"I saw you meeting up with Gim Il that night." "Why must you go and meet with a dangerous person like him?" "Did you think I liked going to meet Gim Il?" "They are now many edicts requesting that Eun Go Jang Sa be punished." "It's all because she wanted to save you, Deok Sol Sir." "What are you saying?" "It's all because agassi met Gim Il, who persuaded the other noblemen, (Agassi - young lady) that you, Deok Sol Sir, are able to maintain your status." "Eun Go Jang Sa, there's an imperial order for your arrest." "All you villains, don't you dare touch even one hair on her head." "Don't act so recklessly." "Arrest her immediately!" "=Episode 23=" "For her to gather so many nobles in such a short period of time, isn't that obvious?" "Your Majesty, we don't have any evidence linking Jang Sa directly to any corruption." "But the fact of the Mok family receiving bribes has been ascertained." "During that time the noblemen associated themselves with the Mok family, who controlled the meeting." "What's the difference between them and the Sa Taek family?" "Come here!" "Did you call for me, Your Majesty?" "Seize all the family members of the Mok family residing in Sabi City, and also arrest those noblemen who offered bribes to the Mok family." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Arrest all of them!" "What's the matter?" "Get on the ground!" "Seize him." "It's not my fault." "It's all Eun Go Jang Sa's orders" "I'm just following her orders." "This is the outcome." "I had a feeling she'd get into trouble." "When she gathered the noblemen, I already had my doubts." "But didn't she do this to save Gye Baek?" "She should have looked for another way and not allowed things to become like this." "No matter what, Eun Go is our comrade and also the person who Gye Baek has feelings for." "We have to think of a way to save her." "How could I refuse to think of a way to save her?" "I'm just voicing my displeasure that she tried to influence the noblemen." "First of all, Miss Eun Go's offence is misuse of public power for personal gain." "=Misuse of public power for personal gain: discarding one's principles and using one's powers for personal gain.=- First of all, Miss Eun Go's offence is misuse of public power for personal gain." "This is a crime where the punishment is 100 paddles and then banishment." "This is a crime where the punishment is 100 paddles and then banishment." "A woman who has to go through such punishment will probably die in the process." "A woman who has to go through such punishment will probably die in the process." "Add on the crime of withholding information of a crime," "=Witholding information of a crime: knowing a crime has been committed but not reporting it to the authorities.=- Add on the crime of withholding information of a crime," "=Witholding information of a crime: knowing a crime has been committed but not reporting it to the authorities.=- and decapitation is also possible." "There's no direct evidence of Eun Go agassi receiving bribes." "If she were to say that she didn't know of her uncle's misdeeds, at best they've only an indirect link to the crime." "As long as she sticks to this story, we'll be able to find a way to save her." "Yes, that's right." "Are you two discussing how you can save Eun Go Jang Sa?" "Your Highness, Crown Princess." "I've heard that the two of you are the Crown Prince's advisors and loyal servants, how then can you try to shield such a criminal?" "Jang Sa used His Highness' affection for her and arbitrarily made decisions concerning national affairs." "The person who requested His Majesty to appoint a member of the Sa Taek family as the daejwapyeong." "I saw it with my own eyes." "Don't the two of you see that as a crime?" "To allow such a woman to live will only allow evil to spread in the future." "Your Highness, please calm down!" "Please stay calm." "No." "I will not sit idly by and do nothing." "Her crimes are now before His Majesty." "The two of you need not interfere in this matter." "If you do, even if you're a loyal servant, I will not forgive you." "Your Majesty." "Do you want to see me concerning some matter?" "I was the first person who conducted an investigation into the Mok family." "I know this matter better than anyone else." "Eun Go Jang Sa is innocent." "She was dragged into this quagmire by her uncle's offence." "Then do you think that I framed Jang Sa?" "Your Majesty." "it's not something you should concern yourself with." "I will personally conduct the investigation and find out the truth." "Your Majesty, I'm begging you, please forgive Jang Sa Eun Go." "You're so eager to shield her, it looks like you must owe her." "Were you and Jang Sa acting together in gathering the noblemen, so that the meeting would decide in your favour?" "Your