[ Episode 22 ]
What are you talking about?
The Ming people and Vice-Deputy Shim Jong Soo are looking for the haeyre?
But what's Haerye?
Then... So Yi and court maiden Deokgeum had the Haerye with them?
I looked through everything there but there wasn't anything.
But they went to Changahmgol to find Haerye?
What do you mean by that?
So Yi is...
she's the Haerye.
Haerye is not a book.
From the beginning,
the Haerye has always been a person.
So Yi! So Yi is in danger!
How many kids do you think will come?
I hope the kids from the top and bottom village all come. Right?
Yup.
But I'm a bit nervous.
Since it's the first time we teach our letters to others.
It's true. When I taught Orabeoni the letters the first time, I was very nervous too.
Right? It's true, right?
It's right that I feel flutters, right?
Of course. It's only natural.
You should grab it with this.
Okay, alright!
What is it now? I ate so well so suddenly so my stomach is blown up in shock.
I'll soothe it and come so you guys go first.
Who are you? Who are you that you're snooping around other people's houses?
I'm looking for maidens who came recently.
Some maidens?
Oh, those maidens who pass out taffy?
Do you know where they live?
I'm not sure.
I don't know that much.
Bonwon says the court maidens aren't printing the letters.
They're spreading them instead.
He says we must block them no matter what method we use.
What song is that?
Oh, this? Some maiden taught us this.
Want to try and learn?
Two bowls of soup rice would do.
That maiden,
what did she say when she taught it?
She said to go around and sing it.
If it's just one bowl of soup rice, will you learn it?
Where did you go around singing it?
Go where? We're going now.
The maiden who taught you the song... where is she?
Hey, if you want to learn then learn it from us!
Go up to Dangsan tree and it's the last house off the path.
Thanks.
Do you have all the writing paper ready?
Yup, about twenty sheets. Should I get more?
Let's bring a little bit more.
What in the world happened?
What happened? Hurry and tell them.
What happened?
Why do you look like this?
Your Majesty!
This little person might have spoiled the mission.
Please kill me.
What is this talk?
Mokya seems to be captured.
And So Yi and Deokgeum too.
They're in danger too.
What?
Hence, a woman from Ming nation,
burned some incense to me.
And she had me inhale the smoke.
Then?
My mind became fuddled.
And I told them everything, it seems.
It's confusion herb.
What do you mean?
It's what Ming spy organ uses to force confession.
If you're drunk in this incense, then you become semiconscious.
And you'll answer as asked.
How much did you tell them?
Haerye...
What do you mean Haerye?
They were most certainly looking for the Haerye.
I think I even told them where So Yi was.
They must have gone to where So Yi was.
So Yi is in danger.
Orabeoni?
Why are you here so late?
Did you do this?
We're a step too late.
When I arrived, it was already like this.
Please spare me. Let me live.
What happened here?
What happened, I said!
Well that's... I heard a sudden shriek so I came by.
Some man captured the maidens there and left.
Did you see his face?
Yes, his face was pale.
Without any facial hair.
His height...
about this high?
Yes, that's right! He was very tall.
In a brief second, he snatched the maidens away.
It's Yoon Pyung.
They said they would give us taffy again today, right?
They said they will give us taffy today, and teach us letters too.
Really?
It's Yoon Pyung!
Yoon Pyung took the court maidens away.
Do you mean the Milbon warrior who fought with you, My Lord?
Did you want me to greet you as the Vice Deputy Chief Scholar then?
Why is Taepyunggwan looking for the Haerye?
Is it an order from Minister Lee Shin Jeok?
In any regard, we both want the same thing.
And it seems we both failed to gain it.
It seems we have no reason to fight right now.
Bonwon!
We just received a message from Pyung.
The place where Yoon Pyung went to get the court maidens... Shim Jong Soo showed up.
What?
Shim Jong Soo seized the court maidens and even got into a fight with Pyung.
Shim Jong Soo!
That Shim Jong Soo is most certainly harboring other thoughts.
Just the mere fact that he tried to take the court maidens from Pyung...
If he's not harboring other thoughts, then what?
