-=Previous Episode Recap=-
The answer is already there.
How can they act so foolishly?
His Majesty the former King's will can never be broken.
Their leader, Sim On, must be arrested as soon as he comes back from Ming Dynasty.
The king should approve it now,
so this chaotic political situation can be ended quickly.
Please save him.
Please save my father.
I cannot save him. I can't do anything. I'm sorry.
I'm Hanjik Village's Ddol Bok.
The father protects the son.
So, did you solve this?
Can I solve it for you?
The sum of any row, column or even a diagonal
equals one.
This is how a king solves a magic square.
Gathering all powers to one...
That's me, Lee Bang Won.
You'll have to save His Excellency Sim On.
You absolutely cannot get caught.
Dan, you even know a complex word like this?
What's written in this letter?
You know how to read.
It's telling master to stay away.
That is the only way to save everyone in our house.
Bring the army together and straighten this nation's foundation.
Did you take care of it?
Yes. I did what you ordered me to do.
I have something that I must tell Ddol Bok.
You don't know, do you? You can't read, right?
It's all because of you. Because of you, everybody will die!
Father.
Who is it? I'm asking who did this.
Father!
Who is it? Who did this?
Who was that bastard? Who is it?
It's Your Majesty.
Because of Your Majesty,
because he didn't want to bring trouble to Your Majesty,
he just passed away.
Say something, Father.
Who is it?
Who did this?
It's Your Majesty who did it.
Father, I'm Hanjik Village's Ddol Bok.
So just tell me.
Tell me who did this to you, Father.
Father!
Yes, you fellow. Who are those bastards?
Who are the bastards
who did this to an innocent man like you?
It's obvious who did it. Of course it's the higher-ups.
In their eyes,
we are even smaller than flies' feces.
Those bastards deserve to die.
In this world this can't be happening!
Does this makes any sense?
Father. Who is it?
I need to go to the Royal Investigation Bureau.
I must at least go and see my mother.
-=Lee Do. The future King Sejong=-
Your Majesty, where are you going?
I will escort you.
-=Mu Hyul=- I will escort you.
-=Mu Hyul=- .
-=Mu Hyul=- I'm going to the Royal Investigation Bureau.
You cannot.
At this time, if the former king finds out...
Must I really not do anything?
Even though...
Even though I am...
I am...
the king...
A man is dead.
Can't you tell us what's going on?
That's what I say.
We're not dogs or cows.
You slave rascals... Why are you all noisy?
Are slaves not even human beings?
We're the people of this country too.
You rascal. Looks like you're mad!
Someone has died. Seok Sam ajussi has died. (Ajussi - older man, uncle)
What? Dead?
Really, damn it.
Hey, get rid of him.
Let go!
You brat, move aside!
Let go!
You won't move aside? Move aside!
Dan, let's go.
Let's go.
Hey, Ddol Bok. You'll die if you stay here.
What about my father?
Your father also wants you to escape, you brat.
Isn't that right? Isn't that right, hyeongnim? (Hyeongnim - respected older brother)
See? He's telling you to not worry about him,
and escape now, kid.
Go now, Ddol Bok.
Let's go.
Ddol Bok, let's go now.
Let's go, let's go, hurry.
Quickly, this way.
It's a jailbreak! It's a jailbreak!
Here! here!
Hey, Ddol Bok. Hurry!
Hurry up!
Quickly.
Father, you should also climb up quickly!
I will, little girl.
Father!
Ajussi!
Hurry up and go.
- Father! - Ajussi!
Please take care of Dan.
Ajussi.
Father!
Ajussi!
Father!
Ajussi!
Hey, come down.
Orabeoni. (Orabeoni - older male)
Hurry up and go! Hurry!
Orabeoni!
Hurry!
Orabeoni!
Ajussi!
Ddol Bok.
Please take care of Dan, Ddol Bok.
Ajussi!
Dan.
Your Highness.
How come... even you...