Majesty, your servant didn't make that kind of a request." "But, if I was the cause of this matter, I'll accept responsibility for it." "Your servant will resign and leave, please forgive Jang Sa." "I don't want to hear anymore!" "The truth will emerge upon investigation." "Jang Sa's innocence or guilt will be decided then." "Leave now." "Your Majesty." "Do you want to say what Gye Baek has just said?" "Please be lenient in your punishment." "Jang Sa is the heroic official who got rid of the Sa Taek family." "Even if she's found guilty, we shouldn't convict a loyal servant." "To pardon a loyal servant who has committed a wrong, isn't that a better way of dealing with it?" "Is that your only reason for trying to shield her?" "I know you like her." "Your affection for her is out of the ordinary." "That's why she made used of it to decide matters concerning national affairs." "When something so serious happens, your responsibility is heavier, Crown Prince." "Your Majesty." "The way I see it, if Jang Sa acts like that, there'll come a day where the Mok family will be the second Sa Taek family." "Evil must be rooted out before it spreads." "Eun Go." "Your Highness." "Very soon His Majesty will conduct your trial." "His Majesty is absolutely livid this time, there's no other way." "You just have to say that you had nothing to do with your uncle's misdeeds." "Only by doing that can you save your life." "Your Highness, I can't do that." "Eun Go." "My uncle and the other members of the Mok family returned to Sabi City because of me." "Even if they're guilty," "I must protect them and help them." "I can't just save myself and leave them to die." "Your life will be in grave danger." "I'm sorry, Your Highness." "Have you really made up your mind?" "That won't do." "I will save you, I will certainly save you." "Jang Sa Eun Go, listen!" "I was impressed with your abilities and therefore appointed you the Jang Sa." "But you coveted wealth and plotted secretly with the noblemen, and discarded your responsibilities." "This is the crime of abuse of power." "Do you plead guilty?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "Your servant has committed a crime." "I am fully responsible for everything." "So, you're admitting to all your crimes?" "Yes, therefore I beg you to release the rest of my family members." "Our whole family has in the past suffered grave injustice." "It wasn't easy for them to have survived." "Please forgive us our wrongs." "Let me shoulder the full responsibility." "You want to bear this responsibility all by yourself?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "We can't do that." "This is the evidence of bribes received by your Mok family from the noblemen." "You are the Crown Prince's loyal servant." "Relying on you, your Mok family became lawless." "If we allow these things to manifest, when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, it will become an impediment." "Your Majesty." "They will all be severely punished." "Record the Jang Sa's confession and punish all the members of the Mok family." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." "I'm begging you to let the Mok family go." "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" "How did it go?" "Agassi's uncle has been beheaded." "All the other members of the Mok family are to be banished." "They can't step inside Sabi City again." "That's really serious." "Our guild won't be let off either." "Who's the person in charge of Daeheng Guild?" "I'm the representative of Daeheng Guild." "This guild is involved in corruption." "Therefore you have to pay a penalty of three times the amount of the bribes." "From today onwards this guild will be closed, and all personnel are to leave Sabi City." "This is an imperial edict." "Carry out the order." "Yes!" "I said it's painful, why are you pressing my back?" "Stop pressing, really..." "If this pain continues, my back will break soon." "Such a small needle, how can he get well?" "What did you say?" "I can't turn my head either." "That really hurts." "Just one needle and you'll be cured." "Isn't it because I want to get well quickly that I allowed the use of needles?" "That's why I say... but why are you taking out a knife?" "What's this?" "A knife?" "This is a needle." "This is really good if you want to get well fast." "Just you wait and see." "Wait, wait!" "It doesn't hurt anymore." "I don't feel any pain." "Even if I don't get acupuncture, I won't feel the pain any more." "You can leave now." "I'm fine now, fine now." "How can it be so?" "Didn't you say it's going to break anytime now?" "Just now when my back was so painful it felt like breaking." "This needle, no... knife, the moment I saw the knife, my bones united and gave me my strength." "They've healed