- Throw them in jail. - Yes, sir.
Escort Madam Jami to the consul.
Yes, sir.
Please sit down.
To be so undaunted in the face of death...
It is so very like you.
Did you expect me to beg for my life?
Don't think this is the end.
The king you put on the throne no longer lives.
The nobles who have been following you were also jailed.
Who would risk everything for you,
when you have lost everything?
How many nobles and imperial family members do you think
have received my support?
Countless numbers of Kim Woo-jing's followers
have also received my help.
They will never be able to turn their backs on me.
And the Tang government will never acknowledge Kim Woo-jing
and you. Just wait and see.
Do you still believe in power gained with money?
The nobles you count on will never protect you.
They will denounce you and demand punishment
for your doings, if not only to protect themselves.
Your power has come to an end.
Shut up!
I'll surely survive this.
Head Chief.
The meeting of the nobles hasn't been adjourned yet.
It seems it'll take time
for the nobles to come to an agreement.
Since we seized the imperial city and slew Kim Myung,
Lord Kim Woo-jing will become the next king.
The meeting of the nobles is just a formality.
Head Chief.
What is it?
Consul Jang captured Madam Jami alive.
Sit down.
If you hadn't seized the beacon and throw the enemy
into confusion, it would have been a difficult battle.
You did well.
Not just anyone can come up with a strategy for
defeating an army of 100,000 with only 10,000 troops.
I only carried out your strategy.
No one can deny that this is your victory.
What happened to Lady Jung-hwa?
Don't worry. She's safe.
I heard that you captured Madam Jami.
What will you do with her?
Once Lord Kim Woo-jing ascends the throne,
she and the rest of Kim Myung's followers
will be punished according to the law.
Looking at Madam Jami, it makes you ponder
whether there's any limit to power and greed.
You said you have no interest in politics.
Have you really no ambition for power?
According to you, I already have power
comparable to that of the king.
Since your army put a king on the throne,
you'll have even bigger power.
I didn't come to the imperial city in pursuit of power.
Since I have accomplished what I set out to do,
I will return to Chunghae.
I feel reassured to be freed from our evil fate,
and to share a common goal with you.
It is as if I have returned to the day I first met you
in Chunghae when I trusted you.
Since you rendered great service in the war,
your record will be washed clean of your past crimes,
and your status will be reinstated.
If only I could,
I would erase the mark
I burned into your forehead...
I hope you will understand how I feel.
I was pondering the ways
to arrange a meeting with you.
Thank you for coming to see me.
Head Chief,
you are the only person I can ask for help now.
If you'll help me,
I will do anything for you.
You saved me once in Mujinju.
If you kill Jang Bogo and save me, you'll gain great power.
What is there we can't accomplish if we join forces?
Why would you want to be Jang Bogo's underling?
The imperial court will seize all my wealth,
but I have money that no one knows about.
You will be able to use that money to gain great power.
I am sincere when I say this to you.
Kim Yang is a cunning man by nature.
He will forsake you someday.
You must find greater power than Kim Yang before he does.
With my money, that is entirely possible.
Help me.
Save me.
Money can't save your life.
Do not beg pathetically for your life.
You should give up now.
I can't give up.
I can't die like this!
What happened?
Madam Jami has been captured by Jang Bogo.
What?
The captain is dead, and Tae-bong and Myung-chun
have been captured too.
What will happen to us now?
What are you doing here at this late hour?
I have a favor to ask of you.
Allow me to see Madam Jami.
Leave me.
It isn't comfortable for me to confront you either.
So what brings you here?
Are you here to mock me?
Even if I should die,
I have no regrets.
I had put a king on the throne,
and ruled the world.
There's nothing more I wish for.
My only regret is...
I was swayed by your tears
and spared Jang Bogo's life.
It vexes me why I took you in and adored you...
...why I developed fond feelings for you.
If it weren't for you,
my last years wouldn't have been so miserable.
Everything has gone wrong because of you.
Leave me. I can't stand the sight of you.
There is something I always wanted to say to you.
Why did you obsess over money and power so much?
In my eyes,
you were never happy even
when you had money and power.
It seemed you were obsessed with them because
you were so very lonely.
I've always wanted to tell you...
...the thing you needed to reach out for was not
money or power, but someone who sincerely cared for you.
Leave me.
- Madam. - Leave me!
You have saved my life.
Thank you.
- Are you well? - Yes.
Consul.
I have a favor to ask of you.
What is it?
Can't you spare Madam Jami's life?
She's committed a crime that should be punished by law.
It is not my decision to spare her life.
Madam Jami has already lost everything.
She has lost the wealth and power she valued so much...
There is no harsher punishment for her.
Please spare her life.
Are you sure this is the house?
Yes, I saw Baek-kyung go in here with my own eyes.
Head Chief.
What? I'm nervous enough as it is.
Do you have a death wish?
What madness has brought you here?
I have a plan. You just enjoy the show.
Follow me.
You have somehow survived.