Who is it?
Move back. She's Her Majesty the Queen.
What exactly is happening here?
They broke out of prison.
What are you all doing?
Don't you have to catch them quickly?
Yes!
Catch him!
Your Majesty. It looks like there's a jailbreak.
You have to go back.
Your Majesty.
You can't afford to be misunderstood by the former king now.
You must go back.
Please save him. Please save my father.
Can you really not do anything, Your Majesty?
Should remain dead,
and shouldn't do anything.
You can't do anything.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty.
Save him.
Pardon?
That child. I said, save that child now!
Quickly!
Yes.
You rascal. How dare you run away?
Let's go now.
Ajussi, who are you? Let go. Who are you?
You must leave now.
Your Majesty.
You must certainly go back now, please.
The child will be safe.
So...
What are you doing?
-=Taejong. Lee Bang Won=-
He's only a young child.
He's a traitor's slave.
He's still young, he's only a child who doesn't know anything.
He's a traitor's slave,
and he's a criminal who broke out of prison against the country's laws.
He's still a young and silly child who doesn't know...
He's a traitor's slave, and he broke out of prison against the country's laws.
He's a criminal who attacked the soldiers.
Bring that child and kill him.
He's already a criminal for being a traitor's slave,
but he broke out of prison,
and dared to attack my soldiers.
I will cut off his head right here.
Now!
Yes.
Don't move... another step.
What did you say?
Bring that child now, and execute him immediately.
It's a Royal command.
Do not assume the title of King!
The former king is not the king.
I, I am the king of Joseon.
Lee Do.
You must have gone mad.
The night my uncles died,
that night when my mother wept bitterly,
I was 11 years old.
That's the day I started the devil magic square game.
I solved the 3 row magic square.
Every time... when you were slaughtering, Father,
I ran off to that room,
and solved the magic squares.
So yesterday, I was solving the 33 row magic square.
That's what I was doing.
Because you always run away.
I was trying to understand you, Father.
I tried to understand you.
Min Mu Jil, Min Mu Gu, Min Mu Hyul, Min Mu Hoe.
The reason you killed my uncles.
Those young boys, Lee Bang Seok, Lee Bang Beon.
The reason why my uncles had to die at such a young age.
Your comrades who planned the great work together,
Sim Hyo Saeng, Lee Geun, Jang Ji Hwa. Jeong Do Jon.
The sons, Jeong Yu, Jeong Yeong, Jeong Dan,
and his brother and their father, Jeong Do Jeon.
How dare you
mention that criminal's name in front of me!
Yes, Yes. I said, Sam Bong. Sam Bong, Jeong Do Jeon. (Sam Bong - alias of Jeong Do Jeon)
I thought that you, Father...
had a different ideal from Jeong Do Jeon who built Joseon's foundation.
I thought you wanted Joseon to be different from his,
that you had to do that.
But, it wasn't like that.
The reason you killed that man...
is because you only wanted to seize the power alone.
And, and then.
You just carried on with the Joseon that Jeong Do Jeon built.
That man didn't do anything.
I killed Jeong Mong Ju.
I went to Ming as a hostage instead of him.
I eliminated the king of Goryeo,
and I made my father a king.
Although they wanted to kill Jeong Mong Ju,
they hesitated to find an excuse to do that.
They didn't have to soak their hands in blood.
I built Joseon. I soaked my hands in blood.
This is my Joseon, that I built.
I deserve all and every
power that there is.
That's my Joseon.
That's the great cause of me, Lee Bang Won.
Lee Bang Won's great cause is the great cause of Joseon.
My Joseon is not the same as yours.
It will not be the same.
How will it be different?
How would you make it different?
Give me an answer.
You say it's your Joseon.
Then what is your Joseon like?
Answer me, and tell me the way to do it.
What a pathetic fellow.
What are you all doing?
Bring that child's head now.
Yes.
You can kill me too.