So if I am to organize Geunji's words, then first, the man called Yoon Pyung showed up.
Then, Shim Jong Soo showed up and got into a fight with Yoon Pyung.
In the middle of that, a woman of Ming showed up and Geunji was captured?
It's correct.
According to Geunji, the Ming woman was sent there by Right State Minister.
She heard the woman talking to her subordinate in Manchu language.
She didn't realize I knew Manchu language.
We'll have to find out what Lee Shin Jeok wanted to do with the Haerye.
Right State Minister told her to find the Haerye.
Seeing how they showed up at different times,
Jeong Gi Joon, Shim Jong Soo, and Right State Minister are each moving on their own.
Yes, however, they are all aiming for the same thing.
With the Haerye as their aim, they each moved on their own?
Isn't this as Your Majesty supposed, that they are each harboring their own intention?
However, my supposition has a variable now.
How is it... how is the work getting so tangled?
Bonwon!
We can't just sit and watch like this.
If Shim Jong Soo took the first move, we have to show some strategy as well.
If perchance Shim Jong Soo gets ahold of the Haerye first, we can't know how he will use it.
Whether he will go to the King or to you, Bonwon.
Furthermore, even if he comes to you, he won't just give it to you nice and smooth.
Why Shim Jong Soo did such a thing, I must find out the reason first.
Find out if anything might have happened at the palace.
Yes.
What are you talking about?
Where in the world did you two...
go and come back to throw this chaos?
It's urgent!
Me and Cho Tak were guarding the court maidens,
but that half-mask showed up suddenly and kidnapped the court maidens!
Okay, so I'm asking you, why were you guarding the court maidens who were transferred out?
But anyways, the one who actually caught the court maidens wasn't the half-mask but some Ming woman.
What is this Ming nation talk now?
And some other punk showed up too and kidnapped the court maidens again.
So anyways, I'm telling you Chae Yoon is in danger!
Hey!
You pig!
How is he supposed to understand with you talking like that?
You must dispatch troops to Changahmgol this very moment.
So why Changahmgol?
What happened was...
Why do you talk so much?!
Chae Yoon is in danger right now, we're saying!
Yeah! We're supposed to guard the court maidens!
Dahm!
God damn it!
Kids.
Did you see the older sisters who taught you songs here and gave out taffy?
They told us to wait by Dangsan tree today since they would give us taffy again. But they didn't come.
No one came? No one?
Some mister did come.
Mister? What did he look like?
His face was white and he was tall.
His voice was very scary like a ghost.
I will give a huge prize to whoever reads this.
No one knows?
We don't.
We don't know.
They said they would give us taffy today too.
Who are you, Mister?
The song you guys were singing,
don't ever sing it again. It calls for death.
Yoon Pyung.
I must meet the provincial governor over an urgent matter.
Why this punk... how dare you come here!
This isn't a place a punk like you can just go in.
Get lost!
It's by royal command.
Get a horse out at once and dispatch all troops to search thoroughly this whole area.
Now!
The promulgation will be in my charge,
and the circulation will need to be in So Yi's charge.
It's a dangerous task and you must protect her.
And the day the mission is complete, you are to leave together with So Yi.
If by chance, this humble servant, in doing the work,
falls into danger and dies, neither His Majesty, nor Orabeoni, must waste time in looking for me.
No! You can't, Dahm!
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So Yi!
Are you coming to your senses?
Are you alright?
What happened to you?
And where's Geunji?
I got caught by that punk Yoon Pyung.
Geunji and I ran separate ways, but I don't know what happened to her.
What do you think will happen to us now? We're all going to die without completing the mission?
What do you suppose happened to Geunji and the palace guards?
What about Orabeoni?
He went to the paper shop. You didn't see him?
I didn't see him.
Those punks started to trail us from the paper shop, I think.
Kang Chae Yoon wasn't even sighted.
On the court maiden Mokya's side, they hadn't yet made the amulets yet, so I just picked up the sample.
In addition, court maiden So Yi's side was teaching children a song, however...
they hadn't learned the letters yet.
Yes.
He also picked up everything they made to use for teaching the children letters.
