Now we have the last simulation.
When the fires are put out, it may be dangerous.
Be on your guard. Do you hear me?
- Yes, Sir! - Then first wave will head outside the fortress...
Wait! Wait!
We were tricked! This is a trick!
Tricked? What do you mean?
This is the moment they were waiting for! They're going to strike during the simulation!
What?
Episode 76
About face!
To your places!
- We are ready. - I shall order the fires to be put out.
- Go ahead. - Let us begin.
Yes, Your Excellency.
- Put out the lights! - Yes, Sir!
I will head for the West Gate.
The two of you, go and set off the Shinpo cannon to alert everyone!
- Alright. - We'll do that.
Sir!
- The lights are being put out. - What?
It's time!
- Set off the Shinpo Cannon! Hurry! - Excuse me?
- But we're in the middle of the simulation...! - Set it off now, you bastard!
Where is the Shinpo Cannon? Where is it, you fools!
This is going to drive me crazy!
- Your Majesty! - Official Nam, what is happening?
Your Majesty, you must alight the fires again! Light the fires again!
- Light the fires! - You must leave, Your Majesty!
What is the meaning of this? Alight the fires again!
Who are you? Stand back!
If you want your lives spared, throw down your swords!
Kneel!
What? It failed?
They are traitors! Seize everyone!
- Yes, Sir! - Do not surrender! Fight!
Retreat! Retreat to the East Gate!
Unfortunately, all of your comrades at the East Gate have been seized.
Where are the Ministers hiding?
Speak!
Why are you still here, Excellency? We have to leave now!
If the plan failed, then we will all be arrested.
It is futile to try and escape.
Councilor!
What about the Councilor?
We must hurry.
Are you sure we can leave Suwon?
It's clear.
- Let's meet again when we're out of Suwon. - Alright.
Let's go!
- Search the premises! - Yes, Sir!
- Search every nook and cranny! - Yes, Sir!
- Seize the criminal Choi Suk Joo! - Yes, Sir!
- You...! - Silence!
How dare a traitor speak?
His Majesty the King.
Well done, Commander Suh. You have been of great help.
You are gracious, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, we have seized all of the traitors in hiding.
So this is how it will end, Councilor.
Hwaseong Haenggoong Palace Receiving Hall
Your Majesty, all preparations to return to the palace have been completed.
So now it is time to face the Dowager Queen.
Your Majesty! Bad news!
The Dragon Guard are surrounding your palace!
Your Majesty!
The criminal will come out to receive His Majesty's order!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
- Bind the criminal. - Yes, Sir.
Halt!
I want to meet the king.
- There is something I have to tell him... - Your ploys are useless with me.
You will not escape the crime of high treason.
- Go ahead. Arrest her! - Yes, Sir.
Let go of me! You rascals!
How dare you do this!
How dare you touch me! I am still the Dowager Queen of this country!
I said I want to meet the king!
Stop.
- Your Majesty... - There is something you wanted to tell me?
Fine then. Go ahead. This may be the last time we speak like this.
Show... show mercy, Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty... - I was the queen of the late king.
I was your grandmother.
What harm can I do you now?
Please have mercy.
No. I can't do that.
There is no more mercy in my heart.
- Your Majesty! - It's all over now.
Do not humiliate yourself any further.
Your Majesty!
You're wrong. It's not over yet!
It will not end like this!
- Go ahead. Arrest the criminals! - Yes, Sir.
Your Majesty...
I heard that the Dowager Queen is being held in the Tribunal dungeons.
I hoped it wouldn't come to this.
Even though I knew what her crimes were,
I didn't want to cause a tragedy in the royal family.
That is why I tried to cover it up so many times.
Your Majesty...
Princess Hwa Wan and the Dowager Queen framed my father to his death.
They caused my grandfather to go to his grave with an unforgettable regret.
This in turn...
caused me to exile my own aunt.
And now I have to pass judgment on the Dowager Queen.
What is power that causes such things to happen?
Why does it cause people to harm and hurt each other?
Your Majesty...
