Welcome.
What are you doing here?
We are here to protect you.
We have stationed troops around the temple.
You shouldn't have done that.
Please don't do this again.
It is also our duty to ensure your safety.
Yes, and we decided to fortify your guard troops.
I have enough security officers.
Yum Moon and his men have disappeared.
We can't let our guard down.
Let me take care of this.
I told you that you couldn't kill Jang Bogo with a sword.
The only thing that can kill Jang Bogo now
is power, not a sword.
Master...
I was given the Emperor's Sword
and the title of Consul of Chunghae Base by His Majesty.
I now carry a heavy responsibility.
A difficult journey awaits me.
But I will forever remember your teachings,
keep my values, and do good for the world.
Excuse me.
Where is the reverend?
He's in the memorial hall.
Head Chief.
I brewed this tea myself. Please try it.
It seems you have your emotions under control.
You seem at peace with yourself.
Do I?
We saw Jang Bogo on our way to the temple.
It seems he came to the temple.
- Did you see him? - Yes.
It must have been Master Sul's memorial day.
They held a service.
You were able to keep your fury in check
when you saw him.
I assume meditation has worked for you.
Head Chief.
I do not want to be under the governor's command.
Our men still remain in the southwestern seas,
and if we could unite them,
we could rise again.
I will serve you.
I will obey your every word.
Please just give me your command.
The governor will use us, and discard us
once we become useless.
If the governor would use me, then I shall be used.
Head Chief.
In order to kill Jang Bogo,
I also need to use the governor.
You called for us?
Boss, I need you to go to Mujinju with Yon.
What is the matter?
I'm concerned about Yum Moon's disappearance.
Meet the governor,
and find out what happened to Yum Moon.
All right.
Yum Moon, a slave you took from Chunghae two years ago
has disappeared.
What happened?
Two of his men are also missing.
Do you think I have enough time
to keep track of every slave?
Yum Moon is no ordinary slave.
He was the leader of the pirates.
If he should escape and unite the remaining pirates,
we'll have to waste our energy
suppressing pirates again.
That will never happen. You may take your leave.
Something is odd.
What do you mean?
He was too nonchalant when we told him
that Yum Moon and his men were missing.
You mean the governor is involved
in their disappearance?
I guess we should find out.
He is an officer of the Sajageum division.
What do you want?
You brought Yum Moon here from Chunghae 2 years ago?
That's right.
I interrogated him myself,
and sent him to a worksite near Dukjin Harbor.
He disappeared from the work site.
Do you know where he is?
That's not possible.
He is a slave who must work at the site until death.
Where could he have gone?
You should know where.
What are you saying?
- What is this? - Take it.
We know you were caught embezzling,
and that you're in trouble.
If you tell us what we need to know,
we will help you out of your trouble.
That's the house.
I'm not certain though. It's just a rumor.
It's your job to confirm the rumor.
I'll leave you here then.
Who's there?
- Are you all right? - Yes.
They showed exceptional martial arts skills.
They must have been systematically trained.
What?
Jang Bogo must have sent them.
Relocate the secret force right away.
And make sure the new location
is not revealed again.
Yes, sir.
Consul. What is it?
Lady Jung-hwa is here.
The regent sent a letter.
He is very concerned about your plan
to abolish class system.
I understand the lord's concern,
but I will find those people whose talents are wasted
due to their status.
I agree with you,
but your plan to abolish class system may seem like
a treasonous plot to noblemen.
Treason?
With the diminishing power of the imperial household,
the nobles are using the class system
to oppress the people and protect their own interests.
You must remember that your attempt to abolish
the class system may seem like a challenge
to the nobles.
That is what the regent is worried about.
Lady Jung-hwa is right.
It may seem like treason to the nobles.
Treason? But we're working ourselves to the bone
to finance the imperial household.
What will you do?
I can't give up now.
I will hire anyone with talent
regardless of their status,
and provide them with ways to make a living.
But you could come to harm.
You must be prudent.
If I give up now, I can't accomplish anything.
I will take full responsibility.
Carry on as planned.
Did you locate Yum Moon?
