(This drama is for ages 19 and up.)
(All figures, locations, groups, incidents, medical terms, )
(and others in this drama are entirely fictitious.)
(Animal scenes were directed and filmed...)
(under production guidelines along with animal experts.)
(18 years ago)
So she is the Second Princess.
I am Mil Woo, Wangdang's Daemodal.
The one who taught His Highness swordsmanship when he was young?
Did His Highness even tell you about that?
If you ever come to the northern region,
teach her how to wield a sword.
She will become a much better disciple than I.
I shall certainly visit.
Please head inside.
His Majesty is waiting.
They are His Highness's brothers.
The Third Prince, the Fourth Prince,
and the Youngest Prince.
(Fifth Prince, Go Gye Su)
And he is?
His Highness's elder brother...
as well as the First and Crown Prince.
He will become the next King of Goguryeo.
Your Majesty. The princes have all arrived.
I am...
to return to King Chu Mo's side soon.
It is time...
for me to pass this jade ring over to the next king.
Are you certain about it, Your Majesty?
I...
made an unforgivable mistake.
And that was losing Buwon, the northern land...
King Taejo bequeathed,
to the Han Dynasty.
This is the only way to win it back.
Do not question my decision anymore.
However, the late Prime Minister...
chose the First Prince as...
Myeong Rim Dap Bu.
That old fox had the First Prince crowned...
not for Goguryeo...
but for his own family.
His Highness will not accept it.
And what can he do about it?
Since King Chu Mo built Goguryeo,
the power to govern this country...
came from the point of the sword.
If you want it so dearly,
you must fight for it.
I...
would like to rest now.
(Goguryeo's 8th King, Go Baek Go, King Sindae, passes away.)
Bow.
Rise.
Dear son of paradise, Hae Mo Su, and daughter of Ha Baek, Yu Hwa.
We announce that the eighth King Baek Go's son,
Go Nam Mu, will succeed King Chu Mo...
and become the ninth King of Goguryeo.
We pay our respects...
to the new king.
Bow.
(Year 179, Goguryeo's 9th King, Go Nam Mu, ascends the throne.)
(Queen Woo)
(Episode 4)
Once I become the king,
I will punish all those after the throne.
(West Hae Family Tribe)
(Jolbon)
There is one problem.
Even if you capture the Queen, Your Highness has a wife.
It will be tough to get appointed as the King.
Another with the right of succession will step in.
(Crown Prince Go Pae Eui)
If I abandon my wife for Queen Woo,
I will lose the Jwa Family.
If I cannot win the Queen over,
Pae Eui might take the throne.
(Mount Geomryong, the fiefdom of the North Queen Family)
What if the Queen left with Bal Gi?
If they return to the palace,
the Woo Family will once again become the Queen Family.
Then what will happen to Bal Gi's wife,
who is my older sister?
Do you still not know what Bal Gi is like?
Lord Myeong Rim. Even the assassins failed.
What will you do now?
The Queen can never return to the palace.
Search thoroughly!
- Understood. - Understood.
(Jolbon, the fiefdom of Yeon Bi)
The King will become more powerful.
So, Your Majesty should visit at once.
Minister Gong Mo was sent instead.
There will not be any problem.
Recall what the current King is like.
Jolbon was not invited to the banquet...
celebrating the King's victory.
He will certainly take issue with it.
Are you suggesting Her Majesty Yeon Bi...
to lower her head to those who stole our land?
Your Majesty. A letter has come from Guknaeseong.
(Yeon Bi, Jolbon Authority)
The King...
is dead.
Silence.
The King,
who did not die from any swords or arrows,
returned to paradise due to a mere poison.
Since the King has died,
it is our chance to win back the land Chu Mo took...
from King Yeon Ta Bal.
Yes, You are right.
However, one thing must be done before that.
Prepare my armor.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Take the left route.
Your Majesty. Visit another prince right now,
and we cannot return to the palace before the approval meeting.
I know.
What is it?
You will not tell me what is going on.
The promise was to the Third Prince.
The promise was to the palace.
But visiting another prince was not mentioned.
Either give me more money...
or try finding a different person around here.
Where do you think you are going?
Do you want to have a go at me? Do you?
Let us do that.
We can lead the way.
Have this man leave.
We cannot do that.
It does not matter right now,
but if the pursuers catch up to us,
only Mo Chi can shake them off.
Head Maid. What should we do?
How much were you promised?
Let me see. How much was it again?
However much it was, you will be paid twice after your job.
