THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION AND ALL CHARACTERS,
PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS ARE FICTITIOUS.
ALL ANIMAL SCENES WERE FILMED
IN COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES IN THE PRESENCE OF EXPERTS.
18 YEARS EARLIER
You may have been the Crown Prince,
but our father passed on the crown to me.
Coveting it is treason, which I cannot forgive.
Please, spare my life.
If you spare my life, I'll return to Liadong and never come back.
Nam-mu.
We're brothers.
A royal who committed treason
must be executed by having their limbs torn apart,
but as you are my brother, I will let you live.
Nam-mu... Nam-mu.
Nam-mu.
QUEEN WOO
EPISODE 8
Your Majesty.
I've called up the King's guard as you ordered.
I would like to fight for the Queen as well.
No need to risk your life
when you're no longer in the King's guard.
- You're free to go. - No!
Let me stay and fight for the Queen.
Send him out.
Moogol!
I'm sorry.
Once you've been expelled from the King's guard,
you can never return. Those are the rules.
Even if I order you to let him stay?
Your Majesty.
To me, the King's guard is my family, my everything.
If you let me stay, I, Mochi,
will protect you with my life.
Get him some armor.
The Third Prince will make a move first.
However, his men alone cannot go up against the King's guard...
So he will try to secure the help of other forces.
Before he does, we must form an alliance with the five tribes.
But after what the Third Prince did,
how many will stand on your side?
The ancestors of the five tribes
swore their allegiance to King Chumo
as they presented these swords.
It is time they kept their word.
No!
We still need them.
Also, they didn't come entirely empty-handed.
He has captured the Fourth Prince's wife
and their children, so forgive him.
Get me a map!
Our first alliance
must be with the Gaemamusa.
With them on our side,
the Third Prince will think twice before starting a war.
But will they get involved in the royal family's business...?
Supreme Commander of the South!
I will swear loyalty to the Third Prince!
There are still four tribes left.
We must send messengers quickly
before the Queen and Eulpaso get to them.
The Gaemamusa have entered the Third Prince's fortress.
If they have gone over to the Third Prince,
a war is inevitable.
Hwa Do-ja would not have dared.
There must be someone in the South who is working with Bal-gi.
He'll have approached him in advance to prepare for this.
The oath of the south is broken.
What should we do about the Queen's Tribe?
They all wish to become the next Queen's Tribe,
so they will not side with her.
The only problem is the High Priest of the East...
Him...
They do not even have a proper army.
Do not be concerned with them.
For the crime of disrupting the country,
the High Priest was banned from the Palace.
We must get the remaining four tribes
on our side no matter what.
Notify the Northern Queen's tribe of Bal-gi's atrocities,
and order the Western Hae to keep their oath to King Chumo.
Is this true?
Bal-gi, that bastard captured my sister?
Then, what about my sister?
What happened to my sister?
Please, tell me.
Tell me...
The Queen asks that you keep the oath of your ancestors
who swore to King Chumo that they would protect the throne.
Tell her I understand.
- Show them inside. - Yes, sir!
It can't be this easy.
Doesn't something feel off?
Didn't you see the man behind the screen?
The oath is already broken.
Are you sure about breaking the oath to King Chumo?
The Third Prince is also descended from him, is he not?
If he keeps the promise that both families will share the throne,
the oath will not be broken.
There is no good reason
to object to the levirate marriage.
But then, Bal-gi would be livid.
He may be the devil,
but he wouldn't hurt us, the King's Tribe.
We share the same blood.
The Prime Minister is here.
The Third Prince has sent a message.
It is for you.
As we did with the Crown Prince,
if we refuse to take anyone's side,
an opportunity will arise one day.
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
Onnal bulgeunhae
nuri gadak bichi cho.
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
Hanal bara giri!
Gireuk dameul iron!
The High Priest and the Queen's Tribe
sided with them?
If it is a war they want,
a war they'll get.
We return to Gungnae Castle.
Head out!
We go to Gungnae Castle!
Head out!
To Gungnae Castle!
Even if the Queen's Tribe and the East stop the Hae,
they cannot stop the Gaemamusa.
Can we not bring the Fifth Prince into this?
The Fifth Prince's armored cavalry
could stop the Gaemamusa.
However, he is also one of the King's brothers,
and could want the throne for himself.
Is this true?
My brother is dead?
The Queen has the King's guard,
but now that the Gaemamusa have joined the Third Prince,
it is unlikely she will win.
What would you like to do?
Do Su-ryu, prepare the men.
Yes, Your Highness.
Once the battle begins,
there is no going back.