The governor said he's unaware of his whereabouts,
but something seemed suspicious.
Suspicious?
I don't know why,
but the governor has formed a secret force.
Secret force?
While we were tracking Yum Moon,
we found dozens of men training
at the governor's residence.
We left our men in Mujinju to investigate the matter.
It must be true that all the money in Shilla
is gathered in Chunghae.
Money! Money! And money!
What's he doing here?
Hey, what are you doing here?
Long time, no see.
Hey, it's been a long time.
My, my, you're looking well.
The same goes for you, Chief Yi.
"Chief Yi"?
I became head chief months ago.
Is that right, Head Chief?
What are you up to now?
What?
You should know that the first rule of business is
a friendly attitude and good service.
Is this how you treat your customers?
Yong-soo, kick these men out!
Head Chief, lend me your ear for a moment.
Are you sure?
Don't believe me if you don't want to.
Madam Jami sent you?
Madam Jami knows nothing of this.
I assume you will find this very interesting.
What is this?
Madam Jami's ledgers.
These books will tell you in detail
how much tax she's evaded,
and how much she spent on bribing nobles.
I will hand them over to you for 300 silver coins.
Do you know who made those ledgers?
I did.
I already know everything. Leave now.
But you haven't seen the recent entries.
Fine, I will take 100 coins.
Take him away.
Fifty coins, my lady.
How did it go?
Do you have your wits about you?
Can't you see the state I'm in?
That evil wench...
We will see about this.
What will I do about these ledgers?
You can burn them up for all I care.
Where am I going to get the money?
If I don't pay them back in three days,
I will be dead.
The construction of the barricade is complete.
The base will take shape once we complete the fence.
We must complete the work in time.
Bring in more manpower.
Chunghae won't prosper just by keeping enemies out.
You heartless fools.
Will you let Consul Jang stay single forever?
Don't you know Chunghae Base will find stability
only when Consul Jang starts a family of his own?
I'd love for him to get married,
but he's not interested.
I insisted he should marry before me,
but he wouldn't listen.
I can't overlook the matter any longer.
I will take it upon myself
to get Chae-ryung and him married.
Even if you do,
Lady Jung-hwa still remains the problem.
I think she's the only woman for Consul Jang.
He still hasn't gotten over her
after all these years?
Welcome.
How is business?
We're getting by.
You don't say.
You are busier than our inn.
Lady Jung-hwa is a great Business woman.
We're keeping ourselves busy.
What brings you here?
I came to meet Lady Jung-hwa.
Is she in?
Yes, she is.
Please go upstairs.
What brings you here?
I have something important to discuss with you.
Your inn seems to be flourishing,
and I dare say you have become quite a success.
But do you plan to live alone?
With your beauty and status as a noble,
you must have many men after you.
By any chance, have you heard of Queen Jung-mok?
Isn't she the late queen?
That's right.
She passed away two months
after the king took the throne.
The king loved her so much,
he refused to take another queen,
and wouldn't let any women near him.
I heard.
The regent felt pity for him,
and presented him with a pair of parrots from China.
When the female bird died, the male cried sorrowfully.
So the king hung a mirror in front of its cage.
The bird thought it was his mate,
but when he found it wasn't,
he died crying even more sorrowfully.
I heard the king even wrote a poem for the bird.
The king's love for the queen is admirable,
but he has done the imperial household great wrong.
Why do you think the power of the imperial household
diminished, and the nobles ran amuck?
It's because the king didn't produce an heir.
I believe that a man with great responsibility
should put aside his personal feelings,
and plan for the future.
It is the same for Consul Jang,
who carries great responsibility
as the consul of Chunghae Base.
I may be out of line,
but I have a favor to ask of you.
Please help Consul Jang put the past behind him,
and marry Chae-ryung.
Leave for the imperial city?
Our business has settled down now.
I will trust the operation of the inn to you.
Why would you go to the imperial city?
I shall go to the imperial city and serve the regent.
Consul.
What brings you here?
I have something important to tell you.
What is it?
Lady Jung-hwa will leave the inn to Father and me,
and go to the imperial city.
She will go there to serve the regent.