Yes, I think I can understand how he feels.
He has lived all his life with a wound in his heart at the loss of his father.
That is why he wanted to prevent this.
He will have wanted to prevent this no matter what it took.
Your Highness, it is Attendant Yang.
Enter.
Your Majesty, we have received news that they will interrogate the criminals today.
Mother!
The interrogation of the criminals will begin, Your Majesty.
Make sure all of their crimes are revealed, Advisor.
There must be no omission.
Yes, Your Majesty. I will heed your words.
Councilor! I think the interrogation will begin shortly!
Councilor!
Listen to me, all of you.
All of us will be executed. But...
We must not allow the legacy of No Ron to disintegrate so easily.
So take heed. That is the only way we can live on after death.
Councilor...!
- Bring forth the criminals! - Yes, Your Excellency!
Chancellor, will you do nothing?
This is not just a matter of the ministers in the Tribunal!
- This is about No Ron...! - You have come to the wrong person.
Chancellor!
Before you are No Ron members, you are servants of the government!
How can you defend traitors of this country?
They will have to pay the consequences of their crime of high treason!
If you speak of such things again, I will personally have you arrested!
So you mean the Dowager Queen and the Councilor will be totally destroyed?
Of course! They're guilty of high treason!
They should be taken to the square and drawn and quartered!
The Dowager Queen really is pitiful!
If she had just lived quietly, she would have lived a life of luxury and privilege!
- Why did she cause her own downfall? - That's why it's so amazing!
Everyone says she was the mastermind!
Tell me everything when you get back! I'm so curious about the interrogation!
Alright. I'll be home soon.
Dae Su! Are you coming from the Tribunal?
- What happened to all the criminals? - Sorry, Uncle. I don't have time to talk.
Let's go.
What's the matter with him?
What? They are all defending the Dowager Queen?
Yes, they are insisting that the Dowager Queen had nothing to do with the plan.
They say that she was not involved in any way.
Halt!
Confess your crimes!
You can do as much as you want to us, but it will be of no use.
Her Majesty is innocent.
- The Dowager Queen is innocent! - You fool!
How dare you defend a traitor!
- Do you think your life will be spared? - Then have me killed!
I beg you to kill me!
- How dare...! - But...
But no matter how hard you try, Her Majesty is innocent.
There is no one here who will accuse Her Majesty of anything.
- Do you hear me? - Silence!
Don't just stand there! Continue the torture until they confess!
Yes, Your Excellency!
Your Majesty, you must persevere.
- What do you mean by that? - If our plan fails,
we will all deny your involvement in this.
We will deny it to our deaths, so you must persevere!
- Councilor! - You must do this, do you understand?
No matter what happens, you have to survive.
That is the only way No Ron will survive.
- How can they do this? - Calm down!
Let go of me! Do you hear me?
Let go!
Don't do this! You're not helping the situation!
He's right! Please calm yourself!
Calm down? How can I calm down?
- Now look here, Jang Bo! - I said let go of me!
I will make them confess myself!
I will skin them alive and force them to confess their crimes!
Move aside!
- Try and stop him. - Yes, Sir!
How can they do this? How can this happen?
Halt!
Confess your crimes!
Her Majesty is guilty of nothing.
He has fainted, Your Excellency.
- Leave us alone for a while. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Confess your crimes, Your Majesty.
If you do so, their lives will be spared.
All I want is the truth.
If you confess your crimes now,
you will all live.
We will all live? How?
Exiled and stripped of our titles?
No. That is not living.
My life has meaning only because I am the Dowager Queen.
If I am no longer that, then what reason do I have to live?
You mean you want to give up?
Will you risk everyone's lives for your own pride and dignity?
Your Majesty...
Yes, that is so.
That is what I will do.
If they are not enough, I will risk others so that I can live.
I will do whatever it takes to return to my own palace.
I will do whatever it takes to return to my own place!
I have nothing else to say.
Leave me.
What do you have to gain by doing this?
What will you gain by using the blood of others?
Keeping No Ron alive?