I protected a criminal's slave.
I spoke out the name of Sam Bong,
and challenged Father's power.
So kill me.
If you want to kill that child...
as you killed my uncles,
and as you killed your comrades,
you can also kill me right here.
How dare you bluff in front of me?
You think I can't kill you if you dare?
If you wish, I'll kill you.
Mu Hyul!
If I get murdered by someone,
you have to cut off the head of the king's murderer immediately.
Do you understand?
Although he's my father,
Mu Hyul, you must uphold an unbiased view and justice,
and fulfill your responsibility.
This is the last command of the king,
Lee Do, who couldn't do anything.
Don't make a mistake.
Father, do you remember
what you said when you were giving me Mu Hyul?
You said that he can easily, by himself,
fight a hundred warriors, since he's Joseon's best swordsman.
Your warrior, Mu Hyul!
I will carry out your order without even one mistake.
Can you handle it?
Your Majesty.
Why is it locked?
His Majesty is still young, so his wisdom is lacking...
He's got the wisdom of persuasion, hasn't he?
Pardon?
Whether it's Zhu Xi or Confucius,
or anyone with lofty and stern talks, they can't persuade me.
Only by force, can I be persuaded.
Can it be that Lee Do realized this too?
Yes, Your Majesty. Yet I thought the king was always weak.
As soon as the day breaks, command the Palace Guards,
2 of the Royal Soldier troops, the Royal Guards,
and all soldiers in the palace to arm themselves,
and assemble at the royal arena.
Your Majesty.
This is a strict military command.
Who is it? Who exactly is it? I asked who exactly is it?
I'm Hanjik Village's Ddol Bok.
Who is it? Who ordered it?
My father just delivered a letter to master as ordered. That was his only sin.
A palace girl or something, came and said that it's a secret letter,
and that, if we just deliver the letter, master and all of us could be saved.
But this is how it turned out.
Who ordered it? Why? Why?
Who is it? Who's that son of a bitch?
You brat. Who would order all these things?
I asked who is it?
Do you really not know? Of course it was a Royal command.
Royal command? You mean it was the king?
Telling my father to deliver the letter...
It was the king, that bastard?
You mean it was that rascal king?
I will kill him.
What an evil fellow.
How can a mere kid like you kill him?
Does a king have an armored belly or something?
I will kill him.
The enemy who killed my father,
I will kill him!
His Majesty did it for a great cause.
What do you know, brat?
Great cause? Tell him to stop the bullshit.
Great cause?
What kind of a great cause can kill my father?
My father is a retard. A retard.
Because he's a retard, he went there to save me.
Even if he's a retard,
he knows how to save his son.
Isn't a king the father of the people?
So tell him to stop that bullshit about great causes.
Tell him to stop that bullshit.
Father, Father. Tell him to stop that bullshit.
Stop that bullshit!
Your Majesty, we must leave here.
We must kill him.
I'm aware of Your Majesty's intention.
However, tomorrow at daybreak,
it's hard to predict what the former king will do.
So?
Although I have to be disrespectful...
he's the son of the slave who delivered the letter to His Excellency Sim On.
This child may become a source of trouble in the future.
- So we must kill... - He's a subject.
Pardon?
The one I saved... My...
My first subject.
What that child said is right. The one who saves...
and helps the people is the king.
How can I be called a king?
They all died because of me.
Your Majesty.
But I saved that child at least. I helped him. So...
I was a king for a while.
He's the first subject I've saved,
and also, he'll be the last subject.
Pardon?
I don't have an answer.
My Joseon that is different from Father's Joseon.
It's just words.
I could not answer Father's question.
I don't have an answer or a solution in my mind.
What are you talking about?
Your Majesty.
That child may be the only subject I can save. So...
I must save him. No matter what.
Tell him to stop that bullshit.
Bullshit? Bullshit...
Such a suitable word, isn't it?
Yes, let's stop...
bullshit.
No need to be like that.