She wouldn't listen,
no matter how we tried to stop her.
I don't think she'll be returning to Chunghae.
In order for you to accomplish great things,
you must not be bound by personal feelings.
You are no longer the man I once held in my heart.
You are now the man who must do great things
for the starved people of Chunghae
and for the oppressed people of Shilla.
I couldn't wish for anything else,
if I can be of any help to you,
even from a distance.
Have you been to that island?
Yes. It's called Sahyang Island.
Sahyang Island...
What a beautiful name.
Have you ever left Chunghae?
I've wanted to, but I've never succeeded.
Why would you want to leave such a beautiful place?
This may be a place of beauty to you,
but to a lowly slave,
it is a place of pain and sorrow.
What do you mean?
People here work on the rough sea all their lives,
but they still go hungry.
Most of them have had members of their families
be killed by pirates or drafted as slaves.
Is that what happened to your family?
My mother...
...was killed by pirates.
I also... ...don't have a mother.
My lady. It's the consul.
What brings you here?
And what brought you here, my lady?
Even after Father passed away, and I left Chunghae,
this island has always remained in my heart.
Every little wildflower and pebble...
I've always wanted to come back.
You once said that this beautiful island was
a place of pain and sorrow.
Now that I am back...
I think I understand what you mean.
Even in my eyes,
this island seems painful and sorrowful.
I plan to leave Chunghae.
My lady.
Whenever I kept you in my heart,
you came into bad luck.
I shall be serving the regent in the imperial city.
He has saved me from a miserable fate.
It's the least I can do for him.
You must...
...marry Lady Chae-ryung and start a family.
I wish you much happiness.
If I'm reborn...
...I wish to be born
as a nameless wildflower on this island.
Even if no one looks at me...
and I wither away in the wind...
...I believe I would be happy with that life.
My lord.
What did you find out?
The inspector general is rallying nobles
to dispose of Consul Jang.
On what grounds do they plan to dispose of Consul Jang?
Consul Jang plans to abolish the class system in Chunghae.
They are using that against him.
Madam Jami is in the imperial city now.
The vice-ministers of finance and general affairs
have decided to join our cause.
What about the other nobles?
No one is willing to oppose Jang Bogo.
They will stand by and watch as he insults us nobles?
They are dying to make his acquaintance,
not oppose him.
We need not force those who do not wish
to take a stand to join our cause.
It won't be difficult to dispose of Jang Bogo,
if we have the chancellor on our side.
The chancellor is also very reluctant.
He said not to cause needless trouble,
when His Majesty has put his full trust in Jang Bogo.
Do not be bound by the past any longer.
You must settle down and marry Chae-ryung.
She's been waiting for you for years now.
She's never let on,
but her heart must be in tatters by now.
My lady.
Please come in.
I was making a dress for Eu-young.
She is a very kind and smart girl.
She's also learning Chinese rapidly.
Please sit down.
What brings you to my chambers at this late hour?
My lady.
I will marry you.
I know how much you have suffered because of me.
I will care for you for life,
as a way of apology.
But what of Lady Jung-hwa?
I will forget Lady Jung-hwa.
You have made a wise decision.
Congratulations, Consul.
Congratulations.
I will personally take charge of your wedding.
I gave him a second chance in life,
and I am practically a father to Chae-ryung.
You won't complain if I take the job on myself?
I will make your wedding the party of Chunghae Base.
I wish to have a simple ceremony.
Simple ceremony?
This is the most auspicious occasion of Chunghae Base.
We should invite the nobles, and show them our influence.
Lady Chae-ryung and I agreed to have a simple ceremony
at Inwang Temple.
Please let us.
Why...
Nobles are dying to make your acquaintance.
They'd be overjoyed
if you invited them to your wedding.
We're losing a great opportunity
to show off our influence.
It seems you're the one
who's the most excited about this wedding.
If you want to have a big party,
you should get married again.
What?
Then again, I wonder if
any woman will be willing to marry an old widower.
Why you... you've become very brazen
since you got married.
You stay out of my affairs.
I can still handle ten women in one night.
There is some truth to that.
He takes every herb known to be good for your health.
