." "Even with all my flaws." "I'm just a prince of powerless Goguryeo, but can't you just embrace me for who I am?" "I thought I told you to go to Nakrang as a gift." "The war broke out and I couldn't go." "Puku." "Just who are you?" "The queen asked you a question." "Your Majesty, I've asked that question myself many times." "Puku, who are you?" "What are you?" "It seems that many people know who I am, but I don't know who I am." "is that right?" "If by chance you know who I am, please tell me." "I beg you." "Ijust asked out of curiosity." "I don't know anything." "is that true?" "How ridiculous." "Why would I bother lying to nobody like you?" "I plan to give you to Princess Nakrang as her maid." "Will you go?" "Your Majesty." "Your Majesty." "Prince Hodong is here." "You came for her." "Bring Haeaewu." "You don't have to wake him from his sleep." "But we must follow proper protocol." "Do you know what the king says every day when I take Haeaewu to offer his greetings?" "Be loyal to your brother." "Haeaewu, you must be a loyal subject." "Your Majesty." "Haeaewu, your brother is here." "You must offer your greetings." "Grow big and strong." "Grow up to be a good subject, and be loyal to your brother." "is she your woman, prince?" "I plan to give Puku to Princess Nakrang as a maid." "But if she's yours, I'll have to change my plans." "is she your woman?" " Puku is." " l am." "I'm not the prince's woman." "I'm his slave and bodyguard." "Really?" "Then you'll wait on the princess when" "Nakrang's ladies-in-waiting leaves." "SUYANGJUN / Prince Hodong's chamber You have no right over my servant." "All the women in the palace are my slaves." "They are all under my jurisdiction and no one can stand on my way." "Your Majesty." "But I'll leave her be if you admit that she's your woman." "I'll serve the princess." "Are you sad I didn't say you were my woman?" "I'm a powerless prince, so there may be many more instances where l won't be able to protect you." "Well, I am a girl so I can't say I neverfantasized about becoming a second queen, or even a concubine at least." "Let's do that." "I'll make you my second queen the day I become." "Let's not make such promises." "Puku." "People can't know what's ahead of us." "I never knew I'd meet you and stand so close to you." "And we don't know what path we'll take tomorrow." "So there's nothing we can promise?" "Just the present." "This very minute." "It's good as long as we're happy in the present when we're together." "Serving Princess Nakrang." "is something I have to do." "I'm doing it because I want to." "There's something I want to give you." "It's the only thing my mother left behind." "Aunt gave it to me secretly on my ninth birthday." "She must've had a lot of jewelry, since she was a queen." "Father wanted me to consider" "Queen Maeseolsu my birth mother, so he probably buried everything with her, orthrew it all away." "It's the horn you use to call your hawk." "I'll be there when you call for me, whereveryou are." "Just as Boruk came to me no matter where l was." "You said that people can't know what's ahead of us." "Even if we're apart, when I hearyour calling, I'll come to you no matter where you are." "CHOl Ll'S office, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG I received a message from Minister Ryu Ji." "CHOl Ll'S office, JlNYANG PALACE, NAKRANG King Muhyul agreed to meet you at Eunpo." "I must inspect Mukbang, Minbong and Algi first before I go to Eunpo to meet with King Muhyul." "Get ready." "Yes, Your Majesty." "YULGUHUN, NAKRANG lt's all right." "I'll do it myself." "Are you still upset about Dochal?" "I'll be upset until you forget about Princess Jamyung." "MO YANGHAE You might as well tell me to die." "Sister-in-law." "I know you well." "You're righteous yet tender." "You're strong yet soft." "You even married me to save my life." "You can't hate me forever." "General, it is I, Do Sugi." "Come in." "Ijust returned from the mountains." "Did you give him a good funeral?" "Thank you for making all the preparations." "I need to talk to him alone." "Do you resent my sister-in-law?" "Sugi. I cherish you, but I can't have you by my side if you resent Sister-in-law." "I'll help you go whereveryou want." "I'm a slave and a retainer of Younghojangwon, just as my father was." "I can't leave my master." "I do not resent Lady Mo." "Don't everforget your word." "General." "They say a man cries only three times in his lifetime." "When his parents die and when his master dies." "But since we must fight Goguryeo now, save yourtears for later." "I'll keep that in mind." "If you're so curious, go see her." "Yes, she could be your aunt." "Are you afraid that Puku's not your real sister?" "Yes." "If she's the master's daughter." "Who cares?" "You've lived as brother and sister until now." "That's not going to change." "Where are we going?" "To Princess Nakrang's quarters." "Why?" "The first queen's lady-in-waiting promised" "to tell us who we are." "Your Highness." "What is the reason for such commotion?" "You must act gracefully." "Donggobi is dying." "What are you saying?" "I think she's caught a contagious disease." "Call a doctor now." "No, Your Highness." "She could be contagious." "But Donggobi is the queen's most cherished maid." "Your Highness." "What's going on?" " l don't know." "Aren't they going to Princess Nakrang's chamber?" "Donggobi, what happened to you?" "She can't talk." "Donggobi." "DUCHANG / Smallpox She has smallpox." "DUCHANG / Smallpox That's not possible." "How could she get smallpox overnight?" "Donggobi." "No, Your Highness." "You'll catch it." "You must leave the room now." "What is going on?" "What's going on?" "Princess." "Please return to your chamber now." "WANWOLHYUN / WU NARU'S HOUSE But I was told to come and keep Princess Nakrang company." "A lady-in-waiting from Nakrang caught smallpox." "Oh no..." "They're such trouble." "Princess, let's go home now." "What if Princess Nakrang caught it too?" "What if she dies before she marries Hodong?" "It's tea made with red beans, black beans and mung beans." "They say that apricot blossoms will prevent smallpox." "I've brought some from the icehouse forthe prince's bathwater." "I'm worried about the prince." "What shall I do about the Princess of Nakrang?" "Quarantine her chamber, and have the princess stay in