Although I don't know why you came here,
no one will care about it here.
Where is this place?
Banchon.
-=Banchon: A village where the slaves of the Royal Academy live=-
Banchon?
-=Banchon: A village where the slaves of the Royal Academy live=- .
This place is Banchon?
Yes. It's where the slaves of the Royal Academy live.
Mun Seong Gong's shrine is also here in Banchon.
-=Mun Seong Gong An Hyang: a scholar who introduced the Teaching of Zhu Xi=- Mun Seong Gong's shrine is also here in Banchon.
-=Mun Seong Gong An Hyang: a scholar who introduced the Teaching of Zhu Xi=- .
-=Mun Seong Gong An Hyang: a scholar who introduced the Teaching of Zhu Xi=- Without a Royal command, even an army can't come in.
Please don't worry.
Good morning.
Have you all eaten?
Yes, we ate.
Who is this?
He's new. Be friendly, and get along well.
Yes.
So, today is the first day for the new scholars.
Let's hurry. We will be late.
Yes.
Yes, just go inside and rest.
Let's go.
Yes.
We are opening!
Let me also steam for a moment!
My back hurts so much since yesterday,
and I feel like dying.
Let's go in.
Fine.
Is it your first time seeing them make charcoal?
This place is where the things and food for the Royal Academy are made.
Of course we also make charcoal.
Follow me. Since you're here, let's treat your wound.
Let's go.
It's a Royal command to feed meats specially for the Royal Academy's scholars.
In the capital, this is the only place where butchery is allowed.
Welcome.
Come, this is the doctor's house. Let's go in.
First, tell me why I am here,
and who brought me here.
Even if you didn't ask, I was going to tell you tonight.
Doctor Jang. Doctor Jang, are you in?
Welcome.
Retard.
Your son doesn't even know how to read.
Yet you leave... this death note?
What do you mean by that?
No one is here?
I asked what do you mean by that?
Palace Guards, 2 Royal Soldier troops, Royal Guards, and all other soldiers
are gathering at the royal arena under the former king's command.
Furthermore, all eunuchs have also gathered at the former king's palace.
Can you handle it?
This is the price for last night.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. The Palace Guards, 2 Royal Soldier troops, the Royal Guards
and all the soldiers in the palace are gathered at the royal arena.
Is that so?
I see.
But...
I heard that His Majesty the King took the Royal seal from the division hall.
The Royal seal?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Furthermore, the Omaepae, the Sangapae,
-=Omaepae: Card used by the king to summon ministers and general officers=- Furthermore, the Omaepae, the Sangapae,
-=Omaepae: Card used by the king to summon ministers and general officers=- and the Royal sword were brought to him.
What a pathetic fellow.
Pardon?
It's nothing.
Chief Eunuch, are you there?
What, what did you say?
His Majesty did what?
Yes. The Royal seal, the Royal sword,
-=Royal Sword: The king's sword=- Yes. The Royal seal, the Royal sword,
-=Royal Sword: The king's sword=- the Omaepae, and the Sangapae were all taken.
-=Sangapae: Identity tag of rank 2 or higher officials=- the Omaepae, and the Sangapae were all taken.
-=Sangapae: Identity tag of rank 2 or higher officials=- Also, at the royal arena, under the former king's command,
-=Sangapae: Identity tag of rank 2 or higher officials=- . all the soldiers in the palace have assembled.
Even... even such a thing can happen!
As per your order, I've brought a meal box.
Send this to the king's palace.
Shall I order the Royal kitchen to put food in it?
There is no need.
Just send over an empty meal box.
Your Majesty.
You can't do anything.
Yes. You're right.
Jeong Gi Jun.
-=Jeong Gi Jun=- Jeong Gi Jun.
Back then, how did you know that already?
I can't do anything.
Her Majesty the Queen is entering.
You came, my Queen.
I'd like to ask you a few questions.
Please do.