I will gratefully accept such an amount,
but are you sure?
Gosh, thank you.
Goodness. Let us get going, yes?
What are you waiting for? Move.
Let us go.
You can count on me.
Let us go!
Leave us alone.
(Princess Jwa, Third Prince's Wife)
What brought you here late at night?
Are you still upset...
about what happened a long time ago?
You could have asked His Majesty...
to spare my father.
I wanted.
But you know...
what my brother is like.
If I had,
we would have gotten killed as well.
In any case,
I apologize.
Search thoroughly.
Yes, master.
What brought you...
all the way here?
Did any of the maids not act suspiciously?
Why are you...
ransacking the palace like this?
This has never happened before.
I am just checking to find anyone suspicious as usual.
I have served His Majesty for a long time,
but you have never...
stepped in yourself for such a reason.
Did something happen to His Majesty?
Why are you asking about His Majesty?
Royal maids like me serve His Majesty.
So if someone else becomes king, we may get...
kicked out of the palace or killed.
I simply...
want to be prepared.
My lord, Prime Minister Eul is asking to see you.
The maids who went to serve His Majesty...
were confined in rooms.
And Her Highness was nowhere to be found.
Besides, Mil Woo was looking for something.
It certainly was strange.
Why are they not giving any signal?
Your Highness.
Why do you not just return to the Third Prince?
You know about Father's command.
And if you choose another prince,
the Third Prince will never stay still.
If war breaks out...
I am the Queen of Goguryeo.
If he wants war,
I will fight him myself.
(Head of White Tigers, Noe Eum)
Pa Ya.
(Gal Ro of White Tigers, Noe Eum's son)
They are heading toward the Amnok River, not the palace.
(Pa Ya of White Tigers)
One more thing.
Another group of people is chasing the Queen aside from us.
Let us hurry.
We must get her before they do.
Tell me about the decoctions you have made.
Can any of these kill someone?
The guards are searching all the royal maids' rooms,
but nothing has yet been found.
The real culprit may not be a royal maid.
Search every room in this palace.
What is it?
I ran into the Great Shaman on my way here.
Did you say the Head Maid's room?
I thought it was strange because only her room was there.
Could the Head Maid be related?
Keep track of Sa Bi.
Are you really going to keep...
the poison from Her Highness?
She will be in worse danger if others discover it too.
Her safety is what is important.
Our job is to find the culprit.
It cannot be.
Prepare for a ritual.
I need to foresee the King and Queen's fate.
(Hae)
(Hae: Time of the Pig, from 9 to 11 p.m.)
Sky and moon, 99 nights.
The moon in its different shades for 99 days.
The dark blue moon and the red sun shine down.
Sky and moon, 99 nights.
The moon in its different shades for 99 days.
The dark blue moon and the red sun shine down.
The holy sky and moon.
The skies are holy.
The skies are the home of souls.
If the Hae Family accepts your suggestion,
you will become the new queen.
Will I become a queen?
Me?
Will I dare...
Is she out of her mind?
This is Chang Heon.
Your Highness, what did you...
You said so.
If I have a wife, the Queen will not be mine.
The Jwa Family...
does not have much power anyway.
We need even the smallest power at this moment.
I just need...
to have the Queen.
Then, Wangdang will follow my command.
That is not enough.
If other families oppose...
There are rats.
It is a maid from the Jwa Family.
She was here to check Her Highness's safety.
It means the Queen Family is aware...
of your plan to marry the Queen.
Is anyone there?
Cut off all the heads of Princess Jwa's maids.
If at least one is missing, I shall cut off your heads.
You are right.
I need more power to suppress all five families.
Head to the northern region immediately.
I shall own the mounted warriors.
(Asabeol, mounted warriors' village in the northern region)
Oh, my.
It is all good now. You went through so much.
We are back.
(Daemodal Dal Ga, the Chief of Mounted Warriors)
(Head of the Northern Region, Hwa Do Ja)
I guess the mounted warriors are going to party all night.
You must be tired.
Why do you not head inside now, Your Highness?
My second brother left this place to me...
so I could watch any possible rebellions.
He commanded us to be awake as long as they were.
I shall keep this place until those lights go off.
Or Goguryeo will be in danger.
Do you like His Majesty that much?
In childhood, I promised myself when I saw him fight.
He is the man of all men in Goguryeo.
I swore I would follow him until the day I die.
And he entrusted me with this.
Men of the world like you would not know.