Hodong's chamber." "But what if Prince Hodong catches." "I couldn't want anything more." "And tell the second queen to move into the envoy chamber." "Yes, Your Majesty." "What shall I do about the Queen of Nakrang's lady-in-waiting?" "Take her out the West Gate and burn her alive." "You must leave for Eunpo now." "Don't make a fuss." "We do not know for certain yet." "It'll be too late when we know for certain." "Your Majesty, I think it's best to leave early to meet Choi Li." "All right." "Hodong will come with me." "But the lady-in-waiting told us to come." "Ijust need to see herfor a minute." "What happened to her?" "She has smallpox." "Get away from her if you don't want to catch it." "Princess, you must keep your distance." "Donggobi, you can't speak, but you can hear me, right?" "I'll never let them burn you to alive." "I'll make sure they don't put you in the fire alive." "Wait." "Get out of the way." "I'm the boy who was abandoned." "I'm the boy who was in that boat." "You're looking forthe girl who was stabbed in the chest with a coral hairpin?" "That's me." "Please tell me." "You said you'd tell me who my brother and I are." " Get out of the way." " My Lady!" "Princess Jamyung." "Princess." "llpum!" "llpum!" "Princess Jamyung." "llpum!" "It escaped us yet again." "We lost another chance to find out who we are." "I can't even ask her if it was the second queen who stabbed me." "Part 26" "LAHEE / Princess of Nakrang Prince Hodong's chamber looks rather shabby in broad daylight." "JAMYUNG (Puku) I'll be waiting on you from now on Princess." "Welcome to Suyang Hall Princess." "I will not accept greetings from those who killed Nakrang generals." "lLPUM (Hangkai) Donggobi's nephew" "CHlSO Show the princess to her chamber." "Lady-in-waiting." "What are you doing?" "Princess she must be crazy." "Puku are you mistreating my servant because I'm here as hostage and since you're Prince Hodong's woman?" "Do you wish to die?" "She has no fever and she's not sweating." "Her heart sounds healthy too." "Who told you to examine her?" "DUCHAN / Smallpox I was just curious since she seems full of life when she shared the room with the lady-in-waiting who had smallpox." "I was born very healthy." "What's wrong with that?" "Why are you so nervous?" "I'm worried about Donggobi." "Did you found a house and a caretakerfor her?" "Of course." "But I'm still worried." "Let me go look in on her." "All right." "I'm an envoy from Nakrang." "You may go." "DO NOTENTER" "Hey." "It is smallpox." "She had all the symptoms." "MlCHU / CHA CHASUNG Ourtroupe kids had it all the time." "No. I don't think so." "But Puku has a point too." "How come that foul-tempered lady-in-waiting who came with herfrom Nakrang ate the same food slept in the same room is perfectly fine?" "There's one day to find out." "Its color has turned." "Boss." "Michu your hairpin." "It's poison." "She doesn't have smallpox." "We have to find her." "DONGGOBl (llpum's aunt)" "You can go." "Pretty lady I'll put you out of your misery." "Where's the cremation grounds?" "Overthere." "You haven't even started the fire yet?" "She's not dead yet." "You can't wait forever." "What if she spreads smallpox everywhere?" "We have rules here." "YUMJANGl / Person who cremates and buries the dead We never burn people alive." "And she doesn't have a contagious disease." "I've cremated more than a thousand corpses." "You lowly..." "Even the noblest man needs our service when leaving this world." "So keep the hoity-toity act to yourself." "Give her some food." "Some people abandon their old parents here during times of famine." "What's the difference between burying someone alive or burning them?" "Leave her with some food and come back in about two weeks." "You can bury her if she's dead by then." "You can go now." "This is the fate of us servants?" "You share a tiny bit of your master's glory." "And when your masterfalls you fall with her." "Don't resent me." "It's yourfault for having the wrong master." "Hurry and put yourself out of this misery." "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" " Lady-in-waiting!" "llpum." "Princess." "I'm here." "Princess Jamyung!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Lady-in-waiting!" "Your Highness fish is very rare in Goguryeo." "Please help yourself." "Your Highness." "I'm back." "What about Donggobi?" "is she getting any better?" "She was already dead." "You're still alive." "You must have grudge." "So pretty." "Can I have this?" "We don't take anything while the person is still alive." "I want your permission at least." "Please..." "Give this to the person who comes looking for me." "You're giving this to me too?" "Please." "You must give it to my princess." "There are several more places like this." "Let's go back to the palace for now." "And search again tomorrow." "Let's believe that she's hanging in there." "She must be healthier than others since she's lived in a palace." "GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO I Wu Naru will take our army to inspect the site first." "JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG" "WANG HOL Your Majesty" "WANG HOL l'll go and inspect the meeting place first." "All right." "CHOl Ll" "EUNPO BORDER" "WU NARU / Head of National Administration We meet again General." "You came." "Seeing you so often ljust might get attached to you." "BUDAL / Second general" "You narrow-minded punks." "Just admit that you lost the battle." "It wasn't a battle." "It was underhanded trickery." "You kidnap a princess like some kind of highway robbers?" "You ignoramus." "You sure have a lot to say for someone who couldn't even protect his own princess." "His Majesty is coming." "He just crossed the shoal." "BU TUNG / Lieutenant The King of Nakrang is coming." "prince HODONG Your Majesty it's nice to meet you again." "king DAEMUSHlN Nice to meet you King of Nakrang." "I am glad to meet the King of Goguryeo as well." "EUL DUJl / Officer of Right Your Majesty we offer wine from Goguryeo for peace." "LlU Jl / Minister Your Majesty it is wine from the fertile lands of Nakrang." "Why..." "He's our great general after all." "This meeting will be a very fruitful one." "That was a clear breaking." "Six northern prefectures?" "You can't demand one third of Nakrang territory for return of our crown princess." "We're