According to our spies,
the Third Prince went to meet the Crown Prince.
If the Crown Prince comes,
the fight cannot be won.
That's what you may believe,
but there is no such thing as a fight that cannot be won.
And I must win.
However, we cannot protect
this large fortress with our men alone.
You're wrong.
There must be a way.
Set up a battle line 100 feet in front of the fortress,
and prepare the King's guard.
Prepare for battle!
Yes, sir!
Hand out weapons so that the people can protect themselves.
Tell them to gather up supplies and be prepared.
Tell anyone who can fire an arrow to defend the fortress.
Quickly! Quickly!
Prepare for war.
HOUR OF THE SNAKE: 09:00 - 11:00
These people ran away from Bal-gi.
Come in, come in.
The enemy forces are here!
- Get ready. - Get ready.
Get ready!
Get inside!
- Get inside! - Close the gates!
- Yes, sir! - Close them, now!
Don't shoot until they are within 100 feet.
Hold!
Be on alert!
Be alert!
It's the Fifth Prince.
GO GYE-SU, FIFTH PRINCE
DO SU-RYU, GRAND SECRETARY
Are you really going to do this?
Raise it up.
I do not think they are here to fight.
With the King's guard and the Fifth Prince's armored cavalry,
we will be able to stop the Gaemamusa.
It's the Northern Queen's Tribe.
EO JI-RYU, HEAD OF THE NORTHERN EO
YEON GAE, HEAD OF THE NORTHERN YEON
JWA JA-MAK, HEAD OF THE NORTHERN JWA
Soldiers of the East are coming too.
MA-RO, GRAND SECRETARY / SEOL-JU, HIGH PRIEST
SA GU, TRIBAL CHIEF OF THE EAST (FATHER OF SA-BI)
You should have tried to avoid war at all costs.
Why are you engaging in this battle?
The Third Prince and the Crown Prince
are blinded by their greed for the crown
and have brought our enemy, the Liaodong, into this.
If they defeat us,
we will be handing this country
which you worked so hard to defend, over to Liaodong.
My brother gave me one order.
To defend the Palace
if the Gaemamusa ever rose in revolt.
We will be able to stop them
if we follow the war strategies he taught me.
I promise you.
Sa-bi has been taken care of quietly.
Fortunately, Eulpaso seems not to have noticed.
Are you sure we can do this without her?
Her role ends here.
She had been after my position anyway...
We no longer need her now that the Fourth Prince is here.
When the war is over, take out her father as well.
Right.
The sun god is with us.
Once this storm passes,
Eulpaso will also end up leaving.
I haven't seen the Fourth Prince though.
The throne needs an owner. Go find him, quickly.
Yes.
Shouldn't we decide who the next Queen's family will be?
It's time for the Myeongrim to be out as the Queen's family.
And the Woo family too.
Whoever ascends the throne,
you will no longer be the Prime Secretary.
It is time to choose.
Dogs find new owners when their owners die.
Which side will you take?
As Myeongrim is no longer of this world,
I don't need to pick a side just yet.
You cannot die like this.
I believe there's a spy inside the Palace.
I will observe a little longer
before deciding who to serve.
THIRD PRINCE BAL-GI'S LAND
How did he die?
He was poisoned.
Did you find out... who did it?
We are investigating.
I need to ask you one thing.
Why are you breaking the moral laws of family relationships?
Was this levirate marriage
what my second brother wanted?
It was.
Show him this,
and Song Woo will believe you're on the same side.
And make sure
to keep an eye on
Eulpaso's every move.
Are you there?
There's something I need you to do discreetly.
I heard that it was Eulpaso who first suspected
that the King was poisoned.
I need you to find out why.
Did you look into it?
I don't think the Prime Minister is the culprit.
However...
Let Eulpaso know.
Song Woo has sided with Bal-gi.
Prime Minister.
What is the meaning of this?
Are you suspecting me
of murdering the King?
Do you have any proof?
Are you done?
"The King is dead."
"Plans to marry the Third Prince."
"Assassin required."
"Queen is going to the Fourth Prince."
Prime Minister!
That had nothing to do with the King.
The information about the First Maid
having lily of the valley came from you.
Did you also
murder the King?
No.
I would never, Prime Minister!
Someone like you could never have planned this alone.
Was there anyone working with you?
Who is hiding behind you?
I will interrogate you myself until you tell the truth.
Prime Minister.
Prime Minister! I will tell you everything.
I was only
a pigeon that delivered messages!
I meant
to observe a little longer.
Looks like it's time to decide whose side I am on.
All four princes have assembled?
The enemy's number is greater than he anticipated.