I heard His Majesty was wary of the mounted warriors...
in case someone uses their mighty strength.
However, we do not necessarily have to stop that with force.
Are you asking me to do politics?
The wrong man might take the throne as the king.
If something bad happens to His Majesty...
That will never happen.
Yes, sir.
Our second eldest brother is stronger than any boulder.
Hey.
Send a man to the palace of the Third Prince.
I must check to see if my sister is all right.
Who goes there?
If the Queen dies, who do you think the throne will be passed to?
It will obviously be Crown Prince Pae Eui.
The former Prime Minister has made his niece the Crown Princess.
The position of the Queen will naturally be passed to...
the Myeong Rim family.
Why?
Do you think your son-in-law, the Youngest Prince,
will have a chance too?
Wake up from that dream of yours.
We are nothing but sidekicks at this party.
Is that not right, Lord Myeong Rim?
Have you forgotten the reason why the Queen Family...
is made up of five clans?
It is to keep the royal family's bloodline from becoming muddied.
If the Crown Prince returns,
the position of the Queen will become our clan's this time,
but after that,
it will be passed to 1 of your 3 clans...
other than our Woo Family.
Right. Then, other than the young one from the Jwa Family,
if it is 1 of us 2,
our turns will come faster, will it not?
Spare me!
What are you...
Who are you?
Her Highness, Yeon Bi.
You must be the head of the Yeon Family.
We are both descended from King Yeon Ta Bal,
but you are nothing but a semi-barbarian.
How dare you try to stand before me, the descendant of the King?
I kneel before you, Your Highness Yeon Bi!
I heard you sent assassins to the Queen.
Take them back.
We, the Northern People, are no longer the people of Jolbon.
We have not disturbed one another for a long time.
How dare you interfere with our affairs?
My lord!
Now, will you take them back?
- That is... - Goodness, my lord!
However, that is already impossible, Your Highness.
I am sure that by now, the Queen is...
Please take back your command.
I have done everything I can for you.
Now, you must survive on your own.
So, do whatever it takes...
to survive, no matter what.
Brother!
Is this not a bit strange?
We do not hear a single bird chirping.
We have seen this once before.
The men from the North were staking out...
when we were doing reconnaissance.
- Let us go faster! - All right!
Your Highness, I think you ought to hold onto something.
The carriage might start to waver a little.
Brother, they are assassins!
Take care of the assassins first!
Let us go!
We must capture the Queen!
Let us go!
Protect Her Highness!
Shoot!
Your Highness.
Darn it!
Watch out!
We might all die at this rate!
Let us go!
Will we not go after them?
There is no need to waste our energy.
We are merely hunting a rabbit.
Let us take care of those in the way first.
Yes, sir.
That man who was after Your Highness...
I am certain he was Noe Eum, the Chief of the White Tigers.
We have escaped him now, but if they catch up to us again,
I am sure we will get caught.
Wait. Why are the White Tigers chasing after us?
Why will you not answer me?
There is a small road we could take.
Take that path.
But there are no roads that lead off of that one.
If they chase after us, we will undoubtedly get caught.
We will only be able to lose them if we take that path.
In order to get to the Youngest Prince,
we must get to the ferry dock.
We will not go to the ferry dock.
Trust me!
What do I do? Do I take the other path or not?
Do I take the other path or not?
Brother!
Take the other path!
(The King is dead.)
What is the name of the man you have hidden in the palace?
I am sorry to inform you, but he is the man of Lord Myeong Rim.
We do not know who he is either.
I think we have failed.
Thankfully, the Queen has a long life.
You of the Queen's Family were...
originally people of Jolbon, not Goguryeo.
However, you have lived as dogs of Goguryeo all this time.
Choose.
Will you keep following the descendants of Chu Mo,
who have stolen what was ours?
Or will you follow me,
the descendant of King Yeon Ta Bal?
We dedicate our bodies and souls to the owner of this land!
Send word.
Yes, Your Highness.
Does this settle matters?
With Nam Mu's death,
our plans have changed since the beginning,
but there will be no more room for a mere prince to interfere...
in his plans to take down the Royal Family of Go.
It is Mi Ryu.
The funeral clothes are ready.
The light from the star is...
completely...
It is completely gone.
I saw it.
The people kneeling before you.
Something has gone wrong.
All this time,
have I seen the wrong thing?
(Work by Director Jeong Se Gyo)
(All people, names, titles, incidents, )
(and episodes are partially fictional.)
(Even if any are related to reality, it is by coincidence.)