themselves." "Therefore I'll be fine, even without acupuncture." "You can leave now, doctor." "Will you really be fine?" "It's better for you to have acupuncture." "Is this acupuncture?" "More like being cut with a knife." "If I shout my back starts trembling." "You had better leave, go quickly and leave with your needle." "Go quickly, run and go." "Run, hurry up and run." "Why did you bring a person who comes bearing a knife?" "I told you to bring a doctor." "Dok Gae elder, Dok Gae elder." "What's the matter?" "The people whom we were trailing, have been arrested." "Their relatives also." "Looks like we've gained some merit points." "That is of course." "They're corrupt noblemen who did not observe the law." "We've performed a great deed, this is great." "Then do you think I can use that merit to become an official?" "You're such a simpleton." "Just think, not just any official but one who specialises in investigating the noblemen." "Investigating officer?" "Then we'll be able to come into contact with money." "We can now go about making big deals." "Now we can start to stand proudly and be men." "Right." "But there's a problem." "What's the problem?" "What?" "Didn't Gye Baek hyeongnim tell us to look after those things carefully?" "(Hyeongnim - respected older brother)" "Yes, he did." "But something seems to be missing." "Why don't you rack your brains and think about what's missing from your head?" "But what is missing?" "At that time Dok Gae hyeongnim was..." "Hold on." "Dae Su, you coming close to me makes my back suddenly... start to get painful." "Seems this won't do." "I think I'll go to the medical centre myself." "Wasn't I supposed to get acupuncture?" "I think I'll rest at home." "It's really painful." "Wait a moment." "What are you two trying to do?" "What do you two think you're doing?" "I'm a patient." "Am I not sick?" "Let go of me." "What are you trying to do?" "Gently, gently." "Shake him." "What's the shaking for." "What is it that dropped?" "What are these things?" "Whose are these?" "Didn't these things fall from your bodies?" "Official... has now turned into nothingness." "Agassi." "Agassi." "Are you satisfied now?" "Are you happy to see our whole family being punished?" "Agassi." "I'm so disillusioned." "You didn't even say a word to me that you were investigating my family." "If our positions were reversed, I wouldn't have done what you did." "If you and your family were guilty, if it was me, I would have tried to save you first." "I'm sorry agassi." "It's all my fault." "It's too late." "Everything's over now." "No." "I will, I definitely will save you." "Save me?" "My only relatives are dead, and the guild that I had built up is going to collapse." "I've lost everything, how do you expect me to go on living?" "If I were to lose you, I would die too." "Seems like I'm living in a nightmare now." "You must be suffering greatly, Agassi." "There's nothing I can do for the person whom I care about." "But one thing is certain," "I will save you, Agassi." "I will definitely do so." "You should go back." "Agassi." "Go home." "Gye Baek." "Seong Chung hyeongnim, Heung Su hyeongnim." "Please help me." "Please save Eun Go agassi." "Have a seat first." "Even if we were carried off by a tiger, as long as we stay calm and alert, we can still live." "We must stay calm and think of a solution." "What measures can we think of?" "His Majesty is fuming." "As long as it can definitely save Eun Go agassi," "I'm willing to do anything." "You're not even scared of His Majesty?" "Let us first file a joint petition." "Eun Go Agassi is a loyal servant, and if we emphasise that we might be able to get her acquitted." "If there's no agassi, there's no me." "I'm betting everything on this." "I knew you'd do this!" "Are you going to break her out of prison?" "Hyeongnim." "Follow me." "I can't do that." "I must save Agassi." "I'm going to call out for people." "Sit, you brat!" "So after the prison break, what do you intend to do?" "I will leave here with Agassi." "After that?" "After that?" "You wish to have children with agassi and live a good life?" "After that?" "I've not thought so far ahead." "Do you intend to live the life of a fugitive forever?" "Together with your children as well?" "You mustn't think like that." "How can a hero of Baekje live forever as a fugitive." "Furthermore, what will happen to our promise to put in our best efforts to benefit the people?" "Then what do you want me to do?" "Watch agassi die?" "I can't do that, I absolutely can't!" "I must save agassi." "Gye Baek." "Don't stop me." "Brat, sit down!" "Calm down!" "Sit down, brat!" "Can't we just hide somewhere temporarily, and wait until the Crown Prince ascends the throne." "He'll be able to save me then." "Yes, what you say is correct." "The