So we blocked the circulation.
For now, Lee Do's circulation plan failed.
What? Yoon Pyung took them?
When I arrived, that assasin Yoon Pyung had already seized and hidden Dahm and Deokgeum.
And he had already verified with the children around there to see if they had learned the letters.
He was verifying whether the letters have spread.
All this is my fault.
I should not have left them even for a second.
I should have run to Dahm the moment I sensed danger.
It's my fault.
That Jeong Gi Joon could figure out my plan to circulate,
I should have sensed it.
But now the circulation is going into failure
while my people have fallen into danger once again.
Lee Do has some impressive court maidens.
The ones to run the mission of circulating the letters weren't the princes or the princesses, nor the scholar officials, but mere court maidens?
Who could've guessed that?
Alright, fine.
Hence?
Since you got to pull out from the palace safely, just how big your hopes must have been, in thinking how you could spread the letters all over the eight provinces of Joseon?
But now, that hope is all dissipated.
The letters will never be circulated.
Where's the Haerye?
I don't know why he's like that.
With the situation more dire and us not being able to see even an inch ahead of us,
but he's just hung up on the letters, so what are we to do?
Seeing how Shim Jong Soo is moving on his own,
it is certain that something must have happened inside the palace.
Aigo, why are you not bringing any customers lately?
It hasn't been very long since the civil exam finished.It's off-season, you know.
Aigo.
But you wheedled them here just fine before, even on the day right after the exam.
Did he?
Well, I do have that ability.
What's with her though?
Is she sick?
Gaepayi has disappeared.
You didn't see him either, right?
Gaepayi?
I don't know.
Aigo, what's so great about the ignorant Dolgol (Gu00f6ktu00fcrk)?
Well then, maybe I should go and lure some scholars roaming around Sungkyunkwan?
Yes, please do that.
Lots of them!
Ka-reu-p
Kareupaeyi!
Where have you been?
Banchon people were throwing a fit.
Saying ahjussi, you are a bad person.
Did you eat?
Then wait here. I'll bring you food.
[ Sungkyunkwan Academy ]
What brings you all the way here?
Actually I wanted to discuss a matter with you.
What matter? What happened?
No report came to you?
Speak.
The King told the Milbon members inside the court to show themselves.
What?
After that incident, the entire palace has been stirred up in commotion.
He even revealed all the Cheonji society members, and those members are harvesting general consensus all around the palace.
His Majesty has declared he will promulgate.
But I cannot support it.
Those letters will in the end ostracize Chinese characters.
We all agree with him.
Yes, yes.
Of course I understand.
Since we ourselves objected to the letters on first sight.
However, you see...
How long did it take you to master all the Chinese characters, Senior Scholar Lee?
A day? Or ten days?
Do you not know how many Chinese characters there are in total?
How can they be mastered in one or ten days?
Yes, it's an impossible task.
However, the letters His Majesty made... no matter how foolish the person is, in ten days, he can master.
Ten days? Nonsense.
Chinese characters are impossible to master on self-study.
However, if the sounds and meanings of Chinese characters can be placed in these letters...
then one will be able to learn Chinese characters on their own as well.
We are working on that operation, by His Majesty's order.
So, then, are these letters still obstracizing Chinese characters?
What are you talking about?
Do you think I am a Milbon too, Chief Scholar Official?
It doesn't matter to me whether you are a Milbon or not.
Even if you were, would our history together studying at Sungkyunkwan
and our twenty years together here at Jiphyunjeon disappear somewhere?
Though our ages are the same, whenever you were harassed for looking too old,
I always took your side.
Saying I look too young for my age. In fact, you are not old-looking for your age.
Are you trying to manipulate me with the joke?
Would I ever?
Would I not know Choi Manli?
However, you also saw in these long years,
His Majesty's intention was never out of step.
Aren't you opposing so strongly too, because you are well aware of His Majesty's nature?
Right.
Hence, I must oppose even stronger.
Look here.
Since he's made the declaration too, His Majesty, will do whatever to promulgate the letters.
However, I remain unable to consent to the letters.