So that you can hold power again?
You will only have regret.
You will find that everything is temporary and meaningless.
And when that happens, you will regret this moment
when you turned your back on them for your greed for power.
Take them to the execution grounds. Pay special attention to Choi Suk Joo!
Yes, Sir!
The criminals are going to be executed today!
I heard there's eight of them.
- Begin the executions of the traitors! - Yes, Your Excellency!
You rascals!
You mean you want to give up?
Will you risk everyone's lives for your own pride and dignity?
What will you do with the Dowager Queen, Your Majesty?
Your Majesty...!
The Dowager Queen will live the rest of her life in suffering and torment.
No. Even after her death,
her crimes against history will never find forgiveness.
So what does it matter what judgment I pass on her?
Perhaps she is the victim in all of this.
She will live on, but in life and in death,
she will never find forgiveness.
Your Majesty, it is time for you to go to Gyujunggak.
- Alright. Tell them I will be there shortly. - Yes, Your Majesty.
I have to be on my way.
I have to do my duty as king.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
- Let's go. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Release the prisoners at once!
Release the prisoners, Chancellor? What do you mean by that?
I heard that they are being held here because they were unable to pay off their grain loans.
But an extension has been given to them, so they are no longer in default!
You are a magistrate! How can you hold them here despite that?
- How dare you exploit them? - Exploit? You are being unreasonable!
What? How dare you...!
And besides, this is none of your business!
This is under my jurisdiction as Magistrate.
You have retired from government and have no more authority!
So if you have nothing else to add, please go away!
You rascal!
- How dare you speak in such a way! - Escort His Lordship out!
Yes, Sir!
- Please forgive me, Inspector. - Don't worry about it.
Lord Jang Tae Woo might have retired, but he must still have his nose in government!
Yes. That is why I don't know if we should continue this.
If Lord Jang Tae Woo sends in a petition like last time...
Don't worry about that. I can write up a negative report about him.
Thank you, My Lord.
Please take care of me.
Who goes there?
What is it?
We had an intruder.
What?
That is bad!
Get him!
Get down here! You rascal, get down!
Listen to me! Listen to me first!
Let go of me! I said let go!
You rascal! How dare you intrude upon government property!
I'm sorry. I had to relieve myself!
What?
So please let me go! How can you abuse me like this for relieving myself?
Wait! You look familiar...!
That's right! You're that fellow that was watching me at the inn!
Me?
Who are you? Why are you following me?
There must be a misunderstanding...!
You rascal! Will you feel the blade first before you...?
Alright, alright! I'll talk. Just let the sword down first.
Damn it! I wanted to surprise you both.
- Can you take a look at my waist pouch? - What?
You asked me who I was! Go ahead and take a look!
This is...!
Now do you know who I am? I am a Secret Inspector. (Officials of Internal Affairs)
Now release me! How will you explain this treatment of a Secret Inspector?
Imprison him this instant!
What? I said I'm a Secret Inspector!
Silence! How dare you impersonate a Secret Inspector?
Do you see this? I am the Secret Inspector for this region.
How can there be two Secret Inspectors for one province?
I agree. If you were doing your job properly, why would I have to be sent here?
- What? - Seize the Secret Inspector!
- Seize the Secret Inspector? What is this? - I don't know!
I brought them here, Magistrate.
Take Magistrate Cho Hyung Shik and Secret Inspector Jung Yoo Chul to the capital.
Yes, Sir!
Have you been well, Your Excellency?
What brings you here as Secret Inspector?
The people have been suffering due to the increasingly corrupt Secret Inspectors.
That is why His Majesty gave a special order to the Royal Inspectors.
I heard that the Magistrate who was arrested was disrespectful towards you.
I will make him pay for that. Please do not worry, Your Excellency.
No need for that. Judge him based on his crimes against the people.
That will be enough to set wrongs right.
How is the government going?
I heard His Majesty has started many new projects.
Yes, Your Excellency. Recently a new criminal law was developed.
The military units have been reorganized and the Dragon Guard has been put in charge.