Are you involved with last night's jailbreak at the Royal Investigation Bureau?
I cannot say that I'm not.
Were you there at the time?
Yes.
Last night, did you see His Majesty the former king?
Yes.
So, did you prepare the Royal seal, the Royal sword, and Omaepae?
Yes, I did.
Then, the thing that I'm guessing and that I'm afraid of...
Are you planning to do that?
Yes.
I'm going to end it.
Why?
What about Your Majesty's Joseon?
I don't have an answer or a solution.
Looks like I only...
hated my father. That's all.
You don't want to lose it?
The Queen's position.
Your Majesty. It's Inspector General.
What's the matter?
-=Lee Sin Jeok=- What's the matter?
-=Lee Sin Jeok=-
Your Majesty.
I'm asking you what's the matter.
Just now, a eunuch from the former king's palace...
brought this to Your majesty.
From the former king's palace?
What is it?
This is...
You cannot, Your Majesty.
Sending an empty meal box to the king... You're ordering him to commit suicide?
Lee Do is smart. He'll see it like that, won't he?
Your Majesty. Emperor Wu sent over an empty meal box and later, Mun Yak committed suicide.
That's a famous literary quote!
Your Majesty. You absolutely cannot do that.
If he sees it that way and does so,
then it's also something that's inevitable.
This... This is...
An empty meal box.
'Do not eat.'
Your Majesty.
It can't be like this. It can't be like this!
The price for last night...
was it this heavy?
How can Father do this?
What crime has Your Majesty committed,
that he's even going this far?
Mu Yak also committed suicide without much wrongdoing.
So actually, it suits the circumstance.
Your Majesty.
Why did you call me to this Confucius memorial tablet?
It's not even the memorial day.
If we get caught...
What did you call us for?
Go to the blacksmith shop in North village, and find a man named Lee Yeon Du.
Give this to him.
Yes.
Ready?
Come here.
Let go. Let go of me.
Untie me.
Do you want to die?
Untie me.
Can't you hear me?
I told you to untie me now.
Untie me.
I told you to untie me. Can't you hear me?
Untie me.
There are 2 things on the agenda today.
Yes, chief. We'll take your order.
Gae Chil and Mong Gu.
Twenty years since Joseon was founded.
There's been countless bloodshed,
but our Banchon has survived until now.
Don't you know how we survived?
Please have mercy.
Just spare me this once.
I never... not me, not me.
In the Year of the Tiger,
the night that the former king killed Sam Bong,
-=Sam Bong: Jeong Do Jeon=- the night that the former king killed Sam Bong,
two of our Banchon's slaves participated in it.
One of the slaves
told the former king that Sam Bong was at His Excellency Nam Eun's house.
The other slave
told Sam Bong that the former king raised the army.
You know what happened!
However,
Shut up. The chief is speaking.
Because of that, Banchon nearly got slaughtered.
That day, we at Banchon killed those two slaves,
and sent their corpses. That's how we survived.
Since then, whatever the circumstances, we at Banchon ignore
the affairs of the government
as if we haven't heard or seen anything.
Even if we know, we forget them.
But, you fellows dared
to take Sam Bong's book
and plan a plot?
But his Excellency Sam Bong died wrongfully.
Shut up!
We, in Banchon, don't care about right or wrong.
Gae Chil, Mong Gu.
Kill yourselves.
Please spare me.
Move, move aside.
This fellow...
Next, it's the second case.
Let go of me!
You must be scared by the scene just now.
Don't be afraid.
I'm not afraid.
This is Banchon. Only a trustworthy person can stay.
And if you stay, as long as you follow the rules,
we'll protect you until the end.
I also don't want to be in a distrusting place.
Who are you? What's your story for being here?
I'm certain I told you before.
You tell me first. Who brought me here?
What did he say when he entrusted me?
You rascal. How dare you, in front of her?
Did you just hit me?
Still not going to tell her who you are?
I'm also famous for my bad temper.
