BASED ON THE KINGDOM OF THE GODS BY YLAB
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION NEAR HANYANG CASTLE
Tomorrow morning,
your families, who were taken to the Investigation Bureau,
will be beheaded.
Continuing to serve me...
might put all of you in danger.
Will you all...
stay loyal to me nevertheless?
PATIENT JOURNAL
Mom!
Please! Let him go!
Get out of the way!
No! My son!
No!
Father!
Halt.
This country is suffering one disaster after another.
What happened to Lord Cho Hak-ju was devastating enough.
How about we postpone the executions?
Her Majesty ordered us to carry out the executions as planned, no matter what.
The Minister of War has a point.
Some of the soldiers' families are of noble origin.
It would not be too late to carry out the executions
after investigating the incident.
It is Her Majesty's order,
which means it is a royal order.
Please come out for a moment.
Military Training Commander.
I am here to make a confession.
The traitor, Chang,
is waiting for backup troops at Yeonggi Academy...
just outside of Hanyang with soldiers from the Military Training Corps.
I told you what I know, so please help me.
I beg you to spare my family's lives.
Father was right.
My son, Chang,
dug his own grave.
Shoot!
I do not hear any screams.
There is no one here, sir!
No one here either, sir!
It must have been a trap to lure the soldiers...
out of Hanyang.
SEO YEONG-GO
LEE CHANG
The Crown Prince is here!
The rest of the soldiers, seal off the gates!
NORTH GATE, CITADEL OF HANYANG
The Crown Prince is back!
The Crown Prince is here.
How many soldiers do we have left in the Police Bureau?
Many left the citadel with the palace guards,
so only a few dozen at the most.
Assemble all of them.
And ask the Minister of War for backup troops.
ROYAL COMMANDERY
"Dear people of Joseon.
As soldiers who have pledged their loyalty...
to this country, their duty was to punish the traitor, Chang.
However, they abandoned their duty and joined hands with the traitor
in pursuit of their selfish greed.
Thus, all families and relatives of the treacherous soldiers
shall be executed--"
Please spare us.
But we didn't do anything wrong.
This is a royal order.
Let the beheading...
No, it can't be...
No.
Let the...
I cannot do this.
I do not care if I am the head of the Royal Commandery or not,
I can't do it.
Your Royal Highness.
You made the right decision.
Your Royal Highness.
I will...
return to where I rightfully should be.
Will you join hands with me?
The Royal Commandery Division will be at Your Royal Highness' service.
Untie them.
They are not criminals!
Give me a sword.
I, too, will go to the palace.
My lord.
The traitors were sent to the execution site.
My lord, why are you being like this?
-Tie them up! -Yes, my lord!
JINSEON GATE
What do you mean?
The traitor, Chang, is headed to the palace?
What were the soldiers doing?
Even Royal Commandery and the Minister of War's soldiers
have joined hands with the traitors.
The gates have been sealed off,
so even the palace guards cannot enter the citadel.
Your Majesty.
You must escape immediately.
I will go to the Main Hall.
I should get ready...
to welcome my son.
Your Majesty...
PATIENT JOURNAL
How is this possible?
That patient journal was recorded by Lee Seung-hui,
the former royal physician.
Everything recorded in it is true.
What would His Royal Highness like me to do?
His Royal Highness would like you to prove...
that you are different from the Haewon Cho Clan and their followers.
We have successfully subdued the soldiers from the entire Police Bureau.
Now, we will escort Your Royal Highness to the palace.
His Royal Highness left for the palace first.
What do you mean?
Is His Royal Highness back?
Let him out.
The world ruled by the Haewon Cho Clan has come to an end.
Your Royal Highness!
Please spare our lives.
All we did was obey the orders
of Lord Cho Hak-ju and Her Majesty.
Please have mercy, Your Royal Highness.
We will faithfully serve Your Royal Highness from now on.
We have already disarmed the palace guards at all the gates.
Please feel free to enter.
You are back.
Have you been away for so long
that you forgot how to pay your respects to your mother?
You are not my mother.
You still do not know your filial duties...
toward your mother.
Step down from the throne.
The throne does not belong to you.
Do you think you can make the people of this kingdom serve you by doing this?
You are wrong.
Son,
you are a criminal of high treason
who decapitated his father with his own hands.
Now, the throne...
belongs to my child, who is the deceased king's son.
Is that child...
truly the deceased king's son?
Why is it that pregnant women were gathered at Naeseonjae?
Also,
why did Your Majesty kill those pregnant women and baby girls?
The Minister of War is right.
I, too, have been doubting it for quite some time.
We must arrest the royal physicians and Your Majesty's court ladies
to find out the truth.
How dare you doubt the legitimacy of my child!
The reason I am trying to oust you
is not because you are a Haewon Cho, nor is it because I desire the throne.
You've neglected the responsibilities and duties that come with the throne.
"The people worship food like God,
and the King must serve those people like God."
That is why I am trying to oust you.
Now, make your decision.
Will you step down of your own accord?
Or will you be dragged down from the throne like a dog?
Was beheading your own father not enough for you?
Will you even kill your mother and brother now?
Go ahead and try.
I am not leaving the throne.
I will not even budge.
It is unnecessary to dirty Your Royal Highness' hands with blood.
Do not be concerned.
I will bring the seal and make her issue
a royal edict to announce your enthronement.
I will go with him.
The Second and Third State Councillors
are on their way here to get the royal seal.
Is anyone inside?
Don't walk so fast.
Second State Councillor, what about the royal seal?
Second State Councillor! It's me!
Stay away from me!
Stay away!
Stay away, I said!
Let go of me!
Help! Over here!
Over here! Help me!
What on earth...
have you been plotting?
If I cannot have it,
no one else...
can have it.
The plague has broken out!
The plague has broken out.
The plague has broken out!
The plague has broken out from the Queen's Palace.
Lock up all the gates at the palace!
HEUNGHWA GATE
SUNGJEONG GATE
What is happening?
-How could the plague break out here? -That is not important now.
We do not have time.
Be they noblemen or high-ranking officers,
aim for their heads, regardless of their rank.
We must kill every single person who has caught the plague!
-Do you understand? -Yes, Your Royal Highness!
Your Royal Highness.
Do not be afraid!
Go hide somewhere safe. Hurry!
It's occupied.
Jeez.
Someone's in here.
YEONGYEONG GATE
Take the portraits of the former kings.
Do you think...
we killed them all?
The screams...
I no longer hear any screams.
What is happening?
Has it been brought under control?
Your Royal Highness must escape!
Please escape at once!
-There are too many of them. -Your Royal Highness, we must run.
Hurry, Your Royal Highness!