not demanding." "We merely want to exchange wedding gifts." "If Nakrang and Goguryeo are united by marriage you can stop Baekje and Mokji from invading Goguryeo and we can stop Buyeo, Liaodong and Xuantu from invading Nakrang." "We wish to be allies who protect each other." "Your Majesty union through marriage is the most beautiful matter." "There are virtues you must adhere to for a beautiful union." "CHU BALSO / Envoy for southern district Exchanging wedding gifts is a beautiful tradition." "Return the crown princess to Nakrang before we exchange gifts." "We'll discuss the marriage matters afterward." "Leave us." "This is the King of Nakrang's wish." "Leave us." "Prince Hodong." "Yes,Your Majesty." "Do you want to put the throne of Goguryeo in your hand by kidnapping another kingdom's princess?" "If you want to be king earn your people's hearts." "You could win neitherthe hearts of the people of Goguryeo northe support of the five tribes." "Isn't it too cowardly to win the throne by kidnapping a woman?" "I'll take yourteachings to my heart Your Majesty." "Your Highness allow me to return with you to Guknae Palace and see the crown princess." "I will if you send the proper documents and get permission." "You owe me Your Highness." "What do I owe you?" "You took Lady Puku who was to be my second wife." "You should pay me back forthat." "How shall I pay you back?" "Do you want Nakrang that badly?" "Fertile lands and vast ocean..." "They're too much foryou." "Don't think we just came upon them by chance." "The blood of over 70000 Joseon people was shed overten years fighting forthe independence." "A man who cannot protect his table of food" "will always go hungry." "I cannot exchange Nakrang for my daughter." "I'm the king but Nakrang belongs to the people." "The land does not belong to me." "I'm glad to hearthat." "It'll soon be in my land the land of Goguryeo." "I'll invite you to the wedding." "My daughter, Lahee, was raised as Crown Princess of Nakrang." "She won't be Goguryeo's puppet." "You have too much faith in your child." "We'll wait and see." "SUYANG HALL GUKNAE PALACE" "Are you ready to leave?" "I can't leave you but Queen Jasil must be awaiting news of you." "I wonder what's the outcome of the kings' meeting." "Your Highness I'll wait foryou in Jinyang Palace." "Please stay well." "The Queen of Goguryeo will help you." "All right." "Don't let that girl nearyou." "And do not lend your earto her nonsense." "Lahee death always surrounds a king." "Life and death are like grass that grows in the same place." "So do not be afraid." "If you can die to save the people of Nakrang you should be happy." "You must not hang onto your life." "Why would you let the crown princess die?" "Imagine how painful it is for a fatherto suggest death to his daughter." "Stay quiet." "Your Majesty." "Deliverthis to the crown princess in the Goguryeo palace." "I'll give my life to bring the crown princess back." "Don't be foolish!" "If you die who'll protect Nakrang from Goguryeo?" "Welcome back Your Highness." "Great General." "Your Highness." "Princess." "Rise." "Relieve the great general and his men of their weapons." "Yes, Your Highness." "Don't be offended." "I can't have the great general try to take my princess away." "All right." "Prince only permitted one hour." "You must leave right away." "We know." "You rotten jerk." "You rotten tramp." "You'd better stay in this palace forever." "Our king has ordered you dead the minute we find you." "Such insolence!" "It's the royal letterfrom our king to the crown princess!" "One usually hides small daggers in letters." "Prince." "Prince Hodong!" "What did the letter say?" "I didn't read it since it was a royal letter." "But the first line worries me." "Can you tell me?" "Tak Chi Sip Bo ll Tak Baek Bo ll Sik Bul Gi Cuk Ho Bun Jung" "What does that mean?" "A pheasant may have to walk a hundred steps before it can find food" "but I don't want you to live locked up in a birdcage." "He's telling Princess Nakrang to kill herself." "Prince." "I'll obey the king's command." "Are you sad?" "I can't be a burden on Nakrang when I'm the crown princess." "But I'll get out of here and return to Nakrang." "You should." "I came to rescue you on Queen Mo Haso's command." "Mother gave you such a command?" "Yes." "There is cremation grounds outside the West Gate." "GUNSl / Time between 8:30 PM- 9:30 PM I'll meet you there at nine." "GUNSl / Time between 8:30 PM- 9:30 PM Can you escape the palace alone?" "It'll be easier if I'm alone." "If I don't come by the promised time you must return to Nakrang alone Uncle." "Your Highness." "It's an orderfrom the crown princess." "I'll cause a commotion in the palace and make my escape." "Don't worry." "I'll wait three days." "If you don't come by the day aftertomorrow I'll return to Nakrang and return with our army." "Thank you." "I'll study the Goguryeo terrain while I wait foryou." "General!" "Yourtime is up." "General." "Master." "Did you lose the Goguryeo soldiers?" "Yes." "We have to go back to the inn now." "I pretended to be asleep." "DO SUGl Can't we wait forthe princess with you?" "Hodong's men must be watching the inn." "Do Sugi return to the palace and inform His Majesty." "Butung go to Paesu River and find a boat." "PAESU river / Chungchun River Wait forthe princess and me there." "He's telling Princess Nakrang to kill herself." "The First Queen of Nakrang's lady-in-waiting could be our aunt." "No Princess!" "Princess." "You must die for me." "Puku stay out of this." "Prince." "Stay out of it!" "I told you to stay out of it." " No." " Let go." "Let go of me!" "I have to die since I couldn't kill you." "Let go!" " Let go!" " Even if... this is yourfate as crown princess and mine as prince I can't watch you die in front of my eyes." "Let go." " Let go!" " Lahee!" "I was abandoned by my father because of you." "Let go!" "I can't let you die." "Puku." "I'm all right." "When we were little..." "That day I first met you in Jinyang Palace... I should've killed you then." "Are you sad that your father abandoned you?" "I can understand as crown princess but I'm also his daughter." "It doesn't hurt me." "My father abandoned me countless times." "Maybe what King Choi Li did is hurting you but I've seen the greatest love a father can send." "Lahee." "You don't know what real pain