Despite how I understand His Majesty's intention.
When we came into Jiphyunjeon, His Majesty said,
to fight with him until the end so that His Majesty can make the right choice.
So I will do that.
I will do as His Majesty said to do.
We're approaching the day when His Majesty said he would promulgate the letters.
However, not one Milbon has shown himself.
I seem to know His Majesty's thought, then I don't.
Regard the traitors as just another political party? How can he put those offenders of high treason into the court and discuss national policies with them?
The ones who's benefitted most from that nature of His Majesty
are you, Minister Jo and me.
If it weren't for that nature and resolution of His Majesty, Minister Jo, who killed the King's father-in-law and me, who adamantly insisted on Grand Prince Yangnyeong instead,
after the death of the former King, would he have left us to remain in the royal court?
Well, that is very true.
We need the Milbon to trust in His Majesty of that nature.
He is a very shrewd and scary person, Lee Do.
It's true.
What would that declaration signify?
If the veterans and other Milbon members believe the King's words completely, then the Milbon pledge...
Would become an useless sheet of paper.
Yes.
And how many members of Milbon are in the court?
Yet none of them alerted this fact to Bonwon.
Already... they are all wavered.
It's true.
Based on the King's past acts, his declaration is likely not a lie either.
It's possible that some may have changed their minds.
Isn't Shim Jong Soo harboring other thoughts and moving accordingly, a sign of the collusion?
In the end, our organization will collapse.
We must first block Shim Jong Soo's movements.
And among Milbon, those who know our hideout are a small minority.
Though we are probably not in immediate danger, Shim Jong Soo knows this location.
We don't know how Shim Jong Soo will act.
I must make the move first.
I agree with Bonwon's intention to block the letters.
Yes, of course they need to be blocked!
However, before that, shouldn't we save Milbon?
Right now, it's not blocking the letters but safeguarding Milbon... is what's our priority!
I hold the same thought.
Bonwon, do you really intend to throw Milbon away?
Though I am just a chick who knows nothing.
I know very well what's most important for Milbon.
Bonwon has changed since seeing the letters.
You must not forget the mandate fated onto you.
Teacher Sambong who suffered such a wretched death.
And Teacher Sambong's sons, and also, Lord Jeong Do Gwang.
We still can't offer memorial services to them honorably.
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How did it go?
Any news from Choongcheong precinct?
Not yet.
His Majesty is very worried about So Yi.
He's exerting all his efforts into finding the court maidens.
So wait.
Please let me see His Majesty.
Didn't I say His Majesty is worried about So Yi?
What more are you going to say to him?
I must see him.
I must see His Majesty.
If by chance, this humble servant, in doing the work,
falls into danger and dies,
neither His Majesty,
nor Orabeoni
should waste time in looking for me.
You mustn't.
No one's death
blocking our path to go,
cannot be allowed.
Yet again, I lose a person I cherish?
Palace Guard, Kang Chae Yoon enters.
How are you here?
I will find So Yi no matter what.
I must find So Yi.
Were you wavering again?
Don't.
Due to my error, Dahm has fallen into grave danger.
So I will find her no matter what.
As of now, I don't know how or where to find her.
However, remaining like this inside the palace,
I cannot forgive myself, Your Majesty.
Hence, your humble subject, at this moment,
will be leaving to find Dahm.
Hence, Your Majesty should also
go on Your Majesty's path.
May you, without faltering,
press forward, Your Majesty.
If Dahm were here now,
she would've said that to you.
Mom.
Mom!?
Oh, you've come.
Did you go somewhere and come back?
Yeondoo. Yeondoo's not here?
Yeon... doo?
Yeondoo. Yeondoo, you were here.
What's that?
You're going to share that with your friend?
Yes.
But why our Yeondoo?
Oh that... right, Gaepayi.
I was wondering if Gaepayi contacted you.
Milbon or whatever, they've all been chased out.
Why would he come?
Even if he came, he'll be captured away.
Of course.
If we knew those folks were so heinous,
we would've thrown them in jail too.
Gaepayi is not heinous.
What do you mean he's not?!
Hey, quiet!