Chief Jang!
What's keeping you? Capture these wretches!
What is going on?
Governor.
You are Madam Jami's underling.
I have come to tell you something very important.
You will greatly regret it if you don't listen to me.
What nonsense are you uttering?
- I will slay him. - Stand back.
What is it you want to say?
Send the men away.
I can't talk if you don't.
What is it you want to say?
I know where Madam Jami hid her money.
The imperial court will seize all her land and property.
That's not all.
She has hundreds and thousands of coins stashed away.
Madam Jami wouldn't have hid them away
in any place you'd know.
Trust me.
You can take my life if I'm lying.
Take her out.
Where are you taking me?
Let go of me! Let go!
Where are you taking me? Let go of me!
You plan to kill me? Let go.
Let go!
Where are you taking me? Let go!
I brought her.
Please sit.
It seems impossible for a man to form
only good ties in life.
And I've learned through you that even an evil fate
has its purpose in life.
For me, a shipyard slave, to become what I am today
wouldn't have been possible without my fury toward you.
I do not wish to listen to your lecture.
Kill me now.
A servant is waiting outside to take you to Woolju Harbor.
There will be a ship sailing to China.
Leave Shilla.
Lady Jung-hwa begged me to spare your life.
Lady Jung-hwa and I do not wish to continue
this evil fate with you.
It is up to you to decide how you will
live the rest of your life.
Leave now.
Escort her to Woolju Harbor.
That is not necessary.
It is'nt your concern where I go.
I will escort you.
I don't know what your intentions were
in pleading for my life.
But I am no longer living even though I am alive.
Do not humiliate me, and just step aside.
They're blinding.
What do you think?
Be careful.
Let us go.
Master.
Lieutenant Jang. Has the consul sent you?
Yes, he sends a message.
He said Lady Chae-ryung and you would be worried.
- Is the consul safe? - Yes.
Lord Kim Woo-jing was voted in as the next king.
The inauguration will take place soon.
Consul Jang has accomplished a great feat.
Yes, Consul Jang has put a king on the throne.
Now that Lord Kim Woo-jing has become king,
it will be smooth sailing for Chunghae Base.
I must go to the imperial city at once.
I believe it's best that you do not.
But I must attend the inauguration ceremony.
There is much to be done for us to resume business.
We must complete all the preparations
before the consul returns.
It seems my rotten fate will never allow me
the luxury of attending a king's inauguration ceremony.
Announce the news to the people of Chunghae.
Yes, madam.
We must get rid of Jang Bogo before the inauguration.
I don't believe it's time yet.
Or perhaps your grudge against him has vanished.
If we stand to gain from this uprising,
Jang Bogo stands to gain ten times as much.
It'll only get harder to get rid of him if we don't now.
Just when do you plan to kill him?
Head Chief, have you forgotten
your vow in front of the master's corpse?
Have you forgotten the miserable days you suffered
after Jang Bogo branded you?
I feel reassured to be freed from our evil fate,
and to share a common goal with you.
It is as if I have returned to the day I first met you
in Chunghae when I trusted you.
Since you rendered great service in the war,
your record will be washed clean of your past crimes,
and your status will be reinstated.
If only I could,
I would erase the mark
I burned into your forehead...
- Baek-kyung. - Yes, sir.
Why do you follow me?
There is no reason.
I pledged my loyalty to you.
I simply serve you until the day I die.
Once I ascend the throne after the inauguration tomorrow,
it will be difficult to have a casual meeting like this.
Let's enjoy our drinks tonight.
Here.
Consul Jang, I have a favor to ask of you.
Will you grant it?
You need only give me your command.
- Is that right? - Please tell me.
I wish you wouldn't return to Chunghae.
Please stay in the imperial city and aid me
until stability has returned to the city and the imperial court.
Your Majesty, I have tried my best to make Chunghae Base
a place where everyone is equal.
But the imperial city is different.
If I stay, there'll be much opposition from the nobles
and imperial family members that you must embrace.
Do you agree with him?
I can't deny that Consul Jang lends a great deal
of support to you, but now is the time to
bring the dissension in the court under control.
You must consider the opposition of the nobles.
Your Majesty, I will return to Chunghae.
I will concentrate on trading, as I have been doing.
I will replenish the imperial finances by expanding business.
I believe that is my service to you.
Please understand.
You asked for me?
We must change our plans to kill Jang Bogo.
Jang Bogo will be returning to Chunghae without attending
the inauguration ceremony.
We must ambush him on the way to Woolju Harbor.
Yes, sir.
Where will you reside once
His Majesty enters the palace?
I'll remain in his private residence.
I wish you'd return to Chunghae with me.
I believe you will fare better in Chunghae.
If I stay in Chunghae,
I will be a burden to Lady Chae-ryung and you.
My lady.
I have already decided it is my fate not to be able
to stay in one place for too long.
I'll live like the wind, and send a message to you
with the waves when I pass Chunghae...
If you would not forget me...
That is all I wish for.