If you hear my name, you'll be shocked.
You, this little brat...
Auntie, you tell me first. Who brought me here?
You have no right to ask.
Then auntie, you shouldn't ask me either.
This rascal. Do you really want to die?
Kill me then.
I'm warning you. You'd better kill me.
I'm in a rage right now. If I leave here alive,
I may destroy this whole place. So, kill me.
You think I won't actually kill you?
What's your name? Why are you here?
I won't ask the second time.
Neither will I ask the second time.
Who brought me here?
You rascal... Do you really want to die?
What's your name?
Didn't you say you won't ask me twice?
This brat really deserve to die.
You still haven't killed me. What a retard.
Kill me.
Just kill me. Kill me!
This child is very arrogant. Suppress his temper.
Make him more obedient, and keep him as your worker.
I will do as you order.
But what's the story of this child?
It's not your concern. Forget it.
I am sorry.
Then I'll leave him to you.
If you can't suppress his temper,
don't hesitate...
to kill him immediately.
First, let him go.
Charge!
Your Majesty. It's Mu Hyul.
I'm coming in.
Your Majesty.
I dare to implore you. Please prostrate yourself before him.
You must admit your guilt to the former king,
and ask him for forgiveness.
Will it save me?
Your humble subject, Mu Hyul, spent his entire life fighting with a sword
with no understanding of politics and power, but...
But?
If this is also a war,
I think this is when you save your strength and avoid confrontation.
Save my strength and wait for the right moment to strike back?
What do I have to strike back with?
I don't have an answer.
The only thing I have
is that useless magic square.
The shape of this meal box. Isn't it similar to the devil magic square game?
Your Majesty.
That's right.
Why haven't I thought of it?
That's it. Yes.
Is anyone outside?
What are you doing, Your Majesty?
How is it?
The sum of any row, column
or even a diagonal
equals one.
Then this 33 row magic square game is also simple.
Using this rule, arrange the 33 row magic square.
Yes.
Here, fasten the string exactly here.
Start the calculation.
How is it?
Your Majesty, the calculation result is that the sum of every row and column
is equal to 17985.
I deserve all and every power that there is.
That's my Joseon. That's the great cause of me, Lee Bang Won.
Lee Bang Won's great cause is the great cause of Joseon.
Great cause? Tell him to stop the bullshit.
Bullshit.
Yes, this is it. This is it.
Your Majesty. What are you trying to do?
Now, the magic square is not the problem.
His Majesty the Former King is...
The meaning of the empty meal box, and my answer, I found it all.
Pardon?
Now, clean up this magic square game.
I'm done playing.
Yes.
And also, Mu Hyul,
go immediately to my quarters.
Bring over the Royal Seal, the Royal Sword, Omaepae and the Sangapae.
What does Your Majesty want to do?
There's no time. Hurry up!
Archers!
Ready!
Shoot!
All in!
Archers!
Ready!
Shoot!
What are you all doing? Keep going!
But, but...
Ready!
Shoot!
-= Next Episode Preview =-
Have you ever heard of Mil Bon?
Can it be that you believe such things?
I'm not lying.
Your father stole Teacher Sam Bong's Joseon.
Become the Mili Bon. Protect Joseon.
Jeong Do Jeon.
I finally found it.
All of the scholars will follow you.
You mean those fellows went to hide in Banchon?
We're going in to Mun Seong Gong's Shrine.
To protect Jeong Gi Jun is to fight against the former king.
My Joseon must have Jeong Gi Jun.
It all depends on you now.
You have to rescue Jeong Do Gwang and Jeong Gi Jun.
Are you Gang Chae Yun?
To be able to meet you, for me such humble a figure, is really...
Long Live the King!
If we silence the people with such reasons,
where will I be able to hear the people's voice?
A scholar working at the Hall of Worthies died suddenly yesterday.
-=Queen So Heon=-
-=Jo Mal Saeng=-