It's true. Gaepaeyi isn't like that.
But...
Ahjussi here needs to meet with Gaepayi.
By chance, does Yeondoo know where Gaepaeyi is?
You're going to catch him?
No, nope! Just to talk.
Yeondoo too...
knows the court maiden, So Yi, right?
Court maiden So Yi...
She's been captured.
So ahjussi must, that court maiden...
I must find her.
Ahjussi and the court maiden
have been good friends since we were young.
Ahjussi's family
and the court maiden's family too,
yup, they all went up to the world in the sky.
So it's only ahjussi and the court maiden left.
So ahjussi must find the court maiden, Yeondoo.
Ahjussi thinks,
the court maiden went to the place where Gaepayi is.
Yeondoo really doesn't know where Gaepayi is?
If you know, hurry and tell him.
So he can catch him quickly and lock him up!
Liquor mom!
But our Yeondoo is talking here.
So what were you going to say?
What were you going to say?
Just...
I'll let you know if Gaepayi contacts me.
Alright.
Alright. Make sure to let me know.
Yes.
Gareupaeyi!
From behind...
Yeondoo would be...
in danger.
In danger!
Ka-reu-p
Dahm... !
Tonight,
prepare a meeting with Lee Shin Jeok.
Lee Shin Jeok?
It's likely that Lee Shin Jeok's being surveillanced.
So that no one will find out no matter what,
and so that Lee Shin Jeok cannot send a message anywhere,
with utmost caution,
you must arrange it.
Yes, I understand.
Alright.
What happened to the court maidens who were interrogated by Royal Investigation Bureau?
Yes, I did hear about that, however...
It's just so full of gibberish...
Speak the details as you heard.
Yes, just how the matter settled by Royal Investigation Bureau went wrong.
I must know it.
So what it is, is that... the court maidens,
they were being protected by palace guards Cho Tak and Park Po.
But they suffered a sudden attack from 'half-mask'.
Half-mask?
That guy called Yoon Pyung or something.
Alright, and then?
So they were getting dragged away when suddenly a chick from Ming nation showed up.
And another guy from somewhere else showed up too and they said we had to send troops to Changahmgol.
Another guy? Who?
I don't know. That Cho Tak punk was yakking so frantically.
I couldn't understand what he was saying.
By another man, it would be...
Shim Jong Soo, right?
Your Excellency.
The hour set by His Majesty,
is nearly here.
However, if such a big division occurred,
Bonwon and His Majesty are likely aware.
Your Excellency, if His Majesty detects you, it's the end.
And if Bonwon discovers about you,
it's also the end. Didn't you say that?
Your Excellency.
What is it?
Gyun Jeok Hee's subordinate sent this.
I got it, so go on out.
Yes.
What did she say? What happened?
Bonwon is...
likely aware of our movement.
What?
This is the highest crisis in the life of this Lee Shin Jeok.
Living to 70,
what is the meaning of some great cause,
for which, in my youth, I took part in, to have my latter days fall into this plight?
Bonwon.
Your words are all correct.
What?
A genuine parliament would make a better Joseon.
That was a strategy erected by Teacher Sambong.
Instead of entrusting the nation to just one King,
entrusting it to the wise many-numbered aristocrats,
would be more beneficial to the citizenry.
Hence, Milbon
must service that. It's true.
Though it's a fight sourced between Teacher Sambong and Lee Bang Won,
for as long as Joseon continues,
it is also an issue that the King and the subjects will continue to fight over.
Yes, Bonwon.
You've thought well.
However...
Those letters, you see.
Lee Do and myself...
It's a fight between us, with us laying down our thoughts.
As for me,
this extremely dangerous mischief of Lee Do's, casting aside history,
I cannot just wait and watch.
One who understands politics... Casting the citizenry aside,
without even knowing the end result...
For which he himself can't even be responsible...
He tries to experiment?
This from the likes of a mere king who, at best,
can govern for just 50 years?!
However, Bonwon!
Don't you worry.
I am aware that your words are correct.
Hence I have something prepared in thought.
I'm just a bit late.
That's...
What do you mean?