is." "Send me back to Nakrang." "I'll take you to your room." "You said you loved me." "Were you lying?" "Was it just a lie to take Nakrang and me?" "You call this love?" "You use people and toy with them foryour benefit?" "How can you call it love if you can't surrender and sacrifice yourself?" "What about you?" "Your position as the Crown Princess of Nakrang your parents your pride..." "Can you give up even one of those things for me?" "I don't know." "You're Lahee the Crown Princess of Nakrang and I'm Hodong the Prince of Goguryeo." "We're bound by who we are." "We're bound by our limitations and we can only love within those limits." "This robe..." "Where's the woman of this robe?" "I don't know!" "She was there until yesterday but she's gone." "I came to bury her if she's dead." "Please tell me." "She's a lady-in-waiting from Nakrang." "Maybe she's my aunt." "She was going to tell me who I was." "But I don't know." "I knew something was fishy when they tried to burn the poisoned woman alive." "Here." "Take this too." "Pu... ku..." "You didn't go back to Nakrang?" "Donggobi was poisoned?" "It was that Chiso lady's doing." "Did the second queen orderthis?" "is that Donggobi's?" "Puku... I can only read my name." "I have to go back to the palace." "Are you going to ask Hodong to read it foryou?" "Yes." "She told me who I was didn't she?" "Lady Puku pretend you never saw it and go." "I don't want to draw my sword on you." "Just leave." "You've improved a lot." "You've grown stronger as well." "I've been training of energy flow." "No matter how good you are you can't beat a man's strength in the long run." "Pretend you never saw me." "Neither Donggobi's letter nor me." "You're also from Nakrang." "I hope you forget the whole thing forthe sake of the crown princess." "You think I can't copy the letters just because I can't read them?" "The letters are engraved on my eyes,my brain and my heart." "I'll go back to the palace and ask the prince." "Erase them from your mind." "I beg you." "I can't." "So you tell me." "What did that lady Donggobi write?" "You'll die if you knew." "Will you forget and live or hear it and die right here?" "I'll hear it and die here." "Miss." "It was my destiny to die by the second queen's hands when I was a baby anyway." "I'll die by your hands." "I'll die knowing who I am." "Tell me." "Do you mean that?" "Tell me." "Who am I?" "Who am I?" "Who am I?" "You are...!" "You are the daughter of the First Queen of Nakrang." "You mock me?" "I'm a princess?" "You're mocking me because I can't read?" "Your name is Jamyung." "It means to cry and save your own life." "You're the queen's daughter and the crown princess's younger sister." "You were both born on the same day at the same time." "I'm... a princess?" "The crown princess's younger sister?" "Are you ready?" "The queen..." "My mother..." "Can I see her even from afar just once?" "Kill me." "Now that I know who I am..." "Now that I know my mother didn't try to kill me... I have no regrets." "I Wang Hol will take the princess's life forthe sake of Nakrang." "Mother." "So what did you do with her clothes and things?" "I'm so sick of it!" "That lady from Nakrang is gone." "And I gave her clothes to your sister." "I also gave herthe ribbon with letters on it." "Where's my sister?" "Way up there." "You have already killed General Ha Hogae and Takchi." "You have sided with our enemy Goguryeo." "Don't come to Nakrang." "Tell yourself that you lost your life to Wang Hol your subject." "Your roots are in Nakrang Princess." "Leave Hodong and go to Han." "Please don't let me be a disloyal subject who kills his princess." " Let go!" " Lahee!" "I was abandoned by my father because of you." "You don't what real pain is." "Your position as the Crown Princess of Nakrang your parents your pride..." "Can you give up even one of those things for me?" "Your roots are in Nakrang Princess." "Leave Hodong and go to Han." "HOGOK Royalty of former Nakrang Army" "WANGGEOM NAKRANG" "Your Majesty Hogok has arrived in Yangpo Harbor and is being brought to the palace." "Prepare for questioning!" "YOUNGYANG ROOM JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG Bring fresh water." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Yes, Your Majesty." "MO HASO I shouldn't have sent Donggobi to Goguryeo." "Only Heaven decides yourtime." "She'd have gotten smallpox here if that were herfate." "It's betterthat she caught smallpox in Goguryeo." "Jasil." "WANG JA-SlL We don't know" "WANG JA-SlL what danger Lahee is in now." "is Donggobi more important to you than Lahee?" "It's because I believe Lahee will return." "His Majesty the King." "It's all right." "Stay seated." "No." "I've brought good news foryou Queen." "Do you have good news from Lahee?" "You can't say it in my presence?" "All right." "You'll find out soon enough." "I brought Hogok." "Who is Hogok?" "The name sounds familiar." "He's a vicious man." "He is resilient." "Stop!" "Hogok speak." "Who are the siblings you taught on the beach of Dongmohyun?" "is she Jamyung the queen's daughter?" "Do you really want to know Choi Li?" "Are you going out of your mind with curiosity?" "You!" "Do you wish to die?" "Oh no..." "What am I going to do?" "What am I going to do with him?" "Have you seen a dead man talk?" "Kill me if you so wish!" "Hogok is refuse to talk?" "YULGUHYUN NAKRANG lf things go wrong" "Hogok might die before he talks and then Younghojangwon will be robbed of the merit of finding Princess Jamyung." "MO YANGHAE Merit isn't the problem." "MO YANGHAE Without him there's no one to prove Jamyung." "Wang Jasil is the problem." "Pardon?" "His Majesty won't kill him since he has to find Jamyung but Jasil will try to kill him." "And a dead man can't talk." "Lady Mo l won't let anyone near Hogok's cell." "Provide him with food water clothes even a mat he sleeps on from this house." "You never know what Jasil will do." "Yes, My Lady." "Just how much does Mo Haso know?" "Your Majesty." "What took you so long?" "Your Majesty I carried out your order and came back from Bukyang." "Yes." "You've done well." "OSUNJUN GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO Your Majesty the chief is here." "OSUNJUN GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO He came." "Your Majesty." "You've come a long way." "SONG OKGU I