Korea-Khitan War (고려거란전쟁)

(This drama is based on historical events,)

(but some details may be different from historical facts.)

(Production guidelines were strictly followed when filming with animals.)

There is something I wish to check.

What is it?

Would you...

show me your shoulders?

How random. Why do you wish to see my shoulders out of the blue...

Privy Councilor.

You...

are under arrest for attempting to assassinate His Majesty,

which is considered high treason.

Take him!

Let go.

Let go of me!

Privy Councilor.

Privy Councilor!

Is that true?

So, he was the man who tried to kill me back then?

Yes. We are sure of it, based on the circumstances.

He is also...

the mastermind behind the rebels.

Privy Councilor Kang has arrested him.

We must quickly prove that he is guilty of high treason and punish him.

For the rebels, losing him is like...

losing their pivotal figure, so it will weaken them.

They will not stand idly by.

He attempted to assassinate Your Majesty, which is high treason.

I understand they are rebels who staged a coup,

but they will not have the audacity to step in.

Your Majesty, we should hurry.

This is our golden opportunity...

to launch a counterattack on the rebels.

Yes.

Come along.

Where is General Kim Hoon?

He has no interest in politics.

You can speak with me from now on.

Very well. Then I will speak.

Word has it that you often speak to His Majesty in an insolent manner.

I understand that you have come to power,

but His Majesty is the Emperor of this country.

Even the great traitor, Kang Jo, knew to behave himself in the main hall.

Do not behave impudently under any circumstances from now on.

I am advising you as someone who has helped you.

Without my help, you would not have been able to come into power.

Did you laugh at me just now?

My apologies.

I laughed in spite of myself.

General Kim!

Do not raise your voice.

Do I still look like a mere subject to Your Majesty?

Both Your Majesty and His Majesty had no power whatsoever...

when Kang Jo took control.

So why are you holding your head up high before me?

Am I not as frightening as Kang Jo?

If so, must I behead the Emperor like Kang Jo did...

for you to become docile?

Be careful.

My patience has a limit.

Your Majesty! Are you all right?

Where is the Capital District Office Governor?

Bring him to me at once.

Well...

He has been taken by the eunuchs.

What?

That man was the assassin who tried to hurt His Majesty...

during the royal flight.

Are you sure?

Yes, Your Majesty.

General Kim. His Majesty has ordered all subjects to gather at Jungjeon.

Your Majesty. Why did you want to see us?

The man who tried to kill me...

on the last royal flight has been arrested.

Hence, I made you come to discuss...

how he should be punished.

He is a great traitor who tried to hurt an emperor.

What do you think we should do with such a man?

Answer me as Goryeo's commander and a subject of the court.

A man like him must be beheaded at once.

With Your Majesty's order, I will behead him myself.

What about you, General Kim?

His head must certainly be cut off.

A man who has dared to try and harm His Majesty should not be left to live.

I see. I understood.

Bring in the criminal.

I will ask again.

Who was the assassin that drew his sword at me back then?

Then got shot by an arrow and fled?

I know nothing of it.

This scar was from when I went hunting...

with the neighboring regional chiefs.

Shut your mouth at once!

Your entire past has been revealed.

And yet, how dare you lie before us?

Give me evidence.

Stop piecing together the story.

Bring clear evidence that I am the one!

Your Majesty. He is right.

There is no clear evidence. Let us be dismissed.

I agree.

How can we conclude the governor is the criminal...

simply because he has a scar from an arrow?

There is clear evidence.

A man heard him confess...

about his grave sin in person.

Who is that man?

Welcome. Coming all the way here must have been tough.

Do not worry about it, Your Majesty.

Why did Your Majesty summon me?

Have you met that man before?

Yes. I have, Your Majesty.

There was a time when several regional lords...

gathered in Chungju.

I met him back then.

What did that man say during that gathering?

This man said he tried to harm His Majesty...

during his royal flight.

Explain to us in more detail.

Yes, Your Majesty.

At that gathering,

this man requested that we support him.

However, many heads of the families were not willing to.

Especially because he was an unknown regional chief.

At that moment, this man showed us the scar...

on his shoulder.

He stated the scar was from...

when he tried to harm His Majesty on his royal flight to Chungju.

And once again, he asked...

the regional lords to support him.

With that support, he would travel to Gaegyeong...

and make His Majesty yield...

one way or another.

Your Majesty. That was a clear testimony.

Sentence that man to death immediately.

I agree.

He is a great traitor who has dared to harm the Emperor.

Behead that man at once...

and rectify the national discipline.

Yes.

I will now deliver my judgment.

Your Majesty.

Please wait a moment.

Geumodae will investigate it again.

"Again?"

The sins he has committed have been revealed.

Either way, I will take him to Geumodae.

Did Your Majesty not establish Geumodae for such tasks?

He is a great traitor who has tried to kill His Majesty!

His Majesty must make a ruling himself...

for a sin like this!

Your Majesty. Please pronounce your judgment.

I will take him to Geumodae!

Is there anyone outside?

Take him outside.

- Yes, General Choi. - Yes, General Choi.

General Choi! What do you think you are doing?

That man is a great traitor!

General Choi. What are you doing?

Your Majesty. I shall take my leave.

Was that all true?

Yes, it was.

Does that matter?

Then how do we settle this problem?

Acquit me.

Argue that everything turned out to be a lie...

once you investigated it.

Simply state that I had come up with the story...

to gain the support of the influential families.

What did Her Majesty say?

Her Majesty warned you...

to stop disrespecting His Majesty.

She added that had it not been for her, the revolt would not have been successful.

Her Majesty certainly adores His Majesty.

Do not let her bother you.

A hound dog done with hunting can be disposed of.

- Can we really do that? - Of course.

She is useless now.

We were too square.

I agree.

The eunuchs should have been ordered to behead him right then and there.

That is the method of the traitors.

How can we act like them?

Those men are behaving more superciliously and running wilder.

At this rate, Goryeo will go down.

Let me ask something.

Have you met a young noblewoman on your way here?

That is a very vague question.

There is more than one noblewoman.

She would have been dragged away by an army...

or run away desperately.

I did not witness such a noblewoman.

Oh, but I have met people looking for one just like you.

Who were they? Where did they go?

They ran down that road.

A stranger?

Yes. She is a young noblewoman who looks beautiful.

She is on the run after committing a crime.

That woman committed a crime?

- That is right. Have you seen her? - Yes.