What are you talking about?
The court maidens Yoon Pyung kidnapped don't have Haerye with them?
The court maiden, drunken by the confusion incense, said Haerye didn't exist.
Doesn't exist?
Right.
Haerye never existed.
That's impossible.
She said Changahmgol was the place where Haerye was.
Can't be.
Changahmgol is simply the answer I got when I asked where So Yi was.
Then she replied with a different answer to the same question?
Howevever, she couldn't have lied.
When you're semiconscious due to Maeyeonjae,you are unable to lie.
In that case, what in the world...
There's no Haerye.
Haerye is in Changahmgol.
Changahmgol is where So Yi is.
Does So Yi have the Haerye?
No. That's not it.
Didn't she say Haerye never existed?
Can't be!
How great would it be if I had the ability of that court maiden too.
What? What ability?
She seems to be able to memorize anything and everything she sees only once.
Ability to memorize all?
Is it possible that So Yi is... Haerye?
Your Excellency, Lord Seong Seung is here.
Why would Seong Seung...
Show him in.
But aren't you junior scholar Seong?
Did you escort your father here?
No.
There's a vital matter, so I borrowed my father's palanquin and name.
You used your father's name and palanquin?
Please come into my father's palanquin briefly.
His Majesty would like to see you.
His Majesty?
Yes.
Most secretively.
Where in the world are you going?
The mountain Yeondoo went to. I have to go and look for some traces there.
Chae Yoon, if you just leave like this blindly,
what if something happens to you first?
Then what? Just wait here blindly?
How can I?
When I don't know where Dahm is, what plight she might be suffering under!
Cho Tak, I feel like I'm going to burst here. Cho Tak!
Get ahold of yourself.
Dahm.
Are you going to kill her?
Right.
You and Park Po go to the tavern and keep searching to see if Yeondoo might return.
And I'll look for something, whatever it is.
I have to go in there.
Why, this beggar bastard!
What are you doing, scum! Where do you think this is to bullshit?
So a beggar can't talk if he's been wronged?!
Some bastard killed my sibling, my friends, all!
Why this punk... !
I said they killed them all!!!!!
Alright. Fine, where?
Changahmgol. In Changahmgol!
I saw that bastard, so let's go quickly.
Alright. Let me talk to my superior.
You go now.
Oh, I'm dying!
I'm dying from being so wronged!
Ga, gya, geo, gyeo, this body of mine with no place to go.
I've but become a beggar.
Na, nya, neo, nyeo, atop of a donkey
I brush a saddle and I go wander the provinces.
What happened?
You ask me because you don't know?
Because the likes of you punks, they're all dead!
I'm not going to do nothing!
I'm going to pay it back exactly the same!
Get ahold of yourself and speak clearly.
What you saw.
Everything you know.
Please!
Please tell me.
Your Majesty.
Right State Minister, Lord Lee Shin Jeok is here.
Aigo, Right State Minister.
Here, come sit.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, what matter in this late night...
And not the palace, but a place like this...For what did you want to see me?
Right State Minister, what do you think of my reign?
What?
Why do you ask fo such an obvious thing?
Of course we're in a reign of peace.
But isn't this the great peaceful era since Three Han?
All this is...
due to Your Majesty's favor, as I know it.
How is that only my doing?
Those who follow my will , ,
Those who's devoted themselves working to their bones...
It is because I've done it with the ministers of the royal court, isn't it so?
And you, Right State Minister, as well...
You have suffered quite a lot of hardships as well.
Your Majesty, for saying such...
Your grace is very immeasurable.
Are you a Milbon?
I apologize.
I've lost Geunji.
It seems Kang Chae Yoon took her.
That I am a Milbon...
it could've been exposed.
Then, I...
shall stake my all here today.
You're here.
I came to meet Bonwon.
Alert him.
Didn't I ask you if you're a Milbon?
Your Majesty.
Whatever do you mean?
How can this humble subject be?
I was joking.
Why are you so startled?
Your Majesty. This humble subject was very startled.
Right State Minister.
If perchance,
I mean, very perchance,
if you are Milbon,
the deal to realize a de facto parliament,
why did you decline it?