Crown Prince doesn't want to see her die either." "There's no need for you to do anything." "He will think of a plan." "His Majesty is so furious, what plan can the Crown Prince have?" "The Crown Prince won't let Eun Go agassi die." "Even if he has to sacrifice his own life, he'll save Eun Go." "How the Crown Prince treats Eun Go agassi..." "The special way that His Highness treats Eun Go, you know too, don't you?" "We understand your feelings of anxiety, but let's wait for a while." "If you were to break into the prison, it will only complicate matters." "Eun Go... what must I do to be able to save you?" "My mind has been distressed these past few days." "But, I can only think of one way to save you." "Follow what I tell you, and you'll be able to live." "Say you're pregnant with a dragon child." "=Dragon child: pregnant with a child of a member of the royal family=" "They won't kill a pregnant woman." "All the more so, if she's pregnant with a dragon child." "Although this is pitiful, this is the only method that can save you." "Can you do it?" "I can't do it." "I've already lost my pitiful uncle and all my family members." "My merchant guild is also gone." "How can I live?" "By myself, how am I supposed to go on living?" "What is there to live for?" "It's better to be dead." "If you were to die, what would I do?" "I've been with you since we were young." "We've gone through so many tribulations and crises together." "In my deepest and darkest despair, you were the one who held on to me." "I felt like I was reborn." "Then following your advice, I persisted with my determination to become the King." "You saved me when I wanted to die." "At that time I swore I'd be one with you." "If you were to die, what would I do?" "I'd also want to follow you." "Your Highness." "Your Highness, what are you saying?" "I'm not here to ask for your consent." "Remember this, you and I are of one life." "If you were to die, I would die too." "Your Highness!" "Your Highness!" "That can't happen." "What should I do?" "Then what about Gye Baek." "What will happen to our Gye Baek?" "Do you think that you can accomplish such a great deed single-handedly." "What Agassi should protect is not the stars, it's the world of Baekje that lies beneath the stars." "The world?" "To enter the shrine requires His Majesty's permission." "I'm not even a member of the royal family, how can I help you?" "You will be able to help me." "Heaven will help you." "The Crown Prince already has the Crown Princess." "She's married to him, and has borne his child." "How can you be saying such things to me?" "Isn't the Crown Princess someone you arranged for His Highness?" "Her fate follows the path you dictate for her." "Isn't that so?" "Isn't that so?" "How is that possible?" "Did you think that as long as you strive hard then the world will change?" "Unfortunately not." "How can people go against heaven's will?" "You must be feeling very miserable." "Crown Princess." "You have only yourself to blame." "It was because you persuaded the Crown Prince to allow the Sa Taek family to rise again." "It's something you should have expected, isn't it?" "You, can't blame anyone." "The person who killed your family is you." "Is that so?" "That's why my family's fate turned out like that?" "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." "Crown Princess." "I, Eun Go, will not die so easily." "Criminal Eun Go, who attempted to get the noblemen to plot against the country, will be beheaded in front of all the officials, military and civil, and the people." "After watching this, everyone should be cautious." "Gye Baek, stay calm." "Gye Baek, stay calm." "Agassi, I must go to agassi." "Let me go." "The Crown Prince hasn't made an appearance yet." "Please wait a while." "Agassi is going to die now, what is there to wait for?" "Let go of me!" "Gye Baek!" "The Crown Prince was so immersed in racking his brains for a solution that he didn't even meet us for the past few days." "He must surely have a solution to this." "If he didn't have a plan, he would have consulted us." "Your Highness." "Your Highness." "Your Highness." "I'm begging you, save agassi." "As long as Eun Go gets to live, you'll be able to accept any consequences?" "Yes, as long as agassi can live, I can even sacrifice my life." "Hold on!" "Your Majesty, you can't kill Eun Go." "Everything has already been said and done." "Your Majesty." "You can't kill Eun Go." "What?" "You can't kill a woman who's carrying a dragon child." "Dragon child?" "Is what the Crown Prince said a fact?" "Is that a fact?" "It's true." "You had better kill the dragon child together with me." "Crown Princess!" "Crown Princess!" "Is she pregnant?" "Just follow what I told you to do." "But, Your Highness." "You've served His Majesty your whole lifetime." "If anything should happen to His Majesty, the responsibility will be too great for you to bear." "If his aged Majesty should collapse from anger, you can't avoid the responsibility." "But, if you were to stand on my side and be my follower, you will be my right-hand person." "you will be my right-hand person." "Her pulse indicates she's pregnant." "So what shall we do now?" "We'll have to follow what the Crown Prince said." "There's nothing we can do about a person who's carrying a dragon child." "We'll have to wait until she gives birth." "Put her under house arrest until she gives birth." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Is this his plan to save Eun Go agassi?" "What is the Crown Prince thinking?" "I don't understand what's going on now." "Hyeongnim, please explain it to me." "I'm sorry." "Then what will happen to Eun Go agassi now?" "If they discover that it's a fake pregnancy, she'll be executed, or she'll have to get pregnant now." "Pregnant?" "Even if she's really pregnant, we won't know what will happen after she gives birth." "But if Eun Go were to become the Crown Prince's consort, that will make a difference." "What are you saying?" "For Eun Go to become the Crown Prince's consort?" "Nothing is definite yet, don't think too much." "But there's something that I'd like to ask you." "Did you give the petition to the Crown Prince?" "Yes." "Why... are you avoiding me?" "What are you trying to say?" "There's only one way to save her." "Why didn't you discuss this with me?" "Discuss?" "You clearly said that as long as Eun Go can be saved, you're even willing to sacrifice your life." "Furthermore Eun Go's situation now is because of you." "Because she wanted to save you." "But..." "What have you done to save Eun Go?" "Your Highness!" "I don't know who was first." "Whether it was you who secretly loved Eun Go first, or it was me who secretly fell in love with her first." "That..." "What are you saying?" "What are you saying?" "Just as I've said." "I gave up Eun Go for you." "I've made a lot of sacrifices for you." "Gave up my affections, but... the outcome is this." "Your Highness." "You're too incompetent." "You don't have the ability to protect the person you love." "You weren't able to protect Eun Go, because you were the one who made her suffer." "Then, let me be the one to save Eun Go." "Are you looking for me?" "We received orders from within the palace to commend your meritorious service." "The petition that we requested you to hand over to His Majesty, was able to dispel the bad atmosphere." "Is that so?" "It's because we got hold of the petition that we did that." "Continue to keep this confidential, so that the Crown Prince's mind will be at ease, and he can therefore continue to give you work to do." "I will keep that in mind." "Good." "Really, this is His Highness's scheme right from the start." "It's all because he wanted to separate Gye Baek and Eun Go, that he's scheming all this." "Really!" "How could he use such despicable methods." "In order to have one woman, he abandoned his principles." "Should we inform Gye Baek of this or not?" "How can we tell him?" "Their relationship will be destroyed." "Gye Baek will then no longer acknowledge His Highness as his leader." "Then should we just let him be ignorant of this matter?" "And turn ourselves into people without consciences?" "Isn't it that His Highness has secretly been in love with Eun Go agassi from eons ago?" "We can't see completely what goes on in a relationship between a man and a woman." "We must add in complexity and subtlety to the picture." "It's because you don't understand that, you don't know what to do." "Yes, I don't know any of those things." "But for a man who's going to become the king, to do such a despicable act," "I can't tolerate it." "What do you want to do?" "Gye Baek needs to know of this." "The Crown Prince must return Eun Go agassi to Gye Baek, and allow them to leave and build a life somewhere far away." "When the Crown Prince ascends the throne, then he can bring them back, that would do, right?" "Don't act rashly." "Do you think at this moment, His Highness will listen to you?" "Setting a trap for Eun Go, pushing her to the point of death and carrying out his scheme." "The person whom you want to go up against is the Crown Prince." "Do you think he achieved his present position just by relying on our strength and power?" "You're underestimating him." "Decades spent living under the watchful eye of the Sa Taek Queen, and he managed to survive that." "I reckon before you can open your mouth about Gye Baek, he'll get rid of you too." "What did you say?" "Furthermore, compared to any other matter, so far we've not achieved our goals." "That is to ensure that the people will have