Head Chief.
Head Chief, they are within range.
Give us your command.
Head Chief.
Forget it.
Head Chief!
I've been disappointed in you on many occasions
while in Chunghae, thinking you had forgotten
your grudge against Jang Bogo.
But I doubted myself...
How could you do this?
What will you tell the governor now?
What happened? Did you kill him?
I failed.
What?
I couldn't strike him in the back when he was
returning home after refusing recognition for his service.
I'll confront him face-to-face when the right time comes.
What happened?
She has given birth to a healthy boy.
I don't know why I'm tearing up
when you just had a child.
- Goong-bok. - Yon.
You must go to your wife.
Wife.
You have suffered much.
You've done well.
Thank you.
For the rest of my life,
I will pay for keeping you lonely.
I am glad I had waited for you all those years.
I am overjoyed that I now have a corner
of your heart all to myself.
Come closer.
I gave birth to you with my heart.
You are just as precious as this baby.
Do you understand what your mother is saying?
Yes.
- How is Lady Chae-ryung? - She is well.
Consul Jang is a very lucky man.
All this wealth and power, and he's even lucky
to have a wife and children.
He deserves such luck, considering all
that he's gone through.
So what will you do now?
Will you exit this world without leaving a child behind?
What woman will have me?
Why would you say that?
You want me to look for a wife for you?
Yes.
Do you really want to get married?
Why...
Seeing Consul Jang makes me want a family of my own.
- Yon, Moo-chang. - Hello.
Is it true that Consul Jang has had a son?
Yes.
That's wonderful. Just wonderful.
We must throw a party.
There is no more auspicious occasion in Chunghae than this.
I will provide the wine.
- Master. - What is it?
There is a messenger from the palace.
What is it?
I will pay my respects to Consul Jang first.
Where is he?
- Sit down. - Yes.
What brings you to Chunghae?
His Majesty sent me to escort you to the palace.
It's a letter from His Majesty.
Tell him I will not go.
You won't go?
You mean to defy His Majesty's command?
His Majesty has summoned me in order to enter my name
on the list of meritorious subjects and to grant me
an official post. But I've no intention of accepting either.
You two should go to the imperial city.
His Majesty will grant you an official post.
How can we go alone when you won't?
Do not mind me. Just serve His Majesty.
Please deliver my message to His Majesty.
What is wrong with him?
If he wanted to have his name on the list of
meritorious subjects,
he would have attended the inauguration.
It seems he had already made his decision when he
returned to Chunghae without attending the inauguration.
Why... I don't know what he's thinking...
Well, you have finally been appointed to a government post.
Congratulations.
Do not bother. I just don't feel right about it.
It's a letter from Consul Jang.
I commanded you to bring Consul Jang.
What happened?
Consul Jang said he couldn't come to the imperial city.
Forgive me, Your Majesty, but as he has always stated,
Consul Jang says he will not take part in politics.
You must go back to Chunghae and bring Consul Jang.
Your Majesty, Consul Jang defied your command.
Why would you summon a man who has defied you?
- Please withdraw your command. - You will stay out of this.
Summon the captain of the imperial guards.
Go to Chunghae and bring Consul Jang with you.
I am sending you to Chunghae
because I know of your long ties with Consul Jang.
You must not fail me. Bring him.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Are you going to Chunghae?
Yes, I am on business.
I am also going to Chunghae on His Majesty's command.
Is it because of the consul?
I heard he has defied His Majesty's command.
I'm afraid His Majesty is furious with him.
His Majesty is sending me to bestow an important
official post on the consul.
Do not worry.
His Majesty commanded me to bring you
to the imperial city no matter what.
I have already told him I'll not participate in politics.
You can decide that later.
Humility in excess is also a form of arrogance.
Don't be stubborn.
Go with me to the imperial city.
- When did you come to Chunghae? - I arrived today.
I am here on business.
I heard you defied His Majesty's summons.
Some nobles are already opposing the reform.
They are the ones who fight desperately
not to lose the privilege they've enjoyed since birth.
You must lend your support to His Majesty.
Jang Bogo at your service, Your Majesty.
How could you be so cold-hearted
when I desperately need your help?
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
I honor you as first meritorious subject
and appoint you to the post of military envoy.
Fulfill your duty for the safety of the people
and the imperial court.
It's an unusual title, but the post of military envoy is
comparable to that of minister of the military,
in command of the Shilla military.
How could he bestow such an important post on
a lowly slave, even if he is a meritorious subject?
I can't overlook this.
Have you heard?
What is it?
His Majesty has sent an offer of marriage to Consul Jang.
He means to take Jang Bogo's daughter
as the crown prince's second consort.
I can't let this go on.
If we overlook Jang Bogo's ties with His Majesty,
all we've worked for will have been in vain.
If we can't get rid of both of them, then at least
one of them must die.
It seems it will be easier to dethrone the king
than to kill Jang Bogo.
- Consul Jang. - What is it?
His Majesty has...
passed away.