We should wait for another opportunity.
No.
We go now.
It is better this way.
Once the fight is over, whoever wins
will have shed a lot of blood as well.
The war
will be fought around the Palace.
Until then, we hide our forces
behind Chilseong Mountain and wait.
Alright.
Men! Prepare for battle!
Move quickly!
Hurry up and clear them away!
Move faster!
How dare he...?
The youngest...
He always looked up to the second.
He will pay for this once the war is over.
Where are our main forces?
They are about an hour behind us.
We have to strike before they ready themselves for war.
Then, the Queen will not be able to last a day, and surrender.
Move faster!
Or else, I will...
This is faster than words
in getting people to understand.
They betrayed me when I was fighting Nam-mu
yet you still reached out to them?
They won't be able to do that this time.
I made them an offer they can't refuse.
You're so naive. You really believe that?
Do you think Nam-mu
would let a little thing like an arrow kill him?
Then...
Are you saying someone poisoned him or something?
Which tribe would benefit the most with the King dead?
They might come after us next.
I didn't expect the Crown Prince to be here.
What do you think they are scheming?
They will try to get revenge for our betrayal.
Keep your eyes open.
The enemy's main forces are passing through Ba-i-tu.
It will take them at least an hour to get here.
The Crown Prince has catapults borrowed
from the Gongsun of Liaodong as well as an elephant unit.
Even if the Fifth Prince's cavalry
fights off the Gaemamusa,
if the Crown Prince brings down
the fortress walls with the catapult,
we will not be able to stop them.
You're saying I should hand over the crown?
I'm saying we must find another way.
Countless people will die.
Why are you trying to fight a war
that you have no chance of winning?
If they take the throne,
the people will suffer even more.
But we have no way of defending the fortress.
If we can't defend it, we can abandon it.
Your Majesty!
What are you fighting for?
You know very well
that this fight
is not a fight for the throne.
You and I are not so different.
You keep doing your job.
I will keep doing mine.
Do you think we can win?
It is a preposterous move.
However,
it could very well lead her to victory.
Is this why?
This is why you chose the Fourth Prince?
If you had done as I told,
it would never have come to this in the first place.
It's not too late
to accept the Third Prince.
If you do that...
He will never sit on the throne.
Your Majesty!
I will no longer
live my life as a piece on a chessboard.
I will not forgive anyone
who gets in my way, and that includes you.
Even so, there is nothing a woman can do.
Don't you know that?
You truly believe that?
I only did nothing because I was told
there are things a woman cannot or should not do,
but starting now, I will show you what I am capable of.
HWANDO MOUNTAIN FORTRESS / GUNGNAE CASTLE
You're thinking of Hwando Mountain Fortress?
If you can't beat a tiger in the mountains,
then you must lure the tiger away from them...
HWANDO MOUNTAIN FORTRESS
You are the only one who can succeed His Majesty.
Why are you taking the Queen's side?
Are you saying I should do what is wrong like my brothers?
It is not wrong.
It is your right.
I promised my brother a long time ago
that my spear
would only be used for Goguryeo and the people.
I will never enlist the help of foreign powers
to make our people bleed.
The enemy is coming.
Get ready.
Get ready!
Yes, sir!
- Get ready! - Get ready!
I made a resolution on the day we married.
That one day,
I would make your dream come true.
Have you found a way to abandon the fortress?
We need more time.
You never answered my question.
I'll ask you again.
Are you on my side?
Your dream...
I will now help you achieve it.
I'll buy us time. You find a way.
It's been a long time.
It will be mine.
You can have Jolbon Fortress.
Seems like the Queen is going to fight.
Attention, all forces!
Do not
let a single enemy set foot
within these gates!
Do you understand?
Yes, sir!
Don't be scared.
All you have to do is fight and die like the King's guard should.
They're making one last frantic effort.
But it will be of no use.
Before the day is over,
they will all kneel before me.
The Gongsun army should be here soon.
Should I tell them to prepare the catapults right away?
There's no rush.
First,
let's see what they do.
This is going to be interesting.
Your Majesty, it's too dangerous out here.
Please return to the Palace.
The King never sent his men alone out into the battlefield.
I will fight with them.
The Queen will fight with you!
Yes!
I know you are afraid of the enemy's weapons.
But we have something they do not.
A reason to fight!
I do not wish for you or your descendants
to live like pieces on a chessboard.
I will protect this land
and build a new Goguryeo.
And I will end this war.
Brothers!
Are you with me?
Get ready for battle!
Prepare the catapults!
Open the gates!
Fire!
QUEEN WOO
DIRECTED BY JUNG SE-KYO