Why... it's just a joke.
Why do you look so serious, Right State Minister?
And isn't it so?
The greatest cause of Milbon is a de facto parliament.
Why did you decline it?
Well, I mean, if we suppose you were a Milbon.
The King
seems to desire such an amusing game.
Hence,
let's suppose this humble subject were a Milbon,
and I'll try to offer up an answer.
Why that sounds so amusing.
Go ahead and give it a try.
As the King has already said,
we, Milbon, are a secret group by Teacher Sambong,
with a de facto parliament as our great cause.
However, when faced with that very important deal about to be realized,
why did we suddenly decline?
That is due to someone, on the inside, with a different agenda.
Hence, this humble subject is rather unfond of it.
What exactly would... a de facto parliament,
What could possibly take precedence over it?
I was going crazy, unknowing what to do.
Within Milbon,
a division occurred?
Why, that Right State Minister had this talent,
that is really something, huh?
Since Your Majesty is amused, this humble subject is also joyful.
Alright, Right State Minister, since we're at it, let's ask more thing.
I told Milbon to bring themselves forward and show themselves
and to debate and verify with me. I gave them time.
But why haven't you confessed yourself, Right State Minister?
I'm not sure.
Wouldn't that be an issue of trust?
Indeed, can His Majesty,
be trusted and to what degree?
During the night of Mooin the affair,
after Teacher Samong left so wretchedly,
those years being stigmatized as a traitor...
Actually, they were decades.
How is one to forget the memories of those long years over one night?
And for me to...
say "I'm a Milbon"?
To parade forward,
would seem apprehensive, I suppose?
But I, at the Gyeongyeon forum, very publicly,
declared Gwangpyeong wasn't killed by Milbon.
I declared I acknowledge Milbon as a political faction.
I cannot give out more trust than that.
Yes.
Your Majesty has done your utmost.
However...
it wasn't able to soothe the deep roots of the human apprehension.
I cannot soothe that apprehension.
And I cannot give more trust.
Then how about creating it yourself?
Creating it myself?
Your Majesty. Your humble subject is dim-witted.
I don't know what you're telling me.
Why this frustrating...
Look, Right State Minister.
Let's stop it.
You're so good,
I might just think you were a Milbon.
Is that so?
Here, let's have a drink.
Give me your sword.
Go on in.
With what mug face do you show around here?
You scum.
How could you betray Milbon?
The one who betrayed Milbon...
was you, Bonwon.
What?
What I swore my allegiance to wasn't Milbon or power or you.
It was solely to the great cause of a de facto parliament.
Now you realize it?
Hence?
If a tyrant king is the worst, then a great king is just that.
No great king can be in lieu of the system.
The equivalence isn't to be weighed by just one King, but it is to be weighed by the entire parliament.
Just as the aristocrats must grasp power,
as the system must be erected rightfully,
it is solely to accurately look after the citizenry.
Don't turn away.
The letter you first wrote me, asking me to be Milbon...
After that day,
my life, the honor of my lineage!
I had wagered upon you.
You were Zhu Xi to me. And you were Confucius to me.
However...
How could that person who was you...
Didn't I speak of how scary the invention of the letters was to be?
You also...
don't know?
And the aftermath? What about the aftermath?
Aren't you lying down your life in blocking the letters?
What about the aftermath?
Where are the citizenry and the de facto parliament suppose to go afterwards?
What do you want from me?
I know where Haerye is.
Since you see nothing but the letters now,
take the Haerye and block the letters.
And...
It was indeed a very enjoyable conversation.
I, as well, had fun with you, Right State Minister.
However, the night is deepening...
Your Majesty should be going into his chamber as well.
Yes, I should.
So you go first.
Oh, alright, Your Majesty.
Hand Jeong Gi Joon over.
Then...
that would be the basis for trust on your own, no?
And as the head of the political faction called Milbon,
in the court,
you could just insist on the parliamentry system, right?
You take Haerye and block the letters.
I'll... the after...
I'll spearhead Milbon.
And realize Teacher Sambong's will.
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