should be here to celebrate" "SONG OKGU the prince's 100th-day celebration." "SONG MAESEOULSU Say "Thank you Grandfather."" "You'll be the next King of Goguryeo and I'm your subject." "You'll lose your authority if you appreciate your subject." "Take Haeaewu to the nanny and bring the letters from the queens of Nakrang." "Yes, Your Majesty." "She wants us to release Princess Nakrang?" "We must put a stop to the union of Hodong and Nakrang." "Do we have to take the risk when the Eunpo Treaty was broken and the King of Nakrang abandoned the princess?" "The King now takes interest in Haeaewu." "Ratherthan risk ruffling his feathers overthis perhaps we should let Princess Nakrang be." "I'm an old man who's counting his days." "How much longer do you think I can protect you and Haeaewu?" "You must get wiser.." "Father." "Muhyul thinks all will be well once Prince Hodong marries Princess Nakrang and produces a child." "In the worst scenario even if he starts a war with Nakrang the child will have the right to the throne." "He can turn win the hearts of the people of Nakrang." "I was shortsighted." "Play the fool and release Princess Nakrang." "Today will be a perfect day forthat." "There is much going on both inside and outside of the palace." "Prince." "Come in." "Why isn't Puku coming back?" "You don't know where she is?" "No. I'm also waiting for her." "What a headache." "I've stayed up two nights and finally got two letters together." "Puku." "It's Puku's name." "Come on." "Hang in there." "You have a quick eye." "But are you sure we'll find out who Puku is if we sew this back together?" "I think so." "Maybe Puku has gone to Nakrang by herself." "But Hangkai and the prince are here." "She couldn't have gone there by herself." "Congratulations on Haeaewu's 100th-day birthday." "Thank you." "YEORANG Brotheryou've been looking well lately." "You must be elated by the birth of a son at your advanced age." "Yeorang." "That goes without saying." "You'll understand the king's feelings and mine when you have a child of your own." "What?" "You dare ask the Crown Princess of Nakrang to play the lute at a banquet?" "The queen has asked the favorfor Prince Haeaewu." "Do I look like a courtesan to you?" "Get out of here at once!" "YANGDEOK The queen wishes to keep her promise to the Second Queen of Nakrang today." "Did you put poison in Hogok's food?" "That's impossible." "Captain Budal is watching Hogok like a hawk watching its prey." "Do I have to set the whole palace on fire to kill him?" "But there's another problem Your Majesty." "What could be a bigger problem than Jamyung?" "Mo Haso has gone to the prison to meet Hogok." "What?" "This is my daughter Jamyung isn't it?" "Hogok I beg you." "A mother's pain of losing her child is the greatest pain of a person." "Please help me find my daughter." "Please tell me if she's Jamyung." "Mom. I'll go." "Even if I have to die by General Wang Hol's hands I'll go to you." "Part 27" "JAMYUNG (Puku)" "Your name is Jamyung." "WANG HOL lt means to cry and save your own life." "You're the queen's daughter and the crown princess's younger sister." "Two princesses born on the same day." "Your roots are in Nakrang Princess." "Leave Hodong and go to Han." "Crown Princess today is the last day." "Please you must make your escape." "You saw how my Jamyung was stabbed in the chest with a hairpin." "You saw how she was thrown into the freezing river." "MO HASO Hogok" "MO HASO I'm not asking you as the Queen of Nakrang." "I beg you as a mother who never held her baby." "Please tell me if this is Jamyung or not." "Lady." "HOGOK/ Royalty of former Nakrang Army I cannot call you "Queen" or "Your Majesty"" "since I do not recognize Nakrang." "That's not important." "I'm here as a mother." "There's nothing I can tell you." "WANG JASlL'S CHAMBER NAKRANG I must put an end to this before Hogok opens his mouth." "CHlSO lt won't be easy." "WANG JA-SlL My life was nothing suave." "Jasil." "What brings you here Your Majesty?" "And what were you doing in Hogok's prison cell?" "Leave us." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Are you sure Donggobi died of smallpox?" "I wouldn't know anything but only what the Goguryeo doctors told me." "I asked you what you were doing in Hogok's prison cell." "It'd be stranger if I wasn't there." "What?" "Who is Jamyung?" "She's your daughter." "And who is Lahee?" "She's my daughter." "You think I'd be overjoyed to find out that Jamyung might be alive?" "What are you trying to say?" "Will you forsake Lahee?" "How can you say that?" "At least forthis the moment you have to sincerely hope that" "Jamyung is alive and that she'll return to me safely." "Have you ever sincerely repented for stabbing that little baby in her chest?" "I've never regretted it." "Jasil." "I made the best decision I could at the time." "If I had regrets about the past I'd have gone mad already when I killed my brother with my own hands." "You're a vicious and frightful person." "You and the king both owe me greatly." "Don't forget who saved your lives and put you on the throne." "It wasn't what the king and I wanted." "You did it foryourself!" "Fine." "You'd have nothing to desire or lose since it wasn't what you wanted." "Even if Jamyung comes back to the palace alive she can't become crown princess." "Who said she'd be made crown princess?" "That's not all." "I won't acknowledge Jamyung even as a princess." "Have you gone mad?" "If the daughter of the king my daughter is not a princess what would she be?" "You've had an indulgent life." "You even took my Lahee away from me and became her birth mother and a queen." "You have more than you could ever want!" "So don't be greedy." "Rest your worries about Lahee." "Lahee is my daughter who was brought up as crown princess and she'll become the Queen of Nakrang." "And if Jamyung comes back to me she'll be treated as a princess." "Let me tell you something." "Make sure Lahee doesn't get hurt because of Jamyung." "I won't forgive you if she does." "YOUNGANJUN JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG I'm here on your call Your Majesty." "Ministeryou were Chunghaehun's retainer before you became the minister." "And I, Ryu Ji, am still a retainer of Chunghaehun." "Make sure no one comes near Hogok's prison cell." "Especially Queen Jasil." "I understand what