Why you!
You must be happy.
Really?
Yes, I finally got this burden off my chest.
That's wonderful.
I've been feeling bad about facing Lady Chae-ryung, too.
When is the wedding date?
In three days.
They will have a simple ceremony at Inwang Temple.
But...
What do I do?
Why?
What is it?
It seems... I will have a baby
before Lady Chae-ryung does.
What?
Then...
Ha-jin!
Head Chief!
Where have you been when we are so busy?
The consul is getting married.
What are you talking about?
Who would Consul Jang marry?
Lady Chae-ryung.
The news is all over Chunghae.
You should quit right away.
You can't work as a security officer
when you're pregnant.
Please allow me to at least
until Lady Chae-ryung gets married.
You are so stubborn.
But you have to take care of yourself.
All right.
Yon.
Is it true the consul is getting married?
Yes.
That's harsh.
How can you let me find out
only after the news is all over Chunghae?
It just happened that way.
But Lady Jung-hwa is in the imperial city...
When is she coming back?
What are you talking about?
The consul is marrying Lady Chae-ryung,
not Lady Jung-hwa.
What?
Is that what happened...?
No wonder.
I heard that Jang Bogo's wedding ceremony is
taking place at the temple.
He is marrying Master Sul's daughter, not Lady Jung-hwa.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Baek-kyung.
Yes, sir.
I am being followed.
Our existence can't be revealed.
Take care of her.
Yes, sir.
Congratulations, Consul.
Congratulations, my lady.
I was reminded of the old days
all throughout the ceremony...
Du-kwan, the best shipbuilder in Chunghae... a kind man...
I meant... your father.
If he knows you have been so successful,
and gotten married...
He'll be able to rest in peace now...
Father, why are you bringing that up
on such a happy occasion?
It's because I'm happy.
Du-kwan...
You.
Have you seen my wife?
She went that way.
What are you doing?
You must get the troops ready to leave.
I can't find Ha-jin.
What are you talking about?
She's not in the temple.
Ha-jin is missing.
Search every inch around the temple for her.
Yes, sir.
What do you mean, Ha-jin is missing?
She was here during the ceremony,
but she suddenly disappeared without a word.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Captain Jung.
We found her.
Where is she?
Ha-jin...
Ha-jin!
Ha-jin...
Ha-jin, wake up.
Ha-jin, wake up!
Ha-jin!
No...
No, Ha-jin!
No!
No...
Ha-jin...
Ha-jin!
Ha-jin...
My baby...
My baby!
Ha-jin...
No... Ha-jin...
Ha-jin...
Ha-jin!
Sit down.
You have done a fine job!
I will grant you anything you want.
What do you want?
To kill Jang Bogo.
How will you kill Jang Bogo?
First, I will win over Lord Kim Woo-jing.
Why did you come to that conclusion?
Should His Majesty expire without an heir,
his brother Chancellor Kim Choong-gong and
his son Kim Myung will succeed to the throne.
Then you should win over Lord Kim Choong-gong
and Kim Myung.
Why Kim Woo-jing?
Lord Kim Choong-gong is advancing in years,
but Lord Kim Kyun-jung,
the father of Kim Woo-jing, is still young.
But Lord Kim Choong-gong has a son, Kim Myung.
Kim Myung lacks the confidence
to succeed the throne.
But Lord Kim Woo-jing is qualified
to succeed the throne.
But Kim Woo-jing trusts Jang Bogo.
How will you win him over?
I heard that Lord Kim Woo-jing surrounds
himself with young intellects,
and many young men gather to become his pupils.
I will go to the imperial city
and meet Lord Kim Woo-jing.
Do as you wish.
What is your name, and where are you from?
I am Yum Jang from Mujinju.
I am here to meet the regent.
This way.
Please wait here.
You called for me?
I shall go and look around the market. Get ready.
Yes.
My lady.
It is nothing.
Follow me.
You think you saw Head Chief Yum Moon?
I saw him from a distance,
but I believe it was Head Chief Yum Moon.
But he was sent to work near Dukjin Harbor
as a slave after he was branded.
How could he show up here?
You must have been mistaken.