His Majesty is now focusing on creating a man-made reservoir in Hwaseong.
This is Jinmok Stream that leads to Songju.
Yes, the current is strong and the water is plentiful.
If we can make a dam here, we can create a reservoir for the people of Suwon.
Yes, Your Majesty. We have already begun construction in Songju.
It can be completed in two months.
The people's suffering in drought will disappear when this water is used for their farms.
Your Majesty, it is time for you to return to the palace.
You are scheduled to give out the appointments to the new government officials.
Alright. Let us all head back.
Yes, Your Majesty.
So this is the sword made by that Ming craftsman Wang Mo Shik?
That's right! This is the famous Howol Sword!
It's so shiny! It's perfect for our nephew!
That's right! He'll be promoted to Grand Commander soon!
Wait wait...! Did you just say Grand Commander?
Didn't I tell you? Come over here.
My nephew has been promoted to Grand Commander of the Dragon Guard.
I... I didn't know!
Please forgive me for not recognizing you!
Congratulations, Sir!
So how much did you say this sword costs?
No, please take it! It's our honor to give it to such a honorable man!
- Really? - Yes!
Then take another one!
- Congratulations, Sir! - Congratulations!
I congratulate you too!
- Sir! - I heard the news!
- Congratulations! - Yes, you're most suited for that role!
Congratulations, Dae Su! I mean, Grand Commander!
Thank you. I heard you were promoted too.
Yes, he's been made head of the Defense Guard, and I've been made head of the Royal Guard.
Don't start. I'm burdened already just thinking of my responsibilities!
You're so full of it!
Full of it? You better watch your mouth with me from now on.
- What? - I still have a long ways to go in my career!
- You crazy fellow! - Congratulations!
- We don't have much time. Hurry. - Yes, Sir.
The Appointment Ceremony will be held shortly. You must all hurry.
- Yes, Sir. - And you, come with me.
Yes, Sir.
I can't believe our Dae Su, I mean Sir Dae Su is becoming Grand Commander!
You must be so happy! You know someone so high up in government!
Of course! And besides, I'm going to be promoted as Official!
- What? - Is that really true?
- Does that mean that Official will be retiring? - Of course! He's been Chief for so long!
- But can you go from Royal Artist to Chief? - I know. It seems too rapid of a promotion.
Of course it's possible.
- Am I right, Sir Yi? - Of course! I already spoke to Dal Ho.
So if you all want to work comfortably here, you must all do what I say.
Is that true? You're going to be Chief, not Sir Tak?
That's what I said!
My goodness! Congratulations, Sir!
Yeojin, don't believe him. I'm going to be Chief! Me!
- You? Chief? - How dare you!
Those fellows...!
I'm the Chief! Me!
Move!
Dragon Guard!
- Begin the ceremony. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Lieutenant Commanders Kang Suk Ki, Suh Jang Bo and Park Dae Su, step forward.
Now you are Commander of the Interior Guard,
Commander of the Palace Guard, and Grand Commander of the Dragon Guard.
From today onwards, you will not only be responsible for my safety.
You will also be responsible for the palace and the entire nation.
Work hard and fulfill your duty.
Yes, Your Majesty!
As long as we have breath, we will serve you and the nation as military officers!
We will serve!
All members of the Dragon Guard, take heed.
From today, the Dragon Guard will be the finest army guarding this nation's security.
As servants of the government and military officers of Joseon,
take pride in your duties and work hard!
Yes, Your Majesty!
Hyo Chang Won (Crown Prince Moon Hyo and Consort Ui's Tomb)
Do you see this, Your Highness?
This is the decree appointing me as Grand Commander.
I wanted you to be the first one to see it.
Your Majesty, Attendant Yi from the Princess' palace wishes to speak with you.
- Let her in. - Yes, Your Majesty.
What is it?
Your Majesty, the Princess would like you to stop by her chambers before you retire for the night.
She wishes to discuss something with you urgently.
Is that so?
Then go and tell her that I will go to her chambers now.
Yes, Your Majesty.
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