you're concerned about." "I'll carry out your command without failure." "Thank you." "The queen discreetly told the ministerto keep his eyes on you." "The palace is already abuzz and Jamyung has yet returned." "Nakrang will be divided into supporters of Lahee and supporters of Jamyung" "and it will be chaos." "TAECHU / Soldier He went to Prince Haeaewu's banquet?" "CHA CHASUNG lLPUM (HANGKAl) / Donggobi's nephew Yes sir." "Why would he go there when he must feel like crap?" "Look Cha Chasung." "You should learn to speak properly in the palace." "Feel like crap?" "Yes sir." "I'll correct myself." "What would you say in the palace?" "Do you say "feel like feces"?" "Brother I'm going to Nakrang." "I don't know if this path will lead me to death or not but I have to see my mom at least once." "I have so much to say to her." "I have to go." "Puku." "Puku is that you?" "Where have you been for days without a word?" "The prince was worried." "You idiots." "Stay on yourfeet!" "The kitchen sent some food." "We're celebrating Prince Haeaewu's birth." "Everyone's in a celebrating mood regardless of Prince Hodong's situation." "Where are you going now?" "Go back inside." "Please take care of the prince." "Are you going somewhere?" "Please say bye to my brother the boss and Michu." "Tell them I'll contact them soon." "Don't tell me you're jealous." "You're doing this because you're jealous of Princess Lahee?" "You're leaving?" "Get down." "Hey." "You can't leave without the prince's permission!" "Are you from Nakrang too?" "No Your Highness." "I'm from Dongmohyun." "LAHEE (princess of Nakrang) So why did you follow Puku here?" "SOSO I didn't follow Puku." "I followed Puku's brother Hangkai." "is that right?" "I don't like Puku." "My life is in shambles because of her." "Congratulations Prince." "BANQUETHALL GUKNAE PALACE NAKRANG" "BANQUETHALL GUKNAE PALACE NAKRANG Thank you Minister." "When Haeaewu turns three Eul Duji will teach him letters and Wu Naru will teach him sword fighting." "Yes, Your Majesty." "I'll teach him to the best of my ability." "I'll obey your command Your Majesty." "king DAEMUSHlN SONG MAESEOLSU Your Majesty, I have a request." "king DAEMUSHlN SONG MAESEOLSU Go ahead." "The minister and General Wu are great teachers but I want Prince Hodong to teach Haeaewu personally." "It'll be a great chance forthe brothers to bond." "Hodong what do you think?" "prince HODONG Haeaewu is my younger brother who'll become my subject." "With your permission I'd like to groom him myself." "That's a good idea." "Haeaewu say "Thank you Teacher."" "Congratulations." "Please grow up to be a strong man." "TAEGUN / Royal man What good is being strong" "TAEGUN / Royal man when he won't be king?" "Hodong should be strong and Haeaewu should grow up to be supportive." "WU NARU Princess." "YEORANG I brought a gift for Haeaewu." "Bring it here." "Yes, Your Highness." "A king treats his subjects with civility and a subject must pledge his loyalty to his king." "That's a great writing." "I'll hang it in Haeaewu's room so he may read it every day and learn it by heart." "Thank you Princess." "SONG OKGU Your Highness please accept a gift from your grandfather now." "It's beautiful." "It's a magnificent sword." "It looks as if it could cut a boulder." "Prince." "May you strengthen the Great Kingdom of Goguryeo founded by King Dongmyeongseong and expanded by yourfather." "The Princess of Nakrang is here." "Princess Nakrang?" "I asked herto join us." "I can't disregard her on such occasion when she'll soon become Hodong's princess." "Greetings Your Highness." "Please come in Your Highness." "I offer my congratulations to Prince Haeaewu." "Please grow strong and healthy and make Goguryeo proud." "Thank you." "Thank you Princess." "I couldn't bring a gift given my current situation." "So I'd like to play the lute for Prince Haeaewu." "Why it's as if the angel from the Moon flew to earth." "She has the beauty courage and even musical talent." "I can't find a single flaw in her." "Honey wipe your drool." "I was betterthan Princess Nakrang in my heyday before I married you." "You're just being jealous." "Let me see if I wet my beard with my drool." "EUL DUJl / Officer of Right" "Here you are." "I've been looking foryou everywhere." "You didn't come back to your chamber and they told me you had left the banquet quite some time ago." "Have Wang Hol and his men left?" "PAESU / Chungchun River Yes they crossed the Paesu River." "All right." "Ijust ran into Puku a while ago." "Puku came back?" "Take good care of the prince." "Take care of the boss and Hangkai." "She talked some nonsense and left." "Hurry up." "We must hurry." "I think Puku went to Nakrang." "Probably if what Taechu said is true." "This was all at the cremation grounds but something else must've happened there." "Are you sure this will tell us who Puku is?" "That's what my instinct tells me." "After we sew it back together we'll get someone to read it one letter at a time." "MlCHU Can't we just show the whole thing?" "MlCHU Taechu can read too." "Puku's been at death's doortoo many times." "It must be something big." "It doesn't hurt to be careful." "She can't be anybody important." "I don't think she'd be anybody important." "Nobody asked you foryour opinion." "Just keep your hands busy not your mouth." "You said that people can't know what the future holds forthem." "Even if we're apart when you call me I'll come to you no matter where you are." "How..." "Because you called me." "I said I'd come to you no matter where you are." "But I was so far away... I didn't think you'd hear me in the palace." "What I can't hear with my ears I can hear with my heart." "Do you not believe me?" "Then I'll just leave." "I believe you." "Why did you leave without seeing me?" "Were you disappointed with me because of that night?" "Because of Princess Nakrang?" "Nakrang and Goguryeo are neighboring countries." "Can't we get along like brother countries?" "Goguryeo and Nakrang cannot coexist." "Especially because we're neighbors." "In orderfor Goguryeo to become a strong kingdom we need Nakrang's fertile lands and ocean." "And I..." "You know I have to conquer Nakrang with my own hands to become king." "What if..." "What if... I were a princess of Nakrang?" "Would you be able to get along with Nakrang?" "Why?" "Does it