better days ahead." "Can you abandon our great cause for the sake of one woman?" "We must cover this up." "As long as we take this to our grave, that will do." "This is something that we shouldn't have known right from the beginning." "This is really..." "The only person who is pitiful is Gye Baek." "The wind is cold, please go inside." "Fine." "Your Majesty." "Your Majesty, are you all right?" "How is it?" "I'm still unable to diagnose it at this time." "You don't have to hide anything from me." "I know my own body very well." "The injury caused by the Wi Jie faction wasn't treated, and I ingested some marijuana." "That confirms it then." "Marijuana?" "It's a drug that can kill a healthy man." "I've just started to enjoy my life, 30 years have already passed and my disease has recurred." "Isn't it time for repayment?" "Your Majesty." "Bring Eun Go here." "Yes." "How did you get in here?" "Agassi." "Leave this place with me." "I'm no longer fixated with this place." "You too shouldn't be fixated with this place any longer." "Let's leave together for a place uninhabited by man." "As you can see for yourself, I've nothing left." "No matter what, I must recover all that I've lost." "How can I leave this place?" "Wait and see, what I, Eun Go, will do in the future." "Wait and see clearly." "That... is something that you don't have to do." "But if you let go off my hand now, you can never again grasp hold of it." "Ever." "Can you really forget me completely?" "Agassi... please." "Gye Baek." "Give me some time to think about this." "What else do you want to consider?" "After escaping, what are the two of you going to do?" "If Baekje's hero, and the woman whom the Crown Prince is going to marry were to flee, what will the common people think?" "Even after I ascend the throne and pardon the two of you, will the court ministers and the common people forgive the two of you?" "Fine, if you're confident, then leave." "Go ahead and flee." "What happened just now," "I'll pretend I didn't see anything." "Your Majesty." "I know for a fact that you've not committed a crime, but I still went ahead and sentenced you to death." "Do you know why?" "In you," "I saw the shadow of Queen Sa Taek." "Concerning the matter of bestowing on you the title of Crown Prince's consort," "I've consented." "But you must bear in mind, that you must absolutely not allow yourself to be controlled by the noblemen." "You must assist Ui Ja earnestly." "Focus on strengthening the imperial power." "You absolutely mustn't follow in Queen Sa Taek's footsteps." "Do you understand?" "I will keep that in mind." "One more thing." "The Crown Prince will be Tae." "= Buyeo Tae:" "The son of Ui Ja and Yeon Tae Yeon. =- The Crown Prince will be Tae." "= Buyeo Tae:" "The son of Ui Ja and Yeon Tae Yeon. = = Buyeo Tae:" "The son of Ui Ja and Yeon Tae Yeon. =- In the future, any problem concerning the Crown Prince, you must not interfere." "Can you swear to this?" "I promise." "You can leave." "He must be inside." "Has the sky fallen?" "Just have a drink with your brothers and everything will be forgotten." "Gye Baek, you brat." "A good person just going to waste." "Right, nothing we can say can comfort you at the moment." "You must feel the pain." "If that's not your fate, what can be done?" "This happened in order to allow you to meet someone much better than her." "Yes, to miss someone who's no longer around is heartbreaking, but you can still continue to miss someone who's still alive." "I know your heart is forlorn." "But if you can understand, this is the best solution." "No, this is our destiny." "Let me make this clear to you." "It's because I want to live, that I made this agreement with you." "And you, Your Highness, will only have my body." "Your heart, will forever remain with Gye Baek, is that what you mean?" "To me, my woman, will forever be you." "It's because I have you, that I can endure, and go through so many hardships." "But, I can't make even a tiny headway into your heart?" "I, Ui Ja, don't mean anything at all to you?" "I," "have only respect for you, Your Highness." "=Next Episode Preview=" "It looks like Eun Go isn't pregnant." "Kill me instead and spare Eun Go." "Really, what's the worth of a woman, to be fought over like that?" "You will forget someday." "Are you happy?" "Only I am the master of this piece of Baekje sky." "General Gye Baek is now in the midst of a war, don't you trust him completely?" "The preparation for launching the attack is complete." "Let's go according to our plans." "Gye Baek is the real hero of this country." "Your servant Gye Baek is paying his respects to Your Majesty." "Why is it that you've not expressed it even once?" "It's because I want to take my revenge on you." "Between Your Majesty and me, what else is left?"