botheryou that you killed Nakrang generals?" "I'm just curious." "Well... I haven't thought about it." "I should be grateful you're not a princess of Nakrang." "Let's stop this pointless talk." "Shall we go down to the marketplace and have some fun?" "Everyone seems to be happy." "They're innocent people who know nothing about palace life the life of a prince or power struggles." "They're just happy about Haeaewu's birth." "They're beautiful people." "Shall we just mingle among them and celebrate my brother's birth without a care in the world?" "Just for a day." "Just for this night." "I may never see him again." "I want to forget about Mother and Nakrang just for now and be with him." "No way." "Who are you to block a prince's chopsticks?" "I'm Puku." "I opened my energy channels." "You're no match for me." "It was a luck." "You never attained proper energy flow." "Don't tease me." "It's my prerogative." "Just one coin." "For just a coin you too can find your mate and get married." "Open the baskets together and we'll give you wedding robes!" "What are they doing?" "Well..." "There's a beautiful lady's wedding robe in that red basket and a man's wedding robe in the blue one." "If you throw the sacks and open the basket they're yours." "Really?" "It's a prize?" "We'll give you the wedding robes and give parade you on horseback too." "Missed." "Bride." "Yes husband?" "I want to stop playing around and want be alone with you." "You're embarrassing me." "Athought just came to my mind." "Maybe I don't have to become king." "Maybe it'd be nice to live with you like this." "It'd be nice to live as a good man a good husband to you." "Prince." "I want to sleep with you in my arms tonight instead of my sword." "We're bride and groom." "I won't take you this way." "Later." "Much later..." "We'll do it properly." "Where did Hodong go?" "I guess he felt uncomfortable." "Let's all toast to" "prince HAEAEWU / Song Maeseoulsu's son, Hodong's half-brother Prince Haeaewu's future." "prince HAEAEWU / Song Maeseoulsu's son, Hodong's half-brother To the prince's health!" "Where are you going?" "It's gotten late." "I'll return to my chamber." "You're supposed to drink and enjoy yourself until morning on a day like this." "She's not having any fun without Prince Hodong." "YANGDEOK" "You said it'd be nice to live like this but I know you have to become king." "You asked me once before." "Puku what is love?" "I didn't know back then..." "A person who can't wait... will never know what love is." "Maybe love makes your heart grow even deeper when you're apart... than when you're together." "I now leave as Jamyung a princess of Nakrang that nobody wants" "but I'll remain as your Puku for the rest of my life longing for you." "Maybe you should retire to bed." "No king goes to bed in broad daylight." "Your Majesty." "What is it?" "Princess Nakrang has disappeared." "What?" "She must have escaped." "That little girl escaped from the palace?" "She couldn't have done it alone." "She must've escaped amidst the bustle of the celebration." "Hear me Wu Naru." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Send the army to find Choi Li's daughter." "I'll obey your command Your Majesty." "I'll bring Princess of Nakrang back alive." "There is no need to." "Your Majesty what do you." "Cut her head off!" "Your Majesty please rescind your command." "This could lead to war." "An escaped prisoner may be killed." "Find that Nakrang tramp who deceived me and send her head to Choi Li." "Chu Balso find those who helped her and bring them to me." "I'll punish them along with her." "I'll obey your command Your Majesty." "Your Highness." "Why was the war drum sounded?" "Princess of Nakrang has escaped." "Really?" "But that's no reason to sound the war drum." "His Majesty ordered her dead." "is he willing to go to war with Nakrang?" "He is furious." "Nobody could stop him." "Did Puku return to Suyang Hall?" "She didn't come back." "I came with Taechu to find Puku." "outskirts OF JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG" "The great general instructed me to request an army" "JlNSl / Time between 7:30 AM- 8:30 AM if he didn't come back with the princess by eight o'clock" "JlNSl / Time between 7:30 AM- 8:30 AM two days after we left the Goguryeo palace." "DO SUGl And he asked that you send the army across the river if he didn't return by the third day." "CHOl Ll" "Your Majesty!" "What's all the fuss?" "Our spy sent a hawk." "The crown princess escaped from the Goguryeo palace." "Dear Dangun..." "But Muhyul..." "What did the King of Goguryeo do?" "BUDAL He said he wouldn't allow an escaped prisonerto live and ordered the death of crown princess." "Your Majesty." "Your Majesty please save the crown princess." "Muhyul would dare try to kill my daughter?" "Only I can decide the fate of the Crown Princess of Nakrang!" "Summon the army to Mukbang!" "I'll set up camp at Mukbang and bring the princess back." "Yes, Your Majesty." "I'll obey your command." "DONGGOBl / llpum's aunt Your Majesty, I'm coming." "Even if I die on the way." "Even if I die on the way." "I'll bring you news of Princess Jamyung." "Aren't you going to torture me today?" "That's none of your business." "I heard that Wang Jasil's daughter is in grave danger." "is that why?" "You bastard do you want your mouth ripped?" "How dare you mention the crown princess with that mouth?" "Who'll tell you where Jamyung is if you rip my mouth?" "MO YANGHAE'S CHAMBER YULGUHYUN NAKRANG Why don't we just kill Hogok?" "We can tell the queen where Princess Jamyung is." "No." "We'll leave that job to Hogok." "We must show a different card to the king." "I hope Lahee dies." "Our master wouldn't leave the crown princess in danger and return alone." "Then again Hol wouldn't do that." "Do you have another plan?" "MO YANGHAE I'll petition the king to make Jamyung crown princess when he returns." "But you'll face strong opposition." "The seven southern prefectures belong to Younghojangwon." "If we petition on behalf of the seven prefectures the king will have to consider it seriously." "And Wang Jasil can do nothing about it." "Who's there?" "What were you doing outside the door?" "The great general sent a message to Lady Mo." "He said not to worry since he'd return safely with the crown princess." "Then why didn't you come in?" "I was about to announce myself." "What did you hear?" "I heard nothing." "Do you know why yourfather died?" "A slave who defies his master deserves death." "I do not know why he died." "That's the correct answer." "You are my men alright." "You did not hear anything and you must not remember anything." "HEUKWlSU GATE GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO General Wu Naru is searching forthe princess outside the gate" "HEUKWlSU GATE GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO but she couldn't have left the city already." "Taechu to the North Gate." "Hangkai to the East Gate." "Cha Chasung to the South Gate." "Take the troops to the gates and stand guard." "What shall we do when we find Princess Nakrang?" "His Majesty ordered her killed." "Capture her alive." "No Your Highness." "His Majesty was furious when you defied him in Luoyang." "You can't defy him again." "Whom will it benefit the most if we go to war with Nakrang now?" "Liaodong and Xuantu will take the opportunity to invade us." "I'll guard the West Gate." "Go to your posts!" "We'll carry out your command!" "Pass." "is this where you were supposed to meet Wang Hol?" "Let's go back." "You can't beat me with a sword." "I know." "Not with a sword." "And I'm more desperate than you are." "If you can't beat me you can't leave Goguryeo." "You think I want to die?" "Right." "Who'd want to die?" "If you want to live don't do anything foolish." "Let's go back." "Hodong." "Do you love me?" "Do you have to reaffirm that so many times?" "If I follow you now... my father will abandon me." "I'll never be a beloved daughter." "My people will turn their backs at me." "They'll no longer love me." "Yes." "Let's say you love me." "But I guess that's not enough." "Prince Hodong your love can't fill mine." "My father's My people's love I want them more desperately." "Pick up your sword." "I'll get out of here alive or dead in anyway." "Can I... trust you?" "Kill me." "I know that yourfather ordered me killed." "Now!" "You can become king when you kill me." "You have to defeat the Biryuna tribe defeat Song Maeseolsu and Haeaewu to become king." "Follow me." "General Wu Naru has the area surrounded." "You can't leave Goguryeo since neitheryou nor Wang Hol knows the land." "This is as far as I can go." "Why are you letting me go?" "Well..." "Because Goguryeo can't have war now?" "Maybe out of respect for King Choi Li?" "Lahee." "I don't want to see you crying in Goguryeo." "I don't want to see you... become unhappy." "Come with me to Nakrang." "I now understand how unhappy you are while I was in the Goguryeo palace." "Don't fight for your life every day." "Come with me to Nakrang." "I'll make you happy." "I appreciate that but... I belong here." "A person can't become truly happy away from his place." "Because of Puku?" "She... left." "Did you love her?" "No." "Do you think... we can see each other again?" "If you can return safely to Nakrang we will." "Come to Nakrang to see me." "All right." "OSUNGJUN GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO ls that true?" "OSUNGJUN GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO A soldier guarding the gate saw them with his own eyes." "His mother is from the Biryuna tribe." "Hodong helped Lahee escape?" "Heaven is helping Your Majesty Prince Haeaewu and me." "We can't waste time here." "We must inform Muhyul." "We should." "Your Majesty." "Yes?" "You must not get involved." "Have the soldiertell Chu Balso what he saw." "Yes Chief." "YULGUHUN NAKRANG" "What?" "Lady Mo will petition to dethrone the crown princess and make Jamyung crown princess?" "I heard her with my own ears." "I'm not trying to avenge my father's death." "I wish to protect the crown princess and Nakrang." "Yes." "I know you're trying to do what yourfather couldn't do." "You're most gracious Your Majesty." "Are you ready to give your life forthe crown princess and Nakrang?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "Wait for sunset" "MlYANGJUN / Princess Lahee's chamber take the crown princess's guards" "MlYANGJUN / Princess Lahee's chamber and attack Mo Yanghae the traitor who tried to harm the crown princess and throw Nakrang into confusion!" "I Do Sugi will obey your command Your Majesty." "Instruct the seven prefectures to send their petitions when His Majesty returns." "Yes, My Lady." "What are you doing?" "You can't come in here with a sword." "What's going on?" "Sugi!" "What's the meaning of this?" "I, Do Sugi, will forsake smaller cause forthe greater cause." "I'll forsake Yulguhun forthe sake of Nakrang." "I'll punish Lady Mo fortreason on Queen Jasil's command." "You!" "Pour." "But the crown princess hasn't returned safely yet." "Perhaps you should wait until then..." "Lahee was born to be Queen of Nakrang." "She wouldn't have been born through me if she were destined to die in the barren land of Goguryeo." "My fury of five years is finally put to rest." "I'm so happy that Mo Yanghae got herself into trouble now while His Majesty and Hol are away." "These letters mean the first queen of Nakrang." "Princess Jamyung." "Daughter." "Soso go and get us something to drink." "You always send me on errands at such important moments." "Just go." "You've never listened to me since you were little." "Go." "I'm going." "Hurry." "Then..." "Puku is Nakrang's first queen's" "daughter Princess Jamyung" "My goodness!" "Puku is..." "Our Puku is... I'm so scared." "My goodness..." "She couldn't have gone far." "We must capture Princess Nakrang and cut off her head!" "Yes sir!" "Great General." "Not so loud." "How did you find me?" "I've been searching foryou since the cremation grounds." "Are you not hurt?" "Let's go." "Your Highness." "Your Highness." "What is it?" "His Majesty wishes to see you." "Did you call for me?" "Did you... send Choi Li's daughter back alive?" "Knowing that I ordered herto be killed did you let her go?" "Yes." "Your Majesty." "Hogok." "What did you give him?" "I gave him medicine that will put Nakrang's troubles to rest." "If you can kill Lahee with your own hands" "Jamyung can become princess." "Tell me." "is Puku from Nakrang or not?" "Hodong releasing Princess Nakrang only proves that he's colluding with Choi Li." "Puku is Jamyung our daughter." "Do you have proof that she is Jamyung?" "The queen has lost her reason."